How Lethal are the $920 Million Chinese Destroyers?

The Chinese Type 055 destroyer is a highly advanced warship that is a significant asset to China's naval capabilities. Its advanced weapons, capabilities, and unique design make it a formidable adversary, capable of performing a wide range of missions and engaging a variety of threats.

While it may not be as heavily armed as some other destroyers, its stealthy design and advanced sensors give it a significant advantage in certain situations. Overall, the Type 055 destroyer is a highly capable and powerful warship that represents a significant threat to any potential adversary.

[orzdxy]

LOL some of the comments are stuck in the last century

[donut]

As a Chinese person… please keep underestimating us 😉

[patriksepte]

To those talking crap about the Chinese capabilities and thinking the US is unbeatable in every aspect:
I just want to point out one thing. Shipbuilding capacity. China alone probably builds more ships than all the rest of the countries in the entire planet combined. Their shipbuilding capacity is several HUNDRED times compared to the US. In an actual naval war, the Chinese will outbuild the US in warships more than the US outbuilt Japan in WW2...
China's shipbuilding industry is insane; once the American shipbuilding was this insane, but they lost this capability by now. They are not even comparable.

[OtherHalfCat]

"Army Navy" just sounds funny put together

[sweatybotfn]

You forgot YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile terminal Mach 10

[MrRafaello]

My favourite destroyer in Modern Warships 😁

[darktoadone]

It amazes me how we know so much about our enemies weapons and capabilities and they know so much about our weapons and capabilities also. When I served we never told anyone about what we could do and what we had, the enemy was always guessing with us.

[powerrising]

I can see why the US is falling by the comment section.Yankees don't accept reality

[montgomery]

In fact, NATO designated this ships as '(Renhai-class) cruisers' due to their size and their ability to conduct multi-mission operations. The US Navy even suggests that these ships have comparable abilities to their Ticonderoga-class cruisers.

[XaiVaj-gm]

The law of the jungle still applies in the 21st century, and if you're not prepared to defend your rights to exist, someone will take it away. China must stand strong to avoid another century of humiliation.

[cliff]

It would make a pretty artificial reef that’s what I would classify it as

[Vibinzzzz]

Let’s not all forget that China ships aren’t advance enough to go to the U.S. coast

[george]

Unbeatable, the 055 destroyer equipped with anti aircraft and ati aircraft carrier, it can sink any US navy about 1000km away, and the missile can not be intercepted by any US missile.

[johnsmithx]

The Type 055 has some advanced ECM and Mazer weapons in addition to its missiles:
*On Jan. 7, 2024, the PLA North Sea Fleet announced that in May 2022, with the cooperation of three satellites, the Nanchang ship PARALYZED the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and the CSG 3 through electronic warfare.*
The Nanchang ship opened its missile silo, full tracking aiming and locking, *It is similar to putting a gun on the head of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and the CSG 3.* For 20 consecutive days, It single-handedly expelled USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and the CSG 3 eastward and out of the 'second island chain'. The PLAN currently has 10 Type 055 DDGs, and another 2 are being built. At present, the USN does not have the ability to suppress and strike electronic warfare through satellites.

[esegall]

13, 000 tons? That’s not a destroyer. It’s a light or medium cruiser. US DDGs max out at 9700 tons

[hdfxdcsuperglide]

Well done Australia for providing good quality steel to the Chinese over the last 3 to 4 decades!

[jewcyk]

Wonder if it’s got a self detonate button if the crew does a naughty, like their soldiers’ helmets.

[JoeMaranophotography]

I suddenly just found it funny that they called it the peoples liberation army. Like liberty is an actual thing in China 😂

[shaunholt]

At least the U.S. has Zumwalt-class destroyers and littoral combat ships.

[mobygodfrey]

It's also "made in China" where I'm from that's code for low quality junk