Chinese destroyer with ‘kill web’ of drones survives attack by EIGHT-strong US Navy fleet in chilling WW3 war games

A CHINESE destroyer with a "kill web" of drones has survived an onslaught by a immense US Navy fleet, according to a World War Three game.

Chinese researchers person created a simulation to amusement however a operation of drones and unmanned boats could decision 8 US warships successful 1 casual sweep.

The simulation, acceptable successful the occidental Pacific conscionable a fewer 100 kilometres eastbound of Taiwan, depicts a Type 055 destroyer spell up against a US naval fleet.

China's Type 055 is known to beryllium 1 of the largest warships successful the world, but successful the simulation the US fleet was bolstered by 8 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

But the Chinese destroyer had back-up, with unmanned drone mothership vessels.

These were equipped with a whopping 32 drones and 14 unmanned boats - each acceptable to destruct the US Navy fleet.

In the simulation, the American ships launched 32 Tomahawk and LRASM stealth anto-ship missiles towards China's Type 055.

But the Chinese vessels were capable to observe incoming threats and motorboat countermeasures to terrifyingly intercept them, according to reports.

Following assorted missile-on-missile interceptions, the Chinese destroyer and its accompanied drone mothership vessels escaped the terrifying confrontation wholly unscathed.

And connected apical of that, the ships had capable rocket to spare the withstand of different attack, according to the South China Morning Post.

The game, by The China Ship Development and Design Centre (CSDDC) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was designed to amusement China's chilling ambitions during conflict.

The purpose of the crippled appears to beryllium to trial what China's People's Liberation Army navy dub a low-cost "kill web".

This would let the PLA to "quickly and precisely onslaught targets, thereby establishing an asymmetrical combat vantage implicit the enemy."

China person ambitions to change the quality of maritime struggle by processing and sing unmanned weapons connected a ample scale.

The crippled besides suggested that an speech would apt beryllium overmuch cheaper for China, with the outgo of expended missiles costing the US betwixt an eye-watering $1 cardinal and $3 million.

Meanwhile China's missiles are importantly little successful outgo - priced betwixt $400,000 to $1,000,000.

Despite the games effectual quality to fear-monger, it has galore issues.

The American ships utilized for the games - the Arleigh Burke-class, is an aged warship that archetypal launched successful the 1980s.

And each of the guided rocket destroyers are equipped with implicit 90 missiles and specialises successful anti-aircraft, anti-ship, and tactical onshore strikes.

But the Navy is processing a replacement for the fleet dubbed the DDG(X).

These are acceptable to deploy arsenic precocious arsenic 2032, but details connected the ship's capabilities stay top-secret.

The Type 055 destroyer is simply a batch newer, aft being launched successful 2014, and is thought to beryllium the biggest of its people successful the satellite - arsenic good arsenic 1 of the astir advanced.

It seemingly has stealth capability, designed for multi-missing duties arsenic a guided rocket destroyer.

And portion Arleigh Burke destroyers are susceptible of operating individually, they would apt run arsenic portion of a larger radical dubbed a Carrier Strike Group.

This would truthful summation the benignant and standard of effect to specified an attack, astir apt to besides see drones, submarines and aircraft.

The crippled appears to beryllium a absorption to the US's projected "Replicator" programme which could spot the accumulation of ample amounts of inexpensive and efficaciously disposable drones for akin scenarios.

The Pacific Theatre would beryllium the main focal constituent - arsenic fears loom that China whitethorn determine to marque a determination against Taiwan, which would necessitate urgent defence.

In a chilling New Year's address, President Xi Jinping issued a brutal informing to Taiwan arsenic the federation continues its warfare games against the self-ruled province.

He warned that nary 1 tin stop China's "reunification" with Taiwan.

Bringing the self-goverened state backmost successful enactment with mainland China has been a extremity of Xi's for a agelong clip and caller subject enactment has shown that China is acceptable to instrumentality it backmost by force.

China has antecedently called the independency of Taiwan a futile effort and that annexation by Beijin is simply a "historical inevitability."

Tensions successful the portion has been precocious espeically aft the predetermination of the island's latest president William Lai Ching-te successful May who has been labelled a "separatist" by Beijing.

Xi Jinping's subject has increased its miiltary activity in the country implicit the past fewer years arsenic a amusement of force.

This included encircling Taiwan's skies and waters in October - holding associated drills with its warships and combatant jets connected a near-daily ground adjacent the island.

Taiwan fears a "surprise attack" from China is inevitable and has been preparing for warfare for years with Xi having vowed for years to instrumentality backmost the land by unit "if necessary."

RISING TENSIONS

China and the US are presently besides locked successful a feud implicit President Donald Trump's superior tariffs.

The US imposed a 10 per cent tariff connected each goods for China - leaving them retaliating with with brutal revenge sanctions of their own.

China said it volition beryllium imposing the tariffs connected American crude oil, cultivation machinery, large-displacement cars and pickup trucks.

There volition besides beryllium 15 per cent tariffs connected ember and liquefied earthy state - arsenic good arsenic an probe into Google.

China added that it is imposing export controls connected uncommon world metals similar tungsten, tellurium, ruthenium, molybdenum and ruthenium-related items - each which are cardinal for the modulation to cleanable energy.

But determination could beryllium country for talks arsenic the tariffs imposed by China won't travel into effect until Monday 10 February.