CGI from earlier this year
CGI from earlier this year
That’s a lot of VLS cells.
Looks like they’r making good use of the missile tech Bill Clinton sold to them.
I see the Chinese are calling it a Cruiser.
If this were a western ship it would be a "corvette" or some such nonsense to please the handwringers in the legislatures.
"Frigate" sounds less expensive and scary than "Cruiser" or "Battlecruiser".
You shoot one cruise missile and hour later you feel like shooting more.
In before the anti CVN crazies.
Most importantly how easy is it to kill?
sink it or totally wreck its topsides?
Alone, the Japanese Navy could defeat the Chinese Navy.
Fairly quickly.
Yeah, but can they crash into freighters with the accuracy and frequency like ours?
At the start of any war you know that the US will have three priorities: one will be to eliminate any known Chinese satellites and air bases in China and around the world. The US Navy will first focus on sinking every Chinese vessel that it can find with a focus on known Chinese missile-capable ships and submarines. After the start of hostilities the lifespan of their aircraft carriers will be measured in minutes, not hours. The ChiComs will be swept from the seas while missiles and bombs destroy any Chinese port facilities, naval yards, and army/air force bases. Their navy will effectively be gone in under 3 days and the Chinese ability to project force outside of China will be neutered.
All that, and only a single rudder. Go fig.
Looks like a fairly competent design, overall. Huzzah for the new naval arms race!
Hi.
It’s not the size of the “member,” that matters, but how you use it that counts.
5.56mm
Thanks to the free traitors, yet another Chinese weapon system we paid for.