Taiwan to build twin-hulled "Stealth" warship to deal with Chinese carrier

Taiwanese version of "aircraft carrier killer"

According to Taiwan media reports, the highly stealth boat, hull design with streamlined and introverted, anti-radar use of steel materials, special coatings and stealth new propeller noise reduction. As a result of catamaran hull, and thus highly mobile, fast evacuation of wartime deployment, flexible, fast, and concealment and other notable features, especially for offshore covert assault operations. In addition, the class ship strike capability in addition to the powerful, the boats on fire in self-defense configuration is also true that in the case of attack, the implementation of self-defense operations, which are strong survive.

From Taiwan to disclose information to analysis, we determine the type of patrol vessels of the basic properties: the captain may exceed 40 meters, 20 meters wide ship, the standard displacement of 500 tons, 600 tons full load displacement, the maximum speed of about 32 nautical miles / hour, endurance of about 12 days. The ship first dual hull design, the key consideration of the overall stealth performance, and thus smooth the shape looks simple, but the entire hull structure to diamond-shaped reflection of electromagnetic waves, in addition to highlighting the stern near Artillery, almost no other apparent radar reflector. Stealth effect from the ship's entire run, expected to close one of its radar reflection area of ​​dozens of tons of small boats, a good stealth effect.

Pictures from the ship's computer analysis, the layout and weapon configuration is as follows: bow before the deck is a stealth performance of 76 mm with "Otto" rapid-fire guns. Gun is driving behind the control room, the room was swept top is shaped three semi-enclosed mast structure, the above electronic equipment is also very simple, there are only placed a "Sea Tiger" on the sea-surveillance radar, a search / fire control radar, and other small electronic devices. Behind the cab is the main battle ship weapons - the two "Hsiung Feng -2" and "Treasures -3" supersonic anti-ship missiles. These missile launchers hidden in the hull of the two large central shutter door after the shielding windows, and these shield in the opened window after discharge will be able to launch the missile in the missile plume, will be able to improve the missile boats in the closed the stealth. Ship self-defense system is a 20 mm 6 "Phalanx" near Artillery, mainly used to intercept incoming aerial targets. In addition, electronic equipment and is expected to ship combat system represents the best current level of naval units, in addition to the radar, but also may include research and development of Taiwan Navy ship with "Great" system, "Sea Dart" ship subsystems and NGPS echolocation system.

To get big with small naval strategy

Taiwan Navy's combat vessels Zengyin large number of small and medium anti-ship missiles and equipped with the "distinguished" a moment, but the procurement of foreign technology are imitated. After the pursuit of the so-called large-scale, missiles, Taiwan's navy was to give up the development of small and medium sized ships, instead of imitation through the introduction of technology and medium-sized surface ships. Replacement of political parties in Taiwan after the Nationalist government came to power again, vowed to build a small but excellent, small but strong defense force, for which Taiwan is also offensive defense strategy of active defense adjusted, Taiwan's navy also took the opportunity once again to thousands of tons as a priority the development of small and medium sized vessels, accelerate the development of new small and medium sized ships.

In recent years, positive developments in China's large and very large naval naval force is toward large-scale surface warships, missiles, information technology, carriers of the aspects of development, the strength of the rejection of Taiwan has been far behind. However, most of them military, alarmed by the Taiwan side, the mainland military has abandoned its offshore defense strategy, highlighting the power of the ocean to build a "blue water" navy, and its modern aircraft carrier battle groups have been vividly want out which is Taiwan's most feared encirclement of the critical situation has been surrounded. If the mainland's military containment in the small island of Taiwan, Taiwan will face more active defense is broken, stretched, overwhelmed by the complexity of the situation, but the island has no real defense in depth, the focus of all of its goals will be destroyed at any risk of facing the Council, basically no room for maneuver.

If Taiwan through efforts to develop the power to destroy the aircraft carrier, they can tear at a critical time to escape the hole, but also to some extent encouraged by the Taiwan military's combat effectiveness. Can be assumed that Taiwan's large surface ships and limited underwater attack force in the large armed forces in joint blockade, it is very likely not be separated from the Air Force's protective circle the island, even as the focus of the beginning of the war targets, its survival into question. The new development of the "fast sea" anti-aircraft program catamaran patrol vessels, they can use their small size and good performance characteristics of stealth aircraft carrier battle groups close to the mainland, and then rely on the ships are equipped with the "Hsiung Feng -3-type" missile about 300 km range, coupled with its use of the supersonic ramjet engine, the mainland carrier battle group is difficult to intercept, not to mention the type of ship would certainly take more than a saturation attack missiles volley tactics, and thus a great chance of successful attack is bound to will cause the Navy's special attention to the mainland.

