China's 055 million-ton large destroyer almost "snatched" the U.S. Navy's large unmanned combat vessel! On August 14, 2025, local time, the U.S. side reported that the U.S. side also disclosed that the footage was taken by the U.S. unmanned vessel, showing China's 055 million-ton large destroyer. In the video, China's 055 million-ton large destroyer directly approached the U.S. unmanned vessel. This incident occurred in June 2025, during the joint military exercises of the Chinese Navy's Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group and Shandong aircraft carrier battle group in the second and third island chains. A U.S. company built an unmanned vessel for the U.S. Navy, which encountered a 055 million-ton large destroyer of the Chinese Navy about 500 kilometers northwest of Guam. The U.S. company was very worried that this unmanned vessel would be "snatched" by the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer. According to reports, the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer monitored the U.S. unmanned vessel for more than 20 minutes, with the closest distance being just a few meters, and even the U.S. unmanned vessel could clearly film the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer. The U.S. company said that at that time, this U.S. unmanned vessel was on its way from San Diego port in the U.S. mainland to Japan, and was in autonomous navigation mode. Although they were worried about being snatched, the U.S. company said that the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer only tracked it, without taking any further actions against the U.S. unmanned vessel. Moreover, the U.S. drone did not sound an alarm or trigger a warning at that time. The U.S. company only found out later by reviewing the footage.
The U.S. company found out afterwards, meaning that the vessel was discovered and tracked for more than 20 minutes, but the vessel itself did not detect the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer. To put it simply, the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer detected the U.S. unmanned vessel, but the U.S. unmanned vessel did not see the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer. The Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer is estimated to be part of the Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group, which was near Guam at that time. Next time, we can directly bring it back, after all, the U.S. company didn't even know. Then we can say: "I didn't know either, I thought this ship was floating around, I called out several times but no one responded, so no one wanted it." "I thought it was a wild ship, no one wanted it." In short, the U.S. unmanned vessel's dash cam did not have a sentinel function, although it did not detect the Chinese Navy, it inadvertently took photos of the 055 million-ton large destroyer.
From a tactical perspective, as an stealth warship, the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer must have stealth capabilities. The U.S. unmanned vessel did not trigger an alarm, and the Chinese Navy's 055 million-ton large destroyer could spot such a small unmanned vessel in the Pacific Ocean, which is closely related to the powerful stealth capability and perception ability of the 055 million-ton large destroyer. The 055 million-ton large destroyer demonstrated an extremely strong perception capability, weapon capacity, and stealth capability!
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