Chapter 1172 Type 054B Frigate
Others left the Yangcheng Shipyard.
Liu Tao stayed at the Yangcheng Shipyard and came to a dock.
This dock was building a Type 055B destroyer.
The Type 055 destroyer is a 10,000-ton destroyer with three models, namely the Type 055A destroyer, the Type 055B destroyer, and the Type 055C destroyer.
The Type 055A has a strengthened command and combat system and is the flagship of the fleet.
The Type 055B is a standard Type 055 destroyer with strong air defense, anti-ship, anti-missile, anti-submarine and ground attack capabilities, equipped with long-range ground attack cruise missiles, etc.
The Type 055C destroyer is equipped with 4 laser cannons, which strengthens its air defense and anti-missile capabilities.
The Type 055 destroyer is also the most advanced destroyer in the world. It is also a new generation of destroyers in China. It will bear the heavy burden of air defense and anti-missile for the Chinese Blue Sea Navy and is the sword-carrying guard of the aircraft carrier fleet.
The Type 055B destroyer currently under construction will be equipped to the Type 002B aircraft carrier. At that time, it will be equipped with several Type 055 destroyers and frigates to form an aircraft carrier formation centered on the Type 002B aircraft carrier.
In the next twenty years, new frigates, new destroyers and aircraft carriers will be launched and put into service like dumplings.
China needs to safeguard its own maritime rights and interests. China has a vast sea area and needs to safeguard the interests of its territorial waters. At least 12 aircraft carrier formations must be built.
Each aircraft carrier formation has a standard configuration of 1 aircraft carrier, 5 missile destroyers, 3 frigates, 1 supply ship, and 2 nuclear submarines, which is referred to as "five drives, three frigates, two nuclear ships and one supply ship".
When necessary, the aircraft carrier formation can also add two destroyers to form "seven destroyers, three frigates, two cores and one supplement", and the "seven destroyers" here refer to seven Type 055 destroyers or seven Type 052 destroyers, or four Type 055 destroyers plus three Type 052 destroyers and other different combinations.
Such an aircraft carrier formation will have strong air defense capabilities, strong anti-missile capabilities, strong anti-submarine capabilities, strong anti-ship capabilities, as well as strong ground attack capabilities and strong air control capabilities.
Of course, this also means that while building an aircraft carrier, it is necessary to build four Type 055 destroyers, three Type 054 frigates, two Type 093 attack nuclear submarines and one large comprehensive supply ship.
After spending an afternoon at the Type 055B destroyer construction dock and having dinner with the workers, Liu Tao went to another dock in the evening, where the Type 054 frigate was produced, but now this frigate is called the Type 054B frigate.
This is a new type of frigate that the technical team has finalized after more than ten years of continuous improvement based on the Type 054 frigate.
It is called the Type 054 frigate, but it is actually a new type of frigate. It is just that after discussing the naming, the Type 054B frigate was used.
The Type 054B frigate is much larger than the Type 054 frigate, which is visible to the naked eye.
The standard displacement of the Type 054 frigate is 2,750 tons and the full load displacement is 3,640 tons. The standard displacement of the Type 054B frigate has reached 5,000 tons and the full load displacement has reached 6,000 tons, which is almost doubled!
The Type 054B frigate is equipped with a new active electronic scanning array radar, namely the S+X band's 'double-sided rotating shield', which is used to detect and lock distant sea and air targets. Many more advanced ship electrical systems developed in recent years, including the island control tower, have also been transplanted to the 054B frigate, including high-power microwaves, and ship-borne drones are also considered.
UAVs are developed by Guizhou Feifei Group with a large amount of funds and technical strength, which also affects the warship design team to consider ship-borne drones in advance.
At the same time, the 054B frigate is equipped with a 32-unit vertical launch system. The medium-range air defense missiles of each unit can be arranged in a "1 pit 4 missiles", which increases the missile carrying capacity and strengthens the air defense and anti-missile performance of the 054B type.
The 054B frigate has stronger anti-ship, air defense, anti-submarine and other combat capabilities.
The C gun position is equipped with a 1130-type 11-tube 30mm close-in defense gun system, which together with a 24-unit "Aegis-0" short-range air defense missile installed above the hangar will form a strict close-range air defense system.
In addition, the Type 054B frigate uses a diesel-fueled combined power drive and medium-voltage DC electric propulsion technology. While the maximum speed reaches 30 knots, it can effectively reduce the noise emitted by the ship during navigation. In addition, it can carry the "Ray Eagle" helicopter, which is conducive to its submarine search/attack operations in the deep ocean and ensure the safety of the core ship aircraft carrier.
The increase in tonnage naturally also brings about the improvement of sea self-sustaining power and the improvement of crew living conditions.
For example, the improvement of the sonar system, the improvement of the communication system, etc.
It can be said that the Type 054B frigate is a new type of frigate.
The Type 054B frigate currently under construction is the second one, and there are three more under construction at the same time. The other three are built at the Beibu Gulf Shipyard, Mawei Shipyard and Dalian Shipyard.
It was already past 8 o'clock in the evening when Liu Tao finished visiting the Type 054B frigate.
Liu Tao did not stay at the Yangcheng Shipyard at night. He took his own exclusive helicopter back to Kun City.
The climate in Kun City in July is quite pleasant. It is unbearable in other places, but not in Kun City. Located in the plateau, the weather in Kun City is still quite good.
In summer, many people will come to Yunnan Province for tourism. They can arrive by taking a high-speed rail without taking a plane.
When Liu Tao arrived in Kun City, it was drizzling.
The helicopter landed steadily on the helipad.
When he returned home, the two children were already asleep, and Zhu Lin was watching TV.
Seeing Liu Tao coming back, Zhu Lin went to cook a midnight snack.
It didn't take long for Zhu Lin to cook noodles.
At this time, Liu Tao took a bath and changed into a clean pajamas.
"Now the Internet is full of hot discussions about the 002B aircraft carrier, which is very exciting. The 7 o'clock news in the evening has a three-minute report." Zhu Lin sat on the sofa and talked about the launching ceremony of the 002B aircraft carrier today.
The hottest news in China today is the launching ceremony of the Type 002B aircraft carrier. It is undoubtedly the headline of the news. Television keeps reporting this news, and newspapers and other paper media also put this news on the front page. On the Internet, whether it is a portal website or a community website, it is also the hottest news.
Not only in China, but also in the world, the hottest news today is the launching ceremony of the Type 002B aircraft carrier.
Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and electromagnetic catapult, these two are full of selling points.
Who would have thought that China has only been in service for a few years since the Type 002 aircraft carrier was put into service, and it is hard to say whether it has formed combat effectiveness. The sister ship of the Type 002 aircraft carrier that has been reported from time to time, everyone guesses that it is exactly the same as the Type 002 aircraft carrier, but who can guess that the Type 002B aircraft carrier is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and it also has an electromagnetic catapult?
Even the boldest experts dare not guess so.
But China did it! (End of this chapter)