China has launched the first of a new class of anti-air warfare destroyer for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), according to local reports. The Type 052D lead ship -understood to be a follow-on to the Luyang II-class (Type 0S2C) destroyer - was launched at Jiangnan Shipyard on Changxing Island at the end of August. Photographs of the new ship published by Chinese news por- tals show large conformal antennas for an active phased-array radar mounted on the forward superstructure, similar to the Type 346 radar that equips the Luyang II destroyers.
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