Type 052D destroyer
Guiyang (119) in the East China Sea | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Type 052D destroyer |
| Builders | |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Preceded by | Type 052C |
| Succeeded by | Type 055 destroyer |
| Built | February 2012–present |
| In service | March 2014–present |
| Building | 6 (August 2022) |
| Active | 25 (August 2022) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Guided-missile destroyer |
| Displacement | 7,500 tons (full load) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) - 18 m (59 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | NRJ-6A |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | Helicopter |
| Aviation facilities |
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The Type 052D destroyer (NATO/OSD reporting name: Luyang III-class destroyer) is a class of guided-missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and currently one of the most numerous principal surface combatant classes in service of the PLAN Surface Force.
The Type 052D is a larger variant of the Type 052C, and has flat-paneled active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, The Type 052D uses a canister-type (instead of 052C's revolver-type) vertical launching system (VLS), which is not limited to surface-to-air missiles, making it China's first dedicated multi-role destroyer.