It is likely that the PLAN would follow the American model of force-generation, whereby it would assign a single Type 055 to each carrier battle group. While classified by the PLAN as a destroyer, the United States Navy would classify the warship as a cruiser, and analysts have suggested the Type 055 would fill a similar role as the Ticonderoga-class cruiser. "In a carrier task force, the Type 055 would probably be the primary escort for the carrier, serving as a key node for fleet air defense and its main offensive punch besides the carrier’s own combat air wing." Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, told South China Morning Post. "The Type 055 has a significant improvement over the preceding classes of destroyers, in particular the Type 052D, boasting a much larger weapons payload that gives unprecedented defensive and offensive capabilities to the PLA Navy," Collin Koh, a research fellow from the S. The YJ-18 has a range of around 300 miles, while the CJ-10, a copy of Russia's Kh-55, reportedly can travel as far as 800 miles. Its weapons-loadout reportedly includes HHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles and YJ-18 and CJ-10 cruise missiles.
It is equipped with 112 vertical launch missile cells and is capable of launching a combination of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), anti-ship missiles, land-attack missiles, and anti-submarine missiles.
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The Nanchang is about 590 feet long and displaces 12 to 13,000 tonnes under full load. The warships will also be a primary escort for Chinese aircraft carriers, which is likely why Nanchang was deployed in this recent mission.
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Six Surface Combatants comprising at least:ĬVBGCS deploying with other than the standard force composition will be described as "CVBG plus or minus." For example, a CVBG deploying with fewer than six surface combatants would be considered a "CVBG Minus." Should the situation warrant a surge of force capability for an extended crisis or contingency, a "CVBG Plus" could be fielded which would include the standard CVBG composition with an augmented air wing (e.g., 62 Strike/Fighter A/C) additional surface combatants ror submarines.The Chinese vessels feature a multi-mission design with a combination of senators and weapons that suggests that the destroyers could be employed in area air defense as well as providing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities.A "standard" CVBG is deemed to provide the capabilities required to accomplish all tasks in a notional threat environment against a notional threat, thereby the means to provide an initial crisis response mission from a rotationally deployed forward posture.
The Standard CVBG Composition is defined in terms of required capabilities and therefore provide the basis from which to derive required force structure.
Their duties range from air defense to maritime interdictions to escorting commercial ships. But the "small boys," as they are called - ships around the carrier - perform a host of valuable missions, often far from the mother ship. A battle group's carrier grabs most of the attention, and roughly two-thirds of the group's 7,500 troops are on the carrier.
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