Chapter 276 Do They Really Have a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier? The God of the North Wind is in Hand!
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Thinking of this, Zheng Lixing suddenly felt terrified.
How outrageous is it for an organization to have the power to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers?
He could also explain conventional-powered aircraft carriers. After all, large natural gas LNG tankers are extremely difficult to manufacture, and are even some of the most difficult types of ships to manufacture in the shipbuilding industry.
The other two are an aircraft carrier and a large cruise ship.
In other words, it is not unrealistic for private enterprises to manufacture aircraft carriers. The difficulty lies in the supporting facilities related to the aircraft carrier, various carrier-based aircraft and radars, air defense systems, and even the entire aircraft carrier fleet.
But if we can build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, that would be a completely different matter!
The only country in the world that possesses this capability is the United States, and now there is an additional "Great Wall Watch" organization?
After a while.
After hanging up the phone with Wang Guanghai, I heard Zheng Lixing's various speculations.
Zhang Yuli next to him also frowned and said, "That's unlikely, Old Zheng. You're probably overthinking it."
It’s not that he doesn’t want to believe it, but this guess is too outrageous.
This is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Even with Daxia's current technological accumulation, it would take at least ten years before it could build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
After all, going from a conventional-powered aircraft carrier to a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier requires a very solid foundation and thousands of accumulated technologies to complete this "great" project.
An organization may build LNG liquefied natural gas carriers, large cruise ships, or even conventional-powered aircraft carriers!
But how do you build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier? It requires a nuclear fission reactor.
Not to mention how difficult it is to quietly develop the technology required for an aircraft carrier, and how much damage would be caused if an accident occurred.
Just the uranium-235 and enriched uranium used as core driving fuel would be extremely difficult to obtain in sufficient quantities for research and development.
However, the question was heard.
"Why can't they get 'nuclear fuel'?" Zheng Lixing suddenly asked back: "Does this organization even need to get nuclear fuel?"
We cannot look at it from the perspective of 'ordinary people'. After all, with the means of the 'Great Wall Watch' organization, it is not difficult to obtain enriched uranium.
Although for some small countries, it is extremely difficult and dangerous to purchase any enriched uranium.
But this is the "Great Wall Watch" organization, an organization that can get aircraft carriers, B-2 bombers, and "Seawolf-class" attack nuclear submarines.
They are short of nuclear fuel? Don't be ridiculous. It's probably not difficult for them to organize their own manpower to produce, build and refine nuclear fuel.
"This" Zhang Yuli seemed to suddenly think of something: "I was wrong"
This is how he has always thought as a scientific researcher. He often considers whether this matter is reasonable or not, but ignores the fact that the "Great Wall Watch" organization is essentially an extraordinary existence.
It is like a scholar who has been studying classical mechanics. When he first sees the "quantum mechanics" that is completely beyond the framework, he will probably exclaim: Physics no longer exists!
"Given their influence in the Eagle Sauce," Zheng Lixing murmured, "It's possible. It's not impossible to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier."
Just from the fact that these two aircraft carriers were delivered in succession, they could conclude that they must have been newly built.
After all, the last Kitty Hawk-class ship of the Eagle Sauce has been retired and has been kept in the shipyard waiting to die quietly. Both the hull and various equipment must have aged severely.
However, the two Kitty Hawk-class ships currently owned by Daxia are just the opposite. Both the hull and the internal equipment are so new that there is no sign that anyone has used them.
If we can build two "Kitty Hawk-class" aircraft carriers at the same time and have the manufacturing capability of "nuclear fission reactors", it seems that it is not impossible to develop and build "large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers".
"Is it really that mysterious?" Zhang Yuli gasped: "How come we can't even find any trace?"
How powerful must an organization be to be able to build a "nuclear-powered aircraft carrier"?
But the problem is that Daxia has not found any clues about this organization until now, and even has no idea who the specific members of the "Great Wall Watch" organization are.
So, there have always been two specific speculations about this organization.
