China’s plan to export destroyers a sign of better ships to come: analyst

China is attempting to export its Type 052D guided-missile destroyer as the country’s navy moves on to producing more advanced warships, according to military experts.
Code-named the Type 052DE for export, the 7,500-tonne destroyer with advanced integrated radar, missile and command systems would be the most powerful anti-aircraft vessel available on the global market, according to an article in the Chinese military magazine Naval and Merchant Ships last week.
It noted that the US only offered a core combat system – the Aegis – for export, rather than entire ships with long-range air defence capabilities.