"Do you hear that?
055 has been discontinued, did you hear that China plans to develop a new super battleship!" ## Introduction
As the world's largest tonnage and the most powerful modern missile destroyer, the Type 055 missile destroyer has been attracting the world's attention since its commissioning, and its advanced design and equipment are leading the direction of the development of future naval surface ships.
And it is precisely because 055 has a pivotal position that the outside world has always been full of curiosity about the production of Type 055 missile destroyers.
So are these rumors reliable, and will new super warships appear?
Are these new warships more advanced than the "055"?
This article will start from the advantages of the Type 055 missile destroyer, and explore whether the Chinese Navy is developing super warships, and what kind of new warships are brought.
Advantages of Type 055 missile destroyers.
After the "055" missile destroyer was put into service, as the core force ship of the Chinese Navy's strategic class, it can be said that it is leading the development direction of modern equipment surface ships.
As the main ship of the mainland navy's aircraft carrier formation, amphibious fleet, and other forces, it has become a strong support for the mainland's ocean-going strategic combat capability.
After the "055" type missile destroyer was put into service, compared with the American "Arleigh Burke" class and the South Korean "KDX-3", its displacement reached 13,000 tons, far exceeding the displacement of the American "Arleigh Burke" class and the South Korean "KDX-3".
In line with the purpose of the Navy, the protection and stability of the hull must be strong enough in the case of "no sinking without entering water" at sea, so the internal layout and design of the "055" missile destroyer will naturally be more humane.
In terms of weaponry and equipment of the Type 055 missile destroyer, it has a highly accurate real-time monitoring system by virtue of its advanced weapon fire control system, and has directly achieved the effect of "controlling a sea."
At the same time, it is also equipped with "YJ-18" and "YJ-15", two domestic ultra-long-range anti-aircraft carrier missiles, which can rely on ballistic detection data to achieve long-range annihilation of aircraft carriers.
This will, to a certain extent, launch the anti-aircraft carrier capability of the Chinese Navy's destroyers, and it is also an important symbol for Chinese ships to achieve all-round strikes.
At the same time, the "055" missile destroyer is also equipped with two long-range anti-ship cruise missiles, the "Duanfeng-15" and the "Anti-ship-21", which directly enhance the powerful lethality of the Chinese fleet in ocean-going operations.
The Type 055 missile destroyer is also equipped with a 20-tube vertical launch device, which can carry medium-range anti-aircraft missiles such as the "Hongqi-9" and ultra-long-range anti-aircraft missiles such as the "Hongqi-9B" and "Hongqi-10".
The power of these missiles is undoubtedly enormous, and they can not only strike weapons and equipment at close range in combat, but also identify and attack enemy ships from a distance.
In terms of airborne armament and equipment of the "055" missile destroyer, it is also equipped with two domestically produced powerful airborne antisubmarine weapons and equipment, the "Thunder Dragon" and the "Z-9," which will greatly enhance the mainland's antisubmarine capability.
At the same time, the Type 055 missile destroyer is equipped with a "65mm caliber strong light transmitter" and two "Type 01 30mm short-range defense guns", which can intercept and attack air targets.
In addition, two "H/PJ-11" short-range air defense missiles and the "S-350E" long-range ballistic missile defense system with advanced phased array have been deployed on the ship, and the power of intercepting ballistic missiles and cruise missiles has been directly raised to a higher level.
In terms of air defense systems, it has greatly strengthened the 061B destroyer, assuming the responsibility of operational command and equipping anti-aircraft missiles, and directing the air defense operations of its own ship and other ships in the rear in formation with the fleet.
This also directly elevates the Type 055 missile destroyer to a higher combat command platform.
In terms of the weapons and equipment and technical performance of its ships, it can completely benchmark against international standards, and it is also leading the development direction of the world's navies.
However, despite the fact that the Type 055 missile destroyer has such excellent and powerful strength, not long ago a piece of news has attracted great attention from the outside world.
055 discontinuation news.
Although the "Type 055" missile destroyer has such a strong strength, not long ago, there was a rather strange news in the market, that is, the news that the "Type 055 missile destroyer" was discontinued, and it was the news about the Navy's discontinuation of production after the "two".
However, the number of these two ships can be enough, because so far, the mainland has launched and built two "055" missile destroyers, namely the "Nanchang ship" and the "Lhasa ship".
