Chapter 910: Ship Viewing Four
The aircraft tractor on the aircraft carrier, pay attention, the mercenary regiment uses a genuine aircraft tractor, and it is also the original aircraft tractor of the United States on the aircraft carrier, and it is definitely not the tractor of the Ah Sanjia family, which dragged the An-71 carrier-based AWACS aircraft to the take-off area behind the deck.
With the loud roar of the engines, the two An-71 carrier-based early warning planes took off from the flight deck more than 300 meters long by relying only on the power of their own three engines, and sure enough, they could take off without using steam catapults.
Originally, this carrier-based early warning aircraft was used for the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, and the deck length of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is longer than that of the Kuznetsov, so naturally there is no problem. Not only Brazil, Argentina, Iran and other countries are tempted, but even the Russian Navy is also tempted, not to mention India.
In fact, this kind of carrier-based early warning aircraft can also be used in the roadbed, and it can also be catapulted and taken off by a steam catapult, which is not a big temptation for those countries that want early warning aircraft, and everyone knows the role of early warning aircraft.
"Mr. Makas, I hope that you can produce ten of these carrier-based early warning aircraft for Russia, the current Kuznetsov aircraft carrier uses early warning helicopters, the search range is indeed too small, and the future Ulyanovsk aircraft carrier also needs carrier-based early warning aircraft." President Park Kim said.
"Of course, this is no problem, the mercenary corps and Russia are strategic partners, and I will give priority to meeting your requirements, and the blue water navy is indeed indispensable for this kind of equipment." Marcus agreed very happily.
The next appearance is the well-known modern naval cutting-edge equipment, the mercenary corps's latest development and manufacture of five Canglong-class arsenal ships, 45,000 tons of full load displacement, length of 299 meters, width of 38 meters, and the size of a medium-sized aircraft carrier. The hull is beautifully streamlined, with few surface reflections, no edges and corners in the line of sight, and the body is wrapped in a layer of special materials, and the four-sided phased array radar antenna can be seen on the bridge.
Using the technology of the vertical launch system of the US eight-pack universal missile, there are 20 groups in front of the bridge and 40 groups in the back, with a total of 480 missiles of various types. There are two 203 mm caliber naval guns in the front, which can be hidden in the fairing in peacetime, and the hangar and helicopter platform in the rear, because of the large internal space, the anti-submarine helicopter can be parked in the hangar, which reduces the reflective surface of the radar.
This was followed by two Wasp-class amphibious assault ships, which were amphibious assault ships with a tonnage of more than 40,000 tons, and were a replica of medium-sized aircraft carriers, and were also the first warships of the U.S. Navy to use an integrated electric propulsion system.
Inside, five M1 Abrams main battle tanks, twenty-five AAV-7 amphibious landing vehicles, eight M-109 self-propelled guns, sixty-eight HMMVVV tactical wheeled trucks, ten supply vehicles, twenty five-ton military trucks, two water tank trailers, two generator trailers, one fuel tanker, four all-terrain stackers, and much more.
A variety of modes can be adopted on the deck, such as the current sea domination mode, which can put twenty Shield Defender-2 single-seat single-engine stealth supersonic vertical take-off and landing all-weather fighters, and four Sea Falcon-1 anti-submarine helicopters.
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ships, an old amphibious assault ship that has been in service with the U.S. Navy for up to forty years, and the mercenary corps is only used as a transition, after all, it is too old to be modernized.
With a full load displacement of more than 18,000 tons, a length of more than 180 meters, and a width of 31 meters, it can carry more than 30 helicopters for combat, and the internal space is capable of accommodating a reinforced battalion of marines, about 2,000 people and equipment.
The Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship, which is an amphibious assault ship that the mercenary corps is actively refitting, has been in service for twenty-five years, and belongs to a large amphibious assault ship of 40,000 tons, with a length of more than 250 meters and a width of 40 meters.
Inside, it is possible to carry one thousand nineteen hundred marines, with universal and mechanized landing craft, equipped with different quantities and loaded with one thousand two hundred tons of aviation fuel. On deck it can carry nineteen CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopters, or twenty-six CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopters, as well as twenty vertical take-off and landing fighters and four anti-submarine helicopters.
Behind are twelve killer whale-class 10,000-ton stealth drives, with a hull length of 198 meters and a width of 18.8 meters, and the internal space is very spacious. This kind of 10,000-ton destroyer, with some parts of the part, is common to the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser and the Ali Burke-class missile destroyer, which minimizes the cost.
Due to the use of nuclear power, it has the ability to operate with unlimited endurance, and there are 12 missile vertical launch systems in the front and rear, which can be loaded with 196 missiles of various types, and this stealth destroyer is equipped with a sea spirit combat system, with a full load displacement of more than 18,000 tons.
"Your mercenary corps is too extravagant, even destroyers have to use nuclear power, so the cost of nuclear reactors alone is enough to build a few small-tonnage destroyers." This was stated by a deputy secretary of the US Navy.
"Mercenaries are not a luxury but no money, and the use of nuclear power is also a helpless move, although the cost of a small nuclear reactor is as high as more than a billion dollars, in the long run, a destroyer from service to decommissioning, basically does not need to think about power, it is still worth it." Genesys said.
It is normal for a capital ship of such tonnage as the Canglong-class arsenal ship to be nuclear-powered, but why should a 10,000-ton destroyer be nuclear-powered? Wu Chen also has his own considerations, first of all, to reduce the pressure on logistics support, such as the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser and the Ali Burke-class missile destroyer, which are both large fuel consumers, and a cruise will cost tens of millions of dollars, and nuclear-powered warships do not need fuel and can be dispatched to perform tasks at any time.
Secondly, the power of nuclear-powered warships is strong, and this type of warship not only has a fast speed, but also can be equipped with armor, and its defense power has been greatly enhanced. The American Ali Burke-class missile destroyer is known as the most advanced destroyer, but unfortunately it is a thin-skinned dumpling, which can be disemboweled at the slightest touch, and the killer whale-class 10,000-ton stealth drive does not have this problem, the hull is armored, and the survivability far exceeds that of the Ali Burke-class missile destroyer.
Then there is the fact that the cost of modern warships is too high, and it is normal for hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and if it is calculated according to the 20 years of service of a destroyer, the fuel cost saved is enough to build a nuclear reactor.
Moreover, the materials used by the mercenary corps to build nuclear reactors are all churned out from the legacy of the former Soviet Union, and there is also the strong support of the Russian side, not to mention twenty or thirty warships, and it will not be used up ten times more, and the technology is hacked by Wu Chen from the United States and Russia, and it is a little manufacturing cost if it is calculated.