Chapter 1272 Quarrel

The aircraft carrier is considered to be one of the most powerful units among the conventional deterrent units under mushroom bombs. It is not only a powerful symbolic weapon of the navy of a major country, but also the most terrifying gold-swallowing beast among the Blue Star weapons units.

Among Bluestar's many player groups, some Guo Jia can actually build the most common aircraft carrier, but they cannot ignore the financial pressure to bear the capital consumption of using and maintaining the aircraft carrier.

As for the slogan chanted by this high-level executive, everyone didn't think that the new aircraft carrier he was talking about would be those ordinary aircraft carriers.

The cost of the early Forrest-class aircraft carrier was only 173 to 225 million U.S. dollars. When the first Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was launched, the cost was increased to 800 million U.S. dollars. When the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entered service, The cost has soared to a terrifying $7 billion.

So his proposal was sternly rejected by another senior executive.

"The total cost of R\u0026D and construction of the USS Ford is US$13.7 billion, of which US$3.2 billion is spent on R\u0026D and US$10.5 billion is spent on construction.

Construction of the first three ships is expected to cost as much as $36 billion, with an average cost of $12 billion each. We can no longer support more aircraft carriers, and must be replaced in strict accordance with the plan, otherwise the budget will limit the progress of other important projects. "

This meeting was held because Kyushu Science and Technology felt threatened by its progress in the aerospace field.

However, under the circumstances that the right to speak and the use of the budget are equal, the veto of one party quickly caused a chain reaction.

"All this money has been spent where it should be used most! Our Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier uses two A1B reactors, with a power output of up to 280,000 horsepower, and the overall power is more than 25% higher than that of the Nimitz-class. At the same time, The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier also introduces the concept of an integrated power system, integrating electromagnetic catapults, recovery systems, elevators, cooking, heating, etc. into the power system as much as possible, reducing the dependence on the steam system and improving energy efficiency.

This makes the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier have a more powerful nuclear reactor and power output system, and the 13500V power supply system is almost three times that of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!

Moreover, the automation of the new aircraft carrier is extremely high. The staffing of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier requires more than 3,000 people, while the Ford-class aircraft carrier only needs more than 2,000 people, reducing more than 1,000 people, which reduces the huge personnel expenditure items. !

There is also the use of electromagnetic catapults, which has increased the ejection efficiency of the new aircraft carrier by 33% compared with steam catapults. The carrier-based aircraft can normally dispatch 160 sorties per day, and at special critical moments, it can reach 270 sorties. Effectively improve the air support capability and combat efficiency of carrier-based aircraft.

You can imagine how powerful the aircraft carrier battle group formed by our new aircraft carrier will be!

20 F35C Lightning stealth fighters, 24 Super Hornets, 5 Growler electronic warfare aircraft, 5 Hawkeye early warning aircraft, plus other helicopters and special weapons and equipment.

With the trinity combat system, coupled with the aerospace combat order, as long as there are enough aircraft carriers, we will still be the strongest force in Blue Star! "

Obviously, with the rapid increase in the cost of aircraft carriers, Haijun is not as weak as it seems.

Moreover, the big pie drawn by this high-level person is not a hollow pie.

The combat system composed of lightning stealth fighter jets, electronic warfare planes, early warning planes, helicopters, and special weapons and equipment can indeed hold down 99.99% of Blue Star's forces.

And some very sensitive people have also quietly calculated an account. According to the standards of the aircraft carrier battle group developed by Haijun, the cost of the carrier-based aircraft has already reached 5 billion US dollars, and with those escort ships, the supporting cost has completely exceeded 35 billion US dollars. If you add maintenance , the cost of training and weapons and ammunition, and those miscellaneous things, such as a coffee cup worth hundreds of dollars.

The top standard of an aircraft carrier battle group can easily reach about 40 billion US dollars.

In 1024 of the Xiayin star calendar, among all the Guo Jias announced by Blue Star for their military expenditures in 1023, there were only 12 Guo Jias whose military expenditures reached or exceeded 40 billion U.S. dollars.

The average maintenance cost of each aircraft carrier is about 3 billion U.S. dollars, far exceeding the annual budget of those small and medium-sized Guo Jia's sea mushrooms.

But so what?

Boom!

There was another sound of slapping the table, and a high-level executive shouted loudly: "Don't you want enough?! Two years ago, our military expenditure reached 770 billion US dollars, accounting for nearly 40% of Blue Star's global military expenditure. !

And most of them are given to you sea mushrooms!

But what is the answer sheet you handed over?

At the beginning, you also said that you would develop a carrier-based mech. Two years have passed. What have you developed? "

"What do you know? A mecha is a completely immature weapon! It has no practical meaning in combat at all! If the billions of dollars spent on research and development of mechas are used to build an aircraft carrier, the rewards received will only be more!"

"The aerospace field is a high-tech industry with high investment, high risk, and high returns. We must continue to lead in the aerospace field instead of delaying our steps on the ground!"

"The benefits we have achieved in Europe now need more! We also need a more reasonable distribution!"

Originally, everyone was still able to discuss with reason and evidence. Even if the theory and basis were not convincing to everyone, they were still able to sit in their seats and tell it rationally.

But as the quarrel intensified and the contradictions deepened, differences broke out.

Even in the debate, some people have used iconic words such as Fk, instantly turning the serious meeting of top elites into an "information exchange center" similar to rural streets.

Even some sane people reiterated many times at the meeting: "The focus of the future is still to cooperate with allies and partners to maintain a peaceful, free and open Indo-Pacific region."

There is no way to stop these high-level brawlers.