Chapter 1684 Aerospace Boom

But Yang Zhi was still a little hesitant, "It's just something else, but that hovercraft, we have never been on such a project before." (8 degrees bar Baidu search)"

"What does it matter if you haven't been on it? Don't the old men up there know that we've never done this before? Zhang Zongjun suddenly saw the little abacus in the hearts of those guys, "It doesn't matter if we don't have this thing, as long as someone has it?" ”

"Anyone?" Yang Zhi frowned and repeated softly, Yang Zhi, who was drilling the horns of the bull, did not understand for a while what other people had to do with him, and those countries refused to give their technology to him.

"The Ukrainians have, don't their 'European Bison' hovercraft basically meet this need, as long as the design of the appearance and stealth is carried out, it is a modern large hovercraft that is alive and well." Xiao Chenxi whispered to Yang Zhi next to him.

"Oh......" Yang Zhi nodded, and his face suddenly realized

If it's something from the Ukrainian side, then it's really not a big problem for the Alice Group. But is this Ukrainian "African bison" really so powerful? Yang Zhi still has some drumming in his heart.

As the world's largest hovercraft, the standard displacement of the Ukrainian "European Bison" hovercraft reaches 480 tons, and the full load displacement reaches 555 tons, with a length of 57.3 meters, a width of 25.6 meters, a height of 21.9 meters, a draft of 1.6 meters, a maximum speed of 60 knots (about 111.12 km / h), a cruising speed of 55 knots (about 101.8 km / h), a range of 300 nautical miles, a cruising time of 5 days, a endurance of 1 day when fully loaded landing, and can transport 3 T- Type 80 main battle tank or 8 Bmp-2 infantry fighting vehicles or 10 Btr-70 armed personnel carriers.

At the same time, the "European Bison" hovercraft also carries two MS-227 missile launchers and two Ak-630 six-barreled 30-mm melee guns to carry out limited attacks and self-defense in the process of high-speed rush, and when used for troop projection, the boat can carry 140 combat personnel and equipment, as well as 130 tons of supplies

The most powerful thing is the ability of the "European Bison" hovercraft to adapt to sea conditions: it can sail smoothly in sea conditions with waves up to 2 meters high and wind speeds of 12 m/s

The "European Bison" hovercraft has demonstrated a strong landing combat capability, the ability to transport personnel and materials, and the ability to adapt to sea conditions in the projection capability of the amphibious forces

Someone once asked the US government what impact it would have on Taiwan if the Chinese had a few "European Bison"-class high-speed hovercraft.

Richard Brown, vice president of the Washington Center for International Assessment and Strategy. "A couple of large hovercraft may also be nothing, but if the PLA parachutes into Taipei Airport and then lands with a large hovercraft, then it's a big problem," Fisher said. ”

In addition to the Taiwan Strait, the role that large hovercraft can play in the South China Sea should not be underestimated

When asked about this, Richard. "Large hovercraft are best suited for these areas, and once the Chinese have this powerful amphibious weapon, the Chinese navy will have more control over the Spratly Islands and the Diaoyu Islands," Fisher said. ”

Murayama, a retired rear admiral of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, said: "The European Bison hovercraft is the most ideal cruising platform in the East and South China Seas. ”

All the military who have seen the "European Bison"-class hovercraft are deeply trembling at the strong amphibious combat performance shown by this powerful offensive weapon, and they know very well what it means once this weapon is mastered by the Chinese, so they all try to put pressure on the Ukrainian side to avoid this weapon eventually falling into the hands of the Chinese

So over the years, although the Chinese government has been salivating over Ukraine's "European Bison"-class large hovercraft, and Ukraine is also happy to sell some weapons to this country that does not threaten itself, in order to earn a little money for its own barren economy, but under pressure from Western countries, this business has not been achieved over the years.

Now, the Chinese government may have suddenly opened up and realized that if this matter was handed over to the Alice Group, it might have an unexpected effect.

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Alice Group's manned lunar spacecraft has successfully returned

When he returned, he also brought back a total of 2 tons of specimens of various lunar collections

There are a ton of specimens of all kinds, from the far side of the moon, which has never been explored before by man, and which is considered a forbidden area, and which no one even has a chance to marvel at

Even now, the international community is extremely lively, the Americans are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the British are crying all over the world and shouting that they want to live as pants, and Indians are buying all kinds of weapons all over the world in order to increase their influence in society by relying on advanced weapons...... But these news, in the return of the manned lunar space plane returned by the Alice Group, all seem to be overshadowed,

Is there a war, when is there no war on this planet? Didn't a few people die that day because of the war? Americans still think that the world is too peaceful all day long, and they fanned the flames everywhere to have some fun

Sell aircraft carriers? What's the big deal? Think about the former Soviet Union just collapsed and Russia was just founded, and the aircraft carriers were sold according to the price of scrap iron, and you just sold the aircraft carrier as a second-hand goods, so what's the big deal?

