Naval Forces of the People's Republic of China. Naval Forces of the People's Republic of China The Chinese launched their version of the Zumwalt
China Central Television reported that the shipyard Jianghan Shipyard in Shanghai, the lead ship of a series of destroyers or destroyers Type 055 was launched.
The Chinese launched their version of Zumwalt
This warship was laid down on December 27, 2014, and this tells us that exactly six months have passed from the start of the construction of the destroyer to its completion. The exact appearance of the ship is still not known - the Chinese keep this information a secret, but a displacement of 12 thousand tons suggests that these will be the largest ships of this class after the American destroyers of the Zumwalt type, which was launched in 2013 and long ago became a media hero.
This is a multifunctional ship, which, like the destroyers of the previous generation - Type 052D, has vertical launchers for launching various types of missiles of the so-called cellular type - this is the Chinese analogue of the famous American launcher.
This circumstance allows ships of this type to perform a wide range of military tasks - from strengthening zonal air defense, missile defense and anti-aircraft defense to joining aircraft carrier strike groups.
It is noteworthy that the armament of this warship has "Russian roots" - these are missile systems such as the HQ-9, which is the Chinese version of the S-300, as well as the HQ-16, which is the Russian-Chinese modernization of the domestic Shtil air defense system.
Other components of the missile defense and air defense systems copy the American Aegis system - for example, the HQ-26 is a direct analogue of the SM-3, and the FL-3000N air defense system is the RAM short-range defense system.
Interestingly, the strike functions on the Type 055 will be carried out by the YJ-18 missile system, which is the Chinese index for the Russian Kalibr-type cruise missile.
Type 055 is being built by China for operations on the high seas
You also need to pay attention to the important circumstance that the appearance of the new ship has the most reduced ship superstructures, which is necessary to achieve the Type 055 the greatest invisibility, and this copies the US approach when designing Zumwalt.
According to The Diplomat columnist Bob Farley, Type 055 destroyers are built to serve as the lead ship of a long-range naval group or escort ship in the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier strike group.
This is necessary for China in order to demonstrate to all potential adversaries the increased power and operational radius of modern Chinese naval forces.
All this suggests that today in China they pay increased attention to the needs of the national navy, and Beijing relies on the navy, pursuing not only defensive goals, since other components are enough to achieve such goals, but in order to provide Chinese operational presence within the oceans.
China implements "Maritime Silk Road"
Head of the Sector of Economics and Politics, IMEMO RAS Sergei Lukonin in conversation with FBA "Economy Today" noted that China's stake on the construction of a large navy is within the framework of the implementation of the "Maritime Silk Road" concept.
“All this is part of the Chinese “one belt and one road” initiative, for which Beijing needs to build economic growth points throughout the entire maritime part of this project so that the process of transporting goods to Europe goes smoothly,” concludes Lukonin.
To do this, as Sergey Aleksandrovich notes, China will build support bases throughout the entire journey, and the new Chinese Navy will have to protect all these projects.
“The Chinese will not spare any money for this, not to mention the fact that Beijing is going to organize free economic zones in such ports. All this is already being positioned as direct Chinese economic interests, as a result of which unprecedented investments for this country have gone into the Chinese navy,” Lukonin sums up.
This indicates that China is currently betting on the development of its own navy, not to mention the innovative overtones in this entire strategic project.
Beijing creates naval strongholds all the way to the Suez Canal
“The Chinese are now specifically implementing such mega-projects so that it serves as an innovative factor for the development of China's national industry, so that this country can independently produce and design all the necessary types of military equipment. And here it should be noted that the Chinese are on the way to success,” Lukonin states.
As for the maritime version of the Silk Road, as the expert notes, this is a route from China to Europe, and its points can be traced to Chinese geopolitical initiatives.
“China today is investing in many ports from Asia to Europe – in particular, this is the Pakistani Gwardar. Here, too, the Chinese are fulfilling the strategic task of providing themselves with energy carriers - in this respect, this is a duplicate supply route for Beijing. In addition, we can recall Chinese investments in the Maldives and Sri Lanka, as well as the military base that has been built today in the state of Djibouti,” Lukonin concludes.
The military base in Djibouti is very indicative here, since this country is located at the very entrance to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, i.e. to the trade gates of the European Union.
Suffice it to recall the opening of the second branch of the Suez Canal in 2015, which was carried out in Egypt with a significant role of Chinese capital.
