Volume Four, Arms Empire, Chapter 46, Aircraft Carrier Disturbance
:The summit did not achieve any results, and the first meeting between China and the United States only reached a "knowledge".
Zhao Rundong rejected the "China-US bilateral nuclear arms control negotiations" proposed by Frederick, proposing that all nuclear countries and at least five permanent members of the Security Council should discuss the issue of nuclear arms control. No bilateral agreement can fundamentally eliminate the serious threat posed by nuclear weapons to world security.
At the press conference before the end of the meeting, Zhao Rundong took the opportunity to answer reporters' questions and suggested that the Republic insisted that all nuclear countries should destroy nuclear weapons comprehensively, thoroughly and as soon as possible. If all nuclear countries can reach a specific treaty on the comprehensive destruction of nuclear weapons, the Republic is willing to sign the treaty first and take substantial actions to eliminate the devastating threat posed by nuclear weapons to all mankind.
In the eyes of Western media, Zhao Rundong is "making a show".
Other countries that remain neutral believe that Zhao Rundong has made significant contributions to the "nuclear-free world".
But everyone is asking that in the foreseeable future, no nuclear country is willing to destroy nuclear weapons. The reason is very simple. The United States and other world powers have mastered the most advanced conventional military technology. If a relatively weak nuclear country destroys nuclear weapons, national security will not be guaranteed.
In the view of "military experts", only after a few major powers have established a complete "national strategic defense system" that is enough to offset the strategic nuclear threat from any hostile country, will major powers take practical actions and put pressure on other nuclear countries to achieve the ultimate goal of destroying all nuclear weapons.
The limited consensus reached by China and the United States at the G20 summit cannot fundamentally eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons to the whole world.
At this time, another incident attracted great attention from Western media, that is, the USS Republic, launched in early 20117, completed all sea tests, entered the Sanya Naval Base, was incorporated into the South China Sea Fleet, and officially carried out combat readiness patrol missions in the South China Sea waters.
1On April Fool's Day in the West, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic announced the specific performance of the USS Republic aircraft carrier.
Because it is April Fool's Day, many Western media believe that the Republic is "fooling" the whole world.
The performance of the "Republic" is:
Weight and size data: Standard displacement is 57482, full load displacement is 68326 tons. Flight deck meters, width 724. The waterline is 28677 meters long and width 374 meters. Standard drainage draft is 07 meters.
Power system: 2 pressurized water reactor, turbine steam engine, propulsion power of 210,000 axle horsepower (15,675 megawatts). 6 emergency diesel engines, total power of 8,500 horsepower (636 megawatts). Propulsion.
: The maximum speed is more than 30 knots.
Staffing: 2154 crew members, including 1 officers, 1874 aviation personnel, including 316 officers, and 78 flagship personnel, including 32 officers.
Missiles: 3 sets of "Haihongqi Type 1 vertical launch medium- and short-range air defense systems, each with 24 missiles, and each with 3 sets of "Haihongqi 15 terminal interceptor missile systems, each with 211 missiles.
Artillery: 3 sets of "Chairman 730-firing cannons, 20mm single-barrel machine cannons.
Catapult: 3 "Magnetic 1" type electromagnetic catapult.
Confrontation system: "Sea Elf" sound-guided torpedo bait system, "Guardian" electronic countermeasure/interference/deception system.
Operational data system: "Navy" tactical data link, "Navy 6" tactical data link, "Joint" battlefield information network system, "Air Guardian" information transmission system, and "Joint Command No. 2" tactical command system.
Weapon control: 3 provides guidance and command site for "Haihongqi 1" type commander.
Radar: 1 "Classic Eye 15 Three-Coordinate Air-to-Air Search Radar, 1 "Shield 3 Phased Array Search/Fire Control Radar, 1 "Locked 11" Target Interceptor Radar, 1 Sea-to-Sea Search Radar.
Aircraft landing guidance: 1 "assistant" type and 1 "pilot" type electronic guide landing system, 1 "Fresnel" optical landing guidance system, and 1 "identification" type us-enemies identification system.
Navigation: 1 "leader" navigation radar, 1 "lighthouse" electronic navigation/positioning system.
Fire control: 6 "Aiming 11" type fire control thunder (each set of "Haihongqi Type 1 2).
Fixed-wing carrier: 24j-15b (b is a naval type number, 8 two-seater type, 16 single-seater type), 24j-10c (non-air force j-10c, but a ship-based type developed for the navy, with performance comparable to j0b, including 8 two-seater type, 16 single-seater type), 12j-13b (all two-seater type), hj200.
Helicopter: z-9, z-12b.
Whether it is a "proactive" attitude or the published detailed performance data, Western media are completely unable to believe it.
Before this, the Republic rarely announced the detailed performance of any advanced weapon and equipment to the public, let alone the only detailed performance data of aircraft carriers. Although there is no detailed performance of various equipment and equipment in the information released by the Ministry of Defense, such a "bold and open" approach is still unprecedented.
