Recently, Nikkei Asia, which has a certain influence in Asia, publicly reported on its attack on the commander of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier battle group and rear admiral of the US NavySadiero(Carlos Sardiello). The US rear admiral was unashamed to say that the US Navy is well-trained and capable of performing duties in various waters, and that even in the face of Chinese missiles, US aircraft carriers will still be able to carry out their tasks, and he himself is very confident in this.
Outside analysts believe that the main reason why the US major general was able to make such wild remarks was because the US military and Yemen's Houthis had recently engaged in a large-scale direct armed conflict in the waters of the Red Sea-Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Although the U.S. military was indeed beaten a little "disgraced", in fact, as of press timeIn the Red Sea, not a single U.S. boat was hit by a Houthi missile, and not a single U.S. boat was sunk by a Houthi missile. Every missile attack launched by the Houthis directly against a US submarine was completely intercepted by the US military's interception system. Moreover, the Houthis also use anti-ship ballistic missiles provided by Iran, so the US military may think that anti-ship ballistic missiles are actually nothing more than Er, and with the existing interception capabilities of the US military, they can completely deal with it, so is this really the case?
Actually,Although the Houthis possess a wide range of anti-ship cruise missiles and anti-ship ballistic missiles, the performance of their missiles is quite average, and it is not surprising that they have been intercepted by the US military。The anti-ship ballistic missiles of the Houthis have a number of shortcomings, such as:The power is too smallis one of them. Previously, there was a news that the empowerment of the Houthi anti-ship missile hit an American freighter, but the freighter sailed away from the scene safely, because the freighter was loaded with many steel parts, and the missile just hit the cargo hold and could not move, and as a result, the main structure of the freighter was not damaged at all.
In addition,The range of anti-ship ballistic missiles of the Houthis is also close, usually only a few hundred kilometers, and often can't fly when it finally penetrates. Earlier, a Houthi missile flew to a position about three kilometers away from the American goods, which was very likely to hit, but the missile did not have enough horsepower and fell directly into the sea. Houthi anti-ship ballistic missilesThe maximum flight speed is also slow, the fastest is only Mach 4, and the trajectory is very fixed, and it cannot change the orbit to penetrate the defense, and the interception difficulty is low.
Finally,The number of missiles of the Houthis is also insufficient,Such a "rarity" as anti-ship ballistic missiles can often only be used one or more at a time, so the US military can calmly intercept them.
Compared with the Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles, the anti-ship ballistic missiles equipped by our army can almost be said to be two completely different equipment. Our army is on active dutyDongfeng-21 and Dongfeng-26The performance of anti-ship ballistic missiles is very advanced, with a range of at least 1500 kilometers, capable of launching attacks outside the strike range of aircraft carrier-based aircraft. Moreover, the rate of fire of this anti-ship ballistic missile far exceeds that of the Houthi missiles, and the terminal penetration speed can reach at least Mach 10 or more.
The most important thing is that with the Houthi armed forces' current "hand-rubbing" industrial capacity, it is very difficult to produce such high-tech equipment as anti-ship ballistic missiles themselves, and they can generally only be imported from Iran. And for our country, which has the largest and most advanced manufacturing system in the world, such missiles can be said to be more or less. The three Aegis ships of a US aircraft carrier group carry more than 300 missile interceptor missiles at the maximumIf we strike with thousands of anti-ship ballistic missiles, how will the US aircraft carrier group respond?
It can be seen that the remarks of this US major general are indeed too exaggerated, and if the US aircraft carrier really dares to provoke, then the final result will inevitably be that there will be no return.