Seeking truth from facts, the Korean fleet lacks core strength and comprehensive combat capabilities

In order to realize the ideals of ambitious people, after taking office, Liu Zongchun took advantage of the situation and developed his arms at all costs. Although the ultimate goal was to unify the Korean Peninsula, in order to "comply with" national sentiment and national requirements, Liu Zongchun still invested huge amounts of money in naval construction.

In addition to spending huge amounts of money to introduce 2211-class and "Tiger Shark"-class submarines from Germany and France, in less than three years, South Korea invested nearly 550 yuan to build a huge fleet known as "second in Asia" and "fifth in the world" through procurement, self-built, etc.

Unfortunately, the South Korean Navy encountered "Asia's No. 1".

Among the South Korean "Southern Fleet" that was attacked, there are a total of 213 destroyers and frigates, namely three "Lee Sun-sin" class air defense destroyers, three "Park Won-yi" class multi-purpose destroyers, three "Kim Tae-hwan" class multi-purpose destroyers and "Busan" class anti-submarine frigates.

The "Li Shunchen" class air defense destroyer is the core force in the fleet.

This standard displacement reaches 8750 tons, with a full load displacement of 11245~: The ship is 168 meters long, 2 meters wide, and has a draft of 78 meters. It is equipped with a 155mm electrothermal chemical gun with a diameter of 128 units, a vertical MK57 vertical launch system, a 2-"Hylam" terminal interception system, and an/spyy-3 active phased array radar equipped with an active phased array radar can detect more than 2,000 air and sea targets within 600 kilometers. At the same time, track one of the targets and use missiles to attack 32 of the most threatening targets. In theory, a large warship that can intercept 64 air targets in a single air defense operation can be regarded as one of the most powerful air defense destroyers in the world today.

As the "Korea Improved Version" of the DDG11c00 "Zumwalter" class destroyer, the "Lee Sun-sin" class is advanced enough.

In terms of air defense combat capabilities alone, the "Li Shunchen" class is theoretically stronger than the "Qinling" class air defense cruisers, and its comprehensive combat capability is no less than the "Qinling" class.

3~The "Park Won-yi" class multi-purpose destroyer is the "newcomer" in the fleet.

Because the South Korean Navy performed poorly in the Dokdo War, when rebuilding the fleet, the South Korean Navy paid more attention to European technology. The "Park Won-yi" class was improved on the basis of the British naval field-type destroyer land. It focuses on air defense operations and multi-purpose destroyers with multiple combat capabilities.

Although the "Park Won-I"-class equipment "Sampson|" type active phased array am/spy-11 "Aegis" can only be found in the inland aerial targets of 1,000 meters. However, thousands of independent radiation units are used. The ground detection performance, tracking target ground capabilities, and guiding missiles to intercept ground capabilities in complex environments are all higher than that of the "Aegis". Without an independent fire-controlled radar ground, "Sampson|" can guide 32 missiles to intercept 32 air targets at the same time.

In addition to carrying less ground air defense missiles, the "Park Won-yi"-class ground air defense capabilities are no worse than those of "Lee Sun-sin".

The "Kim Tae-hwan" class is a "veteran" in the fleet.

In fact, the "Kim Tae-hwan" class is the "Burke" class destroyer in the U.S. Navy. The "Zumwalter" class began to be built in batches. The U.S. Navy gradually phased out the "Burke" class destroyer. Except for a small number of weapons and equipment that were dismantled and used as "targets" for training for the navy, most of them were sold as second-hand weapons or given to various "friendly countries". South Korea benefited from it. A total of 6 "Burke" classes were received. And they were all second batch models of the "Southern Fleet". Three of them were included in the "Southern Fleet".

The Busan-class frigate is the only one that South Korea designed and built on its own.

As an anti-submarine warship, the main task of the Busan class is anti-submarine. Surprisingly, within the hull of less than 3,500~:, the South Korean Navy actually equipped it with a 32-unit vertical launch system that can launch regional air defense missiles. Because the Busan class does not have long-range air-to-air radar, it cannot independently use regional air defense missiles, and generally carry medium- and short-range air defense missiles with a range of less than 60 kilometers.

It can be seen from the organization of the "Southern Fleet" that the South Korean Navy attaches great importance to fleet air defense.

This is also a solution.

As an East Asian country, there are two countries around South Korea that not only have strong air power, but also have fleets with aircraft carriers as the core force. If air defense capabilities are not paid attention to, the South Korean fleet will be encircled and suppressed by air after leaving the port. Because the land area is very limited, South Korea also puts the important task of "national strategic defense" on the shoulders of the navy and requires the navy to have the ability to intercept ballistic missiles.

The problem is that no matter how powerful the air defense warship is, it can only defend passively.

In war, passiveness means a crushing defeat!

For example, South Korea is proud of the "Lee Sun-sin" class air defense destroyer, even if calculated according to theoretical interception capabilities, it is necessary to deal with 64 air targets in an air defense operation and the interception success rate reaches 00%, only 16 fighter jets carrying heavy anti-ship missiles can saturate their air defense strength. If there are 17 fighters, they can sink the "Lee Sun-sin" class destroyer 1. The purchase price of one "Lee Sun-sin" class destroyer is as high as RMB, and the price of 68 anti-ship missiles will not exceed RMB 2.

