(055 Large Missile Destroyer)
According to a number of media sources, the first ship of the mainland's second batch of 055 large destroyers, that is, the ninth Type 055 destroyer, has been launched in a low-key manner not long ago.
According to the latest information, the number of 055 large destroyers built in the second batch of the mainland is also 8. According to the general plan, the first ships of the second batch will officially enter service with the Navy by next year at the latest. In a sense, the 0.55 million ton drive can be regarded as a "dreadnought" in the new era, because its appearance has directly subverted the combat mode of modern naval warfare to a large extent.
(Aircraft carrier battle groups are fundamental to the ability of the United States to dominate the seas after World War II)
Since World War II, aircraft carriers have always been the supremacy at sea, because aircraft carriers, with the capabilities of carrier-based fighters on board, can ensure sea and air supremacy in hundreds of kilometers of deep sea areas, and deal a devastating blow to any fleet without the cover of aircraft carriers.
In particular, after the US military successfully developed and installed the AGM-84 "Harpoon" anti-ship missile, the balance of the entire battlefield began to "tilt to one side" of the US military, because the effective range of the "Harpoon" missile is about 120~150 km, and the US carrier-based fighters can launch attacks on Soviet warships outside the effective strike range of the Soviet Navy's air defense missiles. In this way, the configuration of aircraft carrier + carrier-based aircraft occupies an absolutely dominant position in naval warfare. However, after the emergence of 055, the combination of "aircraft carrier + carrier-based aircraft" began to shake the position of an invincible opponent all over the world.
(The Type 055 destroyer is the crystallization of the mainland's decades of shipbuilding experience and science and technology)
With a full load displacement of about 13,000 tons, the Type 055 destroyer is the first main surface ship of more than 10,000 tons independently developed and equipped by the mainland. The ship is equipped with the mainland's domestically produced 346B "Sea Star" active phased array radar, which is commonly known as the 055 "Aegis". With the blessing of 4 domestic QC-280 gas turbines, the total engine power is about 106 megawatts (130,000 horsepower), which is more than twice the engine power of the French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle"!
The main reason why it is necessary to equip such a high-power engine is that the radar system equipped with the Type 055 destroyer is very advanced and complex. The ship is the world's first destroyer equipped with dual-band active phased array radar, and is also equipped with a large number of anti-air and sea-to-sea search radars, warning radars, navigation radars and high-speed satellite data link systems, etc., and the ship is also equipped with a new generation of our army's fleet command system, all of which are large energy consumers. Therefore, the 055 must be equipped with an extremely powerful engine to meet its energy consumption requirements.
(101 "Nanchang" ship commissioning ceremony)
In addition to the powerful power system, the weapon system of the 055 is its biggest highlight. The Type 055 destroyer is equipped with a domestic 130 mm single-barreled naval gun, a domestic Type 1130 11-tube 30 mm Gatling close-in defense gun, a set of Haihongqi-10 point air defense missile system, and is also equipped with 324 torpedoes, jamming rockets and other auxiliary weapons, as well as two carrier-based helicopters.
However, its most striking feature is its 112-cell vertical launch system for large-caliber missiles. The Type 055 destroyer is deployed in accordance with the configuration of 64 + 48 behind the main gun and the rear of the hull, and a total of 112 units of 850 mm caliber large missile vertical launch system are deployed, and this vertical launch system also uses a unique "hot and cold co-frame" technology, which can be compatible with a variety of air defense, anti-ship, ground strike cruise missiles and other weapons, and has a strong comprehensive combat capability. Moreover, the large vertical engine unit used by 055 can also expand its ammunition loading capacity and improve the firepower intensity through the method of "one pit and four bullets".
(055 destroyer launch missile)
Not long ago, CCTV reported that the "Nanchang", the lead ship of our army's 055 large destroyer, single-handedly challenged the entire US aircraft carrier strike group on the way to the western Pacific training with the aircraft carrier, which actually proved the powerful combat capability of the Type 055 destroyer in a sense.
The general process was as follows: The "Nanchang" obtained the basic data of the US aircraft carrier strike group through a maritime reconnaissance satellite, and then broke away from our aircraft carrier formation and went out alone to approach the US aircraft carrier strike group. During this period, the combat process of using ship-borne anti-ship missiles to lock onto US aircraft carriers and anti-aircraft missiles to lock onto US carrier-based aircraft was practiced; at the same time, the "Nanchang" ship was still able to effectively track and lock on to US aircraft carriers under the condition of strong US electromagnetic interference, and could even maintain contact with aircraft carrier formations in the rear, which completely exceeded the upper limit of the combat capability of destroyers in the traditional sense.
Through this confrontation, it has actually proved that as long as there is the support of a satellite reconnaissance system, a 055 destroyer has the ability to challenge or even annihilate the entire US aircraft carrier strike group. It is precisely such a powerful comprehensive combat capability that has completely subverted the basic combat pattern of naval warfare at present.
(The Aegis ship in the Sea of Japan, like the South Korean Navy, is a copy of the US military's "Arleigh Burke")
In fact, in the "Northeast Asia Monster Room", there are the most advanced large destroyers in the world. In addition to the mainland's 055, Japan has at least eight "Aegis" destroyers of three types, South Korea also has three KDX-3 destroyers, plus the American "Arleigh Burke" and Russia's "Varyag", it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "the world's best".
However, these warships are dwarfed by the 055, and the "Varyag" was built during the Cold War, and it has been more than 30 years now, and its performance is needless to say; the 10,000-ton destroyers of Japan and South Korea can basically be regarded as an enlarged version of the US military's "Arleigh Burke" class destroyers, which not only use the SPY-1 series passive phased array radar that is a whole generation behind the "Sea Star," but also its power is far less than that of the 055.
Moreover, the destroyers of Japan and South Korea are equipped with American-made MK-41 vertical hair devices, whose caliber is only 635 mm, which is far smaller than the 850 mm vertical hair unit equipped with the 055, so the missile performance that can be equipped is obviously inferior to that of the 055 destroyer.
(055 Destroyer No. 9 has been launched)
From a purely technical point of view, there is currently no destroyer in the world that can be compared with 055, and no one can compete with 055 even if it is the next-generation destroyer under development by various countries. Because, China's "Sea Star" phased array radar will dominate for a long time, and the backward "Aegis" has no alternative before 2060, so our naval ships will continue to crush Japan and South Korea for 30 years without pressure!