China Gets Third Sovremenny Destroyer

Strategy Page ^ | 2005 Dec 30

[Wiz]

December 30, 2005: China has received a third Sovremenny class destroyer from Russia. The first two were taken out of Russian navy service and sold to China. These next two are newly built, and improved versions. These ships, displacing about 8,800 tons each, are equipped to defend itself with anti-aircraft missiles, and attack enemy ships with eight large ("Shipwreck"), supersonic anti-ship missiles. Each ship has an anti-submarine helicopter, 48 anti-aircraft missiles, four torpedo tube, mines, depth charges, sonar, two 130mm (5 inch) guns and a modern electronic warfare system. These ships cost $700 million each, about half what their American counterparts, the latest Aegis destroyers, go for.

[Youngman442002]

only for peaceful purposes I suppose

[keithtoo]

[MNJohnnie]

Oh how ever will we survive???? The Chinese are buying 25 year old Russian ships!!!

[CaptRon]

China Gets Third Sovremenny Destroyer Floating Target

[TCats]

They'll end up as target practice if and when China decides to assert itself in the Taiwan Straights or in disputed Japanese waters.

[cynicom]

The United States provides the money, Russia provides the hardware, the Chinese have an intent on using both. That is a good admixture.

[Dundee]

Sovremenny = Collins bait.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Looks like a lot of old and new technology crammed into very little space.

[NY Attitude]

Yes, it looks like it has an execellent radar cross sestion (RCS).

[Loud Mime]

I don't dismiss the danger of these purchases so easily. If you find a way to empty the magazines of a Tico or similar, it then is a sitting target.

The Chinese would not be deliberately wasting their money. This purchase means something.

[Agent Smith]

You beat me to it!

Looks like one of Saddam's Soviet T-80s, that also can float (for a while anyway).

[Joe Brower]

Happy New Year, gents.

[NEPAConservative]

The Chinese are buying 25 year old Russian ships...equipped with nuclear technology that was given to them during then Clinton years.

[Jeff Head]

Same to you my friend...a Happy and blessed New Year to you and yours!

As regards this article, the ChiComms will be getting a fourth one of these this year too.

[Wiz]

ping

[Jeff Head]

For a COMPLETE run down of the ChiComm nval buildup, go to the following link:

THE RISING SEA DRAGON IN ASIA

[shuckmaster]

Thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart.

[JimRed]

One Harpoon amidships; game over!

[Strategerist]

No technology "given to China by Clinton" has much to do with the Sovremmeny. I know people would like to believe the Chinese military would be equipped with nothing but pointed sticks and clubs and rubber dinghies were it not for Clinton, but it's simply not the case.

To be honest the Israelis likely gave more useful technology to the Chinese than Clinton, but people just sort of don't know what to do with that information because it doesn't serve the axes they want to grind.