China: Analyzing Japan’s Aegis Combat Power: China 055 Destroyer
Chinese media
Sina: Sina Weibo
“Article analyzing the combat power of Japan’s Aegis ships” was posted.
Combat power of Japan’s Aegis ships:
The Maritime Self-Defense Force’s state-of-the-art Aegis ship “Haguro” was commissioned on March 19, 2021.
Eight Japan’s Aegis ships have been set up.
“Haguro” is the second Maya-class destroyer.
Japan’s Maya-class destroyer:
The article first admitted that “Maya-class destroyers are certainly advanced.”
What is a Japan’s Aegis ship?
However, “all are imitations of the US Arleigh Burke class,” he said.
Kongo type
Four Kongo-class destroyers were built to imitate the Arleigh Burke-class Flight 1.
Atago type
Two Atago-class destroyers were built to imitate the Arleigh Burke-class Flight 2.
Maya type
The two Maya-class destroyers are imitations of the Arleigh Burke-class Flight 2A.
Compared to the USS Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the Maya type was “just a degraded version of Flight 2A.”
Chinese Type 055 Destroyer:
The United States built the Arleigh Burke-class Flight 3.
However,
The Flight 3 destroyer is inferior to the Chinese 055 destroyer.
“It’s clear that the United States isn’t as good as the Chinese Aegis 055 guided-missile destroyer,” It said.
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