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The US military is ruthless: The sinking of its 40,000-ton warship by the new missile is to send us a clear signal: If the PLA attacks Taiwan with an aircraft carrier, the US military has the ability to sink all of them.
So what missiles did the U.S. military use this time, and how did they sink them?
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On July 23, the United States Navy officially announced that in the "sinking exercise" part of the "2024 Rim of the Pacific Military Exercise", the amphibious assault ship Tarawa was attacked by participating warships using a variety of weapons on July 19, and finally sank in the 4,500-meter deep sea more than 90 kilometers north of Kauai, Hawaii. And this move is seen as United States sending a clear signal to China: if the PLA uses an aircraft carrier similar to the Tarawa or the Type 075 "two attacks" to conduct cross-sea operations in the future, then the US military has the ability to sink them all!
As the biennial RIMPAC military exercise, the United States has made this year's RIMPAC military exercise even larger than the 2022 one. At that time, 25 countries, 38 surface ships, 3 submarines, 9 national armies, about 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel participated. In the 2024 RIMPAC exercise, the United States invited about 40 surface ships, 3 submarines, 14 national armies, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel from 29 countries to participate. However, the fact that there are more countries and warships participating in the exercise than in the previous session is not the biggest "highlight" of this time - the sinking of the 40,000-ton Tarawa amphibious assault ship in the "sinking exercise" - this is the "climax" project of this year's RIMPAC military exercise in United States!
The amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa, the target ship of the "sinking exercise", was the first ship of the class to be commissioned in 1976 and decommissioned in 2009. It has a total length of 250 meters, a width of 32.3 meters, and a displacement of 40,000 tons. The reason why the United States Navy chose it as a target ship is because it is the largest tonnage that can be sunk as a "target ship" among the retired warships of the United States Navy. The displacement of 40,000 tons is actually very similar to the Type 075 amphibious assault ship and aircraft carriers such as Liaoning and Shandong that have been put into service in China. Therefore, the effect of using it as a target ship and being "sunk" by the US military and its allies during the exercise can clearly convey its "warning" message to China!
At present, the Chinese Navy has eight 20,000-ton 071 dock landing ships, three 40,000-ton 075 amphibious assault ships, and two 60,000-ton Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers in service -- all of which have been marked by the United States Navy as the main ships of our army's cross-sea landing operations. Among them, 071 and 075 are considered to be mainly responsible for the projection of amphibious combat forces to the island; The two aircraft carriers were responsible for sniping foreign combat forces that came from both Japan and Guam. Therefore, the United States Navy felt the need to show the PLA that it was capable of sinking these large capital warships of the PLA at any time.
F/A-18投掷隐身远程反舰导弹（LRASM）
So, what weapons will the United States Navy use to achieve operational purposes? Although the United States military has not released a video or live picture of the attack on the Tarawa amphibious assault ship, we have no way of knowing how much ammunition the 40,000-ton large warship was hit and how long it held out on the surface before finally sinking into the deep sea. However, from the analysis of the few words revealed by the United States Navy in the press release, we know that it used at least B-2 stealth bombers and F/A-18F carrier-based aircraft for air strikes, of which the F/A-18F used stealth long-range anti-ship missiles (LRASM); The United States Navy's Burke-class destroyer Fitzgerald and the Australia Navy's USS Sydney used the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to launch a maritime strike against the Tarawa; In addition, it is possible that Korea's conventional submarines carried out torpedo attacks underwater.
USS Fitzgerald destroyer launches "naval strike missile" for the first time
It can be seen that the United States Navy has formulated a careful "sinking plan" for the precious 40,000-ton Tarawa "target ship", not only giving allies as many opportunities as possible to experience live ammunition, but also planning a variety of strike modes of air, sea and submarine. In terms of strike ammunition, this time it not only took out the stealth long-range anti-ship missile (LRASM), which has repeatedly undertaken the "group annihilation" of Chinese naval warships in the "military push", but also abandoned the "Harpoon" anti-ship missile that has been used for decades, and used the "naval strike missile" developed by Norway for the first time on the destroyer Fitzgerald.
As a new stealth anti-ship missile developed by Norway, the "Naval Strike Missile" has a huge performance improvement compared with the "Harpoon" anti-ship missile developed by Boeing and used by the three armed forces of United States for decades. The "Naval Strike Missile" has a range of more than 180 km, while the new Type 1A has a range of up to 250 km. The "Naval Strike Missile" can fly at an ultra-low altitude throughout the entire process, because the missile is made of composite materials and has stealth features, so it has a strong penetration capability. The missile has a variety of guidance modes, including GPS terrain matching and inertial guidance, but in order to improve strike concealment and prevent interference, it does not use active radar guidance, but uses more concealed infrared imaging guidance and radio frequency passive guidance, the latter is mainly used to detect and attack radar equipment on warships.
The capital ships of the United States Navy will gradually replace the old Harpoon anti-ship missiles
As a next-generation anti-ship missile that has already been selected by the US military and has been jointly produced by the United States Raytheon Corporation and the Norway Kongsberg Company, the "Naval Strike Missile" will begin to replace the "Harpoon" on the capital ships of the United States Navy after this live-fire target. The current annual production capacity of this type of missile is about 120 units, and 13 are expected to be delivered to the United States Navy in fiscal year 2025. It can be seen that this new type of shipborne stealth anti-ship missile, together with the air-launched stealth long-range anti-ship missile (LRASM), will become the main force of the US military in attacking the 071, 075 and Liaoning, Shandong and other aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy!
Australia's destroyer HMS Sydney launches "naval strike missile"
It can be said that in this RIMPAC military exercise, the United States Navy spared up its "blood capital": the 40,000-ton amphibious assault ship was dragged out and asked the allies to bomb indiscriminately, until it sank without distress! The reason why the United States Navy is so "generous" is actually so that when it United States intervene in the Taiwan Strait by force in the future, these "little brothers" can rush to "help," especially Japan, South Korea, and Australia, which are close at hand. In this live-fire session of the Tarawa, the United States also took special care of these three countries, and even Australia's "Sydney" destroyer also enjoyed the "honor" of using "naval strike missiles" for live firing for the first time like the United States Navy.
But when the time comes, when the United States really needs these "little brothers" to play as "cannon fodder", I wonder if the scene will be as lively as this year's Rim of the Pacific military exercise?