China (People’s Liberation Army Navy) has commissioned its 31
st Type - 056 class corvette stealth warship named CNS Ezhou.
It features good manoeuvrability, a high-level of automation and stealth capability.
It is capable of attacking aircraft, ships and submarines.
It will be based in China’s East Sea Fleet in a naval base in Fujian province.
It will perform coastal patrol, fishery escort, anti-submarine and anti-ship operations.
At present, Russia has the world’s largest corvette group that consists of about 80 vessels, but most of them were built in the 1980s and 1990s.
Russian fleet cannot compete with the China’s Type - 056 in terms of technology and equipment.
China’s fleet is now claimed to be the biggest force of modern corvettes of all navies.
Stealth Ship: Know More- A stealth ship is a ship which employs stealth technology.
- It uses these construction techniques in an effort to ensure that it is harder to detect.
- Stealth ship cannot be detected by one or more of radar, visual, sonar, and infrared methods.
- Wake and acoustic signature reduction (Acoustic quieting) are unique to stealth ships' design.
