The Chinese Navy’s most numerous class of guided-missile destroyers can launch long-range hypersonic anti-ship missiles, state military media announced this week. A trailer released on Wednesday for a docuseries showcased the launch of a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from a People’s Liberation Army Navy Type 052D-class guided-missile destroyer. YJ-20 was previously seen in media highlighting the Type 055-class, the service’s largest surface combatant designed for anti-aircraft warfare and long-range surface strike missions. Before the YJ-20’s debut at the 2025 Chinese military parade in Beijing, the PLAN’s most capable ship-launched anti-ship missiles were the supersonic YJ-12 and YJ-18. With these cruise
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