Friends, recently, among domestic surface ships, a lot of equipment of an experimental nature has suddenly appeared. In terms of appearance, they are not only very different from the current equipment, and even some of the uses are not clear, but these experimental equipment are not only quite important, but even a key part of improving combat effectiveness. For example, this very strange-looking "102" ship looks like a variety of Western ships stitched together, so what is its special purpose?
According to the pictures shared by netizens, we saw a relatively strange domestic ship, and the bow number was written "102", which made many friends wonder, shouldn't the port number 102 be the second ship of 055 big drive? Then this "102" is obviously not, from the bow to the bridge, it cannot be said that it is completely different in appearance, it is not at all the same, but more like the style of Western ships.
In fact, it is not difficult for friends who are familiar with American ships to see that the bow part of this "102" has the flavor of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, especially the main mast like a clothes pole, which can be said to be vivid. After all, don't say that the 055 drive is a one-piece mast, even if the 052D doesn't have this design for a long time. Don't say it, it really looks like a Western ship from a distance. So is this a mock Arleigh Burke-class ship? But when you look back, you see that something is wrong.
The tail of this ship is not like the low style of the Arleigh Burke class, but a relatively tall hangar, if you must say that it looks, it is very Japanese-style destroyer, for example, the tail of the Murayu class is this kind of tall hangar, and the next generation of high-wave class is like this. That is to say, the bow and tail of this domestic ship are sewn together with the classic appearance of the Burke-class and the Takanami-class Murayu-class respectively, which is obviously deliberate.
At present, this ship is likely to be a special test ship that simulates an imaginary enemy, in order to be able to play a role quickly and economically, so put a variety of ship's appearance characteristics on one ship, otherwise it would be a bit of a waste of cost to simulate one model. In actual use, this experimental ship is also divided into three purposes, the first is used for simulated confrontation, the "102" ship directly participates in the actual confrontation at sea as the blue side, which can simulate the appearance of the imaginary enemy ship, electromagnetic signals, and even simulate the ability to resist strikes, so that the confrontation is closer to actual combat and more targeted.
The second function is to use it as an anti-ship weapon target ship, simulating the appearance of a variety of ships, in order to make the correct identification of anti-ship weapons, such as the domestic DF series anti-ship weapons use SAR synthetic aperture radar recognition capabilities. Models such as land aircraft carriers in the former desert are also used to test the identification ability of weapons, improve anti-jamming capabilities, and increase the damage effect. The third role may be to be used for AI artificial intelligence to improve the ability of big data search and judgment targets, and provide more accurate auxiliary decision-making for possible future operations.
In addition to this simulated special ship, in fact, there are 2 domestic ships of experimental nature recently, one is a drone carrier on the deck of a catamaran, pay attention to the upper right corner of this aircraft carrier, the two green ships are also a kind of marine drone platform. In addition, there is a domestic "Visby" stealth light guard, which has been said separately before, so I will not repeat it.
In fact, these three test platforms are different, some are to simulate the enemy, some pave the way for their own ship upgrades, and some are to verify new technologies such as drone platforms, but their appearance is not surprising. After all, now it's all about how to fight, how to practice, in peacetime when there can be no large-scale naval battles, the upgrade of equipment is relatively slow, building test platform upgrade technology, or using more realistic real ships to do simulation, although the cost is higher, but the effect is much better than behind closed doors.
It is worth noting that according to the information released at the press conference of the Ministry of National Defense on 17 May, the spokesman made it clear that the US destroyer "Halsey" trespassed into the internal waters and territorial waters of the Xisha without authorization, violated sovereignty, and threatened national security. You must know that entering internal waters, territorial waters, it means that the US destroyer has entered the 12-kilometer baseline of territorial waters, which is a naked invasion.
It can be seen that although China's naval strength has been greatly improved, maritime security is still severe, and the provocations of the United States and the West are still escalating. From this point of view, the significance of these test ships is even greater, after all, only by training troops in a down-to-earth manner and preparing for war, and practicing real kung fu, can they dare to "show their swords" at critical moments and win when they are unsheathed!