Chapter 916: Observing the Ship Ten
With several nuclear submarines from the former Soviet Union on display, it will definitely be the turn of the United States to display nuclear submarines next. Strictly speaking, the mercenary corps now rely on the United States to eat, and the armies of the Ukolan and South Kuril Islands receive funds from the US government, so the God of Wealth cannot be offended.
The first to appear is naturally the famous Ohio-class cruise missile nuclear submarine, originally called the Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, which has been in service for 20 years, and has given a total of ten mercenaries before and after, all of which are old models, but it is a conventional war killer that makes people talk about it.
Why, this kind of nuclear submarine has a water displacement of more than 16,700 tons, an underwater displacement of more than 18,000 tons, a length of 170 meters, and a width of 13 meters.
The mercenary corps has a large number of cruise missile models, of course, it cannot be equipped only with American Tomahawk cruise missiles, the naval department has made efforts to equip a universal vertical launch system, which has become a carrier that can launch one hundred and fifty-four missiles of various types, look at this number, one hundred and fifty-four, most countries do not have so many cruise missiles.
The Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine, the main combat submarine being retired by the United States, is about 110 meters long and 10 meters wide, and the space is not spacious, with a displacement of more than 6,000 tons on the water and nearly 7,000 tons under the water, and a total of 62 of them have been manufactured, which is also the largest number of attack nuclear submarines manufactured by the United States.
The Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine has relatively simple weapons, with only four 533-mm torpedo tubes, which can be armed with eight Tomahawk cruise missiles, four Whaling Fork anti-ship missiles, and fourteen MK-48 wire-guided torpedoes.
The second is the Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine, a total of two, belonging to the products of the Cold War period, specially used to hunt the former Soviet Union's nuclear submarines, with a water displacement of more than 7,500 tons, an underwater displacement of more than 9,000 tons, a length of about 1008 meters, a width of more than 12 meters, the main weapons are eight 26-inch MK-69 torpedo tubes, a reserve of 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles and whaling fork anti-ship missiles, capable of launching MK-48 wire-guided torpedoes, electronic technology and silence in the forefront of the world.
"The U.S. government is really investing in its overseas forces at any cost, even the navy itself is not fully equipped, the world's most advanced Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine, first given to the mercenary corps, this is more than two billion dollars of nuclear submarines made using all the cutting-edge technology of the U.S. Navy." Japan's defense minister began to complain again.
He looked at the last nuclear submarine and couldn't hide the strong jealousy in his eyes, the United States always said that Japan is the closest and most indispensable ally, why not sell the Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine to Japan, three billion dollars can also be discussed!
The US Deputy Secretary of the Navy, who was standing not far away, glanced at the Secretary of Defense, and his eyes were full of disdain and ridicule.
It's just an international joke, Japan is only a vassal country of the United States, how can it be equipped with such a weapon of mass destruction as nuclear submarines? The U.S. Navy has sophisticated weapons and equipment, but it can't be given to Japan, and your military strength is strong, so what should you do if you bite the United States back when the time comes?
The finale is naturally the Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine, which is the main combat nuclear submarine that the United States has just equipped, and the former type is the Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine, which belongs to a nuclear submarine forced out by Wu Chen, and is often said to be a simplified version of the Seawolf-class.
However, this statement is wrong, this type of nuclear submarine uses more sophisticated electronic technology than the Seawolf class, whether it is sonar or radar, as well as a variety of combat systems, which are currently the most advanced in the world, using a newer type of optoelectronic mast, and more specially, the Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine has a variety of functions, such as being able to dock with the submarine equipment of the Navy SEALs, and can also launch and recover drones to provide intelligence support.
The Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine has a length of one hundred and fifteen meters, a width of more than ten meters, a displacement of nearly seven thousand tons on the water and nearly eight thousand tons under the water, and uses pump-jet thrusters, and is quieter than the Seawolf-class. The main armament is 12 missile launchers and four 533-mm torpedo tubes, but the weapons have not changed much, like other nuclear submarines.
"Thank you very much to all heads of state, heads of government, leaders of international organizations and representatives from various countries for participating in the founding ceremony of the Golden Triangle Federation, I declare that this is the end of the ship-watching ceremony, and the founding ceremony is also the end of the founding ceremony, the Golden Triangle Federation is a peace-loving country, and is willing to ......" Wu Beixin, chief executive of the Golden Triangle Federal Government, delivered a closing speech on the deck of the USS Truman nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and the international event that caused a sensation in the world came to an end.
Speaking of which, it was only two mornings, but for this to add up to eight or nine hours, the entire Golden Triangle Federation and the mercenary corps were busy for several months, spending as much as 120 million US dollars before and after, especially the mechanized troops and air force units, as well as the naval fleet.
As a matter of fact, she also knew very well in her heart that the cost of such a large-scale activity was only more than $100 million, which was already very economical, and the assembly of various types of warships and nuclear submarines of the navy and the army and air force alone cost more than half of the overall budget.
The navy always accounts for the most expensive branch of the troops, warships are not planes or tanks, early warning aircraft are only a few dozen people to operate, the main battle tank is at most a four-person car, and it can participate in activities when it is filled with fuel, and the ship needs many people to operate, a simple aircraft carrier has a full crew of nearly 6,000 people, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship also needs more than 1,000 people, and cruisers and destroyers also need several hundred people.
This time, in order to arrange a floating stand for the heads of state to feel at ease, Wu Chen ordered the USS Truman nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to sail from Lebanon to the South Kuril Islands, plus the escort fleet and nuclear submarines, and several million dollars would be gone.
To receive heads of state and delegations, the federal government has specially vacated two five-star hotels in the Golden Triangle City, originally all the costs are borne by the federal government, but those big countries and developed countries do things with great style, the head of state is indeed to accept free hospitality, but the attachés and delegations that come with it are to pay for themselves, after all, the Golden Triangle Federation is not rich, so it saves a lot of money, and the reception costs account for about a quarter of the amount.
The cost of site renovation is the least, not even a quarter, and the Central Street was built with the National Day parade in mind, so it only needs to be marked and the corresponding equipment installed.