Aircraft carrier, this young ship type, showed endless potential and value in the wars of World War II.
Aircraft carrier can be described as an indispensable "big killer" for modern naval powers. ". Although it does not have a long history relative to other naval vessels, in World War II, many types of aircraft carriers demonstrated their great potential and value with their excellent performance in actual combat. After the end of World War II, the Soviet Union, which has a tradition of the Continental Army, has also successively developed and built three models of nine aircraft carriers, and one of the semi-finished aircraft has become the starting point of the Chinese aircraft carrier.
The service of the "George Washington" class nuclear-powered ballistic missile nuclear submarine increased the Soviet navy’s anti-submarine naval forces.
When the European continent arrived, the United States and the Soviet Union started the Cold War with their allies. Although the Soviet Union has absolute land and air superiority, but limited by the Continental Army’s traditional strategic thinking, the development of the navy lags far behind the U.S. Navy, and this gap is because the U.S. Navy began to equip its first ballistic missile nuclear submarine. -"George Washington" class and was enlarged.
1123 "Moscow" class aircraft carrier is very different from ordinary people's impression of the aircraft carrier
So the Soviet Union also began to explore the aircraft carrier. In December 1962, the Soviet Navy's first aircraft carrier Type 1123 "Moscow" class began construction. However, the Moscow class did not meet the expectations of the Soviet Navy. After two ships were built, it ended in a hurry, and began to design and build a more powerful Type 1143 "Kiev" class aircraft carrier. The Kiev-class capable of carrying fixed-wing fighters has built a total of 4 ships, which can be called the Soviet Union's first quasi-aircraft carrier. With the success of the Kiev class, the Soviet Union confidently designed the 1143.5 "Kuznetsov" and began the design and construction of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Ulyanovsk".
The Varyag finally married to China and opened its branches and leaves in a foreign country
But the Soviet Navy’s exploration of the aircraft carrier road suddenly followed the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Stop. Only one of the Kuznetsov class joined the Soviet naval battle sequence, and the other two ships were assigned to Ukraine together with the Black Sea Shipyard, but Ukraine, which could not afford the construction costs, could only put two semi-finished ships on the berth and let the wind blow. hit. Just when everyone thought that these two semi-finished ships would be dismantled, China, which had just started the modernization of its military, bought the rusty Varyag and scrapped it back to China.
The joining of the Liaoning ship to the Chinese navy not only means the rebirth of the Varyag, but also means that the Chinese navy has passed a milestone in the exploration of the aircraft carrier
Although Varyang The completion of the grid has reached 70%, but many core equipment has not been installed, so the Varyag aircraft carrier "married away" to China has started a long renovation work in 2005 and finally joined on September 25, 2012 The Chinese Navy’s service marks a milestone in the Chinese Navy’s journey to explore aircraft carriers. The Shandong Ship, the first domestically-made aircraft carrier in service in 2019, is inextricably linked to the Varyag.
China’s first domestically-made aircraft carrier-the Shandong ship is inextricably linked with the Varyag
Although China also owned the Melbourne and subordinate vessels purchased from Australia at the same time The Minsk was purchased by Russia, and the Melbourne has a complete steam catapult. The Minsk has just been retired from the Russian Navy, and the ship is in better condition. However, the Chinese Navy still has a unique eye, and has taken a fancy to the Varyag with a larger platform. And this decision directly raised the starting point of the Chinese aircraft carrier from the 40,000-ton class to the 60,000-ton class. A more important reason is that the Varyag has complete construction drawings, which was a surprise to the military scientific researchers at that time. Therefore, it is not surprising that Varyag was chosen as the starting point for the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier.
