Chapter 686 New Strategic Nuclear Submarine
The subsequent Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine has two 55,000 horsepower nuclear reactors and vertical missile launch tubes.
The Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine is 171.5 meters long, 24.6 meters wide, and 15 meters deep. It has a surface displacement of 18,500 tons, an underwater displacement of 26,500 tons, a maximum diving depth of 650, a double-layer hull, a maximum speed of 20 knots on the water, 30 knots underwater, a self-sustaining capacity of 120 days, and a crew of 155.
In terms of weapon systems, it is mainly equipped with a vertical missile launch system and supplemented by torpedo tubes. It has 28 vertical missile systems for submarine-launched ballistic missiles, 4 torpedo tubes, and decoy missile launchers.
The Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine is absolutely worthy of the word "strategic". It has a strong icebreaking capability and can perform missions in the Arctic or Antarctic.
It can be said that the Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine was developed on the basis of the Type 093 attack nuclear submarine. The radar system, sonar system, underwater combat system, etc. of the two are the same. Even the nuclear reactor is just that the Type 093 attack nuclear submarine has one, while the Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine has two.
After staying in the 719 Institute for a while, other experts have really mastered it, and Liu Tao left.
Next, a special department will organize these experts to go to the Yangcheng Shipyard and start construction at the Yangcheng Shipyard.
As for why it was not chosen in other places, it is because the processing equipment and docks in other places are not up to standard, and the Yangcheng Shipyard has the strongest shipbuilding capacity in the country.
Compared with places such as Dalian Shipyard, Yangcheng Shipyard can also avoid being detected. After all, in places such as Dalian Shipyard, it is too close to the naval bases of Japan and the United States.
But Yangcheng Shipyard is different, it is very safe there now.
Although Liu Tao will also participate in the construction of the Type 093 attack nuclear submarine and the Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine, this is more to obtain upgrade points and ensure the quality of construction.
There is at least one year before the construction of the Type 093 attack nuclear submarine and the Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine. Now it is just the completion of the research and development. The next step is to prepare, arrange, upgrade technology, etc., all of which take time.
Liu Tao's attention is adjusted to the aircraft carrier.
Although it is only a light aircraft carrier, equivalent to the British "Invincible" class aircraft carrier, there are still many things involved.
It is not a matter of steel. The steel hull only needs to use the steel of the Type 052 destroyer. The only thing to be solved is the flight deck.
Today's aircraft carriers are different from previous aircraft carriers, because the take-off speed and landing of the carrier-based aircraft of the current aircraft carrier are completely different from the past.
The flight deck of an aircraft carrier must withstand the strong impact load when the aircraft lands, so it must be made of high-strength steel plates.
During World War II, the flight deck of an aircraft carrier only needed to be laid with a layer of wooden deck, and the surface of the flight deck of a modern aircraft carrier must be metal.
Many people would say that the West could build aircraft carriers in large quantities during World War II, but now China cannot build a single aircraft carrier, which means that China's shipbuilding industry cannot even compare with the powers such as Britain and the United States during World War I.
In fact, this statement is completely wrong, because there is a huge difference between modern aircraft carriers and previous aircraft carriers.
It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a world of difference.
The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is mainly used for parking and landing of carrier-based aircraft. In order to park as many aircraft as possible and to reduce the interference of aircraft during takeoff and landing, the aircraft carrier needs to use a flight deck that is much larger than the width of the hull.
The space on the deck determines the number of aircraft that can be put into combat at one time, and the size of the deck depends to a large extent on the displacement of the aircraft carrier.
The largest number of fighters on the aircraft carrier are air superiority and attack fighters. In addition, there are also mission support aircraft for sea and air search, electronic countermeasures, aerial refueling, logistics and rescue. Therefore, in fact, if you want the aircraft carrier to truly exert its power, it must be at least a medium-sized aircraft carrier, and it would be best if it can be a large aircraft carrier.
Therefore, the United States and the Soviet Union are now developing large aircraft carriers.
For this reason, Liu Tao has always advocated that China is not suitable for building aircraft carriers now, because at least medium-sized aircraft carriers must be built, or medium-sized aircraft carriers with a displacement of 50,000 to 60,000 tons.
Of course, if it is customized by Thailand, it doesn't matter.
They just want a light aircraft carrier, so naturally we will design a light aircraft carrier for them.
The money is paid by them, and China can just take advantage of this opportunity to join forces and build an industrial chain for aircraft carriers, and the profits are huge.
Liu Tao chose to build a ship model first as always. He first designed a similar ship model according to the data and photos published by the British "Invincible" class aircraft carrier.
As long as the ship model does not sink immediately when placed in the sea, as long as it can sail, he can use the golden finger to improve the hull step by step. After the hull is solved, the protection system, power system, ship-borne missiles, ship-borne aircraft, ship-borne electronics and other aspects will be solved.
Cycle gradually, solve step by step.
The most difficult part is the hull design and the carrier-based aircraft.
This is Liu Tao's first time to build an aircraft carrier, and China has never developed an aircraft carrier before, so everything has to start from scratch.
There are many mysteries in this. In a sense, the hull largely determines the performance of the aircraft carrier.
The other thing is the carrier-based aircraft, whether it is a carrier-based fighter or a carrier-based armed helicopter!
China is a low-level company in terms of helicopters. Although it has imported a lot of Black Hawk helicopters and is also carrying out imitation projects, the performance of the imitation helicopters is not satisfactory.
Liu Tao dare not use imitation helicopters as ship-borne helicopters, which will damage his reputation.
Therefore, he plans to develop a special helicopter for the sea.
As for carrier-based aircraft, the J-10 fighter and the J-11 fighter are not suitable as fighters for light aircraft carriers, unless a new engine is developed to allow the J-10 fighter and the J-11 fighter to take off and land vertically.
This kind of light aircraft carrier is destined to have carrier-based aircraft with short-range/vertical take-off and landing fighters.
Short-range/vertical take-off and landing fighters will limit the performance of carrier-based fighters.
However, there are gains and losses, and there is no such thing as perfection!
Since it is a light aircraft carrier, it cannot have too high requirements for the performance of carrier-based aircraft.
And China does not have such short-range/vertical take-off and landing fighters, which means that Liu Tao has to develop a carrier-based fighter again.
Compared with these, the protection system, power system, ship-borne missiles, and ship-borne electronics are not a problem.
After Liu Tao left Jiangcheng, he went to the Three Gorges first. After the Three Gorges Dam was officially started, it has always been one of the focuses of public opinion.
The benefits are in the present and in the future!
This is the main tone of the official media!
However, some dissenting voices were not interfered with. After all, China is very democratic and does not need to be banned or committed suicide for expressing different opinions.
It is a good thing to have controversy if you don't argue.
At this time, because it is the flood season, it is not the dam construction that is started, but the ship lock!
The way of diversion for the construction of the Three Gorges Dam is the phased diversion method. The construction process is to divert first and then cut off, then build a cofferdam, drain the foundation pit, and finally achieve waterless construction conditions. The construction backflow plan is "three-phase diversion, open channel navigation".
And to be able to do this, we have to say that the clever site selection of the Three Gorges Dam has created this condition.