Russia, Ukraine to sell Slava Class Cruiser

BLUEJACKET said:

China's modern destroyer force will be small, consisting of twelve modern vessels by 2010.

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Well, if you include from the Type 052 on, the PLAN already has 13 relatively-to-very modern destroyers.

2 - Type 052C Lanzhou
2 - Type 051C Shenyang
2 - Type 052B Guangzhou
4 - Project 956 Hangzhou
1 - Type 051 B Luhai
2 - Type 052 Luhu

I expect we will see more added over the next three years, maybe three to five more, which will mean that by 2010 the PLAN will have 16-18 modern DDGs.

IMHO, by the 2010 time frame, it will be clear that the PLAN is developing into a very potent, modern naval force.
Not as many as the US for sure, but I also believe by then there may will be 12 or more very modern Type 054(A) FFGs as well. (There are already four built and two more building now). In three years they could easily build six more, if not more.

Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Evilaxisastan, Austria, Finland? Why do you discount these evil regimes with their world domination agendas from the bidding war.

Oddly enough the only countries to currently operate cruisers are USA, France, Russia and Peru... yep Peru!

I agree a single ship class would not make much sense to either India or China, but if it is a lead in to further aquisitions (ie selling some or all of the other three Slavas, or building new units) then the deal becomes more realistic. My money is on the latter scenario, and I agree that a buyer has already most likely been found and a deal done.

Has anybody heard anything new lately?
Plus what ship yard are they using to outfit them?
Maybe satelite pictures of the yard would be nice.

The "latest" in a somewhat forgotten story. It may hint to russian interest, that Rosoboronexport top official even sais they have. But there's no firm decission as of now. I wonder how those recent tensions between the two countries affect this.

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Russia denies talks on purchase of missile cruiser from Ukraine

The FINANCIAL -- Russia is currently not involved in talks with Ukraine over the purchase of an unfinished missile cruiser for the Russian Navy, Russia`s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on October 21, according to RIA Novosti.
The Ukrainian government ordered Ukrspetsexport, the state-owned arms trader, to look for potential buyers of the Slava-class Ukraina missile cruiser back in 2005. Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov mentioned the potential purchase of the vessel by Russia in June this year.
"Rosoboronexport has no instructions to buy the cruiser [from Ukraine ], although I cannot deny that we were interested in this ship," said Ivan Goncharenko, Rosoboronexport`s first deputy general director. ...

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