novelones Chapter 480: Dumplings are dropped from the aircraft carrier. If you understand the king, you will u
Chapter 480: Dumplings are dropped from the aircraft carrier. If you understand the king, you will u
October 2009, 10, is a special day.
Wang Lei was invited to visit the launching ceremony of the third domestically produced aircraft carrier.
It has been eight years since the aircraft carrier No. 01 was launched in 001.
In these eight years, Longguo completed its own research on aircraft carriers and launched the first domestic aircraft carrier No. 002.
The first domestically produced aircraft carrier had a full load displacement of just over 6 tons.
But just two years later, the full load displacement of the No. 003 self-developed aircraft carrier reached 68000 tons.
At that time, the maximum displacement of the "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States had reached 100000 tons, so naturally it did not take the three small aircraft carriers of the Dragon State into consideration.
Several of their old ships are still showing off their power in the blue sea, and several small countries in the East Continent have their masters behind them, so naturally there is another round of barking.
But the meaning of the aircraft carrier launched today is different. Its maximum displacement suddenly reached more than 9 tons, which is infinitely close to the tonnage of the mainstream nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service in the United States!
What surprised the Beautiful Country the most was that at some point, the Dragon Country's aircraft carrier actually mastered the steam bombing technology.
You must know that the first three aircraft carriers of the Dragon Kingdom all used the slide-over take-off method.
The biggest disadvantage of ski-over take-off is that the runway distance for ski-jump take-off is relatively long, sometimes occupying more than half of the entire aircraft carrier.
This directly results in a very limited number of aircraft that can be carried.
Moreover, fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft with low thrust-to-weight ratio, such as early warning aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft, cannot take off by ski jump.
Unable to carry early warning aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft, this type of aircraft carrier fighter is greatly compromised. Internationally, it is even said that aircraft carriers that use slides to take off are not true combat aircraft carriers.
This greatly reduced the deterrent effect of Dragon Kingdom's three aircraft carriers.
But things are different now. No. 10, which has a displacement of almost 004 tons, can carry up to 70-80 carrier-based aircraft of various types!
Listening to the cheers around him, Wang Lei was excited but also a little worried.
An Dingguo on the side seemed to see the change in Wang Lei's expression. He smiled and asked:
"Mr. Wang, is there something wrong?"
"I have received news that the US military's satellites have been closely observing the movements of our No. 004. They seem to want to use the launch of No. 004 to force federal officials to approve their plan to build a Ford-class aircraft carrier!"
The Ford-class aircraft carrier plan is naturally a little heard of in the Anding Kingdom. As early as last year, the beautiful Chinese army conveniently submitted this plan.
Xiaobu has been busy raising war funds. The huge budget of the Ford class is prohibitive, which caused the plan to be shelved for a time.
When Ao Guanhai took office, he immediately cut military expenditures and R&D expenditures.
Naturally, the US military, which feels wronged, no longer mentions the construction of Ford-class aircraft carriers.
But now a huge potential competitor is in front of them, and these people are starting to make moves again.
They did the next best thing and reduced the Ford's construction budget to $130 billion in order to get Congress to pass their proposal.
Even if the budget and performance of the Ford are reduced, once completed, its displacement will reach 12000 tons, including integrated electric propulsion technology and electromagnetic catapult technology...
This giant aircraft carrier will become the backbone of a beautiful country that dominates the oceans.
Wang Lei definitely didn't want this to happen.
"Mr. Wang, you may not know that we are also developing a super aircraft carrier and the beautiful country's core technology, electromagnetic ejection technology!"
Electromagnetic ejection is a technology that even the United States has not completely mastered.
Even after the Ford ship was built, the ejection technology still had many flaws, such as a high failure rate and so on.
Wang Lei suddenly remembered a meme that circulated on the Internet in his previous life:
The beautiful country proposed the idea of electromagnetic gun, but gave up on it, but it was realized by Rabbit.
As if to ease Wang Lei's worries, An Dingguo said with a smile:
"Our electromagnetic ejection technology research direction is different from that of the beautiful country. We have been researching it as early as the last century. Don't worry, you will not be disappointed when the time comes."
Wang Lei nodded when he heard this.
It's true that he was a little too worried. Not only was he working hard, but the entire Dragon Kingdom was holding its breath and moving forward.
The entire country is changing with each passing day. High-rise buildings are rising from the ground, and black technologies are being conquered one by one. Without the beautiful country and Xizhou targeting them everywhere, the Dragon Kingdom is concentrating on development and bursting out with powerful explosive power.
The launch of aircraft carrier No. 004 more than ten years in advance is the best proof.
At the moment when the No. 004 aircraft carrier was launched, Meili Guobai House also received news from the military for the first time.
"Mr. President, can you still turn a blind eye?"
Facing the old general's accusation, Ao Guanhai said in an arrogant tone:
"We have more than a dozen 10-ton large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with combat capabilities. Do you think a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier with a displacement of 8 to 9 tons can threaten our hegemony in the blue sea?"
"General, do you think it's because I can't do arithmetic, or do you have other ideas?"