China's newly commissioned PLA destroyer makes exercise debut in South China Sea

Warships attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command execute underway replenishment-at-sea during a four-day-long realistic-combat training exercise in waters of the South China Sea recently. - China Military

BEIJING (Global Times): Another Type 052D guided missile destroyer, the Nanning, has entered service with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy this year, as it recently made its first public debut in an exercise in the South China Sea, a report shows.

Warships attached to a destroyer flotilla with the Navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command recently held a four-day-long realistic-combat training exercise in the waters in the South China Sea, practicing maneuvers including replenishment-at-sea, eng.chinamil.com.cn, an English-language website of the PLA, reported on Sunday.