Video | Our Country Already Has 10 Ships in Service! Type 055 Missile Destroyer, Still Too Comprehensive

How does the vertical launch system design of the Type 055 destroyer enable missile diversification?

As China’s first domestically designed and built destroyer with a displacement of over 10,000 tons, the Type 055 missile destroyer has broken through key technologies in overall ship design, information integration, and final assembly. It possesses strong information awareness, air defense and missile defense capabilities, and maritime strike ability, representing the current level of our navy’s equipment technology.

Type 055 Destroyer

is part of the People’s Navy destroyer family

“King of Firepower”

Its main firepower source

is the missile system.

The ship is equipped with hundreds of

vertical launch cells

which can be mixed loaded with

air defense missiles, anti-ship missiles,

anti-submarine missiles, land-attack cruise missiles, and other different types of missiles.

This makes it currently the

Chinese destroyer capable of carrying the largest number of missiles.

The air defense missiles have

long-range air defense and missile defense dual capabilities,

able to accurately intercept

incoming aerial targets.

Whether it’s fighter jets, cruise missiles,

or even ballistic missiles,

they are all within its strike range.

Anti-ship missiles

have long range and immense power,

capable of delivering devastating strikes to enemy surface vessels.

The vertical launch design of the Type 055 missile destroyer
enables it to carry a wider variety of missiles.

Military Expert Cao Weidong:
As a Type 055 missile destroyer, its vertical launch system is designed to be universal.

• Missiles can be ignited and launched directly from the launch cells.
• Missiles can also be pushed out of the launch tubes using high-pressure gases, then ignited and launched in mid-air.

This allows it to carry more types of missiles. It can carry air defense missiles, anti-ship missiles, and land-attack cruise missiles. With a higher level of informatization, its destructive power is even greater.

Recently, the Type 055 destroyers Dongguan and Anqing have been commissioned into the Eastern Theater Command Navy and have conducted their first maritime combat training. As of now, China’s Type 055 missile destroyers have a total of 10 ships commissioned.