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China's military gets new 'stealth frigate': state mediaAFP BEIJING--China's navy has taken delivery of a new type of stealth frigate that is expected to bolster the country's maritime defenses amid territorial disputes, state media reported Tuesday.
February 27, 2013, 12:08 am TWN The ship, identified by the official Xinhua News Agency as a “Type 056 stealth frigate,” was delivered to the navy Monday afternoon in a ceremony in Shanghai. Tuesday's report did not specify the ship's size, but said it possesses “good stealth performance and electromagnetic compatibility” and needed just one-third the number of crew members as its predecessor, the Type 053.
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