Chapter 1109 P500 Saturation Attack
Among the Soviet naval equipment, the most dazzling is the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Kremlin, followed by the conventional-powered aircraft carrier Sovetskaya, and then the Kirov-class nuclear-powered warship with a displacement of 20,000 tons.
These warships are all shrouded in great glory, but in fact, in the entire Soviet naval sequence, the most cost-effective one is the Slava-class cruiser!
Since the 1960s, the Soviet Union's surface ships have continued to develop. After suffering losses in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union has realized the weakness of its navy.
After that, the Kirov class began construction in the early and mid-1970s. This type of warship escorted the Soviet Union's newly built aircraft carriers, attacked US aircraft carriers, and performed air defense and anti-submarine missions for the fleet.
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After the Kirov class was completed, this type of warship performed well in the design task, but because the Kirov class ships were nuclear powered and had a full load displacement of 24,300 tons, the construction and maintenance costs were huge, making it difficult to build and use in batches. In other words, this type of warship could not be equipped in batches.
Therefore, in order to cooperate with the Soviet ocean-going aircraft carrier and make up for the shortcomings of the Kirov class, the Soviet Union began to build an economical and smaller version of the Kirov class, which is the Slava class!
The Glory class uses gas turbine propulsion, which greatly reduces the cost of building and maintaining the warship. At the same time, the displacement of this warship is 12,000 tons, which is just the right size and is very effective in escorting aircraft carriers.
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Four such warships have been completed so far, and the Admiral Robov is the latest one to enter service.
In later generations, the rapid weakening of Russia's national power made it impossible for them to maintain a huge military strength like in the Soviet era. The navy was also continuously reduced, and aircraft carriers were retired and sold one after another. The Kirov class was also retired. Only the Slava class was retained due to its outstanding cost-effectiveness and became the main warship and even the flagship of the three major fleets of the Russian Navy.
The last Admiral Lobov had an even more unfortunate fate. Historically, the Black Sea Shipyard did not build this warship when the Soviet Union collapsed, so the warship was left to Ukraine and named Ukraine.
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Ukraine cannot afford to maintain such a super warship, so Ukraine wants to sell it.
Russia wanted to buy it, but it didn't want to spend money, and it didn't have any money. China wanted to buy it the most, and it also had money, but factors such as the international political environment made China miss out on this kind of warship.
If China could have purchased Ukraine at that time, the Chinese Navy would have definitely had a national treasure. (Every time I think of this, the hero of East China also feels it is a pity. However, although my country did not buy it, we still got the Rif-M air defense missiles mentioned above.)
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Now, with the rapid development of the Soviet economy, naval construction is also quite rapid. The Admiral Robov, which started construction two years ahead of schedule in 1982, has completed sea trials at the beginning of this year. Now, it has joined the Black Sea Fleet to carry out missions together.
These two Slava-class ships are smaller versions of the Kirov-class and are similar in terms of the weapons they carry.
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They all carried the P-500 "Basalt" missile! This is a killer weapon tailor-made by the Soviet Navy for the US Navy aircraft carrier, a heavy long-range supersonic anti-ship missile! NATO codenamed it SS-N-12 "Sandbox"!
These missiles are arranged on both sides of the bow, four rows each, two missiles in each row, a total of sixteen missiles! The entire Glory class, without looking at anything else, just looking at these anti-ship missiles, you can see the momentum of this warship! Mighty, spectacular!
After turning, the two Glory-class ships broke away from the formation and began to accelerate! At the maximum speed of 30 knots, the launch covers on both sides were all opened!
"Fire!" the captain shouted loudly on the Glory.
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The target data has been bound, and the satellite communication data link is good! At the same time, the early warning aircraft has also locked the target and transmitted the data synchronously. For the Glory class, there is only one task left, launch the missile!
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The missile shell made of titanium alloy emerged from the launch box, sparkling in the sun!
The pointed head appears first, followed by the body, and finally the engine!
After the first missile was launched, thick smoke enveloped the entire warship! The two external solid rocket boosters at the tail were ignited first to accelerate the missile! When the missile's speed exceeded Mach 1, the external solid rocket boosters would fall off, and the main cruise liquid rocket ramjet engine would ignite.
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P-500 missiles flew out from the launch tube at one-second intervals. The entire sea surface was covered in thick smoke from the launch. Just like rockets, they flew out one after another, carrying the murderous aura from hell and began the attack!
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Two Glory-class missile destroyers and 32 missiles were launched in just over ten seconds!
In the past, this type of missile needed to be relayed by a ship-borne Ka-27 helicopter. Of course, this is quite ridiculous in a real battlefield, because the target is an aircraft carrier formation! Can a Ka-27 helicopter fly to the sea hundreds of kilometers away from the warship to provide relay guidance? It will definitely be shot down by the carrier-based aircraft!
But now, it is no longer necessary. The scanning range of the early warning aircraft is large enough to help transmit target information over the fleet. At the same time, satellites in outer space are also firmly locking the position of the US aircraft carrier formation! Through the data link, these missiles are constantly obtaining data!
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These missiles are the saturation attack tactics that the Soviet Navy has always advocated!
As American fleets became increasingly aware of the threat posed by air defense systems, they invented the Aegis system, hoping to rely on vertically launched air defense missiles and phased array radars to complete the task of guarding their own airspace. At the same time, in order to break through the American air defense system, the Soviet Union continued to develop its own saturation attack tactics!
A saturation attack is an attack on the enemy's defense line with numerical superiority. Even if the enemy's defensive firepower can destroy part of the attacking force, when the number exceeds the upper limit of the defense energy, the remaining attacking force will break through the defense line and destroy the center of gravity of the defense.
In fact, this is what it means. If the missiles launched exceed the opponent's ability to cope with, they will be able to break through the opponent's air defense circle!
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The Aegis warship, the most advanced warship in the United States, boasts all day long that it is impossible for any missile to break through their defense line. What is the reality?
If in the future, there is indeed no missile that can break through their defense line, Aegis is unbreakable. However, in front of the Red Navy, Aegis is a joke!