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After returning home, Fan Wuxian told his father Fan Heng about the last poisoning incident.

"This kind of thing—" Fan Heng also felt a little embarrassed after hearing this.

It would be not objective to say that the pastry chef himself is not responsible. Even if you feel sad because your son threw himself into the river, there is no need to take revenge on society, right? Besides, such a bad method of poisoning was used, even if the director did have a problem, you have to think about it first, whether he really needs to be responsible for this, and how much responsibility he bears?

In a word, impulse is the devil!

In any case, even if this matter is revealed, as for the outcome of the final verdict, it is no longer a matter of concern to them, and these matters will naturally be resolved by those relevant departments, and they do not need to worry about it at all.

However, when mentioning the Kursk, Fan Heng said that he also knew a little about this matter, after all, he was directly responsible for the management of large state-owned enterprises, and the military production was still under his leadership, plus Fan Heng had come out of the military industrial enterprise before and was engaged in torpedo manufacturing, so he was naturally more concerned about the strategic deterrent weapon of nuclear submarines.

Standing at their leadership level, they obviously have come into contact with much more things than ordinary leading cadres.

"The military is really in a hurry. And for a reason. Fan Heng said to his son Fan Wuxian.

Although China's existing nuclear submarines are carrying out their tasks, defending the country's security, and are the ultimate strategic nuclear deterrent, compared with some other nuclear powers, they always feel that they are relatively backward, especially the noise problem has always been an obstacle that is difficult to overcome.

"Although the Americans' evaluation of China's nuclear submarines is a bit mean, the actual situation is similar, our submarines always need to be silent at the bottom of the sea to avoid the search of the other side, and if we can't solve this problem, we will not be able to establish our status as a great power." Fan Heng said to Fan Wuxian.

In other words, the noise of the nuclear submarine must be controlled below 90 decibels, so that it can be close to the noise of the ocean, and will not be easily detected by the enemy's monitoring equipment, so as to have the premise of free movement.

Otherwise, it will really be, as the Americans say, that China's nuclear submarines will have nowhere to hide in the world's oceans.

What caught Fan Heng's attention the most was that the British had recently begun to build Astute-class nuclear submarines.

According to the words of the commander of the British Royal Navy's submarines, for many years to come, the Astute-class nuclear submarines will be unparalleled in the world, and the Astute-class nuclear submarines have the ability to put the Royal Navy in the leading position of the world's navies and become the Manchester United football team in the submarine race.

The construction of the Astute-class nuclear submarine surfaced in the course of the sinking of the British Navy. Since the end of the Cold War, Britain's defense spending has dropped sharply, and the scale of defense procurement has also shrunk significantly, although many senior naval officials have spoken out to protect the interests of their own country and its allies, and the British Navy must be able to operate anywhere in the world outside the allies, but it is an indisputable fact that the naval strength has shrunk. For the Royal Navy's submarine forces, the seven Trafalgar-class attack nuclear submarines, which have been gradually added to active service since two decades ago, are still the main underwater strike force.

The Astute-class nuclear submarines are estimated to cost more than a billion pounds. Such a sky-high price is an important reason for its ups and downs, and it is also a strong guarantee for the agility level to truly meet the design requirements of larger, stronger and more concealed.

The Astute-class nuclear submarine has a length of 97 meters, an underwater displacement of 7,800 tons, a maximum depth of 500 meters, an underwater speed of 32 knots, six torpedo tubes, and can carry 38 Sailfish heavy torpedoes, Tomahawk cruise missiles, and Whaling Fork anti-ship missiles, and its weapon firepower exceeds that of the Trafalgar-class nuclear submarines in service by 50 percent. Thanks to the installation of waterjet propulsion, the elimination of propeller noise gives it unprecedented quieter performance, which greatly improves its anti-reconnaissance capabilities.

Although the displacement is only half of that of the Ohio-class nuclear submarine of the United States, the Astute-class nuclear submarine has at least one million internal parts, and the structure is more complex than that of the space shuttle.

