Addressing misconceptions about China's latest surface combatant, the Type 055 guided-missile destroyer. China has reportedly launched its second Type 055 guided-missile destroyer in April.

China's Navy Wednesday launched a new 10,000-tonne domestically designed and produced destroyer. The vessel, of the Type 055 class, is the first of a new generation of destroyers equipped with new ...

The answer may be that China is signaling that it knows the secrets of America's prime ship-killing missile ... which targeted a Type 055 destroyer escorting the Chinese carrier.

China launches 10th Type 055 destroyer. Image from Chinese ... 18. Images from 2022 indicate the destroyer’s capability to operate with the YJ-21, a supposedly hypersonic anti-ship missile.