Surface Combatants

Destroyers

Sovremenny Class Destroyers. during 1996 China ordered two sovremenny class destroyers from Russia which entered service by 2001. two more followed by 2006. these destroyers are equipped with the Russian-made ssn-22 sunburn asCMs (range about 220-240km).

Indigenous Destroyers. six new classes of indigenously built destroyers of luhu (type 052), luhai (type 051b), louzhou ( type 051C), luyang i ( type 052b), luyang ii (type 052C), and luyang iii ( type 052d) class designs have joined the fleet. These destroyers are modern in terms of hull designs, propulsion systems, sensors, weapons and electronics. some of them have phased array radars and armed with asCMs. it has been reported that China plans to build a fleet of 12 Type 052D [Luyang III class] destroyers—nicknamed ‘ Chinese Aegis’, before shifting to the later type 055d multi-role cruiser. Type 055 Cruiser or Destroyers. China is planning to build the next-generation cruiser or destroyer (it is not clearly spelt out) called the type 055 which may have a displacement of 10,000 tonnes. a cruiser is smaller than a battleship but larger than a destroyer. the new cruiser to be built in China will carry a variety of antisurface weapons. China plans to develop two versions of the type 055 guided-missile destroyer—an anti-submarine and an air defence variant. type 055 may have a length of about 190 metres with nearly 12,000 tonnes displacement.