{
  "id": 15875542,
  "title": "China’s Type 051C gets a refit as the PLA Navy’s legacy warships near retirement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/chinas-type-051c-gets-a-refit-as-the-pla-navys-legacy-warships-near-15875542",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T10:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3371635/chinas-type-051c-gets-refit-pla-navys-legacy-warships-near-retirement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China’s Type 051C destroyer Shenyang has been spotted undergoing sea trials after a reported refit, as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) begins phasing out legacy warships following the commissioning of a massive wave of new vessels. Witness photographs circulating on social media appear to show the Shenyang, hull number 115 and lead ship of the Type 051C class, with its Russian-made hardware…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}