Taiwan's "Tuojiang" guided missile boat can also attack aircraft carriers. Is it really that powerful with clear direction? According to reports, Taiwan's new generation of large missile speedboats, the "Tuojiang" class, has been successfully developed. This high-speed catamaran wave-piercing vessel has a high speed and can carry 8 supersonic missiles and 8 subsonic missiles to carry out attacks on large targets. Compound attack is also a kind of "aircraft carrier killer". Some people believe that the target is directly aimed at the People's Liberation Army aircraft carriers and amphibious ships. So, what is the performance of this "aircraft carrier killer"? Is it really as powerful as the promotional materials? The
"Tuojiang" class adopts a high-speed catamaran wave-piercing ship type. It is the second missile speedboat using this type of ship after the People's Liberation Army's 022 missile speedboat. It is expected that 12 speedboats of this class will be built to form the main force of offshore defense. Judging from the data released so far, the "Tuojiang" class is 60.4 meters long, 14 meters wide, 6 meters high, has a maximum draft of 2.3 meters, a maximum speed of 38 knots, an endurance of 2,000 nautical miles, and a crew of 34. The hull is composed of a central hull with attached two side hulls. It adopts a shallow water linear shape, has a tapered bow shape, and a wide tail. When the hull sails under a wave height of 2 meters, it relies on the two left and right side hulls to land on the water. The two sides of the hull are tapered forward. The hull is like two sharp daggers passing through the wave trough, cutting off the wave crest and moving forward. When encountering wind and waves of more than 2 meters, the central hull hits the water and generates enough buoyancy to lift the bow, share the water load of the hull and continue sailing, while the hull provides Sufficient lateral stability, good high-speed performance and seaworthiness.
In the past, the weapons and equipment installed on missile speedboats were mainly several anti-ship missile launchers and a small-caliber naval gun, which limited the firepower and attack capabilities of the missile speedboats, and also lacked the ability to perform other tasks. Multihulls use two or more thin hulls separated by a certain distance and are connected through a strong upper structure. They have superior buoyancy and stability, seakeeping, maneuverability and stealth, and can carry a large amount of cargo. , strong impact resistance, especially the overall width of the multihull is large, so it has a large deck area and high stability, which can better achieve a balance between deck area and speed.
The "Tuojiang" class is equipped with 16 anti-ship missiles, 8 of which are the latest " Xiongfeng 3" supersonic anti-ship missile , with a length of more than 6 meters and a launch weight of about 1,500 kilograms. The other 8 are " The "Xiongfeng 2" subsonic anti-ship missile is 4.8 meters long and has a launch weight of 700 kilograms. The speedboat has powerful attack firepower and is equipped with two different types of anti-ship missiles. The attack tactics are also more diverse, which can make the opponent's defense system focus on one thing and miss the other, improving Missile attack capabilities.
Based on the above analysis, the "Tuojiang" class has a certain firepower strike capability and poses a great threat to large surface ships. If wolf pack tactics are also used, it will be difficult to prevent them. Therefore, it is also a very necessary option for the People's Liberation Army to conduct some research on anti-wolf tactics while improving its ability to execute wolf tactics.
