14 October 2020
- RSIS
- Media Mentions
- Chinese Navy’s Newest Destroyer can Strike Stealth Aircraft and Even Take Down Satellites with Guided Missiles, State Media Claims
Chinese Navy’s Newest Destroyer can Strike Stealth Aircraft and Even Take Down Satellites with Guided Missiles, State Media Claims
Chinese navy’s latest destroyer is capable of countering stealth aircraft and satellites, according to the country’s state-run media. The domestically built Type 055 destroyer can reportedly spot and strike military aircraft designed to avoid radar detection. The 10,000-ton-class surface warship, officially named the Nanchang, was commissioned to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on January 12 this year in the eastern port city of Qingdao. China could be using the reports to flaunt its combat readiness and technological prowess to the United States as the two nations lock horns over flashpoints such as Taiwan and the South China Sea, maritime security expert Dr Collin Koh, a Research Fellow at RSIS said. He noted that ‘only a few major technological powers’ could muster the technologies China claimed the Nanchang to have. He pointed out that Beijing’s message carried a technological dimension.
IDSS / Online
Last updated on 16/10/2020
