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Chinese Type 055 destroyer has anti-stealth and anti-satellite capabilities

Sure it’s not easy if drones come in hundreds in all directions. I assume we need make more CIWS and more rounds.
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You still have no idea... These kind of drones are dirt cheap... Probably cheaper than your bullets or rounds needed to fire to shoot one down... Then it comes to economics, you will feel the hopelessness and desperation...
 
The US has means I don’t think they have problem in dealing with chinese drone threat. As for Vietnam,
Sure it’s not easy if drones come in hundreds in all directions. we need make more radar guided CIWS and more rounds.
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The swarm is an envolving tech and surely will intergrated into all three navy,army,airforce and lauched from different platform, and remember they are not limited in suicidal attack, they are an additional means to our current arsenal/recon, they are modular.
 
You still have no idea... These kind of drones are dirt cheap... Probably cheaper than your bullets or rounds needed to fire to shoot one down... Then it comes to economics, you will feel the hopelessness and desperation...
What you mean with cheap.
Ok give me an idea how much such a chinese drine costs? Less or more than a women underwear?
 
What you mean with cheap.
Ok give me an idea how much such a chinese drine costs? Less or more than a women underwear?
Well, joke aside, one set of CIWS costs ~50 million USD, including radar, sensors, ammunition, etc... while each one of such drone cost no more than our DJI drones used to shoot pictures... And then you can do the math with your tiny little defense budget... When millions of such drones are coming and you will feel the desperation and hopelessness...
 
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The Type 055 is equipped with a dual-band radar system that has anti-stealth and anti-satellite capabilities in low-Earth orbit, China Central Television (CCTV) reported last weekend. The anti-satellite capability in particular has prompted discussions among military observers.

Some of the advanced radar systems produced by modern technologies can detect low-Earth orbit aircraft, which often circulate the Earth at an altitude of 300 to 500 kilometers. If the radar system has a high enough performance, it can not only detect, but also track the satellites, which means the radar can then guide weapons to attack the satellites.

In an introduction video for Nanchang, the first ship of its type, released by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy during the Spring Festival holidays in February 2020, the service confirmed the ship has a displacement of more than 12,000 tons. The warship was previously only vaguely referred to as China's first 10,000-ton-class destroyer, without information of its exact displacement. "This has debunked some analysts' estimations that the Type 055's displacement is only a little more than 10,000 tons, and indicates the ship type could be even more powerful than expected," a military expert who asked not to be named told the Global Times.

The 12,000-ton figure could refer to a standard or normal displacement, so full displacement could potentially reach 13,000 tons, the expert estimated, noting that the Type 052D,
a previous classification of Chinese destroyer, has an approximate displacement of just 6,000 to 7,000 tons. Displacement is an important indicator of a warship's combat capability in multiple aspects including firepower and its ability to sail in high seas, as a larger displacement results in higher stability, more fuel and ammunition, analysts said.

With a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, the Type 055 is a 180-meter-long, 20-meter-wide guided missile destroyer with 112 vertical launch missile cells capable of launching a combination of surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship missiles, land-attack missiles and anti-submarine missiles, according to previous media reports.

Given the large size of the Type 055, it would be naturally able to carry a type of air-defense missile capable of reaching targets in low-Earth orbit,
Wang predicted, noting that the radar system used on the Type 055 can also transmit data via data chain to land-based air-defense forces which can launch anti-satellite missiles. Low-Earth orbit satellites can monitor vast regions of battlefields and provide rich intelligence to their operators. In wartime, if one side can suppress hostile satellites, it can neutralize a key part of a hostile intelligence source and gain an advantage for itself.

While it is also the first time that China's state-owned media has confirmed the Type 055's anti-stealth capability, it is not much of a surprise when compared with its anti-satellite capability, as China has already revealed several types of anti-stealth radar systems in many open occasions, military observers said. In a test conducted in 2007, China successfully destroyed a satellite, BBC reported at the time. Liu Jianchao, then spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, confirmed the test and stressed China was committed to the peaceful development of outer space.

Nanchang marks China's achievement of a globally advanced level in terms of surface vessel propulsion technology and that the warship's speed is of the top class. It did not reveal details of the ship's propulsion system or the ship's top speed. Analysts predict Type 055 has variants that will use full electric propulsion in the future, which could enable more optimized power distribution and realize the usage of high-energy weapons like lasers.




One of the most powerful ships in the world.
This is the first Chinese destroyer (cruiser?) to approach sophistication levels of the American Arleigh Burke class on many counts (although hull design is relatively luxury) - credit where due.

