The PLA Navy Type 055 large destroyer Zunyi took part in a confrontational anti-submarine exercise in the South China Sea in January 2026, and Chinese official media said the drill was used to boost the ship's anti-submarine warfare capabilities. [1]
During the exercise, Zunyi was assigned reconnaissance and early warning missions for a naval task force and collected target data in real time. The report said the task force used that data to build all-directional battlefield situational awareness. [1]
An expert cited in the report, Yang Minghan, said the Type 055 excels not only in air defense and anti-ship operations, but also in anti-submarine warfare. He said: "By mastering every single detail with absolute clarity, and then connecting these thousands of details into lines, expanding them into a whole system, and weaving them into an integrated network, we can ultimately translate them into combat effectiveness." [1]
Global Times reported on Tuesday that the exercise took place in January and cited Chinese official media and Yang. [1]
