Type 052D Luyang-III Class

First introduced into PLA Navy service in 2014, the Type 052D (NATO code name: Luyang-III class) is the latest variant of the Type 052 destroyer family, featuring a number of changes in weapon system and sensor over the previous Type 052C (Luyang-II class). As man as 12 hulls have been planned for the class, with 5 already commissioned as of January 2017.