China-built C28A corvette conducts test launch of anti-ship missile

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A C28A class corvette conducted a test launch of anti-ship missiles recently.

The ship with 3,000 tons displacement is Chinese-built new generation of warship exported to Algeria. It is part of a three-vessel order signed with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. in 2012 for corvettes, to be outfitted with Chinese and Western systems.

The vessel began to be built by Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai in March 2013. C28 stands for 2,800 tons of corvette and the letter A is the initial letter of Algeria.

On Aug. 14, 2015, the first ship of the 3,000 ton corvette which was designed and built by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation started sea trails, which represents the project achieved initial results.

The vessels' weapons include eight C-802 anti-ship missiles, a FM-90N launcher for short-range HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles, an H/PJ-26 76-millimeter main gun, two sets of Type 730 CIWS and two triple-tube 324-millimeter torpedo launchers.

On Sept. 22, 2015, the Algerian Navy commissioned first C28A corvette.