After skimming out Mr. Son's paper, Alice sent an email to Lockheed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Thanks to her knowledge of the future situation, Alice is well aware of the future market of new varieties of explosives.

Related events were about the plans for the construction of a new type of navy, in particular the birth of the Zumwalt series.

After the end of the Cold War, the Soviet bloc's threat to the United States' control of the oceans and seas decreased dramatically, but regional conflicts increased day by day.

At this time, the Chinese Navy is still in the construction period of a potential new threat to the United States, and it still does not have the ability to fully confront it. As a result, the US Navy's strategic approach has gradually evolved from the cold war's oceanic naval warfare to the projection of force on land to deal with regional conflicts that are disturbing one after another.

In the midst of this, the Gulf War can be said to have accumulated sufficient experience for the United States. As the beginning of a truly modern war, and as one of the most beautiful battles fought by the U.S. military in the next two decades, the inspiration it brought to the military and arms dealers was definitely deep enough.

Based on Alice's conjecture, this may be the direct cause.

In September 1992, the Commander of the US Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commander of the Marine Corps jointly promulgated a strategic white paper on "moving from sea to land."

The contents of the book are aimed at the projection of force against coastal targets, the control of strategic routes leading to the sea along the coast and inland, and the delivery of force on the ground, including strengthening the coordinated operation of the naval fleet and the Marine Corps, and establishing a maritime expeditionary force to conduct joint operations with the army and air force, and so on.

Subsequently, in October 1992, the U.S. Navy further proposed the "21st Century Destroyer Technology Research", the concept of which was subsequently incorporated into the framework of the U.S. Navy's new generation of surface combat ships, that is, "21st Century Surface Warfare".

Furthermore, in September 1994, the US Navy put forward the concept of "forward -- moving from sea to land," and for the first time included near-shore operations and support for ground attacks as one of the Navy's main tasks, specifically requiring the fleet to be able to support ground forces 100 nautical miles deep on land, and putting forward new concepts such as "forward presence," "forward deployment," and "forward operations."

Around 1995, the Chief of Naval Operations of the United States went all out to carry out the arsenal ship program.

According to the concept of the US military, arsenal ships, also known as firepower ships, should be able to provide fire support for ground operations with powerful firepower, and become anti-air defense and launch platforms for anti-missile weapons. It will carry a large number of missile weapons, and will have extremely strong strike capabilities against land, sea, and air, and will be a "missile arsenal" floating on the sea.

That's right, that's what Alice is aiming for. Although the envisioned arsenal ship was not finally unveiled due to various factors during the period, as a product of relative compromise, the Zumwalt-class can be regarded as inheriting its fine tradition. As a ship that relies heavily on the power of unit missiles and artillery, there is no doubt about the importance of gunpowder.

Of course, if possible, Alice would like to try to push it and see if she can make a real "full-fledged" arsenal ship appear, and not just let a castrated DDG-1000 dangle on the water.

According to the Pentagon's preliminary assumptions, the arsenal ship is at least 244 meters long, has a displacement of more than 11,900 tons, has 500 missile vertical silos, and can be equipped with a variety of missiles, including "Tomahawk" cruise missiles, "Standard" ship-to-air missiles, "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles, and new missiles designed for theater missile defense and shore fire support.

Other armaments on board include two 155-millimeter guns and 2,400 rounds of advanced guided artillery shells, as well as anti-missile systems, two carrier-based helicopters, a unmanned aerial vehicle, two remote-controlled mine killers, two unmanned submarines, and a certain number of torpedoes, and finally a communications sonar, communications system, and combat command system.

As for the styling, the hull is a double-hull structure with a small superstructure. During the operation, the hull is only 1.5 meters above the water to minimize the reflection of radar waves. In other words, it can have almost the same concept as a nuclear submarine, that is, quietly lurking in the coastal zone of an enemy country, waiting for an opportunity to launch a devastating strike on a range of hundreds of kilometers along the coast.

As for the establishment, according to the Pentagon's idea, the arsenal ships will be integrated into the aircraft carrier battle group, and it will provide air cover and operational information. The ship needs only 20 crew members, but needs to be accompanied by a supply ship in order to reload the vertical launch system in a timely manner. It is precisely for this reason that if such an arsenal ship is successfully developed and equipped with troops, it will share part of the combat functions of the aircraft carrier.

If Alice can really say that the Pentagon will be moved to carry out the construction of real arsenal ships......

I sat behind the boss's desk at the computer research institute, and I was almost dripping.

From a letter from Lockheed to assist in the development of new explosives, it can be associated with arsenal ships and Zumwalt-class!

Alice herself admires herself.

