The baseline Type 052D and its Batch 2 extended variant are a leap forward from the previous generation Type 052C destroyers.

In addition to China's newest class, the Type 055, there are six other locally made active destroyer classes: Type 052A, Type 051B, Type 051C, Type 052B, Type 052C, and Type 052D(L), per a 2018 ...

They are attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command. (Photo: eng.chinamil.com.cn) China's independently developed Type 052D destroyer has reportedly ...

The Chinese South Sea Fleet’s Type 052D destroyer was also spotted by French jets earlier in December to be sailing near French Polynesia, another overseas territory of France and lying further ...

In this image provided by the Japanese Defense Ministry, Chinese Type 054A frigate CNS Huanggang, top, Type 052D destroyer CNS Nanjing, center, and Type 052D destroyer CNS Xiamen, bottom ...

Its design is based on the Type 052D guided-missile destroyer but has been modified to better suit coastguard operations, according to the report. It said the destroyer’s vertical launch system ...

Satellite images showed it had the shape and size of a Type-052D, an advanced guided-missile destroyer in China's navy. But this ship was missing key features, such as a vertical launch system for ...

Global tensions intensified after a fleet of Chinese naval vessels were spotted operating in contested waters off the coast ...

The USN has released footage of a Chinese ship Type-052D destroyer crossing the bow of an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during a routine transit of the Taiwan Strait. On 3 June, while sailing south to ...