The "Sichuan Ship", which has been launched and completed, is also actively testing the ship's systems and weapons.
At the same time, according to the information leaked by the Navy, in addition to the three "Type 055" destroyers under construction, "two" will be launched and built in the near future.
That is to say, there are already "five" Type 055 missile destroyers in the early stage, and there are many companies in Krabiv that will continue to build more Type 055 missile destroyers for them.
Therefore, from this point of view, the news of the "suspension of production" of the Type 055 missile destroyer circulating in the outside world is false, or it is simply misinformation.
As for the development of the "055" missile destroyer, the time for it to see the seams is also extremely urgent.
Greece once developed the "Artemis" destroyer, but because its construction time was too long, the development time was also very long, which caused its strength to "age", resulting in its entry-level destroyers all over the world.
The biggest advantage of "Artemis" is that it can be sold in batches, which also creates a great opportunity for the development breakthrough of the "055" missile destroyer.
However, as for the news circulating in the outside world about the "055 discontinuation", it may be because the naval scientific research team led by Academician Ma Weiming is developing a new super warship, which will also be called an "all-round ship".
A brand new 30,000-ton supership.
Although the Type 055 missile destroyer already has a decisive position, Academician Ma Weiming believes that in fact, the development of the mainland's naval vessels still needs to continue to advance.
And in consideration of the future development direction of China's navy, as well as the battlefield and geographical environment and other factors, a new type of 30,000-ton ship has been developed, which is also known as the "all-round ship".
So what are the characteristics of this new 30,000-ton ship?
What makes Academician Ma Weiming think that although the "055" missile destroyer is powerful, it still needs to continue to move forward, and it is also necessary to develop a new 30,000-ton "all-round ship"?
As far as the Chinese Navy is concerned, its future guns are the distant blue sky and the vast ocean, so the mainland's warship development work is also a comprehensive consideration of the mainland's national defense development strategy, and while promoting the mainland's high-quality economic development, it is also actively promoting the mainland's national defense construction.
As such a 30,000-ton super warship, if it wants to achieve an all-round development, the "all-round ship" cannot just listen to its name, and at the same time shoulder the direction of all-round development.
Therefore, this 30,000-ton super warship will have a full range of strike capabilities.
At the same time, it will also integrate the strike capabilities of land, air defense, anti-ship, and anti-submarine, so this kind of ship is also called an "all-round ship".
With the rapid development of science and technology, the mainland's national defense science and technology is also in a leading position in the world, so the new all-round ship will have a series of advanced technical equipment and weapons.
In the 60s of the last century, there were a number of scientific research workers who went forward one after another to explore the "all-round warship", but the conditions were limited at that time, so it was impossible to realize its construction.
Today, under the leadership of Academician Ma Weiming, relying on the continuous development and innovation of modern science and technology, this dream of an all-round warship, which was once considered "impossible", is expected to be realized in the near future.
The shape of the new 30,000-ton all-rounder is more layered, with a more spacious deck and hull, and its size is also larger.
In terms of the displacement of the ship, it has reached 30,000 tons, which is an extremely large existence in similar ships.
The armament of this 30,000-ton all-round ship is also very advanced.
It has an advanced weapons command and control system, which can attack at four dimensions at the same time, which will play a great role in the development of future naval warfare.
At the same time, it also has directed energy weapons and electromagnetic weapons, which can restrain enemy missile defense systems, such as high-energy lasers and shipborne electromagnetic guns.
At the same time, in the application of new weapon technology, it also includes missile weapons, which can intercept enemy missile weapons, such as PHL-03 rocket artillery, PLZ-07 self-propelled humvee artillery, PGZ-07 anti-aircraft artillery, PGZ-09 anti-aircraft artillery and PLZ-05 self-propelled howitzer.
These weapons and technologies will greatly enhance the ship's long-range strike capability in the future, and at the same time, this 30,000-ton all-round ship will undoubtedly become the mainstay of the mainland in future naval warfare.
epilogue
The Qinghe-class submarine-launched nuclear submarine is a nuclear submarine produced for the victory of the liberation of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and it has gone through about two years from the realization of the idea to the development and then to the service.
Therefore, as many scientific researchers say, it is not easy to go from idea to development.
The all-round ship concept proposed by Academician Ma Weiming may be able to become the main ship of the mainland fleet in the future.
In the mainland's national defense construction, it is all the more necessary for such experts to put forward some more practical and forward-looking views and proposals.