Chapter 542 Russia Wants to Buy an Aircraft Carrier
As the first batch of people to board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of Future Technology Group, everyone was quite shocked when they saw the rest room of the ordinary crew on the aircraft carrier.
Until then, everyone's impression of the lounge on the aircraft carrier was still in the impression of being crowded and cramped, noisy and oscillating.
Because American aircraft carriers, all so.
But after really seeing this aircraft carrier of the Future Technology Group, I suddenly had an earth-shaking understanding.
It turns out that the aircraft carrier can also be so humane, and the comfortable cabin, although it is still not as good as those cruise ships, but this is an aircraft carrier, giving ordinary crew such a huge space, which shows the proportion of its human culture in the design concept of weapon development.
This also shocked those experts on the Russian side, they have been designing aircraft carriers for their own country, and they naturally know how precious the space on the aircraft carrier is, and they can't do it at all with such a layout of space.
In fact, this is also the generation gap of aircraft carrier technology, the Storm-class aircraft carrier designed by the Russian side is designed with a crew of 4,000 people, but on the aircraft carrier of the Future Science and Technology Group, only 1,200 crew members are needed, and the space is large if the crew is reduced.
Moreover, a comfortable living environment can also continue to ensure that soldiers have strong combat effectiveness, a more hygienic environment, and can also avoid the emergence of diseases.
"Then the aircraft carrier you put up for sale is also the standard we see?" Another Russian asked.
The colonel shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, this aircraft carrier that is being visited is not really an aircraft carrier for sale, because this aircraft carrier uses our independent artificial intelligence management system, which is not for sale, because other countries buy this aircraft carrier, it will be our foreign trade version, and our artificial intelligence management system will not be installed on the aircraft carrier, so the required crew, at least three thousand people, due to the large number of crews, so the layout of the cabin will be very compact, which you can understand about the Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States, It's pretty much the same. ”
"Doesn't that mean that the aircraft carrier you sold is a castrated version?" A Russian said with some displeasure.
"That's for sure, because if it's an aircraft carrier we use, it's impossible to buy it with a value of eight billion dollars, and our aircraft carrier artificial intelligence management system alone costs more than five billion dollars, which is a super intelligent system that can leave two thousand crew members, and it involves a lot of core science and technology, so it is impossible to sell it to the outside world, and I believe that when Russia sells weapons, it is impossible to sell its strongest configuration."
The colonel said naturally, and without waiting for the Russians to speak, he continued:
"And you can rest assured, I specially brought you here to visit this place just to tell you about this, and other than that, nothing will change on the aircraft carrier, that is, the aircraft carrier that Russia will buy in the future will be exactly the same as what you have seen and learned."
"We didn't say we were going to buy an aircraft carrier." The head of the Russian team, said aloud.
The colonel smiled slightly and said: "After really getting to know our aircraft carrier, we believe that Russia will definitely choose to buy it, so this will be the best choice for Russia to develop aircraft carriers." ”
"We can build aircraft carriers ourselves, 100,000-ton aircraft carriers, we can build them." This was stated by an expert on the Russian side.
"We also believe and are willing to support Russia to develop its own aircraft carriers, but it is very expensive and takes a lot of time, and it will be very cost-effective to buy our aircraft carriers, and for Russia, the best choice is to buy one of our aircraft carriers when they start building aircraft carriers, which can not only confirm the design and technology of your aircraft carriers, but also definitely much cheaper than those built.
The development of its own domestic aircraft carriers, that is to accumulate technology, is money in exchange, but this does not have any conflict with the purchase of aircraft carriers, but will further promote the development of Russian domestic aircraft carriers, which will be the most reasonable development path. The colonel said.
All the Russians present were silent, but no one answered, because what the colonel said was very reasonable, and it was also what Russia was thinking now.
But whether to buy such an aircraft carrier or not is not up to them, so they cannot give any answer.
"If we are willing to buy an aircraft carrier, will we be able to get it as soon as we buy it?" The head of the Russian delegation asked.
"On behalf of the group, I can guarantee that if Russia pays for the purchase, the aircraft carrier will be piloted by us as soon as possible and delivered to the delivery place designated by the Russians." The colonel said: "And if there is any discrepancy between the performance of the aircraft carrier we have delivered, we will also return it in full." ”
"Sounds very humane, eight billion dollars, you need to pay it all at once?" Someone asked.
"Yes, you have to pay in full, of course, if you want to pay in installments, you need to pay high interest charges, and we also accept precious metal payments and currencies such as euros, RMB, pounds, etc., not necessarily in US dollars." The colonel said.
"Is it possible to pay in Russian rubles?" Someone asked.
"Yes, but there is a request, when we convert it into dollars on the same day, if the exchange rate fluctuates, we ask the Russian side to add eight billion dollars." The colonel said.
"We don't know if we buy it, we're only responsible for submitting our opinions." There is a Russian expert who said.
"It doesn't matter, anyway, there are not many countries that can afford such a thing as a supercarrier, it is best to have customers, and we don't really care if there are no customers." The colonel said.
There is nothing wrong with this sentence, the countries in the world that have the ability to buy this aircraft carrier will not have more than one hand, of which Russia is one, Japan is one, India is also one, Saudi Arabia is one, Iran can barely buy it, and there is Israel, as for European countries, finances generally do not allow it.
Among the above-mentioned countries, the only countries that can and may buy aircraft carriers in the end are Russia, India, Iran or Saudi Arabia.
Among these four countries, the only countries that have a need for aircraft carriers are Russia and India, of course, Iran and Saudi Arabia cannot be ruled out, maybe people will really buy it, anyway, they squeeze their wallets, they can still afford an aircraft carrier battle group, just see if they really need an aircraft carrier battle group composed of a supercarrier.