The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 533 Electronic reconnaissance ship? (asking for monthly ticket)

As for naval warships, no matter how good the relationship between China and the United States is, the United States will never sell advanced warships to China.

And even if the United States is willing to sell, China cannot afford it.

Because warships are notoriously expensive, the more advanced the warship, the more expensive it is.

The Perry-class frigate built by the United States is not as good as China's Type 054 frigate in performance. Its current construction cost is as high as 1.6 million US dollars. Even if the United States is willing to sell it, it will probably cost at least 2 million US dollars or even 3 million US dollars to sell it to China.

The cost of building the first Type 054 frigate is RMB 9000 million, and now other Type 054 frigates are also being purchased at RMB 9000 million.

At the current bank exchange rate, 3 million US dollars is equivalent to 10.3584 billion RMB, which is enough to build nearly 12 Type 054 frigates.

Moreover, if you build it yourself, not only will there be no secret doors left, the warship will be completely your own and can also create employment.

As for destroyers, like the Type 052 destroyer, the same type of destroyer in the United States probably costs more than 12 billion US dollars.

As for China's self-built Type 052 destroyer, with the completion of the construction of the first ship and the establishment of an industrial system, the cost has dropped to 10 billion yuan.

12 billion US dollars is 41.4336 billion, which is enough to build four Type 4 destroyers and have some left over.

Moreover, with the mass production of ships, the cost of the Type 052 destroyer still has room to fall.

"Can your Yangcheng Shipyard build an electronic reconnaissance ship?" The old man asked with anticipation in his eyes.

Liu Tao's heart moved.

It wasn't like this before.

With economic development as the center, the country will invest a lot of energy and resources into economic development, thereby improving the living standards of the people.

Under these conditions, the troops need to make sacrifices for the country because military expenditures cannot be high.

Liu Tao also thought of this year's "Three Links" negotiations and the previous visits of the US delegation to China and leaders to the US. Judging from the news, many results were achieved. It seems that some things happened that the outside world is not aware of.

"You can try it, it shouldn't be a big problem!" Liu Tao replied.

The main function of the electronic reconnaissance ship is to conduct reconnaissance and monitoring of electromagnetic and optoelectronic information, and provide intelligence support for the navy.

Simply put, it is a warship that collects information, a large mobile "radar", but its main task is to intercept information from the opponent's optoelectronic equipment.

In addition to obtaining intelligence, electronic reconnaissance ships are often also required to perform missile trajectory measurement and tracking tasks during tactical ballistic missile tests, assisting the test team in completing the testing of various new missiles.

Currently, the most advanced electronic reconnaissance ships in the world are mainly from the United States and the Soviet Union, followed by maritime powers such as Britain, France, and Japan.

The naval general next to him introduced to Liu Tao the development of China's electronic reconnaissance ships.

In the 20s and s, China pursued a national defense policy and the navy mainly operated in the near seas. At that time, there was no urgent need for reconnaissance ships, especially ocean-going reconnaissance ships.

Then in the 70s, with the increase in the scope of the Chinese Navy, in order to improve the intelligence reconnaissance support system to better support the Navy's execution of medium and near-sea combat missions, the Navy proposed a plan to build a new type of reconnaissance ship, and China began to develop ocean-going electronic reconnaissance ships.

The only electronic reconnaissance ship currently owned by China is the Type 813 electronic reconnaissance ship. The ship was started to be built in September 1980 by Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai, and the sea trial started in September 9. The ship was delivered in November, and the professional equipment test was carried out in March 1982, and it served in the South China Sea Fleet.

Although the performance of the Type 813 electronic reconnaissance ship is acceptable, its reconnaissance equipment is relatively simple. It is only equipped with a radio signal reconnaissance system and is not equipped with acoustic or optical systems. The Navy's attitude towards this Type 813 electronic reconnaissance ship is that something is better than nothing.

Liu Tao nodded slightly.

The reason why there are very few countries capable of building electronic reconnaissance ships is because it requires high standards for both electronic equipment research and development and ship construction.

A grand ceremony was held, marking the official commissioning of the first Type 039 conventional submarine.

It also represents a new chapter for the Chinese Navy’s submarine force. As for the second and third Type 039 conventional submarines, construction has already begun after the first Type 039 conventional submarine was launched.

Today, naval ships are constantly being built, and in the final analysis, it is the large amount of taxes paid by Panshan Group every year that makes tax withholding possible, and there is still a lot of tax left.

In addition, the Chinese Navy is now facing tremendous pressure, forcing the authorities to increase the construction of the navy.

After all, China's economy is developing very rapidly now, but it is mainly concentrated in the southwest and coastal areas. The development of coastal areas requires the navy to provide a strong security shield.

Liu Tao temporarily stayed in the Yangcheng Shipyard and began to develop an electronic reconnaissance ship.

Before we knew it, it was already November.

In November, the capital city has welcomed the first snow of winter, while the north has already ended autumn and entered winter.

However, the average daytime temperature in Guangzhou still reaches 25℃, and the night temperature is also around or degrees Celsius.

As evening approaches, the sunset dyes the sky red, and the beauty of the burning clouds is absolutely amazing.

At this time, the staff operated the lifting equipment and lifted a ship model into the sea.

This ship model is exactly the electronic reconnaissance ship model that Liu Tao has optimized and improved several times.

This time, another test after optimization and improvement is underway.

Even though this is a 1:25 scale ship model, its total length still reaches 3.34 meters, its width is 0.584 meters, and its displacement reaches 128 tons.

The model ship was lowered into the water by a crane and it did not sink.

Liu Tao began to ride the speedboat and conduct a series of tests on the ship model using remote control equipment.

The entire test was chosen at this time because it would soon be night time, and testing at night would be less likely to be discovered, which would help maintain confidentiality.

When the test was finished, the sun was already rising.

The sea water crashed against the shore, white foam splashed, and a red sun slowly rose in the sea, red, huge and round. In an instant, the darkness was dispelled and the whole earth lit up.

The white clouds were dyed red by the rising sun, and the whole world came alive in an instant, which also heralded the beginning of a new day.

Liu Tao was in a good mood and jumped onto the model boat.

"System, upgrade electronic equipment!" Liu Tao said silently in his heart.

Brush brush brush~~
Tiny rays of light flickered.

Apparently the upgrade has been completed.

"System, analysis!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

Immediately, Liu Tao saw that the virtual panel in the corner of his eye was forming design drawings at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Each of these design drawings is a very standard design drawing and is very detailed.

There are even process instructions and design instructions, including all the materials involved.

Liu Tao was in a very good mood and began to direct the staff to hoist up the ship model. This ship model was classified as top secret and would be sent to the Panshan Museum for collection.

After returning to my residence, I took a hot shower, dried my hair, lay down on the bed and fell asleep quickly.

(End of this chapter)