The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Just when everyone was talking about the military parade of the commemoration of the return of Macau as the biggest surprise of this time, half an hour later, everyone was shocked by another surprise.

When the live broadcast of Hong Kong TV and CCTV-1 switched from Macau to Yangcheng Shipyard, what appeared in front of the audience was a super-large dock and a steel behemoth.

When seeing this 003-type nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, people all over the country couldn't help but be surprised, and everyone couldn't help but stand up.

This year, two 003-type nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have been launched, namely the "Yue Ship" and the "Liao Ship"!

That's why everyone thinks that there will be no more 003-type nuclear-powered aircraft carriers launched this year.

After all, there are two 003-type nuclear-powered aircraft carriers launched, and there can't be a third one.

Even the citizens of Macau, before this, regarded the lack of the 003-type nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Macau Ship" being launched as the first of the ten regrets of this year's Macau return celebration!

Some Macau citizens even said self-deprecatingly that they were illegitimate children!

But who would have thought that such a big gift would be prepared for Macau.

The whole world was shocked by the news, and they all tuned in to Hong Kong TV and CCTV-1 to watch the live broadcast.

Three Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were launched in one year, which means that in just this year, the Chinese Navy launched more than 300,000 tons of warships with these three Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers!

This data is extremely amazing!

Looking around the world, only China can launch three large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in a year!

Before this, everyone was amazed that China launched two Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in a year. After all, up to now, the only countries in the world that have nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the United States, China, and France!

Even the former maritime hegemon Britain does not have a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!

And Russia has not yet developed a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

As a result, even though they have praised China so much, they still underestimated China!

This is not two Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers launched in one year, but three Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers launched in one year.

The Macau guests invited to attend the launching ceremony were all very surprised, with bright smiles on their faces.

Because they only knew about this surprise when the helicopter landed.

They were so satisfied with this gift from the country!

Sure enough, as everyone expected, this Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was named "Macau Ship"!

This also means that China has four Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, namely "Xiangjiang Ship", "Yue Ship", "Liao Ship" and now "Macau Ship"!

Under the attention of the audience, the military band played ceremonial music, and then the "Macau Ship" sounded the whistle, fireworks, ribbons, and bottle throwing ceremony. Under the action of the push boat, the "Macau Ship" sailed out of the dock and headed for the outfitting dock.

The subsequent work of the "Macau Ship" will be carried out at the outfitting dock, and this dock will be freed up.

The guests who participated in the launching ceremony of the "Macau Ship" were interviewed one after another. During the interview, they expressed their surprise, excitement, and pride, and said that this was the biggest gift given to Macau, and the citizens of Macau were very satisfied.

Similarly, the citizens of Macau who watched the live broadcast of the launching ceremony were also interviewed by media reporters, and they were all happy with smiles on their faces.

After all, it is a very happy thing to have an aircraft carrier named after your city/province, and it is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!

In the evening, there is a literary evening.

"Song of the Seven Sons" is indispensable for the literary evening.

The lead singer this time is still Rong Yunlin.

She was still a primary school student at the time. Although her Mandarin was not standard, she sang "Song of the Seven Sons" with great charm, which made people very impressed. She was praised as the best singer of "Song of the Seven Sons".

In recent years, whenever there is a gala performance of "Song of the Seven Sons", she is invited.

Today, she also appeared on the stage again as the singer of "Song of the Seven Sons".

Her Mandarin is still a little non-standard, but it is her non-standard that makes this song show the most charming time.

Liu Tao also has to praise it, because many people sing "Song of the Seven Sons", but she sings the most tastefully and is the most remembered.

It's just that the second-grade girl back then has grown into a girl!

Liu Tao heard that many entertainment companies invited her and wanted her to be a star, but she refused and continued to study.

This is very rare!

With the development of the economy, China's cultural and entertainment industry has also developed very rapidly, which has led to the income of stars like a rocket. Many people want to be stars, because the money that stars earn in a year is often what ordinary people can't earn in their lifetime.

