Type 055A
The Type 055A, shown here in this fan art, will have integrated electric propulsion, giving it enough electricity to carry energy-intensive railguns.
Popular Science: China is betting big on electromagnetic railguns and catapults
Just as the U.S. Navy is pulling away from the technology.
China has been making under-the-radar advances in railguns and other electromagnetic technologies, a move that's particularly notable considering the U.S. Navy has just recently reduced its efforts developing this kind of technology.
As opposed to gunpowder, railguns use electromagnetic energy to sling out a projectile, which means there's potential for far greater speed and range—the equivalent of a cannon with missile effects. Essentially, a railgun is an electromagnetic-powered cannon that's fires hypersonic shells by applying parallel magnetic fields (or "rails") on the shells
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WNU Editor: To accomplish these goals the Chinese are getting some help from the West .... By Snatching up British Company, China Closes Gap on US Naval Supremacy (Epoch Times).
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