As Britain's first stealth submarine, the Astute was covered with a thick rubber layer on the outside, which could effectively absorb most of the noise emitted from inside the submarine, and the Royal Navy also formulated strict rules and regulations for the officers and men on board, the sailors were never allowed to drop their belongings on the floor while the submarine was moving, and the officers and men were not even allowed to watch DVDs or television without permission, and silence became the primary system when the submarine carried out its mission.

In fact, the noise made by the Astute-class nuclear submarine as it sails is weaker than the sound of a small dolphin. The chances of enemy ships discovering it are very small.

Of course, in order to adjust the life of the crew, the Astute-class nuclear submarine is designed to prepare a small comfort nest for each crew, and everyone can enjoy a movie alone through a plasma TV while wearing headphones.

At the end of last year, the British Royal Navy spent £3.5 billion to order three Astute-class nuclear submarines, namely Astute, Ambush and Alert. The Astute-class nuclear submarine is known as the largest, quietest, fastest and most powerful nuclear-powered attack submarine in the history of the British Navy.

At the groundbreaking ceremony of the Astute-class nuclear submarine at the beginning of this year, Baron Simmons, the British Minister of Defense for Procurement, commented that the laying of the keel of the Astute-class marks the entry of the Royal Navy's underwater power into the new century. At the time, many people dismissed his statement as a compliment for a specific occasion, but over time, Simmons's assertion has been fully confirmed.

Of course, if submarines want to play a full role in naval warfare, in addition to their own advanced technical performance indicators, they must also be well equipped with weapons platforms, electronic reconnaissance systems, and other aspects. The Royal Navy hopes to take the Astute class as the leader to drive the overall progress of its related technical facilities, and finally lay the foundation for the British submarine force to be at the forefront of the world.

According to recent intelligence, the British Ministry of Defense plans to invest 400 million pounds to acquire underwater weapons that can replace sailfish torpedoes as one of the main combat weapons of submarines in the next 10 years. The British Navy hopes to equip the Agile class with a more advanced new generation of torpedoes to make up for the lack of heavy torpedo capabilities of the British Navy in the future when dealing with littoral combat environments.

Given that future maritime threats are more likely to come from terrorists, Astute-class nuclear submarines have been given the responsibility of sitting on the coast undetected and listening to mobile phone communications. The Astute's sonar is so advanced that it can detect ships leaving New York Harbor from 3,000 miles away, even in the latent English Channel.

Of course, the implementation technology of this powerful monitoring function is also strictly kept secret by the British Royal Navy.

It is also worth noting that Astute was the first British submarine not to be fitted with a conventional periscope, and was replaced by two fiber-optic imaging transmission tubes equipped with low-light cameras and thermal imagers. They can suddenly appear on the surface of the water and make a rotation in three seconds, allowing the captain to observe the surrounding water at 360 degrees in just three seconds, and then the fiber-optic tubes will image the detected surroundings in color. The images can be studied and analysed at their leisure.

The Astute's heart reactor can operate continuously for 25 years without refueling, the submarine can always sail underwater at a speed of 20 knots, the submarine's air and water conversion chamber can extract oxygen and drinking water from seawater through high-tech equipment, and the carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the air inside the submarine will be effectively purified. This means that as long as there is enough food inside the submarine and the sailors can handle it, the Astute nuclear submarine can stay underwater for twenty-five years, or a quarter of a century, without coming to the surface.