According to Agence France-Presse reported that a senior official of Taiwan's military said 18 of Taiwan began in 2012 a new catamaran equipped with guided missiles stealth warship, naval forces to respond to the development of the mainland. Allegedly, this stealth missile boats are expected to be in the mainland after the first aircraft carrier battle groups to join Taiwan's navy service.

Currently, "Taiwan's navy" to "fast sea" as the codename for the ship.

Aircraft carrier is the most dangerous man-made environment in the world

Every 37 seconds in the mobile deck

A take-off or landing

3 seconds catapult

Accelerate from zero to 256 km per hour

Aircraft carrier deck hand is a dangerous profession. High-speed aircraft landed on the ground, risk has been great, but to land on an aircraft carrier deck, the deck of the aircraft carrier's pilots and ground crew for the more dangerous. The deck of an aircraft carrier, is considered the most dangerous in the world of 18,000 square meters. This record is dangerous moment on the U.S. aircraft carrier.

Every 37 seconds in the mobile deck

A take-off or landing

Jet every 37 seconds, it is necessary in the mobile carrier 48 km per hour on the deck or landing time. This is a challenge for pilots, while the crew on deck, they also face great danger.

Each aircraft carrier has about 5,000 people, who are responsible for ensuring the safety and aircraft carriers and aircraft maintenance.

In 1994, an American driving a pilot called "Tom Kite," the F-14 aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The plane lost control, the pilot in order not to hit aircraft, crashed into the sea, he saved many lives on the deck.

3 seconds to catapult from zero to 256 km per hour

In order to facilitate the identification of their respective responsibilities and the dangers they may face, the crew were wearing the clothes of various colors. Yellow shirt with the crew in charge of aircraft and hangar deck of all movement. Tottenham captain Wales on the aircraft carrier, said: "We are very close from the aircraft to move the aircraft in the next, engines, vents, air vents, etc. in the present, the slightest mistake will hurt.

Maintenance of aircraft catapult is a green shirt crew duties. Into the air to the aircraft, aircraft catapult to the aircraft speed of 3 seconds to accelerate from zero speed to 256 km per hour. Parked on the deck of the aircraft in the full horsepower engine, a green shirt the crew to climb the aircraft below, check the gear is solid. Once a fault or equipment failure, their life was in danger at any time.

Carrier is the world's most dangerous man-made environment

The crew stood on the deck is also a risk. The mouth of the powerful jet exhaust heat can also overturned the crew on deck. Carrier is the world's most dangerous man-made environment.

Greater risk at night than during the day. Darkness enveloped the aircraft carrier, risk is more unpredictable, the crew but also with the fatigue resistance. Enough sleep may make people feel very tired, this time landing on the deck to be very dangerous, you have to concentrate, carefully.

On the deck, the crew must be careful with each other to see some of the crew to do some things not appropriate to be approached to stop him.

Varyag aircraft carrier has been equipped new engine from Ukraine

A series of cooperation around aircraft carrier has been on between China, Russia and Ukraine.

Satellite photos show that China in the Yellow Sea Huludao a new aircraft carrier pilot training center, and refers to its similarity with the training center in Ukraine.

December 8, 2008, U.S. strategic network quoted Ukraine "Nitka" Training Centre (solely on the aircraft carrier-based aircraft sliding leaps down training) sources as saying that the center is helping to train carrier pilots in China.

The article said that China was the first time in October 2006 sent by the Navy deputy commander, led a large army on behalf of the group, visited the port city of Odessa and Wunan Sevastopol naval aviation training centers, and at the Crimean Peninsula The "Nitka" training center.

During the visit, the two sides also discussed Ukraine Uganda to help train China's naval air force units and the feasibility of the training carrier pilots. Since then, the Chinese engineers, pilots, the Navy began to frequent visits of technical experts, "Nitka" training base.

And last August, in order to use Google Earth to expose national defense facilities, known for "image intelligence" website published a piece of Google Earth satellite photos, displayed in Shaanxi Yanliang airport a treaty shed, 300 meters short track, the end is an upward tilt of the ramp.

Web site highlighted in the former Soviet Navy in the Crimean naval aviation training base, there are very similar facilities to enable pilots to practice aircraft carrier deck off the sliding hop.

China purchased 4 sets of arresting System, 2 sets of them for two domestic aircraft carriers

According to reports, in particular, is of interest to the outside world in 2008, purchased from the Ukraine, 4 sets of the original plan for the "Varyag" number and the Russian Navy, "Admiral Kuznetsov"aircraft carrier's arresting system.

