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China’s navy commissions biggest and ‘most powerful’ surface warship

China’s navy commissioned its biggest and most advanced surface warship yet, the ‘Nanchangguided-missile destroyer, on Sunday morning in the port city of Qingdao.

The 1st fourth generation guided-missile destroyer, commissioned by People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is expected to accompany aircraft carriers in new battle groups. The commissioning of Nanchang marks the Navy’s leap from the third generation to the fourth generation of destroyers.