The navy will have 138 ships and powerful dual aircraft carriers?

The navy will have 138 ships and powerful dual aircraft carriers?

A certain country in South Asia has announced that it will put the Vikrant into active service this year, so that the country can become one of the few "big navies" in the world with dual aircraft carriers. In the past, Vikrant's project was delayed again and again, and its launch three times has become a worldwide joke. Since the autumn, the speed with which the project has been completed has impressed the world. Not only did it successfully make its maiden voyage, but it also achieved a rare high speed on the sea during its second trial voyage. Although there were obvious head-to-head waves when the sea surface was relatively calm, whether there are serious design and construction problems and whether the medium-sized aircraft carrier can finally successfully pass the test requires further observation. Because there are two situations when there are buried waves: one is that the ship on trial encounters a wave with a relatively large wavelength at a relatively high speed. This kind of surge means that the waves are not big on the surface, for example, there is no obvious white-out phenomenon, but the horizontal height difference between the wave top and the wave bottom is still large, for example, more than 2 to 3 meters. If the wavelength of this wave is No more than,

The full length of the longitudinal axis of the trial ship, then it will cause a sudden and serious head wave to the ship under high-speed trial. That is to say, there are no big waves on the sea from a distance, but most of the ship's hull suddenly sinks and is half submerged in the water; at the same time, regular rows of waves appear on the sides and back of the ship. Another situation where sinking waves occur is that there are defects in the design and construction of the ship itself, such as problems with the center of gravity and the propulsion angle of the propeller shaft, unknown bends in the keel construction, and the center of gravity of the entire ship is seriously offset, etc. wait. Under such circumstances, regular sea waves will occur during high-speed sea trials. However, when sea waves appear at high speed, serious vibrations will occur on the whole ship. Whether or not irregular waves appear is the biggest difference between submerged waves caused by natural surges and submerged waves caused by errors in ship design and construction. As for whether the Vikrant suffered serious vibrations at high speed, only the personnel on board the ship during its second trial voyage knew. If it is the second situation, that is, there are big problems in the design and construction, then the Vikrant will be a decoration that is difficult to be practical. But which kind of situation it is, Hanhai Langshan and Xiongnu Langshan believe that the outside world needs in-depth and continuous observation before they can draw a final conclusion. But no matter what the outside world thinks, the Vikrant itself has begun to leave the port for its third trial voyage. This shows that we are still preparing to enter service quickly this year according to the time node announced in advance. The biggest change on the surface of Vikrant's third trip to sea is that it can be seen that three arresting cables have been installed in the arresting area of ??the angled deck. This was not done during the first and second trials. ; As for whether the deck surface is still a simple thin layer of smooth paint or whether it has been coated with a thick coating that is thermally insulating and wear-resistant, it is indistinguishable from a distant perspective. However, according to Langshan’s personal judgment, the final deck coating was still not done. Judging from the current situation of the Vikrant, since it can conduct its third trial voyage, it means that there is not much problem with the main power system.

After all, it uses the mature LM2500 gas turbine of the superpower as the main engine, and it can still run at a speed of more than 20 knots. Although it is a large-scale integration of Wanguo's technology, it is made by myself after all, and it is as high as 42,000 tons. From this point of view alone, it is stronger than most navies in the world who just have ideas. After all, it is better to actually do something once than to shout slogans a hundred times. Even some of the major powers in the 5 permanent members have not actually built a new aircraft carrier on their own in the past 30 years. Therefore, this achievement needs to be affirmed. But it should also be noted that there are obvious signs that the Vikrant was tampered with in advance by foreign designers, especially the two pitifully small elevators that are too small. It is only 30 feet wide. Currently, the only one in the world that can lift on it is the MiG-29K with its main wings folded. No other active carrier-based aircraft can use these two lifts. In addition, the 42,000 platform does not have any deflectors or close-in defense weapons, which are also big problems that must be faced in the future.

Despite obvious flaws and shortcomings, the South Asian Navy will announce its first dual aircraft carrier platform this year. In this way, it will become the fourth navy in the world to have dual aircraft carriers in service. The country's navy also vigorously promoted that after the Vikrant is commissioned, the total number of ships owned by its navy will reach 138, while the total number of active ships in the superpower navy is only 280, implying that its maritime strength is close to "half" of the superpower. ; but deliberately ignores the reality that the total tonnage of the superpower's navy exceeds 4 million tons, and even if the country's navy has the Vikrant in service, the total tonnage is still less than 400,000 tons. The Vikrant's original project progress has been delayed again and again for more than ten years. The hull of the aircraft carrier is placed on the dock and is polished in the sun every day. And the progress from the beginning can be said to be rapid. I am afraid that this happened due to some kind of strong stimulation. So what kind of strong external stimulation did the Vikrant receive? If anyone knows something, please tell me!