The 052D Jiaozuo and Project 903 Hongzehu ships are currently visiting St. Petersburg and will participate in the Russia Navy Day parade at the end of the month. However, according to the pictures at the scene, many friends found that 052D was on high alert in St. Petersburg, and it was enough to have heavily armed personnel standing guard, and even set up heavy machine guns, and also used anti-drone equipment. So arriving in Russia in today's relations can be regarded as a home away from home, so what is it guarding against?
According to the details of the picture, the 052D Jiaozuo ship moored in St. Petersburg belongs to the 052DL upgraded type, and one of the features is that the drying rack of the rear mast is upgraded to a fly swatter meter wave anti-stealth radar. The banner below also reads, "Sino-Russian friendship will last forever." Despite this, the ship's defenses were not relaxed for a moment, and the personnel with loaded 95 rifles could be seen standing guard, and because they were wearing jungle digital camouflage uniforms, it was speculated that they might be special operators on board.
Looking to the side, there was also a heavy machine gun with a gun shield set up next to him, and it looked like he was indeed on high alert. In addition to this, this 052D is also equipped with the latest anti-drone jammer, which is also one of the specially upgraded equipment of the new 052DL. And this is not a small jammer, it is a large shipborne jamming equipment, which is composed of a new active anti-unmanned jamming system, an optical reconnaissance vehicle that can look around 360 ° and a multi-spectrum jammer, which can be more effective defense against UAVs and unmanned boats and other equipment. There's a reason why 052D is so on high alert.
One is that the 052D Jiaozuo ship opened its doors to visit after it arrived in St. Petersburg, and many local overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese students, as well as many Chinese working locally, visited the ship, after all, born in a foreign country, there is nothing more proud than boarding the warship of the motherland. In this case, it is very reasonable for a large number of people to get on the ship and do a good job of proper security.
Second, Russia is now at war in some areas, and the other side can directly attack the Russian mainland. According to CCTV reports, on July 24, local time, the Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs said that there was a car bombing in Moscow, and the owner Andre·i Tolgashov had served in the "GRU" of the General Directorate of Russian Military Affairs, possibly the deputy director of the satellite communications center, and the other injured person was his wife.
Moreover, Russian ships anchored in the port of Sevastopol in Crimea are also regularly hit by drones and unmanned boats. And in recent years, the Russia Black Sea Fleet has suffered heavy losses in the attack of drones and unmanned boats, and the losses of the entire Black Sea Fleet have reached one-third, and there are not many ships that can be used. According to a spokesman for the Ukraine Navy, the last ship of the Black Sea Fleet has been withdrawn, a "Storm Petrel-class" anti-submarine patrol ship with a length of 123 meters, a width of 14 meters and a displacement of 3,500 tons. This is also why the "Jiaozuo ship" is equipped with a full set of anti-drone equipment.
The third is that St. Petersburg's location is relatively safe, but in fact, it is under NATO's nose, and it is difficult to say whether there will be accidents. Especially the Baltic Sea outside St. Petersburg, which is NATO territory, and for the Russian side, although these places are not yet considered areas of war, they are certainly not small. And 052D all the way from the Denmark Bridge across the Baltic Sea, in fact, also deep into the tiger's den. It can be said that this is next to NATO's turf, and if the West wants to make some small moves and cause some contradictions, then it is also possible to attack.
From this point of view, it is now possible for the other side to carry out attacks on important targets on the territory of the Russian side. And for unmanned boats and drones, there is also a great threat to ships that cannot move in the port. Therefore, in the friendly atmosphere between China and Russia, the Russian side will definitely protect the safety of 052D and other ships to the greatest extent, but the iron still needs to be hard, and the safety protection work must not be negligent. And this is also a good opportunity for training in a real combat state, after all, it is now the Deep Blue Navy, and most of the areas reached by the Navy are not calm, and it is also appropriate to take this opportunity to train the security protection ability in a tense situation, especially in the field of anti-UAV.
In addition to the shipborne anti-drone system just introduced, in fact, 052D also has a set of fast anti-drone radar that can quickly detect low, small and slow targets, and at the same time, the ship's personnel can also hold anti-drone jammers to strike UAVs. It is not even ruled out that these advanced equipment and systems will also be exchanged by the Russian side, and even some joint exercises will be conducted after participating in the Navy Day.
In general, the 052DL destroyer has become a symbol of the Chinese Navy, and when you see the 052D, you know that the Chinese Navy is coming. As a blue-water navy, we will not only enter the Baltic Sea, but also any ocean in the world, and of course, more importantly, protect our own security and better safeguard our maritime interests.