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 launches 10th Type 055 destroyer. Image from Chinese ... which previously dealt exclusively with the construction of guided missile destroyers (DDG). This separation may be a strategic ...

The Type 055 guided-missile destroyer carries medium-long ... The Type 055 appears akin to the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which debuted in the 1980s and carry 96 missiles each ...

These ships, which surpass even Chinese Type 055 destroyers in armament, according to official sources, are intended to ...