Recently, according to the World Wide Web: Russian Satellite News Agency reported on the 14th that the Russian Navy recently announced that Russia’s first warship equipped with a sea-based "Armor-M" air defense system has completed its test. The sea-based "armor" system is another time that Russia has put air defense missile systems on the stage. It is said that this warship will enter service in November. After serving, it will greatly enhance Russia's naval power.
The picture shows the "armor" S1 missile and artillery integrated air defense system
From this news, it can be seen that for ship defense, Russia will still adopt the usual tradition of using air defense missiles to strengthen its self-defense capabilities. From the equipping of medium-range ship-to-air missiles on aircraft carriers, Russia has started the tradition of equipping aircraft carriers with air defense missile systems. Now that the "armor" artillery and artillery integrated air defense missile system is equipped on a warship, it seems that it is going to be deadlocked in equipping ships with the air defense missile system. Russia has always hoped that the ship itself will have strong anti-missile capabilities, and the self-defense capabilities of warships equipped with "armor" will also be very strong. Will it be applied to aircraft carriers in the future? However, due to the volume of the air defense missile system, installing it on the deck will inevitably occupy a lot of space. As we all know, carrier-based aircraft are an important part of the carrier's armed forces. If Russia continues to persistently equip anti-aircraft missile systems on ships, or even on aircraft carriers, the number of carrier-based aircraft will be greatly reduced.
The United States is unwilling to sacrifice the number of carrier aircraft in order to protect the aircraft carrier. Take the US Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as an example. It is only equipped with short-range air defense missile systems such as Sea Sparrow and Ram to intercept missiles. Coupled with multiple Phalanx close-in defense systems, it can be regarded as a defense system for the aircraft carrier. At the same time, they took a different approach and sent multiple bodyguards to protect the aircraft carrier through multiple destroyers, frigates, and anti-submarine ships. In this way, there is no need to squeeze the space of carrier-based aircraft to install air defense missile systems on the deck. The armed forces of the aircraft carrier have thus been greatly improved. Even the number of carrier-based aircraft of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can reach a staggering 70. The United States has launched many wars through the aircraft carrier fleet, and the aircraft carrier has not suffered any damage, which just proves that the US defense method is feasible.
The picture shows the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
. Although China's research on aircraft carriers started relatively late, the speed of research and development and commissioning of aircraft carriers is very fast. Faced with the different protection measures of the two countries, after analyzing the pros and cons, China also found its own aircraft carrier defense system. Whether it is the Russian vertical launch system, or the US near-air defense weapons plus fleet protection, they use their strengths to enrich themselves. China's newest aircraft carrier Shandong ship is also equipped with defensive devices such as close-in guns, short-range anti-aircraft missiles, and multi-functional rocket launchers, and is equipped with frigates, anti-submarine ships, and destroyers to protect the aircraft carrier. In this way, it can not only ensure that there are sufficient numbers of carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier for combat but also have a certain degree of self-defense capability.
The picture shows the future battlefield of the Shandong ship
. It is useless to rely solely on the strength of a certain warship. The essence of aircraft carriers is formation operations. Russia's development like this will only narrow its own path. (Xia Shu)
