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704542 1/350 PLAN DDG 139 "NINGBO"
704542 1/350 PLAN DDG 139 "NINGBO"
 
Retail Price: $62.99
Scale: 1/350
Brand: TRUMPETER

Stock Status: In Stock

Product Code: 704542
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Description
 
In 2002 China signed a con tract with Russia to purchase an addition al two Sovremenny class destroyers worth US$1.4 billion . These ships were improved Project 956EM variant with improved weapon systems. Thesecond hull 139 Ningbo was launched in July 2004 but the scheduled delivery date was postpon ed to September 2006 due to a fire accident that took place on board the ship in April 2005. The Sovremenny class is a typical Cold War-era Soviet design, with a large amount of weapon systems and sensors, as well as sophisticated electron ic warfare and countermeasures (EW/ECM) equipments. The ship has a tall, large profile with all weapon systems and sensors exposed externally, increasing the ships radar cross section significantly.As a multirole destroyer mainly designed for the surface strike mission, the Sovremenny class is only equipped with basic self-defence antisubmarine weapon s. The ship lacks the large and expensive towed son ar array and antisubmarine missile system that are commonly found on US and Japanese warships.