Addressing misconceptions about China's latest surface combatant, the Type 055 guided-missile destroyer. China has reportedly launched its second Type 055 guided-missile destroyer in April.

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 navy has 355 vessels, outnumbering the US Navy's 297 vessels. China State Shipbuilding Corp. began building its biggest vessel — the Type 055 — in 2014. The Type 055 destroyers have ...

The Pacific Defence Monitor, an Australian website that tracks military and security developments in the Pacific Ocean, reported the arrival of the Chinese Type 055 destroyer CNS Xianyang and the ...

The Type 055 destroyer displaces 10,000 tons and is considered to be the largest and one of the most advanced non-carrier warships in Asia. The ship is expected to play a role similar to that of ...

China's Navy Wednesday launched a new 10,000-tonne domestically designed and produced destroyer. The vessel, of the Type 055 class, is the first of a new generation of destroyers equipped with new ...

According to the state-run Global Times, the vessel type is thought to be the first type 055 destroyer - a successor to the smaller type 052D destroyers. Beijing has reasserted its "indisputable ...

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 call in the capital, Port Vila.