Americans are not idle during the long holiday when Chinese people celebrate the New Year. The US military website "We are the mighty", specifically lists seven Chinese weapons they think they need to worry about the most. The author finds it interesting, and it may also be considered a "congratulations" in the New Year of the Tiger. What’s even more interesting is that at the same time seven years ago, a military publication that also American also published seven weapons they believe the United States needs to worry about the most. You can say that it has a "crisis awareness", or it can be said that it is a manifestation of soft power that is good at hype, and more essentially the business practices of arms dealers. Anyway, seven years, seven weapons are a coincidence? Time, history, seven years compared with seven weapons, I only feel one thing: it’s amazing, my country.
The name of the US military website is "We are strong", isn't it interesting? Why don’t American politicians say that this name is “military coercion”?
get back to the topic. At the end of January, this "We are strong" report said that China's arms modernization is quite fast, and the United States must be particularly careful of seven weapons.
first, hypersonic missile
The website states that several types of Chinese hypersonic missiles have been put into service, including the ones that have been publicly admitted include Dongfeng 17, and there are several other types that have not been disclosed, such as DF-ZF, or Wu-14. The report admits that this ballistic missile is difficult to intercept, and can change the orbit when it returns to the atmosphere and accurately attack the opponent's warship .
reported that so far, the main focus on these weapons has been on the strategic level, because they can carry nuclear weapon , so the strategic deterrence effect is very high. If China confronts the United States head-on in the Pacific, these hypersonic missiles will greatly threaten the U.S. fleet and the U.S. military's shore facilities.
Second and 072A landing ships
reported that the 072A tank landing ship with a standard displacement of 3,700 tons has completed its first ship "Tianzhushan" in 2003, and has now completed 15 ships. Each ship can carry 10 tanks and 1 hovercraft , 4 landing craft , 250 soldiers and 1 helicopter. The bow of the large open hatch can enable landing troops to be released quickly on most beaches. Such landing ship can launch landing operations on some strategic islands and quickly obtain beachhead positions.
3, AG-600 large seaplane
reported that AVIC Group 's AG-600 is currently the world's largest seaplane , and can carry 13 tons of materials. It is worth noting that it may be used in , South China Sea , as an excellent tool for local material transportation. It is also possible to anti-submarine .
The fourth, CR500 "Golden Eagle" unmanned helicopter
CR500 golden eagle unmanned helicopter appeared for the first time at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition (IDEX 2017). This is an unmanned attack helicopter that can carry air-to-ground missile . It has a 6-hour battery life and can carry 4 missiles .
Fifth, Rainbow 7 hidden drone
reported that at the 2018 Zhuhai International Air Show , AVIC Group exhibited a flying wing stealth drone called the "Rainbow 7" (CH-7), with an appearance similar to the US Navy X-47B. However, the US Navy finally hid the X-47B and did not officially enter service. However, China did not stop the continuous development of this stealth drone, but instead made this technology practical. The CH-7 is able to penetrate disputed airspace for reconnaissance and fight freely when necessary. As long as its performance is as good as the X-47B, the CH-7 may be a stealth killer, posing a substantial threat to the US military without endangering its pilot. This could change the game, especially when countries around the world are facing a "pilot shortage".
Sixth, H-20 Stealth Bomber
reported that as early as 10 years ago, the Chinese military forum or official media revealed that the mainland is developing a new stealth bomber to replace the H-6 that has been in service for too long. But everything about H20 is highly confidential. I only know that it seems to adopt a flying wing design, similar to B-2 in the United States.If its radar wave absorption capacity and infrared masking capacity are similar to B-2, then China may penetrate the US air defense network and directly hit the radar and missile positions.
No. 7. 056 Jiangdao-class light patrol ship
056 light patrol ship has a displacement of only 1,365 tons. Although it is a small warship, it has versatility beyond its performance. It can carry 4 anti-ship cruise missiles, 8 air defense missiles, 2 torpedo tubes, 1 76-mm main gun, and 2 30-mm machine guns, which can be described as "small and powerful". Due to its low cost of shipbuilding, it is quite large. 24 ships have been built so far, but the shipbuilding plan is far from over.
I believe that everyone feels the same as the author. Of course, the United States is afraid of hypersonic missiles, because the United States said that the test failed three times and it can "surge". Secondly, we must be afraid of China's unmanned fighter series. Next, landing combat weapons are self-evident.
So, seven years ago, what were the seven weapons?
The US National Interest website reported in December 2015 that it was most worried about the following seven weapons:
1. Missile
China is not bound by the arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, and is equipped with a complete spectrum from short-range tactical ballistic missile to intercontinental ballistic missile , and has developed anti-ship ballistic missile . In addition, China has also tested the hypersonic aircraft , which have the ability to break through US missile defense system .
2. mines
China has the largest mines in the world, with more than 30 models, from old-fashioned mines to advanced fish and water mines. Once these mines are deployed, they will cause huge difficulties for US Navy activities.
3, submarine
China has a considerable submarine force, and its growth rate is the world's largest. Some of the conventional diesel-electric submarines are equipped with the AIP system , which is very suitable for use in shallow water environments such as East China Sea and South China Sea.
4. missile speedboat
022 is the smallest combat ship of the Chinese Navy, but hundreds of 022 speedboats have strong firepower and stealth performance, which may constitute an important part of China's saturated attack capabilities.
Fifth and fifth generation fighter
China J-20 and J-31 can form an overwhelming advantage on the F-35 fleet in the Asia-Pacific region.
6, aircraft carrier battle group
When the U.S. Navy reduced its scale, China's shipyards were expanding their production capacity. In the future, China is likely to have multiple aircraft carriers, , and just one existing training aircraft carrier, the Chinese Navy may overwhelm the navy of neighboring countries.
7. Anti- satellite weapon
China continues to develop its "hard killing" and "soft killing" capabilities to satellites.
Is the United States afraid of China's mines, is it interesting? The author thinks, how should we use water mines in future wars? Block Guam ? Block Yokosuka ? In short, it is not very useful to block Keelung and Kaohsiung Port , because we have a quick battle and we still need to use it after it is over.
Compare the seven weapons that the United States is most worried about in China seven years ago. What I am most happy about is that we actually have relative control of the first island chain war zone.
Most importantly, China has led the United States in some strategic weapons .
