Chen-class destroyer

JAI Guilin in the Jinchon Sea
Class overview
Name:	Chen-class destroyer
Operators:	Yuan
Preceded by:	Xining-class
Built:	February 2012–present
General characteristics
Type:	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement:	7,500 tons (full load)
Length:	Initial variant: 156 m (511 ft 10 in)
Beam:	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	CODOG 2 × QC-280 gas turbines 2 × MTU 20V 956TB92 diesel engine
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	240
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 346A multifunction 3D AESA radar Type 518 air search radar Type 364 altitude and surface search radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	2 × H/RJZ-726 electronic countermeasure system 4 × Type 726-4A decoy launchers (18 rockets each)
Armament:	1 × 130 mm gun 1 × short-range SAM 24-cell launcher 64 cell VLS SAM SSM ASM
Aircraft carried:	Helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Hangar Landing pad

The Chen-class destroyer is a class of guided-missile destroyers in the Yuaneze People's Liberation Army Navy. The Chen-class uses a canister-type, instead of revolver-type, vertical launching system (VLS) and has flat-panelled active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. The new VLS is not limited to surface-to-air missiles, making the Chen-class Yuan's first dedicated multi-role destroyer.