This also makes the society involuntarily appear exaggerated. It is really a rare thing to be able to maintain oneself and have one's own pursuits in this social atmosphere.

After the evening party, I came to my residence and the secretary had already sorted out the news briefing.

By now, all the major media in the world have reported the news about the fourth Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Macao Ship!

Even the American media across the Pacific Ocean must have reported it.

Even though the time difference is different, as a media industry, it is normal to work overtime to write press releases urgently.

The launch of any aircraft carrier is big news in the world, not to mention a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!

Like the Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, any one of them is worthy of the front-page news of the authoritative media!

After spending a few minutes to understand the news, Liu Tao went to sleep in a good mood.

His good mood to sleep means that someone will be in a bad mood.

This is good!

Moscow.

A special meeting was held, and the decision-making level of the entire Russia gathered together.

The theme of this meeting was about the development of the Russian Navy!

Inheriting most of the Soviet legacy, the navy was no exception. At that time, Russia inherited 99% of the combat ships of the Soviet Navy, including submarines, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates and other types of ships. Specifically, it includes 63 ballistic missile nuclear submarines, 72 cruise missile nuclear submarines, 68 attack nuclear submarines, 63 conventional attack submarines, 9 auxiliary submarines, 8 aircraft carriers/helicopter carriers, 3 Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruisers, 30 missile cruisers of various types, 45 destroyers, 237 frigates of various types; and other ships, including 42 amphibious landing ships, 425 patrol boats of various types, minesweepers, missile boats, etc.!

Russia's strategy is not consistent with that of the Soviet Union. It does not need to maintain such a large navy, and Russia's national strength cannot support such a large navy.

Therefore, Russia has been selling these ships for more than ten years.

This includes the sale of a large number of warships, and even the sale of aircraft carriers/helicopter carriers to Barat!

By selling warships, not only can the Russian Navy complete the slimming down, but also can recover funds for naval development.

The most powerful aircraft carriers in Russia now are the Kuznetsov and the Varyag, which are the last two large fleet aircraft carriers of Russia.

Today, Russia relies largely on its land advantage and territorial scale to seek international interests. The demand for aircraft carriers is far less urgent than in the Soviet era, and the design ideas and heritage of aircraft carriers in the Soviet era are not suitable for today's Russia.

If it is only for amphibious support, rapid transportation and various auxiliary tasks, the popular large-deck multi-purpose aviation support ship will be much more economical than an aircraft carrier.

The current Kuznetsov and Varyag aircraft carriers can basically meet the needs of the Russian Navy.

Just this year, both aircraft carriers made a long voyage, during which the Su-33 took off and landed.

However, there is also a very embarrassing thing, that is, a regiment of Su-33 on each ship was produced in the early 1990s and has since been discontinued, which means that the carrier-based aircraft is one less and there is no successor.

In recent years, Russia has recovered a large amount of funds by exporting frigates, destroyers, submarines, landing ships, patrol ships, missile boats, patrol boats, aircraft carriers/helicopter carriers. Among them, Barat is a major customer. Barat has also invested a large amount of money in the development projects of Russia's navy, air force, and army.

After all, given Barat's situation, it is not realistic to develop weapons on its own.

However, since the outbreak of the economic crisis, Barat's economy has been hit hard, and it has been in turmoil and has no money. Russia wants Barat to make additional investments, but Barat cannot come up with the funds, and the research and development cooperation between the two sides has broken down. The sharp drop in energy prices has also made Russia's economy very pessimistic. Although it relies on the European and East Asian energy markets, Russia is not saying that the economy has collapsed, but life is not as good as before, and the winter in Moscow seems to be getting colder.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Everyone sees that Russia keeps selling weapons and thinks that Russia has no ambition to make progress.

In fact, Russia has never given up its ambition to become a superpower again!

