Chapter 1009: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Type 002B Aircraft Carrier

After the delivery of the Type 001 light aircraft carrier, Liu Tao arranged for the Beibu Gulf Shipyard to build Saudi Arabia's light aircraft carrier order.

Beibu Gulf Shipyard has a dry dock that can build a 100,000-ton large aircraft carrier, so building a light aircraft carrier is no problem.

Then the Type 001 light aircraft carrier order from Pakistan was handed over to Dalian Shipyard for construction.

Pakistan got a large sum of money from the white-robed bearded tycoon and resolutely chose to order a light aircraft carrier from Panshan Group.

Because Yangcheng Shipyard was going to build the Type 002B aircraft carrier, and also for the aircraft carrier construction industrial layout, Pakistan's Type 001 light aircraft carrier order was handed over to Dalian Shipyard.

According to the contract signed by both parties, the aircraft carrier was delivered to Pakistan on July 8, 2006.

Since the two sides established friendship that year, based on pragmatic diplomacy, the friendly relations between the two sides have never been severed over the years, and have even become more friendly.

Dalian Shipyard has enough time to build the Type 001 light aircraft carrier, thus laying the foundation for the construction of aircraft carriers.

At Yangcheng Shipyard, the Type 002A aircraft carrier was launched, and the empty dock was prepared for the Type 002B aircraft carrier.

Liu Tao held a technical meeting to give a technical briefing on the Type 002B aircraft carrier.

When everyone learned that the Type 002B aircraft carrier was actually a medium-sized nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, they were very excited.

From conventional-powered aircraft carriers to nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, this is a huge leap!

The Type 002B aircraft carrier is expected to hold a groundbreaking ceremony on December 25, 1999, be launched on July 1, 2004, and be delivered on July 1, 2006.

The reason why it takes longer than the Type 002A aircraft carrier is naturally because the nuclear-powered reactor needs to undergo a series of tests.

The nuclear reactor test was conducted on land, located in the peninsula area. It was previously built for the nuclear reactor test of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Over the years, it has provided a large amount of electricity to the Pearl River Delta and made outstanding contributions to the power safety of the Pearl River Delta.

With the increasing electricity consumption in Hong Kong, the nuclear power and thermal power that originally belonged to Hong Kong can be sold to Guangdong Province less and less, while the electricity consumption in the Pearl River Delta continues to maintain a high growth rate.

The second phase of the nuclear power plant will be built this time. On the one hand, it can be used as an experiment for the nuclear reactor of the 002B aircraft carrier, and on the other hand, it can also provide more electricity for the Pearl River Delta and ensure the power supply capacity of the Pearl River Delta.

With the 002B nuclear-powered aircraft carrier included in the construction plan, it has also become the most important thing for Yangcheng Shipyard.

In a blink of an eye, it has come to December 25th.

This day is Christmas in the West, and this day is the real Chinese New Year in the West.

And on this day, many leaders came to Yangcheng Shipyard.

Because the 002B nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will hold a groundbreaking ceremony!

The indoor dry dock shields satellite reconnaissance in space, making it impossible for other countries to know whether ships are being built here, whether they are civilian ships or military ships.

As China's main warship construction site, Yangcheng Shipyard is the most concerned by Eagle Sauce and Polar Bear. At least every day, there will be a military reconnaissance satellite taking a photo of Yangcheng Shipyard.

Military reconnaissance satellites are like this, mainly targeting important military targets, including military shipyards, major military bases, etc., so that once there is a slight disturbance, it will be discovered by military reconnaissance satellites.

Currently, the United States has 413 satellites in space, the most in the world. More than 90 of them are purely military satellites. Together with dual-use satellites, the total number of satellites that can be used for military or spy reconnaissance missions exceeds 100, of which 40 military and reconnaissance satellites are top-secret satellites controlled by the US National Reconnaissance Office, which is responsible for the production and supervision of US spy satellites.

Polar Bear has 288 satellites, more than half of which are military satellites, some are dual-use satellites, and some are purely civilian satellites.

China has 339 satellites, 80 of which are purely military satellites. Together with dual-use satellites, the total number of satellites that can be used for military or spy reconnaissance missions exceeds 100. In terms of satellite communications and satellite positioning services, China is at the world's leading level.

The three countries are also the countries with the most satellites in the world.

At the opening ceremony, the leaders delivered speeches.

Then the workers cut the first steel plate.

Christmas just passed.

The Pentagon held a meeting.

The first topic was not anything else, but Saudi Arabia's aircraft carrier formation.

In the photo, Saudi Arabia's aircraft carrier formation can be clearly seen.

To be honest, the United States has always attached great importance to Saudi Arabia. At the beginning, the United States did not even sell F15 fighter jets to Israel, but sold them to Saudi Arabia.

However, due to interests and religion, the contradictions between the two sides are increasing.

In particular, Saudi Arabia is very dissatisfied with the United States' favoritism towards Israel.

The United States is also very dissatisfied with Saudi Arabia's formation of the Arab coalition and its promotion of the Arab League to achieve the integration of the Arab world.

The United States does not want a hegemonic country to appear in the Gulf, especially a hegemonic country in the Gulf region that is dissatisfied with the United States.

Why did the United States launch the Gulf War?

It was because they did not want to see Iraq gain hegemony in the Gulf. Saddam often criticized the United States. If Iraq gained hegemony in the Gulf, it would be very unfavorable for the petrodollar. Moreover, the United States is the world's largest oil importer.

Now, the United States also does not want Saudi Arabia to gain hegemony in the Gulf region.

But things went against their wishes. Saudi Arabia has become the largest economic power, the largest political power, and the largest military power in the Gulf region. In fact, Saudi Arabia is already the hegemonic country in the Gulf and the leader of the Arab world.

Now Saudi Arabia's oil export settlement is no longer 100% settled in US dollars. The proportion of US dollar settlement has dropped to 80%.

This is a very dangerous signal.

The United States has not been without tricks, such as supporting the Shiite armed forces in Yemen, and then encouraging Saudi Arabia to attack Yemen in the south, so that Saudi Arabia will be trapped in the war in Yemen and divide the Arab world.

But Saudi Arabia did not fall into the trap.

The United States also created some contradictions within Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia's high welfare made ordinary Saudis not interested in rebellion at all.

In addition, things keep happening in Europe, Asia, polar bears, Africa, Latin America, etc., making it difficult for the United States to concentrate its strength.

The United States is now increasingly feeling overwhelmed and it is increasingly difficult to solve what it wants to solve.

The Pentagon is now taking this opportunity to demand an increase in military spending.

Even the Saudi aircraft carrier fleet was used by the Pentagon as a huge threat, as if the Saudi aircraft carrier fleet could match five or six US aircraft carrier fleets.

The Pentagon is an expert in how to ask Congress for money. For so many years, the two sides have been fighting wits and courage. The best way is to exaggerate the external threat and make Congress feel the real threat, such as missiles falling on their heads.

It was also the Pentagon's bad luck that it encountered a young and reckless person who started to cut military spending, and not just for one year but every year.

A large number of warships, aircraft, tanks and armored vehicle construction plans were cancelled, and the treatment of ordinary soldiers was improved, so that the upper level had no support from the grassroots soldiers even if they wanted to do something.