"The warship is in a worse state." Admiral John said: "I think if you want to re-enter the service, you must spend a lot of money to modify, and it is not very cost-effective. ”

The deck of the warship also looks like there is a lot of rust, the coating on it is gone, it looks bad, and if it is to be refitted, the price will definitely not be low.

"Well, if you don't think this one is worth it, then it's better to rely on that one." Nathan said, "However, Your Excellency, in this case, your navy will only have two aircraft carriers at most. ”

The Ark Royal, plus the current Oriscani, is only two, two aircraft carriers, can it complete some unexpected missions in the future?

If it is really necessary to protect the sea routes, two will certainly not be enough.

"Yes, even if we put the Oriscani into service, it will only be two, and it will definitely not be enough." Admiral John said: "So, we want to operate more fixed-wing fighters, then, we have to continue to develop ideas, if we operate Tomcat fighters on the Invincible-class aircraft carrier, what does Major Nathan think?" ”

Invincible? Isn't that?

Nathan almost immediately wanted to refuse.

What is Invincibility?

This is a small aircraft carrier with short/vertical take-off and landing aircraft under the British Royal Navy, and it is the main warship of the United Kingdom in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

The British Royal Navy in this era was quite hard, its own aircraft carriers, or built during World War II, originally planned to build a new generation of aircraft carriers, but as a result, it encountered a series of blows.

The British Labour government, nicknamed the "Navy Dismantling Expert", won the election, and the Harold Wilson government intended to cut naval spending as much as possible and strengthen social welfare.

After a series of strikes, the "CVA-01" aircraft carrier was finally cut.

On the same day, all the staff of the British Royal Navy submitted their resignations en masse, wanting to bid farewell to the disgraced Royal Navy in this tragic way, but the resignation was rejected by the Admiralty Lord Sir Ruth, and he himself submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister, which was tantamount to a disaster for the Royal Navy.

It seems that the British Royal Navy is about to sink, but their pursuit of aircraft carriers has not stopped, they are trying all kinds of ways to obtain warships that can continue to carry the girder after the retirement of the three active aircraft carriers, and finally the British Navy proposed that the Soviet Union is frantically expanding its nuclear submarine strength, and Britain must build a type of anti-aircraft missile to implement air defense, carry helicopters for anti-submarine warfare, and can undertake formation communications, command tasks of the new warship to replace the Tiger class cruiser as a new command ship. Therefore, the Invincible class is an "anti-submarine cruiser" designed with this intention in mind.

This scene is almost very similar to that of the Soviet Union, except that Britain has no money, and the Soviets are disgusted with aircraft carriers, and the Kiev-class aircraft carriers of the Soviets also passed the national budget under the banner of anti-submarine cruisers.

Invincible-class aircraft carrier, built on a nominal budget for an all-deck command cruiser, officially known as a helicopter heavy cruiser.

It just so happened that in this era, Britain designed the Harrier fighter with vertical take-off and landing, so it simply carried this aircraft, and at the same time, as the pioneer of the steam catapult and the beveled deck, the British Navy once again invented a new scheme.

Glide jump take-off.

In the past, in the era of World War II, the take-off and landing speed of propeller aircraft was slow, and it could take off and fight with its own power, but after entering the jet era, with the continuous acceleration of take-off and landing, it was impossible to successfully take off and land by relying on its own efforts, so the steam catapult appeared, with the help of steam to make the carrier-based aircraft take off.

Until now, Tomcat fighters took off from aircraft carriers, also with the help of powerful steam catapults.

However, there is no invincible class, there is only a jumping deck, which is convenient for the Sea Harrier to take off, although it can take off vertically, but if it glides and takes off, it can greatly save fuel, carry more weapons, and have a longer range.

The lead ship of the Invincible-class aircraft carrier "Invincible" started construction at the Vickers Shipyard in the United Kingdom in 1973, launched in 1977, commissioned in 1980, and is now 79 years, so according to the schedule, the current Invincible must have undergone a long sea trial in the waters near the United Kingdom.

It was impossible to add a catapult to the Invincible, in addition to the inappropriate layout of the deck, and the fact that it was propelled by a gas turbine, meant that there was no boiler to produce steam at all.

If you want to make a Tomcat take off, you can only rely on your own power and take off from the aircraft carrier.

Let a heavy carrier-based aircraft take off in a glide jump? Isn't that a joke? You know, now that catapult and take-off have been agreed, and the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier of the Soviets has not been seen at all, no one in the world would have thought of such a crazy thing at all.

Looking at the eyes of the people around him, Admiral John was helpless.

Although the Harrier can be operated at the invincible level, everyone knows that if it is a simple air defense operation of the fleet, the Harrier is okay, but if there is a real world war, the Harrier will definitely not survive one episode, and the prologue will be completely destroyed.

However, back then, those guys liked to watch the British Navy slaughtered like this, and now if they want to start building a new aircraft carrier, it will be impossible.

can only think of a way from the existing equipment, the invincible-class aircraft carrier, no more, even if it can only operate ten Tomcat fighters, then it will have quite anti-heaven combat effectiveness.

You know, there are two and three ships in the Invincible class!

If the invincible class can be made, then the old-fashioned Athletic God can also be modified and modified, so that as soon as it is cleaned up, the British Navy will have five or six usable aircraft carriers in its hands, so at a glance, it is still possible.

"If this is the case, then the Tomcat fighter that is operated on the ship must have the ability to operate multi-functional operations." Nathan spoke, after all, the improvement of the multi-purpose of the Tomcat fighter has begun, and the invincible-class aircraft carrier can only operate one carrier-based aircraft, at most plus helicopters, it is not enough to only fight in the air, it must be an all-rounder.

Hearing Nathan's words, Admiral John was overjoyed: "Major Nathan, do you also think our plan is feasible?" So, would you like to come and be our test pilot? ”

Admiral John's purpose is to fool Nathan into flying a test flight, he is the most experienced pilot, even better than those professional test pilots!

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