The U.S. government is very concerned about the fact that Russia's northern shipyards have started to build new warships, but what makes people wonder is that, according to the intelligence agencies, the other side actually wants to build two Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruisers and four Glorious-class missile cruisers.

These are all products of the former Soviet Union, which have long been particularly outdated, and the behemoths are all floating clouds except aircraft carriers. A Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser can build three conventionally powered missile cruisers, but a nuclear-powered missile cruiser can play the role www.biquge.info of three conventionally powered missile cruisers, which is simply a waste!

Putting all this aside, with the financial situation of Russia, where will the money come to build such a supercruiser? The cost of a nuclear-powered missile cruiser is about $3 billion, and the cost of a Glorious-class missile cruiser is about $10 to 1.2 billion, which together is equivalent to $1,800 billion.

It is not only the Americans who are speculating suspiciously, but Russia's expansion of its navy has also alarmed many countries, especially the EU countries, and if the Russian navy becomes stronger, it will inevitably affect the position of the United States, and from then on the earth will be full of troubles.

"I think it's very strange why this company's nuclear-powered missile cruiser should be designed like this, the Kirov class itself is heavy enough, this new type of warship actually has to reach 30,000 tons, with a load of 45,000 tons, which is simply the level of a medium-sized aircraft carrier, and it takes four nuclear reactors to complete normal operation!" An engineer said to the plant manager.

"I don't know very well, this is an order issued by the General Headquarters, the hull must be completed exactly according to the other party's intentions, as for the nuclear reactor, they will solve it themselves, and we don't need to think about how many seats."

"For these cruisers, the other party paid 200 million US dollars in the early stage, which is considered to solve a big problem for us, at least the wages of the workers have been repaid, and there is still a fee to call after a year, I heard that this is still the first batch of warships, let's work overtime, there is hope." The director of the factory also had a bitter face.

In an abandoned Soviet base in Ukolan, a group of people are busy nervously, with at least one battalion-sized combat team of mercenaries stationed outside, and unrelated personnel are strictly prohibited from entering within a three-kilometer radius, and those who disobey will be killed on the spot.

Nuclear-powered missile cruisers, the most important thing is the three words nuclear power, and nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons are not the same thing, the purity of raw materials needed for nuclear weapons must be more than 90 percent, and the purity of raw materials required for nuclear reactors is only 3 percent.

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines use the safest pressurized water reactors, with the lowest risk factor, not because it involves heavy water reactors that can make nuclear weapons, so the Russian government is very happy to give the technology to Wu Chen, and provide all the nuclear fuel, giving you enough for a hundred years at a time, the concentration is too low!

The Russian military gave the original reactor drawings and technical data, but Wu Chen believes that the two reactors of the original Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser have obvious power deficiencies, and the combined thrust is only 100,000 horsepower, which is not suitable for the power of the new ship, and must be equipped with the world's most advanced nuclear reactors, each reactor must have a single-shaft thrust of at least 140,000 horsepower, just like the nuclear reactor of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States.

However, Russian nuclear energy experts will not be able to solve Wu Chen's problem for a while, and such a huge scientific research team in the former Soviet Union has not developed a suitable nuclear reactor, let alone now?

Therefore, the other party can provide materials for the construction of nuclear reactors, and as for reactors of this level, it is still necessary for Rainbow Shipping Company to solve it themselves.

Wu Chen found a hidden abandoned base, reconnected the power supply and made a simple transformation, transported the machinery and equipment supported by Russia to it and installed it, and the nuclear energy experts from the former Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant built a nuclear reactor here, and the reference was the A4W pressurized water reactor of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

Wu Chen's requirements are very simple, there is no need for this team to redesign a completely new nuclear reactor, as long as it is made by cracking the American technology, it is a great achievement, which is relatively much easier, and it is estimated that it will take two years to meet the requirements.

With drawings and technical data, why does it take so long, this is not the same thing, the former Soviet Union built so many nuclear submarines, but still can't handle the nuclear reactor of an aircraft carrier, it can be seen that this is a very complex and very sophisticated cutting-edge technology, I am afraid there is no more powerful technology.

You can't learn everything from the United States and Russia, you must build a naval force that suits you, always follow the ass of others, and never think about surpassing others, this is Wu Chen's secret determination since he upgraded his equipment.

Although it was built on the scale of the Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, the two brand-new nuclear-powered missile cruisers conceived by Wu Chen were the embodiment of the concept of the US arsenal ships in the future. Each ship uses two A4W pressurized water reactors, with a displacement of about 30,000 tons, a full load of 45,000 tons, and a speed of 35 knots.

Such a nuclear-powered missile cruiser is large and stable, can install two large-caliber naval guns of two hundred and three millimeters, can support ground operations, carries five hundred missiles of various kinds, including vertically launched cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, and additionally installs anti-submarine missiles and short-range defense systems, equipped with anti-submarine patrol aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters, as for the hidden effect, hehe, the next generation of arsenal ships will consider this issue again.

As for the conventionally powered missile cruisers, they are not Glorious-class missile cruisers of the former Soviet Union, but new warships that completely surpass the Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, because the hull is larger and the power system is better, and the condition is much better than that of the Ticonderoga-class, and the space of the American cruiser is relatively narrow.

Between countries and countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, when one day and the United States tear their faces, it is absolutely impossible to fight the number of equipment, mercenary corps do not have so much financial resources, the only thing is to fight for combat effectiveness, and it is unconventional equipment.

After the installation of the Sea Elf combat system, the combat effectiveness of these two missile cruisers will be improved like never before, and they will become the main warships of the new generation.

"The financial turmoil has begun, but the first attack of the financial predators is not well prepared, and failure is inevitable. But waiting is a very irritating thing, and I think I should go out or I'll go crazy! Wu Chen looked at the script on the table and said to Xu Zilin, who had just finished making a phone call.