Dahua-Class - 891 Bi Sheng - Ship-to-Ship Missile System
China has always attached great importance to the development of ship-to-ship missiles, especially after the 1980s, China's ship-to-ship missiles began to enter a period of rapid development. In addition to using new technologies to improve the old-fashioned "Upstream" series and "Seahawk" series of ship-to-ship missiles, more energy is focused on the development of the second-generation ship-to-ship missiles. With the successful development of the Eagle 8 in the mid-1980s, the development of China's ship-to-ship missiles has begun to break away from the stage of imitating the Soviet missiles and towards a completely independent development. More importantly, the successful development of the "Eagle Strike" guided the changes in the design ideas and styles of a variety of surface ships in China.
Objectively speaking, the Eagle Strike 8 ship-to-ship missile only narrows the technological gap with foreign advanced ship-to-ship missiles. Compared with the new type of ship-to-ship missiles such as "Flying Fish" and "Harpoon" generally equipped abroad, certain performance aspects are There are still major shortcomings. Therefore, shortly after the successful development of the "Eagle Strike" 8, China began the development of an improved model, the later Ying Strike -81, but compared to the various improved models of the "Flying Fish" and "Harpoon" in the mid and late 1980s , Still at a certain disadvantage.
After the 1980s, with the continuous enhancement of China's national defense research capabilities and the increasing demand of the Chinese Navy for new anti-ship missiles, a new generation of ship-to-ship missiles began to be developed. The design goal of this type of missile is to meet or exceed the mid-term improvement models of "Flying Fish" and "Harpoon" in overall technical performance. In the overall layout, this type of missile is still improved on the basis of the Eagle-81, in order to further tap its performance potential, reduce development risks, and speed up the development progress. This type of missile was later called the Eagle Strike-83. It followed the basic structure of the Eagle Strike-81, but the body was further lengthened and the projectile weight increased. The warhead also adopted a new semi-armor-piercing warhead, which improved the strike power.
After the completion of the land launch test of the Eagle-83, the final marine launch test was carried out on the newly-commissioned Bisheng ship. The multiple simulated and live ammunition launched accurately hit the target. The missile's sea adaptability and compatibility The compatibility with radars and combat systems has also been tested, which fully meets the combat requirements, showing that the performance of the Eagle-83 has exceeded the "Flying Fish" and "Harpoon" mid-term improved models in this respect. The original design was developed. The goal has been achieved.
Foreign military commentary organizations reported in the late 1990s that China was implementing a new ship-to-ship missile program, the Eagle-62, a long-range heavy ship-to-ship missile. In recent years, China has also begun to try to use ship-to-ship missiles to attack the ground, such as using the older "Upstream" series or "Seahawk" series of ship-to-ship missiles to attack enemy ground targets landing on the beach, and achieved good results. effect. Therefore, if this new type of ship-to-ship missile can be used as a cruise missile (or based on it to develop a dedicated cruise missile) to attack high-value targets on the ground, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance the Chinese Navy’s long-range ground-to-ground strike capability, which is of great significance. major. The Eagle-62 is currently equipped on the Type 052C air defense destroyer, and the round launch tube is an important mark that distinguishes it from other Eagle-strike series missiles.
