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First Type 056 Corvette delivered to Chinese Navy (PLAN).
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First Type 056 Corvette delivered to Chinese Navy (PLAN) |
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The
handover ceremony for China’s first type-056 new-type corvette
with hull number 582 was held on the afternoon of February 25, 2013
in Shanghai. Wu Shengli, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC)
and commander of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
(PLA), attended and addressed the ceremony. |
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 Type 056 Corvette |
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The
approval of the project for development of this type of corvette aims
at changing the present situation of China’s active-service base-defense
system featuring aging military strength, single function and low combat
power. The new-generation base-defense military strength to be commissioned
soon in large quantities will be another important platform for optimizing
the equipment structure of the PLA Navy, improving the base-defense
combat power as well as enhancing the PLA Navy’s capability of
safeguarding China’s national security and territorial integrity,
and defending China’s maritime sovereignty and maritime rights
and interests. |
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With the features including good stealth performance, strong electromagnetic
compatibility and wide application of advanced technologies, crew member
of the new-type corvette is only one third that of the type-053 series
frigate. The new-type corvette will be mainly responsible for implementing
missions such as patrolling, guarding and escorting as well as anti-submarine
operations and operations against sea targets independently or in coordination
with other forces. The handover of the new-type corvette to the troop
unit marks that the PLA Navy has started upgrading its base-defense
strength and entered the new era of mass-production and upgrade in an
orderly manner. Adm. Wu Shengli said in his speech that it is expected that the officers and men of the corvette with the hull number 582 should strengthen their sense of the “first corvette”, conscientiously study the new equipment, understand and master the usage of new equipment, manage and use the new equipment well, fully play its “seed” role, and constantly temper themselves in the struggles of defending China’s national maritime sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, so as to become the maritime strong force capable of fighting and wining the battles and trusted by Xi Jinping, chairman of the CMC, and the CMC . Leaders including Li Andong, chief of the Science and Technology Committee of the General Armaments Department (GAD) of the PLA and deputy director of the GAD, Liu Yi, deputy commander of the PLA Navy, and Su Zhiqian, commander of the East China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy, attended the ceremony. Link to Type 056 Corvette (Jiangdao class) datasheet |
 The picture shows that Adm. Wu Shengli, commander of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), inspects the first new-type frigate with hull number 582 on the afternoon of February 25, 2013. (Photo by Dai Zongfeng) |
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