The diving speed of the deep-sea submersible is about 1,500 meters per hour, and the submersible is operated at high power when it involves loading the water tank and filling the water during the dive, and the power consumption is far more than that of the submersible moving in parallel, so the manned submersible can work at least 10% more time than the sea level dive.

Not to mention the ROV with the tail dragging, the shortening of the cable length and the reduction of cable tension alone is a huge benefit.

It took two months for the seven seabed to lock the technical route, and the expected drawing design was completed, and all that remained was to find the five permanent nuclear submarines to be decommissioned.

Since it was a project under the guise of mixing both truth and falsehood, Liang Yuan did not hide it at all, and directly submitted the report on the purchase of decommissioned nuclear submarines for the development and exploration of deep-sea resources to the Soviet Foreign Economic Liaison Department.

In the report, the submarine seven put forward several requirements for the Soviet decommissioned nuclear submarines, the larger the displacement of the submarine, the better, the deeper the displacement is similar, the better, and the Soviet is responsible for dismantling all weapons and equipment on the decommissioned submarine.

The quotation of Haihai 7 adopts the method of US dollars per light ton that is customary in the international ship recycling industry, but because it is a change of use rather than scrapping and dismantling, the first time Haihai 7 gave a test price code much higher than the current international shipbreaking industry's average quotation of 160 US dollars per light ton, and directly issued a quotation of 1600 US dollars per light ton, which is 10 times the price of dismantling and scrapping.

For strategic missile nuclear submarines, what is valuable is the strategic missiles carried on board the boats, as well as the related equipment such as attack, navigation, and search.

Taking the Ohio strategic missile nuclear submarine with a purchase price of $1.5 billion as an example, the price of the 24 Trident submarine-launched strategic missiles carried by the submarine is as high as $720 million, and the hull itself can account for about 15 percent of the total project budget.

If you take the Ohio class as a reference, the cost of the new hull is more than 200 million US dollars, and the retired Ohio nuclear submarine can be sold for about 30 million US dollars according to the price code issued by the bottom seven.

At present, the Soviet Union's decommissioned strategic missile nuclear submarines are about 10,000 tons, and each of them will certainly be sold for tens of millions of dollars after removing the weapons at the price set by the seven seabeds.

Of course, in addition to the return of the Soviet Submarine Seven to the General Directorate of Naval Equipment in France, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry of the Republic has issued a purchase intention.

Britain and the United States are not within the scope of procurement of the submarine 7 due to the early retirement and decomposition of the previous generation of nuclear submarines.

In the early nineties, just in time for the replacement of the French big black fish, the use of the first generation of retired nuclear submarines caused a lot of controversy in all walks of life in France, some supported the decommissioning and dismantling, and some supported the allocation of money to change the nuclear submarine into a museum.

The biggest threshold for changing the submarine museum is the decommissioning of nuclear submarines for harmless treatment, depending on the tonnage of tens of millions of dollars.

However, whether this thing can be done depends on whether the French General Directorate of Naval Equipment approves it, but fortunately, it has not been a day or two since the development of this nuclear submarine relay platform by the undersea seven, and it can be said that it has long been famous in Europe because of the investment everywhere, but no one else suspects that there is actually another reason behind the scenes.

1129 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 7th arrondissement of Paris, French Naval Equipment Assessment Center.

"Good afternoon, distinguished gentlemen and elegant ladies. ”

"Today's topic is a shocking one, simply put, the strategic nuclear submarine of the Navy, the cornerstone of France's survival, has been targeted. ”

Christopher Bell, Chief of the Third Division of the Naval Armament Evaluation Center, sat at the long end of the oval conference table and released a shocking news, and whispers rang out in the room.

"There are two kinds of nuclear submarines in France, one is the cornerstone of active service, and the other is the history of decommissioning. ”

After reading the live reaction with satisfaction, Christopher Bell felt that his French humor (headline party) ability had been upgraded again, and then turned the topic on track.

"A Norwegian deep-sea construction company called Seabed Seven was reported on by the social lace section of Le Figaro a year and a half ago. ”

"The submarine has been looking for a deep-water relay platform that can work in the deep sea for a long time and provide energy, and the nuclear submarine is an excellent choice for them to meet its technical standards. ”

"Not long ago, they completely locked in the design and found a generous investor for the project, so we received this inquiry order for the purchase of decommissioned nuclear submarines. ”

"The technical requirements for retired nuclear submarines are very clear in the document, and there is no need for all weapons-related equipment, only the basic equipment and accompanying power for the nuclear submarine to maintain normal navigation, dive and float, and other excess equipment shall be dismantled by ourselves. ”

"Therefore, the task that we need to assess this time is whether the nuclear reactor attached to the hull of the nuclear submarine violates the relevant regulations on arms exports from France, and whether it has the value of negotiating and discussing if it does not violate the more than 10 million US dollars. ”

"Chief, 10 million US dollars is still too little, and if 100 million US dollars I can now determine that the export of decommissioned equipment does not violate French arms export regulations at all. ”

Some of Bell's men made a joke.

