In the past few days, the US media has spread no longer news to smear China, but has begun to sigh: The development of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the navy, army, and air force has exceeded the expectations of the United States, and the development process has far surpassed that of the United States.
U.S. Navy News reported that China's tenth 055 destroyer has been launched, which means that China's active destroyer fleet has been strengthened. According to the pace of construction of Chinese warships, it is expected that in 2023, China will have at least 24 055!
The sentiment of the US media is not groundless.
Because judging from the current development of the navies of various countries in the world, there are really only a handful of destroyers or cruisers with a full displacement of more than 10,000 tons!
Even if it is as strong as the United States, it has been stuck in the "PPT stage".
Many people may not know that for today's naval warfare, 055 may be the only single surface ship after the Cold War that has the ability to comprehensively threaten ocean aircraft carriers!
This is why the United States is so worried about the PLA's 055 destroyers.
The 055 destroyer uses an integrated mast and an enclosed design, which gives it excellent stealth performance.
At the same time, it is also equipped with 112 missile vertical launch cells, which is a full 18 more launch cells than the Burke-class, the main warship of the United States.
And China's vertical hair is much larger, with a crater depth of 9 meters.
On the other hand, the Burke-class destroyer, the strongest in service in the United States, has a depth of only 7 meters.
This means that our 055 can carry larger and stronger missiles.
In addition, the 055 destroyer is currently equipped with the world's only hypersonic anti-ship missile YJ-21, which has a maximum voyage of more than 1,000 kilometers and a terminal acceleration of up to Mach 10.
The usual aircraft carrier carrier-based early warning aircraft is only about 900 kilometers, so the range of this YJ-21 has exceeded the defense circle of the US aircraft carrier.
That is, before the American aircraft carrier discovered us, the YJ-21 was launched......
Before the advent of 055, there was no warship in the world that could withstand the electromagnetic interference of the United States in the sea and air.
But after the appearance of 055, the powerful dual-band active phased array radar made the United States feel restless!
Of course, behind the growing strength of the Chinese navy, it is inseparable from China's industrial volume!
In 2022, China's annual shipbuilding completions reached 37.86 million tons, accounting for 47.5% of the world's total.
Last year alone, the continent accounted for 53.2 percent of the world's shipbuilding completions.
So much so that the US Department of Defense sighed: Today, China's ability to build warships is 232 times that of the United States!
And the Pentagon of the United States is even more blunt: the Chinese Navy will achieve a "mobile combat capability at sea" in 2025, and can confront the US military head-on within the first island chain.
By 2035, the Chinese Navy will have the capability to launch a full-fledged maritime expeditionary strike against any country, by which time the second island chain of the United States will be gone......