Buying weapons? The total amount of weapons transactions on this planet is hundreds of billions of dollars every year, and if you spend billions of dollars to buy weapons, it may seem like a lot, but in fact, that's just the case.

Only the news of the return of the Alice Group's lunar spacecraft from the moon can be regarded as the real attraction of the world's attention to human beings, it has been too long since the landing on the moon, since the Americans' Apollo 17 manned spacecraft landed on the moon for the last time in December 1972 and successfully returned, no country in the world has ever landed on the moon, and even in the following 32 years, there has been no landing on the moon.

The fact that it takes 32 years to achieve a feat is not enough for people all over the world to pay attention to it

Countries around the world have instantly hung up a wave of aerospace craze among the people

However, it seems that this craze is not hot enough, after the manned lunar space plane safely parked at the Alice Group's base, the Alice Group announced in a high-profile manner that it will donate a batch of precious specimens from the moon to the National Air and Space Museum, the United States Air Force Museum, the French Bourget Aviation Museum, the Royal Air Force Museum and the China Aerospace Museum, the world's five major space museums

As soon as this news came out, it was like pouring a scoop of oil on the fire, and the world's attention to aerospace and the upsurge of the moon landing became even higher

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Compared with ordinary people paying attention to the landing of Alice Group on the moon itself, governments around the world are more concerned about the various specimens brought back by Alice Group from the moon, and even NASA has secretly contacted Alice Group and expressed its willingness to buy 1,000 grams of various specimens from Alice Group at a price of 100,000 US dollars per gram.

Of course, Zhang Lan once said to Jill so proudly, "2 tons? No matter what research we do, we can't use so many specimens, and of course so many are for sale. Things on the moon, I don't know how many countries are looking at them and want to drool, we spent so much money to bring back such a little thing from above, and it is absolutely impossible to take advantage of it if you don't make any effort, and if you don't let these countries give us some blood by the way, I'm absolutely sorry for these rich guys. ”

Jill knew very well that this kid had at least one more sentence not to say: if these guys didn't take this opportunity to see the strength of the Alice Group, how could they pay for the construction of the next moon base?

Zhang Lan is so confident that these countries will pay for Alice Group's moon landing operation?

This is, of course, indisputable, for only one reason, the moon is rich in minerals

There are more reserves of rare metals on the Moon than on Earth. The moon rocks contain all the elements and about 60 kinds of minerals on the earth, and the 17 most common elements on the earth abound on the moon, and even 6 of these minerals are rare metals that the earth does not have or metals that are not on the earth, which will be for their country

With this, Zhang Lan was sure that he had made a bid, and as long as it was not outrageous enough for them to accept, then they would definitely pay for their moon landing expenses

Think about why the United States is reluctant to see China monopolize the export of rare earths, try every means to break China's control over rare earth resources, and even control the price of China's rare earths below the cost line; Consider the desperate efforts of European and American countries to control China's palladium and tantalum, two rare metals that are indispensable in cutting-edge weapons, and you can see why these countries are paying for the Alice Group's moon landing program.

In the end, it took a huge deal of twists and turns to buy about 1.5 grams of strict specimens of the moon from the Americans.

"Why? Because they have no choice," Zhang Lan said triumphantly, "It's okay if we don't want to sell, but as long as we are willing to sell, no one will hesitate, they all understand very well, these things are things that are fast and slow." Their history tells them how important technology plays in international competition, and once they fall behind, they will fall behind step by step~ As long as they are not stupid, they should understand this truth very well, right? ”

Xiao Chenxi nodded, in fact, over the years, Brother Zhu Zi and Brother Tian, together with their own people, have never stopped exploring the moon, and even in the past few years, he has stayed on it for a few days, although the exploration of the moon by various countries on the earth over the years has determined that the resources on the moon are very rich, but according to the exploration of himself and others, the richness of various resources on the moon has made everyone dumbfounded.

Compared with the results of his own exploration over the years, the degree of distortion of the various explorations and aggregated data of various countries on the earth on the moon is simply incalculable

The moon is extremely rich in mineral resources, taking iron as an example, only the surface of the moon 5 centimeters thick sand contains hundreds of millions of tons of iron, and the entire lunar surface has an average of 10 meters thick sand, and the further down, the higher the iron content, to 3 meters below the soil, its iron ore grade has exceeded the world's best iron-rich ore. Think about what that means

The most important point is that iron on the surface of the moon is not only exceptionally abundant, but also easy to mine and smelt. The iron on the moon is mainly iron oxide, as long as oxygen and iron are separated; On the surface of the moon, aluminum, a metal that plays an important role in the national economic system, is also abundant.

