has previously mentioned that the USS Zumwalt, which is known as the world's most advanced stealth destroyer, has been assigned to the Seventh Fleet of the US military stationed in Japan. Japanese media said on the 29th that the ship has officially entered the Yokosuka base in Japan. Very rarely, the USS Littoral Combat Ship "Oakland" also arrived at the base.
The two new concepts of stealth warships specially built by the United States for activities in the western Pacific coastal area are stationed in Japan at the same time. Is this a coincidence or intentional?
The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt docked at Yokosuka Base
Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" said that the USS Zumwalt guided-missile destroyer, which is painted gray like a huge breakwater for laymen, has been moored at the USS Yokosuka Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan . The ship is the most advanced destroyer of the U.S. Navy with a high degree of stealth, and it entered the port on September 26, which is also its first berth in Japan. The
report mentioned that the USS Littoral Combat Ship "Oakland" was also berthed at the Yokosuka base. "It is quite rare to see the above two ships at the same time."
reported that the "Zumwalt" is about 185 meters long and has a displacement of 15,000 tons. It adopts the most advanced combat system of the US Navy; the "Oakland" will be commissioned in 2021. The length is about 130 meters and the displacement is 3200 tons.
Japan's Jiji News Agency said that the "Zumwalt", with San Diego on the west coast of the United States as its home port, berthed at Guam under the command of the US 7th Fleet in early September. It left Kishima on September 19, when the 7th Fleet said that "the ship will continue to support operations in a free and open Indo-Pacific".
The US "Stars and Stripes" said on the 29th that one of the US Navy's newest warships, the USS Zumwalt, docked at the home port of the US Seventh Fleet this week, marking the ship's first visit to Asia. Lieutenant Catherine Serrano, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy, said that after departing from Guam, the Zumwalt entered Yokosuka Base on the 26th for a "routine port call." The ship's arrival in Japan marked the longest distance it has traveled since setting off from its home port of San Diego, breaking a previous record set in Guam, the report said. She also said the Zumwalt "plays an integral role in maintaining our competitive advantage and securing our allies and partners in the region."
As the old driver introduced before, at the beginning of the design of the "Zumwalt" class destroyer and the Littoral Combat Ship, the US Navy, which considers itself "globally invincible", decided to promote the "sea to land" strategy and prepare to advance the combat range to the coastal areas of potential adversaries. This feature can also be seen from the firepower equipment of the "Zumwalt" - it is highly enhanced stealth in design, and is equipped with a powerful 155mm "advanced naval gun system", equipped with 80 units of vertical launch System is used to deploy anti-submarine and land attack missiles.
What the U.S. Navy did not expect is that the rapid development of the Chinese navy forced the U.S. Navy to regain control of the ocean, and the "Zumwalt" class destroyers and littoral combat ships designed for combat in the littoral area were lost. the original combat environment. To make matters worse, the guided artillery shell developed for the " advanced naval gun system " of the "Zumwalt" class is too expensive - the single shell price is as high as 800,000 US dollars, the US Navy finally announced the cancellation. The projectile procurement project.
That is to say, the two majestic main guns of the "Zumwalt" are actually just "empty shelves".
But this is likely to be temporary.
CNN (CNN) says the U.S. Navy has deployed its state-of-the-art surface vessel, the , to the Western Pacific in a mission that could pave the way for the U.S. to eventually deploy the hypersonic missile in the region.
reported that the ship will be upgraded starting next year, removing the "advanced naval gun system" to make room for the Pentagon's Common Hypersonic Missile (C-HGB). According to a U.S. congressional report in May 2022, "C-HGB can fly at Mach 5 or higher, making it more difficult to detect and intercept".
India's Eurasian Times also emphasized that the United States' deployment of the Zumwalt-class stealth guided missile destroyer "at China's doorstep may raise the stakes in the highly competitive Indo-Pacific region."
Although the media has been full of ridicules about the "Zumwalt" class destroyer in recent years, after 6 years of running-in, the main problems of the ship have been basically resolved. From this perspective, we still need to maintain a high degree of vigilance for the "Zumwalt" stationed in Japan this time.
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