Goes to show that what used to be a cruiser is now someone's destroyer. 4 Rajput Class, 3 Dehli Class, 3 Kolkata Class and in few years Most advanced Visakhapatnam-class. India’s most powerful destroyer, the yet-to-be commissioned Project 15-B “Visakhapatnam” class destroyers, will have 50 missiles.The Indian Navy has sighted over a dozen PLA-N warships, submarines and intelligence-gathering vessels in the Indian Ocean in the last few months.In April 2017, China launched a new aircraft carrier, its second after the Liaoning, but the first to be indigenously manufactured. Both the Project 15A and 15B class are derivatives of the Delhi class destroyers, designed in the late 1980s.While the Type 055 can carry far more missiles, the Indian Navy's destroyers are considered on par with their Chinese counterparts in terms of electronics and weaponry. Ships like the Imphal and Kolkata class have 32 Barak-8 missiles in ready-to-fire mode in vertical launch cells and 16 Brahmos anti-ship missiles. China's latest 10,000-tonne Type 055 destroyer, a step above India's 'Visakhapatnam' class vessels China's increasingly powerful navy launched its most advanced domestically produced destroyer on Wednesday, taking a giant stride in building complex naval platforms indigenously at a time of rising competition with other naval powers such as the United States, Japan and India. The Type 055 class uses an 'X band' radar, mounted on a high mast, for detecting small, low-flying targets and a larger radar system fitted on its superstructure for long-range detection.
While India has planned seven of these warships, China plans a fleet of at least 18 ships of this class.China's domestically-built destroyer is seen during its launching ceremony at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China. The Type 055 is expected to carry both supersonic anti-ship missiles and cruise missiles for attacking targets on land.Since 2008, China has commissioned over 60 missile-armed surface ships I think cruiser still has some relevance because it is traditionally given to ships that can operate independent of a fleet and replenishment for a long time, hence the name cruiser. The proper comparison is against the 7.5K tons Type 052D that has a 64-cell UVLS vs the 48-combined Brahmos/Baraks of the P-15A/B. However, it’s important to note that the PLA-N and its current force structure is aimed at securing the South China Sea and East China Sea, which it claims as its territories and is embattled in a bitter dispute with neighbouring countries as well as the US.The PLA-N has 52 frigates, nearly four times as many as India (14). The P15B Visakhapatnam was improved from the former P15A "Kolkata" class destroyer in India.