The Goddess Shines on America

The handling of the incident requires a sequence. After skimming the copy of Sun Zhengyi's material, Alice first sent an email to Lockheed.

Because of the understanding of the future situation, Alice is very aware of the future market for new types of explosives.

Related events are about the construction plan of the new navy, especially the birth of the Zumwalt series.

After the end of the Cold War, the Soviet bloc’s threat to the US’s ocean dominance declined sharply, but regional conflicts have increased dramatically with each passing day.

At this time, the Chinese Navy is still in the construction period of the potential new threats to the United States, and still does not have the ability to fully counter it. Therefore, the strategic policy of the U.S. Navy has gradually evolved from the cold war and oceanic warfare to force projection on land to cope with the disturbing regional conflicts.

Among them, the Gulf War can be said to have accumulated sufficient experience for the United States. As the beginning of true modern warfare, as the most beautiful battle the US military fought in the next two decades, the enlightenment it brought to the military and arms dealers was definitely deep enough.

Based on Alice's conjecture, this may be the direct cause.

In September 1992, the U.S. Navy Commander, the Secretary of Naval Operations and the Marine Corps Commander jointly promulgated the "Sea to Land" strategic white paper.

Its content is aimed at projecting force to coastal targets, controlling coastal areas and strategic routes leading to the sea from inland, and considering projecting force on the ground, including strengthening the coordinated operation of the naval fleet and the marines, and establishing a joint maritime expeditionary force with the army and air force. Combat, etc., drastically revised the policy of anti-submarine and competition for sea power in the ocean during the Cold War era.

Then in October 1992, the U.S. Navy further proposed the "21st Century Destroyer Technology Research", and its concept was subsequently incorporated into the U.S. Navy's new-generation surface combat vessel framework, namely "21st Century Surface Combat.

Furthermore, in September 1994, the U.S. Navy put forward the concept of "frontier-from sea to land". For the first time, near shore operations and support for ground attacks were included as one of the main tasks of the navy. The ground forces of 100 nautical miles provide support and put forward new concepts such as "forward presence," "forward deployment," and "forward operations."

Around 1995, the U.S. Secretary of Naval Operations carried out the arsenal ship program in full force.

Arsenal ships are also called firepower ships. According to the US military's concept, they should be able to carry out fire support for ground operations with strong firepower, and become a launch platform for air defense and anti-missile weapons. It will carry a large number of missile weapons, with strong strike capabilities on land, sea and air, and is a "missile arsenal" floating on the sea.

That's right, this is Alice's goal. Although due to various factors during the period, the planned arsenal ship was not finally released, but as a product of relative compromise, the Zumwalt class can be regarded as inheriting its fine traditions. As a ship type that relies heavily on the power of unit missiles and artillery, the importance of gunpowder varieties is of course no doubt.

Of course, if possible, Alice still wants to try to push it to see if a real "full version" of the arsenal can appear, instead of just letting a castrated DDG-1000 slosh on the water.

According to the Pentagon’s preliminary assumptions, the arsenal is at least 244 meters long, with a displacement of more than 11,900 tons, and 500 missile vertical silos, which can be equipped with a variety of missiles, including the Tomahawk cruise missile, the standard ship-to-air missile, "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles, and new missiles designed for theater missile defense and shore fire support.

Other weapons and equipment on the ship include two 155mm naval guns and 2,400 advanced guided artillery shells, as well as anti-missile systems, two shipborne helicopters, one unmanned aerial vehicle, two remote-controlled mine killers, and two Human submarines, a certain number of torpedoes, and finally a communication sonar, communication system, and combat command system.

As for the shape, the hull is a double-hull structure and the superstructure is small. In combat, the height of the hull above the water is only 1.5 meters to minimize the reflection of radar waves. In other words, it can almost have the concept equivalent to nuclear submarines, that is, quietly lurking in the coastal areas of the enemy country, waiting for an opportunity to launch a devastating attack within a hundred kilometers of the coast.

As for the organization, according to the Pentagon's idea, the arsenal ship will be incorporated into the aircraft carrier battle group, and it will provide air cover and combat information. The ship only needs 20 crew members, but a supply ship is required to accompany it in order to reload the vertical launch system in time. It is precisely because of this that if this kind of armed storage ship is successfully developed and equipped with troops, it will share part of the combat functions of the aircraft carrier.

If Alice can really tell the Pentagon to build a real arsenal...

Sitting behind the desk of the boss of the Computer Research Institute, I was almost dying.

From a letter from Lockheed to assist in the development of new explosives, it can be associated with the Arsenal ship and the Zumwalt class!

