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This is the 9th Type 055!

The 29th Type 052D is launched!

By 2030, there would be 16 Type 055s, 37 Type 052Ds and 17 legacy vessels (Type 052B/C, Type 051B/C, Sovremenny) for 70 destroyers in total!

And three more are coming soon!

More Type 052Ds launched! The 27th and 28th vessels of the class.

You pushing war when there is no war for decades is warmongering propaganda. Talk to me when there is actually war. In the meantime, these show exactly why there won't be war -- China gains during peacetime, most of global growth occurs in China and its position at the top inevitably...

Tibet doesn't have an army because they were a province under Ching ;) You can wait for a war to prove yourself right, though. Chances are you won't live to see the day -- the more China builds up its military, the less possibility of war :D

Still doing worse? Then why do Indians make such a big deal about China military and equipment having no experience? ;) Both you and I know that China likes to make money not war :D But it doesn't matter, whites would not be attacking China if it were not growing stronger and wealthier. So...

These are latest numbers with current 5 Year Plan (2025) -- according to some, Type 054A is not going away and is in fact expanding to take over role of Type 056 corvettes; Type 054B might actually be Type 057, a new class and new role. (Bolded are units in service or confirmed in docks)...

China has a military with no wartime experience since it hadn't fought a war in forty years. It wants to not fight a war for another forty! So how do you protect yourself with no war experience and do not want to gain war experience? Build so many warships and fighter planes that discourage...

There are 25 Type 052Ds launched and another five more being built simultaneously in Dalian. So at least 30 that we know of. Thirty destroyers each with 88 (64 UVLS plus 24 HHQ-10 point defense) missiles! With quad packing in the large UVLS cells, the number of missiles could be over 100...

There are two 051Cs that should be nearing MLU in the coming years. It should be interesting how they'll refit those! They have old revolver style VLS for SAMs!

The Type 51Gs were actually decommisioned just two years ago. They were used as testbeds for a lot of the weapon systems that went into new Type 054A and Type 052B/C/Ds. There are no original 3900-ton Type 51 (including upgraded ones) left in service. The upgraded 6100-ton Type 051B is the...

The current Chinese surface fleet is four tiered: Heavy DestroyersType 05513000 tons8 units DestroyersType 052D7500 tons30 units FrigatesType 054A4000 tons40 units CorvetteType 0561500 tons72 units Each tier is a weight class that determines range and capability. Corvettes are green...

Although both American and Chinese deploy UVLS systems, there is a huge difference -- Chinese VLS cells are about 300% larger in volume! They are designed to eventually carry ballistic missiles. Loadout on American ships through the Mk41 and Mk57 are a bit more in total numbers but the cells...

This is the basic modern Chinese navy design, typified by the Type 052D -- there are 25 of them built and another 5 building so that is a pretty good sample size :) The key is the UVLS system provides for all weapons aside from point defense (HHQ-10 and CIWS.) This maximizes use of space on a...

Actually that response is to the statement that Chinese systems are Russian inspirations. This is not the case at all since the design philosophies are completely different. You answered that as well.

Primer on Chinese and Russian naval design philosophy. Chinese warship development is centered around the Universal Vertical Launch System. Every missile save the HHQ-10 point defense system are packed in cells that can carry everything hence "universal." The Chinese fleet is centered...

Type 052D and Type 055 have no Russian design philosophy or any Russian equivalents for that matter ;) In fact, they are very far apart. Russia do not design their ships around an universal VLS (anti-air/sub/ship in a single set of cells) like modern Chinese destroyers.