At present, among the three major military powers in the world, the United States' nuclear power system aircraft carrier is the world's ocean-going combat force, China and Russia have not made a breakthrough in nuclear power technology for many years, and now only two countries in the world have mastered this technology, and now Russian experts say that the research and development of this technology is very difficult, and the cost of investment is also very high, and it cannot be done without billions.
There is a huge gap between Russia's military strength and that of the United States in terms of conventional power, and in terms of the number of nuclear bombs and the power of strikes, there is not much difference, and it can even reach the same level. However, in the naval field, especially in the comparison of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, Russia has no advantage, and the gap is very obvious.
If it follows the progress of the military industry in the Soviet era, it has been developed until now, it should not be inferior to the level of American nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, nor will it be less than the total number of American aircraft carriers.
In the Russian era, there was not much investment in research and development of naval ships and technology, and no attention was paid to the technological improvement in this field, so there is currently only the only conventionally powered aircraft carrier, and this aircraft carrier is always tinkering because of malfunctions. It cannot be used normally, and it cannot exert its combat power.
Russia has obvious shortcomings in aircraft carrier research and development, although Russia's military scientific research also has a deep foundation, but in terms of nuclear power system, many high-precision and cutting-edge scientific and technological means need to overcome technical bottlenecks. A more important reason is the need for strong capital investment, and because of the lack of military spending, Russia's military research and development is also one of the reasons for the slow progress.
Because of the economic recession, Russia did not increase its efforts to develop aircraft carrier technology as soon as possible, and as a result, it was difficult to be distracted in the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.
Russian experts said that if Russia wants to invest in the research and development of aircraft carriers with nuclear power systems, it will have to invest at least several billion dollars to achieve it, and this is still based on the situation of passing the technical level, and it is not 100% successful.
China has already built three aircraft carriers, why hasn't it built a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?
Isn't there a way to break through and achieve nuclear power system technology? According to the information on the Internet, China's nuclear power reactor technology should have a relatively high level, and has made obvious breakthroughs in metal reactor technology, even more superior and advanced than the pressurized water reactor technology of the United States.
Of course, the cost and difficulty of building an aircraft carrier with a nuclear power system are very high, and compared with conventional power, the cost of building and using the cost are higher costs and consumption.
The continental navy is considering first guaranteeing the basic defense needs, and then steadily advancing the construction of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Superiority of the nuclear power system.
First of all, it is reflected in the ability of unlimited endurance, compared with the conventional power system, nuclear power can last 1.8 million nautical miles, and the use time can be long-term endurance for more than 20 years.
The conventionally powered aircraft carrier needs to be supplied with fuel support within the scheduled time, otherwise it will be difficult to continue sailing, so in terms of the comparison of the power support system of the aircraft carrier, many military fans have a difficult understanding, hoping that the Chinese Navy can have an aircraft carrier with a nuclear power system to realize the powerful strength of the expedition to the deep blue.
So are there still some technical difficulties that need to be broken through when building an aircraft carrier using a nuclear power system? Compared with conventional power support aircraft carriers, the nuclear power system is more difficult to ensure safety when applied to actual operations.
If the aircraft carrier uses nuclear power, then if the aircraft carrier is attacked by the enemy's missiles and weapons bombardment, and the aircraft carrier causes certain damage, if it is accidentally hit by the nuclear power system, it will inevitably pose a great security threat to the entire aircraft carrier or fleet.
Therefore, the mainland is not in a hurry to use nuclear power to build aircraft carriers, but also to consider how to upgrade the technology, and in terms of safety and security, when it has more confidence in the use of this technology to build aircraft carriers.
The cost of building an aircraft carrier is quite high, and the construction cost of building an aircraft carrier according to the mainland's Fujian has reached 50 billion yuan. In fact, compared with Western aircraft carriers, this still saves a lot of money.
The USS Ford aircraft carrier is as high as 15 billion US dollars, equivalent to more than 100 billion yuan, which means that the mainland's aircraft carrier is already more experienced and capable than the West in terms of overall construction cost control.