![]() ![]() Based on satellite images, Western analysts have estimated the Type 055 is around 180 meters long and 21 meters wide. The Type 055 is often deemed a cruiser outside China as its large size and heavy displacement are comparable to that of the United States' Ticonderoga-class cruiser. Its firepower is believed to be double that of the Type 052D class of guided-missile destroyer, previously the PLA Navy's largest and most powerful surface combatant. The vessel has 112 vertical launching cells capable of firing various kinds of missiles, including China's long-range land-attack cruise missile. According to sources, it has a displacement of more than 12,000 metric tons and is equipped with new types of air-defense, missile-defense, anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons. Sources said the CNS Lhasa is part of the PLA Navy's North Sea Fleet and uses Qingdao, Shandong province, as its home port.ĭeveloped and built by China State Shipbuilding Corp, the Type 055 is the country's newest class of guided-missile destroyer. ![]() ![]() The People's Liberation Army Navy has recently commissioned its second Type 055 guided-missile destroyer and named it Lhasa, after the capital of the Tibet autonomous region.
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