Chapter 688 ‘Type 001’ Light Aircraft Carrier

Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen are right to focus on the security field.

First, this is where they are good at. They have been exposed to what others cannot in recent years. They are definitely at the leading level in technology. It is easier to succeed in what they are good at.

Second, with more and more computers now, the Internet has initially been 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 come up with commercial antivirus software, there will be no worries about no one buying it.

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

And in Liu Tao's view, this kind of market is also huge overseas, especially in Europe, America, Japan and other countries and regions that pay more attention to copyright.

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

After taking a shower, Liu Tao went to bed.

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

Time always passes unknowingly.

Liu Tao organized a light aircraft carrier demonstration meeting.

Unlike the previous nuclear submarines, which required the top to call experts, this time the Yangcheng Shipyard can come forward.

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 require very high requirements, while the requirements for light aircraft carriers are not that high.

Only some specialties need to be strengthened, and the current Yangcheng Shipyard has the ability to build light aircraft carriers.

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

In recent years, the Navy has been more and more eager to have aircraft carriers. After all, the Navy now has advanced missile boats, advanced frigates, and advanced destroyers. The next step is to have aircraft carriers.

This is human nature, always unsatisfied.

Ten years ago, the Navy's expectation was to have a missile boat with advanced performance and world-class level, so that the Navy could fully have the ability to defend the coast. Even if it was a world-class missile boat, it was not unacceptable.

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

The subsequent development and commissioning of frigates and destroyers made the navy feel like celebrating the New Year.

Now, Yangcheng Shipyard has got the aircraft carrier.

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

Yangcheng Shipyard built an aircraft carrier for Thailand, and after it was built, it would be a good thing to build one for the navy, right?

And after it was built, it needed to do sea trials and other things, which could not be done by Yangcheng Shipyard, but still needed the navy to do it, 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, and then an aircraft carrier shape appeared on the big screen, as if it was real.

This is 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 draft, 16,000 tons standard displacement, 20,600 tons full load displacement, 4 gas turbines, total power 97,200 horsepower, maximum speed 28 knots, endurance 7,000 nautical miles at 18 knots, 1,051 personnel, including 685 crew members, 366 aviation personnel, and 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 has only been a short time, and Liu Tao has actually designed a light aircraft carrier.

This is incredible.

Looking at the shocked and excited faces of everyone, Liu Tao felt helpless.

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

But Liu Tao was helpless about the enthusiasm of everyone for this light aircraft carrier.

This light aircraft carrier naturally has its advantages, because the carrier-based aircraft is a short-distance/vertical take-off and landing fighter, 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 a ski-jump deck is required, and no arresting cable is required. The size of a light aircraft carrier is much smaller than that of a medium-sized aircraft carrier and a large aircraft carrier, and the tonnage is greatly reduced, so the cost is naturally greatly reduced.

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

And the biggest advantage of an aircraft carrier is not the number and quality of carrier-based aircraft!

For an aircraft carrier, big is combat power!

Therefore, the United States has developed large aircraft carriers, and the next generation will develop 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 as ‘001’, which means that this is only the first model, and there will be a second model ‘002’ and a third model ‘003’ later.

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. This is still early, and it was when the aircraft carrier was almost built.

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

The construction officially started after the Spring Festival in 1991, was launched before the Spring Festival in 1996, and 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.

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

This also means that the technology contained in the construction of aircraft carriers is indeed higher than that of frigates and destroyers.

The only thing that can be compared with the construction of aircraft carriers is nuclear submarines!

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

Next, we just need to arrange it according to the nodes.

Liu Tao gave technical instructions to the technical staff who attended the meeting, so that they could master the aspects they were responsible for, and then they could participate in the construction.

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, and he will only be responsible for solving problems that these technical experts cannot solve.

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