The Type 052B (NATO/
OSD Luyang I-class destroyer
is a
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of
guided-missile destroyer
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s in the
Chinese
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People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
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(PLAN). The Type 052B was China's first modern destroyer design
[Kirchberger (2015): page 195][McDevitt (2017): page 57] and the first Chinese design to incorporate true medium-range air defence capability in the form of
Russia
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n Shtil-1 (improved navalized
Buk, NATO designation SA-N-12)
surface-to-air missile
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s (SAM).
[Schwartz (2015): page 26]
Two ships - ''
Guangzhou
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'' and ''
Wuhan
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'' - were built and commissioned in July 2004.
Programme
In the early 2000's, China pursued multiple - and sometimes concurrent - programmes to acquire modern destroyers, purchasing s from Russia and constructing the Type 052B,
Type 051C, and
Type 052C.
[Kirchberger (2015): page 193] These ships also represented steps to develop adequate air defense capabilities by adopting Russian air defense technology.;
[Schwartz (2015): pages 25] the 25-km range Uragan (navalized Buk, NATO designation SA-N-7) on the ''Sovremenny''; the 35-km range Shtil-1 on the Type 052B; long-range area air defense with the 150-km range Rif-M (navalized
S-300, NATO designation SA-N-20) on the Type 051C;
and finally the Chinese 100-km range
HHQ-9
The HQ-9 () is a long-range semi-active radar homing (SARH) surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed by the People's Republic of China. The naval variant is the HHQ-9 ().
Description
The HQ-9 is a derivative of the Russian S-300. Justin Bronk d ...
(S-300 derivative) on the Type 052D.
[Schwartz (2015): pages 26-28]
The Type 052B's air defence capabilities were obsolete upon entering service when compared to contemporary American and Japanese designs.
Nonetheless it represented a considerable general improvement over previous Chinese warships
and was the precursor to later Chinese air warfare destroyers.
[McDevitt (2017): page 58]
Design
The hull is based on the
Type 051B destroyer
The Type 051B destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luhai class) is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, ''Shenzhen'' (167). When ''Shenzhen'' was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army N ...
with added stealth features.
Ships of Class
Gallery
Type 052B Guangzhou in Leningrad.jpg, Type 052B destroyer ''Guangzhou'' (168) in Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:South Sea Fleet 20150610.jpg, 052B in the South China Sea
File:PLANS Wuhan (DDG-169) 20150610.jpg, Wuhan (169) in the western Pacific
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