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Is China's Type 055 Destroyer Outdated? the First Ship, Five Years Into Service, Features 112 Vertical Launch Systems. Experts Point to Three Key Areas for Improvement.

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Newtalk News Since its commissioning in 2020, the Chinese Navy's first Type 055 large destroyer, the Nanchang, has been considered one of the world's most advanced destroyers due to its 12,000-ton full load displacement and its 112-cell universal vertical launch system (VLS). However, Chinese defense commentator "Maritime Vanguard" wrote in a Tencent News article that the Type 055's advantages are expanding as the US, Japan, India, and other cou…
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Newtalk News Since its commissioning in 2020, the Chinese Navy's first Type 055 large destroyer, the Nanchang, has been considered one of the world's most advanced destroyers due to its 12,000-ton full load displacement and its 112-cell universal vertical launch system (VLS). However, Chinese defense commentator "Maritime Vanguard" wrote in a Tencent News article that the Type 055's advantages are expanding as the US, Japan, India, and other cou…

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newtalk.tw broke the news in on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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