"Due to the relatively small land area, it is difficult for Britain to develop a large-scale ballistic missile defense system on the ground, so it has embarked on a different path of developing strategic nuclear submarine deterrence capabilities, and now it seems that they have indeed achieved relatively fruitful results." Fan Heng said to his son Fan Wuxi, "On the contrary, our situation is not optimistic, many times the living conditions on the nuclear submarine are quite poor, considering the future development problems, and the problem of not being able to develop aircraft carriers in a short period of time, it is imperative to maintain the advanced technology in nuclear submarine technology, and the high-level has considered investing about 10 billion funds for independent research and development, so as to be able to come up with our own Dinghaishen needle." ”

"I am in favor of this decision with both hands-" Fan immediately agreed, "Advanced nuclear submarines plus sea-based ballistic nuclear missiles and Buran torpedoes are bound to become a powerful deterrent submarine nuclear security platform, as long as these six nuclear submarines are in service, China's position in the world will be more stable." ”

For this decision, Fan Wuxian is indeed more welcome. In fact, the current level of nuclear submarine technology has become a killer weapon between several nuclear powers, and the confrontation at the bottom of the ocean is obviously more intense than on land, although ordinary people cannot get access to this kind of insider, but Fan Wuxian has learned through his own intelligence network that in the past ten years, the conflict between several nuclear powers on the bottom of the sea has never stopped.

Just like the sinking of the Kursk, the real cause of it is still to be verified, as long as the Russians do not explain the inside story, or the hostile side remains silent, then the matter will continue to exist as a mystery. It wasn't until one day that it was time to unclassify the secrets, and everyone would suddenly realize that this was the case.

In the past, Fan Wuxian had also been in contact with people in the navy, and had seen some officers and men serving on nuclear submarines, and with the conditions on board the submarine at that time, if they were brought to the bottom of the sea for a few months, the whole person would be pale after coming up, and obviously this kind of condition would cause serious physical harm to the crew, and if we could make further progress in the technology of nuclear submarines and improve the conditions in all aspects, then the situation would become better.

Fan Wuxian always believes that when the technical and financial strength can meet the requirements, it is necessary to pay more attention to the situation of people, after all, these officers and soldiers are existing as the ultimate nuclear deterrent force of the whole country, and they deserve some better treatment.

And he also has reason to believe that domestic technicians can solve these problems, after all, the wisdom of the Chinese is not something that ordinary people can imagine, as long as sufficient financial support is given and some guidance is carried out in the general direction, it will not take long to come up with the best solution.

"Has the military or the top brass ever considered bringing in private capital in this area?" Fan Wuxian asked.

Fan Heng gave his son a very strange look, and then asked, "You're also interested in this?" ”

"As long as it's money-making or cash-making technology, I'm interested in it." Fan replied.

In fact, the country is still a little unable to let go in some aspects, just like the first private military enterprise established by Fan Wuzhi Southeast Heavy Industry Group, which has achieved fruitful results soon after its completion, because there are no common problems in state-owned enterprises, the work efficiency here is higher, and because of the high return system for scientific research and technical personnel, everyone's work enthusiasm is very high, any technological innovation or improvement may bring rich benefits to the staff, under this reward system, All the staff burst out with a very amazing creativity, and several projects that had not made breakthroughs for many years before have come up with a very perfect solution at this time, which not only greatly improves the performance of the product. At the same time, it also reduces the manufacturing cost for the enterprise.

With the example of Southeast Heavy Industry Group in front of him, Fan Wuxian has already tasted the sweetness, at this time, since the navy is also considering the development of a new generation of nuclear submarine technology, then Fan Wuxian of course hopes to be able to participate, but it is not easy for the top management to agree with his proposal.

"It's still difficult to explain this issue clearly, but if you refer to the foreign military industrial enterprise system, it may be feasible-" Fan Heng was not sure about this matter, but just muttered, "In that case, you can only be an investor, or the owner of the enterprise, but non-independent research and development technology obviously has no right to intervene, even if it is independent research and development technology, it must strictly abide by the confidentiality agreement, for those sensitive technologies or products, can only be sold to China, otherwise it will only be hidden forever." ”

Fan Wuxian nodded, indicating that he was aware of this matter.

As a matter of fact, when he was in contact with Lockheed Martin and other arms companies and made deals, he already understood how they operated, and if China could follow this model and open up the military industrial enterprises, it would be possible for the country to unleash its strong potential in military production and quickly catch up with and surpass the international powers.

For this, Fan Wuxian is looking forward to it.

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