The lunar soil is also rich in helium-3. Helium fusion using deuterium and helium-3 can be used as an energy source for nuclear power plants, this fusion does not produce neutrons, is safe and pollution-free, is easy to control nuclear fusion, can not only be used in terrestrial nuclear power plants, but also is particularly suitable for astronautics, has been recognized by the world as an efficient, clean, safe and cheap nuclear fusion power generation fuel. A currently accepted calculation is that 10 tons of helium-3 can meet all the energy needs of the whole country in a year; 100 tons of helium-3 can provide the total amount of energy used in the world for one year.

However, the amount of helium-3 on the earth is very small, and only about 500 kilograms of helium-3 is known to be easily available in the world. The known reserves of helium-3 on the entire earth are only 500 kilograms, which is only half a ton, and one can imagine how precious this resource is. Such abundant nuclear fuel is enough for tens of thousands of years of use by earthlings. For every ton of helium-3 extracted from lunar soil, 6,300 tons of hydrogen, 70 tons of nitrogen and 1,600 tons of carbon can be obtained.

In the Alice Group's moon landing program, there is one thing that the Americans have never set foot in in previous moon landing programs: is it meaningful to measure how thick the soil layer of the moon really is? Of course, it is of great significance, because it is of great significance for countries to calculate the specific amount of helium-3 in lunar soil

It is precisely because it has been determined that the amount of helium-3 on the moon is large, and for the earth, which is relatively short of energy in the future, it is undoubtedly a charcoal in the snow, and at the same time, even if the cost of transportation from the moon to the earth is extremely high, because the energy density of helium-3 is quite high, it is also a very cost-effective business, and many space powers have taken the acquisition of helium-3 from the moon as one of the important goals of developing the moon.

After Xiao Chenxi's long-term and uninterrupted exploration of the moon over the years, they have roughly figured out the helium-3 content and distribution on the moon: the shallow helium-3 content of the moon's crust is not the previously recognized 1 million tons, but more than 70 million tons, which is 70 times the previous figure

This is still the result of incomplete detection, which means that the earth will no longer have to worry about energy problems for a long time to come.

There are 22 major lunar seas on the surface of the moon, and the volume of basalt filled in the 22 seas is about 1,010 kilometers, and the basalt of the lunar sea is rich in titanium, iron and other resources. A more authoritative data is that the total ilmenite resources on the moon are about 1.3x1015 tons - 1.9x1015 tons.

Although this estimate carries a great deal of speculation and uncertainty, it is certain that the ilmenite in the basalt of the Moon Sea is one of the most important mineral resources for the development and utilization of the Moon in the future.

Crippite is one of the three major rock types in the lunar highlands, named for its richness in potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus. Crip rocks are widely distributed on the Moon. The kripping rocks of the thorium and uranium-rich aeolian zone are overlain by the later lunar sea basalts, which are mixed and form high foci and uranium materials, the thickness of which is estimated to be 10~20 km.

The total REE resources in the Crip Rock in the Storm Ocean Zone are about 22.5 billion to 45 billion tonnes. The abundant thorium and shaft contained in the krip rock are also one of the important mineral resources for human development and utilization of lunar resources in the future. In addition, the moon also contains rich metal mineral resources such as chromium, nickel, sodium, magnesium, silicon, and copper.

It can be said unceremoniously that the moon is a planet composed of all kinds of precious mineral resources, and whoever is fast will have the upper hand

Perhaps a long time ago, in the eyes of these greedy people, the moon was no longer a desolate planet that humans could not live on, but a super golden star that shone with golden light, and was made entirely of gold

It's just because they're still slacking off, and they haven't figured out what the whole planet is made of gold. Or is it gold-covered? If it is gold-filled, how thick is the layer of gold? So for the time being, I can only drool over this golden golden planet and have no choice, and at the same time, I haven't made up my mind.

But now it's different, these specimens of various substances on the moon brought back by the Alice Group are undoubtedly the key to unlocking the treasure of the moon, and if you want to find out the color of the golden star of the moon, this is undoubtedly the best opportunity, especially those specimens collected from the far side of the moon, which are regarded as the best key to open the moon's vault

It would have been fine if the Alice Group had not released this information to everyone before, but when the Alice Group took pictures of the specimens one by one, and indicated the location of the collection and the surrounding environment of the collection site, the countries could no longer sit still.

The only thing that makes these countries thankful is that the Alice Group did not make these "highly secret" things public, what was really made public, just something that was "not very important".

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