China brands US and Japanese destroyers 'enemy vessels'

has escalated its war of words by branding American and Japanese destroyers as 'enemy vessels.'

The People's Liberation Army made the unprecedented peacetime move in an information display set up for an open day at the country's navy.

The sign onboard the Nanjing Type 052D guided-missile destroyer, which is part of the PLA Navy's Eastern Theatre Command whose main role is to aggressively patrol the Strait, said the Chinese vessel was able to 'strike large and medium-sized enemy surface vessels such as the US Arleigh Burke-class and 's Atago-class destroyers.'

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