The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Others left Yangcheng Shipyard.

Liu Tao stayed at the Yangcheng Shipyard and came to a dock.

The dock is building a Type 055B destroyer.

The Type 055 destroyer is a 055-ton destroyer. There are three models, namely the Type 055A destroyer, the Type 055B destroyer, and the Type C destroyer.

The Type 055A has an enhanced command and combat system and serves as the flagship of the fleet.

Type 055B is a standard model of the Type 055 destroyer, which has strong air defense, anti-ship, anti-missile, anti-submarine and ground attack capabilities, and is equipped with long-range ground attack cruise missiles.

The Type 055C destroyer is equipped with four laser cannons, which enhances its air defense and anti-missile capabilities.

The Type 055 destroyer is currently the most advanced destroyer in the world. It is also China's new generation of destroyers. It will shoulder the heavy burden of air defense and anti-missile for China's blue sea navy and serve as the sword-wielding guard of the aircraft carrier fleet.

The Type 055B destroyer currently under construction will be equipped on the Type 002B aircraft carrier. At that time, it will be equipped with several Type 055 destroyers and frigates to form an aircraft carrier formation centered on the Type 002B aircraft carrier.

In the next twenty years, new frigates, new destroyers and aircraft carriers will be launched and put into service like dumplings.

China needs to safeguard its maritime rights and interests. China has vast sea areas and needs to safeguard its territorial interests. It must at least build 12 aircraft carrier fleets.

每一支航母编队，标准配置是1艘航母、5艘导弹驱逐舰、3艘护卫舰、1艘补给舰、2艘核潜艇，也就是简称为‘五驱三护二核一补’。

When necessary, the aircraft carrier formation can also add two destroyers to form "seven destroyers, three guards, two cores and one supplement". The "seven destroyers" here refer to seven Type 055 destroyers or seven Type 052 destroyers, or different combinations of four Type 4 destroyers and three Type 055 destroyers.

Such an aircraft carrier formation will have strong air defense capabilities, strong anti-missile capabilities, strong anti-submarine capabilities, and strong anti-ship capabilities, as well as strong ground attack capabilities and strong air control capabilities.

当然这也意味着，差不多建造一艘航母的同时，要建造4艘055型驱逐舰、3艘054型护卫舰、2艘093型攻击核潜艇和1艘大型综合补给舰。

After spending an afternoon at the Type 055B destroyer construction dock and having dinner with the workers, Liu Tao went to another dock in the evening, where the Type 054 frigate was produced. However, this frigate is now called the Type 054B frigate.

This is a new type of frigate that was finalized by the technical team after more than ten years of continuous improvements based on the Type 054 frigate.

It is called the Type 054 frigate, but in fact it is a new type of frigate. It was just that after discussion on the naming, the name was changed to Type 054B.

One very obvious change of the Type 054B frigate compared to the Type 054 frigate is that it is much larger, which is visible to the naked eye.

054型护卫舰标准排水量2750吨，满载排水量3640吨。而054B型护卫舰标准排水量便达到了5000吨，满载排水量达到6000吨，排水量都快翻倍了！

The 054B frigate is equipped with a new active electronically scanned array radar, namely the S+X band "double-sided rotating shield", which is used to detect and lock distant sea and air targets. Many more advanced ship electrical systems developed in recent years, including the island control tower, have also been transplanted to the 054B frigate, including high-power microwaves, and ship-borne drones are also considered.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a product of the Guizhou Aircraft Industry Group, which has invested a lot of money and technical resources in the development. This has also influenced the warship design team to consider ship-borne UAVs in advance.

At the same time, the Type 054B frigate is equipped with a 32-unit vertical launch system. The medium-range air defense missiles in each unit can be arranged in a "1 pit, 4 missiles" configuration, which increases the missile carrying capacity and strengthens the air defense and anti-missile capabilities of the Type 054B.

054B型护卫舰拥有更强的反舰、防空、反潜等作战能力。C炮位设置1座1130型11管30mm近防炮系统，与机库上方设置的1座24联装‘神盾-0’近程防空导弹，将构成严密的近距对空防御体系。

In addition, the Type 054B frigate uses a diesel-electric combined power drive and medium-voltage DC electric propulsion technology, which allows the maximum speed to reach 30 knots while effectively reducing the noise emitted by the ship during navigation. In addition, it can carry a "Ray Sculptor" helicopter, which is conducive to its submarine search/attack operations in the deep ocean and ensure the safety of the core ship aircraft carrier.

The increase in tonnage naturally also brings about an increase in sea-sustaining capability and improved living conditions for crew members.

For example, the improvement of the sonar system, the improvement of the communication system, etc.

It can be said that the Type 054B frigate is a completely new type of frigate.

The Type 054B frigate currently under construction is the second one. There are three more frigates under construction at the same time. The other three are being built at the Beibu Gulf Shipyard, Mawei Shipyard and Dalian Shipyard respectively.

By the time Liu Tao finished visiting the Type 054B frigate, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening.

Liu Tao did not stay at the Yangcheng Shipyard at night. Instead, he took his own helicopter back to Kunming.

The climate in Kunming in July is quite pleasant. The heat is unbearable in other places, but not in Kunming. Being located in the plateau, the weather in Kunming is still quite good.

In the summer, many people come to Yunnan Province for tourism. They can get there by taking the high-speed rail without having to take a plane.

When Liu Tao arrived in Kun City, it was drizzling.

The helicopter landed steadily on the helipad.

When he got home, both children were already asleep and Zhu Lin was watching TV.

Seeing Liu Tao coming back, Zhu Lin went to cook a midnight snack.

It didn't take long for Zhu Lin to cook the noodles.

At this time, Liu Tao finished taking a shower and changed into clean pajamas.

"There is a lot of heated discussion about the Type 002B aircraft carrier on the Internet right now, which is very exciting. The 002 o'clock news in the evening has a three-minute report on it." Zhu Lin sat on the sofa and talked about today's Type B aircraft carrier launching ceremony.

The hottest news in China today is the launching ceremony of the Type 002B aircraft carrier. It is undoubtedly the headline of the news. Television keeps reporting on this news, and newspapers and other paper media also put this news on the front page. On the Internet, whether it is a portal website or a community website, it is all the hottest news.

Not only in China, but also in the world, the hottest news today is the launching ceremony of the Type 002B aircraft carrier.

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and electromagnetic catapults, these two are the selling points.

Who would have thought that China's Type 002 aircraft carrier has only been in service for a few years, and it is hard to say whether it has formed combat effectiveness. The sister ship of the Type 002 aircraft carrier, which has been reported from time to time, is expected to be exactly the same as the Type 002 aircraft carrier. But who could have guessed that the Type 002B aircraft carrier is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and is equipped with an electromagnetic catapult?
Even the most daring experts would not dare to make such a guess.

But that's what China does! (End of this chapter)