This means the new asset will have to operate with dedicated ASW assets for threat warning and escort. However, given the PLAN's current growth programme and its stated intention to impress it's power much further into open waters, there will be a strategic requirement to enhance the PLAN's anti-submarine capabilities in the future.
European collaboration is also a possibility.
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