Genesis
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Only two Type 055 DDGs will be built for the experimental phase, and the mass production version will be the Type 055A.
BTW, the Type 055 is about 12000 tons standard, and it is likely that the Type 055A will get as big as the DDG-1000.
make sense, though building 10 of them or 6 like 52C would still be good. Probably not 2 though, that's a waste of effort and money as well as time on designing the ship.
China does build a few and move on to the next phase in an effort to catch the US, if and when we match or exceed the Zumwalt, we will be set for naval operations for the next 20 years at least, as the US won't build something far better than that for at least that long.