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Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corp. reveals design for ROC Navy's new-generation guidedmissile frigate, with some revisions from earlier version incl. 3x 8-cell VLS (rather unusual), instead of a single 24-cell configuration. A total of 14-19 ships envisaged.
[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] Affected by the progress of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the development of ship-use phased radar and the integration of new combat systems, the Navy’s new-generation missile frigate plan has been continuously delayed. However, according to the latest information released by Taiwan’s shipping company, The new generation of missile frigate has the latest configuration.
In addition to the main gun, the bow will be equipped with 3 sets of vertical missile launch systems. The ship will also be equipped with 4 sets of inclined launch boxes for the Yuji and Yusan anti-ship missiles, showing the new generation The frigate will have powerful air defense and anti-ship firepower in the future. When the Navy produced the Succeeding-class missile frigate in the past, it originally planned to build the eighth ship, Tiandan, into a new type of warship equipped with advanced combat systems and carrier-based phased radar, giving it more powerful air defense, The military is called the "Little Aegis" within the military, and has even negotiated a cooperation plan with the United States.
However, due to the huge funding and the different opinions within the military, the "Little Aegis" project has been After shelving, the "Tiandan" warship was finally built according to the design of the previous seven success-class warships.
[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] Affected by the progress of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the development of ship-use phased radar and the integration of new combat systems, the Navy’s new-generation missile frigate plan has been continuously delayed. However, according to the latest information released by Taiwan’s shipping company, The new generation of missile frigate has the latest configuration.
In addition to the main gun, the bow will be equipped with 3 sets of vertical missile launch systems. The ship will also be equipped with 4 sets of inclined launch boxes for the Yuji and Yusan anti-ship missiles, showing the new generation The frigate will have powerful air defense and anti-ship firepower in the future. When the Navy produced the Succeeding-class missile frigate in the past, it originally planned to build the eighth ship, Tiandan, into a new type of warship equipped with advanced combat systems and carrier-based phased radar, giving it more powerful air defense, The military is called the "Little Aegis" within the military, and has even negotiated a cooperation plan with the United States.
However, due to the huge funding and the different opinions within the military, the "Little Aegis" project has been After shelving, the "Tiandan" warship was finally built according to the design of the previous seven success-class warships.
