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SPECIFICATIONS
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| MISSILES SSM: 8 YJ-1 (Eagle Strike) (C-801) (CSS-N-4 Sardine) (4 twin) launchers [Ref 1] active radar homing to 40 km (22 n miles) at 0.9 Mach warhead 165 kg; sea-skimmer. SAM: LY 60N in due course. A/S: The after set of launchers may also be used for CY-1 Anti-submarine missiles; range 8-15 km (4.4-8.3 n miles). |
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| GUNS 4 USSR 5.1 in (130 mm)/58 (2 twin) [Ref 2]; 85°elevation; 17 rds/min to 29 km (16 n miles); weight of shell 33.4 kg. 8 China 37 mm/63 (4 twin) [Ref 3]; 85° elevation; 180 rds/min to 8.5 km (4.6 n miles); weight of shell 1.42 kg. |
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| TORPEDOES 6 - 324 mm Whitehead B515 (2 triple tubes) [Ref 4]; Yu-2 (Mk 46 Mod 1); active/passive homing to 11 km (5.9 n miles) at 40 kt; warhead 44 kg. A/S MORTARS: 2 FQF 2500 12-tubed fixed launchers [Ref 5]; 120 rockets; range 1,200 m; warhead 34 kg. Similar in design to the RBU 1200. |
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| COUNTERMEASURES Decoys: 2 - 15 tubed fixed launchers for chaff and IR decoys. ESM: Jug Pair (RW-23-1); radar warning. |
RADARS Air search: Rice Screen 3D; G-band. Similar to Hughes SPS-39A. Surface search: China ESR 1 I-band. Navigation: Racal Decca 1290; I-band. Fire control: Type 343 Sun Visor B G/H-band. IFF: High Pole. |
| SONARS Hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. VDS; active search and attack; medium frequency. |
PROGRAMME Updated Luda design. Possibly now in series production but there may be confusion with more of the "Luhu" class. |
| STRUCTURE Modified after SSM launchers which may fire the CY-1 anti-submarine missile and the LY 60N SAM in due course. |
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| OPERATIONAL South Seas Fleet based at Zhanjiang. There have long been reports of a ballistic trajectory ASW weapon CY-1 and the different types of SSM launchers in Zhuhai indicate that the weapon may now be operational. Different pennant number used for foreign deployments. |
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