It is confirmed that CITIC Shipbuilding won the bid for the naval light frigate prototype ship, and construction will start before the end of June.

The picture shows the concept video of the 1,400-ton light frigate previously announced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] Equipped with extended-range Xiongsan anti-ship missiles and Haijian-2 carrier-based anti-aircraft missiles, the prototype of a naval light frigate with firepower that can be called a small firepower ship is determined to be obtained by CITIC Shipbuilding. According to the military’s previous According to the regular schedule, there will be one "anti-aircraft" and one "anti-submarine" light frigate prototype. The shipyard must start construction by the end of June this year and complete delivery by the end of October 2026.

The firepower of the "anti-aircraft" and "anti-submarine" light frigates is quite powerful. According to the Navy's previous announcement in the bidding documents, it has clearly listed the weapon system configuration and quantity of the "air defense" and "anti-submarine" light frigates. .

The common weapon configuration of the two types of ships includes a 76-inch fast gun at the bow, a phalanx fast gun at the stern, and a remote-control turret-style small-caliber gun on each side of the midship, as well as fixed interference bombs and Launcher system.

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In the main anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile parts, the missile configuration and launch system of "anti-aircraft type" and "anti-submarine type" are different.

According to the public reading announcement of the Navy’s bidding documents, the "air defense" light frigate is equipped with a missile vertical launch system and 16 Sea Sword II carrier-based air defense missiles. The largest loading requirement for Sea Sword II missiles.

In the part of anti-ship missiles, the "air defense type" light frigate is also equipped with 8 extended-range Xionzo supersonic anti-ship missiles, which are configured in the form of launcher rack control and ammunition boxes.

In the "anti-submarine type" part, the configuration of anti-ship missiles adopts the method of launcher frame control and ammunition boxes, but the type and quantity of anti-ship missiles have a large combination space, and 8 extended-range Xionzo missiles or 16 Xionzo missiles can be used. missiles or 16 Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles.

As for the anti-aircraft firepower of this type of warship, it is equipped with 16 Haijian II missiles, but it adopts a launcher frame control system, not a vertical launch system.

In addition, the "anti-submarine" light frigate is also equipped with 2 triple-mounted light torpedo launchers and 6 light torpedoes. It will also be equipped with 4 air-dropped torpedoes to strengthen the submarine detection and hunting capabilities.

CITIC Shipbuilding released a major message on the Public Information Observatory yesterday, explaining that "the Ministry of National Defense's light frigate and other two projects announced the award to the company."

Figure: Taken from the Public Information Observatory.

The Navy’s new-generation light frigate prototype ship construction plan, with a total budget of 24.549162 billion yuan, plans to build an "air defense" type and an "anti-submarine type" light frigate each, with a tonnage of 2,500 tons.

The construction cost of the two prototype ships’ hull platforms is 9.05 billion yuan. Although the Ministry of National Defense has not officially announced the result of the award, CITIC Shipbuilding has released a major message on the Public Information Observatory yesterday, explaining that “Ministry of National Defense light frigate and other 2 cases announced the award to the company."

According to the light frigate announcement tender announced by the Ministry of National Defense previously, the construction cost of the two prototype carrier-based platforms is NT$9.05 billion, and the average cost of a single ship is NT$4.525 billion. Storage spare parts and overall logistics support test equipment "purchase, the estimated amount is NT $ 454.52 million.

In addition, there are plans to build 10 mass-produced ships for the light frigate.

Corvettes are equipped with powerful extended-range Yuzo anti-ship missiles.

The picture shows the screen of the Navy's Tuojiang warship launching the Xiongsan missile.

(The picture is taken from the Facebook page of the Ministry of National Defense)

The Sea Sword II missile is one of the main weapon systems of light frigates.

The picture shows the Tajiang warship launching the "Sea Sword II" missile.

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

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