The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1070: The Leap of Aircraft Carriers

Yangcheng Shipyard.

Liu Tao returned to the shipyard and convened a meeting.

Various technical experts and naval representatives all attended the meeting.

Naturally, this meeting was kept highly confidential, and everyone signed a confidentiality agreement.

Liu Tao introduced the relevant information about the Type 003 aircraft carrier.

The Type 003 aircraft carrier is 332.85 meters long, 40.84 meters wide, has a draft of 12.4 meters, a standard displacement of 10.16 tons, a full load displacement of 11.2 tons, a flight deck of 332.8 meters by 78 meters, a speed of 32 knots, a self-sustaining food storage capacity of 90 days, a crew of 4660 people, and 600 aviation personnel.

The Type 003 aircraft carrier uses a large number of new technologies and new designs. Unlike the Type 002B aircraft carrier, Liu Tao redesigned the island superstructure and flight deck layout this time, emphasizing stealth. The power plant is more efficient and has a stronger power generation capacity. The overall power system adopts a new power distribution structure, electromagnetic catapults, a new high-power integrated nuclear reactor belt power distribution system (all-electric propulsion warships), active phased array radars, J-11C and other carrier-based aircraft key ship-based high-tech and increased the redundancy design of the hull for future upgrades and modifications. The overall combat capability of the aircraft carrier has been greatly enhanced.

In terms of the ship structure, the front of the ship adopts a bulbous bow, which can reduce the sailing resistance, increase the buoyancy of the bow, and reduce the longitudinal shaking of the bow, thereby making the take-off of carrier-based aircraft smoother. There is an enclosed flight deck, which still adopts a combination of right-angle and bevel flight decks to increase the deck's usable area. At the same time, the lightweight mast is made of composite materials, which has the same strength as steel, but the weight is significantly reduced.

The island superstructure was improved to be closer to the stern, expanding the usable area of ​​the flight deck, and the power plant was moved back, the shaft system was shortened, and the hangar area was increased. In addition, full consideration was given to vision, turbulence, command, flight control, various radars and communication requirements.

Because of the emphasis on stealth, relevant materials are used in prominent parts to reduce the radar reflection area.

There are two electromagnetic catapults at the end of the aircraft carrier's right-angled and angled flight decks. Two elevators are located in the middle of the right chord of the ship, and one elevator is located on the port side near the stern.

The catapult uses an electromagnetic catapult to replace the steam catapult. The traditional steam catapult stores a large amount of high-pressure steam produced by the reactor in a cylinder. When in use, the steam is used to push the catapult shuttle that pulls the aircraft and launch the aircraft at a speed of 270 kilometers per hour. A lot of losses will be generated during steam transportation. The cylinders that store high-pressure steam or the pipelines that transmit steam also require a large space. The heavy pistons, pipelines, valves and other parts of the high-pressure catapult system also suffer amazing losses.

The electromagnetic catapult does not have this problem. Its principle is that the current-carrying wire is subjected to force in the magnetic field, and the induced electromagnetic repulsion generated by the huge instantaneous change of magnetic flux is used to launch the aircraft into the air.

The reason why electromagnetic catapult is so efficient is 10 times higher than steam catapult.

In terms of the power system, an integrated power system is adopted, that is, a digital power grid system that uses all electric energy, is fully computer-controlled, and fully information-based.

The entire Type 03 aircraft carrier is equipped with two high-power integrated nuclear reactors and a 13500-volt power transmission and distribution system with a power supply capacity of up to 20 kilowatts, which can fully supply the power needs of the entire aircraft carrier. The core of the entire nuclear reactor has a service life of 50 years, allowing the aircraft carrier to maintain normal power during its service life without returning to the dock to replace the core.

武器系统，除了舰载机采用歼16C战斗机作为舰载机外，将会搭载8架反潜机、5架空中预警机、6架直升机，而搭载的F16C战斗机高达75架。

In addition, the aircraft carrier will also carry a large number of unmanned combat aircraft and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

而航母本身的武器，只有4座‘神盾’防空导弹八连装发射装置，以及3座20毫米6管密集阵火炮以及若干挺12.7毫米重机枪。除此之外便是装有诱饵弹发射装置和鱼雷诱饵系统。

It can be said that compared with the Type 002B aircraft carrier, the Type 003 aircraft carrier is a huge leap forward.

不仅仅是吨位上的飞跃，更是采用的材料技术、核反应堆、弹射器技术等等方面的一个飞跃。计划2002年12月25日正式开工建设，2008年7月1日下水，2010年7月1日正式交付。

From now until the start of construction, we need to fully understand the technology, build some supporting factories, verify some technologies, and so on.

The Type 003 aircraft carrier is also chosen to be built at the Yangcheng Shipyard. At that time, a large dock will be specially vacated for the construction of the Type 003 aircraft carrier.

In order to maintain confidentiality, the Type 003 aircraft carrier will be built in an indoor dock, which also means that this large dock must have a factory building and be equipped with anti-reconnaissance capabilities.

Liu Tao personally served as the chief designer of the Type 003 aircraft carrier, and then appointed five deputy chief designers and heads of various disciplines.

After the meeting, Liu Tao took the newspaper and read the news.

As 2001 comes to an end, people in all fields around the world are summing up the year 2001.

For example, a summary of major international events in 2001.

If people were asked to make a single choice, there might be only one major international event in 2001, which was the September 9 attacks in the United States.

As for the Afghanistan war launched by the United States, it can only be ranked third.

It was on September 9 that the terrifying power of "unrestricted warfare" was fully demonstrated for the first time. The first use of "unrestricted warfare" was actually on the American mainland, and then it achieved remarkable results that attracted worldwide attention, causing huge casualties on the American mainland, with direct economic losses alone exceeding three trillion US dollars.

This made many countries and forces pay attention to "unrestricted warfare" and "asymmetric warfare" for the first time, and they also studied how to deal with "unrestricted warfare" and "asymmetric warfare". Counter-terrorism operations became the research object of major military powers.

The second major international event was the global financial black swan event triggered by the September 9 incident. More than 11 trillion US dollars of global wealth evaporated from the stock market, and the US stock market is still falling.

The third major international event was the US war on Afghanistan. The coalition forces led by the US military entered Afghanistan and demonstrated high-tech warfare in this land.

Ranked fourth is the deterioration of the situation between Palestine and Israel. Hardliners on both sides have come to power and are hostile to each other. War is imminent. If all parties had not restrained both sides, the sixth Middle East war would probably have broken out.

In fifth place, Saddam made a tough statement, scolded the Americans, and together with Libya's Gaddafi, denounced the Americans for favoring the Jews, which further deteriorated the relations between Iraq, Libya and the United States.

Ranked sixth is the failure to normalize relations between Persia and the United States. After September 9, in order to punish the Taliban and the "jihadist organization", the US government considered further easing relations with Persia. However, as soon as the two sides started negotiating, strong public pressure broke out in the United States. The Persian side also asked for a high price. The normalization of relations between the two sides was once again declared terminated, and Persia also declared that it would retaliate against the Americans. Many people speculated whether Persia would help Afghanistan and cause trouble for the Americans.

Ranked seventh is the South Asian War. This war involved millions of troops and lasted for three months. According to public information released by all parties, both camps lost nearly 100,000 people, further affecting the situation in South Asia.

(End of this chapter)