How to identify if a new type of warship is really advanced?This is undoubtedly a topic of great concern. Recently, China launched two types of surface ships, which were jokingly called "054B" and "055 as a child" by netizens. Everyone is debating the advanced nature of these two warships, but in what ways does this manifest itself?Some people believe that stealth technology is becoming more and more perfect, while others believe that the development of radar and electronic systems is the most important.
But in fact, to judge whether a new warship is advanced or not, there is much more to it than these superficial features. For example, how can you tell how good its stealth performance really is?Most people see some obvious stealth features and think that the battleship is stealth. But in fact, this way of judging is not accurate enough.
To judge stealth performance more accurately, we can start with some details, such as observing whether some small parts of the battleship have also done stealth processing, because people usually pay more attention to large-area stealth processing. As an example, the main gun of the new corvette amazed many people, since its barrel could be wrapped, and the cost of such a design was high, but it solved only a small problem.
This shows that the designers have put a lot of effort into dealing with the details, and it also means that the overall stealth performance has reached a fairly high level. Another way to judge stealth performance is to look at the number of chaff jamming missile launchers equipped with the ship, because the larger the radar reflective surface of the ship, the larger the jamming cloud required, so the number and capability of jamming missile launchers will be stronger.
In addition, shipborne radar is also one of the important indicators for judging the advanced nature of a ship. On new ships, the number of radars has been massively reduced, and if a ship is missing radars with certain functions, it means that it is equipped with more advanced radars. In addition, with the spread of integrated masts, it has become more difficult to judge radars, because radar antennas now look little different and are no longer as easy to distinguish as they used to be.
However, we can observe whether the number of radar antennas on the ship has decreased, and thus speculate on how advanced it is. In general, the number of radars on new ships has been massively reduced and streamlined, which also shows that it has reached a fairly high degree of sophistication. In terms of technology diffusion, we can also see the maturity and changes of technology from some signs.
For example, some technologies similar to "055 drives" have appeared on "054b" and "055 as a child", which indicates that these technologies have spread to smaller ships, which means that the technology has matured and is gradually declining. This is undoubtedly a huge step forward.
Through the above methods, we may be able to more accurately judge the advanced degree of a new type of ship, which will also help us better understand and pay attention to the technological development of our navy.