The Chinese Navy has allegedly completed a war game pitting a Type 055 destroyer against eight Arleigh-Burke opponents.

The Type 055 appears akin to the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which debuted in the 1980s and carry 96 missiles each, military analyst Kyle Mizokami wrote last year in Popular Mechanics.

A simulated battle by the team, set in the western Pacific, just a few hundred kilometres east of Taiwan, saw a Type 055 destroyer confront an advancing US naval fleet. China’s Type 055 is one ...

The Nanchang, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's first Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyer, on Sunday marked its fifth year of active service, with official media revealing ...

This naval destroyer is also seen as a challenge to China’s rivals, including India. The ship, called as the Type 055 class, is a massive step in China’s military modernisation, according to ...

China's new Type 055 cruiser is its most modern and powerful surface combatant. The ship China labels as a destroyer is so large it compares more to US cruisers. China is building these ships fast ...