Luis Ayala

China Surface Warships: 2019 - 2020 Luis Ayala

CHINESE NAVAL WARSHIPS - 2019 - 2020 (Updated 10 November 2021) Color photos of active Chinese PLA Navy Surface Warships
Updated November 2021 to add sensors and processing systems as well as electronic warfare and decoys to many ships. Also added Type 037 Submarine Chaser Corvette.

Updated in July 2021 to add a list of PLA Navy Torpedoes and their specifications, as well as a list of Ship-Based ELINT vessels. In 2019 it was announced that China's PLA Navy now has more ships (300) than the U. S. Navy (287). This book covers the bulk of Beijing's Navy including destroyers, frigates, and corvettes. These categories have seen more growth since 2005 than any other. The rapid growth of ships in these categories is in keeping with the Military Strategy China released in 2015 which states, "... the PLA Navy (PLAN) will gradually shift its focus from "offshore waters defense" to the combination of "offshore waters defense" with "open seas protection," and build a combined, multi-functional and efficient marine combat force structure." The launching of new ships is in addition to retiring very old ships (pre-1990) and modernizing ships built after that.
U. S. Navy ships are larger, and the U. S. has more aircraft carriers - China has one active (CV-16), one being repaired (CV-17) and 2 (or 3) being built. We added China's aircraft carriers tho there is precious little information out there. It does appear that CV-19 will be nuclear powered and include lasers and rail guns as defensive weapons.

Updated in late September includde transport ships (Type 071, 072, 073, 074 and 075). Also added the Type 22 Missile Boat since there are at least 83 of those. Nice littoral area boat, and the sheer numbers could overwhelm an opponent, but not very effective without good air defense. Check out the rail gun mounted on the Type 072III Transport Ship.
This book does not go into the ships of the PLA Navy Reserve Force, the People's Armed Police (PAP) or the China Militia (???). Those could be another book if there is enough interest). Let us know if we should print these by logging into our web site and sending a comment: USGOVPUB. COM

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