Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

#484 - response

The emergence of the Han-class strategic nuclear submarine, although conducted in secrecy,

was impossible to completely conceal from a large shipyard like Dalian.

Ever since the Qin-class nuclear submarine made its debut in the Bright Sword world, taking the lead, the great powers have been frantically searching for secrets related to it.

As the Dalian Shipyard, responsible for the research and production of this nuclear submarine, has become the hottest target for spies from various countries.

Therefore, there is no need to deliberately release anything; Ren Zhong's strategic warning intention can be conveyed through the network by spreading the ambiguous news of the Han-class strategic nuclear submarine.

The White House.

CIA Director Potter Gomes handed the latest collected strategic intelligence information to the Rogue Eagle President.

"Mr. President.

East Asia's latest naval strategic equipment, which they call the Han-class strategic nuclear submarine, internally codenamed HAN-CLASS, according to our collected intelligence, has been launched and entered the testing phase.

From the current information, this strategic nuclear submarine, currently hull number Han-001, has an underwater displacement of no less than 6,500 tons, the power drive is unknown, considering the situation of East Asia's previous generation of nuclear submarines, the underwater speed should be no less than 25 knots, the weapon configuration is unknown, there are pictures showing signs of launch holes above the submarine, it is speculated that it already has missile launch capabilities, whether it supports submarine-launched missiles cannot be judged at present, from our experiments, the technical difficulty of submarine-launched missiles is somewhat high, but we already have successful launch cases, considering East Asia's missile research has always been at the forefront of the world, we do not rule out the possibility that East Asia's new nuclear submarine has the ability to launch missiles from submarines."

Gomes's words changed the President's expression.

He opened the file and glanced at it briefly, gaining a general understanding of the matter.

"CIA, continue to follow up, and do everything possible to obtain newer and more detailed information on this new nuclear submarine.

Now we need to convene a Security Council meeting to discuss the impact of this sudden intelligence."

After a moment of contemplation, the President made a decision on the matter.

If it has missile launch capabilities, the threat to us is comprehensive.

Considering East Asia's leading missile research, we can assume that, once it is confirmed that East Asia's Han-class strategic nuclear submarine has missile launch capabilities, its combat power is globally covering."

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Baldwin said after reading it.

"Our Skipjack-class attack nuclear submarines have not yet caught up with East Asia's Qin-class nuclear submarines.

The next-generation Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine, which is benchmarked against the Qin-class nuclear submarine, has just been put into development, and according to the plan, it will not be launched until 60 years later, and it will be even later to be commissioned.

So, at present, we have no weapons to confront the Han-class strategic nuclear submarine underwater.

Gentlemen, this means that for at least 10 years, we will not have control underwater, and we will face the threat from underwater at all times without being able to do anything about it."

General Baldwin's words made everyone's faces look a little ugly, but no one raised any objections.

Because everyone knows that this is just a statement of reality.

Since the Qin-class nuclear submarine came out, the Rogue Eagle has been working hard to catch up, but now it seems that it is getting further and further away.

In the past few years, East Asia has not only been continuously commissioning Qin-class nuclear submarines at a rate of 4 ships per year, but also, obviously, each batch of later Qin-class nuclear submarines has some new features, showing that they are constantly updating and iterating.

From the first Qin-class nuclear submarine that cruised the world, to the latest Qin-class nuclear submarine, the displacement alone differs by at least 2,000 tons!

Behind the increasing size means that the attack capability of this nuclear submarine is also getting stronger and stronger.

Especially in terms of the ship's electronic systems, thanks to East Asia's rapid development of semiconductors, the degree of automation achieved by the ship's electronic systems now basically reaches the level of full electrical automation, according to intelligence.

Because the East Asian submarine crew configuration information obtained at a huge cost shows that in the case of increasingly larger ships, the number of personnel on the ships has not increased, basically remaining at around 80 people.

This is a very amazing progress.

The original increased displacement, now without an increase in personnel, must be in the allocation of weapons and the improvement of crew living conditions, which means that their continuous combat capability is further enhanced.

The 3,000-ton Skipjack-class attack nuclear submarine is equipped with 18 533 mm heavy torpedoes.

According to this calculation, the latest model of the Qin-class nuclear submarine is equipped with at least twice as many heavy torpedoes, if they are only equipped with 533 mm heavy torpedoes.

But in fact, it is unlikely to be just that.

They have so much space that they can also equip a large number of mines to go to sea for long-term operations.

A Qin-class nuclear submarine can carry dozens or hundreds of mines weighing from hundreds of kilograms to several tons.