Comparative sizes of destroyers pr. 055 and 052D(ill. from top81.cn from popsci.com posting on 06/04/2015)
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ship's composition , deal with which was very difficult. The reason for this - "the opacity of Chinese naval construction - is akin to that which took place in Soviet times, when citizens of the USSR learned about the composition of their Navy from the Jane "s Fighting Ships" directory (free self-quotation). Meanwhile,lead super destroyer for more than a year (with27.12.2014
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link 3 ) was in work at the shipyardJiangnan on Changxing Island in Shanghai.
It is now premature to analyze the performance characteristics of project 055, because in addition to the full-scale layout in Wuhan and the formed nasal there is very little information about it, and the main and almost the only source of it are discussions on Chinese military forums. Supposed that the ship will have a length of about 183 m, a width of 22 m, a gas turbine GEM, 128 UVP (2x64), 1x1 130- or 152-mm guns, BIUS with AFAR and a hangar for two helicopters (link 4 ). With the given dimensionsthe total displacement of the destroyer will be about12 000 tons (coefficient of total weightKop=0.54 atB/ T\u003d 3.14 - approximately the same as for RRC project 1164). In the same time, on the diagram above, made, presumably, by the author's completion of the layout bow and stern, the 055 is 10 m shorter and therefore 2,000 tons lighter.
It is also assumed that the serial construction of ships of this project will be 16 units (moreover, 8 of them - with nuclearGEM), and the promising Chinese AUG, in addition to the aircraft carrier, will include two large destroyers of the 055 type, four "small" type 052Dand four Type 054 frigatesA(reference 4).
It may seem that by launching into a series a multi-purpose warship of the ocean zone the size of a "Washington" (heavy)cruiser, the PLA Navy is challenging ("the glove") its closest competitors, the US Navy and the Russian Navy, and doing(confirm) application for leadership in the Asia-Pacific region but I wouldn't put the question so categorically. H and todayUS Navy- the world's strongest ocean fleet of a multistate standard, which will remain in this status for a very, very long time. Even if the Chinese manage to realize all their ambitious plans and increaseNavy, saytwice , the Americans will still betwice stronger,transferring forces from the Atlantic to the Pacific theater of operations through the Panama Canal and around Cape Horn(and that's not counting the allies).
Moreover, dimensions and serialization are one thing, and the combat effectiveness of naval weapons systems, a proven tacticthe use of naval forces, combat experience and the methodology for training personnel based on it are completely different. Modern the American fleet was born in hot battles with a strong, intelligent and courageous enemy in the Great Pacific War and was tempered, like the Soviet Navy, in the Cold War on all four oceans of the planet, which demanded from both sides extreme strain of mental, technical and economic resources.
The performance characteristics of the naval weapons created in those years were determined by the real possibility of an imminent global military collisions are not for life, but for death, and this weapon continues to be progressively improved to this day. The Chinese, who did not have a fleet at all during World War II and a competitive one - during the Cold War, suddenly set out to starting from scratch, surpass everyone in just a couple of decades by copying and modernizing, according to your understanding, strangers developments of previous years. Personally, I refuse to believe in such amazing achievements, and with them in efficiency. Chinese anti-ship missiles, CRBD, PLUR, missiles with obscure characteristics, and I wouldn’t be surprised if all that impressive arsenal of new the super destroyer pictured below will actually turn out to be a "paper tiger".
To the US Navy and anyone who sees them as a role model,type 055 - not a challenge, but rather an incentive to build beautiful ships of new generations, unlike the freaks of the Zumwalt type - the fruit of an insanely expensive experiment ona radical decrease in the EPR, which, if it makes them inconspicuous "14-meter schooners", then only for the first time - in order to hide their radio technical portrait from RTR means, they will have to turn off all radars, and in the eternal confrontation between "armor and projectile" will appear sooner or laterRCC - scouts with passive RGSN and stored in memoryRT portraits that will guide other missiles in the salvo to the correct target.
