Chapter 439 Type 82 Destroyer
The contract has failed! The cause of this incident was that the UK sold fighter jets to India, which damaged Pakistan's interests. Pakistan would not watch such a thing happen, so it was originally planned to make a fortune in Hong Kong but now it has launched a heavy blow and sniped the pound.
India owes Pakistan billions of debts, but now it can only be a few million yuan to collect debts. I don’t know that India can pay it off in the year of the monkey and horse months.
"These five million dollars were planned to import fighter jets. Now, India has no money, and I hope that Britain can allow them to equip a few aircraft first. Britain is now in a hurry to ask for funds and does not agree to India to do so. The contract between the two parties was stranded. The British used the reason that India violated the contract, and the thawed wealth was not returned to India, and they were all taken to the British treasury."
The British are short of money now, and the wealth is thawed, but it only requires a reason. Now, this reason is very sufficient, and when the liquidated damages are collected.
The confidence of the empire that the sun never sets has long disappeared. Now Britain is similar to a beggar.
"This wealth belongs to us in Pakistan, and we will continue to pursue this wealth." Mhamad said. Although the British will definitely not spit it out again, it is still okay to disgust the British.
"What about the second thing?" Mhamad continued.
"There are serious problems in the UK's economy. In order to save their economy, the British Parliament passed a resolution to reduce the military expenditure of the British team. The British Navy decided to eliminate a batch of warships in advance, including the Type 82 destroyer." Musha Af said.
Type 82 destroyer! Mhamad's eyelids jumped.
Once upon a time, after World War II, Britain was also an ambitious country, and maritime power was a symbol of a country's force. At that time, Britain launched the plan for the large aircraft carrier VA-01, with a maximum displacement of 65,000 tons. It installed two steam catapults, carrying 35 aircraft and 5 helicopters. Although this type of aircraft carrier is a little worse than the giant US aircraft carrier, it is also a very powerful aircraft carrier. At the same time, in order to protect the aircraft carrier, they also proposed to build four Type 82 destroyers to adapt to the regional defense mission of the new type of aircraft carrier formation of the VA-01 class.
Unfortunately, Britain is no longer the empire that never sets, and overseas colonies are constantly shrinking. Only the island country is left, and the British finances are unable to maintain such huge military expenditures. As a result, this new aircraft carrier was cut off by the British Parliament. If the British Navy had not used the brain and used anti-submarine theory to develop an invincible aircraft carrier, the British Navy would have no large warships.
The aircraft carrier is gone, and the plan for the Type 82 destroyer is planned to be terminated. After all, this kind of destroyer is a big guy with a displacement of nearly 8,000 tons. It is expensive and not something that Britain can afford. Britain needs to develop a warship with a displacement of about 4,000 tons, that is, the Type 42 destroyer!
However, in order to allow the Javelin Air Defense Missile and Ikara Anti-Submarine Missile Systems that have been developed for many years to be launched on the ship for testing and evaluation as soon as possible, the British Royal Navy finally decided to build a Type 82 destroyer: the "Bristol". This warship has also become the largest destroyer in British history.
The most popular thing Mhamad likes about this destroyer is the sea javelin air defense missile!
Now, Pakistan has negotiated with the United States to equip the US Sea Sparrow air defense missiles on the warships developed by Pakistan themselves. At the same time, Eastern countries also have Sea Rattlesnake alternatives, but these are short-range missiles and can only be the final stage of defense. Pakistan lacks regional air defense missiles.
Mhamad prepared for the future and began to reversely map the Patriot missile. However, the successful mapping of this missile would take several years to develop into a real Aegis system.
Now, looking around the world, besides the American standard missile, it is this sea javelin! The performance of this ship-based air defense missile is not completely out of date even in later generations.
During the 1982nd California War, the Javelin missile shot down five aircraft and one helicopter in Argentina. During the Gulf War, the Javelin missile successfully intercepted Iraq's anti-ship missiles, creating the first anti-missile war.
This is a regional air defense missile with a maximum range of 70 kilometers, a combat altitude of 10 to 22,000 kilometers, and a maximum speed of 3.5 sound. These data are enough to make other anti-ship missiles dwarf.
Although it requires one minute of warm-up before use, it reflects the shortcomings of slow reaction speed, long preparation time and poor interception ability of low-altitude targets in actual combat, it is still an excellent carrier-based air defense missile.
