Chapter 550: Prelude to the Exercise VII

The remaining three piers and berths belong to the participating countries, and the US rescue ships and hospital ships are parked at Pier 10, a Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser and a Burke-class missile destroyer, and a Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are more than a dozen warships from various countries participating in the exercise parked at Pier 11, and if you want to see the scene of the navy's target shooting and the actual combat effect at close range, such an opportunity is very rare, and 10 warships will be blown up and sunk in one exercise.

At Pier 12 were four Russian Kresta-class missile cruisers, four American Forrest Sherman destroyers, and two Newport-class tank landing ships, all of which were target ships, and the weapons and electronic equipment on them, as well as the engines, fuel depots, and oil pipelines, were all dismantled, leaving an iron shell to prevent major pollution.

"Your mercenary corps is really rich now, look, these are the main warships of the U.S. Navy in active service, even allies like Japan and South Korea have never gotten Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers and Burke-class missile destroyers, let alone Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines and Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines." The Cuban leader's eyes were red when he looked at the spectacular scene in front of him.

But Park Jin who was standing next to him was a little embarrassed, what do you mean, I'm standing here anyway, you always talk about things with American ships, it hurts my self-esteem too much, right? He also knows in his heart that in terms of the technical content of warship manufacturing and equipment, Russia's level is indeed very far behind that of the United States, which is a fact that has to be admitted, but we are allies!

"Your Excellency has only seen our superficial scenery, do you know how many dollars are needed to run such a large fleet? According to the current four-aircraft carrier mixed fleet in the port, it needs a full $8 billion of annual expenditure to maintain daily training, which is not counting operations! Wu Chen pursed his lips and said, you only saw the thief eating meat, but you didn't see the thief being beaten.

"The aircraft carrier battle group is worthy of being a well-known gold-swallowing beast, with a military expenditure of eight billion US dollars a year, even if you give us all these warships for nothing, I don't dare to ask for them, I really can't afford to raise them, this is not spending money, it is simply burning money!" The Cuban leader shook his head with a wry smile.

Under the leadership of Wu Chen, the two leaders entered the modified and upgraded Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, the Oscar-class cruise missile nuclear submarine, and the Akula-class attack nuclear submarine for a visit.

There are two reasons for this: First, it is because of his sincerity in cooperation that Wu Chen has brought the relations between the Middle East countries and Russia a big step closer, and has obtained large loans from both sides, so that the Boreasan strategic nuclear submarine and the Yasen-class attack nuclear submarine have been successfully built, and the Russian Navy has realized the upgrading of its equipment, greatly improved its combat effectiveness, and has also added two killer weapons to compete with the United States.

Second, Russia's economy has been sluggish, and the government really does not have the financial resources to maintain the daily operation of so many nuclear submarines, and a large number of former Soviet nuclear submarines have been abandoned in the wind and sun, wasting precious resources.

But in the hands of the mercenary corps, it is completely different, Wu Chen can modernize and upgrade these nuclear submarines to exert greater power, strictly speaking, he also continues the life cycle of these nuclear submarines, otherwise, they will soon be decommissioned and dismantled.

The mercenary corps is really wealthy, Park Kim was greatly surprised when he saw the scene in front of him, he had also entered the interior of these two levels of nuclear submarines before, and the environment at that time could definitely be described as dirty and messy, coupled with aging pipelines and backward electronic equipment, it was indeed not confident that it would be used as a killer weapon in the contest between Russia and the United States.

But now, the aging pipes and valves have been completely replaced, sprayed with anti-rust paint and protective layers, and the same is true for electrical installations and wiring, the nuclear submarine is simply spotless, as can be seen from the electronic equipment, the nuclear submarine has achieved a high degree of automatic operation, and those old displays have become brand new LED displays that have just been developed.

The displacement of the Oscar-class cruise missile nuclear submarine is second only to that of the Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, because its own space is very large, and the facilities that can be equipped are also extraordinarily comprehensive.

The lounge has LCD TVs and air-conditioning, and the gym is full of high-end imported fitness equipment, as well as a swimming pool and sauna, and even a billiards room. The food is also very good, and there is a dedicated dietitian who is responsible for arranging the daily recipes.

Hearing that the crew of the nuclear submarine actually has an annual salary of 200,000 US dollars a year, the Cuban leaders were dumbfounded, which is equivalent to the salary of a hundred junior officers of the Cuban Navy for a year, which is too exaggerated, right?

President Park Kim is also full of bitterness, just because of the low salary of the Russian Navy, many elite personnel have gone to work in the mercenary corps navy, year by year for ten years, no one will calculate such an account, and if there is no money, you can only stare dryly.

"Your Excellency Park Kim, the ship electrical equipment of the Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine and the Akula-class attack nuclear submarine has been upgraded in a comprehensive and large-scale manner in full accordance with the ship electrical equipment of the Seawolf-class and Yasen-class ships, replacing the bow active and passive spherical array sonar, plane search radar and underwater combat system, and the latest sound-absorbing tiles have been installed on the outside of the hull, and the silence has been greatly improved."

"The 650 mm torpedo tubes and 533 mm torpedo tubes, after using the torpedo bushing, can fire almost all submarine weapons in service, such as the latest supercavitating torpedoes and the American MK-48 wire-guided torpedo, can also launch Garnet cruise missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles and Granite anti-ship missiles, and can also launch the Peony series of waterfall anti-submarine missiles, and the attack power has reached an extremely terrifying level."

Park Kim is very satisfied with this, after the modification of the mercenary corps, the Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine has once again become a super killer that once shocked the world, which is also the original intention of selling to the mercenary corps.

Of course, he knew how powerful the supercavitating torpedo, that is, the storm torpedo, was, capable of reaching a speed of 370 kilometers per hour, or 200 knots, or about 100 meters per second, in 400 meters of seawater. The maximum range reaches fifteen km, the warhead charge reaches two hundred and fifty kilograms, and it is also capable of loading a nuclear warhead!

Of course, supercavitating torpedoes are not without shortcomings, first of all, they will not turn in a straight line, and then they are too poor in concealment and can be easily discovered, and finally, the range is too short, and this aspect needs to be strengthened.