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Wanshan
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France has a track record of supplying the PLAN with TAVITAC combat system, Crotale SAM, 100mm gun, sonars and naval helicopters so far and the radome on top of the Chinese 052C DDG looks very like ARABEL.

http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/surface/052c.asp

Does anybody know if the French sold ARABEL to the Chinese?

Sunho

The bridge mounted radar is russian. That mast mounted radar is chinese and used in conjunction with the Type 730 CIWS (much the same as the russians have a dedicated search radar for each pair of Kashtan CIWS). Arabel is way bigger than the mast mounted radar. It is not Arabel.