How expensive is the Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer? As the pinnacle of China’s military technology, the Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer has attracted the attention of countries around the world and military fans since its inception. As a major maritime country, China needs a large number of ships if it wants to protect China’s territorial waters.
As a large-scale water warfare weapon, an aircraft carrier is undoubtedly the best choice, but due to the high cost and technical difficulty of an aircraft carrier, it is not easy to build an aircraft carrier.
The Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer, as a large surface ship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, undoubtedly makes up for this vacancy. In fact, the Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer did not disappoint the Chinese people.
Even in the field of world destroyers, the Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer has reached world-class levels in terms of overall performance and firepower output.
China’s Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer is a new generation of large destroyers independently developed by China. This type of ship adopts brand-new design concepts and technical means and has strong comprehensive combat capabilities and survivability.
It is understood that the Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer was designed by the CSIC 701 Research Institute and jointly constructed by Dalian Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard. According to public information, the Type 055 destroyer has a total length of about 180 meters, a ship width of 20 meters, a full load displacement of 12,000 tons, and is equipped with a new type of active phased array radar.
If the aircraft carrier is an important part of the Chinese navy, then the Type 055 destroyer is another. Even in many cases, the importance of the Type 055 destroyer is no less than that of a large aircraft carrier. Although China already has three aircraft carriers, they are all conventionally powered aircraft carriers.
Compared with the nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the United States, there is still a big gap. You must know that the 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the United States are the most powerful aircraft carriers in the world today.
Fortunately, the existence of the Type 055 destroyer makes up for these shortcomings. We must know that China’s Type 055 destroyer is at a first-class level, even in the world’s destroyer rankings, and is fully capable of being comparable to the most advanced guided missile destroyer in the United States.
The Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer is the pinnacle of China’s military technology and is also the “guard” of the Chinese aircraft carrier. All data is confidential, so there is no cost for a Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer on the Internet.
Although we cannot determine the specific cost of a Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer, we can still roughly judge it. First of all, let’s take a look at the aircraft carrier “guard with swords.” As a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, the Liaoning ship aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of only 60,000 tons, and the cost of a single ship is estimated to be 20 billion yuan.
The Shandong ship aircraft carrier is also conventionally powered, and its full-load displacement is also only 60,000 tons. Fortunately, when China was building the Shandong ship, there was a lot of progress in constructing aircraft carriers, although there were many places. Great improvement, but a single ship costs only about 30 billion yuan.
As for the Fujian ship aircraft carrier, due to the full load displacement of 80,000 tons and the use of the world’s most advanced electromagnetic ejection and blocking devices today, the cost of a single ship may reach 40-50 billion yuan. As an important member of the aircraft carrier fleet, the Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer must cost less than an aircraft carrier. Therefore, the cost of a single Type 055 10,000-ton destroyer will not exceed 20 billion yuan.
Next, let’s take a look at the Type 052D destroyer. The cost of a single ship should be around 6 billion yuan. In the field of guided missile destroyers in China, the Type 052D destroyer is an important member in addition to the Type 055 destroyer.
The cost of a single ship must be lower than 055. type destroyer. The Type 055 destroyer is the first 10,000-ton all-round warship built by China. It is equipped with a new type of active phased array radar.
The 112 launch units on the Type 055 destroyer can cooperate with the aircraft carrier to conduct air-to-ground and air-to-ground operations. It can identify targets at a long distance and command the interception system to conduct anti-submarine, air defense, land attack, and anti-missile operations.
At the same time, the Type 055 destroyer adopts a high degree of mechatronics and digital technology. It has a powerful electronic warfare and information command system, which can effectively deal with modern high-tech warfare.
The Type 055 destroyer can also serve as a core command ship on special occasions. The Type 055 destroyer is also equipped with many missile weapons, short-range air defense systems, and artillery equipment, which can effectively perform patrol, escort, anti-submarine, and anti-ship tasks. In this way, it is not difficult to speculate that the cost of a single Chinese Type 055 destroyer is likely to be around 10 billion yuan.
