The Red Alert Begins in the Wasteland

On the yacht, Cai Ruichen accompanied Gertney, watching from a distance the successive explosions appearing at different angles around the sea scorpion. The expressions on their faces were completely different.

Cai Ruichen was confident, while Gertney was surprised.

From the beginning of the test, the astonishment on Gertney's face has not been reduced, because in his opinion, the anti-explosion test of the sea scorpion is a bit too much.

For a two-thousand-ton frigate, the anti-explosion test carried out actually detonated hundreds of kilograms of explosives at a position as close as two hundred meters.

The anti-explosion test conducted by the US 100,000-ton aircraft carrier is almost only a little bit stronger than this.

The tested explosion distance is more than two hundred meters, and the equivalent of underwater explosives is hundreds of kilograms of power.

Don’t underestimate these hundreds of kilograms of explosives. Under the power of an underwater explosion that is 800 times that of an atmospheric explosion, if such an explosion is close to a ship within 100 to 50 meters, it can make most of the world. The hull of the warship was fatally injured.

This kind of damage is no less than a direct missile hit by a warship. With the explosive power of hundreds of kilograms of explosives underwater, at a very close distance, even a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier may suffer certain damage to the hull.

For those warships of several thousand tons, the hull may crack and enter the water directly under the pressure of the explosion.

Moreover, if the explosion occurs on both sides of the warship’s ship at the same time, even at a distance of one to two hundred meters, under the action of the explosive force on both sides, even if it is a 10,000-ton large drive, the entire hull will be squeezed and deformed. Under the circumstances, all are directly sunk.

The United States is the country that has conducted the most maritime warship explosion tests in the world, and Gertney has also seen too many such tests.

Many U.S. military retired warships are all used to conduct maritime explosion tests to provide more safety design data for new shipbuilding.

As an old navy, Getney knows better than anyone what warships fear most.

Just like submarines, all depth bombs use the power of underwater explosions to kill and damage submarines.

A nuclear-powered submarine with underwater displacement is almost impossible to withstand a depth bomb that explodes underwater at a distance of 100 meters from the submarine. The explosion of an underwater anti-submarine bomb within 100 meters is a disaster for the submarine. .

Therefore, almost all modern submarines use double hulls. On the one hand, it increases the depth of the dive, and the other purpose is to enhance the defense of the submarine.

Just like the Soviet Union’s original typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine with an underwater displacement of more than 30,000 tons, its strong defensive power can directly ignore the close-range underwater explosion of depth charges.

Of course, with such a strong defense submarine, the world is only equipped with such super underwater monsters as Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines.

It is also that Gertney, who understands this, is so surprised when he sees the sea scorpion exploding around him, still intact.

In his opinion, this is simply incredible. If the explosion center is replaced with the latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, it may not be able to stand it.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has a displacement of more than 9,000 tons, and a full-load displacement of more than 10,000 tons. Compared with the sea scorpion’s 2,000 tons of displacement, in Gertney’s view, the shipbuilding technology of the future shipbuilding company is really amazing. Up.

At least he didn't think that just by pulling a Littoral Combat Ship with the same displacement, it would be safe from such an explosion. Obviously it was impossible.

Previously, many US military experts on Sea Scorpion said that this kind of warship does indeed have a sci-fi color, but in terms of practicality, there is no need to pay too much attention.

The emergence of a new weapon will inevitably be accompanied by a lot of problems and troubles, but this sea scorpion takes a different path from the traditional navy.

The layout of the three-hull will affect the original structural strength of the hull, and on this small warship, there are actually 24 vertical launch systems, a helipad, a naval gun, and a close defense system. .

It is simply a small man carrying artillery, and the weapon supply is too tight, which will inevitably limit the displacement of the armor and cause the defense of the ship to decrease.

Otherwise, with such a small displacement, it would be impossible to put so many weapons and equipment, as well as those related supporting radars and systems.

Arguments like this are the mainstream in the US Navy, and the outside world is not optimistic about this warship.

Earlier, Gertney also thought so. He felt that such a warship by the Future Technology Group was too short and sturdy, and it made the warship's real combat effectiveness impossible.

After all, there is no warship of more than two thousand tons in the world with such a huge weapon system installed.

But now, the impression of Gertney has been completely subverted~www.wuxiaspot.com~Because it can withstand such an explosion, it can be fully proved that this type of warship is definitely not as unbearable as guessed.

On the contrary, it is very likely to become a very powerful corvette. At least all the corvettes in the world are not as powerful as the warship in front of them.

Twenty-four vertical launch systems. So far, no warship of more than two thousand tons can be equipped with so many vertical launch systems.

Moreover, it is not clear to the outside world whether the vertical launch system of the Future Technology Group can only be equipped with anti-aircraft missiles or a missile that can be equipped with multiple different functions.

The vertical launch system on the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers can only be equipped with standard series of air defense missiles, and cannot be equipped with cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles.

The Russian vertical launch system can be equipped with air defense and cruise missiles.

China's vertical launch system is of three general types, which can be equipped with air defense, anti-ship and cruise missiles.

If this vertical launch system of Future Technology Group can also be used to equip anti-aircraft, anti-ship, and cruise missiles at the same time, then the combat effectiveness of this sea scorpion can be even better than Those frigates of four to five thousand tons are not weak at all.

This is Gertney's judgment at the moment, and he welcomes the next cooperation with the Future Security Company's Navy Department.

What the United States needs most now is such a self-reliant ally, because the cost of re-cultivating an ally is too high, and time does not allow it.

"Can I board the anti-explosive sea scorpion and have a look?"

As soon as the explosion-proof test was over, Gertney immediately asked Cai Ruichen.

"of course can."

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