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At the end of 91, the international situation was still changing, mainly in Eastern Europe. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova and other countries have successively announced their independence from the Soviet Union**, which makes people see that the edifice of the Soviet Union seems to be crumbling, and the entire union seems to be facing a bad situation.

At the end of this year, the Soviet Union abandoned the one-party system, and at the 28th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Yeltie made a generous statement, asking the Central Committee for more power and more democracy.

The situation in the Soviet Union as a whole was in turmoil.

Fast forward to 1992.

Ukraine, Black Sea Shipyard.

A huge warship with a jump runway through the deck is radiant at this time, and today, it is the moment when it has officially completed its outfitting and is about to undergo sea trials!

In the open space of the shipyard, the people involved in the design and construction of it were watching excitedly as the warship began to emit black smoke and the boilers ignited and prepared to start.

This warship is the heavy aircraft-carrying destroyer ordered by Iraq, the 11434 modification, which is a warship that Iraq has finally acquired after nearly eight years of hard work.

At this time, the Varyag next to it was still in the final outfitting stage, and its progress was able to be so fast that it was inseparable from the huge investment of the Iraqi side.

Normally, the construction of an aircraft carrier takes ten years, and even the technology of the Black Sea shipyard is a nine-year plan for an aircraft carrier, and every three years an aircraft carrier is started, one is launched, and one is outfitted. The Iraqi side provided a large amount of manpower, and in terms of hull construction, it caught up with the progress of the Varyag, and in the later outfitting process, it ensured the investment of funds and personnel, so that the warship could be manufactured at a speed of 20 hours without interruption, and finally, when the Varyag had not completed all the outfitting work, the Iraqi warship could already be tested at sea, and after the sea trials were completed, the Iraqi side would name it Baghdad.

The commander of the Iraqi Navy also arrived at the scene to thank the director of the Black Sea Shipyard, Makarov.

Since the Iraqis had not yet fully mastered the operation of such a large warship, the Baghdad was also aided by a large number of Soviets, who had been temporarily transferred from the Kuznetsov.

This warship will be the beginning of the Navy of the Great Iraqi Power!

The Baghdad, with a standard displacement of 58,000 tons and a full load displacement of 69,500 tons, has a flight deck of 310 meters long and 72 meters wide, and uses 4 steam turbines, 4 shafts, and a total power of 210,000 horsepower, which can ensure that the warship can be driven at a maximum speed of 30 knots in order to release the carrier-based aircraft above.

The biggest difference with Kuznetsov is that the island volume of this aircraft carrier is only half of that of Kuznetsov, and there is no huge four-sided phased array radar on the Kuznetsov, in fact, due to the immaturity of the Soviet Union in electronic processing technology, this huge sky sentry radar was proved to be immature by Kuznetsov, so on the second ship Varyag, this radar has been removed. And on the Kuznetsov, which is undergoing sea trials, this radar rarely works normally, and it is jokingly called the sky cake. (It is even said that until the Russian Navy was joined, this radar, which was not equipped, was only an empty shell on the outside?) ）

After the warship is built, it cannot be delivered to the navy immediately, because the warship is a huge system, and it is a long process to integrate and run in all the equipment, so it is necessary to conduct sea trials in the Black Sea in advance.

"Mr. Makarov, thank you very much for your personnel, it is your all-out cooperation that allows our warship to leave the dock at such a fast speed and conduct sea trials." This was stated by the commander of the Iraqi Navy, Nasser.

"That's what we're supposed to do." Makarov said: "I hope that our cooperation will continue. ”

The Black Sea Shipyard was the largest shipyard in the Soviet Union, but, like other departments, they faced constant arrears of wages from their superiors, even the construction of the Varyag, which had been directly allocated by Iraqi funds, but now began to be misappropriated by their superiors.

In this case, the enthusiasm of the workers, of course, is not very high, but, on the Iraqi side, it is interesting enough. The workers who built the ships for Iraq received an additional allowance from Iraq, and in this case, they naturally worked hard and were very efficient.

After the completion of this aircraft carrier, the next project they can expect is the fourth ship of the Glorious-class, Ukraine.

Under the circumstance that the funds for aircraft carriers are constantly being misappropriated, the construction of other warships is even less optimistic; among them, more than 80 percent of the No. 4 warships have been completed, but now the project has come to a halt.

