New Chinese 052D Destroyers, 3 In A Row At A Shipyard

Three Type 052D Luyang III guided missile destroyer (DDG), seen here in various stages of construction, are lined together at the Jiangnan Changxingdao Shipyard.

The first Type 052D DDG, the Kunming, has already entered into PLAN service in March 2014.

The second 052D, on the left, may enter service in the second half of 2014, while the two less completed destroyers to its right, will be commissioned in 2015.

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