China today launched the most powerful naval destroyer, the Type 055, which considered as the largest warships in the world.China is constucting four of these types of destroyers, the first one was displayed this morning at the Shanghai port.
Weighing in when fully loaded and armed 12,000 tonnes, this heavyl Type 055 is comparitively larger and is the most powerful than India's latest Project- 15B "Visakhapatnam" class destroyers which is still under construction.It is not yet commisioned. India's latest destroyers will weigh 8,200 tonnes when completely loaded and it is designed to carry anti-ship and land attack arms and equipments.When compared to this China's giant cruiser l combines nearly around 120 missiles, crowning it as the most heavily-armed ships in the world.
China is presently locked in a cold war with the United States of America regarding its presence on artificially-created islands in the waters of the South China Sea which is under dispute.In the near past China has constantly deployed nuclear submarines a few warships and support equipment in the Indian Ocean.
