Introduced into service in 2017, the LRASM is intended to replace the Harpoon missile.It offers enhanced capabilities and a range of over 560 miles. Type 055 destroyer "sunk" by LRASM missiles ...

we look at the country’s guided-missile destroyers. The blue-water role of China’s newest variety of naval destroyer was on show last week when Type 055 destroyer Zunyi led a small flotilla to ...

alongside anti-missile and anti-submarine systems, CSSC said. China now has a total of eight Type 055 large destroyers, and there could be additional Type 055s in the making with significantly ...

According to the CCTV report, the naval task group was led by the Type 055 stealth guided-missile destroyer Zunyi, and included the Type 054A frigate Hengyang and the Type 903 replenishment vessel ...

the Type 055 destroyer only used electronic warfare to stop the LRASMs, even though the ship is well-armed with HHQ-9 and HHQ-10 anti-aircraft missiles as well as a short-range air defense cannon.

From launch to commissioning, it takes about three years and around 6 billion yuan (US$827.4 million) to complete a Type 055. Officially classified by the navy as a guided-missile destroyer ...