China launches Type 055
28th June, 2017Category:
Adding more strength to its naval arsenal, China has introduced one of its biggest destroyers, Type 055, to lock horns with India and the United States of America in the Indian Ocean. Weighing more than 10,000 tonnes, the ship is equipped with air to surface missiles. The naval formation includes destroyers Jinan and Yinchuan, frigate Yantai and a squadron of J-15 fighter jets and helicopters, a Chinese defence ministry statement said.
The new destroyer, a domestically designed and produced vessel, was launched at the Jiangnan Shipyard (Group), Shanghai. The vessel is the first of China’s new generation of destroyers. Liaoning has earlier carried out exercises in the disputed South China Sea as well as East China Sea along with its battle formation group.
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