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Monday, January 05, 2015

China To Build More Warship Destroyers In 2015 As It Enhances Nuclear Submarine Fleet By 2020

Type 094 (Jin) class SSBNChina is working to build more warship destroyers in 2015, the Want China Times reported, citing Fujian-based Quanzhou Evening News. A massive number of Type 052 destroyers, China will particularly build a Type 052C ship and seven more Type 052D ships.

The Type 052C, a guided-missile destroyer, resembles the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. China launched on Dec 22 the Jinan, one of six Type 052C destroyers meant to accompany the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier.

Apart from the Type 052C, China also has five other Type 052D destroyers, according to the PLA Navy. Known as the "Chinese Aegis," these destroyers are equipped with an "active electronically scanned array multi-function phased array radar system," Want China Times said.

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