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The aircraft carrier is a weapon capable of both offense and defense. In the development of naval weapons, it is highly sought after by various countries. The aircraft carrier is a symbol of status and a reflection of a country’s national strength. Countries that can equip aircraft carriers have their own economic strength. It will not be weak, but there are always some small countries who want to "make a fool of themselves". Today we are going to talk about how much it costs to equip an aircraft carrier. The recent launch of the domestic aircraft carrier Fujian has attracted widespread attention at home and abroad. Take the Fujian as an example , so how much does it cost for the Fujian to go out to sea once? The answer is beyond your knowledge. Not everyone can play aircraft carrier.
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The Fujian is the second domestically produced aircraft carrier built by China. It is a conventionally powered aircraft carrier. Therefore, warships of this level generally need to use No. 380 heavy oil as power. The displacement of the Fujian reaches 80,000 tons. Referring to the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, the Fujian requires at least 10,000 tons of heavy oil for one trip to sea to meet the carrier's long-sea voyage needs. The current price of No. 380 heavy oil on the market is about 2,200 yuan per ton, which means filling up the fuel once. The Fujian number will cost 22 million.
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Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier . The maximum endurance is 20 knots and 12,000 nautical miles. Calculated by maintaining sailing for 24 hours continuously, it can run 480 knots per day. It does not take up to 25 days to refill the fuel, so As long as the aircraft carrier maintains combat readiness for a long time, then a Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier will need to be refueled at least 9 times a year based on 8 months of combat readiness cruise time a year, so it will cost about 200 million yuan a year just for fuel. In addition, there are other expenses such as food and aviation fuel on the aircraft carrier.
refers to the fact that the maximum number of officers and soldiers on the Shandong ship is about 1,900. Therefore, the larger Fujian needs to be equipped with at least 2,000 soldiers. Previously, CCTV reported that the Shandong ship consumes about 120,000 tons of food every day, which means a day’s food The expenditure is 200,000 yuan, so the 003 aircraft carrier may consume about 250,000 yuan in food expenses every day. 365 days a year, the food expenses will be about 75 million yuan. In addition, the aircraft carrier needs to continuously take off and land carrier-based aircraft to increase the aviation force. combat effectiveness.
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For reference, the Shandong aircraft carrier is equipped with 34 carrier-based aircraft, and the Fujian is equipped with at least 40 carrier-based aircraft. Each carrier-based aircraft consumes 10 million yuan in fuel consumption per year, which requires 400 million yuan. In addition Including the maintenance, repair and upgrade, transformation and overhaul of carrier-based aircraft and the aircraft carrier itself, one year is an astronomical number, so it is difficult for a Fujian aircraft carrier to operate without an annual investment of more than 1 billion, and this does not include the shipboard The consumption of various weapons and ammunition for aircraft and aircraft carriers during the exercise.
There are many countries that want to equip aircraft carriers, and there are also many countries that have already equipped aircraft carriers. For example, Thailand has equipped an aircraft carrier with a displacement of less than 20,000 tons, but it has been "in name only" and basically parked in the port and rarely dispatched. The most recent The dispatch was mainly used for disaster relief and resettled some of the victims. The rest of the time they stayed in the port to bask in the sun. The reason was that the aircraft carrier was too expensive and Thailand could not afford it. Therefore, the aircraft carrier is a "cost-burning" cutting-edge naval warfare weapon. If the country's economy is not strong enough, , whoever touches it will regret it.
