China’s MND announces two additional Type 055 ‘destroyers’ have been added to the PLAN’s surface fleet.

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The People’s Liberation Army Navy now operates 10 of the Type 055 class, which are dubbed “destroyers” but are closer in size to the US Navy’s larger cruisers.