Type 054 frigates increasingly support task-group operations. Longer operating distances and uncrewed assets could lead to more layers of air defense, surface attack and anti-submarine protection. Frigates would have a growing role in that arrangement. A larger future hull with more launch cells is a possibility within this forecast.
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How Type 054 frigates may support layered task groups
A possible larger Type 054 is placed within a forecast of longer-range, layered task-group operations.