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Chapter 62 Fifth-generation aircraft takes off
  The fourth-generation aircraft carrier mentioned by Zhang Jianguo is the latest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier developed by a major country.

Real nuclear power drive.

But don’t think that just because it is nuclear powered, it means you are very qualified.

Well, indeed, the quality is very high.

However, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are essentially another way to boil water.

The aircraft carrier, named "Tianfu Ship", began to be assembled at the shipyard half a month ago.

Today is the time for testing in the water.

Zhang Jianguo, who came to watch together, was shocked by the huge thing in front of him.

Obviously, whether it is a fighter jet or an aircraft carrier, there is a huge temptation for men.

However, compared to the Tianfu ship in front of him, Wang Shenlan preferred the fifth-generation aircraft.

Most people like what others have.

Despite this, Wang Shenlan still introduced Zhang Jianguo in a professional manner: "Currently, the active members of our Tianfu fleet include destroyers, frigates, tank landing ships and other types of ships. They are relatively strong in strength and scale."

"Among them, the flagship of the fleet is a 052D Chinese Aegis destroyer: Chengcheng, with a full load displacement of 7500 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, a length of 157 meters, and a width of 19 meters."

Speaking of this, Wang Shenlan was still somewhat proud: "Rongcheng has been the main ship of the fleet since it was commissioned. The 64-unit missile universal vertical launcher on the ship can launch anti-ship, anti-aircraft and anti-submarine bombs. It has the characteristics of high versatility and strong combat effectiveness!”

"Of course, compared with this, if it is equipped with the latest fifth-generation aircraft from your air force base, its combat effectiveness will be greatly improved."

Having said this, the two couldn't help but look at the sixty fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft parked on the deck.

This capacity is considered a large aircraft carrier for an aircraft carrier.

Compared with the giant Ford, it is only less than ten ships.

"Sure enough, this is the real power of a great country."

Zhang Jianguo couldn't help but sigh, he was very proud to be a member of a great country.

Although many technological powers lag behind the West, facts have proven that the pace of catching up has never stopped.

As the saying goes, only where cannons go can there be dignity.

In the eyes of Zhang Jianguo's tiny figure, this majestic aircraft carrier is like a moving fortress.

Its body towered into the clouds, as if it was about to touch the sky. The hull is covered with various complex equipment and weapon systems, demonstrating its powerful combat effectiveness and deterrence.

The deck is spacious and flat, capable of accommodating fighter jets, helicopters and other aircraft.

There is a landing strip on the deck where pilots can take off and land.

At the same time, the deck is also equipped with various radar and communication equipment to ensure the command and control capabilities of the fleet.

"As for the Tianfu ship, its hull structure is strong and durable and can withstand various harsh marine environments." Wang Shenlan said, "There are multiple decks inside the hull for storing aircraft, ammunition, fuel and other supplies."

"In addition, the hull is also equipped with advanced defense systems, including missile launchers, artillery and anti-submarine equipment to protect the aircraft carrier from enemy attacks." At this time, in order to show the strength of the great power, reporters from the news media who were invited also arrived one after another. .

Seeing the two chiefs present, a reporter came forward and asked: "According to information from our military, is the power source of the Tianfu ship this time a nuclear power plant?"

Wang Shenlan looked at the camera and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the Tianfu ship is equipped with multiple high-efficiency nuclear fission engines, which can provide enough power to drive this huge warship. This allows the aircraft carrier to sail at high speed on the sea, quickly Arrive at the battlefield and launch combat operations!"

At this time, netizens in the real-time live broadcast were instantly excited when they heard about the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

"Oh my god, the Rabbit is so awesome. It's a real nuclear-powered aircraft carrier."

"No, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, just the name alone makes it rise in rank."

Regarding the surprised reactions from netizens, Wang Shenlan explained modestly: "In fact, all aircraft carriers, without exception, are driven by steam turbines."

"The boilers used by steam turbines to boil water are divided into conventionally powered oil-fired boilers and nuclear-powered atomic boilers. Both use boilers to boil water to generate high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor, and then the water vapor impacts the steam turbine blades, thereby driving the other end of the rotor. The propeller rotates and finally pushes the aircraft carrier forward."

Therefore, in order to distinguish the ways of boiling water, people came up with the terms nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and conventional-powered aircraft carriers. Little did they know that the two are actually just brothers from the same mother.

At this time, the reporter suddenly laughed and said: "Some netizens are curious, compared with traditional aircraft carriers, will nuclear-powered aircraft carriers be more difficult to control?"

"We don't need to worry about this issue," Wang Shenlan thought for a moment. "The aircraft carrier reactor that drives the energy core of the Tianfu ship mainly uses critical state nuclear fuel to perform spontaneous chain fission reactions."

"The main principle of nuclear fission is that thermal neutrons bombard uranium-235 atoms, and then the uranium atoms explode and release a large number of neutrons, and the cycle repeats. Therefore, to slow down or terminate nuclear fission, you only need to control the number of neutrons, and That's where the reactor control rods come in."

Netizens are curious about the reactor control rods.

Wang Shenlan explained that reactor control rods are usually made of materials with strong neutron absorption capabilities such as boron, cadmium, boron carbide, and silver indium cadmium.

When the control rod is fully inserted into the bottom of the reactor core, all neutrons are absorbed and the reactor is in a shutdown state.

When it is pulled out for a while, some neutrons are released and the reactor operates at low power.

When the control rods are completely pulled out, the reactor is operating at full power.

Therefore, you only need to adjust the insertion depth of the control rod to control the steam production and thereby control the speed of the aircraft carrier.

In fact, Wang Shenlan knows that what netizens care about is nothing more than whether the Tianfu ship's service can bring absolute maritime supremacy to the great country.

Wang Shenlan did not dare to insist on this, but he also expressed it in another way: "The biggest advantage of nuclear power over conventional power is the infinite improvement in endurance performance. The energy released by burning one kilogram of uranium-235 in an atomic boiler is approximately equal to 2500 tons of coal or 2000 tons of diesel.”

What is this concept? For example, the Federation's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, the "Kitty Hawk-class", can carry up to 7800 tons of ship fuel.

It can allow the "Kitty Hawk" with a full load displacement of 8 tons to sail continuously for 20 nautical miles at an economic speed of 1.2 knots.

At a high speed of 32 knots, only 4000 nautical miles of endurance are left.

Today's Tianfu ship uses nuclear power, which can theoretically support the aircraft carrier to run at top speed and unlimited range.

"So once the situation in a maritime hotspot changes suddenly in the future, the fleets of major powers will be the first to rush to the scene!"

(End of this chapter)