With regard to the Russian Navy, the super destroyers pr. 055 are also an incentive, but not in terms of ship architecture (for with the exception of 20386 and the concept projects of the KGNTs, we are fine with this so far), but regarding the scale and pace construction. At one time, we taught the Chinese comrades to build warships, today we are not a sin learn from your students.■
The bow of the lead type 055 destroyer at the Jiangnan shipyard, Shanghai
Ceremony of the start of construction of the lead destroyer type 055,27.12.2014 (photo from militaryparitet.com)
DESTROYER TYPE 055 (CHINA)
THE DESTROYER TYPE 055 (CHINA)
10.09.2013
CHINA IS DEVELOPING A 12,000 T DESTROYER 
Since the end of last year, foreign military forums have begun discussing the development in China of large missile destroyers with a displacement of 12,000 tons, which are larger in size than the American Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and will be second only to the promising DDG-1000, according to Chinese Internet resources.
The destroyer is designated Type 055 and should complement the Type 052 ships. It is reported that the new EM is designed with maximum use of stealth technology, a fully "electric propulsion system" and an open electronic architecture for the rapid integration of new equipment and weapons. The main armament will consist of HHQ-26 anti-missile systems (similar to the American SM-3) and cruise missiles to destroy ground targets, as well as a laser gun. The ship will be able to detect and track hundreds of targets simultaneously. New destroyers will appear in the Chinese fleet from 2020.
Military Parity
29.01.2014
In the second quarter of 2015, China will begin construction of the "fourth generation large missile destroyer" Type 055, which will become the largest combat surface ship of its class in the world after the American stealth destroyer DDG-1000, mil.news.sina.com.cn reported today.
The construction of ships of this series is planned within the framework of the 12th five-year plan and will demonstrate the highest level of Chinese technology in military surface shipbuilding. The laying of the ship is somewhat behind schedule, and the final design work on the Type 055 is currently underway.
Military Parity
30.07.2014
According to a china-defense.blogspot.ru source on July 23, mock-ups of a 130 mm H / PJ-38 universal gun, Type 1130 small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery system and FL-3000N short-range missile defense system (multi-missile the concept of RAM on a mobile launcher).
28.08.2014
The forum of the Chinese portal china-defense.com published posters of a promising Chinese missile cruiser (large missile destroyer) Type 055A.
Of course, these drawings are not 100% real reflection of the ship's design. Judging by the given data, the length of the ship can be 174 m, width 23 m, draft 8 m, standard displacement 9000 tons, total displacement 12300 tons, gas turbine power plant power 100 mW (4x25 mW), maximum speed 32 knots, cruising range 7000 miles at speed 16 knots, crew 310 people. The ship is equipped with a variety of missile weapons (KR, anti-ship missiles, missiles) and the latest electronic equipment.
Military Parity
30.12.2014
As they write on the Chinese Internet, last Saturday, December 27, a ceremony was held at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai to start construction of the Type 055 lead super-destroyer. It is believed that the total displacement of the ship will be 12000-13000 tons.
Initially, it is planned to build two Type 055 super-destroyers, then a series of Type 055A ships will begin, which will not be inferior in size to the American super-destroyers of the DDG-1000 class.
Military Parity
08.01.2015
Chinese military expert Yin Zhuo believes that Type 055 will not be the largest destroyer in the world and that this ship will "change the rules of battles at sea" is greatly exaggerated. The American media reported that this destroyer with a displacement of 10 thousand tons will be equipped with 128 missiles of various classes (KR, anti-ship missiles and missiles), in the future it can be armed with an electromagnetic gun and laser weapons.
Yin Zhuo believes that Type 055 is inferior to the American DDG-1000 (12000 tons) in terms of its displacement and is on a par with Russian ships of the Sovremenny and Udaloy classes (8000-9000 tons), Japanese Atagi (more than 9000 tons ). The expert claims that aircraft carriers have really changed the tactics of military operations at sea, raising the role of attack and fighter aircraft to a great height, but Type 055 destroyers cannot influence the development of naval tactics in such a way, even DDG-1000 destroyers cannot do this. In his opinion, the combat capabilities of the Type 055 will be close to those of the Arleigh Burke and Atagi destroyers.
Military Parity
07.02.2015
Military analyst Li Li said on Chinese state television that the new PLA Navy Type 055 destroyer will be armed with 128 vertical-launch missiles in two arrays of 64 cells, one forward and one aft. Jane's writes about this on February 5.
Li's interview on China Central Television (CCTV) was reported in several Chinese online media, including in the official PLA Daily.
Li also said the Type 055 would be armed with the Y-100 long-range anti-ship cruise missile, as well as anti-submarine and anti-aircraft missiles.