But how can she convince the Pentagon?

That's a tough question.

Because of course she knew, of course, that this plan would not be approved in the end, otherwise it would not be the turn of the castrated Zumwalt.

So, what are the shortcomings of pure arsenal ships?

The first is the complexity of the security system. Arsenal ships need a large number of accompanying support ships in operations, and they need an "operational, coordination, and control system" provided by satellites, reconnaissance aircraft, unmanned aerial aircraft, airborne early warning aircraft, or ground search radars. The various links that make up the system are closely linked, and if any link goes wrong, it will reduce the strike accuracy and even combat capability of the arsenal ships.

The second is the weak anti-submarine and air defense capabilities of a single ship. Since the arsenal ships are not prepared to carry anti-submarine helicopters, their anti-submarine capabilities are much lower than those of other large and medium-sized ships. Because the ship's hull is low, the ship's radar detection range is close, and it does not have the various types of early warning aircraft and fighters carried on the aircraft carrier, the air defense capability of a single ship is very fragile. It does not have the ability to fight "alone".

The second is the low ability to resist special sea conditions. Because the hull of the arsenal ship is low, and the draft needs to be increased for concealment during combat, it is difficult to solve the problems of its driving speed under harsh sea conditions and the stability required for launching missiles.

In addition, Alice also knows a small gossip.

It is said that some high-ranking officials believe that the effectiveness of the arsenal ships in combat is too low. Each missile it launches will be worth more than $1 million, and once it is used in large quantities, the cost will of course be particularly expensive. The guns of the Iowa class battleships fired shells with a caliber of 406 mm and weighing two tons, and their power was enough to "terrify the enemy", but the cost of such shells was only $5,000.

Obviously, the example of that "ancient" super-large caliber naval gun is not convincing at all. This kind of gossip information is purely within the scope of the struggle between officials and businessmen, and it cannot be regarded as true.

"In other words, if I really want the Pentagon to approve the construction plan for the arsenal ship, I will have to solve these shortcomings in it......"

Alice sat down at the table and couldn't help but think. If she really wants to start building arsenal ships, what exactly will she do?

Uh, yes, start building it yourself.

Anyway, has she invested in Lockheed, and Blackwater still has weapons and equipment purchased from General Dynamics, so she easily bought the only shipyard that can build super aircraft carriers in the United States, Newport News Shipbuilding and Shipyard Company, what is not to do?

Of course, this is a complex process that requires the placement of many heavyweight members in the government......

So, in a short period of time, Alice set herself a longer-term goal.

Slowly inserting a large number of lawmakers into Capitol Hill so that she could smoothly buy the Newport company. You know, as a company that has a close working relationship with Norfolk Naval Base, built all the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, and continues to undertake the construction of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, it is not an easy task to buy it.

Of course, after buying it, the sense of accomplishment and meaning is also extraordinary.

So, thinking of this, Alice suddenly played reverse thinking again.

In order to be able to buy that company, he vigorously inserted a congressman into Capitol Hill......

In order to get the Pentagon to approve the construction of arsenal ships, and find a way to make up for their shortcomings......

One is the goal and the other is the process.

So shouldn't this goal and process also be looked at the other way around?

Somehow, Alice suddenly fell ill with philosophy, and suddenly all sorts of nerves began to ponder.

She looked at the computer screen and sent an email to Lockheed, but the interface hadn't been replaced.

Anyway, her thoughts spread here in one go, what is the cause?

It really seems to be just a letter from Lockheed.

Why did she suddenly think so much of a letter from such a letter?

Once the philosophical disease is attacked, it will kill people, Alice just sat at the desk honestly, her legs spread out from side to side under the desk, and she stared at the screen and frowned.

"Am I really bored lately?"

After a long day of cranky thinking, he finally said such a sentence.

Bored?

It depends on the angle from which it is analyzed.

If she's just busy with work, she's boring.

But then again.

Busy with what?

Alice swept to the stack of summaries on the table, which Sophie had compiled for her various investments and companies over the years.

There is no doubt that these companies are still in their infancy, and it will take many years before they really develop. And when Cisco and Microsoft are also fully on the right track, with the Posacks and Bill Gates operating there every day, they just have nothing to do to read the report.

"Ah, yes, it's boring."

"Throw the technology away, and then sit back and wait for history to happen, and then throw more money away, and then sit back and wait for history to happen...... Normal investors don't know what the company will develop into in the future, and they will worry about it for the sake of the company, but I ......"

With a snap, Alice finally figured out the joint.

Sure enough, she was bored and wanted to find something to do for herself!

Let's aim for an arsenal ship and create a history where you don't know how to turn around!