After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the effect of the Russian army's missile strikes was not as good as expected, and the weakening of the Ukrainian armed forces was limitedTherefore, some people have also begun to sing the praises of the role of the PLA's Strategic Missile Forces in the war, believes that in the future conflicts may break out, our country's Dongfeng missilesSaturation strikeIt's not a final word, is that really the case?
Those who deny the tremendous role of missiles in modern warfare either have no understanding of military affairs or maliciously attack the current direction of China's military development. First of all, although the current missile offensive of the Russian army is not effective, in the early days of the war,Russia's long-range missile strikes actually accomplished the intended tactical objectives
The reason why the Russian army was able to quickly approach Kyiv in the initial offensive,The impact of its missile strikes on Ukraine's military intelligence, command and control systems is very significant。You must know that before the Russian army officially launched the special military operation in 2022, the Ukrainian army had fought a civil war for 8 years, so it must not be said that the Ukrainian army is a weak brigade.
And the reason why the Ukrainian army appeared to be slow to respond in the early days of the warIt is because the Russian army's missile strikes have destroyed the more critical information nodes in its already relatively backward combat system, the most typical is the surprise attack of the elite airborne forces of the Russian armyAntonov AirportAt that time, the local population reacted faster to the actions of the Russian army than the Ukrainian military forces around the airport. Therefore, it is unreasonable to completely deny the role of Russian missiles in the war.
Let's talk about the current Russian missile strikes,The real shortcoming of the Russian army lies in its poor battlefield situational awareness, This is caused by the lag in the informatization construction of its troops, and this shortcoming directly leads to the fact that missiles are used as a precision strike but cannot really achieve the so-called precision strike, and the Russian army is not clear about the existing key combat nodes in Ukraine, so it can only be carried outMissile strikes in the city, to strike at the will and confidence of the Ukrainian military and civilians.
However, it is interesting that these people who deny the role of Russian missiles in the war,often admires the Hippocampus in the hands of the Ukrainian army, and even put it on the altar, saying that Ukraine can win the war if it can get more Hippocampus. This makes people wonder.
Because compared with traditional rocket artillery systems, the Seahorse is nothing more than an increase in accuracy, which is also the point that experts like to brag about the most. But the missiles launched by Russia are also high-precision**, in terms of range and power, it is one size larger than the Hippocampus, and there is no need to rely on foreign aid, why is the Hippocampus good, but the Russian missiles are not?
What makes people laugh and cry even more is that because of the poor effect of Russia's missile strikes, some people have also begun to deny the construction of the PLA's missile development, believing that China is proudDongfeng series of missiles, which may not play a role in war. Such a conclusion is naturally absurd,Because China's current missile power is not at all the same thing as what Russia uses in the war
At present, the missiles launched by Russia are mainly cruise missiles, supplemented by ground-to-surface tactical missilesThe Dongfeng missiles equipped by the PLA missile forces are almost all medium- and short-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles are mainly equipment of the naval and air forces. If there is a real war in China's neighborhood, it will almost certainly be the main force of China's missile strikesBallistic missiles, that is, the Dongfeng missile family.
Although Ukraine no longer has a complete system of air defense systems, it can occasionally achieve some results with air defense vehicles and even man-portable air defense missiles. This is mainly due to the fact that there are quite a few of them in the Russian cruise missilesHigh subsonic model, to carry out interception on the missile's path,There is indeed a probability of shooting it down
But if you want to defend against ballistic missiles, it is completely different, even the relatively backward Dongfeng 15 and Dongfeng 6 models in the PLA's equipment almost all use a double-cone designThis means that its penetration speed will reach more than Mach 100, such a high-speed penetration target is quite difficult for a professional anti-missile interception system, not to mention the field air defense means in the hands of Ukraine.
Moreover, the People's Liberation Army is equipped with more advanced models of Dongfeng missiles than this, such as the cutting-edge ** of the Dongfeng 17 hypersonic missile, and its penetration speed can even exceed itMach 20, not to mention Ukraine,Even the United States, which has been engaged in anti-missile defense for decades, has said that it does not have the capability to intercept such a **** at present, how can it be said that Dongfeng missiles are useless?
In fact, it is not even necessary to analyze the performance of the Dongfeng missile, and the Gulf War that broke out in 1991 is enough to refute this kind of talk that smears China's missile force buildup. In the Gulf War,Missile strikes are an important part of the destruction of Iraq's war capabilityAt that time, the US military, like the current Russian army, used a large number of cruise missiles to attack enemy targets in depth.
And the reason why it will cause completely different striking effects in the two wars,The main reason is because of the gap in the situational awareness capabilities of the US and Russian militaries。When the US military attacked Iraq, its intelligence agencies and military completely grasped the key nodes of Iraq's military strength, where its command center was, and where the front-line air defense positions wereKnow what to expect
When the war starts, each cruise missile has its own pre-set target, and if there is a mistake in the first wave of strikes, the second wave of missiles will also follow and make up for it, and wait until the missile strike is completedIraq's combat system has long since fallen apart, even if the troops are still there, they have lost the ability to fight together.
And what is the situation with the Russian army?On the one hand, Russia has never wanted to expand the scale of the war and is unwilling to hit the top targets in the capital or other important cities of Ukraine, on the other hand, the Russian army does not understand the current military system of the Ukrainian armyA lot of missiles are blind, which led to a far less effective than the Gulf War many years ago.
And what kind of existence is the PLA?Our military has always been regarded as the only armed force in the world that can reach a parity with the US military at the current level of information constructionIn other words, the PLA's situational awareness is at least comparable to that of the US military, so our army's missile strikes are far more accurate and deadly than the Russian army, and they are not at all useless as some people say.