Kunming (172) is a Type 052D destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

At the same time, the Type 052C helicopter hangar is located on the left side of the hull axis.

[2] The Type 052D is the first Chinese surface combatant to use canister-based universal vertical launch system (VLS), as opposed to the concentric type VLS carried aboard earlier vessels.

[6] Kunming is the lead ship of the class and was laid down on 16 February 2012 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

[7] On 26 October 2015, a United States Navy destroyer approached within 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) of Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea.