31 units of Type 052D, what does this mean on a global scale? It exceeds the total number of air defense destroyers of six countries: the UK, France, Japan, Russia, India, and South Korea!
With the delivery of the 126th Heze ship and the 127th Zhumadian ship, the total number of Type 052D destroyers in the Chinese Navy has reached 31.
Currently, there are eight countries with large air defense destroyers, namely China, the United States, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, France, India, and Japan.
The Indian Navy currently has three P-15A "Kolkata" class air defense destroyers and three P-15B "Visakhapatnam" class air defense destroyers.
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has 4 Kong-class, 2 Atago-class, and 2 Maya-class Aegis destroyers, totaling 8 Aegis destroyers.
The French Navy currently has 2 Horizon-class air defense destroyers, and the British Navy has 6 Type 45 air defense destroyers.
The South Korean Navy currently has 3 Sejong the Great-class and 1 Jeongjo the Great-class Aegis air defense destroyers, totaling 4 Aegis air defense destroyers.
Russia currently has 8 Sovremenny-class destroyers and 2 Steregushchiy-class destroyers. These 10 destroyers do not have modern area air defense capabilities. The only large surface vessel in the Russian Navy with modern area air defense capability is the "Admiral Nakhimov," which has just completed an upgrade and is equipped with an active phased array radar system and the ship-based S-400 air defense missile system.
The total number of large air defense vessels from the six countries - the UK, France, Japan, South Korea, India, and Russia - is 27, which is still less than the current number of Type 052D destroyers in the Chinese Navy.
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