If he didn't know that the Arab countries would unite against Somalia, Chen Xin would probably still be hesitating about how to use these three newly arrived Typhoon-class nuclear submarines, but now that he has decided to use force to resolve the crisis facing Somalia, the next work will be much simpler.

Chen Xin intends to convert these three "Typhoon" class ballistic missile nuclear submarines into cruise missile nuclear submarines.

In fact, this is not without precedent.

As early as the nineties of the last century, with the signing of the STARTII Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the United States would have to reduce four ballistic missile nuclear submarines, so in 1994 the Clinton administration's nuclear posture review put forward the idea of cruise missile nuclear submarines.

The U.S. Navy was initially wary of this concept, and the huge amount of resources invested in cruise missile nuclear submarines will definitely affect the procurement of existing platforms.

The officers of the submarine forces feared that their own Sea Wolves and the future Virginia would be discounted, and the officers of the surface fleet did not like this equipment of unknown purpose outside the existing combat system.

But with the release of the SeaPower21 policy, and the need for special forces and cruise missile strikes in the post-9/11 war on terror, cruise missile nuclear submarines have become hot.

As a result, starting in 2002, the United States began to officially convert the early four Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines into cruise missile nuclear submarines, and according to the report submitted by the U.S. Navy to the U.S. Congress, the cost of refitting the four submarines was $4 billion.

The new cruise missile nuclear submarine has not changed much in design, the main improvement is the replacement of the launcher of the original 24-cell Trident II SLBM.

The 22-cell launcher was replaced with a 7-cell Tomahawk missile launcher, respectively. A total of 154 Tomahawk missiles are carried, and the remaining two units are used to deliver Special Forces (SOF), and the converted submarine will be staffed with 66 special forces personnel.

To complement the activities of the special forces, the submarine will also carry the Advanced Seal Delivery System (ASDS) and the Dry Deck Conveyor Tank (DDS).

As the only platform for the sea-based nuclear forces of the United States today, the Ohio-class nuclear submarine is excellent in performance. Although it is a behemoth with a total length of 170.7 meters, a diameter of 12.1 meters, a draft of 11.8 meters, and an underwater displacement of up to 18,750 tons, it uses General Electric's S8G natural cycle nuclear reactor, which has excellent quietness and excellent underwater concealment performance.

Ohio-class converted cruise missile nuclear submarines. It also inherits excellent concealment abilities.

From some kind of Cheng dù on. Ohio-class cruise missile nuclear submarines are another form of arsenal ships.

In the early years, the concept of arsenal ships was attacked because of its poor survivability and inability to perform missions on its own, while cruise missile nuclear submarines such as the Ohio did not have these weaknesses.

The 616 tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles on the four Ohio-class cruise missile nuclear submarines are close to the amount of Tomahawk missiles used by the US military in the Iraq War, and this in itself is a great enhancement of the US military's strike force.

And special forces are combined with tactical Tomahawk missiles. It also brings a new ability to hunt ballistic missile launchers.

This is for Iran and North Korea, which rely heavily on ballistic missile deterrence. It is a great threat. This is also the reason why, during the period of high tension between the DPRK and the ROK and the Iranian nuclear issue, the four Ohio-class cruise missile nuclear submarines of the US military always make high-profile appearances in the waters of the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Compared with the Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines, the three Typhoon-class nuclear submarines in Chen Xinzhi's hands are undoubtedly more suitable for conversion into cruise missile nuclear submarines.

One. Although the Typhoon-class nuclear submarine has only twenty missile silos, which is four fewer than the Ohio-class, the Typhoon-class missile silos are much larger than the Ohio-class nuclear submarine (the SS-N-20 submarine-launched missile is much larger than the Trident 2), so it can accommodate more ballistic missiles.

According to the estimation of Steel, the silos of each Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine can accommodate twelve units of long-range cruise missiles, which is almost half more than that of the Ohio-class, one Typhoon-class can carry 240 cruise missiles, and the three Typhoon-class can carry a total of 720 missiles.

If you add the more than 300 fighter jets and aerospace planes in Somalia, Chen Xin is sure to destroy Saudi Arabia and other countries before they react.

But before that, he had to have enough weapons and ammo.

Chen Xin thought for a moment, picked up the phone on the table, and directly dialed the phone of General Chang Siwei, chief of the PLA General Staff.

Soon, the phone was connected.

"Hey, who is it?" Chang Siwei's familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"It's me, Chen Xin!"

Chang Siwei's tone suddenly became excited, and he said, "Mr. Chen, you finally appeared." ”

In the past 20 days, Chen Xin has disappeared without a trace, China and Russia are facing the huge pressure of European and American countries alone, coupled with international organizations such as OPEC, the situation of China and Russia in the international community is not very good.

Fortunately, the sudden disappearance of the three nuclear submarines in Vladivostok shared the attention of many European and American countries, otherwise the life of the two countries would have been even more difficult.

Therefore, China has also been trying to contact Chen Xin, hoping that the war situation can come forward as soon as possible to help share the pressure.

It's a pity that Chen Xin seems to have disappeared out of thin air, and even Qiao Ting and other women who are close to him can't contact him.

This has made China's top brass very anxious.

Chang Siwei didn't expect that Chen Xin would suddenly call him at this time.

Chen Xin also had a general understanding of Chang Siwei's mentality, and said with a smile: "General Chang, I'm sorry, I recently went back to the headquarters of the war and just returned to Mogadishu today, I'm afraid you have been under a lot of pressure during this time, right?"

Chang Siwei said with a smile: "What pressure is not pressure, the Yankees have itchy hands and Japan and South Korea are putting on a show in the Yellow Sea, and we will also follow the stage to show them." If we really want to do it, as long as there is a war and a sudden situation, we are not afraid of the Yankees. ”

Chen Xin's compliments to Chang Siwei were undeniable, and he smiled: "General Chang has won the award, but the war situation is not such a strong force, calling you this time, I am asking China for help." ”

Chang Siwei was slightly stunned, squinted his eyes and said, "Mr. Chen, please speak." ”

Chen Xindao: "I need a thousand Long Sword 10 cruise missiles!"

"What, a thousand long swords 10?" Chang Siwei suddenly gasped. (To be continued......)