Chinese frigates are interpreted as adding numbers, anti-submarine capability and geographic coverage to a growing force that also includes many corvettes. Type 054B is suggested as a possible technological transition toward a future Type 057, rather than treated as proof of that development. Russian Gorshkovs increasingly carry overseas presence and status duties because they are the surface assets available. Enlarged Super Gorshkovs could retain that institutional role even if called destroyers. The comparison separates a ship's designation from the position it occupies within the wider navy.
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Chinese and Russian frigates answer different fleet problems
China's numerical fleet support and Russia's dependence on deployable presence ships give their frigate programmes different purposes.