MIGleader
Banned Idiot
with all these new, advanced, stealthy warships rolling out of chinese shipyards, can one possibly iagine that chinas is THE leadign nation in building such ships?
lets think about it:
the new warships are large, blue water navy ships. almost no other nation has feilded large, stealthy ddgs.
scandinavian navies have commsioned a seiries of very stealthy vessels, but they are very small, only valuable for coastal patrol.
both britain, france, germany, spain, and italy all posses stealth technology, but have not built a ddg size stealthy vessel yet. the lafeyette is stealthier than all chinese warships, but is only an ffg, unable to perfrom many of the tasks a 52c can in deep ocean. we wont see a truly advanced stealthy ddg from these nations until the british type 45 rolls out.
russian stelath is light years behind. the talwar is signaling progress, but its large amount of exposed sensors make it anything but stealthy.
the american arleigh burke is on of the few competitors, out performing all chinese warships in combat. but bases on its size and apperance, it has a very large rcs, with only modest rcs reduction feature implemented. most notably, its giant steel mast behind the bridge is very keen to expose the ship to enemy radar. most of the vessels stealth comes from electronic jamming, not stealth shaping or ram.
other nations, like malasia and saudi arabia have began building stealthy vessels, but they are once agian, only coastal defence ships. they cannot fufil the same mission requirements as a ddg can.
the closest competitor to china would probably be south koreas ddx seiries, with advnaced weapons sensors, and a great many rcs and irs reduction features. but these ships are not south korean built, and therefor dont count.
this leaves china on top. with the introduction of stealthy warships since 1999, its also introcuced a line of sealthy facs, as well as stealthy naval weaponry that can be fitted to any unstealthy vessel.
jingnan, hudong, and dalian, keep em comming!!:china:
lets think about it:
the new warships are large, blue water navy ships. almost no other nation has feilded large, stealthy ddgs.
scandinavian navies have commsioned a seiries of very stealthy vessels, but they are very small, only valuable for coastal patrol.
both britain, france, germany, spain, and italy all posses stealth technology, but have not built a ddg size stealthy vessel yet. the lafeyette is stealthier than all chinese warships, but is only an ffg, unable to perfrom many of the tasks a 52c can in deep ocean. we wont see a truly advanced stealthy ddg from these nations until the british type 45 rolls out.
russian stelath is light years behind. the talwar is signaling progress, but its large amount of exposed sensors make it anything but stealthy.
the american arleigh burke is on of the few competitors, out performing all chinese warships in combat. but bases on its size and apperance, it has a very large rcs, with only modest rcs reduction feature implemented. most notably, its giant steel mast behind the bridge is very keen to expose the ship to enemy radar. most of the vessels stealth comes from electronic jamming, not stealth shaping or ram.
other nations, like malasia and saudi arabia have began building stealthy vessels, but they are once agian, only coastal defence ships. they cannot fufil the same mission requirements as a ddg can.
the closest competitor to china would probably be south koreas ddx seiries, with advnaced weapons sensors, and a great many rcs and irs reduction features. but these ships are not south korean built, and therefor dont count.
this leaves china on top. with the introduction of stealthy warships since 1999, its also introcuced a line of sealthy facs, as well as stealthy naval weaponry that can be fitted to any unstealthy vessel.
jingnan, hudong, and dalian, keep em comming!!:china:
