Editing Cruiser (section)

==Future development==
* {{navy|China}} will add 8 more [[Type 055 destroyer]]s to its fleet for a total of 16. As of 2024, 4 of these are under construction.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/dalian-shipbuilding-launches-type-055-increases-production-at-dagushan/ | title=China launches 10th Type 055 Vessel, increases production | date=28 May 2024 }}</ref>
* {{navy|Germany}} has ordered 6 [[F126 frigate]]s, displacing some 10,383 tons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.damen.com/vessels/defence-and-security/custom-built-combatants/multi-purpose-combat-ship-f126 |work=Damen |accessdate=20 January 2025 |title=Multi-Purpose Combat Ship F126}}</ref> As of 2024, 1 of these is under construction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ES&T Redaktion |date=2024-06-04 |title=Rüstungsprojekt Fregatte F 126: Kiellegung der Baunummer 1: Fregatte "Niedersachsen" |url=https://esut.de/2024/06/meldungen/50251/ruestungsprojekt-fregatte-f-126-kiellegung-der-baunummer-1-fregatte-niedersachsen/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=esut.de |language=de-DE}}</ref>  It is also developing the [[Type F127 frigate]] and plans to procure 6 of these vessels.<ref>https://www.bmvg.de/resource/blob/5820310/c30ac0f6b6437838720d9d7e1298f6a8/19-ruestungsbericht-teil-1-data.pdf</ref> The design is expected to be a MEKO A-400 AMD, which has a displacement of 10,000 tons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luck |first=Alex |date=2024-11-10 |title=TKMS Shows MEKO A-400 AMD Missile Frigate At Euronaval 2024 |url=https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/euronaval-2024/2024/11/tkms-shows-meko-a-400-amd-at-euronaval-2024/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Neue Fregatten zur Luftverteidigung {{!}} thyssenkrupp Marine Systems |url=https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/mekoa400amd/de/neue-fregatte |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com |language=de}}</ref>
* {{navy|India}} announced that between 8 and 10 ships would be built under the ''{{sclass|Project 18|destroyer|1}}''. The destroyers will displace from 10,000 to 13,000-tons.
* {{navy|Italy}} is developing its DDX destroyer project. The 2 ships will displace 10,000 tons each, making them the largest surface combatants Italy has built since World War II.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.meta-defense.fr/en/2021/09/09/do-the-future-italian-ddx-destroyers-foreshadow-an-evolution-of-combat-ships/ | title=Do the future Italian DDX destroyers foreshadow an evolution of combat ships? - Meta-Defense.fr | date=9 September 2021 }}</ref>
* {{navy|Japan}}: announced that it would build 2 guided-missile warships, nominally called [[Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV)|Aegis system equipped vessels]], each displacing 20,000 tons, easily placing them into the cruiser classification.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.usni.org/2022/09/06/japan-to-build-two-massive-20000-ton-missile-defense-warships-indian-carrier-commissions | title=Japan to Build Two 20,000-ton Missile Defense Warships, Indian Carrier Commissions | date=6 September 2022 }}</ref>
* {{navy|Russia}} is to build an unknown number of [[Lider-class destroyer|''Lider''-class destroyer]]s. At 19,000 tons of displacement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mil.today/2019/Navy36/|title=Russian Future Destroyer "Grown Up" to 19,000 Tons|website=mil.today|date=26 February 2019|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> they will more than double the displacement of existing {{sclass|Slava|cruiser|1}}s.
* {{navy|South Korea}} will add 2 more [[Sejong the Great-class destroyer|''Sejong the Great''-class destroyer]]s to its fleet.
* {{navy|United Kingdom}} is developing the [[Type 83 destroyer]], likely to be larger than the [[Type 45 destroyer]] it is set to replace and, in terms of displacement, possibly in the 10,000 tonne range.<ref name="TNI1">{{cite news |last1=Roblin |first1=Sebastien |date=31 March 2021 |title=Britain's Mysterious Type 83 Destroyer: A Navy Super Weapon? |work=[[The National Interest]] |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/britain%E2%80%99s-mysterious-type-83-destroyer-navy-super-weapon-181651 |access-date=3 September 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=9 June 2023 |title=Options for the Royal Navy's Future Air Dominance System and the Type 83 destroyer |url=https://www.navylookout.com/options-for-the-royal-navys-future-air-dominance-system-and-the-type-83-destroyer/ |website=Navy Lookout |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612093353/https://www.navylookout.com/options-for-the-royal-navys-future-air-dominance-system-and-the-type-83-destroyer/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Analysis at 'DefenceConnect' of a BAE concept for the class stated that their proposal displaced at least 11,810 tons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuper |first=Stephen |date=2023-06-07 |title=I spy with my little eye: BAE presentation reveals interesting next-gen Destroyer concept |url=https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/12103-bae-presentation-reveals-interesting-next-gen-destroyer-concept |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.defenceconnect.com.au |archive-date=22 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722130028/https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/12103-bae-presentation-reveals-interesting-next-gen-destroyer-concept |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{navy|United States}} currently has 1 ''Zumwalt''-class destroyer undergoing sea trials and is developing its [[DDG(X)]] project to replace the aging [[Ticonderoga-class cruiser|''Ticonderoga''-class cruiser]]s. Displacing 12,000 tons, much greater than their predecessors, the [[DDG(X)]] ships will be cruisers in all but name.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/02/08/the-us-navy-is-building-cruisers-its-just-not-calling-them-that/?sh=7acbe9535e52 | title=The U.S. Navy is Building Cruisers—It's Just Not Calling Them That | website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref>