The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Beijing.

Liu Tao came back specially.

This time he came back to Beijing to attend a seminar.

It was a seminar on the Gulf War so far. During this period, although the live broadcast guests always got slapped in the face, they were actually studying the Gulf War.

All major military academies in China are keeping a close eye on the Middle East and the Gulf War.

The Gulf War is really inspiring.

Iraq is equipped with a large number of Soviet weapons. For example, the Iraqi Air Force is equipped with a large number of MiG-23, MiG-25, and MiG-29. In addition, it is also equipped with a large number of J-5, J-6, J-7 and J-8 fighters.

For example, the Iraqi Army is equipped with a large number of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles, as well as thousands of tanks and armored vehicles produced by Panshan Group.

The Iraqi Navy is equipped with Type 022 missile boats and Type 022 torpedo boats produced by Panshan Group.

Not to mention that the main force of Iraq's air defense forces is air defense weapons produced by Panshan Group.

Iraq's equipment, just from paper data, can be called the world's third largest military power.

Stronger than China's military.

The other side's coalition forces, the Arab coalition forces, are not much worse than the Iraqi army, and the US army is armed to the teeth.

It has been more than half a month since the outbreak of the war, and it has been 21 days. Many things have been revealed.

The fighting style of the multinational coalition forces and the situation of the Iraqi army are all clear at a glance.

The current war does not involve ground troops, but air strikes and air defense.

"It has been proven that the idea of ​​using missiles to attack aircraft carriers is feasible, and missiles will become aircraft carrier killers." A military expert said, "The theory that aircraft carriers are useless is not groundless. With the development of missiles, an aircraft carrier costing more than one billion US dollars will be destroyed by a missile costing one million US dollars."

"Not to mention sinking an aircraft carrier with one missile, launching a thousand missiles to sink a large aircraft carrier is very worthwhile!" said the military expert, "I suggest that the country should not develop aircraft carriers in the future. Aircraft carriers will become less and less suitable for the future development of the navy. We should focus on developing ballistic missiles and strategic bombers."

Since the outbreak of the Gulf War, Iraq has caused heavy damage to the US Navy. The military expert analyzed an astonishing fact, that is, aircraft carriers, as carrier-based aircraft combat platforms, are powerless in the face of missiles.

Launching a thousand missiles, only one large aircraft carrier needs to be sunk, so there is no loss.

During this period, the "theory of the uselessness of aircraft carriers" has once again become popular.

This view has made some military experts accustomed to it.

After all, it makes sense. Missile interception is not easy, especially now that missile ranges are getting longer and longer, missile speeds are getting faster and faster, and missile interception is becoming more and more difficult.

No matter how good the missile defense system is, it cannot ensure a 100% interception rate.

Even in actual combat, it is not easy to achieve an interception rate of 80%.

Not to mention that, in addition to land-based missiles, missile launch platforms can also be launched by aircraft, warships, and submarines.

Regarding whether to develop aircraft carriers, there are immediately two factions.

There are real analyses from the development of missiles and warships, and from the perspective of technology and military future development.

Of course, there are also standpoints, such as the Air Force emphasizing the uselessness of aircraft carriers. As the saying goes, "competitors are enemies", competing for budgets is not shabby. Military expenditures are fixed. If the navy takes more, the Air Force will take less. The Air Force is not willing to do so, so the Air Force has mentioned the uselessness of aircraft carriers more than once, and the tone is getting louder and louder.

In the view of the Air Force, as long as the Air Force is strong enough, within the combat range of the Air Force, aircraft carriers and even all warships are just live targets.

Of course, not everyone in the navy thinks that aircraft carriers should be developed. Some people think that aircraft carriers are useless. Instead of spending a lot of money to build aircraft carriers, it is better to build more frigates and destroyers. Destroyers are equipped with a large number of anti-ship missiles, which are enough to pose a huge threat to an aircraft carrier fleet and even sink aircraft carriers.

Building an aircraft carrier fleet is enough to build more than ten frigates and destroyers!

Liu Tao listened to the two sides arguing and laughed in his heart.

The theory that aircraft carriers are useless and the theory that tanks are useless are essentially the same.

They all believe that the survivability of aircraft carriers and tanks has been greatly reduced under the ever-changing strike weapons, and the development of such weapons should be stopped.

However, from the history of weapon development, it can be found that the demise of a main battle weapon is not because of the emergence of a weapon that can effectively strike it, but because of the emergence of a better performance substitute.

From this point of view, neither anti-ship missiles nor anti-tank missiles nor armed helicopters can replace the status of aircraft carriers and tanks.

In addition, weapons such as aircraft carriers and tanks can put pressure on potential opponents through mobile deployment in non-wartime.

During the Cold War, the Soviet armored torrent was like this, and the US aircraft carrier battle group was also like this.

The same is true for bombers!

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you are discussing whether the 'aircraft carrier is useless' theory is right or wrong, I think there is no need to discuss it." When Liu Tao expressed his opinion, his attitude was very clear: "The role of an aircraft carrier is to serve as a combat platform for carrier-based aircraft, to carry out the presence of ocean-going naval military forces and to provide deterrence."

"It is a fact that aircraft carriers do not have high combat efficiency in extremely limited specific environments, or do not have the ability to achieve strategic significance. But we should also be clear that no weapon is perfect." Liu Tao said: "In absolute terms In most circumstances, the side with the aircraft carrier strike group must have the strategic advantage.”

"The aircraft carrier and the accompanying destroyers and frigates form the defense/strike command core. Its command capabilities and situation awareness capabilities are strategic-level. A single aircraft carrier can serve as the fulcrum of the campaign. It can fight and run, and can consume the long-range strike force and air support of hostile forces. It can cover the landing of amphibious troops, use its mobility advantage to focus fire on weak fronts, form interception fronts on the ocean, and can conduct anti-submarine warfare. It can coordinate the coordinated operations of the navy and the marines to drag a big country into a war of attrition and see who is exhausted. Who can defeat a small country halfway around the world and knock others to the ground?" Liu Tao emphasized the advantages of aircraft carriers, "If our navy is only a offshore navy, there is no need to develop aircraft carriers, but if our navy is to To develop into an ocean-going navy and protect our overseas interests, the development of aircraft carriers is inevitable!”

In Liu Tao's view, this is a cost-effectiveness issue. If someone disagrees and directly charges the useless, it is really not bad, they are just stupid.

Now China is not the same as before. In the past, China had no interests overseas, but now China has a lot of interests outside. China has overseas investment assets and routes for exporting goods. China is now also a net importer of oil.

Developing aircraft carriers is not to attack anyone, but to protect your own interests!

The weapons and equipment developed by China are never to fight anyone, but to defend and protect the lives and property of its own people.

Today’s update is so far, ten chapters have been updated!

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