China’s Hudong Zhonghua has launched the first Type A Frigate for Pakistan Navy (PN) on August 23, After systems and weapons integration and tests, it will be. The Type A retains its predecessor's stealth features, including sloped hull design, radar absorbent materials, and a clean profile. An improved variant, sometimes called the Type . The Type A carries HQ medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ has a range of up to 50 km, with .Type As have conducted anti-piracy and NEO support missions in both the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, and frequently deploy when Beijing seeks to make naval shows of force in the East and South China Seas. China’s Hudong Zhonghua has launched the first Type A Frigate for Pakistan Navy (PN) on August 23, After systems and weapons integration and tests, it will be. the newest Type A ships reflect the expanded roles and missions the ship is expected to undertake and po-tentially indicates the weightier role the PLAN envisions the ship playing in the future. The Type A is fit-ted with much more capable anti-air and anti-ship missiles than the Type , and also has a “mini-Aegis” radar.The Type A (NATO codename Jiangkai II) frigate is a class of Chinese multi-role frigates, the first of which entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in Oct 21, · China’s Hudong Zhonghua has launched the first Type A Frigate for Pakistan Navy (PN) on August 23, After systems and weapons integration and tests, it will be. the newest Type A ships reflect the expanded roles and missions the ship is expected to undertake and po-tentially indicates the weightier role the PLAN envisions the ship playing in the future. The Type A is fit-ted with much more capable anti-air and anti-ship missiles than the Type , and also has a “mini-Aegis” radar.