10% retired Chinese Navy ships as target ships weapons to dismantle | target ship | decommissioned warships _ news

According to the Chinese Navy network reported on July 16, the East Sea fleet type 037 submarines "msc" retire at a naval port in Zhoushan. This service for 33 years of naval vessels in the future will serve as a target ship for the Navy to fire training.

The target ship, was being treated as "target" ship, is indispensable for Navy training. Shooting at sea is an important method for testing naval combat level one of the target ship in addition acts as the roles of attack in the exercise training, typically also tested anti-ship weapon performance.

Target ship for decommissioning vessels

Unique to target more than modern Navy ships. In the movie in the Sino-Japanese war, the Qing government inspected when the Beiyang Navy, Deng shichang commanding warships hit the target ship's plot.

States Navy, acting as target ship for retired warships.

Yesterday, the naval military academic research fellow Zhang of Beijing news reporters, target ship can increase the exercise authenticity. In the Rimpac exercises, American troops as artillery attack target ship decommissioned warships, which countries of decommissioned warships of the Navy often practices. But for now, decommissioned warships as a target ship in China there is not much about decommissioned ships account for one-tenth.

In 2012 in Rimpac exercises, ex-USNs "Concord" and "Nicaragua", "Kilauea" was sunk as a target ship. On July 10, 2014 in Rimpac exercises, Norway Navy ", fulideqiaofu·Nansen" to the US Army retired Austin class LPD "Ogden," launching a NSM missile hit the target.

By the participating navies "beaten" the retired warship sunk by American troops acting as target ship, in every Rimpac military exercises is the most entertaining of the day.

Even the retired aircraft carrier would sometimes become the target ship. American troops "Saratoga," aircraft carrier in 1946 was used as a target ship, when the Bikini Atoll test the destructive power of atomic bombs on warships sunk. The other two carriers "independence" and "revenge" was also used as a target ship to test nuclear weapons.

Chinese Navy target ship combat

In China, the Navy ship converted into a target ship for training reports I have seen.

Last year, Xinhua reported, according to ex-021-type missile boat, China modified the target ship, good mobility, and can use all kinds of interference means sweeping away's Navy "shoot target" not enjoyable method of training, improving the training of actual combat.

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Earlier the target ship is basically "fixed target"

Yesterday, the Navy expert Li Jie of Beijing news reporters, after a ship becomes a target ship, and repeated use in the army, cannot be used until the target ship thoroughly before sinking it.

Zhang said that Chinese target ship decommissioned warships do not much is cost considerations. After becoming a target ship, once the sink is not spending money to salvage and target ship usually need for maintenance costs, from an economic point of view, the target ship is not cheap.

Initially, the Navy used the target ship is the basic "fixed target", it moves only by external factors such as wind, water, and cannot truly simulate moving object speed, heading, etc, is not easy to accurately test weapon performance and combat power of troops.

Li said, in sea training is also useful in vessels towing the target ship, towed target can issue related to ships radar and communications signals, can also be simulated naval radar and sonar signal.

But in this case, target vessels with draught activities, mobility was poor. And because the tug and target ship closer, firing there is a great risk.

Transforming smart target-vessel required the installation of new equipment

Today, the increasing demand for the target ship. Surface targets in addition to aiming, and when enemy ships. A target ship not only the sensor signals can simulate various types of ships, but also possess the necessary defense capabilities, and remote-controlled target ship came into being.

As the Chinese Navy's new intelligent target ship will not only speed, but also release induced by electromagnetic interference, avoid radar search, incoming missile off course.

According to Navy experts, present new type of remote-controlled target ship looks very chic, distance, mast hanging like multiple loudspeakers, is actually more massive corner reflectors. Remote-controlled target ship to change angle reflectors and reflector size and quantity, can simulate various types of ship radar area, turning into enemy ships on radar "double".

In operation, the target ship remote control from up to hundreds of miles. Shooting at sea, as long as the ship to their intended target area, automatic remote control device to the control state, staff will be able to evacuate the target ship.

How to modify a target ship?

Zhang said a warship into the target ship, some electronic devices removed before naval weapons and equipment must be removed, the rudder and other facilities have no reuse value. Split end, the ship is basically just an empty shell.

But intelligent target vessels also need to install the new equipment. Converted to a retired ship unmanned intelligent target ship, ships need to be considered in a State of unmanned launch dock, variable speed steering, and other issues.

Even to consider more practical projects. Last year, was converted into a target ship ex-021-type missile boat, saddled with digital operating system and installed a shortwave, FM and "compass" system, the modified maximum remote-control distance of over hundreds of miles, a top speed of more than 40, and large angle maneuvering, electronic steering, snake-like interference to avoid incoming missiles.

Decommissioned warships have any place?

Retired warships can only be sent to shipyards after dismantling is not required for high grade steel recycling, or to make the target ship.

Exploits, or warships named local government requests, and can be used for exhibition.

Also some warships retired into corporate ship, such as maritime surveillance, fishery administration ships, etc, this is the common Chinese Navy warships home. Early last year, the National Defense University Professor Li introduced last year, 11 of the Navy retired vessels converted Coast Guard vessels.

In addition, some ships decommissioned sell converted to Navy, the weaker countries and regions.

053H2 who have served for more than 30 years in the Chinese Navy frigates "Yellowstone" and "Wuhu", in March of this year into the Bangladesh Navy.

Beijing News reporter intern yan Xin Yu Yang Yuqi Huan Zhao

(Original title: 10% retired Chinese Navy ships when the target ship)

(Edit: SN091)
July 27, 2014, at 02:19 The Beijing News