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The Type 055 destroyer (NATO/OSD designation Renhai-class cruiser) [19] is a class of stealth guided-missile destroyers (rated as guided-missile cruisers per NATO/OSD standard parlance) constructed for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
The People's Liberation Army Navy was interested in a large destroyer from as early as the late-1960s. A development program, code-named "055", initiated in 1976 was cancelled in 1983 after encountering insurmountable technical obstacles from industrial underdevelopment; for example, the required gas turbine power plants could neither be produced domestically, nor imported at acceptable prices ...
China's new Type 055 cruiser is its most modern and powerful surface combatant. The ship China labels as a destroyer is so large it compares more to US cruisers. China is building these ships fast ...
The People's Liberation Army Navy was interested in a large destroyer from as early as the late-1960s. A development program, code-named "055", initiated in 1976 was cancelled in 1983 after encountering insurmountable technical obstacles from industrial underdevelopment; for example, the required gas turbine power plants could neither be produced domestically, nor imported at acceptable prices ...
VANUATU GOVERNMENT PHOTO VIA FACEBOOK The Chinese navy last week gave Vanuatu government officials a tour its Type 055 destroyer CNS Xianyang and the Type 052DL destroyer CNS Nanning during a port ...
China's Type 055 Renhai-class cruisers, for example, are equipped with 112 vertical launch tubes that can fire anti-aircraft or anti-ship missiles. The ships are also likely to be defended by ...
6 Type 055 destroyer (NATO codename Renhai) 7 Akizuki-class destroyer. 8 Almirante Brown-class destroyer (MEKO 360H2 type) 9 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
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