As one of the few dual-aircraft carrier countries in Asia, India has always been very concerned about the development of Chinese aircraft carrier . Recently, India's Eurasian Times stated that due to China's breakthrough in logistics technology, Chinese aircraft carriers are expected to directly use the hypersonic missile . After being equipped with hypersonic missiles, the attack distance of Chinese aircraft carriers will be greatly extended. Even in the Taiwan Strait, Chinese aircraft carriers can directly attack the US military base in Guam, greatly improving its deterrence ability against the US military.
At present, China has three aircraft carriers . Although the latest "Fujian" aircraft carrier has not yet been officially put into service, the "Fujian" aircraft carrier is equipped with a brand new electromagnetic catapult , which can project carrier-based aircraft with a larger load capacity, and its overall combat capability is stronger. Indian media quoted Hong Kong's "HTM1 South China Morning Post" with Xiao Jun, a researcher at the China Air-to-Air Missile Research Institute, saying that China's air-launched hypersonic missiles that have not yet been disclosed will be able to be used on aircraft carriers, and their effectiveness can be comparable to Russia's "Dagger" hypersonic missiles. China's air-launched hypersonic missiles can not only strike high-value targets at sea, but can even be used to perform anti-satellite combat missions.
It is reported that this undisclosed air-launched hypersonic missile in China has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers and has a speed of 10 times the speed of sound. The J-15 carrier-based aircraft of China's aircraft carrier has a combat radius of about 1,500 kilometers. With the range of this air-launched hypersonic missile with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers, the maximum attack distance of China's aircraft carrier reaches an astonishing 2,500 kilometers. Even if Chinese aircraft carriers only operate in the Taiwan Strait, it is enough to include the U.S. Guam military base within its attack range and break through most of the U.S. air defense system .
Indian media said that although China has not disclosed more specific details of this air-launched hypersonic missile at present. However, the Chinese Navy successfully tested the "Eagle Strike-21" carrier-based hypersonic missile from the warship in April this year. It is estimated that the range of the "Eagle Strike-21" carrier-based hypersonic missile is 1,500 kilometers and the maximum flight speed can reach Mach 12. Some people believe that in addition to being able to be launched from the ship , the "Eagle Strike-21" carrier-based hypersonic missile can also be carried and launched by the J-15 "Flying Shark" carrier-based aircraft on Chinese aircraft carriers.
However, some people hold different opinions. For example, defense analysis expert Chen Guodong said that Russia's "Dagger" hypersonic missile carrier is the MiG-31 interceptor , which is larger than the J-15 carrier-based aircraft. Considering that the J-15 carrier-based aircraft currently takes off from Chinese aircraft carriers through ski jump takeoff, it is difficult for the J-15 carrier-based aircraft to carry the "Eagle Strike-21" to take off. At the same time, Chen Guodong also said that because the hit rate of hypersonic missiles is low and mainly fly in the atmosphere, it is difficult to compete with tactical strikes and even more difficult to perform anti-satellite combat missions.
is currently on the threshold for the use of hypersonic missiles in aircraft carrier , which is how to maintain and maintain hypersonic missiles at sea. Hypersonic missiles such as the "Eagle Strike-21" are directly sealed in a vertical launch unit, so there is no big problem in deploying them on warships. However, aircraft carriers are different. The missile bodies of hypersonic missiles will be directly exposed to the aircraft carrier hangar and flight deck, and will withstand the test of sea breeze and sea fog, making the deployment more difficult.
However, Xiao Jun and his research team said that their innovations in rapid maintenance and maintenance of hypersonic missiles have passed the Chinese Navy's field tests in aircraft carriers and other more harsh environments. This technology can be used for "airborne missile equipment for "Hypermanently distributed inland military bases, coastal airports and aircraft carriers", and other countries have not yet realized the practicality of this technology.
In order to ensure that hypersonic missiles will not affect their normal operation due to the high temperature caused by friction with air during flight, the surface of hypersonic missiles will generally use some high-tech coatings. These high-tech coatings are easily damaged when transported, stored or mounted on an aircraft.In addition, when deployed at sea, the coating of hypersonic missiles is also prone to moisture absorption, expansion, deformation, bubble, debonding or peeling due to exposure to a humid ocean environment containing salt and mold, resulting in failure of the coating. When deployed on land, a clean operating room with cutting-edge equipment will be specially equipped, and experienced technicians will be stationed to carefully inspect the surface coating of the hypersonic missile. Xiao Jun said that they have used unique sealing materials to simplify the process. Only one worker is required to maintain the coating of the hypersonic missile. In field testing in environments such as aircraft carriers, the new approach reduces average service time to one-tenth of traditional approaches.
And after using this maintenance method, the service life of hypersonic missiles will be greatly improved. The new sealing method can not only withstand high temperature ablation, but also withstand wind, frost, rain, snow, hail, high heat, salt spray, sandstorm and mold for more than 10 years. It can also be maintained very conveniently in a wild environment.
, Su Yash Desai, who has been closely following China's defense and foreign policy, said that if the report is true, "then this will be a major breakthrough in the modernization of China's military. As we all know, the PLA is developing the hypersonic weapon . One of the main reasons for this situation is that no country, including the United States, has yet to develop weapons to defend against them." Correspondingly, the United States will face stronger and stronger military challenges from China in the Asia-Pacific region.
Personally believe that the possibility of this message being true is relatively high. Judging from the current information, Russia's "Dagger" hypersonic missile has a diameter of about 1 meter and a total length of about 7.7 meters. Currently, the "Eagle Strike-12" supersonic anti-ship missile equipped by China is about 0.6 meters in diameter and the length of the missile is about 7 meters. If China's hypersonic missile has a range of about 1,000 kilometers (shorter than the "Daughter", it is possible to design an air-launched hypersonic missile carried by the J-15 carrier-based aircraft and take off from the aircraft carrier.
However, if the maximum attack distance of 2500 kilometers is to be reached in this case, the J-15 carrier-based aircraft equipped with air-fired hypersonic missiles cannot take off with full fuel, and may not be able to carry too many self-defense weapons. After taking off, the fuel needed to perform the mission needs to be filled in the air through "computer refueling". However, this tactic is also worth it. After all, the US military currently does not have the means to effectively intercept hypersonic missiles. China's air-launched hypersonic missiles can effectively break through most of the US military's air defense systems.
As for the strike accuracy of hypersonic missiles, judging from the actual combat effectiveness of Russia on the Ukrainian battlefield, it can basically meet the needs of performing tactical strikes. Previously, China has successfully mastered the real-time communication methods of hypersonic missiles and hit truck-sized moving targets. It is not difficult to add a "man-in-loop" function to hypersonic missiles, and it can fully accurately strike important targets on the US military's Guam base or US aircraft carriers.
This also proves that we do not rely solely on shore-based anti-ship missiles, shore-based hypersonic missiles and ship-based hypersonic missiles. We are also constantly launching high-precision weapon systems that can severely damage the US military based on the continuous development of technology.
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