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  • long-range semi-active radar homing/radio-command guidance air defense system. The FK-3, an export-variant of the HQ-22, fires missiles that can reach Mach 6 and range 100 km.
  • Naval Combatants. China is a supplier of major naval vessels, highlighted by Pakistan’s 2015 purchase of eight Yuan-class submarines for more than $3 billion. Thailand also purchased one Yuan-class submarine in 2017 and is interested in purchasing two more. As of April 2022, China had not delivered any Yuan submarines, although it had delivered two Ming-class submarines to Bangladesh in 2016 and one to Burma in 2021. In 2017 and 2018, China sold two frigates to Bangladesh and four to Pakistan, respectively. In September 2019, China made its first-ever sale of a landing platform dock ship to Thailand.

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Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China