Chapter 683 The Rock-Stable Sea Scorpion (9 More for the Leader)

On the yacht, Cai Ruichen accompanied Gertney, watching from afar the successive explosions appearing from different angles around the sea scorpion, the expressions on the faces of the two were completely different.

Cai Ruichen had a look of confidence, while Gertney had a look of surprise.

From the very beginning of the test, the astonishment on Gertney's face did not diminish in any way, because in his opinion, the anti-explosion test of the sea scorpion was a bit too much.

For a 2,000-ton frigate, the anti-explosion test conducted actually detonated hundreds of kilograms of explosives at a position as close as 200 meters.

The explosion-proof tests conducted by the US 100,000-ton aircraft carrier are almost only a little higher than this intensity.

The explosion distance of the test is more than 200 meters, and the equivalent of underwater explosives is the power of hundreds of kilograms.

Don't underestimate the hundreds of kilograms of explosives. The power of an underwater explosion is 800 times that of an atmospheric explosion. If such an explosion is within 100 to 50 meters of the ship, it will be enough to kill most of the world. The warship suffered fatal damage to its hull.

This kind of damage is no less than the power of a warship being directly hit by a missile, and the explosion of hundreds of kilograms of explosives underwater. At a very short distance, even a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier may suffer certain damage to the hull.

The hulls of warships of thousands of tons may be directly squeezed by the explosion, and the water may be split open.

Moreover, if the explosions occur simultaneously on both sides of the warship's ship's side, even at a distance of one or two hundred meters, under the action of the explosive force on both sides, even if it is a 10,000-ton large ship, the entire hull will be squeezed and twisted. Under such circumstances, all of them sank directly.

The United States is the country that has conducted the most explosion tests of warships at sea in the world, and Gertney has also seen too many such tests.

Many decommissioned warships of the US military are all used for sea explosion tests to provide more safety design data for new shipbuilding.

As an old navy, Gertney knows better than anyone what warships are most afraid of.

Just like a submarine, all depth charges use the power of underwater explosions to kill submarines.

A nuclear-powered submarine with an underwater displacement can hardly resist a depth bomb that explodes underwater 100 meters away from the submarine. An underwater anti-submarine bomb explodes within 100 meters. For a submarine, it is simply a disaster. .

Therefore, almost all modern submarines use double hulls. On the one hand, it is to increase the depth of the dive, and another purpose is to enhance the defense of the submarine.

Just like the Soviet Union's typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine with an underwater displacement of more than 30,000 tons, its strong defense force can directly ignore the close-range underwater explosion of depth charges.

Of course, a submarine with such a powerful defense is only available in the world as a super underwater monster like the typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine.

It was Gertney, who understood this, who was so surprised when he saw the sea scorpion that was still intact in the face of continuous explosions around him.

In his opinion, this is simply unbelievable. If the explosion center is replaced by the latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, it may not be able to bear it.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has a displacement of more than 9,000 tons, and its full-load displacement is more than 10,000 tons. Compared with the sea scorpion's displacement of 2,000 tons, in Gertney's view, the shipbuilding technology of the future shipbuilding company is really awesome. up.

At least he doesn't think that a littoral combat ship of the same displacement can be safely brought in under such an explosion, which is obviously impossible.

Previously, many military experts in the U.S. military said that this kind of warship does look very sci-fi, but in terms of practicality, there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

The emergence of a new weapon will inevitably be accompanied by a lot of problems and troubles, but this sea scorpion is taking a different path from the traditional navy.

The layout of the three hulls will affect the original structural strength of the hull, and this small warship has actually installed 24 vertical launch systems and a helipad,

A naval gun and a close-in defense system.

It is simply a small man carrying artillery, and the weapon supply is too compact, which will inevitably limit the displacement of the armor, which will lead to a decrease in the defense of the ship.

Otherwise, with such a small displacement, it is impossible to place so many weapons and equipment, as well as those related supporting radars and systems.

Arguments like this occupy the mainstream in the US Navy. In fact, the outside world is not optimistic about this warship.

Prior to this, Gertney also thought so. He felt that such a warship produced by the Future Technology Group was too short and powerful, which made the warship's real combat effectiveness unable to be brought into play.

After all, there is no warship of more than 2,000 tons in the world that has installed such a huge weapon system.

But now, Gertney's impression has been completely overturned, because being able to withstand such an explosion can fully prove that this type of warship is definitely not as bad as guessed.

On the contrary, it is very likely to become a light frigate with very strong combat effectiveness. At least all the light frigates in the world are not as powerful as the warship in front of me.

Twenty-four vertical launch systems, so far, there is no warship with more than 2,000 tons that can install so many vertical launch systems.

And regarding the vertical launch system of the Future Technology Group, whether it can only be equipped with anti-aircraft missiles or a missile that can be equipped with a variety of different functions is not very clear to the outside world.

The vertical launch system on the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers can only be equipped with standard series of air defense missiles, and cannot be equipped with cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles.

On the Russian vertical launch system, it can be equipped with air defense and cruise missiles.

Huaxia's vertical launch system has three common types, which can be equipped with air defense, anti-ship and cruise missiles.

If the vertical launch system of the Future Technology Group can also be equipped with three types of missiles: air defense, anti-ship, and cruise, then the combat effectiveness of this sea scorpion, adjusted according to needs and operational requirements, is even higher than From those frigates of four or five thousand tons, they are not weak at all.

This is Gertney's judgment at the moment, and he welcomes the future cooperation with the Navy Department of the future security company even more.

What the United States needs most now is this kind of self-reliant ally, because the cost of re-cultivating an ally is too high, and time does not allow it.

"Can I go aboard that explosion-proof sea scorpion and have a look?"

As soon as the anti-explosion test was over, Gertney immediately asked Cai Ruichen.

"of course can."

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