Here’s What You Need to Remember: China’s new Type-055 destroyer looks like a hybrid blend between the Navy’s stealthy Zumwalt-class destroyers and DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. It has ...

The Chinese Navy deployed the Type 055 Renhai-class destroyer for three different military drills in the Yellow Sea, the contentious South China Sea, the Pacific Ocean. In a worrying development for ...

The Type 055 large destroyer Xianyang (Hull 108) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy holds a training mission for combat readiness in the South China Sea in February 2024. Photo: Screenshot ...

The Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company, traditionally China’s largest shipbuilder, has launched its second Type 052D Luyang III-class destroyer—dubbed “Chinese Aegis”—on August 3 in Dalian in ...

Almost a decade has passed since the People’s Liberation Army pulled the trigger on President Xi Jinping’s plans for a massive overhaul of the world’s biggest military. In the sixth of a series on ...

China has made several additions to its so-called carrier-on-land facility, including a mock-up of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) planned next generation guided missile destroyer, ...

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 held at the ...

One warrior skilfully defeating eight assailants is not a scenario that is only confined to a Bruce Lee kung fu movie – it can also happen in the grand theatre of naval warfare, according to a study ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: 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 ...