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Type 052D guided-missile destroyer
![China Declares Latest Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate ‘Combat Ready’ China Declares Latest Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate ‘Combat Ready’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-09.png)
China Declares Latest Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate ‘Combat Ready’
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has declared two new surface combatants ready for combat.
![China Launches 19th and 20th Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer China Launches 19th and 20th Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-16_16-40-02.jpg)
China Launches 19th and 20th Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Two Type 052D guided-missile destroyers were reportedly launched at the Dalian shipyard on May 10.
![China Launches 14th Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer China Launches 14th Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-7bc61727-f6b1-44b0-bf17-fe0b268dc92a.jpg)
China Launches 14th Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A Chinese shipyard has launched a new stretched variant of the Type 052 Guided Missile Destroyer in early July.
![China Launches New Guided-Missile Destroyer China Launches New Guided-Missile Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-16_16-40-02.jpg)
China Launches New Guided-Missile Destroyer
By Franz-Stefan Gady
China launched the 13th Type 052D destroyer on June 26.
![China Commissions New ‘Carrier Killer’ Warship China Commissions New ‘Carrier Killer’ Warship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-23_17-46-48.jpg)
China Commissions New ‘Carrier Killer’ Warship
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The new destroyer is the first to be assigned to the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) North Sea Fleet.
![China Launches Yet Another ‘Carrier Killer’ Destroyer China Launches Yet Another ‘Carrier Killer’ Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-16_16-40-02.jpg)
China Launches Yet Another ‘Carrier Killer’ Destroyer
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The new class of destroyers will be larger than expected.
![China’s Navy Conducts South China Sea Drills Involving Paracel and Spratly Islands China’s Navy Conducts South China Sea Drills Involving Paracel and Spratly Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-16_16-40-02.jpg)
China’s Navy Conducts South China Sea Drills Involving Paracel and Spratly Islands
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s annual South China Sea combat drill kicked off this Wednesday.
![China's South Sea Fleet Gets Another Guided Missile Destroyer China's South Sea Fleet Gets Another Guided Missile Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-16_16-40-02.jpg)
China's South Sea Fleet Gets Another Guided Missile Destroyer
By Shannon Tiezzi
The latest of China's most advanced guided missile destroyers will likely show up in the South China Sea.
![China Commissions Fourth 'Carrier Killer Destroyer' China Commissions Fourth 'Carrier Killer Destroyer'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-27_14-23-34.jpg)
China Commissions Fourth 'Carrier Killer Destroyer'
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Chinese newest guided-missile destroyer is equipped with a deadly load of modern anti-ship missiles.
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