Chapter 649 Seven or eight Type 052 destroyers are not as good as a light aircraft carrier?

As far as Liu Tao knows, the Navy's annual military expenditures add up to about 10 billion RMB.

Of this, the military budget accounts for about 3 billion RMB, the installment payment and tax withholding of Panshan Group account for about 4 to 5 billion RMB, and the other parts account for about 2 to 3 billion RMB.

That's it, and it has already made other parties very dissatisfied.

The Army and Air Force of the military are very dissatisfied, because China has always been a continental army, and the Army is the boss. They think that if half of this money is left for the Army, the Army has already achieved mechanized force construction.

The Air Force thinks that if there is this money, the Air Force can buy a lot more planes, and even retire half of the J-6 fighters.

The system outside the military is also very dissatisfied, thinking that these warships are so expensive, if they are invested in economic construction, they will definitely drive faster economic development.

If the Navy can now take out 12 billion RMB to build an aircraft carrier, Liu Tao can only say it's awesome!

"So expensive?" The Navy chief frowned, "How much would it cost to build one like the Soviet aircraft carrier?"

"The Varyag aircraft carrier launched by the Soviet Union in November last year is said to cost about $3 billion. According to my estimate, it will cost about 9 to 10 billion yuan." Liu Tao said.

The Varyag aircraft carrier is a new generation of aircraft carrier built by the Soviet Union. Construction began on December 4, 1985 and it was launched in November 1988. It was built by the Black Sea Shipyard. The ship is 304 meters long, 70.5 meters wide, and has a draft of 10.5 meters. The standard displacement is 57,000 tons and the full load displacement is 67,500 tons.

Since its construction began, it has been valued by Europe and the United States and regarded as a major threat.

"If it is a medium-sized aircraft carrier, it will cost about 5 to 7 billion yuan!" Liu Tao said.

The Navy and the General Armament Department representatives were all upset.

The cost of this aircraft carrier is really expensive.

"What about light aircraft carriers?" The Navy chief's face was not good either.

The cost of an aircraft carrier is so high that it is beyond imagination.

"Like the British 'Invincible', 'Excellent', and 'Ark Royal' aircraft carriers, which are what everyone calls the 'Invincible' class aircraft carriers, the first ship of this class was ordered from the British Vickers shipyard in April 1973, completed and launched in May 1977, and officially entered service in July 1980; the second ship was ordered in May 1976, and the third ship was ordered in 1978. The cost rose from the initial 185 million pounds to 220 million pounds, with a total of 21 'Sea Harrier' and 'Sea King' air early warning and anti-submarine helicopters. If we build three ships, the average cost should be 2 to 2.5 billion yuan. If carrier-based aircraft are included, the total cost will be 2.5 to 3 billion yuan." Liu Tao has been collecting information related to aircraft carriers.

Panshan Group has an aircraft carrier research institute that specializes in collecting relevant information about aircraft carriers and conducting research on aircraft carriers.

Liu Tao is quite familiar with the situation of overseas aircraft carriers.

He developed new frigates and new destroyers, but he did not start with aircraft carriers because this thing is too expensive.

Especially for the first ship, it is necessary to build a supply chain, the cost will be particularly high, and it will cost a lot of money.

As the famous saying goes: "If I want to build the Varyag aircraft carrier, I need the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, the State Planning Commission and the Industrial Military Commission, as well as 9 defense industry departments, more than 600 related majors and more than 8,000 supporting manufacturers. In short, it takes a great country to complete it."

China does not have the strength to build aircraft carriers now!

Unless it is at all costs!

But the problem is that in Liu Tao's view, China's current demand for aircraft carriers is not urgent.

So far, the strategy of the Chinese Navy is still offshore defense.

The face of the head of the Navy is a little ugly. He did not expect that the construction of aircraft carriers is so expensive, even light aircraft carriers are so expensive.

Although the "aircraft carrier is useless" theory has been raised again, the development of the Chinese Navy is closely following the US Navy. After all, the US Navy is the world's number one and leads the world's naval development. It is always right for poor students to learn from excellent students.

So he has always liked to build aircraft carriers and let China have aircraft carriers.

He frowned. If Liu Tao does not support the construction of aircraft carriers, aircraft carriers cannot be built.

Because the navy's annual military budget can only barely make ends meet. If it only relies on the navy's military budget, the navy warships don't have to leave the port.

He originally calculated that if Liu Tao is willing to support it, Panshan Group can accept interest-free or low-interest installments for 20 or even 30 years, then the aircraft carrier will definitely be able to be built.

"Or, let's grit our teeth and build a light aircraft carrier like the British. It's better to have an aircraft carrier than not." The head of the navy frowned and discussed with Liu Tao.

A light aircraft carrier is also an aircraft carrier!

It's always good to have an aircraft carrier!

"Captain Liu, this first light aircraft carrier can at least build seven or eight Type 052 destroyers." Liu Tao frowned slightly, "Are seven or eight Type 052 destroyers not as good as one light aircraft carrier?"

"And how much can your navy afford to build this first light aircraft carrier?" Liu Tao could understand the navy's desire to have an aircraft carrier, but he still thought it was not suitable to build an aircraft carrier now.

After ten years, when China's economic strength is strong, it will be necessary to build aircraft carriers. At that time, we can directly build medium-sized aircraft carriers or even large aircraft carriers.

Liu Tao is very supportive of the strategy of focusing on the economy.

Look at the last life, after China's economy was developed, it was necessary to build aircraft carriers. Aircraft carriers were built one after another, and frigates and destroyers were like dumplings. The total tonnage of warships launched in a year exceeded the total tonnage of the French Navy, making the total tonnage of the French Navy a unit of measurement.

Of course, if the Navy is willing to spend enough money to build aircraft carriers, Liu Tao has nothing to say.

The Navy chief blushed, because the Navy could not come up with 500 million yuan. The military budget allocated to the Navy was only so much a year. Where would he get the funds to order aircraft carriers.

Liu Tao shook his head slightly. Seeing the Navy chief like this, he knew what the Navy was thinking.

The opening should not have been opened at the beginning. Once the opening was opened, the Navy felt that it was right and natural for Panshan Group to pay or pay interest-free or interest-free installments.

But you have to know that Panshan Group's money was not blown by the wind.

Previously, it was to support the construction of the navy, but this was not the obligation of Panshan Group, which was just a state-owned enterprise.

Liu Tao sighed softly. This kind of gratitude and resentment really made him realize that he must do less of this kind of thing in the future.

This meeting could not continue. It was not even noon and the meeting was over.

Liu Tao did not care. Panshan Group did not make a fortune by selling warships to the army, but it has always been Panshan Group supporting the army. In this regard, Panshan Group is taking the initiative. On the other hand, Panshan Group currently has nothing to do with the navy.

Zhang Boheng, he really lacks a little bit of luck!

It's hard to accept!