Highlighting its growing naval prowess amid heated disputes in both the South and East China seas, Beijing unveiled its most advanced homegrown destroyer Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said.
The 10,000-ton guided-missile destroyer was launched from Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard in the morning, the ministry said in a statement.
While it did not name the new vessel, the state-run Global Times, quoting the People's Liberation Army Daily, said it was likely the Type 055.