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***BREAKING*** #Chinese missile destroyer operating East of #Taiwan this morning. Likely Type-055 Renhai class, described as a cruiser ID not 100% but agreed probable among multiple experienced #OSINT analysts watching situation

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The #Chinese type-055 can carry a range of missiles including a new hypersonic missile provisionally identified as the YJ-21. See hisutton.com/Chinese-Hypers

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General info on type-055

Bigger Than A U.S. Navy AEGIS Cruiser: China Is Building More Type-055s - Naval News

The Type-055 Renhai Class is in many ways the Chinese Navy's (PLAN) answer to the U.S. Navy's AEGIS cruisers. New intelligence suggests that another batch of these impressive warships is being built.

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Nod to unnamed others for help with this. Also named…

(embarrassing typo in older tweet)

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馮醬 John Feng

That explains this (?).

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Without escort? That seems… not smart. Unless she has an unseen submerged escort.

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@LieutenantRusty

Why would it need an escort? It's a pretty nasty AAW / ASW customer in its own right, and it's certainly within minutes of land-based air cover.

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What kind of ships do we see here?🤔🤡

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Skin cells

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