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Type 054A
![The Chinese Navy’s Destroyer Fleet Will Double by 2025. Then What? The Chinese Navy’s Destroyer Fleet Will Double by 2025. Then What?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-29_10-50-53.jpg)
The Chinese Navy’s Destroyer Fleet Will Double by 2025. Then What?
By Rick Joe
China is about to finish the current phase of destroyer construction. What comes next?
![What Will the Chinese Navy’s Next Frigate Look Like? What Will the Chinese Navy’s Next Frigate Look Like?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-16_15-19-29.jpg)
What Will the Chinese Navy’s Next Frigate Look Like?
By Rick Joe
The U.S. Navy has chosen its next frigate; what will China’s look like?
![China Declares Latest Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate ‘Combat Ready’ China Declares Latest Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate ‘Combat Ready’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-09.png)
China Declares Latest Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate ‘Combat Ready’
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has declared two new surface combatants ready for combat.
![Chinese Navy Frigates Trail Japanese Helicopter Destroyer in the South China Sea Chinese Navy Frigates Trail Japanese Helicopter Destroyer in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ddh-184_かが.jpg)
Chinese Navy Frigates Trail Japanese Helicopter Destroyer in the South China Sea
By Ankit Panda
The incident was caught on tape by a Japanese television network.
![Pakistan to Procure 2 More Guided-Missile Frigates From China Pakistan to Procure 2 More Guided-Missile Frigates From China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-34308696_1658402037588558_1368725125691604992_o.jpg)
Pakistan to Procure 2 More Guided-Missile Frigates From China
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Pakistan Navy signed a contract with a Chinese shipbuilder for the acquisition of two Type 054A guided-missile frigates on June 1.
![East China Sea Update: A Chinese Submarine Off the Senkakus and an Oil Spill East China Sea Update: A Chinese Submarine Off the Senkakus and an Oil Spill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-07_21-53-28.jpg)
East China Sea Update: A Chinese Submarine Off the Senkakus and an Oil Spill
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Why did the People's Liberation Army-Navy send a submarine to the disputed islands?
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