Type 052D guided-missile destroyer Lishui (Hull 157) attached to a flotilla under the Chinese PLA Navy maneuvers to the designated training area on November 11, 2024. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by ...

It also has a strong anti-submarine capability, so it is much more able to protect aircraft carrier battle group than the Type-052D destroyers currently in service which carry only 64 missiles.

The Master 'PLAN': China's New Guided Missile Destroyer China’s navy appears on the verge of creating a new class of warship. It could eventually alter the balance of naval power in the region.

Japan, one of two U.S. treaty allies in Northeast Asia, said it dispatched naval vessels and patrol planes to monitor a pair ...

In May, military experts spied a peculiar, half-built vessel sitting among warships at a Shanghai dockyard. Satellite images showed it had the shape and size of a Type-052D, an advanced guided ...

On January 9, 2025, the People’s Daily reported high-intensity live-fire maritime drills featuring China’s formidable Type 052D guided-missile destroyers. These exercises underscore the PLAN’s growing ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Saturday spotted a PLA Navy Type 052D destroyer with the hull number 135 and a Type 054A frigate with the hull number 530 that sailed in waters to the ...