BEIJING/DALIAN, China -- China is stepping up the expansion of its naval capabilities, with five guided-missile destroyers under construction in Dalian.
A user on Weibo, a Twitter-style microblogging site, recently posted a photo of the five unfinished vessels, with the Communist Party-linked Global Times identifying them as Type 052D destroyers. At least two vessels "resemble 052DL ships," the South China Morning Post reported, referring to a variant with "extended helicopter decks in the back."
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