Alice admired herself.

But how should she convince the Pentagon?

This is a difficult problem.

Because of course she knew that this plan would of course not be passed in the end, otherwise it would not be the castrated Jumwalter's turn to appear.

So, what are the shortcomings of a pure arsenal ship?

The first is the complexity of the security system. Arsenal ships need more accompanying support ships in operations, and they need a "operation, coordination, and control system" provided by satellites, reconnaissance aircraft, unmanned aircraft, airborne early warning aircraft, or ground search radar. The various links that make up the system are closely linked, and any problem in any link will reduce the strike accuracy and even the combat capability of the arsenal.

The second is weak single-ship anti-submarine and air defense capabilities. Since the arsenal ship is not prepared to carry anti-submarine helicopters, its anti-submarine capability is far lower than that of other large and medium-sized ships. Because the hull of the ship is low, the detection range of the ship-borne radar is short, and it does not have the various types of early warning aircraft and fighters on the aircraft carrier, the air defense capability of a single ship is very fragile. Does not have the "single soldier" combat capability.

Furthermore, the ability to resist special sea conditions is low. Due to the low hull of the arsenal ship, the draft must be increased for concealment during combat, so its speed under severe sea conditions and the stability required for launching missiles are both difficult to solve.

In addition, Alice also knows a gossip.

It is said that some senior officials believe that the efficiency-cost ratio of arsenal ship operations is too low. Each missile it launches will be worth more than US$1 million. Once used in large quantities, the cost will of course be extremely expensive. The Iowa-class battleship naval gun fired a 406 mm caliber and two tons of shells, which are powerful enough to make the enemy "fearful", but the cost of this shell is only $5,000.

Obviously, using the "old" super-caliber naval gun as an example is not convincing at all. This kind of trail information is purely in the category of official-business struggles and cannot be regarded as true.

"In other words, if I really want the Pentagon to approve the construction plan of the arsenal ship, I must resolve its shortcomings..."

Alice sat at the table and couldn't help but figure it out. If she really wants to start building an arsenal ship, what should she do?

Uh, yes, start construction yourself.

Anyway, are there any shares in Lockheed, and Blackwater still purchases weapons and equipment exclusively from General Dynamics, so she will easily give the former US only shipyard that can build a super aircraft carrier, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dock Company What's wrong with the acquisition?

Of course, this is a complicated process that requires a lot of heavyweight members to be placed in the government...

So, in a very short moment, Alice set herself a longer-term goal.

Slowly insert a large number of congressmen into Capitol Hill so that she can successfully purchase the company in Newport. You should know that as a military Norfolk naval base, there is a close cooperation relationship. It has built all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and continues to undertake the construction of Ford-class aircraft carriers. It is by no means an easy task to buy it.

Of course, after the purchase, the sense of accomplishment and meaning is also extraordinary.

Therefore, thinking about this, Alice suddenly played with reverse thinking.

In order to be able to buy that company, he vigorously inserted congressmen into Capitol Hill...

In order to allow the Pentagon to approve the construction of an arsenal ship, and find a way to make up for its shortcomings...

One is the goal and the other is the process.

Then, should this goal and process be seen in reverse?

Somehow, Alice suddenly fell into a philosophical illness, and suddenly began to ponder all kinds of nervously.

She looked at the computer screen and sent an email to Lockheed. The interface has not been changed yet.

It is said that her thoughts spread here in one breath, what is the cause?

It really seems to be just a letter from Lockheed.

Why did she suddenly think of so many from such a letter?

Once a philosophical illness occurs, it will kill people. Alice sits so honestly at the desk with her legs spread around, staring at the screen and frowning.

"Is it really that I'm so bored lately?"

After a long time of cranky thinking, he finally said such a sentence.

bored?

It depends on the angle of analysis.

If she is just busy with work, she is boring.

But then again~www.readwn.com~What are you up to?

Alice swept to the pile of summary information on the table, which was sorted out by Sophie for her, the various companies she invested and established over the years.

There is no doubt that these companies are still embryonic forms, and it will take a few more years before they really develop. And when Cisco and Microsoft were on the right track, the Posacks and Bill Gates were operating there every day, and they were just fine looking at the report.

"Ah, yes, it's really boring."

"Throw away the technology, and then wait for history to happen, then toss more money, and then wait for history to happen... Normal investors don’t know what the company will develop in the future, and they will die for the sake of the company. My heart is exhausting, but I..."

With a snap, Alice finally figured out the joints.

Sure enough, she was bored and wanted to find something to do for herself!

With the arsenal ship as the goal, create a history that you don't know how to turn!