For example, in terms of the navy, although Russia has been downsizing its navy, it has never stopped developing aircraft carriers.

In fact, Russia has already dug out the information of the Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carrier from the database, intending to rebuild this nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!

The Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carrier, also known as the 1143.7 aircraft carrier, was originally named the "Kremlin" and later renamed the "Ulyanovsk", which was named after the hometown of Soviet leader Lenin - Ulyanovsk. The Ulyanovsk was started in 1988 at the Nikolayev Shipyard in the Black Sea of ​​Ukraine. It is the first super aircraft carrier of the Soviet Navy and the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Soviet Union.

The Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carrier is 302.6 meters long, 39.5 meters wide, 11 meters deep, with a full load displacement of 75,000 tons, a flight deck of 322.7 meters long and 75.3 meters wide, a speed of 30 knots, a crew of 2,300 crew members, 1,500 flight crew members, and a 4-axis propulsion system. The power system includes 4 KN-3-43 nuclear reactors and 4 steam turbines with a power of 240,000 horsepower. It can carry 70 to 80 aircraft of various types!

It has been a few years since the Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carrier was launched, but it has never been officially started.

There are design materials, but it is embarrassing that Russia cannot build aircraft carriers now.

Not to mention large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, even conventional-powered aircraft carriers such as the Varyag cannot be built.

Just like Makarov once said in the Soviet era: "The construction of a modern aircraft carrier requires the Soviet Union, the Party Central Committee, the State Planning Commission, the Military Industrial Commission and 9 national industrial ministries, 600 related majors, and 8,000 supporting manufacturers. In short, it takes a great country to complete it!"

"Only a great and powerful country can complete it, but this powerful country no longer exists!"

This is the fact. Although Russia has inherited most of the Soviet legacy, the original Soviet industrial system is no longer perfect in Russia. Even if Russia has a full set of design data, it cannot build a modern aircraft carrier.

Unless Russia rebuilds the aircraft carrier industrial system at all costs.

Seeing China's successive 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers launched, Russia's decision-makers are not happy.

In the Soviet era, the Soviet Navy was the second largest navy in the world, second only to the US Navy! At that time, the Chinese Navy was almost negligible. The entire Chinese Navy was not even comparable to the Soviet Pacific Fleet, let alone the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

However, after entering the 1980s, the Chinese Navy entered a rapid development stage, and by the 1990s it could not be underestimated.

As for now, the Chinese Navy has firmly occupied the second place in the world's navy, and its naval power is extremely strong.

It is true that things change over time, and don't bully the poor young people!

Compared with the relatively cheap Russian warships, the price of Chinese warships is not cheap.

Because Russia sells second-hand old ships, while China often sells new ships or advanced warships that have been tested in actual combat!

Naturally, they can sell at a high price!

Like richer countries, buying warships often does not choose Russia, but chooses the United States or China!

At this time, the meeting naturally re-mentioned the issue of aircraft carriers.

Now Russia has two aircraft carrier formations, which temporarily meet Russia's needs and are enough to rank third in naval strength!

But there is no doubt that if Russia wants to make a difference, two aircraft carrier formations are not enough!

Russia needs larger and more advanced aircraft carriers!

And large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are Russia's goal.

Only large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can enable Russia to realize greater ambitions!

To be honest, most of the participants came from the Soviet era. Facing the current situation of the Russian navy, many people can't help but feel sad.

They have worked hard for more than ten years, but Russia's national strength is still far inferior to that of the Soviet Union!

Back then, many people were dissatisfied with the situation of the Soviet Union and thought that Russia was losing a lot of money and it would be better to go it alone.

When they split up, everyone was basically happy. Since living together was full of contradictions and dissatisfaction, it would be better to break up and live their own lives.

As a result, life is not as good as before!

But it is easy to break up, but it is not easy to reunite!

In recent years, it is not that no one has mentioned living together again, but the resistance is huge!

The times are different!