China's first Type 054B frigate, CNS Luohe, is commissioned at a military port in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China, on January 22, 2025. VCG via AP ...

The Luohe, launched on Wednesday, is tipped to be 'critical asset in escort missions requiring prolonged operations in more distant waters' The Chinese navy's newly commissioned stealth frigate has ...

China's first Type 054B frigate, CNS Luohe, is commissioned at a military port on January 22, 2025, in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. VCG via AP ...

The 054B also elevates the Chinese navy's stealth capabilities with radar avoidance and noise reduction. On the flip side, the ship sports two rotating active electronically scanned array radar ...

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, was officially commissioned on Wednesday. The 5,000 ton-class warship features advancements in stealth ...

China’s Type 054B is designed to bridge the gap between the country’s coastal defense roots and its ambition to become a dominant blue-water navy that can project power far from its shores.

The Type 054B will travel faster, go further, and is harder to detect, making it better at anti-submarine tasks. It could be used as an aircraft carrier escort.

An early image of the new 054B circulated on Chinese social media. Credit: Sina Weibo. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s most well recognized workhorse over the last decade and a half ...

China commissioned its first Type 054B guided-missile frigate in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday morning, according to the People's Liberation Army Navy.

The Type 054B is estimated to have displacement of about 6,000 tonnes, with about 147 metres (482 feet) in length and 18 metres in width, a significant expansion compared to the 4,000-tonne Type 054A.

China plans to launch two Type 054B frigates by the end of this year. Aside from the one under construction in Guangzhou, another is being built at Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai, ...

Besides the Luohe, a second Type 054B, which has a hull number "555," completed its sea trials last year, according to Luck.China is also building a modified Type 054A variant known as the Type ...