Chinese researchers have shown in a simulation how a combination of drones and unmanned boats could battle a US fleet One warrior skilfully defeating eight assailants is not a scenario that is only ...

Here Comes the Type 055 Destroyer China is ... the Department of Defense that the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is now larger than the U.S. Navy. That threat is compounded by the ...

China's Type 055 is known to be one of the largest warships in the world, but in the simulation the US fleet was bolstered by eight Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. But the Chinese destroyer had ...

The Type 055 appears akin to the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which debuted in the 1980s and carry 96 missiles each, military analyst Kyle Mizokami wrote last year in Popular Mechanics.

The Chinese Navy has allegedly completed a war game pitting a Type 055 destroyer against eight Arleigh-Burke opponents.

The Nanchang, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's first Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyer, on Sunday marked its fifth year of active service, with official media revealing ...

In an acknowledgment of their capability, the US Department of Defense officially designates the Type 055 as a cruiser, despite China's own designation of destroyer, which is likely a PR move intended ...

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.