The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 950 Type 093 Nuclear Submarine Launched
This is the Yangcheng Shipyard!
If it were other shipyards, they would have to rely on the state for funding. For an aircraft carrier, a long period of preliminary work would have to be done. The state would have to allocate a part of the money first, and then conduct preliminary demonstration of the aircraft carrier project, and then the technical plan of the aircraft carrier project would be demonstrated, comprehensively demonstrating the feasibility, necessity and overall development plan of the aircraft carrier project from a technical perspective.

This period of time can be as short as five or six years or as long as more than ten years.

Then a lot of technologies are involved, and technical breakthroughs are needed, which may take several years.

Then the aircraft carrier project will be officially launched, and it will probably take several more years for the construction to actually start.

Yangcheng Shipyard is different. It has its own funds and is backed by Panshan Group, which has strong financial resources. It does not need the Development and Reform Commission and other departments, let alone fiscal funds or military expenditures.

The procedures for developing and building an aircraft carrier with one's own funds are much simpler.

As long as it is built and the navy is satisfied and willing to pay for it, the money and the goods can be delivered at that time.

If the navy is not satisfied, Panshan Group will not lose money by seeking export solutions from overseas countries.

In order to show his importance to the Type 002 aircraft carrier, Liu Tao personally served as the chief designer.

At the end of July, the Type 7 nuclear submarine held a launching ceremony.

As a new type of submarine, it took seven years from the start of construction to the launching of the first Type 093 nuclear submarine.

Of course, launching does not mean it will be put into service. There is still a long time before it can be put into service.

Next, it will undergo two years of outfitting and testing before being officially delivered to the Navy in the millennium.

As for delivering it to the navy and then truly forming combat effectiveness, it will also take some time.

The vacant dock was not used to build other docks, but to continue building the second Type 093 nuclear submarine.

As the situation changes, the external conditions faced by China are becoming more and more complicated, requiring more trump cards and killer weapons.

For example, the Type 093 and Type 094 nuclear submarines are no longer like before, where only one is needed as a deterrent.

In the next ten years, China plans to have 10 Type 093 nuclear submarines and 7 Type 094 nuclear submarines, so as to ensure the strong combat effectiveness of the underwater submarine force. It is to ensure that China's underwater submarine force can launch nuclear weapons under extreme conditions in any place in the four oceans, ensuring the secondary nuclear strike capability.

As for the Type 039 conventional submarines, in the next ten years or so, China's underwater submarine force will have 45 Type 039 conventional submarines, ensuring strong conventional underwater combat capabilities in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and maintaining the safety of shipping routes.

The launching ceremony of the Type 093 nuclear submarine was kept highly confidential. As for when it will be made public, it depends on the relevant departments.

Pentagon.

A high-level meeting is being held in the conference room.

There are pictures of the "Test" aircraft carrier, the Type 001 light aircraft carrier, the "Sea Eagle" carrier-based aircraft takeoff and landing, and the "Ray Sculptor" helicopter takeoff and landing. Some are space photos, some are taken from the air, and some are taken by ships.

There are even photos taken at the port.

The Americans have one of the most powerful intelligence organizations in the world, and it is impossible to keep a complete secret from the United States on something as major as an aircraft carrier.

"According to multiple intelligence sources, this is a test aircraft carrier converted from a merchant ship, used for simulated aircraft carrier testing, including carrier-based aircraft testing." The intelligence chief introduced the 'Test' aircraft carrier, and then pointed his baton at the Type 001 light aircraft carrier, "This one is a real aircraft carrier. According to our multiple intelligence sources, it is similar to the British Invincible-class light aircraft carrier, with a displacement of about 20000 tons, and is a light aircraft carrier."

"Combined with the intelligence from Thailand, this light aircraft carrier should be the one Thailand ordered from China." George said solemnly: "According to the expert's argument, we can conclude that the carrier-based aircraft on this aircraft carrier are short-range/vertical take-off and landing fighters like the British Harrier carrier-based aircraft. The specific performance of this carrier-based aircraft has not yet been confirmed."

"The Chinese have already formed an aircraft carrier fleet and are training. The Chinese navy has improved rapidly in recent years. Based on the data we have, the Chinese navy has surpassed the British and is ranked third in the world." George said, "The Chinese navy now has very new warships, which were basically commissioned after 1983. They are very advanced and have performed well in the war."

"I've said before that we shouldn't export F14, F15, F16 and Black Hawk helicopters. Now, they have already developed them after only a few years!" A general said dissatisfiedly, "This has caused us a lot of trouble and caused us a lot of losses. They are competing with our companies for orders. Now they have even built aircraft carriers. What else can't they build?"

"Robert, you can't say that. If we don't export, they can import from the polar bears, and our losses will be even greater!" said another general. "As for this aircraft carrier, it is only a light aircraft carrier. Our Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, Enterprise-class aircraft carriers, and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are all large aircraft carriers. We don't need to be too nervous!"

With the retirement of all Forrestal-class aircraft carriers, the US Navy now has 4 Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, 1 Enterprise-class aircraft carrier, and 7 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, for a total of 12 large aircraft carriers.

Except for four Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers which are conventionally powered, the other eight are all nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

In terms of navy, the US Navy is the undisputed number one.

Even at the height of the Soviet Union's power and when its navy was at its strongest, its naval strength was still inferior to that of the U.S. Navy.

The United States has very strong confidence in its navy.

"Then we should also be vigilant. We have to let the gentlemen in Congress know that they must increase our military spending and the construction of the three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers that were canceled must continue!" said a naval general with dissatisfaction.

Because of military budget cuts, the three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers originally planned to be built were all cancelled.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is actually the most advanced aircraft carrier. It is a large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the current construction cost of one carrier is US$45 billion.

This is because the United States has already built seven Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, sharing the research and development costs and construction costs.

The United States is cutting military spending, with the Air Force and Navy being the hardest hit, with large amounts of funding being cut.

For example, the U.S. Navy saved $135 billion by canceling the construction plan of three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. It was originally planned to build 29 Seawolf-class nuclear submarines, and it was estimated that the total cost was $336 billion, an average of $11.58 billion per ship. However, with the depreciation of the US dollar and changes in the situation, only two Seawolf-class nuclear submarines under construction were approved to continue construction, and the construction of the other 27 Seawolf-class nuclear submarines was canceled. The construction cost of each of the two Seawolf-class nuclear submarines was as high as $24 billion, and the cancellation of 27 Seawolf-class submarines reduced the cost by $648 billion.

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