Chapter 721: The Age of Aircraft Carriers

The mercenary corps attached great importance to the launching and outfitting of the aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk, and for this reason, the propaganda department specially invited reporters from well-known media from various countries to Cam Ranh Bay to witness the birth of this moment, proving that the shipbuilding company under the Rainbow Shipping Group has the ability to manufacture heavy aircraft carriers, or aircraft carriers equipped with nuclear reactors and steam catapults.

The Russian Government attached greater importance to this matter, and President Parkin, the Minister of National Defense, the Chief of the General Staff, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, led the main admirals of the Navy, as well as a large number of Russian news media reporters, rushed to the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base by special plane.

On the open space on the dry dock side of the shipyard, while the water was filled, the Russian Defense Minister and Meng Ling held a joint press conference to announce the launch of the aircraft carrier and outfit it, and to answer questions from reporters from various countries.

"The aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk is a 92,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier equipped with a steam catapult, which is several hundred tons heavier than the earliest model of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States."

"The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has a length of 335 meters, a width of 41 meters, a flight deck of 90 meters, and uses four steam catapults developed by the Russian Navy, two pressurized water reactors, four steam turbine engines, four shafts and twin main rudders, a speed of thirty knots, and is equipped with fifty Su-33 carrier-based aircraft."

"The aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk will be outfitted in March next year, and will enter service with the Russian Navy at the end of next year, and at the same time, the Russian government has decided to start construction of a second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, named Yeltsin, with a displacement of more than 100,000 tons, and the design drawings have been completed, designed by the Rainbow Shipping Company Ship Design Institute, with the assistance of the Russian ship design department." Meng Ling, CEO of Rainbow Shipping, told reporters.

"According to the plan of the Russian government, our Ministry of Defense and the Navy will entrust the Rainbow Shipping Company to build six aircraft carriers of the same class, and at the same time start manufacturing amphibious assault ships, missile cruisers and missile destroyers, so as to ensure that the interests of the Russian people are not infringed upon, and also fulfill a responsibility for world peace!" This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Russia.

Looking at the TV report, there was silence in the office of the US president, and Russia was actually equipped with a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is not very good news. Although the hull part of the ship was built by Rainbow Shipping, the core parts such as the nuclear reactor and steam catapult were all shipped to the Cam Ranh Bay shipyard after the Russian construction was completed.

This proves that although the scientific research department of the mercenary corps has recruited a large number of scientific research experts from the former Soviet Union, it does not yet have the ability to develop nuclear reactors and steam catapults, and although it has so many nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines as a reference, it is not so simple to tackle key technical problems.

However, Russia's scientific research and design is rapidly rising, driving more than 90,000 tons of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the design of nuclear reactors is a big problem, and steam catapults, which seem to have inherited the technology left over from the former Soviet Union, at least narrowing the gap with American ship manufacturing.

The worse news is that the Russian government's ambitions really worry the US government, and one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is not yet finished, and the second one will continue to be built, and a total of six 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be built, which is to challenge the US Navy's position in the world.

"Now the general environment in the international military community is unfavorable to the United States, there are more and more countries with aircraft carriers, and many are brewing to build aircraft carriers, according to accurate intelligence from the CIA, Brazil, Argentina and Iran have already placed orders with the mercenary corps of the Rainbow Shipping Company, which belongs to three conventionally powered aircraft carriers, and the combined forces of the Gulf countries have orders for three nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and steam catapults will be installed, which are manufactured by Russian enterprises, and it is obvious that the nuclear reactor has received technical support from Russia."

"In order to safeguard the interests of the United States, our American military should be divided into two steps, first, to increase the number of Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the United States to ten to fifteen, and at the same time to step up the research and development of supercarriers, in addition to the Newport News Shipyard, but also to upgrade the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and the Ingalls Shipyard so that they have the ability to manufacture aircraft carriers."

"Second, we need to lobby NATO members, such as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Germany, to build their own aircraft carriers, or large amphibious assault ships, and the U.S. government can provide technical support and help build them. It is also suggested that South Korea be included in the list and assume a part of its own maritime defense, which is also a warning measure to North Korea. Said the Minister of Defense.

In peacetime, other countries should not think about such a good thing, and the United States explicitly forbids the sale of aircraft carriers to foreign countries, for fear that other countries will obtain US shipbuilding technology and pose a threat to US security.

But at the moment, it is really unbearable, with the financial and material resources of the United States alone, it wants to confront so many countries, and the superpower is also stretched, and there is not so much military spending, the best way is to pull all NATO member countries into the water and share the burden and pressure of the United States!

"Do we need to warn the mercenary corps' Rainbow Shipping Group and ask them to immediately stop building aircraft carriers for other countries, so that all the problems faced will be solved, and we don't need to waste so much financial and material resources." said the president's senior adviser.

"This is a very bad idea, it must not be used until the last resort, or even it cannot be used, the United States cannot oppose the military powers of the world, if it is isolated, you should know the consequences." The Minister of the Navy pouted and said.

When the senior consultant saw the people present, looking at himself like a fool and an idiot, he couldn't help but blush, knowing that what he had just said was too naïve. In all fairness, this is a good idea, and it is the simplest and most effective way to do it, but the big names in the room know it, why don't others say it?

Quite simply, it is true that the United States is the only superpower in the world, but at this stage, it is not possible to formulate the order of all countries in the world, and it is not possible to do whatever it wants, because it has not reached the ideal level of a unipolar world!

If the mercenary corps are prevented from building aircraft carriers for other countries, first of all, the Russian government will turn its face, and the remaining six nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will not be built, which will directly infringe on Russia's interests, and the United States, no matter how strong it is, does not want to have a head-on conflict with a nuclear-weapon power. The second is the South American countries and the Gulf countries, the order has also been placed, and the US government suddenly intervened to stir up the yellow, can you be happy? How do you play like this?

What's more, the mercenary corps itself will fiercely oppose this requirement, everyone is familiar with it, and they can block people's money like killing their parents, everyone knows this reason! In order to protect military secrets and advanced technology, the US government may not sell aircraft carriers to other countries, but what does the aircraft carrier developed and manufactured by the mercenary corps itself have to do with the US government? This will not work, that will not work, will the US government make up for our losses?