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Bora-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source215 ft (66 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bora-class corvette | Type 054A frigate |
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| Builders | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant , Kazan (Chief Designer - L. Elssky)[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Soviet Navy Russian Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Built | 1987–2000[source] | 2005–present[source] |
| In commission | 1989–present[source] | 2008–present |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
minimum 68 combat
Single source35 minimum 68 combat[source]
4 × diesel-driven generators
Single source4 × 200 kW diesel-driven generators[source]
Twin M10-D1 type gas turbine engines rated at 60,000 hp (45,000 kW) bound to two primary three-blade propellers 2 x GTU (36000 hp, roughly 25.8 MW or few more) Twin M511A reduction gear diesel engines rated at 20,000 hp (15,000 kW) bound to two primary three-blade propellers Twin M52OM3 auxiliary diesel engines driving superchargers rated at 6,800 horsepower (5,100 kW) used to inflate the skirts[source]
CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Completed | — |
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| Active | 46[source] |
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| Type | Corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Endurance | 10 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Monolit-E / Monument-E target detection and designation radar Pozitiv-ME1 air/surface search radar 5P-10E Fire Control Radar Anapa -ME1 sonar Moskit-E 3Ts-81E missile fire control system Various cannon and missile guidance and countermeasure systems[source] | Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Vympel-R2 suite with Foot Ball-A interceptors Half Hat-B interceptors 2 × PK-10 decoy rocket launchers 2 × PK-16 decoy rocket launchers[source] | 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system[source] |
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| Armament | 8 (2 x 4) P-270 Moskit (SS-N-22 Sunburn) anti-ship missiles 1 × 9K33M "Osa-MA" type surface-to-air missile system for anti-aircraft defense with 20 missiles 1 × AK–176 M automatic 76.2 mm cannon 2 × AK-630 30 mm anti-aircraft rotary CIWS 16 × 9K38 Igla man-portable shoulder mounted surface-to-air missile launcher sets 2 × 14.5 mm naval machine gun mounts 1 × DP-64 anti- saboteur grenade launcher[source] | 1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher[source] |
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| Notes | Combat ready in rough weather up to Sea State 5[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 054 frigate[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 50[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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