One is that the organization may not exist at all.
The one in contact with their Daxia is an unknown existence, an alien civilization or an unknown civilization that also masters most of human technology.
If this is the case, the contact between this civilization and Daxia would seem somewhat confusing.
Therefore, no one, including Zhang Yuli, agreed with this idea and directly rejected it.
After all, what capabilities does Daxia have that are worthy of the attention of an "unknown civilization"? Even a civilization that can travel between stars is fully capable of destroying the solar system, because the energy required for interstellar travel close to the speed of light is an extremely exaggerated number.
They have the ability to clean up the entire earth effortlessly, so why would they choose to continuously provide technology to Daxia?
Need resources? Even the Kuiper Belt is covered with various mineral resources, and the difficulty of mining is thousands of times lower than that of minerals buried thousands of meters underground on Earth.
Need water? There is more water than can be used up on many satellites. Oxygen, nitrogen and carbon compounds are the most basic elements in the universe.
In the vast universe, planets made of gold and diamonds can be easily found.
It can even be said that the most precious thing on the entire earth may not be the so-called resources, but human beings as intelligent life, who are the truly "scarce" resources in the universe.
The second is that this organization exists in various European countries, but it is very deeply hidden. Even many of the big capitalists and politicians who appear in the open are just its front men.
This also explains why this organization possesses such terrifying intelligence gathering capabilities and so many technologies.
All these thoughts emerged in the minds of the two people.
After a while.
"No matter what, at least we have to be prepared." Zheng Lixing said, "Whether there is or not, we don't need to consider this."
This is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Let’s not talk about how the "Great Wall Watch" organization actually owns it, or whether they have such a problem.
We must take precautions before it happens and make relevant preparations in advance.
Otherwise, if it suddenly gives you a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at that time, it will be quite troublesome.
It is not an easy task to start a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and the difficulty of operating this thing is not comparable to that of ordinary ships.
Even if there is a mistake in one step and the whole reactor has an accident, you will not only damage a ship. That is a nuclear fission reactor. Although it is not composed of 90% pure enriched uranium, it is composed of 5% pure enriched uranium. Even if it leaks, there will basically be no nuclear explosion or other accidents.
But if we allow it to continue leaking, it will be a huge disaster.
In particular, this thing is not the heavy oil used by conventional powered ships. Although burning will cause environmental and ecological impacts, as long as active recovery is carried out, it is not impossible to control the disaster to a certain extent.
This is a nuclear reactor. If left alone, it can continue to burn for dozens or even hundreds of years. If such an accident occurs near the coast of Daxia, the more than one billion people in Daxia will suffer unprecedented losses.
Unless, the dispatched personnel pay an extremely heavy price to forcibly extinguish the reactor, but that is also a measure that must be taken as a last resort.
Thinking of this horrific consequence, Zhang Yuli immediately reacted: "You are right, we must make plans in advance."
Anyway, training a group of crew members and sailors who can skillfully operate nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in advance is also a precautionary measure.
Even if the "Great Wall Watch" organization does not have a "nuclear-powered aircraft carrier", it doesn't matter.
After all, Daxia itself will have to build this type of aircraft carrier in the future, and it may not be too far away in time. The worst that can happen is that it can train enough crew members a few years in advance.
It is imperative to prepare for a rainy day.
at the same time.
The next day, early morning.
Eagle sauce, Los Angeles, in the executive suite of a luxury hotel.
Lu Ze was making breakfast in the hotel kitchen, cooking the pot slowly over a low fire. Wisps of white smoke rose up, emitting a sweet aroma.
This was the hotel Lucy had chosen specifically, and the only requirement was that it had a kitchen with a working stove.
All he made today was a very simple millet porridge.
For example, in the West, eating a lot of meat and fish early in the morning is really unbearable for Lu Ze. Drinking Da Xia's porridge occasionally to change the mood is also a good choice.
Next to him, Lucy got up early, which was rare today, and was sitting on the mat doing yoga.
