The Russian Black Sea Fleet vessel Kaiser Kunikov sank on February 14, 2024, under attack by a Ukrainian drone.
Many people are lamenting that the Russians are obviously the most powerful country in the world, but they did not expect that the Black Sea Fleet would be defeated. After the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it is estimated that at least more than 30% of the ships of the Russian Black Sea Navy have been destroyed and destroyed, and only one-third of the combat strength remains. And that's not counting the batch that was sent to the shipyard for repair after being attacked, the real numbers will be even worse.
Will the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and indeed all Russian warships, be unable to withstand this blow?
The "Moskva" of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was hit and sunk by a Ukrainian anti-ship missile in April this year.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet, General Makarov, was attacked by the Ukrainian Air Force in May 2022 and was pulled to the dock for overhaul.
In fact, the Russian Navy is not weak, since the Russian-Ukrainian war, the warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet have been crushed by the Ukrainian army, and there are many factors in this.
Most of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is old-fashioned warships, and its air defense is seriously backward.
The Russian Black Sea Navy has not had a new large warship stationed in the Black Sea for more than 30 years. The previously mentioned destroyer "Moskva" of the Russian Black Sea Navy, which is itself an excellent cruiser, was once dubbed the "aircraft carrier killer" during its service.
But at that time, it was more than 80 years ago, and the Russian Black Sea Navy was still part of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union had a larger military power at that time, and they sent a huge fleet of ships dedicated to defense. "Moskva" is a cruiser, the main goal of which is to carry out a "saturation attack" on aircraft carriers, which can launch 16 ultra-long-range anti-ship missiles of "Basalt" at a time.
Since the main firepower of the "Moskva" is placed on the offensive, its defensive capability is also quite poor, although the original designer also praised the Russian Navy at the time of delivery, believing that it has three different defense systems
1. Close defense: AK630M short-range anti-aircraft artillery;
2. Intermediate defense: Wasp m medium-range anti-aircraft missile;
3. Long-range defense: S-300F long-range anti-aircraft missile (S-300F).
Outwardly, there are anti-aircraft defenses in the air, in the air and at close range, and it is impossible for the "Moskva" to be hit by Ukrainian anti-ship missiles so easily. But in fact, the USSR was already obsolete in the last century, and whether it could hit an incoming missile or not depends on the TVM seeker of the ground-based radar. At present, air defense missiles in the world, when they are used, have the function of automatically tracking and destroying enemy missiles.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet, due to insufficient funding, has even been curtailed in maintenance.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Navy's budget has been in short supply, and most of the money is spent on the maintenance of active ships, and these maintenance costs are at a lower rate
Originally, the Russian Black Sea warship, while carrying out maintenance and maintenance, also needed to update its internal electronic and electronic control systems. But in the end, due to insufficient funds, the Russian Black Sea Navy still uses the power equipment of the previous world.
What if the Chinese 055 was hit by an anti-ship missile?
We have already conducted a detailed study of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Moskva", the tonnage of this ship reaches more than 10,000 tons, and we cannot compare it with 052 d, but with the Chinese 055, both ships are of the 10,000-ton class.
The 055 is the largest destroyer in China, with a total tonnage of 12,500 tons.
In addition, we have listed the Type 055 air defense system:
1. Short-range defense equipment: "1130" short-range anti-aircraft artillery;
The 1130 mm anti-aircraft gun can fire more than 10,000 rounds of anti-aircraft guns per minute, also known as "10,000 rounds of artillery", and at this high speed and density, no missile can get close to it, at least more than 10,000 pieces.
2. Medium defense: Haihongqi (HQ-10) medium and long-range anti-aircraft missile;
3. Long-range defense: Haihongqi (HHQ-9B) long-range anti-aircraft missile.
China's 055 destroyers are equipped with the "Haihongqi 10" type, and it only takes five seconds to complete the ground attack and the ground attack. It combines "infrared guidance" with "passive radar guidance" to make it have stronger tracking performance.
The Ukrainian Army sank the Russian Black Sea ship "Moskva" on its Black Sea ship, armed with an anti-ship missile of the "Neptune" type, which is characterized by high-speed and low-altitude flight. Its velocity is 0Mach 8, at an altitude of only 3-10 meters in the air, so the Russian air defense system is difficult to detect and can be easily destroyed.
The Type 055 "Haihongqi 10" air defense ** is capable of intercepting incoming missiles at a low altitude and close to the sea surface, and can strike at a low anti-ship missile with an altitude of less than 10 meters.
This is also why, although the Ukrainian military destroyed one-third of the warships of the Russian Black Sea Navy, their navy is not equipped with advanced electronics and missiles.
In the event of an encounter with China's **, such as 055 and 052 d, Ukraine has no possibility of approaching at all. In addition, once a threat is detected, Chinese warships will use various types of attack missiles to destroy enemy anti-ship missiles before they do. Even if the enemy has anti-ship missiles, with the super defense capability of Chinese warships, it is completely easy to intercept them.