Vietnam frigate performs combat drills at Spratly archipelago

016 Quang Trung, equipped with rockets and stealth capabilities, is used to combat submarines and other warships, Vietnam Television said on Sunday.

Ka-28 helicopters carried out emergency landing drills.

"On the Spratly Islands, combat preparations are at the highest levels," the national broadcaster added.

016 Quang Trung, commissioned in 2018, carries a lot of modern Russian weaponry and camouflage technologies like radar-absorbing paint.

Its main weaponry includes eight 3M24E rockets with a 130-km range, an AK-176MA gun and other rocket-gun combinations.

It is also capable of carrying a Ka-28 helicopter for anti-submarine warfare.