Earlier, the Houthis claimed to have attacked American ships; The U.S. command immediately fired back, saying that it had intercepted a number of anti-ship missiles. These two pieces of news are very eye-catching, and everyone is paying attention to whether this anti-ship missile has the ability to penetrate the US "Aegis" in the end.
Anti-ship missiles and the "Aegis" anti-missile defense system are the focus of the military field, as well as the focus of the military field. In particular, in the past decade or so, China has developed many long-range anti-ship missiles to defend against US aircraft carrier groups and contain military forces in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. American Aegis fighters are also going through repetition again and again, from the initial against conventional anti-ship missiles to medium-term anti-ship missiles. And this time, the Saudis launched an attack on the US ** ship, which is also a test of the US "Aegis" missile power. And the Houthi anti-ship missiles are simply not comparable with the Chinese ones.
The Houthis used the Iranian-developed Conqueror short-range ballistic trajectory, an advanced Hongqi-2 developed by China in the 60s and 70s, and the Frog short-range ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union. According to the ** provided by various sources, as well as the surveillance images of the attacked cargo ship, it can be seen that the Houthi anti-ship missiles used a variety of maneuvering methods, using optoelectronic guidance, but not using separate missiles. As a ballistic missile developed earlier, the trajectory in the middle section is relatively single, and the tail has the maneuverability of a small area, which is suitable for precision strikes. Overall, the Houthi anti-ship missile has become a very effective anti-ship missile due to its advantages of speed and accuracy. However, it lacks advanced technology for separating operations from warheads, and its breakthrough power is weak, similar to the "Scud" used in the Persian Gulf War.
With regard to the "Scud," the United States has a very rich range of means to deal with it, and the famous "Patriot" anti-ship missile is famous for its interception of the "Scud." At present, the American "Aegis" is, of course, the same as the "Patriot", but it is much stronger than the "Patriot" in terms of performance, so the American "Aegis" can easily block missiles such as the "Scud". Moreover, the US anti-missile system is also used against various types of missiles. In Ukraine, Russia used more than two dozen missiles of various types to blow up all the defenses of the Kyiv "Patriot" until all the rockets of the "Patriot" were exhausted, and then it was shot down.
The Houthi missile was intercepted purely because it was too low-tech. First of all, the trajectory of this missile is parabolic, and more than half of the distance is within the radar range of the "Aegis", which gives them enough time to analyze its trajectory. Secondly, the US "Standard" anti-ship missile has an attack range of more than 200 meters, which means that it is in the middle of the Houthi anti-ship missile, that is, the most vulnerable place. In the end, the anti-ship missile does not have the capabilities of a warhead, it is ten times the size of the warhead, it is difficult to hit, and if it is hit, the missile will go out of control. Therefore, if you want to break through the "Aegis", you must have a lot of cutting-edge technology, and China's anti-ship missiles have made use of a lot of advanced ***, which has greatly improved their penetrating ability.
The DF-21D and DF-26 are both China's main anti-ship missiles, and the technology used in them is classified, but we can find a clue from its predecessor, the DF-15 B. DF-15 B is a new short-range missile developed by China in the early 21st century, the main feature of which is the use of a segmented combat method, the warhead is a bi-cone structure, and there are four small wings below, which, in simple terms, is somewhat similar to the Russian "Dagger" supersonic **. The DF-15 B has a certain flight and agility, can drop a huge thruster in the middle of the way, lower the area being hit, and then perform a series of complex maneuvers so that the enemy's missiles cannot capture its trajectory, and when approaching the target, it will become faster and make more maneuvers, leaving the enemy unguarded. In this way, both the DF-21D and the DF-26 are inherited from the DF-15B, so the Houthi anti-ship missiles and China are not at the same level at all.
For now, the Houthis say they are attacking American ships; The U.S. side said it would not, and it had successfully intercepted it; So, who the hell is lying?