US aircraft carrier combat group, the state of the war is based on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 100,000 tons as the core, with 2 "Virginia" class attack nuclear submarines and 2-4 "Ticonderoga" class cruisers , 4-6 "Ali Burke" class destroyers, 1-2 "support" class or "Sacramento" class integrated supply ships, forming a powerful aircraft carrier escort formation. In addition to attacking nuclear submarines, which are responsible for clearing the underwater channel in advance, cruisers and destroyers are responsible for area and point air defense, and have certain capabilities for naval strikes, anti-submarine and even land attacks. The most powerful weapon of the
aircraft carrier combat group is the F/A-18 carrier-based fighters on the aircraft carrier. The number has 70 or 80 aircraft. Under the command and guidance of the "E-2C" early warning aircraft, it has a combat radius of 600 kilometers. Possess powerful air superiority, anti-ship and land strike capabilities.
Therefore, it is difficult for opponents to launch anti-ship missiles from the air, sea, underwater and shore calmly to launch an attack on the US Navy’s aircraft carrier battle group. After all, most anti-ship missiles have a range of no more than 600 kilometers, generally more than 200 kilometers. All of the anti-ship missiles require relay guidance by drones, helicopters, etc., to effectively hit targets at sea.
The "saturation attack" tactics of anti-ship missiles in the Soviet naval era made the US Navy very nervous, but with the emergence of air defense cruisers and destroyers equipped with the "Aegis" system, the ship’s "standard" series of long-range air defense missiles have powerful The ability to intercept anti-ship missiles, including the "Sea Sparrow" medium-range air defense missile, the "Hiram" short-range air defense missile, and the MK-15 "Phalanx" near-air defense system, all have effective interception of incoming anti-ship missiles Ability. Under the multi-fire interception of the US Navy’s aircraft carrier-based aircraft, the "Aegis" system guided near-to-far air-defense missiles and near-to-air defense missiles,
has actually announced the so-called anti-ship missiles against the aircraft carrier proposed by the Soviet military. The "saturation tactics" were effectively cracked by the US Navy and improved the combat capabilities of the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle group. The possibility of any country in the world trying to sink the aircraft carrier with anti-ship missiles launched from various platforms has become extremely unlikely.
needs a new idea to fight aircraft carriers. At present, only Russia and China have the ability and strength to sink the aircraft carrier combat group. Other countries do not want to sink the aircraft carrier combat group. This is the tremendous power brought by the national strength and new weapons. .
must use hypersonic missiles and anti-ship ballistic missiles to deal with aircraft carriers. Russia uses the combination of MiG-31 high-altitude high-speed interceptors + land-based Iskandar tactical ballistic missiles. The two organically blend together to form a "dagger." The missile system uses the high-altitude and high-speed performance of the MiG-31 interceptor, and the transmitter carries a land-based Iskandar tactical ballistic missile. The
"Dagger" missile system has a range of at least 1,000 kilometers and a maximum flight speed of Mach 10. The US Navy's existing air defense and anti-missile system has basically been helpless against the "Dagger" missile system at high speeds. The missile system has the ability to sink the aircraft carrier.
Dongfeng-17 is a land-based ballistic missile. It first appeared on the National Day parade on October 1, 2019. It is a very avant-garde ballistic missile. You can see it by looking at its science fiction warhead.
Because this type of missile adopts the "Qian Xuesen ballistic", the missile has the ability to float in the water during the flight. It is called a "glide warhead" or "wave-riding warhead", which can often change its flight trajectory, even if there are anti-aircraft warheads. The guidance warning radar can lock the warhead of Dongfeng-17, but it also makes it difficult for the existing air defense weapons to intercept.
Therefore, the Dongfeng-17 ballistic missile also has the ability to effectively hit and destroy the aircraft carrier, and the attack speed of the end warhead will not be lower than Mach 10. It is a hypersonic missile.
For air defense missiles and near-aircraft systems on surface ships, as long as the anti-ship missiles fly faster than Mach 3, they are already difficult to intercept. For hypersonic anti-ship missiles that fly faster than Mach 6, existing ships The air defense missiles and near-air defense systems are basically unsolvable. The
Dongfeng-26 is a ballistic missile with a range of 5000 kilometers, both nuclear and standing. It has the ability to destroy moving targets on the sea. It is an anti-ship ballistic missile with a fast flying speed.
Although Dongfeng-26 has a fast flying speed, it is a ballistic missile. Therefore, the flight trajectory is relatively fixed. When it is locked by the early warning radar, it can guide the air defense missile to intercept.Although the difficulty of interception is very high, the air-launched long-range air-to-air missiles of the shipborne air defense system are capable of intercepting the Dongfeng-26 missile.
In response to the threat of ballistic missiles to aircraft carriers, the U.S. Navy has conducted several drills and gradually figured out some effective interception methods against ballistic missiles hitting aircraft carriers. Some novel interception methods that have not been publicly disclosed have obviously given the U.S. Navy a certain Of course, the US Navy has not disclosed specific interception methods and new tactics.
But one thing must be determined, whether it is Dongfeng-21D or Dongfeng-26D anti-ship ballistic missiles, although they have the ability to destroy aircraft carriers, the aircraft carrier’s escort formation, including the carrier-based fighters that have taken off in the air, are equipped with intercepting ballistic missiles. The ability of the US Navy is also one of the main reasons why the US Navy’s self-confidence has been improved.
wants to sink the aircraft carrier with a single Dongfeng-26 missile. There is a very high possibility. However, with the innovation and improvement of the US Navy’s defense methods, the difficulty will become greater and greater in the future. If you want to sink the aircraft carrier, you need at least Dozens or even hundreds of Dongfeng-26 ballistic missiles, therefore, there is still a long way to go to fight the aircraft carrier. Z1z
requires a comprehensive attack in wartime. Sea-based, air-based, and shore-based anti-ship missiles, including ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles, will saturate the locked sea carrier battle group and instantly paralyze the "Zeus" on the escort air defense cruiser and destroyer. Only with the "Shield" firepower channel can certain results be achieved.
has several anti-ship missiles and anti-ship ballistic missiles that can hit the aircraft carrier. Even if they cannot sink the aircraft carrier, they will damage the aircraft carrier and lose its combat capability. This will allow the aircraft carrier formation to retreat when it is difficult to achieve the goal of containing the aircraft carrier as a combat group. purpose.
The United States is still a superpower after all. To be honest, no country in the world, if it were not for serious challenges and damage to its national interests, would not have the guts to sink the US Navy’s aircraft carrier. After all, the
aircraft carrier is a symbol of national strength, and it is also the name card and face of a big country. If the aircraft carrier is sunk, it is like being slapped in the face, the face of the big country will be damaged; if you don’t get your face back, how can you mess with it? , There will definitely be an uncontrollable war between the two countries, even a nuclear war will not be ruled out.
must have the means to use anti-aircraft carriers and have the ability to reject the enemy outside the country, but we must be cautious in using anti-aircraft weapons. Only the core interests of the country have been severely challenged and damaged, and we have to deal with enemy aircraft carriers. It is also mainly based on the expulsion warning. The average country in the world who wants to sink an aircraft carrier does not have this ability. Countries that can sink an aircraft carrier are all nuclear powers. Therefore, the aircraft carriers of nuclear powers will not be sunk.
