What would happen if China had seventy 055 drives?
The US Navy has built 73 Burke-class destroyers. So if our 055 drive also builds 70 ships, will the US Navy still have the advantage?
First of all, we have to know that the Burke-class and 055 destroyers are not of the same grade, and the displacement alone is several thousand tons. From 1991 to the present, the Burke class has developed a total of four models, namely the Burke 1 with a displacement of 8,300 tons, the Burke 2 with a displacement of 8,400 tons, the Burke 2A with a displacement of 9,200 tons, and the Burke 3 with a displacement of 9,800 tons, of which there are 21 Burke 1 types, seven Burke 2 types, 44 Burke 2A types, and only one Burke 3 type.
Originally, the U.S. Navy did not have the Burke ** model, and instead of him was the famous Zumwalt-class destroyer.
But then Zum failed, and the US Navy had no choice but to restart the Burke 3 program. At present, in addition to the one in service, one more has been launched, three ships are under construction, and twelve are planned. However, even the most advanced Burke ** destroyer in the US military cannot be compared with 055, and the missile destroyer stands out for the word missile. In the case where the characteristics of the destroyers on both sides are about the same, it will depend on whose missiles are more powerful.
And how powerful the 055 drive missile is, I can say that one name is enough, he is the Eagle Strike 21. This thing is an improvement from the Dongfeng-21D ballistic missile, which is known as the killer of aircraft carriers, and even if the performance of the ship's demand has been reduced, it is not an ordinary anti-ship missile, and the main anti-ship missile of the Burke-class that can touch porcelain is still the Harpoon, which was put into service in 1977, and it is almost half a century old.
And in addition to Eagle Strike 21, we also have Eagle Strike.
Ten. 8. The Eagle Strike 12 and other Eagle Strike series anti-ship missiles have a range covering short, medium and long ranges, not to mention that the performance of the 055 drive itself is better than that of Burke.
At present, we now have eight 055 in service, the second batch is already under construction, if there are seventy in service, then I think the aircraft carrier is not so important, and the destroyer is more flexible than the behemoth aircraft carrier, and also has a certain ** ability, and the combat radius is a lot higher than the aircraft carrier, perfect hexagonal warrior.