No matter how good it is, it can only ensure one's own safety and cannot pose a threat to the enemy

In actual combat, no warship can achieve theoretical combat efficiency. In extreme cases, it is very good to be able to exert 50% of the theoretical value.

What's even more unfortunate is that the South Korean fleet encountered the air force with the most experienced anti-ship combat in the world.

Since the Fourth India-Pakistan War, the Republic's Naval Air Force had to deal with enemy fleets and warships, and the experience in sea-making combat was far greater than that of the US Navy Air Force, which mainly dealed with ground targets.

After the East China Sea War, the Republic's Navy Air Force regarded the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle group as imaginary enemies.

Although submarines have repeatedly used practical war examples to prove that submarines can pose a fatal threat to any surface warship and use torpedoes to kill surface targets, aviation forces are still the most effective strike force, especially when facing a fleet, dozens of fighter jets carrying anti-ship missiles can definitely make any fleet feel scared!

After the carrier-based aviation force is the main sea-controlling force, it is imperative to improve the efficiency of anti-ship combat.

Aeronautics are not ground airports. Even if they can carry nearly 100 combat aircraft, the number of fighter jets that can be used to perform attack missions in actual combat is very limited. Only by improving the efficiency of anti-ship combat can the effectiveness of aircraft carrier battle groups be maximized and the purpose of controlling and mastering the ocean.

To this end, the Republic's Navy spent several years exploring and summarizing many new tactics.

During the 2023 autumn exercise, the Republic's Navy ship-based aviation team used anti-radiation missiles in anti-ship combat in the form of actual combat confrontation for the first time. Although it has not been tested in actual combat, the results of the exercise prove that if the radar and electronic systems of the enemy fleet can be effectively suppressed, the penetration efficiency of the anti-ship missile can be improved several times!

In fact, as early as the East China Sea War, the Republic's Naval Air Force tried "electronic tactics".

At that time, when dealing with the Fourth Fleet of Japan, the Republic's Navy Air Force used anti-ship missiles carrying "electromagnetic warheads" for the first time to deal with the Japanese fleet's air defense system, which achieved very good results.

However, the "electromagnetic warhead" is not a true anti-radiation weapon.

The ultimate goal of anti-radiation combat is not to interfere with the radar and electronic systems of the enemy fleet, but to paralyze and destroy the enemy's radar and electronic systems!

After waiting for several years, the Republic's Navy Air Force finally had the opportunity to prove the effectiveness of "anti-radiation tactics" through actual combat.

The 36 J-15ba fighter jets launched a total of 72 anti-radiation missiles. Compared with heavy anti-ship missiles, the anti-radiation missile is much smaller and is comparable to the SD-16 interceptor missile. In fact, the LT-22 anti-radiation missile used by J-15ba uses the SD-16 missile body, but the seeker, warhead and guidance software have been replaced.

Small does not mean there is no threat.

Anti-radiation missiles all use passive radar seekers, relying on the electromagnetic wave signals emitted by the target to search and attack. The maximum flight speed of the fifth-generation anti-radiation missile is above Hg, and the lt-22 reaches Mach 6 (equivalent to the SD-166), with a maximum range of 160 meters, and the working distance of the seeker exceeds 40 kilometers. In addition, the lt-22 has the ability to "target route memory". Even if the target is discovered to be attacked, the lt-22 can calculate the target's motion trajectory based on the target's motion route, and the seeker will automatically change to an active working mode. If necessary, the missile can also be controlled by the fire control system on the pilot or fighter. Because the risk of anti-radiation combat is very high, pilots generally do not hover near the battlefield after launching the missile.

Although the warhead of the anti-radiation missile is not too large, generally less than kilograms (the warhead of some Russian anti-radiation missiles weighs more than 00 kilograms), and the warhead of the lt-22 is only 25 kilograms, its power cannot be underestimated. The anti-radiation missile deals with the enemy's radar, especially the radar antenna. Even if the 25-gram warhead is equipped with less than 1 gram of explosives, it can destroy the radar antenna within a range of 25 meters nearby, and the hit accuracy of the lt-22 will definitely not exceed 5 meters.

Because anti-radiation missiles fly faster, the South Korean fleet must first intercept anti-radiation missiles before intercepting anti-ship missiles.

At this time, the advantages of the anti-radiation missile being "small" are reflected.

The small bullet body not only means it is more difficult to detect by radar, but also means it is more difficult to intercept.

The use of regional air defense missiles weighing hundreds of kilograms to intercept anti-radiation missiles weighing only 180 kilograms, which is not much different from the results of anti-aircraft guns hitting mosquitoes.

To date, few countries have tactical means to effectively intercept anti-radiation missiles.

Faced with the influx of anti-radiation missiles, the South Korean fleet was in a dilemma.

To avoid anti-radiation missiles, all radars must be turned off; if the radar is turned off, anti-ship missiles cannot be detected, and anti-ship missiles cannot be intercepted; if the anti-ship missiles are to be intercepted, the radar must be activated; if the radar is activated, it will be hit by anti-radiation missiles.

Violent cycle, no solution!

damn it**

In the new January, please give me the guaranteed monthly tickets in my brothers! (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!