The Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer is significantly higher than the American-made Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer in terms of displacement tonnage, and coupled with the late-mover advantage of ship manufacturing, this also makes there a significant difference in strength between China and the United States in the new generation of missile destroyers. At present, the Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer is carrying out very high-intensity long-range military operations in the far sea, and it can be seen from the many information disclosed by the Japanese side that the Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer has completed many voyages around Japan. On the day of May 4, the Philippine media pointed out that the current Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer has completed the interspersing of the waters around the Philippines, and it is understood that the South China Sea Fleet's Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer Dalian, 052D missile destroyer Hefei, The 054A missile frigate Chenzhou and an integrated supply ship completed the crossing of the Xibutu waterway, which is the waterway connecting the Sulu Sea and the Sulawesi Sea.
During the May Day holiday, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is carrying out very intensive operations, including the Fujian aircraft carrier leaving the dock and unmooring and setting sail for a series of sea trials, and the Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer interspersed with the Philippines is a response to the joint military exercises conducted by the United States and the Philippines in the past few days. As a 10,000-ton missile destroyer with air defense as its main task, the United States also seems to be practicing countermeasures against 055 at the critical moment when the Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer is interspersed with the Philippines. On 2 May, the data given by the ADS-B broadcast automatic surveillance system showed that the US B-52H strategic bomber crossed the Bass Strait and entered the airspace over the South China Sea, and the most important task of the US B-52H strategic bomber was to complete the anti-ship strike in addition to being able to carry out a nuclear strike mission.
In a large number of war games conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US think tank, it has been pointed out that the United States is currently experiencing a serious shortage of precision guided weapons, so it is unable to deal with the PLA's area denial operations, and the United States' dispatch of B-52H strategic bombers is actually simulating the use of airborne standoff weapons to attack the 055 drive. 112 vertical launch units must not only complete the loading of air defense weapons, but also complete the loading of anti-ship ground attack ammunition, so this also means that the anti-aircraft missiles carried by 055 will not reach more than 100, considering that the Haihongqi-9 ship-to-air missile has the ability of four bombs in one pit, the war research believes that the air defense combat capability of 055 will not be low, and the United States wants to use B-52H to deter 055, and the Haihongqi-9 ship-to-air missile must not be vegetarian.
Judging from the strength of the Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer and a number of surface ships in the fleet, in fact, such actions do not have any actual combat value, because if it is really necessary to deter the Philippines, the PLA warships do not need to get so close, because a large number of weapons outside the defense zone can already pose a threat to the Philippines, and now the arrival of the PLA is to make it clear that it wants to give the Philippines a little warning, and of course, it is also to give the United States a little warning.
055 drive will continue to be mass-produced and built in the future, and these 055 drive can not only warn and deter the Philippines, but also a headache for the United States, after all, the current US Navy destroyers in tonnage and performance can not be compared with 055, so the United States is constantly calling 055 a large cruiser rather than a missile destroyer. Text/Iris