 The system is used with the carrier aircraft's tail hook to ensure that aircraft can safely land at the rear of the aircraft carrier deck.

 French "aerospace services " website, China blocked access to the 4 sets of the system, a set installed in the "Varyag" No, the second for Wuhan's "aircraft carrier on land"test system.

 The remaining two sets of retaining system may be used for two aircraft carriers, "the construction of the two carriers have been cutting the steel plate is completed. "

 "Kanwa Defense Review" believes that aircraft carrier Varyag will be used for carrier-based aviation training in China, China will soon build another shipyard in Shanghai, with the level of two aircraft carrier.

 "aerospace services " also said that China may follow up with more efficient aircraft carrier catapult take-off mode.

Chinese Navy aircraft carrier 081 exposure: Quest Jiangnan Shipyard

Reporters aboard the tug by a shipyard on Changxing Island pier. Crane saw the bright red eye-catching in the blue sky, the number of vessels in dry dock ship is about to complete the installation of 30 million tons, speaking in various accents of the tens of thousands of skilled workers busy, and a dozen countries from the shipbuilding engineers together with the construction of China's marine equipment industry dream. This played a builder for the auspicious name ─ ─ Jiangnan Changxing. "Big ship in the country," the dream is about to set sail in this.


Set foot on Changxing Island, a huge dry dock in tens of meters away, a Hebei Ocean Shipping Company (HOSCO) the construction of the "great number of Chinese" 30-ton VLCC (very large oil tankers) is nearly completed, white, blue and brown three great color on islands in the vast hull is very eye-catching. At this point, a helicopter flying overhead, a roar swept low altitude.


Conversation with an engineer to know the scene, most of the work of Jiangnan Changxing base of engineering and management personnel, are on Monday morning on the island by boat from the city on Friday and back to urban areas over the weekend. Working on the construction of living on the island dedicated staff of apartment, "life is more boring, except work."


Third line troops stationed there to defend


In the Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Base, from west to east parallel with the three is called "shipbuilding production line" of the project base, respectively, in the boat by the Group in Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, Hudong Shipyard, Jiangnan Shipyard construction and development of three companies ─ ─ The most west line of the main building One VLCC and VLOC (very large ore carriers), is responsible for the Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding; the middle of the second line the main construction of large container ships with high added value, is responsible for the Hudong ; the third line east of the most mysterious, the Jiangnan Shipyard responsible for major construction of military ships.


The engineer said, the shipbuilding industry is related to confidential business and technical control, it was very tight security work. "One line, second line although a number of security personnel, but in fact all businesses to employ their own security from the community. Third line is a big difference, there are special forces stationed to defend, but more recently many security personnel, In the third line around the layout of the close of the 'mobile posts', we have seen. "


It is noteworthy that in these three "shipbuilding line" between the original concrete road with a wide phase throughout, the apartment is the only way for all employees go. However, according to the island's engineer said, "After March of this year, this road would not let go, because the 'third line' where the road closure, and we can only pass back to the dorm after work."


Reporters on the island a large shipyard, "Welding Workshop" in seeing that here with the auto plant assembly line is very similar, but definitely have a variety of devices shipyard as "Transformers," giant of the same. Traditional shipbuilding welding hammer plus different modes, where workers are in the hands of the "tool" is a computer keyboard and touch-control screen.


In this workshop, a Baosteel produced about 10 m × 3 m of marine steel plate, through the gantry into the production line, will be imported from Japan advanced CNC forming welding welding machine bed as a whole, the whole process only see a small group of bright blue sparks, smoke, and welding slag will be synchronized sucked. Subsequently, the 10 cm thick steel plate and the plasma produced by the Shanghai CNC welding machine cut into the required shape overall, and then implemented by the skilled workers component of precision welding and grinding. Wait until the off-line, the original flat plate has been processed into various shapes of the "ship modules." Before being carried to the dry dock in the assembly. The whole process as clear as building blocks.


Reporter noted that the workshop are set on each column of the propaganda slogans. More content to promote safety, encourage professionalism of the content. In the middle of a workshop the slogan attracting a lot of imagination ─ ─ screen, blue color of the sea, vast and mostly, the Chinese navy three active the-art guided missile destroyer 168,169,171 through the waves, in a row towards the front. Banner to the top, then use "My quality is in China" in large letters point to understand the topic.


