Seeing that the "Fujian ship" is about to be commissioned, everyone is curious about when China's next aircraft carrier will be unveiled? And there have always been rumors that my country will be a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier starting from the "004" aircraft carrier, so is this rumor true?
Some time ago, some foreign media pointed out that China is not only building nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, but also building two at the same time, and these two aircraft carriers under construction are still using the same drawings, so is this true or false?
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Although China already has three aircraft carriers, for the majority of military fans, the most anticipated is the "nuclear-powered aircraft carrier", because in the military fan circle, everyone believes that only nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the future.
Today, the 11 aircraft carriers in service in the United States are all nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and the first nuclear aircraft carrier of the United States was commissioned as early as 1961, and the service life of this aircraft carrier of the United States has reached 51 years.
After the American "Enterprise", many countries intended to have their own nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, including the Soviet Union. If it weren't for the later collapse of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union would have followed the example of the United States in building a number of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
Compared with conventional aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have great advantages, for example, in terms of power, conventional aircraft carriers need to be refueled regularly, while nuclear aircraft carriers do not need to replace nuclear fuel during the entire service period after the construction is completed, and it is conservatively estimated that the continuous operation time is at least 20 years.
In addition, in terms of endurance and combat capability, nuclear aircraft carriers are superior to conventional aircraft carriers, and because the noise emitted by nuclear fuel is very small when the nuclear fuel is running, the concealment of nuclear aircraft carriers is also stronger, and the life of the aircraft carrier will be longer.
So for my best friends, although my country can build aircraft carriers, and already has three, everyone is not satisfied, and still feels that China is backward in this field, and believes that China must accelerate its catch-up and have its own nuclear aircraft carrier as soon as possible.
So why are three of China's aircraft carriers in a row? Could it be that our country does not have the ability to build nuclear aircraft carriers?
In fact, everyone believes that "nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the future", which is mainly related to the United States' "abandonment of normal nuclear weapons", because after the United States retired the last conventional aircraft carrier "Kitty Hawk", the United States has been focusing on nuclear aircraft carriers, and the United States, as the world's largest military ranking country, naturally everyone will also regard the United States as a "weather vane", believing that since the United States is "fully nuclear" in the future in the development of aircraft carriers, then China should also be the same.
But in fact, the United States is doing this, mainly to meet the needs of his "global layout", and China is not like the United States, and strives to establish military bases around the world, so China's demand for nuclear aircraft carriers is not so urgent, and now China's conventional aircraft carrier construction technology is also very advanced, take the "Fujian ship" as an example, although in terms of endurance, it is indeed inferior to nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, but in terms of combat capability, it is not inferior to the United States nuclear aircraft carriers.
Moreover, from a technical point of view, the difficulty of building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is indeed much higher than that of a conventional aircraft carrier, which is the main reason why China built three conventional aircraft carriers as soon as it came up.
Through the transformation of the "Varyag", China has mastered the technology of building aircraft carriers independently, and the "Shandong ship" is the first purely domestic aircraft carrier built by our country, and it is also a part of further verifying our aircraft carrier construction technology, and when it comes to the "Fujian ship", at this time our aircraft carrier construction technology is already very mature and advanced, and naturally the comprehensive performance of the "Fujian ship" is also more superior.
After the "Fujian ship", China actually has the ability to build a nuclear aircraft carrier, and the technical difficulty of the nuclear aircraft carrier "nuclear reactor", now China has also achieved a technological breakthrough, so there is no doubt in terms of technology, so many friends are looking forward to the next aircraft carrier in China will be a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
So has China's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier really been built?
According to foreign media reports, at present, China has built two aircraft carriers at the Dalian Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard at the same time, and the same drawings used by these two aircraft carriers are both nuclear aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 100,000 units.
So why are foreign media so sure that China's aircraft carriers 004 and 005 are both nuclear-powered? This is actually related to the previous bidding of the Dalian shipyard, when the China Nuclear Power Research and Design Institute won the bid, so everyone will think that the 004 aircraft carrier is the nuclear power system used, and China's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is coming.
As for why the foreign media think that China is building two aircraft carriers at the same time, it is because in the propaganda video of Jiangnan Shipyard, an aircraft carrier with the port number "20" appeared, you must know that the port number of the "Fujian ship" is "18", and the board number of the 004 aircraft carrier should be "19", so it is calculated that the aircraft carrier under construction in Dalian is "19", and the aircraft carrier under construction in Shanghai is "20", that is, our fourth and fifth aircraft carriers.
And if the 004 aircraft carrier is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and judging from the previously released information, the 005 aircraft carrier will also be a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and their standard configuration is nuclear-powered and "electromagnetic catapult" that is more advanced than the United States in terms of technology.
At the same time, in terms of carrier-based aircraft, they will also be equipped with "J-35", and in terms of early warning aircraft, **, etc., they will also be the main models in service in China, which also means that when the 004 aircraft carrier and the 005 aircraft carrier are put into service, then although China is inferior to the United States in terms of the number of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, it will not be inferior in terms of comprehensive performance, and is even expected to "overtake in corners" in some technical fields.
Judging from the rumors, China's two nuclear aircraft carriers built at the same time will have a endurance of more than 40 years, and the number of carrier-based aircraft carried at the same time will not be less than 50, for the Chinese Navy, although our demand for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers is not urgent at this stage, but with the future nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service, it will still enhance the strength of the Chinese Navy as a whole.
And China is building two nuclear aircraft carriers at the same time, itself is also a symbol of China's strength, you must know that the construction of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is expensive, and China is building two at the same time, at the same time, these two shipyards and other ships are under construction, and it will not affect the Chinese Navy to continue to "dumplings", which is enough to show the strength of the first industry.
According to foreign media, China is expected to have at least 6 aircraft carriers before 2030, and the number of active aircraft carriers in China will remain at about 8 to 10 in the future. So, friends, what do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message to share!