Chapter 1548 [Give the Middle East friends a little shock]

The reason why this nuclear power ship was stared at by countless pairs of eyes as soon as it arrived in the Persian Gulf in the Middle East. People who don’t know it think it is a super warship. The overall appearance is simple and clean, very modern and even has a futuristic sci-fi feel. It gives people My first intuitive feeling is that this ship seems to have been treated with military-grade stealth.

There is a very intuitive way to judge the stealth capability of a ship, and that is to see how simple and neat the appearance of the ship is.

Take the appearance of the Burke-class destroyer, for example. It hardly implements any effective stealth design, and even has a large number of "clothes racks" on the deck, which are erected radar antennas.

Under such redundant structural layout conditions, the stealth effect of the Burke-class destroyer is almost zero.

On the other hand, Dongda's 0.55 million ton large-scale drive is simple and elegant.

As for this nuclear power ship, it is not only shockingly big, but also very neat in appearance.

In fact, this ship does have a stealth design, because this ship is not just for civilian use, it was designed for dual-use both military and civilian.

This ship is regarded by the military as one of the strategic-level after-sales support equipment, and it is prohibited from export. It is not allowed to be used as a foreign trade version. Foreigners can only rent it but not buy it, and foreigners are not allowed to board the ship.

The strictness is almost the same as the photolithography machine sold to Dongda by the Helan people. Technical personnel from Dongda are not allowed to watch, and they have to send their own people to handle the machine debugging and maintenance.

The military has planned to place an order to purchase 8 such nuclear power ships in one go. The purpose of the purchase is for the strategic layout of overseas garrisoning in the future.

Dongda will soon stand up and carry the flag. It must improve its navy's combat capabilities in the oceans. In the future, it will be inevitable to have troops stationed overseas, so it must have a logistics supply base. Wherever a base is needed, just drive a nuclear power ship there. Quickly solve the base's power energy supply support.

In the future, this base will no longer be used, and it will be very easy to handle when it needs to be dismantled. Important core assets can be taken away, and the evacuation efficiency is also high.

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Just after the nuclear power ship docked at a deep-water port in Katar, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people. If it weren't for the current mask incident, the port would have been crowded.

Because when I saw this ship live, it was really shocking.

The Operations Department of the Nuclear Power Ship Company promised to restore power to Katar within 20 days. These 20 days include the distance, which means that it actually takes 13 days. The efficiency of Dongda has always been unparalleled.

At this time, personnel from various intelligence organizations also turned into passers-by, A, B, and C, wandering around the port. Of course, there were also some media reporters.

What I have to say is that when this super behemoth sailed into the Persian Gulf, it gave a big shock to the Arab world, and of course it also gave a big shock to the European people.

As time went by, the super-giant nuclear power ship that docked at the port quickly became the focus of heated discussions in the Arab world. Many related photos were also uploaded to social media platforms on the Internet, causing widespread discussion.

Colleagues in the foreign shipbuilding industry are undoubtedly not dumbfounded, but even feel puzzled.

"They have created another epoch-making product. It's really unbelievable. How did their engineers and scientists do it?" A senior person in the shipbuilding industry in Australia sighed. He was watching the Nuclear Power Ship Group Corporation's news reports.

After learning about some public data indicators of the company's 25,000TEU container ships and nuclear power ships, he didn't believe it at first. He didn't believe that this could be achieved with today's technological level. In fact, he didn't believe that it was mainly because of their European counterparts. Magnesium people can't do it.

But today, as the nuclear power ship docked at the port of Katali, he had no choice but to believe the news report the moment it came out.

The voyage of about 6,000 nautical miles actually took only one week, and the energy consumption cost was the same as that of traditional cargo ships sailing at low speeds. The competitiveness behind this is terrifying, and people in the industry are especially aware of it.

According to public data disclosed by the Nuclear Power Shipbuilding Corporation, the cost of building a 25,000TEU ultra-large container ship is around 2 billion yuan. This price is indeed not cheap. The cost of one ship is as much as that of two traditional container ships.