Once upon a time, the Chinese army was also very interested in this kind of missile. In 1980, the desire to directly introduce the Type 42 destroyer failed. In 1981, the javelin missile was selected to be equipped with the newly developed Type 051 destroyer and reached a formal agreement as the regional air defense system of the fleet. If the project at that time could be achieved, in the 1990s, there would be no need for air defense rattlesnakes in China to support the storefront. It was not until the arrival of the modern class that it got rid of the dilemma.
Unfortunately, the Constellar Island War later broke out, and the Royal Navy lost two Type 42 destroyers and two Type 2L frigates. Although the US Navy's analysis believes that the fleet's insufficient early warning distance leads to very small coordination mistakes, causing significant losses. There is no evidence that the performance of the "Jabernet" system is insufficient, and it can be reacted in such a short warning time, which shows that the system performs very well in combat. However, in China, it is attributed to the serious defects of the javelin system. The performance of the domestic Red Flag 61 is higher than that of the javelin.
In this way, the Chinese Navy missed the Javelin missile.
Mhamad did not make such a mistake. When the opportunity came, he knew that he had to seize it.
In fact, the Type 82 destroyer also has many disadvantages. For example, the power of this warship adopts a unique combination of steam turbines and gas turbines. In this way, even the chimneys are unique in the world. There is a larger front chimney and two smaller rear chimneys side by side in the middle of the bridge. The steam turbine discharges smoke through the front chimney, while the gas turbine discharges smoke through the two rear chimneys. When sailing, you can sometimes see the front chimney rolling out of thick smoke, while the chimney smoke behind the chimney is very light. This is why.
At the same time, the power system of this ship often fails, especially the steam boiler. In 1972, the boiler broke down just after the trial sailing was launched. As a result, the pilot task was completed by relying on the power of the gas turbine. In 1974, a fire broke out in the steam turbine cabin, and the steam turbine was almost scrapped. This was a three-year failure. The warship was completely propelled by the gas turbine. It was not until the final overhaul was overhauled. It was an amazing innovation.
The hull is large, the turbine is complex, and the single ship is of class, so the operation and maintenance are very hard. It also requires 30 officers and 367 soldiers to operate, which makes the Royal Navy very dissatisfied.
In history, in 1987, this warship had retreated from the front line and became a training ship for the British Navy.
Now, the depreciation of the pound has led to difficulties in the UK's economy. It was originally supported by US aid, but the stock market crash suddenly broke out in the United States, which finally caused a serious economic crisis in the UK.
It’s not possible to rely on others, but to rely on yourself. Britain began to reduce defense spending, and this large warship was naturally eliminated. Moreover, it was not retired to the ranks of training ships. It planned to sell it at a high price in the global arms market, which can be regarded as a contribution to the British finance.
Now, the Pakistan Navy is still the lonely aircraft carrier, and the escort warships are still under construction, and it will take several years to form an army. If such a destroyer with a nearly 8,000-ton escort during this period, it would be a good start.
In particular, there are regional air defense missiles such as javelins on this warship.
Looking at Mhamad's reaction, Musha Af knew that Mhamad was indeed tempted, so Musha Af said: "President, if you think it's good, we will send someone to negotiate with the British to introduce this warship."
The British are going to sell them anyway, so Pakistan can just buy them.
"No." Mhamad said: "We can't buy it now. Now, the British will definitely think that we are suckers and kill us."
I can't get on the British, as the British have always been so stinky. Last time I protested seriously, the British ignored me. If I go to the British again to buy a warship, they wouldn't have to speak out?
"What should we do?" Musha Af asked, knowing that Mhamad had too many ghost ideas.
"Tomorrow, we'll go to the shipyard to see it," said Mhamad.
Shipyard! Now, the shipyard is building Pakistan's own domestic destroyer according to the drawings designed by China. It is mainly equipped with China's-802 anti-ship missiles, Sea Sparrow Ship and Air Missiles, sonar systems from France, and uses the American-made lm2500 gas turbine. The main design is similar to China's 052-class destroyer, except that the superstructure uses more stealth designs and has a simpler appearance.
This is almost synchronized with China, and many new things have been used. Therefore, although it is under construction now, after the construction is completed, it will take a long time of sea trial before it can be put into use.
Chapter completed!