Military Parity
23.04.2015
The Chinese Internet continues to publish photos of the ground model of the future missile destroyer (cruiser) Type 055.
As you can see, progress in Chinese layout building is obvious. Such full-scale mock-ups of ships are used by Chinese designers to work out the location of on-board systems, the placement of weapons and the study of ergonomics.
Military Parity
30.10.2016
On the Chinese Internet, you can subtract some interesting points from the history of the Type 055 destroyer, according to Military Parity.
In February 1968, the PRC Ministry of Defense released a study titled "Proposal for the Construction of Escort Ships", which, under the code 055, hid a program to create a large missile and artillery ship. In August 1970, the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Central Military Commission of the CPC selected the Shanghai shipyard, the Northern Fleet, and NII 701 to develop the program. Gradually, hundreds of scientific institutions and factories were involved in the project, and the R&D stage began. In March 1976, the State Council and the TsVK issued document No. 19, according to which funds began to be allocated for the creation of a large missile destroyer. However, in 1981, the Commission on Science and Technology of the Ministry of Defense came to the conclusion that the country did not have sufficient capabilities to create such a ship, and it was decided to reorient the Type 055 project to purely research work.
In 2009, it was understood that the country was capable of creating such a large combat surface ship. Target work began, the construction of the ship began in December 2014.
At present, it has been decided to build four destroyers - two in Jiangnan and two in Dalian. The lead ship is being built in Jiangnan, the launch is expected in early 2017, and commissioning into the fleet at the end of 2019.
The total displacement of the destroyer is estimated at 12,000 tons, the power plant is four QC280 gas turbines (130 thousand hp), weapons are vertical launchers for missiles of various classes, artillery, two Z-18 helicopters.
Military Parity
16.02.2017
US intelligence agencies believe that China is currently building or preparing blocks of four "giant" Type 055 destroyers, a Chinese source said.
It is noted that at present, warships of this size are not being built in the United States and Russia. The Type 055 destroyers are to become the backbone of the combat guards of Chinese aircraft carrier groups.
The length of the ship is approximately 182.6 m, the width is 20.9 m, the draft is 7.2 m, the total displacement is 13,200 tons. The armament of the ship consists of a 112-cell UVP, a 130 mm caliber gun, and a gas turbine power plant.
Military parity
28.04.2017
China is building four large Type 055 guided missile destroyers at the same time, Military Parity reports citing mil.news.sina.com.cn (April 28).
According to a source, on April 25, the British military weekly Jane's Defense Weekly reported that since April 2014, two hulls of this type have been built at the shipyard in Shanghai, and the saturation with modules has reached a very high level. Two more hulls have been laid down at the shipyard in Dalian.
According to a British source, the Type 055 destroyer is about 180 m long, 19 m wide, and in terms of size and tonnage it will occupy an intermediate position between the South Korean destroyer of the KDX-3 class (length 157 m, width 17 m, full displacement 10,500 tons) and the Russian missile cruiser of the Slava type (length 186 m, total displacement 11,700 tons).
From the available satellite photographs, it is still difficult to determine the number of cells on the UVP (vertical launch installations). According to some data, the ship has two UVPs (forward and aft) 13 m long, 10.5 m wide, the number of cells is 64, for a total of 128 (two UVPs of 32 cells each are placed on the Type 052D destroyer). According to other sources, the destroyer will be equipped with two sections of 48 cells.
Military Parity
25.06.2017
China is actively building the first two "large missile destroyers" Type 055, according to "Military Parity" with reference to chinatimes.com (June 23).
Both ships are expected to be launched as early as this year. The destroyer's displacement is about 10 thousand tons, the cost of construction is very high, which is not surprising - the ship has the most sophisticated high-tech combat and electronic systems, which brings its capabilities closer to the American Aegis class. Two more are under construction. According to American experts, the program is moving forward "at an alarming rate" (all four ships are being built in Dalian).
The construction of the lead ship began in 2010, in 2016 the hull already had a clear outline, the source writes. Since August 2016, work began on the superstructure (on the Chinese Internet, the lead ship is called Renhai - with. VP).
According to some reports, the destroyer is 183 meters long, 22 meters wide, has a standard displacement of 9,000 tons, a total displacement of 12,300 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, a cruising range of more than 12,500 miles, and a crew of 310 people. The ship is equipped with two UVPs (each for 64 missiles of various classes - missiles, anti-ship missiles, missiles), there is a 130 mm gun mount, there is a hangar for a helicopter.
