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In addition to the three reasons Kravchuk quickly gave himself to sell the "Kuznetsov" to Xu Cun, Kravchuk actually had many reasons to sell the "Kuznetsov":

First, the economic reason is the most important reason, Ukraine's economy is quite sluggish, there is not so much money to maintain aircraft carriers -- having an aircraft carrier group is a very expensive thing, it costs at least 4.5 billion to 7 billion US dollars to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (this is still the price of the 60s), it will take six to seven years, and the purchase of carrier-based aircraft and escort ships to support it is an astronomical amount. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 What is even worse is that since aircraft carrier formations usually carry out missions on the high seas far from the mainland, in order to ensure the smooth completion of combat missions, it is necessary to invest huge sums of money in the construction of necessary command and communication facilities on shore and even in space. For example, every time the navy turns on its shore-based tracking system and tracks a ballistic missile launched by a submarine for 20 minutes, it costs $500,000, not to mention the cost of maintaining real-time communication with an aircraft carrier group thousands of miles away.

Second, the deterrent power of aircraft carriers is actually inferior to nuclear weapons, and Ukraine, which itself has many nuclear weapons, does not need aircraft carriers at all, and the survivability of aircraft carriers is not very high -- once a nuclear war starts, aircraft carriers are live targets, and a modern-class or Glorious-class or Kirov-class nuclear missile destroyer follows the aircraft carrier formation, and fires all nuclear missiles in one salvo, and at the cost of one destroyer, it can knock out an aircraft carrier formation.

Third, the current Ukraine only wants to develop the economy, and does not want and does not have the ability to compete for world hegemony, so Ukraine does not need aircraft carriers at all.

Fourth, the Soviet Union's first-class aircraft carrier design bureau, the Neva Design Bureau, and all the aircraft carrier construction facilities during the Soviet era are all concentrated in Ukraine, and Ukraine can develop aircraft carriers at any time, and they also have ready-made projects -- "Varyag" and "Ulyanovsk".

There were too many reasons to sell the "Kuznetsov", and in this critical period, having the money to develop its own newly independent country was the first place, so after discussing with a few staff, Kravchuk personally called Xu Cun.

Actually,

If it weren't for the imminent founding of the People's Republic of China, Xu Cun would be more interested in the stillborn "Ulyanovsk" in the previous life, because, in the Soviet Union's plans, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Ulyanovsk" is the most powerful aircraft carrier in the world.

Pity......

Of course, Xu Cun was already very happy to be able to buy the "Kuznetsov", because Xu Cun's eyes were actually only a generation of aircraft carriers like Russia's "Minsk" and "Novorossiysk".

Moreover, Xu has money, and he can spend money to upgrade the "Kuznetsov" into a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Therefore, Xu Cun and Kravchuk hit it off.

Of course, there are actually a lot of differences between the two sides on the specific details of the transaction of the "Kuznetsov".

For example, Ukraine wants to dismantle or blow up weapons and electronic systems and sell them to Xu Cun, but Xu Cun is uncompromising, "If it's not a complete "Kuznetsov", I don't want any money, if it's a complete "Kuznetsov", the price is negotiable." -- In the last life, when Russia sold the "Minsk," "Novorossiysk," and "Gorshkov" to South Korea and India respectively in a desperate situation, it sold the weapons and electronic systems after they had been dismantled or blown up.

For another example, Xu Cun not only wants to buy the complete "Kuznetsov", but also asks Ukraine to bring the designers of the "Kuznetsov" and the equipment and experienced workers needed to assemble the aircraft carrier hull, and even asks Ukraine to help itself build a large shipyard that can repair and upgrade the "Kuznetsov", and what is even more excessive, Xu Cun also asked Ukraine to bring some experienced crews to himself!

For another example, in addition to selling the "Kuznetsov" to Xu Cun, Ukraine also wants to bundle some battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and frigates.

These are just big differences, and small differences such as home delivery, transaction dates, etc., are even more insignificant.

But-

No matter how many differences there are, they can't stand the trend of the times!

The general trend on Xu Cun's side is that Xu Cun has money, not bad money.

The general trend on the Ukrainian side is that if the "Kuznetsov" is not sold to Xu Cun, then the "Kuznetsov" is likely to be taken away by the powerful Russia.

Driven by the general trend on both sides, Xu Cun only talked with Ukraine for four days, and the "Kuznetsov" carried Xu Cun's personnel to Xu Cun's naval base.

In this process, in fact, there were many accidents, for example, Russia was ready to send the Northern Fleet to intercept, the United States intervened, and many countries along the way thought that a naval battle would suddenly occur, and so on......

These things not only brought a lot of troubles to Ulanke, but also brought a lot of troubles to Xu Cun.

Later, Xu Cun personally flew to the United States, then to the United Kingdom, and then to France, and then personally made a phone call to Deng Gong to deal with all the troubles.

Although the collapse of the Soviet Union is imminent, the Soviet Union has not officially disintegrated for a day, and it will be the biggest enemy of the United States for a day, so the United States is very willing to see the Soviet Union's national defense weapons bought by Xu Cun, a local tyrant, and coupled with Xu Cun's strong connections in the United States, it is naturally not difficult to persuade the United States.

Not to mention Britain and France, the "Kuznetsov" left the USSR to join the EU, and Britain and France will not help unless they are stupid.

China is Xu Cun's staunchest ally, and as long as Xu Cun buys the Kuznetsov, China will have the opportunity to study the world's most advanced aircraft carrier construction technology, which is lacking.

There is only one thing left in the P5, the disintegrated Soviet Union, whose top leader has not yet been determined.

In the process of separation, the "Kuznetsov" should actually be assigned to Ukraine, and Russia's request for the "Kuznetsov" is really a clever and unscrupulous seizure.

In addition, while pulling China, the United States, Britain, and France to give him a strong momentum, Xu Cun is also using the much-needed loans he gave to the Yeltsin regime to lose pressure on Russia.

Therefore, under the persecution of many parties, Russia, which is too busy to take care of itself, can only continue its great business with a blank check issued by Ukraine that is responsible for helping Russia build an aircraft carrier.

By the way, when Pu Whale heard that Xu Cun bought the "Kuznetsov" from Ukraine, Pu Whale regretted persuading Xu Cun not to buy an aircraft carrier!

At the same time, Pu Whale also realized that if such a thing that harms Russia's interests is known, his political life will be over!

After that, Pu Whale no longer talks nonsense, even with the people closest to him!

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