The actual performance data of the "Republic" made Western journalists unable to believe it.
A medium-sized aircraft carrier with a displacement of less than 60,000 tons is actually equipped with 64 fixed-wing aircraft, including early warning aircraft and 12 heavy fighters! The standard displacement of Kuznetso is only 22
The wing aircraft, the "Charles Charles de Gaulle" with a standard displacement of 37,000 has only 34 aircraft, and the "King Elizabeth" with a full load displacement of no less than the "Republic" has only about the standard aircraft. Why does the "Republic" carry up to 64 fixed-wing aircraft?
Since the Bush and Ford, the Republic is three aircraft carriers that use electromagnetic catapults.
Although no one suspects that the Republic has invested huge amounts of money in the development of electromagnetic catapults, and no one doubts that the Republic has the ability to develop electromagnetic catapults, most Western journalists believe that with a displacement of less than 60,000 tons, the "Republic" is equipped with electromagnetic catapults at most, rather than three seats.
What surprised the outside world the most was the carrier configuration of the "Republic".
The emergence of j-15 fighter jet broke the monopoly position of the fourth-generation light fighter market of the F-35. The appearance of j-15 on the aircraft carrier not only indicates that this type of fighter jet has two basic models, but also indicates that the naval carrier-based aviation has obtained higher priority.
At that time, there were many speculations: specific performance.
In addition to the eye-catching j-15b fighter, the HJ200 early warning aircraft appeared in the compilation sequence and has also become a focus.
As the world's two types of carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft, the emergence of hj200 is of epoch-making significance.
In the future, the only carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft is the e-2 series. After building the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier, France had to purchase 3e-2.hj2 from the United States. This not only broke the monopoly of e-2, but also declared that the Republic became the second country in the world to develop and produce fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft on its own.
It can be said that hj20 is more important than j-15b.
After having fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft, the "Republic" aircraft carrier's air defense combat capability has been substantially improved. Whether it is fleet air defense operations or sea attacks, the fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft can provide all-round support for the 60 carrier-based fighter aircraft carried by the "Republic".
Shortly after the news was announced, many countries, including Pakistan, began to inquire about the price of hj200.
For some countries with relatively weak power, small early warning machines such as kj200 can't afford to buy large early warning machines such as hj200.
However, the Republic does not have a list of hj200 weapons available for sale.
According to Al Jazeera's assessment, if the data released by the Republic's Ministry of Defense is "correct", the USS Republic aircraft carrier not only has the best combat capabilities, but also has the ability to confront large-scale attack aircraft carriers of the US Navy.
Compared with Al Jazeera, the attitude of Western news media is a bit complicated.
At the beginning, almost no Western news media believed in the data released by the Republic's Ministry of Defense, believing that many of the data were "unreliable", and the Republic was deliberately creating public opinion.
As Cia came forward to confirm that it took out photos of the USS Republic aircraft carrier taken by satellite, Western media changed their attitude.
Since it is a fact, you have to pick on the bones.
n Firstly, it was proposed that the hj200 might have combat capabilities in 2018, because there was only one hj200 numbered "1809001" in all the photos taken by CIA. I didn't see the second hj200. Then I asked that the production of the j-15b was in trouble because the j-15b appeared on the "Republic" in total was only 6 to 8, not the site announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic. Finally, it was also pointed out that the performance of the electromagnetic catapult of the "Republic" was problematic, because during training, only the No. 1 catapult located on the right side of the takeoff deck was used, and no other two catapults were used.
As the "hype" expands, some media also proposed that the actual combat capability of the "Republic" is very different from the claimed data, otherwise it would not be built. Some media even analyzed the "specific reasons", that is, the "Republic" has made excessive requirements on the number of carriers, reducing the survival performance of the aircraft carrier. When the comments from Western media reached the highest level, some even believed that the "Republic" did not have long-range combat capabilities. If it encountered harsh sea conditions, such as a very common typhoon in the Western Pacific region, it would be at risk of overturning and sinking!
Asking so many "questions" can only prove that the media is both afraid and envious.
The mentality of Western media is completely understandable. The emergence of the "Republic" broke the United States' monopoly position in attacking aircraft carriers, the emergence of the j-15 broke the monopoly position of the f-35 in the advanced light fighter market, and the emergence of the hj200 broke the monopoly position of the e-2 light early warning aircraft market.
The Republic itself poses a major challenge to the US Navy's global strategy.
Before this, the only one that could pose a threat to the US Navy aircraft carrier was Russia's "Kuznetsov", but the carrier-based fighter jets did not have strong sea strike capabilities, and were even nicknamed "carrier cruisers", making it difficult to compete with the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle group.
The "Republic" is a veritable attack aircraft carrier, with far greater capabilities than the "Kuznetsov".
As more and more "data" are confirmed, suspicion about the "Republic" gradually disappeared. The question followed is, how many aircraft carriers the Republic is preparing to build? (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!