Japan has the 24,000 ton IZUMO “helicopter destroyer” which, with a full length flight deck seems far more like an aircraft carrier. China is currently constructing the Type 055 destroyer, expected to displace 14,000 tons. The United States currently has 8-9,000 ton ARLEIGH BURKEs and the 14,000 ton ZUMWALT classified as destroyers.
The Iranian press has referred to their 1,500 ton Moudge class as a destroyer. The warship classification of “destroyer” seems a very fungible term.
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