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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: Screenshot ...

China is expected to launch an eighth guided-missile destroyer designed for the navy’s aircraft carrier strike groups later this year, according to reports on mainland social media sites. The vessel ...

China has commissioned two new Type 055 guided missile destroyers (DDG) into the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), bringing its fleet of the type to ten, forming the modern backbone to the country ...

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China’s decision to send four Type 055 destroyers to sea together marks a new level of confidence in a warship already regarded as one of the most capable surface combatants afloat. The move signals ...

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 ...

For far too long Americans, notably those running U.S. national security policy in Washington, D.C., have deluded themselves into thinking the country’s post-Cold War dominance would last forever.

On Oct. 15, 2016 in Baltimore on the U.S. East Coast, the U.S. Navy commissioned the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt into service following a protracted and costly development. Six hundred feet ...