How are China’s Type 052D destroyers shifting the balance in the western Pacific?
The missile had previously been associated with China’s larger Type 055 destroyers. Showing it fired from a Type 052D – a class the People’s Liberation Army has built in far greater numbers – suggests Beijing may be able to spread the weapon well beyond its much smaller force of Type 055s.
The launch highlighted the continuing evolution of one of China’s most important warship classes.
