China shows off new Type 055 destroyer during massive naval parade
China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army Navy in Qingdao on Tuesday, showing off some new weapons systems.
During the parade, which was shrouded in fog, mist, and rain, the Chinese navy showed off the Nanchang, the first of the new generation of Type 055 destroyers.
The new destroyers are the most heavily armed of China’s surface combatants, with 112 universal vertical-launch-system cells capable of firing anti-air, anti-ship, anti-submarine, and land-attack missiles.
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