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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In close-in defensive capability, the Type 055 possesses a slight edge over the Japanese Kongo and Atago-class destroyers, as the Japanese destroyers only use 20mm gun Phalanx CIWS systems ...

Introduced into service in 2017, the LRASM is intended to replace the Harpoon missile.It offers enhanced capabilities and a ...

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 ...

China launches two Type 055 guided-missile destroyers, widely considered Asia's biggest such combat vessels, at a shipyard in Dalian, Liaoning province, on Tuesday. [Photo/LIU DEBIN FOR CHINA ...

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 ...

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 ...

China’s first Type 055 (Renhai)-class destroyer entered service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on 12 January: an occasion marked by a long-anticipated commissioning ceremony ...