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27 April 2021
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Premium: Chinese Navy Commissions Trio of Apex Predators
Coinciding with the 72nd anniversary of its founding, on 23 April the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned three warships emblematic of its naval ambitions – a Type 075 LHD, a Type 055 guided-missile cruiser and a Type 094 SSBN. Commissioning three capital vessels in one go is unprecedented, and their total tonnage comes to at least 60,000t. Dr. Wu Shang-Su, a Research Fellow at RSIS, told Shephard that the Type 055 was for long-range operations and mainly for conventional consideration. “For low-intensity missions in remote areas, current frigates and destroyers would be enough. The large capacity of firepower and absorbing attacks would either cover Chinese aircraft carriers or form a smaller combat group as an alternative when aircraft carriers are unavailable,” Wu said.
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