A recent video report by CCTV 7 shows Type 052D (NATO reporting name Luyang III class) guided missile destroyer (DDG) Xining (hull number 117) conducting its first live firing exercise in the Yellow Sea. Xining is the fifth and latest vessel of the class. It joined the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) in
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