A simulated battle by the team, set in the western Pacific, just a few hundred kilometres east of Taiwan, saw a Type 055 ...

Shandong appears to have transited narrower waterways of the Philippines instead of taking Bashi Channel, according to ...

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 ...

Back then it appeared that this new Type 055 12,000-ton cruiser class ship would have as many as 128 Vertical Launch System or VLS tubes and much else besides. China claimed this ship would be the ...

but China definitely appears to have the advantage when it comes to range. Where the US excels, though, is capacity. The PLAN's advanced Type 052 and Type 055 destroyers have 64 and 112 vertical ...

Among the 32 vessels was China's only active aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. A Type 055 destroyer, one of the largest of its kind in Asia, also made its debut. It's equipped with a high ...

The Zumwalt's primary competitor is China's Type 055 Renhai destroyer. Although the Chinese warship is not as technologically advanced as the Zumwalt, which remains unmatched, the Renhai ...

which are controlled by Taiwan but claimed by China. For reasons unspecified, the Chinese task force was attacked by a US carrier strike group, which targeted a Type 055 destroyer escorting the ...