Type 052C air defense guided missile destroyer is the first destroyer in China equipped with phased array radar and vertical missile launcher. Its appearance greatly improved the air defense capability of China Navy, and China Navy also acquired regional air defense capability. The smaller displacement of Type 052C makes it have fewer vertical launching units and obviously insufficient sustained firepower, which is obviously different from Aegis ships in other countries.

Ship number: 17 1

TypeNo.: 052C guided missile destroyer

Date of launch: 20031October 23rd, 65438.

Manufacturer: Jiangnan Shipyard

Displacement: 7,000 tons

Main engine: diesel power

Airspeed: < 30 knots.

Weapons: anti-ship missiles: two 4-in-one new anti-ship missile launchers.

Ship-to-air missile: two sets of vertical launching systems of Haihong -9 air defense missile.

1 seat 100 mm single-tube stealth main gun

Two 7-tube 30 mm near anti-aircraft guns

4 sets of 3×6 multifunctional transmitters

Two 3-company 324 mm torpedo tubes

Helicopter: 1 Ka -28 anti-submarine helicopter.

Belonging fleet: South China Sea Fleet

China Navy's first generation air defense guided missile destroyer with phased array radar and vertical launching system is known as "China Aegis".

Main tasks:

On February 22, 2008, the Ministry of National Defense announced that Wuhan, Haikou and Weishan Lake ships would go to the Gulf of Aden in the Middle East on February 26, 2008 in order to maintain peace in Somali waters and combat pirates.