The U.S. Navy's Aegis missile destroyer DDG97 Halsey has recently displayed an aggressive posture due to a series of provocations launched on May 8 and May 10. The Hardey crossed the Taiwan Strait on May 8, then headed straight for the Xisha Sea, and on May 10 attempted to force its way into the territorial waters of the Xisha Sea. When the US Navy missile destroyer USS Halsey provoked in the South China Sea, the PLA Southern Theater had already dispatched a 0.55 million ton drive, and for this reason, the US Navy forcibly broke into Xisha and naturally kicked the iron plate, because in the face of absolute strength, the US Navy could only pinch its nose, and the PLA responded to the US Navy's provocation with the most powerful missile destroyer, so that the US Navy could break its defense psychologically.
From the photos released by the US Navy, we can also see the weak side of the United States, because the activities of the DDG97 Halsey near Xisha announced did not have any content of PLA warships, while the photos released by the PLA Southern Theater showed that the PLA used 0.55 million tons to track and monitor the US Navy. Although the Southern Theater did not release the overall photos of the PLA warship, it can be seen from the location of the PLA crew that it is located on the bridge of the 0.55 million ton destroyer, so that the US Navy missile destroyer can be observed. The PLA's Southern Theater of Operations issued information confirming the U.S. Navy's provocations in the South China Sea and using naval and air forces to drive the U.S. Navy away.
The U.S. Navy's use of Burke-class Aegis missile destroyers to approach Xisha and the PLA's use of the 10,000-ton drive 055 to deal with it will break the glass heart of the United States, and the U.S. Navy will not be able to gain any sense of superiority in the face of the PLA's 0.55 million ton drive. Before the People's Liberation Army had a 0.55 million ton drive, the U.S. Navy's Burke-class Aegis missile destroyer was "unique in the world", because it was the most powerful missile destroyer platform on the earth, and it was not until China developed the 0.55 million ton drive that the situation changed. The PLA's 0.55 million ton drive is just the size of the vertical launch system, which can already crush the US Navy's Aegis missile destroyer.
The Burke class only has a vertical launch system of 96 units, while the PLA 0.55 million tons drive has a vertical launch system of 112 units, and in terms of tonnage, the PLA 055 also has the advantage of crushing, because it has a displacement of more than 13,000 tons, while the destroyers of the US Navy are less than 10,000 tons. The U.S. Navy previously released photos that would put the PLA warships in the picture, but now the U.S. Navy is very frustrated, so in the released photos, only the U.S. Navy missile destroyer is the same. If the U.S. Navy announces the imminent approach of the PLA's 0.55 million ton drive, it will make the United States' own image plummet, and the United States continues to exaggerate the image of the U.S. Navy as the world's first through the controlled public opinion platform, but now the PLA's 0.55 million ton drive has made the U.S. Navy lose face.
Judging from the comparison of the strength of missile destroyers alone, the US Navy no longer has a sense of superiority, and the United States itself has admitted that the PLA's 0.55 million ton drive has the ability to deliver ballistic missiles, so it will pose a huge threat to the US Navy's maritime formations. The PLA's use of 0.55 million tons to drive away the US Navy's missile destroyers is to let the US Navy see the strength of the PLA, and the PLA can take the initiative to show its sword, which can further weaken the arrogance of the United States.