It is said that because Lucy has been eating and drinking too much during this period of time, she feels that she has become fatter, so she clamors to exercise to lose weight.
However, Lu Ze knew that this girl had not gained weight at all. Her waist was still as thin as before, and her bust was still as exaggerated as before. She still had a perfect figure.
It's just that her physical fitness has improved by 10% recently, and the energy required for physical improvement cannot be increased out of thin air. As her physical fitness improves, her muscle content will also increase in the same proportion to achieve the purpose of improving physical fitness.
Although there is no visible difference in body shape, it is definitely heavier than before, which is what Lucy considers to be "fat".
However, looking at Lucy's folded body, Lu Ze frowned: "Can this movement really help lose weight?"
Isn't this kind of yoga move just about sitting on the ground, bending your waist, and twisting your arms and thighs?
Your heart rate didn't even increase, and Lucy didn't even sweat much. How did you lose weight?
If a person wants to lose weight and burn fat, he or she must at least increase the heart rate and mobilize the muscles of the whole body. However, the movements of yoga are very simple and are not enough to be aerobic exercises to burn fat.
However, seeing Lucy exercising with great interest, Lu Ze did not say anything. He just gently placed a pot of porridge on the table and waited for her to taste it after she finished exercising.
"It's good to practice yoga. At least it will make you more flexible and your laning skills will be much better." He thought to himself.
After taking a sip of millet porridge, Lu Ze focused his gaze on the light curtain of his eyeballs.
now.
The place where the puppet is located is not Kiev, but St. Petersburg in Russia, where heavy snow is falling.
The entire airport was covered with a thick layer of silver frost, so cold that people's bones began to ache.
"Welcome, Ms. Eva." Vladimir Krav stood under the plane, stretched out his hand and greeted with a smile.
Look at the person in front of you.
"Mr. Clough, I changed my flight urgently." Eva glanced at the bald man and said, "If there is no good news this time, I think our cooperation will not go smoothly."
The meaning of these words is clear both explicitly and implicitly. If she is not given a good explanation, the hundreds of millions of dollars in arms trade mentioned earlier may be cancelled!
You know, she had clearly followed the instructions and took a direct flight to Kiev Airport to copy the Tu-160 she had been dreaming of for a long time.
Then, Lu Ze directly released the control and allowed the puppet to act independently.
After all, the doll has always had a certain degree of self-awareness. Using the current logic of judging artificial intelligence, she basically belongs to the level of "strong artificial intelligence".
However, the puppets do not have the so-called omnipotent network technology, nor can they paralyze the global Internet with a single command.
Unexpectedly, before the plane landed, the general manager of "Antonov Design Bureau" called her and asked her to go directly to St. Petersburg, Russia.
Hear this.
"Ms. Eva, we will certainly not let you come here in vain." Clough walked to a Mercedes-Benz S and opened the door for her.
Then, he directed the driver to drive onto a road.
Lu Ze looked at the image on the screen with a hint of excitement in his brows: "No way..."
He was not worried that this 'Kraf' would do anything unusual. After all, the 'doll' not only had extremely high martial arts value, but also had a large amount of military equipment stored in the item space column. He could take out an RGP rocket at any time and then drive away in a tank.
If all else fails, he can use the 'invisibility cloak' to hide, so it is unlikely that there will be too much danger. This is why he dares to place the puppets all over the world.
The reason why Lu Ze was excited was that he thought of the name of the place where the puppet was!
St. Petersburg may not be famous in the world, but its status in Lu Ze's mind is quite high.
Its former name was "Leningrad". It was the industrial and economic lifeline of the entire Great Russia. Many fighter planes, ships, aerospace and other equipment came from this place.
Of course, the most important point is that it is the location of the 'Rubin Design Bureau', where the 'Borey Strategic Nuclear Submarine' is developed.
Sure enough, the vehicle slowly stopped at a place.
Kraff opened the car door and said, "Ms. Eva, welcome to the Ruby Design Bureau."
PS: Please give me a monthly ticket!!
(End of this chapter)