I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

【A"Ford" class aircraft carrier formation usually includes the following parts】

【A Ford-class aircraft carrier】

【The length is 337 meters, the deck width is 77 meters, the waterline width is 41 meters, the draft is 12 meters, and the full load displacement reaches 112,000 tons.】

【This type of aircraft carrier has 9 carrier-based aircraft squadrons and can carry about 90 carrier-based aircraft under extreme conditions.】

【Its power system uses two AlB nuclear reactors, with a maximum speed of more than 30 knots, and it can last for more than ten years without changing fuel, basically having unlimited endurance.】

【However, because its food storage can only sustain the entire crew for 60 days, its self-sustainability at sea is generally considered to be 60 days. ]

Along with the narration, images of Ford-class aircraft carriers appeared on the high-altitude giant screen.

The power of the giant screen allowed the ancients to naturally understand concepts such as draft and displacement.

Seeing this huge thing standing on the sea, the ancient people of all dynasties were instantly stunned.

The already huge aircraft carrier becomes even bigger after the picture on the giant screen is enlarged to the same proportion.

Although it was separated by a giant screen, it still gave the ancients a great sense of oppression.

Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di looked at the aircraft carrier on the giant screen with shock in his eyes.

Even the largest treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty seemed extremely small compared with this aircraft carrier.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji were also shocked.

They have all seen the huge treasure ship built by the Ming Dynasty for the voyage to the West.

At that time, I felt extremely shocked and felt that the treasure ship was like a fortress on the sea.

However, that treasure ship was completely insignificant compared to the aircraft carrier in front of me.

If a treasure ship is a fortress, then this aircraft carrier is a giant city on the sea.

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【The construction cost of a Ford-class aircraft carrier is approximately US$13.5 billion, and the annual repair and maintenance costs are approximately US$1.2 billion.】

【This is still the price of the beggar’s version, which does not include ammunition, personnel costs, etc.】

【In addition to the aircraft carrier, two Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers are also needed, which costs approximately US$2 billion.】

【The ship is 172.8 meters long, 16.8 meters wide, has a draft of 9.5 meters, a full load displacement of 9,957 tons, a total power of 86,000 horsepower, and an endurance of 6,000 nautical miles.】

【The main weapons are: 2×MK-45 five-inch 54-caliber naval gun, 16×eight-mounted MK-41 missile vertical launch system, 2 quad-mounted MK-141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers, 2 MK-15BlocklA/B phalanx short-range defense Weapon systems, etc.】

【The cruiser is equipped with four SPY-1A control arrays and is also equipped with more other avionics equipment and a traditional AN/SPS-The 49 two-dimensional long-range air search radar can conduct continuous searches in 450km long-range airspace. 】

In the high-altitude giant screen, image data of the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser appeared.

The ancient people of all dynasties were shocked when they saw it.

Although they could not understand the specific meaning of the narrator, they knew that this must be a deadly weapon at sea just by looking at the appearance and the equipment of various weapons.

Next.

The video successively introduces the remaining components of the aircraft carrier formation.

【Six Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, approximately 7.4 billion】

【Main equipment: SPY-1 phased array radar, Mk-41 vertical launch system, etc.】

【Two Virginia-class attack submarines, costing approximately $6.3 billion】

【The main weapons carried are: MK48-5 torpedoes,"Harpoon" anti-ship missiles,"Tomahawk" cruise missiles, small anti-submarine torpedoes, etc.】

【The aircraft carrier also needs to be equipped with 4 fighter squadrons, including 24 F-35C stealth carrier-based aircraft, 24 F/A-18 fighter attack aircraft, 5"Growler" electronic warfare aircraft, 5 E-2D Hawkeye early warning aircraft, as well as various transport aircraft and special helicopters, the total cost is approximately US$8 billion】

【After all calculations, it would cost approximately US$37.5 billion to establish a fully-equipped aircraft carrier battle formation, and the annual operating cost would be US$3.1 billion.】

【In the first year after the Ford-class aircraft carrier fleet went online, China spent $1,287 per second.】

【You know, the defense budget of the Gallic Chicken Country in 2023 is only 43.9 billion US dollars.】

【The cost of an aircraft carrier formation is almost as much as a country’s military expenditure for a year, and this country is not a weak country, but one of the powerful five permanent members.】

"So aircraft carrier formations are really not something that ordinary countries can play with."

"What is a money-burning machine? This is called a money-burning machine!"

"Not to mention spending tens of billions of dollars to build an aircraft carrier fleet, the annual long-distance transfer costs of several billion dollars are not something ordinary countries can afford."

"……"

"hiss!"

The ancient people of all dynasties have been completely sluggish.

After watching so many videos, they already have an understanding of the currency of later generations, and know that tens of billions of dollars is an extremely huge sum of money.

What's more, there is a comparative example in : The cost of an aircraft carrier formation is equal to the annual military expenditure of the Gallic Kingdom, one of the five permanent members.

This made the ancients more intuitively aware of the horror of the cost of an aircraft carrier formation.