Type 055 does not have magazine to enable ASAT missions in the present nevertheless. Principle SAM is HHQ-9B (300 KM range; 41 KM ceiling) which is not up to the task. China will have to develop a new SAM for the needful.

The SM-3 class interceptors enable ASAT engagements for American Arleigh Burke class destroyers in the present.

American Zumwalt class destroyers are world's first to feature full electric propulsion in the present. This propulsion system enable acoustic stealth in conjunction with having an RCS of a boat to fool others and it will.
 
This is the first Chinese destroyer (cruiser?) to approach sophistication levels of the American Arleigh Burke class on many counts (although hull design is relatively luxury) - credit where due.

Type 055 does not have magazine to enable ASAT missions in the present nevertheless. Principle SAM is HHQ-9B (300 KM range; 41 KM ceiling) which is not up to the task. China will have to develop a new SAM for the needful.

The SM-3 class interceptors enable ASAT engagements for American Arleigh Burke class destroyers in the present.

American Zumwalt class destroyers are world's first to feature full electric propulsion in the present. This propulsion system enable acoustic stealth in conjunction with having an RCS of a boat to fool others and it will.
I am aware of that, maybe the long waited HQ-19 or HQ-26?
 
Well, joke aside, one set of CIWS costs ~50 million USD, including radar, sensors, ammunition, etc... while each one of such drone cost no more than our DJI drones used to shoot pictures... And then you can do the math with your tiny little defense budget... When millions of such drones are coming and you will feel the desperation and hopelessness...
You are talking of military grade drone or plastic drone?
If you want to attack you should have drones armed with engine, sensor, radar, bomb, missile, and other things or not? The same things like CIWS. Not cheap if you send millions to us. Ok I know you are rich.
 
You are talking of military grade drone or plastic drone?
If you want to attack you should have drones armed with engine, sensor, radar, bomb, missile, and other things or not? The same things like CIWS. Not cheap if you send millions to us. Ok I know you are rich.

that's for a long lasting reusable drone.

a swarm drone is just some explosive with rotors, camera, radio, battery and processor.

a standard 32-bit microprocessor costs 10 USD for individuals, 2 USD for mass production. rotors maybe 100-200 USD. battery maybe 10 USD. camera maybe 100 USD for dual low res IR/high res optical.

total cost might be 300-500 USD per drone depending on specifics, which is a little bit more expensive than artillery shells. but unlike artillery shells, they can act as recon and can hunt targets in exchange for yield.

they're disposable like an artillery shell and even if captured would yield no useful data since they're built with commercial components. the software is key and you can't even decode the software if the peripherals get fried in the explosion.

traditionally artillery can't be anti-tank or anti-air, only anti-infantry or anti-fortification. they need others to scout for them. artillery launched drones means that artillery can scout for itself, can launch anti-tank fire and even has some limited anti-air against helicopters.
 
that's for a long lasting reusable drone.

a swarm drone is just some explosive with rotors, camera, radio, battery and processor.

a standard 32-bit microprocessor costs 10 USD for individuals, 2 USD for mass production. rotors maybe 100-200 USD. battery maybe 10 USD. camera maybe 100 USD for dual low res IR/high res optical.

total cost might be 300-500 USD per drone depending on specifics, which is a little bit more expensive than artillery shells. but unlike artillery shells, they can act as recon and can hunt targets in exchange for yield.

they're disposable like an artillery shell and even if captured would yield no useful data since they're built with commercial components. the software is key and you can't even decode the software if the peripherals get fried in the explosion.

traditionally artillery can't be anti-tank or anti-air, only anti-infantry or anti-fortification. they need others to scout for them. artillery launched drones means that artillery can scout for itself, can launch anti-tank fire and even has some limited anti-air against helicopters.
There is something you missed in your thought. I tell you. If those drones are so simple, so cheap, so effective what hinders other countries to do mass produce them and launch against your millions dollars or yuans warships?
 
There is something you missed in your thought. I tell you. If those drones are so simple, so cheap, so effective what hinders other countries to do mass produce them and launch against your millions dollars or yuans warships?

They are not effective against warships which have CIWS guns and operate in the ocean where there's nowhere to hide.

They are very effective in mountain, jungle or urban terrain on land since they can hide behind terrain. But they need to be deployed en masse because individually they are shot down by autocannons.

Most countries can't produce the millions of drones required to overwhelm machine guns and autocannons.
 

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