For those countries with long coastlines, it is very important to have ships with strong combat capabilities. The stronger the combat effectiveness of the ships and the more advanced the technology, the more thorough the defense of national territorial waters. China has suffered a big loss in naval battles. It can be said that the modern history of humiliation in our country began with naval battles. Our country has also tried to build a powerful naval force, so the Beiyang Navy came into being, but due to technical limitations In the end, this force was wiped out. It was not until the founding of New China that my country's naval power began to develop continuously. Today, China's naval power is so powerful that even the United States dare not easily provoke it. However, we can often see various analyses of Chinese ships on the Internet, so here we change our tastes and take a look at the neighbor’s ship, the Sejong King class destroyer in South Korea.
As of September 2012, South Korea has 3 sejong-class destroyers in service, but because South Korea feels that the number of these destroyers in service is still lacking, it decided to build 3 ships later. This destroyer is said to be an improved type based on the U.S. Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. It is equipped with the Aegis combat system and has a full displacement of 10,000 tons. After it was put into service, it once joined the Japanese Atago-class destroyer and became the largest in East Asia. Guided missile destroyer. This Sejong King class destroyer has a vertical loading capacity of up to 128 rounds. It is the destroyer with the largest loading capacity of the Aegis ships. From this point of view, South Korea’s Sejong King class destroyer can be said to be quite powerful. But the reality does not seem to be the case.
First, let’s take a look at the various equipment of this Sejong King class destroyer. Its naval gun uses the MK-45 naval gun on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer; the radar and combat system also use the Spy 1 radar on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and the Aegis Baseline 7 Phase 1 combat system; close defense system The Hiram on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and the Dutch goalkeeper’s near-anti-cannon; the bow part mainly uses the American MK-41 vertical hair device; the stern uses the domestically produced K-VLS vertical hair system; The sonar and infrared search and tracking systems necessary for destroyers are DSQS-21BZ-M and SAGEM made in Norway.
Judging from the equipment of the Sejong King-class destroyer, it can be regarded as a destroyer built in all nations, and most importantly, this destroyer is completely unable to exert a combat power proportional to its tonnage. It is used in its close defense system. The goalkeeper has long been abandoned by the British Navy due to its lack of performance. Although its late-start advantage is not bad, with the development of technology, weapons with stronger late-start advantage than the goalkeeper have appeared in the world. If the goalkeeper matches these Weapons are basically useless. In addition, due to the different vertical hair devices used in the bow and stern of this destroyer, they cannot be used at the same time, and the metal resonance fatigue problem caused by uneven force on the hull will occur.
is not only that, its radar and other devices are still relatively good in the past, but with the upgrading of radars and combat systems, its original outstanding advantages have now become ordinary. It is no wonder people will say his combat effectiveness. Does not match the tonnage.