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【So, how terrible is the combat effectiveness of an aircraft carrier formation that has been assembled with so much money?】

"Yes, how scary is it?"

The ancients of all dynasties had this question in their minds.

You get what you pay for. There is no doubt that the combat effectiveness (beda) of an aircraft carrier formation that spends so much money is strong.

But, how strong can it be? What?

Ancient people of all dynasties stared at the giant screen in the sky, waiting for the answer

【In small-scale local wars, the role of the aircraft carrier formation is to provide air support to ground forces and serve as a temporary airport.】

【This does not show the terror of aircraft carriers】

【But generally speaking, if an aircraft carrier formation needs to be dispatched, there is a high probability that it will be an ocean-going operation.】

【At that time, the side with the aircraft carrier formation will have the most absolute air supremacy on the battlefield.】

【When fighting in the ocean, first of all, the possibility of an air force without an aircraft carrier being deployed is eliminated.】

【Aircraft carrier's carrier-based aircraft are the only air power on the battlefield】

【The air force is a crushing force for ships.】

【First of all, the F-35 has a maximum flight speed of Mach 1.6 and a combat radius of up to 1,160 kilometers. For a ship with a speed of only a few dozen knots, you can basically just stand there and get beaten.】

【Fighters can beat up ships at will, and when they run out of ammunition, they can go back to replenish their supplies and come back again. 】

In the giant screen high in the sky.

A film and television editing demonstration video appears.

Countless extremely fast fighter jets bombarded a maritime fleet wildly, and very few fighter jets were shot down by the fleet's counterattack.

The plane of Ming Taizu.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in astonishment:

"Is this how water wars were fought in later generations?"

The water battles he knew were all battles between warships. For example, when he and Chen Youliang fought in Poyang Lake, both sides dispatched a large number of warships.

But this scene in front of him was completely different.

It became a battle in the air. The fighter jets fought with the warships in the water.

Moreover, the warships in the water were obviously at a disadvantage.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel eye-opening.

It turns out that water battles do not need to be battles between warships.

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【Secondly, air-to-ship missiles can also crush ship-to-air missiles.】

【Because the air-to-ship missile has a huge initial velocity, and also because it has a longer gliding distance when launched at high altitude,】

【For example, the long-range anti-ship missile mounted on the F-35 has a maximum range of up to 320 kilometers. The target is a slow-moving behemoth.】

【Ship-to-air missiles can only accelerate from 0, which requires a huge amount of energy to accelerate and climb. The maximum range is only more than 100 kilometers, and the attack target is a small target with supersonic speed and full dodge attributes.】

【Therefore, in an ocean battle, it can be said that the moment the opponent's carrier-based aircraft is dispatched, the battle is already decided. 】

The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi asked puzzledly:

"Why is this?"

"Your Highness, this is like two people shooting at each other with bows and arrows. If the bow and arrow in one person's hand can shoot farther and faster, then he can attack at a farther distance."

"And because the other person was unable to fight back with a bow and arrow due to insufficient distance, he could only be beaten passively."

Li Jing gave an answer he analyzed from this passage.

Although this explanation is not particularly accurate, it also explains part of the reason. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!) It is also popular Easy to understand, Li Zhi will understand it as soon as he hears it

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【In a real battle, even seeing the opponent's aircraft carrier is a luxury.】

【Many people mistakenly believe that such a slow-moving behemoth as an aircraft carrier is simply a moving target. It is not easy to find it.】

【But the truth is just the opposite】

【The most abnormal ability of an aircraft carrier is its ability to"stealth" on the sea, and its strongest stealth method is"distance""】

【In the vast sea, even a phased array radar as powerful as the Aegis SPY-1 can only detect sea surface targets within a few dozen kilometers.】

【why?】

【Because the earth is round, as long as the opponent's target is below the horizon, it will be in the radar's blind spot.】

【Originally, no one could find each other.】

【But what is unfair is that the aircraft carrier has an early warning aircraft that can expand the radar range and raise the radar altitude to several thousand or even tens of thousands of meters. This creates an asymmetric combat advantage.】

【It's equivalent to when you are still squirming in the fog of war, the other party has already opened the entire map.】

【When you see the opponent's early warning aircraft, the opponent's air-to-ship missiles are already on the way to attack.】

【Naturally, this battle cannot be fought.】

"Indeed, in modern warfare, vision is particularly important"[]

"So that’s it. This is the first time I know that early warning aircraft are used like this."

"Those without aircraft carriers are still looking for people, while those with aircraft carriers have already taken action."

"……"

The plane of the Great Ming Dynasty's ancestors.

Zhu Di sighed:

"I see"

"No wonder this country has spent so much money building an aircraft carrier. It is indeed amazing."

Although due to the limitations of his knowledge, he couldn't understand many things in the video, but he understood one thing clearly.

That is, in an ocean battle, a fleet without an aircraft carrier would only have to Being beaten passively without any ability to fight back.

Thinking of this, a question came to Zhu Di's mind:

"Does the Dragon Kingdom have aircraft carriers?"

