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Type 052D

July 12, 2020
The Chinese Navy’s Destroyer Fleet Will Double by 2025. Then What?
By Rick Joe
China is about to finish the current phase of destroyer construction. What comes next?

March 10, 2020
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.

May 05, 2016
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.

December 17, 2015
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.

October 03, 2014
‘Chinese Aegis’ Leads A2/AD Drill in South China Sea
By Zachary Keck
China deploys its most modern destroyer, the Type-052D, to disputed waters in the South China Sea.

March 22, 2014
China Commissions New Guided-Missile Destroyer
By Zachary Keck
On Friday, the PLAN commissioned the Kunming, the first of its new Type 052D-class of DDGs.

March 21, 2013
Littoral Combat Ship and Fleet Experimentation
Recent reports concerning the Littoral Combat Ship program grab the attention of our Naval Diplomat.

September 04, 2012
The Master 'PLAN': China's New Guided Missile Destroyer
China’s navy appears on the verge of creating a new class of warship. It could eventually alter the balance of naval power in the region.
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