However, the operating costs have been greatly reduced, and the frequency of sea voyages has also been greatly increased. With a full load of cargo, the route between Dongda and Amei can make a profit of more than 200 million yuan. The overall profitability is +50% higher than that of traditional cargo ships. about.

Theoretically, according to a rough calculation, it only takes 10 trips to sea to recover the cost.

The cost of building a nuclear power ship is much higher. It is more expensive than the cost of a 0.55 million-ton large-scale propeller. The cost of building a single nuclear power ship is 8.5 billion yuan. After all, this is equivalent to moving a nuclear power plant on the ground directly to on the ship.

Nuclear power ships are not allowed to be exported. They are not for sale. No matter how much money others pay, they will not be sold. They will only be rented out.

Because nuclear power ships are not selling ships, they are selling electricity.

Although the cost is very expensive, compared with the annual power generation of more than 22 billion kilowatt-hours, the cost-effectiveness is reflected.

If industrial electricity consumption is calculated at an average of 0.8 yuan/kWh, and a nuclear power ship can generate 22 billion kilowatt hours of electricity throughout the year, the corresponding revenue will be 17.6 billion yuan, and the net profit margin is very exaggerated, not less than 80%, corresponding to The net profit can reach 14.08 billion yuan.

In other words, it only takes about seven months of continuous full-load operation to produce electricity to recover the cost of a nuclear power ship.

Of course, maintaining power generation all year round only exists in theory. In reality, maintenance is still needed. It is impossible to generate power 24 hours a day all year round. There are also factors such as peaks and troughs in power generation.

But even so, it is no problem for a nuclear power ship to make a net profit of 7 billion yuan a year.

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Xincheng, Jingxinju Villa.

At this moment, Fang Hong is reading an internal confidential material of a nuclear power ship company, which is related to the military.

The birth of nuclear power ships has profoundly affected the design ideas of the next generation of warships. It is precisely because of the successful launch of nuclear power ships that a design route called "full energy ship, full function ship" was born.

This "all-round ship" uses an integrated all-electric propulsion system, the power system is nuclear power, and it is equipped with many new concept weapons consisting of electromagnetic railguns, high-energy laser guns, and microwave weapons.

In recent years, new concept weapons such as electromagnetic railguns and high-energy laser guns have made major revolutionary breakthroughs, but due to energy constraints, they are only good-looking but not practical.

But now it is different. The energy problem can be solved, then these new concept weapons can be put on board, and they have the basis for application in a real sense. It is natural for new warships to come into being.

Relying on the powerful ship integrated power system, this kind of warship can also fight electronic warfare. Such a ship only needs one ship to have the function of an entire fleet, realizing the modularization of the entire fleet.

Its large number of kinetic weapons and laser weapons that rely on energy to launch can greatly reduce its use cost. After all, the starting price of missiles is millions or even millions of dollars per ship, but the use cost of electromagnetic guns is very low.

A ship's drive system and weapon system are all supported by electricity, and the biggest feature of electric control is its small size. The maximum displacement of the 055 large destroyer reaches 13,000 tons, while the displacement of the all-round ship is 10,000 tons.

The most important thing is that such a ship has the function of an entire fleet. This is the most terrifying point. There is no need to say how great the advantage is.

This is actually an inevitable trend of technological development. In the past, aircraft carriers carried many types of fighters, but with the advancement of technology and the continuous integration of functions, the types of aircraft carriers are becoming fewer and fewer, and they are developing towards simplification. In the past, tasks that required the division of labor and cooperation of multiple aircraft types can be completed independently by new carrier-based aircraft.

Fewer models means more efficient maintenance, lower costs, and higher production capacity.

The reason is the same. The smaller hull of the all-round ship also means faster construction speed and production costs of cultivated land, which is definitely lower than the cost of 055. In this way, the all-round ship is a cheaper ship with more diverse functions.

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