A few days ago, we reported that the United States has developed an infrared and radiation-resistant anti-ship ballistic missile based on ground-based strategic missiles. At that time, we also said that if China developed a low-cost anti-ship missile and applied it to the South China Sea, it could form a high-level combination with the DF-21D and DF-26.
Recently, EurAsia Times quoted the South China Morning Post as reporting that a missile similar to the Hawk-21 destroyed a U.S. warship during a ** exercise. Facts have also shown that even if China cannot develop cheap anti-ship missiles, it can deploy hypersonic anti-ship missiles on aircraft carriers, thus providing more ways for American warships to attack.
According to the report, a scientific research institution in Chengdu, China, used space-based electromagnetic to carry out hypersonic strikes on U.S. warships.
The institute, a research arm of the China Electronics Technology Group, said the exercise would target a high-speed cruise at sea for a U.S. aircraft carrier group, equipped with a combat range of up to 1,000 kilometers.
And the warships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1200 kilometers away, also fired an ultra-high-speed anti-ship missile, because it does not need to be lifted into the air, but maneuvers close to the atmosphere, which greatly limits the detection ability of the long-range surveillance system of the US aircraft carrier formation. It was not discovered until 10 minutes later, when the Eagle-21 entered 50 kilometers of the US aircraft carrier group.
In fact, the main reason for the failure of the US military to conduct long-range interception of the YJ-21 is that China's missiles are supported by air-based electromagnetic **, while the electronic countermeasures equipment in ground orbit provides effective strikes against the radars of US ships. China's electronic warfare satellites, while receiving radar information from American ships, have carried out high-intensity counterattacks against them, making it difficult to effectively detect them under strong background interference.
According to the report, the exercise was based on the US SPY-1D radar, which is equipped with anti-ship missiles designed to detect long-range anti-ship missiles on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. According to Chinese researchers, only one satellite would be placed on an aircraft carrier, and 28 satellites would provide sufficient support for hypersonic missiles around the world.
One of the Chinese participants in the exercise flew at a high speed of Mach 10 and used electronic countermeasures satellites to enable the enemy's defenses to respond within 20 seconds.
This begs the question: What does this report tell us?
Using Chinese space-based reconnaissance satellites, attacking with Hawk-21 is enough to destroy American aircraft carriers. Some people always say that 055 has no way to compete with American aircraft carriers because its radar cannot lock on aircraft carriers in a large area. However, 055 has a space-based satellite detection system that can kill an aircraft carrier at a distance of 1,200 kilometers, which is also a viable option.
2. In the future, China also has the possibility of developing a satellite network of electronic warfare. The primary task of the system is to collect electromagnetic information from large surface and air combat platforms of the US military and effectively jam them. If we can disable the American air defense radar, then we can also carry out the same attack on the American AWACS aircraft, so that they cannot target the Chinese fighters well.
3. It proves that the Chinese power will never stop looking for ways to destroy US aircraft carriers, and is still exploring more advanced technology.
In general, this kind of exercise shows that China has the ability to build a space-based electronic warfare system in our country, so that our anti-ship system has been better developed. In normal times, these satellites can be used to collect all the information of the United States and improve the success rate of our attacks, which is a good deal.