"Gentlemen, be graceful, be reserved, before the free discussion, I reveal a news that has nothing to do with this procurement document, since the plan to change the nuclear submarine into a relay platform for deep-sea construction, after the submarine seven obtain equipment, the nuclear submarine will definitely be transformed on a large scale, the value of this part of the project is far more than the purchase of the nuclear submarine itself, according to the relevant departments of the shipyard estimates, this is a sure more than 100 million US dollars or 200 million US dollars of transformation contract. ”

"In recent years, the Navy will retire four previous generation nuclear submarines, except for one that may be converted to museums, the other three will face dismantling, and the intention of the undersea seven has brought us a new option, even if the average price is 150 million US dollars, this is also a lucrative arms order. ”

"Now, I will hand over the information, and in three working days, we will start a formal discussion and draw conclusions, and I hope that all of you here will take it seriously. ”

Beijing, No. 076, West Chang'an Street, Office of the Director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense of the People's Republic of China.

Qin Mingchuan poked the tail of the cigarette in his hand into the glass-bottom ashtray, closed the documents in front of him, picked up the extension on the desktop and called the secretary in.

"Xiao Wang, twenty minutes later, in conference room No. 7, the top leaders of the ninth, tenth, and thirteenth divisions will be summoned to come over for a meeting, and if the top leaders are not at home on a business trip, they will be replaced by the comrades who are currently presiding over the daily work. ”

"Yes, Director. ”

"Make three copies of this document and keep it confidential. ”

"Yes, Director"

Ten minutes later, the relevant persons in charge of the 9th, 10th, and 13th Divisions of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense all arrived in conference room No. 7 in advance to wait.

"What's going on, how did we get together for a meeting?"

Zhao Ping'an, director of the Tenth Division, looked around at the comrades in the conference room and said with a little bit of confusion.

The Ninth Division of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is the main administrative body of the Republic's military nuclear energy, and almost all nuclear energy utilization except for strategic nuclear weapons is within the jurisdiction of the Ninth Division.

The 10th Division is the counterpart of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Department of the shipbuilding industry of the Republic, and in addition to the conversion of military to civilian, traces of the existence of this department can be found in all naval warship projects of the Republic.

Compared with the previous two divisions, the 13th Division is much more ordinary, mainly responsible for the foreign trade of the republic's military equipment from a strategic level.

Nuclear energy, ships, foreign trade, not to mention the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense in the 90s, even after the new century, it is also a surprising and infinite lineup of associations.

Deng Feng, director of the Ninth Division, lit the peony cigarette between his fingers, took a heavy breath, and said slowly: "Let me remind Lao Zhao, a few years ago, the emergency meeting of the No. 3 Conference Room, the Eighth Division, the Ninth Division, and the Thirteenth Division was held for three consecutive days. ”

The Eighth Division is the department responsible for the aerospace field of the Republic under the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

The lineup of aerospace, nuclear energy, and foreign trade seems to be a little more exciting than that of ships, nuclear energy, and foreign trade.

In fact, the last time the three major departments and bureaus of aerospace, nuclear energy, and foreign trade under the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense gathered, which directly created the largest arms purchase order since the founding of the Republic.

Exporting strategic missiles to a certain Gulf country at a price of $3.5 billion.

Hearing Deng Feng, director of the Ninth Division, say this, the already quiet conference room became even quieter, and even the slight sizzle of tobacco burning when the three old smoking guns were smoked could not be heard.

All of you here are old military workers, and since it is not difficult to guess what the three attributes of nuclear energy, ships, and foreign trade should be.

Although they guessed everything, the doubts in the hearts of the three of them were even greater, the republic at the moment has no aircraft carriers, and the ships that can be combined with nuclear power can only be nuclear submarines.

Although the strategic missile technology of the Republic is not good, it is to be compared with whom, and Britain has degenerated to the point of buying the Trident bastards in its cousin's house to the extent that it is negligible, and in terms of actual performance, the Republic's strategic missiles are the only four strategic strike systems in the world that have been put on active duty.

Compared with the strategic missile strike system, which is technologically backward but can already be used maturely, the republic's nuclear submarine project is not to be mentioned.

Can nuclear submarines really be exported? Even if they can be exported to earn foreign exchange, which one is so unjust that there is no place to spend it?

The three old military workers felt as if they had opened a pot in their hearts, and they really couldn't guess this thing that seemed to be full of weird atmosphere.

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