Asia’s biggest, most advanced warship finally launches as China strengthens naval presence

South China Morning Post ^ | 28 June, 2017 | Liu Zhen

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China launched what it calls the most advanced and largest warship in Asia on Wednesday, billing it as a major step forward in the modernisation of its navy, the official military newspaper said.

The first of the new type 055 guided-missile destroyers, which has a displacement of more than 10,000 tons and was built at the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai, is equipped with air defence, anti-missile, anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons, the PLA Daily reported.

The launch of the ship marks an important step towards China’s dream of having a strong and modern naval force, a member of the Central Military Commission, Zhang Youxia, was quoted as saying at the launch ceremony.

The new destroyer will be similar in size to the 8,000-10,000 tonne Arleigh Burke class destroyers, the main type currently in use with the US Navy.

Previously, the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s most advanced destroyer was the type 052D, a 7,500-tonne vessel.

The new ship will undergo equipment and sea testing, and is expected to enter service next year.

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China's new type of domestically-built destroyer, a 10,000-tonne warship, is seen during its launching ceremony at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China June 28, 2017. REUTERS/China Stringer Network

[agere_contra]

I applaud the incorporation of a modular VLS.

[agere_contra]

Oops, make that two modular VLS.

[piasa]

The LGBT crowd might get excited looking at that picture.

[vooch]

we should be planning joint operations with these guys

[Jimmy Valentine]

That is a cruiser. Interesting to see tonnage increase on these.

[BlueLancer]

"The first of the new type 055 guided-missile destroyers, which has a displacement of more than 10,000 tons ..."

"The new destroyer will be similar in size to the 8,000-10,000 tonne Arleigh Burke class destroyers ..."

Okay, is it more than 10,000 or between 8000 and 10,000? Must be Common Core math ...

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Thanks, free traitors. Yet another foreign weapon system you conned us into paying for.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Just attack them at noon and 6 pm China time. That’s when they’re all busy firing up the woks to eat lunch and dinner.

[brucedickinson]

is it made out of cardboard? It’ll sink in a matter of days. They’ll have to tow it from here to there. This is my serious face.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I wouldn’t be all that confident. It appears to have two phased array radar sets, the topmost smaller one is probably X-Band, the lower larger is probably S-Band. I wouldn’t want to tangle with them.

[brucedickinson]

there is an old saying- “ that’ll fall apart faster than a Chinese motorcycle.” The cookies are all about the show. It’s like their economy- numbers are all lies

[brucedickinson]

commies not cookies. Stupid spellcheck

[central_va]

This web site is full of loud mouth gloBULList free traitor chamber of commerce cheap labor hacks. It appears you are not one of them. Cool.

[MarMema]

great timing for WW3 which is right around the corner...

[uncbob]

Fools Nixon and Kissinger brought China into the 20th century
Now look what we have to deal with

Reagan put a stop to that foolish DETENTE with the Soviets
Why he didn’t reverse Nixon’s China fiasco I don’t know

[rmlew]

There are 3 current and 1 planned versions of the Arleigh Burke Class (Flight 3 has a new radar and will be larger.)

Fully loaded:
Flight I: 8,315 t (8,184 long tons; 9,166 short tons)
Flight II: 8,400 t (8,300 long tons; 9,300 short tons)
Flight IIA: 9,200 t (9,100 long tons; 10,100 short tons)
Flight III: 9,800 t (9,600 long tons; 10,800 short tons)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer