How to judge the merits of a new ship?Let us know a little trick.
Two new types of Chinese surface ships have just been unveiled this year. One of them is the latest frigate, which is nicknamed "054 b" by netizens, while the other is a new type of corvette with great concealment, which is nicknamed "055 when I was a child" by netizens.
Everyone was very interested, and they all said that these two types of ships were advanced. Advanced in **?
Some people say that technology is constantly advancing. It has been said that the most cutting-edge is the development and evolution of electronic equipment on radars and ships. It is too early to say how well these two new ships will perform, because what we are seeing is not a full-fledged battleship, and this is only the beginning.
I think it's better to discuss whether it's better to judge a new ship. This is also my usual style, and I value the method more than the summary.
Of course, there are two ways.
One of them has to do with **. How is it judged?At a glance, ordinary people will say that this ship has the characteristics of **, the superstructure is inclined inward, the deck is clean, the cannons are "potato cut", and the places that need to be covered are covered. This is a ** spaceship.
In fact, such a recognition method is still very simple, and it is not possible to see how much ** ability there is on the surface, I think we can only say that it is **, but it is difficult to say how ** it is.
Is there any way to make this judgment more accurate?I have two options.
One is to observe its subtleties and see if it has worked hard. In general, the details of a small area do not have a big impact on the ** of large vessels. Often, designers don't focus on the small ones in the first place. When the big areas are cleaned up, the influence of the small areas will be revealed, and the small areas will be cleaned up. Since it is to clean up a small area, it means that the ** ability of the whole ship is very strong.
This is the case, for example, with new light protection products. All noted that the most striking feature of the new light shield was its main ship gun. Normally, the battleship's main guns were encased in it, and only when it was time to fight, it raised its muzzle. So this design wrapped around the barrel has put a lot of effort into the cost, and the only problem is the barrel.
Across the globe, few people can find something so subtle on the surface of the sea. The United States used to use this method to design Zumwalt, and we did the same with the new light armor. This means that the new light shield is very capable, so the designers put a lot of effort into the details.
Another way is to rely on how many metal jamming bombs are installed on the ship. Normally, the chaff jammer has certain requirements for the jamming effect it produces, and this requirement must meet the radar reflecting surface of the entire ship. With the increase of the radar echo area of ships, the requirements for interference clouds are also increasing. In other words, in order to create such a mess, it is necessary to have more chaff launchers to exert more power. Therefore, this method is a good means of judging the capabilities of surface ships.
Of course, the firing device of this jamming bomb is generally installed later, and it will not attract too many people's attention. This thing can be paid more attention to in the future. This is an important indicator of the capabilities of a warship.
There is also the question of how advanced the radar electronics we call are.
Nowadays, the integrated mast, that is, the RF integrated mast, has begun to be used in the first place in China. If it is used on a battleship, what kind of technology is it?Is there any way to tell?
Everyone said that this thing was getting harder and harder to identify, and in the past, just by looking at the radar antenna, you could roughly tell it. Today's radar antennas are no longer visible, and even if they can be seen, they are just a thing that looks like an ordinary "brick". In such a situation, can we come up with a new model of ship, whose radar and electronic systems are not very advanced?
There is a way with a number of radars installed on the ship. Previously, each radar had its own function, for example: long-range search radar for the air, search radar for the sea, fire control radar for missiles, aiming radar, navigation radar, etc., all of which were classified in detail.
And now, as you can see, the so-called 054 B, as well as the "055 when I was a child", their radars have been greatly reduced. If you look closely, you can see that these radars are not detected. For example, whether there is an aiming system, whether there is a navigation system. If you don't find this particular radar, it means that a more advanced radar is installed on this **.
Whether it is a missile fire control radar, an artillery sighting radar, or a navigation radar, the requirements for accuracy are basically very high, but the requirements for distance are not high. If the shortwave accuracy of dual-frequency phased array radars is high, then these radars can be combined so that their radars can be destroyed. So you can't spot those radars on the ship.
In addition, there is the question of the reliability of the long-term start radar. You are like a navigation radar in navigation, it needs to be activated for a long time and has to be very reliable. Whether your dual-frequency short-wavelength phased array radar can achieve this will be a huge challenge. A ** without a navigation radar has a dual-frequency radar, which is already a very remarkable thing.
In fact, if we look closely, we see that the radar antennas of both the "055 as a child" and the 054 b have been shrunk, which is a very advanced technology.
Generally speaking, our most advanced ** is the 055 drive, and now, whether it is "054 b" or "055 when I was a child", there is a little bit of the shadow of the 055 drive, which also represents the overall scientific and technological level of the US Navy has made great progress.
A new technology must first be used on the main warship. And, when did this technique become widespread on other ships?When it really matures and the cost is reduced, the technology will be rolled out.
Now we can see on the 054 b and the new light armor that many of the parts that were previously used on the 055, although it cannot be said that they are exactly the same, but in appearance, they are still about the same.
Much of the 055's technology was introduced to the Marine Corps, including frigates, as well as light cruisers. This means that the technology of the industry has fully matured and has been "cabbageized". That's a big step forward.