He thought about it and felt that the answer was yes.

With the strength of the Dragon Kingdom in the future, he felt that there should be aircraft carriers.

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【Therefore, if you want to get the same field of vision as the other party, there are only two ways】

【1. Early warning aircraft taking off from the coast】

【2. He also has an aircraft carrier】

【Why do we risk our lives to own aircraft carriers? This is the meaning.】

【Regardless of whether it is a nuclear-powered or conventionally powered aircraft carrier】

【The endurance of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers is indeed strong, but having conventionally-powered aircraft carriers is enough to allow us to conduct ocean battles on a fair field of view.】

"Early warning aircraft taking off from the coast can only be used for defense. They cannot be relied upon for operations in the ocean. An aircraft carrier is required."

"You still have to use magic to defeat magic"

"Fortunately, our country already has three aircraft carriers, which can ensure a fair view."

"It is said that the design work of our country’s fourth aircraft carrier has also been completed."

"Reply - Needless to say, the State Shipbuilding Group has already made an official announcement with pictures"

"……"

Ancient people of all dynasties were shocked when they saw these barrages.

The Dragon Kingdom actually has three aircraft carriers that are so expensive to build. It is indeed powerful!

【For the side without an aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier formation within a radius of 1,000 kilometers is like a small black hole. Any ships, aircraft, or detectors you send there will be killed before the aircraft carrier is discovered.】

【How big is a radius of 1,000 kilometers? Equivalent to one-third of my country’s land area】

【This is the terrifying stealth capability of the aircraft carrier formation】

【So without an aircraft carrier, is there no way to get within 1,000 kilometers of the aircraft carrier formation?】

【Some say a submarine can do this】

【Because radar cannot penetrate seawater and anti-submarine sonar can only sense waters of tens of thousands of miles, submarines can approach the aircraft carrier without anyone noticing and launch torpedoes, posing a great threat to the aircraft carrier. 】

The high-altitude giant screen video played an image of a submarine diving in the deep sea.

"How can this be?"

When the ancient people of all dynasties saw this scene, they were shocked and lost their minds.

How could the ship sail in the sea instead of on the sea?

Such a scene was completely beyond the imagination of the ancients.

It was simply It’s incredible!

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【Sending out submarines for reconnaissance sounds great, but in fact, the narrow sensing range of sonar can prevent the other party from discovering the submarine, but it also limits the submarine's own reconnaissance range.】

【In the vast sea, the detection range of tens of kilometers can almost be ignored.】

【If you want to accurately locate the coordinates of an aircraft carrier through submarines in a sea area with a radius of 1,000 kilometers, you need to send 100 to 200 submarines side by side to conduct a carpet search.】

【No country on the planet has more than 100 submarines】

【At the same time, the position of the aircraft carrier formation is also constantly moving. Although the theoretical submersible speed of the submarine can catch up with the aircraft carrier, advancing at full speed will inevitably produce great noise and expose the submarine's position in advance. If you want to maintain concealment, you can only sneak at a slow speed.】

【To put it 10,000 steps back, if a blind cat on a submarine encounters a dead mouse and really detects the position of the opponent's aircraft carrier, what can it do?】

【Ultra-long wave communications that can penetrate seawater can only be sent unilaterally from land to submarines.

【If you want to surface for short-wave communication, the destroyers of the aircraft carrier formation, anti-submarine helicopters, anti-submarine torpedoes, etc. can easily kill the submarine.】

【In short, the way to rely on submarines to deal with aircraft carrier formations has been blocked 360 degrees.】

【So, is there any other way to deal with aircraft carrier formations?】

【There really is. 】

The eyes of ancient people from all dynasties looking at the giant screen instantly became more focused.

How to deal with such a powerful aircraft carrier formation? they are very curious

【From the launch of the Beidou 1 system project in 1994 to the completion of the Beidou 3 network in 2020, our country has completed the feat of"opening the sky's eyes" in space in just 20 years, tearing off the fig leaf on the stealth cloak of the Chinese aircraft carrier】

【The real sentence of death for China's aircraft carrier is my country's Jilin-1 remote sensing satellite constellation. This is a space live broadcast room composed of 138 low-orbit satellites 500 kilometers above the ground. It is expected to be completed in 2035.】

【After being connected to the Internet, you can perform video gaze on any corner of the earth. If the Beidou satellite can discover any target on the earth, then Jilin 1 can bite this target through live video broadcast.】

【The F22 of the Yingjiang Kingdom has always been famous for its stealth and is said to be difficult to detect by radar. However, the Yingjiang Kingdom never expected that the people of the Dragon Kingdom would actually return the favor and use the most primitive optical reconnaissance lens to directly pass through the thick clouds. The space video was locked and the entire flight trajectory of the F22 was tracked and filmed】

【We can shoot it down anytime we want

【Therefore, after the success of the Jilin-1 remote sensing satellite group network, it will be an easy task for our country to locate the aircraft carrier formation of China.】