"The state of this warship is a bit worse." Admiral John said: "I think if you want to re-enter service, you will definitely need to spend a lot of money to modify it. It's not very cost-effective."
The deck of the warship also seems to have a lot of rust, and the coating on it is gone. It looks very bad. If it is to be modified, the price is definitely not low.
"Well, if you think this ship is not worthwhile, then just rely on that one." Nathan said: "However, your sir, in this case, your navy will have at most two ships. The aircraft carrier."
Counting the Royal Ark, plus the current Oriskani, there are only two ships, two aircraft carriers, can they complete certain unexpected tasks in the future
If you really want to protect sea routes, two ships are definitely not enough.
"Yeah, even if we put the Oriskani into service, there are only two ships, which is definitely not enough." Admiral John said: "So, we want to operate more fixed-wing fighters, then we will We have to continue to develop our ideas. If we operate the Tomcat fighter on the Invincible-class aircraft carrier, how does Major Nathan feel?"
Invincible? Isn't this nonsense
Nathan wanted to refuse almost immediately.
What is the invincible class
This is the British Royal Navy's next type of small aircraft carrier equipped with short-range/vertical take-off and landing aircraft. It is the main warship of the British from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century.
The Royal Navy of this era is very hard pressed. Its own aircraft carrier was built during World War II. It was originally intended to build a new generation of aircraft carriers, but as a result, it encountered a series of blows.
The British Labor Party government, dubbed the "Navy Disarmament Expert", won the election. The government led by Harold Wilson intends to cut naval expenditures as much as possible and strengthen social welfare.
After a series of strikes, the "CVA-01" aircraft carrier was finally cut off.
This was unacceptable for the British Navy. On the same day, all the staff of the Royal Navy Staff submitted their resignation collectively. They wanted to bid farewell to the out-of-favor Royal Navy in this tragic way, but the resignation was rejected by the Secretary of the Navy Sir Ruth himself. However, he submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister, and this whole process was tantamount to a disaster for the Royal Navy.
It seems that the British Royal Navy is about to sink, but their pursuit of aircraft carriers has not stopped. They have tried various ways to obtain warships that can continue to carry the beams after the three active aircraft carriers are retired. In the end, the British Navy It is proposed that the Soviet Union is frantically expanding its nuclear submarine strength. The United Kingdom must build a new type of warship that uses anti-aircraft missiles for air defense, carries helicopters for anti-submarine operations, and can undertake formation communications and command tasks to replace Tiger-class cruisers as the new command ship. Therefore, the Invincible class is an "anti-submarine cruiser" designed with this intention.
This scene is almost similar to the Soviet Union, except that the United Kingdom has no money, and the Soviets hate aircraft carriers. The Soviets’ Kiev-class aircraft carriers also pass the national budget under the banner of anti-submarine cruisers.
The Invincible-class aircraft carrier is planned and built in the name of the all-through deck command cruiser, and the official name is the helicopter heavy cruiser.
It happens that in this era, the British designed a vertical take-off and landing Harrier fighter, so they simply carried this aircraft. At the same time, as the pioneer of the steam catapult and the angled deck, the British Navy once again invented a new Plan.
Ski jump and take off.
In the World War II era, the speed of take-off and landing of propeller planes was slow, and they could take off and fight with their own power. However, after entering the era of jet aircraft, as the speed of take-off and landing continued to increase, relying on their own efforts, it was impossible to successfully take off and land So, the steam catapult appeared, using the power of steam to let the carrier-based aircraft take off.
Until now, the Tomcat fighter took off from the aircraft carrier, also relying on a powerful steam catapult.
However, the invincible class does not have the invincible class. It only has a flying deck. This is convenient for the sea harrier to take off. Although it can take off vertically, it can greatly save fuel, carry more weapons, and have a longer range if it can take off vertically. .
The first ship of the Invincible-class aircraft carrier "Invincible" started construction at the British Vickers Shipyard in 1973. It was launched in 1977 and entered service in 1980. It is now 1979. So according to the schedule, the current Invincible must be in the waters near the United Kingdom. A long sea trial.
It is impossible to add a catapult to the Invincible. In addition to the inappropriate layout of the deck, it also uses gas turbine propulsion, which means that there is no boiler to produce steam.
If you want the Tomcat to take off, you can only rely on your own power to take off from the aircraft carrier.
Let a heavy-duty carrier-based aircraft skid and take off? Is this a joke? You know, now that the catapult takes off, a consensus has been reached, and the Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov is still invisible. No one in the world would have thought of such a crazy thing.
Looking at the eyes of the people around, Admiral John was very helpless.
Although the Harrier can be operated on the Invincible level, everyone knows that if it is a simple air defense operation of the fleet, the Harrier is still good, but if there is a real world war, the Harrier is a third-rate The prologue will be completely wiped out.
However, those guys liked to watch the British navy slaughter like this, and now it is impossible to start construction of a new aircraft carrier.
The only way to find a way from the existing equipment, the invincible-class aircraft carrier, not much, even if it can only operate ten Tomcat fighters, it will have quite a fighting power against the sky.
You know, the Invincible class also has No. 2 and No. 3 ships!
If the Invincible Class can be made, then the old Athletic God can also be modified. Once this is done, the British Navy will have five or six usable aircraft carriers. Looking at it this way, it is still possible. .
"If this is the case, the Tomcat fighters operating on the ship must be capable of multi-functional combat." Nathan said. After all, the multi-purpose improvement of the Tomcat fighters has begun, and the invincible class aircraft carrier only It is possible to operate a carrier-based aircraft, plus a helicopter at most, air combat is not enough, you must be a generalist.
Hearing what Nathan said, Admiral John was overjoyed: "Major Nathan, do you also think our plan is feasible? Then, would you like to be our test pilot?"
The purpose of Admiral John is to fool Nathan to give a test flight. He is the most experienced pilot, even better than those professional test pilots!
I? (End of this chapter)