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The truth is that no-one really knows on the capabilities of the Type-052D.
You can make a guess as to the level that the Chinese are at least at by the fact that they no longer buy ships from the Russians. If the Type-052C was not at least comparable to Russian ships then they would logically still buy from the Russians.
My guess if that the Type-05D is comparable to the UK Type-045 and the latter variants of the US Arleigh Burke but slightly inferior to them. The reason is that the Chinese had a whole decade to improve on the Type-052C and now have a lot of knowledge on AESA radars.
It makes no sense to say "inferior". A knife can kill, a gun as well, what is inferior to what? It depends on how you use it, under which context, and for what.
We're no longer in Middle ages, no more 1 vs 1 or Knight vs Knight. Translated to our day, no war is carried out by component vs component, but global system vs global system.
We can't say this ship is inferior to an another because one has less VLS, one has a radar with less range...etc. For example, more VLS is good? What if you don't have enough fire cannel to guide? What if you can't even see you target because the datalink is jammed or satellite killed?
In battlefield, everything can happen. A more "advanced" weapon, in must of the case, will request less "constraint" or easilier use condition, and will give you more chance to survive, or to reach your tactical or strategic goal, that's all.
An old weapon used in the right way and under good condition could be 100 times more efficient than highly sophisticated weapon.
Henri K.