The Xining warship with the hull number 1203 serves as the test ship for the "combat system performance improvement" project of 6 Rafah-class warships. It is estimated that the evaluation and verification will take 3 years. After the verification is completed and meets the naval combat requirements, the follow-up 5 ships The performance of the combat system has been improved, and the whole project is expected to be carried out in batches over nine years, and will be completed by 2030.

(Picture: Taken from the Facebook page of the Republic of China Navy)

[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] The "combat system performance improvement project" of the Rafah ship with a total cost of 43.1599 billion yuan has been awarded recently. The first ship project is expected to start at the end of the month. The "combat system performance improvement" is the Navy's Xining warship. The ship is confirmed to be equipped with a national-made vertical launch system and equipped with 32 Haijian II carrier-based air defense missiles, which will greatly improve the air defense combat capability of the Lafayette ship.

The Navy has 6 Lafayette-class warships in active service. The first ship has been serving in Taiwan since France arrived in 1996. It has been 26 years since the various systems can no longer meet the current operational needs of the Taiwan Strait threat. The Navy has successively carried out various systems Performance improvement and refinement plan, among which, the communication and wheel control refinement project of 6 warships has been installed and tested for 4 ships, and the remaining 2 ships will be completed within this year.

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In terms of the "combat system performance improvement project", it is planned to replace all the old combat systems, radars and anti-aircraft missiles on the ship. Among them, the anti-aircraft missiles will replace the B gun position and the short-range sea tree missiles with medium-range ones. The domestic Haijian-2 air defense missile system and the vertical launch system installed under the bow deck of the warship are expected to be completed in batches in 9 years.

Military personnel pointed out that the "Huayang" vertical launch system developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has completed operational testing and verification, and it is confirmed that it will be installed on six Lafayette-class warships. At that time, the ships will be equipped with 32 Haijian II carrier-based anti-aircraft missiles. , the upcoming light frigate will also be equipped with the "Huayang" vertical launch system.

Military sources said that the first Lafayette-class warship to accept the "combat system performance improvement" project was the Xining warship with string number 1203. The Xining warship entered service in October 1996 and has been in service for 26 years. The warship has carried out the preliminary dismantling of the equipment on the ship, and is preparing to dock for the "combat system performance improvement" project.

The Xining warship serves as the test ship for the "combat system performance improvement" project of 6 Rafah-class warships. It is estimated that the evaluation and verification will take 3 years. After the verification is completed and meets the naval combat requirements, the combat system performance of the subsequent 5 ships will be carried out. The whole project is expected to be carried out in batches over nine years and completed by 2030.

The "combat system performance improvement" project of the Rafah-class warship focuses on replacing the Haijian missile at the B gun position on the ship with the medium-range domestic Haijian II air defense missile system, and setting up a vertical launch system under the bow deck of the warship .

(Picture: Taken from the Facebook page of the Republic of China Navy)

The first ship to accept the "combat system performance improvement" was the Navy's Xining warship. The ship was confirmed to be equipped with a national-made vertical launch system and equipped with 32 Haijian II carrier-based air defense missiles, which will greatly improve the air defense combat capability of the Lafayette ship.

(Picture: Taken from the video of "Juguang Garden")