The improved Type 052B destroyer participated in the exercise and can still play a greater role!
A few days ago, the naval ship formation in the Southern Theater conducted a joint exercise, mainly using carrier-based helicopters for replenishment.
Among them, the figure of the improved Type 052B destroyer Project 168 Guangzhou appeared.
It conducted exercises together with the "Type 055 destroyer, Type 054A frigate, and Type 903 integrated supply ship".
Judging from the improvement plan of the Guangzhou ship alone, it is a large Type 054A frigate, and its firepower is completely unworthy of its title of destroyer.
Prior to the refit, the Guangzhou destroyer was equipped with at least 48 SA-N-12 medium-range anti-aircraft missiles.
Although it is said that only two Shikili launch systems are installed on the destroyer Guangzhou, and a single launcher can only fire one SA-N-12 anti-aircraft missile at a time.
And the interval between re-firing is 5 seconds, the reloading time is 12 seconds, and the maximum rate of fire of a single unit is 2 rounds per minute. However, it has the ability to fire two salvos at once.
The key is that the Guangzhou ship can be loaded with 48 SA-N-12 anti-aircraft missiles, and the firepower is still relatively strong.
However, after the modification, only 32 units of the vertical launch system were installed, and if the Fish-8 rocket-boosted torpedoes were mixed, the number of available anti-aircraft missiles would continue to decrease.
As a result, the continued firepower of the converted destroyer Canton became weaker.
Although the reserve ammunition has been reduced, the overall air defense capability has been increased, and this does not conflict with the reduction of the reserve ammunition.
This is because the destroyer Guangzhou has also upgraded and improved the ship's electrical system, mainly because it has also upgraded the ship's electrical system and anti-ship system to a large extent.
First: replace the original YJ-83 high-subsonic anti-ship missile with the YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile.
Second: replace the original roof radar with a domestic 382 radar air-to-sea search radar.
As for the internal chips, parts such as will also be replaced to a certain extent.
If, judging from the armament of the modified Guangzhou destroyer alone, it is indeed a large Type 054A frigate.
However, it has a vertical launch system, which can continuously launch multiple Haihongqi-16B anti-aircraft missiles to intercept multiple incoming targets in a relatively short period of time.
At the same time, the number of intercepted targets is more than before the improvement, basically 4 times ~ 8 times.
After all, the Guangzhou destroyer is equipped with four radars that are the same as the guidance radars used by the Type 054AG frigate, and after all, it is an active phased array system, so it can guide multiple Haihongqi-16B air defense missiles to intercept multiple incoming targets at the same time.
Even if the number of anti-aircraft missiles loaded on the improved Guangzhou destroyer is not as large as before, in actual combat, the probability that a ship can empty the anti-aircraft missiles it carries without being hit is still quite small.
Therefore, in today's naval warfare, instead of pursuing a larger number of anti-aircraft missiles, it is better to pursue a more reliable number of incoming targets that can intercept incoming targets in a relatively short period of time.
After all, today's naval warfare is a saturation strike from the very beginning, and only when it can intercept a large number of incoming targets at the same time can the absolute safety of the ship itself be guaranteed.
Therefore, the air defense capabilities of the improved destroyer Guangzhou have been improved.
At the very least, there has been a great improvement in the ability to resist saturation strikes.
Next, let's talk about the role of the Guangzhou destroyer in forming a formation with the Type 055 10,000-ton drive and the Type 054A frigate.
In fact, in the formation with Type 055 destroyers and Type 054A frigates, the role of the Guangzhou destroyer is equivalent to that of a Type 054A frigate, and there is no role if there is more.
After all, the radar performance of the Guangzhou destroyer is not strong enough, and the range is not far enough, so it can only rely on the ship's radar and air defense system to provide medium-range air defense capabilities. (Image source network, invasion and deletion)