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China extends strike range of Type 055 destroyer with airborne early warning system: CCTV
China’s most powerful destroyer can now strike beyond visual-range targets with pinpoint precision by linking to an airborne ...
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China's Type 055 destroyer 'sunk' by us missiles in war game
Introduced into service in 2017, the LRASM is intended to replace the Harpoon missile.It offers enhanced capabilities and a ...
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China’s 21st Century ‘Battleship’: Type 055 Destroyer Is Oozing with Firepower
China is touting its Type 055 destroyer as a “role model” following its performance in several military exercises. The People Liberation Army’s first powerful warship was tasked with ...
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Take a look at China's fleet of destroyers, including the Type 055, which cost $920 million to build and is considered one of the country's most powerful warships
Its most powerful destroyer class, the Type 055 or Renhai, cost $920 million per unit to build. China has the world's largest navy, with more than 355 vessels in its fleet, according to a 2021 ...
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China’s Type 055 Destroyer Could Be a Big Threat to the U.S. Navy
The Type 055 guided-missile destroyer is not merely a knockoff. It is an innovation. The warships were designed by Chinese engineers to counter any threat a U.S. Navy warship might present to PLAN ...
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China shows off its new destroyer during massive display of naval power
During the parade, which was shrouded in fog, mist, and rain, the Chinese navy showed off the Nanchang, the first of the new generation of Type 055 destroyers. The new destroyers are the most ...
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Three Chinese Type 055 large destroyers train in different sea regions, demonstrate tactical flexibility: expert
The Type 055 large destroyer Zunyi of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fires its close-in weapon system during a combat exercise in the Pacific Ocean in February 2025. Photo ...
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China’s New Type 055 Guided Missile Destroyer Begins Sea Trials
The lead ship of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA Navy) new class of Type 055 guided-missile destroyers (NATO designation: Renhai-class), Nanchang (with hull number 101), has left the ...
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China will deploy larger Type 055 destroyers in 2018
China has a new larger Type 055 destroyer. I has an estimated displacement of 12,000 tons and and overall length of 180 meters. The latest USA Arleigh Burke Flight IIA weighs in at 9,200 tons, with an ...
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China Kicks off Work on 6th Type 055 Guided-Missile Destroyer
China has reportedly begun construction of its sixth Type 055 guided-missile destroyer on order for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), according to commercial satellite imagery analyzed ...
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Five things to know about China’s home-built Type 055 destroyer, guardian of the next-generation aircraft carrier
They are Asia’s largest and most advanced destroyers, designed to guard China’s first home-grown aircraft carrier and meet the navy’s demand for modern warships. Moving at top speed to build ...
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Chinese Type 055 destroyer joins aircraft carrier group for first time
China has sent a Type 055 destroyer to accompany its aircraft carrier group for the first time during a sea trial over the weekend, a move analysts have said could lead to a significant boost to ...