In recent years, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has mentioned area denial and anti-access operations in its large-scale military exercises, which are designed to prevent the involvement of US nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the event of a conflict between the two sides of the strait. Unlike other countries' anti-ship missiles, in addition to possessing a series of more conventional anti-ship missiles, China can also use ballistic missiles to carry out a series of anti-ship strike missions. The Dongfeng-21 ballistic missile is the main weapon of the PLA's anti-ship aircraft, which can complete a flight of thousands of kilometers and stop the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from thousands of kilometers away. Although the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be escorted by a number of Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyers, the United States is now also worried that its aircraft carriers may no longer be able to find an advantage in front of the People's Liberation Army, and their survivability is worrisome.
Recently, the United States has conducted an anti-missile interception exercise in the waters around Hawaii, and its imaginary enemy is the PLA's Dongfeng-21 ballistic missile; according to the US side, the Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer launched two Standard 6 interceptor missiles have accurately hit the incoming imaginary enemy targets. The Standard 6 interceptor missile is also the most powerful type of weapon currently carried by the US military, and even the United States has used this weapon in the Red Sea operation, and the number one goal of this interceptor missile is to complete the interception of medium-range ballistic missiles.
The United States is trying to send a clear signal through this military exercise that China's Dongfeng-21 missile cannot achieve penetration, but in wartime, if the PLA really needs to strike at the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, in addition to the DF-21 missile, the PLA's hypersonic missile strength in the hands of the PLA cannot be underestimated. According to a message from the global network, India conducted another test launch of the Agni ballistic missile on the 3rd local time. The Indian side claims that the Agni-P ballistic missile is a long-range missile that can carry a nuclear warhead and can deter China and Pakistan, but when India tests the Agni-P ballistic missile, Pakistan's 054A missile frigate really can't do it.
Pakistan has purchased the 054AB missile frigate from China, but the performance of this warship is slightly stronger than the PLA's own version of the 054A missile frigate, Pakistan is equipped with a more advanced phased array radar, rather than the three-coordinate radar used by the PLA, this is also because Pakistan needs to let the 054A missile frigate perform more unique tasks, and even have similar uses to destroyers, but the 054A missile frigate is equipped with a vertical launch system and the 052D missile destroyer, The Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer is different, and this kind of vertical hair can only complete the carrying of weapons such as Hongqi-16 sword-to-air missiles and Yu-8 rocket-assisted torpedoes.
Many weapons on the 054A missile frigate can only help Pakistan complete the ship's air defense mission, and it still does not have the strength to intercept missiles. For Pakistan, if it wants to complete anti-missile interception similar to that of the United States, then what Pakistan needs more is the 052D missile destroyer. 054A is a frigate after all, although Pakistan needs to be alone, but the ships in Pakistan's hands may not have the strength to complete ballistic missile interception, but in the equipment of the Pakistani air defense forces, there are also the same Hongqi-9 anti-aircraft missiles of the People's Liberation Army, and these Hongqi-9 anti-aircraft missiles can complete more air defense interception tasks. Text/Iris