Military Parity
28.06.2017
China launched a new type of destroyer of its own production on Wednesday, China Central Television reported.
The solemn ceremony of launching the bow of the ship into the water took place in the morning in Shanghai at the Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) shipyard.
"Type 005" with a displacement of 10,000 tons became the first Chinese destroyer of the generation of new destroyers. The ship is equipped with new anti-aircraft, anti-missile, anti-ship and anti-submarine systems.
RIA News
14.07.2017
Launched on June 28, the Chinese destroyer Type 055 will become one of the most modern ships of its class in the world, Military Parity reports with reference to mil.news.sina.com.cn (June 13).
According to the British source Jane's Defense Weekly, this ship has "one of the most advanced two-coordinate radars in the world." According to Chinese media, the destroyer's displacement is more than 10,000 tons, which is almost 40% more than that of the Type 052D ship.
The Type 055 has a large helicopter pad and hangar for two helicopters. Experts cannot yet name the exact number of UVP cells - 112 or 128. It is believed that the number of missiles can be twice as many as Type 052D.
Military Parity
28.03.2018
The Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company has begun construction of the sixth project 055 missile destroyer, intended for the Chinese Navy. This is reported by local media, citing satellite photos.
It is assumed that the Project 055 destroyers will surpass the most modern Project 052D destroyers currently in the Chinese Navy. If the predecessors have a hull length of 160 meters and a displacement of 7.5 thousand tons, then the new ships reach a length of 183 meters and, according to various sources, will receive a displacement of 10 to 12 thousand tons.
Equipped with four QC280 gas turbines, Type 055 destroyers should reach speeds of up to 35 knots.
The ships will be armed with HQ-9A and HQ-16 long and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles and advanced HQ-26 missiles (similar to the American SM-3). It is also planned to install two FL-3000N near-field air defense systems. In addition, two to four 30-mm Type 1130 short-range anti-aircraft artillery systems, which provide 10,000 rounds per minute, will be placed on board. YJ-18 missiles (analogue of the Russian Kalibr missiles) are designed to fight against ships. The main gun mount is a fully automatic H / PJ-38 caliber 130 mm.
Two large anti-submarine helicopters will be able to be based on board.
According to the plans of the Chinese Navy, the fleet should receive up to 16 Project 055 destroyers. They are going to be used as part of aircraft carrier strike groups.
In July 2017, the first Project 055 destroyer was launched in Shanghai.
flotprom.ru
26.04.2018
A photo appeared on the Chinese Internet, where eight destroyers under construction were captured in one frame - four Type 055 and four Type 052D. Construction is underway at the shipyard in Dalian.
Military parity
I translated it myself, so sorry for my English, I have only been restoring my knowledge of the language for half a year after a 17-year break). I removed the water from the shipyards, leaving only about the destroyer.
Photos posted on Chinese online forums show that a second Type 055 destroyer, commissioned by the PLA navy, was launched at the Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai on April 28. While the launch of the first destroyer of this type in June 2017 was accompanied by significant media coverage, official confirmation of the launch of the second destroyer has not yet appeared.
The Type 055 is the largest class of surface combatants built for the PRC Navy. She measures 180 meters in length and has an estimated displacement of over 10,000 tons (11,023 tons), making her comparable in size to US Navy Ticonderoga-class cruisers.
Its main armament is 112 vertical rocket launchers, which are expected to consist of a combination of surface-to-air missiles, surface-to-surface anti-submarine weapons and cruise missiles.
Ships are likely to be a key component of carrier escort and will form one of the foundations of the AUG.
Two shipyards, Changxingdao and Dalian, are building type 055 squadron mines. Changxingdao has been the leading destroyer building site for the Chinese Navy since 2008, when the Jiangnan shipyard moved from central Shanghai to an island at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Since 2010, four destroyers of the 052C type and 10 destroyers of the 052D type have been launched in Changxingdao.
Attached is an old article.
China is actively building the first two "large missile destroyers" Type 055, according to "Military Parity" with reference to chinatimes.com (June 23).
Both ships are expected to be launched as early as this year. The destroyer's displacement is about 10 thousand tons, the cost of construction is very high, which is not surprising - the ship has the most sophisticated high-tech combat and electronic systems, which brings its capabilities closer to the American Aegis class. Two more are under construction. According to American experts, the program is moving forward "at an alarming rate" (all four ships are being built in Dalian).