168,169,171 ranked three new ships, "Jiangnan Four Swordsmen" are single-handedly built by the Jiangnan Shipyard, on behalf of the current Chinese warships made the highest standards. Among them, the Jiangnan plant began construction in 2000, launched in May 2002 with the Mainland first performance of 7000-ton 052B stealth missile destroyer "Guangzhou No.", hull number is 168; later, the same type of ship in the second ship " Wuhan No. "was launched in January 2003, hull number was 169. Two ships were now become the military, attachment of the South China Sea Fleet.


Crane high ground against East Point


The banner at the site location of the most significant 171-ship "Haikou No." is the name of the 052C-type "Chinese Aegis destroyers." The ship is equipped similar to the U.S. "Aegis" system, phased array radar, air defense missile destroyers are. The first ship, hull number 170, "Lanzhou number" in April 2003 was also located in the Huangpu River in the Lupu Bridge in the southern waters of the water plant site; the second 171-ship fleet, "No sea" is in October 2003 launched the same site, the current also have prepared Ru Nanhai Fleet.


Painting workshop in the modern "military slogan," inadvertently metaphor that "the Chinese warships made in China," the ambition, I believe, inspired the production line every employee.


Was removed at the press of a few tens of meters shipbuilding base climbed high before 600 ton gantry crane has been a stern warning, "Crane is the commanding heights of the shipbuilding base, the above observation is strictly prohibited and shooting to the east." Subsequently, an internal staff also follow along with this reporter on the gantry crane, and full monitoring. Conversation, the officer also admitted: "East is the third line, is the military, take pictures, then will be very troublesome."


According to him, "Whenever third line out or launching a boat, or even someone with a telescope can see the other side alert lookout on all sides, even if it is found toward the third line was taken in the direction or spy, will have been sudden and immediate halt. Most recently, this tension is more concentrated, and the factory's own staff is also very attention to this point, so as not to get into unnecessary trouble. "

 
To avoid satellite detection outdoor Shipbuilding


Reporter then also noted that with the One line, second line is different, Line area and is not set 600 tons of red flags of gantry crane, replaced by rows of giant blue and white end to end plant, currently as about ten stories tall enough to accommodate ton ship construction. And I, II although there are two lines of several such plants, but obviously a lot to be low. Consult relevant personnel informed by those vessels indoor plant assembly plant, modular segmented ship construction, assembly, can be in this huge plant in quietly completed, the general production of military shipyards are using this layout, in order to avoid being outdoors ship satellite or other equipment and personnel investigations.


"Finally, a gantry crane from the east to the area are the third line, tall gantry cranes have become a dividing point. In fact, the industry will understand at a glance, because the military, civilian shipyard layout is different."

It is understood, May 22, 2007, Line ─ first ship built for the Norwegian company Stenersen 1.64 million tons of refined oil / chemical tanker successfully launched. 210 meters long, 30 meters wide, 4.5 meters high the great "boat lift buoyancy tank" hold up the ship, slowly moved into the artificial basin. Then after drainage, caissons and other multi-channel operation, the end firmly by the new coat ship pier.


It is worth noting that if the construction of aircraft carriers, third line by "floating boxes into the water technology" construction of civilian ships, aircraft carriers can be built and launched as the next rehearsal process. Reporters at the scene to see those blue and white giant assembly plant in the role of the ship, and not self evident.

 
It even more mysterious military tower


Jiangnan Changxing base of the most compelling devices in addition to the giant gantry crane of 600 tons on a few lines in the vicinity of a tower One ─ ─ whole steel tower about 100 meters, the tower has a large circular electronic equipment , surrounded by the rules of the cubes. Equipment to the top in this round antenna also has a similar frame structure, the tower is equipped with equipment room under the tower.


On-site staff, who declined to be named, told reporters, "While the tower Number One in the production line of civilian areas, but it is a military tower, and climbing near absolute prohibition. It is said that its role is to ship, etc. positioning and navigation. "

University of Kentucky researcher Robert national security. Law Ray recent "American Prospects" website wrote that, China and Brazil has made use of Brazil, "Sao Paulo number" carrier-based aircraft to train pilots in China reached an agreement.


Aircraft carrier pilot training takes a long time to master. From the familiar to the Brazilian military aircraft and expertise in terms of cooperation with Brazil, China can provide a shortcut to access relevant training.


Robert pointed out that China and Pakistan agreed on the aircraft carrier training is a mutually beneficial agreement: access to relevant training in China, while Brazil won a reputation, and consolidating its position as a global force strength.


Alleged that the agreement is Brazilian President Lula visited China in May, China and Pakistan in closed session as part of the question. The Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson. Qiu Bin will visit China in September this year, is expected to be finalized by then some of the details between the two countries.