Ship profile
Taizhou
CNS 138 - China - Sovremenny Class
Key facts
Country
China
Class
Sovremenny Class
Type
Guided Missile Destroyer
Status
active
Current ops
-
Latest public position
No public position available.
Public summary
The Sovremenny class destroyers were acquired from Russia to give the PLAN a sharp anti-surface strike capability and better medium-range air defence during a period of rapid fleet modernization. Their supersonic anti-ship missiles made them particularly relevant for sea-denial and surface action missions. They are now legacy combatants, but they played a major role in raising Chinese destroyer capability before newer indigenous classes matured.
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