The construction of the lead ship began in 2010, in 2016 the hull already had a clear outline, the source writes. Since August 2016, work began on the superstructure ( on the Chinese Internet, the lead ship is called Renhai - at. VP).
According to some reports, the destroyer is 183 meters long, 22 meters wide, has a standard displacement of 9,000 tons, a total displacement of 12,300 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, a cruising range of more than 12,500 miles, and a crew of 310 people. The ship is equipped with two UVP (each for 64 missiles of various classes - missiles, anti-ship missiles, missiles), there is a 130 mm gun mount, there is a hangar for a helicopter.
Bourgeois Wikipedia writes that the series should consist of 16 ships, 5 under construction.
Purpose
The purpose of promising ships is to provide, as well as strengthen the zonal missile defense, air defense and anti-aircraft defense of Chinese naval strike groups, including aircraft carrier formations (AUG). According to some sources, in addition to an aircraft carrier, four type 052D destroyers and four type 054A frigates, each aircraft carrier formation should also include two type 055 destroyers. Earlier, the Chinese military leadership announced plans to have at least 3 such aircraft carrier formations.
Design
As of February 2014, it is not known what the structural appearance of type 055 will be, whether it will be a further development of the ship type 052D (the same architectural and structural type) or will have a completely new structural appearance with the most reduced superstructures
Armament
It is planned that on ships of type 055, as well as on ships of the previous type 052D, the main armament will be placed in vertical launch units of a modular-cellular type for 8 anti-aircraft, anti-submarine or tactical cruise missiles each (128 missiles in total). 8 modules are located in the forward part of the ship in front of the superstructure, 8 others - in the aft part of the superstructure in front of the helicopter hangar. It is possible that under the new, most promising Chinese hypersonic ballistic anti-ship missiles DF-26, which do not fit into the dimensions of the UVP cells (0.85 m), a separate UVP will be developed and placed on the ships of the project.
The anti-aircraft missile armament of the ship will be represented by long and medium-range HQ-9A and HQ-16 anti-aircraft missiles and (or) advanced HQ-26 missiles (similar to the American SM-3), as well as 1-2 short-range air defense systems FL-3000N (similar to American short-range air defense system RAM), in addition, the ship will be equipped with several 30-mm 11-barrel short-range anti-aircraft artillery systems Type 1130 (quick-firing single installation - 10,000 rounds per minute).
Anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons can be represented by both YJ-18 missiles and more promising developments.
According to Chinese network resources, on August 24, 2018, the lead Chinese large destroyer of the new project 055, named Nanchang (南昌, "Nanchang", tail number "101"), went to sea for factory sea trials for the first time from Shanghai. The ship was built at the Shanghai shipyard Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry Corporation ("Jiannan-Changxing") of the Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) of the Shanghai Shipbuilding Company, which is part of the Chinese state-owned shipbuilding corporation China Shipbuilding State Corporation (CSSC).
Project 055 Chinese destroyers (Western designation Renhai-class) are the largest non-aircraft-carrying escort surface warships currently under construction in the world, with an estimated total displacement of about 13,000 tons and a length of 180 meters. In China, they are officially referred to as "10,000-ton class destroyers." , and the US Department of Defense has referred to them as "cruisers" since 2017. Project 055 destroyers should be equipped with universal vertical launchers with 112 cells for missiles for various purposes.
Project 055 lead destroyer Nanchang has been under construction at Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry Corporation since 2014 and was launched on June 28, 2017. After a fairly extensive testing program, the ship is expected to be handed over to the PLA Navy in 2019.
In total, eight destroyers of project 055 (including the lead Nanchang) are currently being built in the PRC. DSIC), which is part of another Chinese state-owned shipbuilding corporation China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC). To date, in Shanghai, another destroyer of this type is being completed afloat (it was launched on April 28, 2018) and two more are at the stage of slipway construction, and in Dalian, two destroyers of Project 055 are being completed afloat (both were launched in one day July 3, 2018) and two more are under construction.
Putting to sea from Shanghai for factory sea trials of the lead Chinese large destroyer of the new project 055 Nanchang (南昌, "Nanchang", tail number "101"), 08/24/2018 (c) cjdby.net
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