Recently, Samuel, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, said in an interview with the US media that he was most worried about the PLA's regional anti rejection capability derived from the development of Dongfeng 21D and Dongfeng 26.
Samuel said that he was very worried about China's ballistic anti-ship missile capability and was opening up the tactics and operational procedures to deal with China's Dongfeng 21D and Dongfeng 26 every day, but no effective progress had been made. Samuel further stressed that if they determine our position, they can directly sink the aircraft carrier. If we can't do anything, we can only be beaten.
Because according to Samuel's estimation, the operational distance of Chinese ballistic anti-ship missiles is 1500 nautical miles to 2500 and 500 nautical miles. If a war breaks out between China and the United States, the U.S. aircraft carrier formation must maintain a distance of more than 1500 nautical miles from China's coastline, so that the U.S. aircraft carrier may not be attacked.
It is not a topic for US military personnel to exaggerate the threat of China every day, but most of them use soft talk to ask Congress for money, and few really fear the development of China's military power.
This warning issued by the commander of the US military fleet also fully illustrates a problem. At least within the US military, the PLA has begun to clarify the threat to the US aircraft carrier fleet.
This statement also indirectly expressed that if the war broke out in the Taiwan Strait, the US military might be unable to support. Because from now on, the PLA's ability to attack the sea is between 2500 and 4000 kilometers. Even if the United States wants to interfere with the PLA's military unification of Taiwan, the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet can only stay in the deep Pacific Ocean. Even with the cooperation of airborne tankers, the carrier aircraft can not push the battle line to the Taiwan area, which means that even if the United States is willing to help the Democratic Progressive Party authorities, But they are powerless to intervene by force.
However, Samuel, who realized that he had told the truth, also began to make up for it, emphasizing that the US Navy was seeking the ability to avoid the attack of Chinese rocket troops, and on this basis, actively developed the ability to counter Chinese ballistic anti-ship missiles.
However, as far as the current situation is concerned, the US military has not made a breakthrough in the ability of anti ballistic and anti ship missiles.
Brent Eastwood, editor in chief of the US military magazine 1945, wrote about the development of the anti repudiation capability of the Chinese rocket army. He believed that China's ballistic anti-ship missile program was the best anti-ship missile development program at present, and none of them was one of them. In particular, Dongfeng 21D and Dongfeng 26, which stand out under this plan, carry "active seekers" that can accurately strike military targets moving on the water. The PLA has previously proved this to the world. Prior to this, the Chinese rocket army conducted a live fire test between the Dongsha Islands and Hainan Island. At the same time, from two different locations in China, one Dongfeng 21D and one Dongfeng 26 were fired at a moving target ship in the target area. Both missiles hit the target ship. However, this news was not confirmed by the Chinese authorities, but Wang Xiangsui, a retired senior colonel of the Chinese Air Force, confirmed this news in a military program.
In view of such a strong anti ship capability of the Chinese rocket army, Brent Eastwood believes that once the US military attempts to take the plunge to force the aircraft carrier fleet to interfere in the PLA's military unification of Taiwan, the PLA will have at least 280 opportunities to destroy the US aircraft carrier battle group. Because according to the estimation of the PLA's vehicles, the PLA has currently served 200 missile launchers equipped with Dongfeng 26 and 80 missile launchers equipped with Dongfeng 21D, adding up to just 280, which means that the PLA will be able to launch 280 ballistic anti-ship missiles at the same time, which is undoubtedly a fatal threat to American aircraft carriers.
In addition, Samuel, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, also stressed that the US navy is not only facing the threat of the PLA's ballistic anti-ship missiles, but also the strong development momentum of the Chinese navy will bring enormous pressure on the US to intervene in the Taiwan Strait issue. In the past 20 years, the size of the Chinese navy has almost doubled in two years. And this development is not to win by quantity, but to improve in quality and quantity, while the United States Navy is facing a situation of shortage.
In the next ten years, the retired warships of the US Navy will far exceed those in service. The size of the US Navy will continue to shrink. The military mix between China and the US in the Taiwan Strait and even in the Western Pacific will usher in a huge change.
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