The Philadelphia Tribune:
China’s navy is getting bigger and better and doing it at a speed unmatched by any nation around the globe. Earlier this month, the People’s Liberation Army Navy launched two 13,000-ton Type 055 guided-missile destroyers — Asia’s largest, most sophisticated and most lethal combat ships.
“This ship in particular has a sophisticated design, stealth features, radars, and a large missile inventory. It is larger and more powerful than most US, Japanese, and South Korean destroyers,” said Rand Corp. senior analyst Timothy Heath.
The double launching shows Beijing’s unmatched military shipbuilding ability and its desire to project naval power far from Chinese shores, said Heath and other military analysts