It is said that Iraq is now in talks with the top brass to purchase the warship, after which it will invest money to complete the warship. Shipyards will benefit a lot.

In order to hide his face, Nasser wore an overcoat and a hat to cover his face, and although the climate here was good enough, it was still cold and windy in February.

"I also hope that our cooperation will continue forever, and Mr. Makarov, our president of Qusay, has always praised you as an excellent engineer." Nasser said.

Hearing this, Makarov smiled and said, "I'm just an old boatman. ”

In order to launch the Iraqi warship as soon as possible, Makarov's tackling key problems has also been carried out in Iraq, for example, one of Makarov's granddaughters is receiving a good education in the United Kingdom, and after graduation, she will enter the Ousheng Electronics Company for an internship.

In Qusay's eyes, technicians are all treasures, especially people like Makarov who are more familiar with the shipbuilding industry than themselves, and it is a rare wealth, bringing him to Iraq to exert his spare heat, and can also help Iraq's shipbuilding industry develop rapidly.

As he was talking, the time was up, and with the sound of the whistle and with the help of several tugboats, the huge hull slowly left the dock.

In the captain's room, Abdur was in an excited mood and had interned on the Kuznetsov for a while, but when he came to this Baghdad, he had a different feeling.

Next to him, the Soviet Navy Colonel looked at the excited Iraqi and sighed in his heart.

From here, you can see the entire deck, there, the parking area, the take-off and landing area, the lifting area, clearly, especially the two catapults on the beveled deck, which makes them sigh even more, the aircraft carrier of the Iraqi Navy, the performance has surpassed their Kuznetsov, and even the Varyag, which is about to be built, does not have such strong performance, only order 107, that is, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, can be compared with this one, but that one, the current construction progress, is less than 50 percent.

"Four cars, one forward." The colonel of the Soviet Navy ordered that during the sea trials, he would be assigned the main command tasks.

The sea trials of this aircraft carrier have long been clearly seen by the US satellites in the sky, and it is a great irony that the Soviet Union can continue to build aircraft carriers at a time when they need to live on debt.

However, intelligence analysts, in the middle, found something unusual.

………

In Baghdad, Qusay learned that the Baghdad had begun sea trials, which means that the Iraqi Navy has taken another big step forward.

Sea trials, slowly, will take two or three years, for example, the Kuznetsov, until now, the finishing work has not been completed. However, that is because it is the first ship, and this warship, coupled with Iraq's sufficient funds, is expected to end the sea trials and join the Iraqi Navy within a year.

During the course of this year, following the sea trials, Iraq's aircraft carrier operators will also be trained in place, especially in the later stage, to carry out carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing training.

So far, the Soviet Union has delivered twenty Su-27K carrier-based fighters for Iraq, four remain in Ukraine, ready for follow-up flight tests, and the rest, have been stationed at the Qeshm Island naval base, Iraq's naval aviation, will thoroughly understand the performance of this aircraft, and then, in batches, complete take-off and landing training.

According to the original agreement, Qusay ordered 40 Su-27K carrier-based fighters, so that, according to the design, the Baghdad can carry a total of 65 fighters, in addition to 40 Su-27K fighters, plus 5 Hawkeye early warning aircraft, there can also be 20 fighters, Iraq ordered 20 Su-25UTG and 20 Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters.

With normal armament, forty Su-27K, five Hawkeye AWACS aircraft, five Su-25UTGs and fifteen Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters.

This is also due to Iraq's strength at this stage, the main combat mission of the aircraft carrier will be to seize air supremacy at sea, and the heavy Su-27K carrier-based fighters, even if they encounter the most powerful Tomcat fighters of the US Navy, will definitely not fall behind.

Moreover, the Su-27K already has a strong attack capability, and when carrying the Kh-41 anti-ship missile, it is also a powerful strike force, so this fighter will be their main force.

Compared with the seven or eight types of fighters on US aircraft carriers, Iraq's aircraft carriers have fewer types of carrier-based aircraft, which are also convenient for maintenance. And the Su-25 is an excellent attack aircraft, and when Iraq has sufficient air supremacy, the proportion of such aircraft can be increased.

The other is anti-submarine, therefore, fifteen Ka-27s, mainly used for anti-submarine, are also a powerful force.

At this time, Iraq's early warning aircraft technology was already very advanced, so the Hawkeye early warning aircraft imported from the United States would also be improved in batches and use phased array radar antennas. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )