China's diesel choice serves the need for sustained patrol presence. Russia and Turkey instead combine diesel engines with gas turbines. After losing its turbine supplier, Russia could have considered greater reliance on diesel machinery, but retaining gas turbines is interpreted partly as a matter of national pride. Turkey's turbines provide useful capability while matching choices among allies and demonstrating domestic industrial progress.
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Why frigate propulsion choices differ between navies
Patrol endurance, industrial ambitions and comparisons with allies produce different machinery priorities.