The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1110 Focus and the start of construction of the Type 003 aircraft carrier

Of course, the world situation is not only focused on Afghanistan and the Middle East, but also on the Korean Peninsula.

There are several famous powder kegs in the world, one is Israel and Palestine, one is the Balkans, and one is the Korean Peninsula.

The Korean Peninsula is also known as the 'Powder Keg of Northeast Asia'!
On July 1953, 7, the two sides signed an armistice agreement in Panmunjom!
That's an armistice, not a peace agreement!
Therefore, although the armistice agreement was signed, the hostility between the two sides was not lifted.

In October 1994, North Korea and the United States signed the US-DPRK Nuclear Framework Agreement, according to which North Korea agreed to freeze its existing nuclear program and the United States promised to build two 10-megawatt light water reactors for North Korea.

The signing of the agreement eased the tension on the Korean Peninsula that had once arisen over the nuclear issue.

In October, after US President's special envoy Kelly visited Pyongyang, the United States announced that North Korea had admitted that it was advancing its uranium enrichment development program. The North Korean nuclear issue once again became the focus of international attention. North Korea has never officially acknowledged the existence of its uranium enrichment development program.

On November 11, the United States decided to stop supplying heavy oil to North Korea, and the decision would be implemented from December. North Korea accused the United States of violating the Nuclear Framework Agreement and announced on December 14 that it would lift the freeze on its nuclear program after the signing of the 12 Nuclear Framework Agreement between the United States and North Korea, and immediately restart and build nuclear facilities needed for electricity production.

On December 2002, 12, North Korea announced that it would dismantle the monitoring equipment installed by the United Nations on one of its nuclear reactors, which aroused strong concern from the international community.

On December 12, North Korea removed the seals and surveillance cameras at the nuclear fuel rod manufacturing plant in the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center and tore off all nuclear seals. On the same day, the International Atomic Energy Agency claimed that North Korea admitted that it had begun to add fuel to a nuclear reactor in its territory. The United States insisted that this "terrible" reactor must be frozen to prevent it from being used to produce plutonium needed for nuclear weapons.

The origin of North Korea's nuclear technology is the Soviet Union, mainly through the atomic reactors provided by the Soviet Union and the North Korean nuclear physicists trained by the Soviet Union. In addition, North Korea once sent nuclear physicists to study in South Africa, and South Africa's nuclear technology came from Israel.

Since South Africa and Israel "voluntarily" gave up their nuclear weapons, India's light water reactors, heavy water reactors and reprocessing plants were bombed and destroyed in the Israeli-Palestinian war, and it also "voluntarily" gave up its nuclear weapons. Now, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are the only ones in the world that possess nuclear weapons, and they do so legally.

Possessing nuclear weapons has become a status symbol for the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

North Korea's actions at this time caused a huge uproar.

While the whole world was focusing on the North Korean nuclear issue, Yangcheng Shipyard was experiencing a milestone event.

Groundbreaking ceremony for Type 003 aircraft carrier!
After careful preparation, the domestically-produced Type 003 aircraft carrier held a grand and solemn groundbreaking ceremony, with senior leaders personally attending the ceremony.

In addition to the development and construction of civilian ships, Yangcheng Shipyard has always had an important mission, which is to build various types of advanced warships for the Chinese Navy.

Since the 20s, the development history of Yangcheng Shipyard is the development history of naval warships!
As the largest and strongest shipyard in the country, Yangcheng Shipyard has very strong shipbuilding capabilities and is also the first in the country in ship development.

After years of development, Yangcheng Shipyard has a very detailed division of labor and clear positions, and has a large number of workers with college and bachelor's degrees.

Yangcheng Shipyard has accumulated rich experience in aircraft carrier construction.

The crown jewels of all the shipbuilding industries in the world have been won by Yangcheng Shipyard.

As the chief designer of the Type 003 aircraft carrier, Liu Tao naturally participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Type 003 aircraft carrier. After a year of preparation, the Type 003 aircraft carrier is finally going to start construction.

And they specially chose the special day of December 12th, the Western Christmas.

As a Type 003 aircraft carrier designed and built completely independently, the Type 003 aircraft carrier is several times stronger than the Type 002B aircraft carrier.

The Type 002B aircraft carrier is a nuclear-powered medium-sized aircraft carrier, and its catapult uses steam catapults, but the Type 003 aircraft carrier is a nuclear-powered large aircraft carrier, with larger size, more carrier-based aircraft and a richer variety of aircraft.

Because of the breakthrough in laser weapons, the Type 003 aircraft carrier even added 9 laser cannons for air defense.

However, due to the limitations of its nuclear reactor, the Type 002B aircraft carrier can only be equipped with three additional laser cannons.

In addition, the number of air defense missiles of the Type 002B is only half of that of the Type 003 aircraft carrier.

Now, the modified Type 003 aircraft carrier has even stronger air defense capabilities, and is considered to be the aircraft carrier with the strongest air defense capabilities in the world.

Thanks to the development of China's shipbuilding industry, China's economy has developed rapidly in recent years, and the shipbuilding industry has made great contributions.

So far, China has become the world's largest shipbuilding country and the world's largest shipbuilding power, undertaking 70% of the world's civilian shipbuilding orders.

Now Yangcheng Shipyard can build all types of military ships, as well as LNG ships, 10,000-TEU container ships, jack-up drilling platform drilling ships, semi-submersible ships, platform supply ships, various special ships, submarines, etc.

At this time, everyone who came to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, including the leaders, had bright smiles on their faces.

The construction of aircraft carriers is to build a blue-water navy of a great power. Now, with the continuous expansion of China's overseas interests, it is necessary to have an aircraft carrier fleet that can reach waters around the world and protect overseas interests!
The 20th century was the Ocean Century, and the 21st century is also the Ocean Century!

Maritime transport remains the most important means of transportation in the world.

Sea transport lines require aircraft carrier fleets to escort and deter some villains!
Compared with Type 002 and Type 002B aircraft carriers, Type 003 aircraft carrier is undoubtedly a leap forward.

It is a leap from medium-sized aircraft carriers to large aircraft carriers, and also a leap from nuclear-powered medium-sized aircraft carriers to nuclear-powered large aircraft carriers.

It can be said that the Type 003 aircraft carrier is extremely important. If nothing unexpected happens, China will build 9 Type 003 aircraft carriers and form 12 aircraft carrier formations to safeguard its maritime rights and interests and China's overseas interests.

It is precisely because of the importance of the Type 003 aircraft carrier that so many leaders came. This not only reflects the importance of the Type 003 aircraft carrier, but also reflects the leadership's attention to the Type 003 aircraft carrier, and it is also witnessing history.

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