Brothers, 055 and 054B were drunk that night, and guess what happened. Here's the thing, recently a military fan friend released the follow-up model of 052DM, that is, the prototype of the next generation of general-purpose destroyers, combining some of the characteristics of the 055 drive and the 054B frigate, it can't be said to be a deep integration, it is also its own merits, so what are the characteristics of this 052DM follow-up model, let's continue to look down.
According to this imaginary picture, the overall layout of the next generation model of 052DM is the same as that of 052M, all of which are flying shear bow, front bow, and deep V bottom design, the difference is that the hull width of the next-generation ship has increased significantly, which is good for the double hangar double straight 20. Then, from the front and back, part of the A gun position in the bow is still the main gun position, and it may use the H/PJ-45 130mm naval gun of the same model as the 055 big drive. The B gun position is still the 1130 close-in defense gun, which should be replaced with the same phased array radar version of the Fujian ship. Then there's the mast part of the main event.
The mast of this next-generation general-purpose destroyer should be a combination of the integrated mast technology of the 055 large drive, plus the double-sided phased array technology of the 054B. According to the 054B's use of a 3-meter S-band double-sided rotating phased array, coupled with the Type 368 double-sided fast reaction radar, the double-sided phased array of this new ship will only be larger than 3 meters. The main mast will use the integrated mast technology of the 055 large drive. The advantages of this combination of 055 and 054B are also obvious, that is, it can effectively reduce costs, and at the same time, the technology is a mature shelf product, and the technical difficulty is much lower, which is convenient to quickly complete the overall design. In fact, there is a misunderstanding about the design level of the next generation of destroyers, that is, to pile the tonnage of the pile. But in fact, as the next generation of general-purpose destroyers that succeed the 052DM, the technical level is close to the 055 drive, but the cost must be controlled, so it is convenient to "get dumplings", so the most important thing is balance.
For 9-meter vertical hair, anti-missile capabilities, laser weapons, newer maritime cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), these can all be put on a larger platform like 055, and the next generation of destroyers needs to be mature and reliable, so according to the existing 052DM, 055 and 054B on the technical reserves, it may be more realistic to integrate into a new generation of destroyers. In this way, the degree of commonality of the individual parts is also high. It is worth mentioning that the recent delay of the American Constellation-class frigate for 3 years, a large part of which turned out to be unfinished design, I can't imagine it. Because of the continuous new requirements, the commonality of the constellation level and the original horizon level was reduced to 18%, and it was almost redesigned. In fact, this is also a wake-up call for us to develop new types of ships in the future.
Then back to the new ship, there are two chimneys in the middle of the ship, and the power system may use the 055 large drive combustion-combustion power combination, so that it has a strong advantage in speed. You must know that the 052D's diesel-fuel alternate in a series of confrontations with the Arleigh Burke class, it is still a bit of a loss in terms of power level, and high-speed destroyers will be a direction for the next generation of destroyers. Coincidentally, the 712 Institute, the core institute of CSSC, recently published a patent on the control method of the CODLAG system.
To put it simply, it is diesel-electric-combustion combined propulsion, which is more economical in cost than the fuel-fuel power of the 055 large drive. This combination has a full gas power of 36 megawatts and is also used to drive a 15 megawatt electric motor. If in the cruising phase, this electric motor can act as a shaft motor, powered by a diesel-electric unit, and if in the combat high-speed hurricane phase, then the electric motor and the gas turbine are powered in parallel, is it more suitable for a universal destroyer than the fuel-fuel scheme.
Finally, there is the vertical hair that everyone is more concerned about, which may reach 80 units, 16 more than the 64 units of the 052DM, reflecting the performance improvement, but the characteristics of balance. This is also related to the total tonnage of the next generation of destroyers, which will roughly float around 9,000 tons, and 80 vertical hairs are also the limit. Then why do you say that? Because once the next generation of general-purpose destroyers exceeds 10,000 tons, the overall cost performance will be very poor, and the cost is not controlled, so it is better to directly build 055 big drives, which is too high with the cost of 054B, it is better to build more 052D to reduce costs, although the operating cost is a little higher, but the combat effectiveness is also significantly improved. In order to avoid this embarrassment, then the next generation of 052DM cannot break through the 10,000-ton level, and maintaining it at 8000-900 is a relatively reasonable tonnage level.
In general, the 052DM has changed the hull of the 052D to the limit, if it is not for the reason of the 054B, then the 052DL is already the last model, but in any case, the next generation of universal destroyers must also be seriously considered after the 052DM. Personally, I still think that it is more appropriate to use a mature subsystem to fuse a transitional model, and in the end, we still have to wait for some technological breakthroughs to look forward to the arrival of 057/058.