Chapter 401: Research and develop a carrier that rivals the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
The Soviet Union, which was at a loss for this, suddenly received a request from Cuba and sent a request for help. So he made a quick decision to use his own way to cure the other person. He secretly deployed medium-range missiles and Il-28 jet bombers in Cuba, which seriously escalated the confrontation between the two sides, and even reached the point where a war was about to break out.
At that time, the United States concentrated eight aircraft carrier battle groups and 68 squadrons of fighter jets, desperately intercepting Soviet ships at sea.
On the other hand, the Soviet Union deployed a number of terrifying nuclear-powered submarines at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. All its nuclear torpedoes and nuclear missiles are in a state of war. Once the situation gets out of control, all US aircraft carrier battle groups will be buried at the bottom of the sea.
This is not an addiction or a joke, it is all data displayed in the "Cuban Missile Crisis Archives" released by Russia later.
In the end, both sides made a compromise, and the Soviet Union withdrew Cuba's missiles and jet bombers. The United States then secretly withdrew all the missiles from Turkey and Italy. The United States also assured the Soviet Union that it would never attack Cuba.
These things were all carried out in secret in order to protect NATO's face. It was not until later that the top-secret US documents passed the deadline and were disclosed that the details were found.
So to sum up, there is no absolute win or loss between the two sides. The only thing that wins is that the whole world has not been destroyed by nuclear weapons...
When 28 scientists from Ukraine and Russia gather at the Russian Navy headquarters, Mavi, who is responsible for this related matter, will naturally be present.
As soon as he appeared, he said straight to the 28 scientists, "Thank you all, let's put down the existing research and come to participate in this joint meeting between the two countries organized by our Russian Navy and the Ukrainian Navy."
"Before I came, I think everyone has heard that Russia and Ukraine plan to work together to develop the fourth generation aircraft carrier to replace the Kuznetsov in service. So everyone here can speak freely and talk about what constructive opinions do you have on the new generation aircraft carrier? Or the difficulties you may encounter can be raised now."
Mawei knew that all those present were top-notch academic masters, and they were precious talents from Ukraine and Russia. He would not use pedantic bureaucracy to deliberately suppress scientists and demonstrate his power.
The 28 scientists present also knew Ma Wei's name and his style of doing things. So some scientists decided to tell him the truth after carefully weighing the pros and cons.
"Mr. Mavi, for the fourth generation aircraft carrier, I think the problem we may encounter is that when the Kuznetsov was initially designed, it was designed according to the standards of a carrier-based heavy cruiser. So to be honest, our technical research on aircraft carriers has actually taken some detours and deviated from the actual definition of an aircraft carrier." A scientist from Ukraine plucked up his courage to say to Mavi.
If his words were heard by some pedantic and domineering powerful people, they would probably be immediately excluded from the list and would suffer from lifelong hiding. However, obviously, with the image Mawei has established in recent years, scientists know that he is not that kind of person. Everything is based on practical work and completing tasks, and does not engage in bureaucracy.
"Dr. Iger, the suggestion you made is very good. What about others? What should I add?" Mawei said in public in a light voice. He also knew that Russia does not have a real aircraft carrier at all, but considering the occasion, scientists need to be encouraged to speak enthusiastically.
"Mr. Mawei, when it comes to the deviation of the aircraft carrier from its original intention, I agree with this. Looking at the first generation aircraft carrier of the former Soviet Union, the Moscow, it is a helicopter aircraft carrier. It has a full load displacement of only 11,490 tons, a length of 186.4 meters, a width of 20.8 meters, and a draft of 8.4 meters. It uses a full-fuel joint power plant as the propulsion power, and is equipped with a total of 6 gas turbines with a total power of 79.38 megawatts..."
"The second generation aircraft carrier, Minsk, belongs to the first-class aircraft carrier equipped with fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft carriers. There are 33 aircraft carriers, and 4 weapons and equipment, dual-mounted ss-n-12 anti-ship missile launch devices... The first generation, second generation, and third generation aircraft carriers can only be said to be the products created by the former Soviet Union when developing aircraft carriers to accumulate experience. If a truly powerful aircraft carrier is needed, the mission may not be as simple as imagined."
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Based on the direct leader Ma Wei, he should listen to the truth rather than flatter him. Therefore, the scientists present added some of the difficulties in the actual situation.
To sum up, due to historical issues, the leaders of the former Soviet Union did not attach importance to aircraft carrier construction. On the contrary, they advocated anti-ship missiles and nuclear weapons research. This made the development of naval aircraft carriers very slow. However, the research results of aircraft carriers cannot be achieved overnight.
So ultimately, if the government wants to restart the aircraft carrier R&D project, it will require great capital and patience. It may not necessarily lead to significant results within one year or two years.
After listening carefully to the scientists present, Ma Wei shook his head and said in public, "No matter how many difficulties we have, we must develop real aircraft carriers instead of so-called substitutes to fill in the numbers."
"Let's make the problem simpler. If we want to build an aircraft carrier with a length of 320 meters and a width of 93 meters... How much money does it take to carry a full load and displacement of 80,000 tons, and still have time?" Mawei asked the scientists directly.
As a reborn person, he naturally knew that many of the technical difficulties needed to be overcome. But, however, these were all things that were not a choice. At present, their Russian Navy, with only one and a half-toned Kuznetsov, had a full load displacement of only 60,000 tons.
Looking at the US Navy, as early as during World War II, the Americans had 56 aircraft carrier formations. Such a terrifying number could kill several times the total number of aircraft carriers in the world except the United States.
Not only that, in terms of aircraft carrier quality, the US "Kiel Hawk-class" aircraft carrier, the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier, and even the latest "Ford-class" aircraft carrier to be put into service in 2017. The maritime combat capability is absolutely very aggressive.
The performance data of Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers is the 80,000 tons of full load displacement mentioned by Mavie just now. As for the "Nimitz" class and Ford-class" aircraft carriers, they are all nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with full load displacement of 100,000 tons. The number of carrier-based aircraft aircraft reaches 80 respectively, and 85 fixed-wing aircraft. To put it no exaggeration, just from the momentum, aircraft carriers in other countries have lost a lot.
Chapter completed!