The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 688 'Type 001' Light Aircraft Carrier

Liu Ziyu and Chen Nien-zhen are right to focus on the security field.

Firstly, this is where they excel. In recent years, they have been exposed to things that others cannot, and they are definitely at the leading level in technology. It is easier to succeed when doing what they are good at.

Secondly, as there are more and more computers and the Internet is initially being networked nationwide, the development of the Internet will exceed people's imagination, and the market in the security field will grow rapidly.

As long as the two of them develop commercial anti-virus software, they will have no worries about no one buying it.

After all, a genuine copy of commercial antivirus software doesn't cost much per year, less than one percent of the cost of a computer, and no one wants their computer to be paralyzed by a virus.

In Liu Tao's opinion, this market is equally huge overseas, especially in countries and regions such as Europe, the United States, and Japan that pay more attention to copyright.

Liu Tao is very optimistic about the entry points of the two.

After taking a shower, Liu Tao went to bed.

Liu Ziyu made a cup of tea, returned to his computer desk, and continued to work hard on typing code.

Time always passes by unknowingly.

Liu Tao organized a discussion meeting on light aircraft carriers.

Unlike previous nuclear submarines that required experts to be called from above, this time the Yangcheng Shipyard can do it.

Because the Yangcheng Shipyard cannot build nuclear submarines, but it can build light aircraft carriers.

Because light aircraft carriers are not medium-sized or large aircraft carriers, they have very high requirements, but the requirements for light aircraft carriers are not that high.

The Yangcheng Shipyard now has the ability to build light aircraft carriers as long as it strengthens some professional skills.

This time, the Navy sent a large lineup to attend the meeting.

In recent years, the navy has been more and more eager to own an aircraft carrier. After all, the navy now has advanced missile boats, advanced frigates, and advanced destroyers. The next step up its pursuit is to own an aircraft carrier.

This is human nature, never satisfied.

Ten years ago, the Navy's expectation was to have a missile boat with advanced performance and world-class level, so that the Navy would have full coastal defense capabilities. Even if it was a world-second-rate missile boat, it would not be unacceptable.

But what followed was the Type 022 missile boat, a missile boat with advanced performance and world-leading level, which made the navy overjoyed.

The subsequent successful development and commissioning of frigates and destroyers made the navy celebrate like a New Year.

Now, Yangcheng Shipyard has completed the aircraft carrier.

Even if it is just a light aircraft carrier, a light aircraft carrier is still an aircraft carrier, right?

The Yangcheng Shipyard built an aircraft carrier for Thailand. After it was completed, wouldn’t it be easy for it to build another one for the navy?
And after it is built, things like sea trials are needed, which cannot be done by the Yangcheng Shipyard alone. It still needs to be done by the navy, right?

When Liu Tao arrived at the meeting room, everyone was already there.

Liu Tao connected the projector cable and power cord to his laptop computer, and then the shape of an aircraft carrier appeared on the big screen, as if it were real.

This is actually not a real aircraft carrier, but a model of an aircraft carrier.

"This is a light aircraft carrier, 209.1 meters long, 36 meters wide, 8 meters deep, with a standard displacement of 16000 tons and a full load displacement of 20600 tons. It uses 4 gas turbines with a total power of 97200 horsepower, a maximum speed of 28 knots, and a cruising range of 18 nautical miles at 7000 knots. The ship has a total of 1051 personnel, including 685 crew members and 366 aviation personnel. It can carry a maximum of 24 aircraft, including 15 short-range/vertical take-off and landing fighters and 9 helicopters," Liu Tao introduced. Everyone was secretly shocked.

It hasn't been that long since then, but Liu Tao has actually completed the design of a light aircraft carrier.

This is simply incredible.

Looking at everyone's shocked and excited expressions, Liu Tao felt a little helpless.

With the golden finger, a lot of research and development funds, research and development personnel and research and development time can be saved.

However, Liu Tao was helpless about everyone's enthusiasm for this light aircraft carrier.

This light aircraft carrier naturally has its advantages, because the carrier-based aircraft are short-range/vertical take-off and landing fighters, it does not need a large and bulky steam catapult and arresting device, and does not need to set up a runway of more than 200 meters for aircraft landing, which greatly simplifies the design of this light aircraft carrier, only needs to set up a ski-jump deck, and does not need arresting cables. The size of a light aircraft carrier is much smaller than that of a medium-sized aircraft carrier or a large aircraft carrier, and the tonnage is greatly reduced, so the cost is naturally greatly reduced.

However, its disadvantages are also obvious. Its small tonnage is its inherent deficiency. Its small tonnage and small size mean that the number of carrier-based aircraft it can carry is limited, and it can only carry short take-off/vertical take-off and landing fighters and helicopters. The combat performance of short take-off and vertical landing fighters is much worse than that of fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft with catapult take-off and landing, and there is a world of difference in combat capabilities.

The biggest advantage of an aircraft carrier is the number and quality of its carrier-based aircraft!

For an aircraft carrier, size means combat power!
Therefore, the aircraft carriers developed by the United States are all large aircraft carriers, and the next generation will be super-large aircraft carriers.

Soviet aircraft carriers also developed from light aircraft carriers to large aircraft carriers, and their tonnage continued to increase!
But for China now, a light aircraft carrier is enough to make everyone excited, because China does not have an aircraft carrier now, and a light aircraft carrier is also an aircraft carrier, right?

Look at the naval representatives, they are all drooling.

Later, Liu Tao named this light aircraft carrier '001', which means that this is only the first model, and there will be a second model '002' and a third model '003'.
This is also in line with the navy's naming rules for warships.

As for naming, aircraft carriers are normally named after the name of the province, but it is still too early to do that, until the aircraft carrier is almost completed.

Next is the construction plan, which includes both the total construction period and the construction time of each important node.

Construction officially started after the Spring Festival in 1991, it was launched before the Spring Festival in 1996, and it was officially delivered and put into service before the Spring Festival in 1998.

In other words, it takes 7 years from the start of construction to the launch of the project.

This cycle is much longer than that of frigates and destroyers.

This also means that the technology involved in building an aircraft carrier is indeed higher than that of a frigate or a destroyer.

The only thing that can be compared to the construction of an aircraft carrier is a nuclear submarine!

Liu Tao made a very detailed construction progress chart, planning all the control nodes, including when to start construction, when to lay the keel, etc.

Next, just arrange it according to the nodes.

Liu Tao gave technical briefings to the technical personnel who attended the meeting, allowing them to master the areas they were responsible for, and then they participated in the construction after mastering them.

Liu Tao will also participate in the construction of this light aircraft carrier, but he will not participate in the whole process. At most, he will set aside one or two days a month to participate in the construction. Most of the other time he will rely on these technical experts. He is only responsible for solving problems that these technical experts cannot solve.

After the first light aircraft carrier is built, the construction of the second one will be much faster, and the construction period may be shortened to 6 years or even 5 years.

(End of this chapter)