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DISPATCH 03/26 · 8 Sep 2026
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Type 054B frigate

China's new-generation general-purpose frigate, enlarging and modernising the Type 054A formula with improved stealth shaping, sensors and combat-system integration while retaining a 32-cell vertical-launch battery.

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RussiaPro

Slava-class

The Soviet-built Slava-class guided-missile cruiser — a Cold War "carrier-killer" anchored around 16 deck-mounted P-1000 Vulkan anti-ship missiles and an S-300F area air-defence system, now reduced to two active hulls after the sinking of the Black Sea flagship Moskva.