Recently, foreign media reported that as many as 42 naval warships from 26 pro-American countries have gathered at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in the past few days to prepare for the upcoming "2022 Rim of the Pacific Military Exercise" Work. Although the "Rim of the Pacific" military exercise is one of the most important military exercises held by the U.S. Navy every two years, its status and importance are no less than the annual "Red Flag Military Exercise" of the Air Force. However, compared with the Rim of the Pacific military exercises in previous years, The timing of the start of this year's Rim of the Pacific military exercise, the participating countries, and the participating warships are all very inconsistent with the current international situation.
For example, when the United States conducted the Rim of the Pacific military exercise before, it would refer to past practices and invite some countries to participate, and the warships participating in the exercise would range from aircraft carriers, to small frigates , and even auxiliary warships. However, this year's Rim of the Pacific 2022 joint military exercise has not only invited 26 countries compared to the past, but the countries invited by the United States are all countries with which it has a particularly close relationship.
Moreover, the United States is conducting the 2022 Rim of the Pacific joint military exercise with such great fanfare this year. Although the entire exercise has not yet reached its climax, it can be seen from the scale and participating countries alone that the most fundamental purpose of this joint military exercise by the United States is— - It is to attract more countries to jointly fight against China and Russia. In particular, the continuous development and growth of the Chinese Navy in recent years has formed a very obvious contrast with the continuous shrinkage of the US Navy. Therefore, the total number of Chinese naval ships has exceeded 360, surpassing the United States to successfully surpass the country with the largest number of active naval ships in the world. At the same time, China and Russia are already the second and third largest navies in the world in total tonnage, but their development momentum is very rapid. However, the United States often develops in the wrong direction and develops slowly, so it has no choice but to recruit a group of juniors to "huddle together for warmth" while it still has charisma, just like before.
Moreover, the scale of this year's "Rim of the Pacific 2022" joint military exercise by the United States and the number of participating countries are so large. In addition to wanting to build momentum for its return to the Asia-Pacific and directly confront China and Russia, there is also the most direct reason. Since then, our country's navy has successively equipped and put into service many new ships, including a larger number of Type 052DL guided missile destroyers, Type 054A guided missile frigates, and Type 075 amphibious assault ships. The latest 003 catapult aircraft carrier has been launched, and the rumored Type 055 modification, Type 054A There are also rumors about modifications and 075 modifications.
Coupled with the further enhancement of the "anti-denial capabilities" of China and Russia, a variety of anti-aircraft carrier missiles have been installed. However, the United States has repeatedly tested various hypersonic missiles , but failed one after another. Moreover, it is foreseeable that the Chinese Navy's new aircraft carriers and new warships will be put into service in the next two to three years. By then, the gap between the Chinese and American navies will be on the basis of being "on equal footing" at this stage, and they will successfully overtake the United States and become a well-deserved "big power". "Navy", so how can the United States, which is accustomed to hegemony , easily give up this kind of life where it can only open its mouth with clothes and food? We can clearly see that there are a large number of participating countries and a larger number of participating warships, but the overall combat vision of the participating warships is poor. For example, although the host US Navy is still the world's strongest navy in terms of comprehensive combat capabilities, its overall combat capabilities are poor. Most of the participating warships are warships that are about to be retired. For example, the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser CG-53" Mobile Bay, which was the first to come to Pearl Harbor, seems to be equipped with Aegis radar and MK41 missiles. Vertical launch system, but the ship has been in service for more than 30 years. Whether it is the detection accuracy of radar , multi-target real-time tracking and locking, or multi-mission fire interception channels, it is better than the latest warships that have appeared in recent years. Much worse.
Among the other foreign warships participating in the exercise, there are Japan's Izumo light aircraft carrier, South Korea's Marado amphibious assault ship, two guided missile destroyers King Sejong the Great and King Munmu King, Son Won-il AIP submarine, Australia INS Canberra, amphibious assault ship of the Navy, frigate INS Satpura of the Indian Navy, Malaysian Navy light frigate KD Lekir, Mexican Navy frigate INS Reforma, Indonesian Navy INS Gusti Nura Rai frigate, The Philippine Navy There are nearly 30 warships of different types, including the frigate Antonio Luna, but these warships no longer pose any threat to our country.
After all, even if these warships are added together, they may not even be able to defeat one of our country's 0.55 million-ton guided missile destroyers. For example, our country's 055 can first use its own dual-band radar to lock the enemy in advance and launch the Eagle Strike 21 thousands of kilometers away. Ship-borne hypersonic anti-ship missiles have sunk many large main battleships, including the US aircraft carrier and the amphibious assault ship . At the same time, 055 can also carry at least 8 missiles including Haihongqi 9 long-range air defense missiles, YJ-18 supersonic long-range anti-ship missiles, Haihongqi-16B, Haihongqi-10, Yu-8 anti-submarine missiles and Changjian-10 long-range cruise missiles. A variety of different types of missiles , to sink or damage most other main battleships, and effectively intercept various missiles launched by enemy warships.
So this is why the title of my article was written at the beginning: Even a 055 cannot be defeated, but the United States invited dozens of warships of different types from 26 countries to gather at Pearl Harbor. What does it want to do? After all, if you can't fight, what can you do if you get together? Moreover, 8 of the first batch of 055s have been built, and it is said that an improved model that is more powerful than 055 has also been put on the agenda. So I especially want to ask the United States: the combat effectiveness of warships is getting worse and worse, and the global epidemic situation is still It's not very clear. Is it still necessary to get together and conduct this live-fire exercise that has little actual combat value?
