China launches Its biggest destroyer As Indian Navy Outgunned

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China has launched today its most powerful naval destroyer, the Type 055, which is among the largest warships in the world.

China is building four of its destroyers, the first of which was shown off this morning at shanghai port.

Powerful phased array radars will help it focus on targets at sea, on land and in the air. The giant new warship is the most sophisticated design put to sea by china which has commissioned a host of new, advanced warships at a remarkable pace over the last five years. According to PLA Realtalk, an ope-source online platform which discusses Chinese military developments, "The 055 is expected to field a substantially more modern and more capable, control and battle  management system."

Earlier this year, China launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier, construction of which started in November 2013. India's own homegrown aircraft carrier, the Vikrant (named after India's first aircraft carrier), in development since 2009, she sailed out for the first time in 2011, but is likely to be completed before 2023 according to a report last year of the national auditor.

Weighing in when fully armed at more than 12000 tonnes, the colossal Type 055 is considerably larger and more powerful than India's latest project-15B "Vishakhapatnam" class destroyers will displace close to 8200 tonnes when completely armed and are designed to carry mix of nearly 50 surface to air, anti-ship and land attack missiles.

In contrast, China's giant cruiser will combine nearly 120 missiles, making it one of the most heavily armed ships in the world.

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