The ''Kyan Sittha''-class frigate (or ''Kyansitta'' or ''Kyan-Sit-Thar'' class) is a
class of
guided missile stealth frigates operated by the
Myanmar Navy
The Myanmar Navy ( my, တပ်မတော် (ရေ); ) is the naval warfare branch of the armed forces of Myanmar. With 24,000 personnel on duty, the navy operates more than 150 vessels. Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in c ...
. UMS ''Kyansitta'' (F12) is the first Myanmar Navy frigate that has reduced
radar cross section
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An object reflects a limited amount of radar energy back to the source. ...
features on its design. The ship incorporates various electronic suite and weaponry system from
India
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,
China and
Russia
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. The
lead ship
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of the class is named after
Kyansittha
Kyansittha ( my, ကျန်စစ်သား, ; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Shin; 1030 – 1112/13) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conven ...
, king of
Pagan Dynasty
The Kingdom of Pagan ( my, ပုဂံခေတ်, , ; also known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan Dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-da ...
of
Myanmar
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(Burma).
The first frigate (F12) was commissioned on 31 March 2014, two days after the launch of the second frigate UMS '' Sinphyushin'' (F14), which was named after
Sinphyushin, king of
Konbaung Dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
of Myanmar.
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Ships of the class
Notes
References
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Ship classes built by Myanmar Navy
Frigates of the Myanmar Navy
Frigate classes
Post–Cold War military equipment of Myanmar