This is very practical in blockade warfare, and the deployment of deep-diving and concealed nuclear submarines can be said to be undetectable.

"Gentlemen, although East Asia's progress in nuclear submarines is indeed surprising, we don't need to worry too much about this matter."

National Security Advisor Haig knocked on the table, "According to my long-term tracking and research on East Asia's strategy, they are indeed pursuing global strategic threat capabilities, but the development of their maritime power does not match the development of their global deterrence capabilities.

Although they are following up on the development of aircraft carriers, according to intelligence, the first Dawn-class aircraft carrier has entered the design and single-technology research stage, including cooperation with John Bull."

"But compared to their expansion in the air force, the navy, whether in terms of scale or foreign expansion, appears very restrained.

They have established four fleets, three of which are focused on territorial defense.

The fourth fleet that is now being built may be an ocean fleet, but progress is still relatively slow.

This does not match their current shipbuilding capabilities.

At least compared to the giant ships of maritime transport, their annual production of giant ships is more than ten times that of naval ships, which means that East Asia does not have the intention of rapid expansion in the navy.

Their Jianghai-class destroyers are more than 30 ships, but when it comes to the more powerful Luhai-class destroyers, the number has dropped to 25 ships.

Although there is no definite intelligence on the latest Luyang-class, it is believed that it should not be higher than 20 ships.

This is a clear signal."

"The scale of East Asia's future fleet is very likely to remain at the level of four fleets.

Therefore, I don't think they have the ambition to expand globally.

This is completely different from the Great Bear."

"Therefore, I judge that Dongda's strategy is to maintain a certain global deterrent capability, but does not have the idea of global expansion, at least in military terms." The words of National Security Advisor Hague eased the somewhat serious expressions of the others.

"They are self-contained, preferring to get closer to Europe, with whom they now have a lot of cooperation, and have produced many results worthy of our attention, especially in food cooperation, where they have done very well. I think this is a very clear signal that Dongda's ambitions in economic development far exceed their ambitions in military development."

"As long as we don't provoke them, I don't think the current Dongda poses much harm to us."

These last two points were what Hague really wanted to emphasize.

In this regard, the Rogue Eagle had already learned its lesson during the Korean War.

So, Hague's research didn't contain too many incomprehensible points for everyone.

"Gentlemen, I think Mr. Hague's research is very valuable for reference. Regarding Dongda's latest nuclear submarine incident, instead of considering it a threat, we should consider it a kind of deterrent. Judging from the news, they didn't even mention such a thing. Compared to their publicity of the achievements of launching a manned spacecraft, the treatment is completely different. Although, in my personal opinion, Dongda's launch of a manned spacecraft puts even greater pressure on us. If we lose our advantage in space, the future will not be better than losing our advantage in the ocean. We actually need to further increase the budget for space exploration to catch up, because there is currently no way to resist an attack launched from space." Treasury Secretary Rodman continued Hague's words.

"Judging from their ability to recover and launch spacecraft, it is clear that launching an attack from space is not a difficult task for them. Launching missiles into space and launching space-based attacks could theoretically take less than 10 minutes for any location. Gentlemen, this is the biggest threat we face." Rodman's words made everyone's faces turn ugly again.

What he said was also true. Although everyone was not a space weapons expert, they had obviously received some basic education on the subject.

"Gentlemen, Mr. Rodman is right. We should not separate these two things. We no longer hold the technological advantage in either space or the ocean." Secretary of State Levine continued.

"This is a fact. Based on Mr. Hague's judgment, if we don't treat Dongda's technological advantages with hostility, in theory, we also have the ability to destroy opponents. Everyone is under a delicate balance of deterrence. If we refrain from provoking confrontation in the military sphere, there is actually no new risk. In terms of global expansion, at least so far, Dongda has not taken any major actions, completely unlike the Great Bear. I suggest we not meddle too much in this area."

"What we need to pay attention to is actually the economic aspect that Mr. Hague mentioned. The grain sector is a good example. We have now lost a large portion of our global control over grain. This is a sign that deserves our vigilance." Levine clearly admired Mr. Hague's research.

Of course, it is also possible that Mr. Levine's interests on Wall Street are greater than his interests in other areas.

For example, Rodman's interests are clearly in the military-industrial complex.

"Our automobile industry is now also facing challenges from Dongda. According to our statistics, we imported hundreds of thousands of cars from Dongda in the past two years, which has never happened before. According to European statistics, they import even more cars from Dongda than we do. This means that our industrial opponents, whom we used to look down upon, have begun to rise. Not to mention the electronics industry, we are now dependent on Dongda's electronics industry."

"I suggest that we strengthen government support for our key modern industries, such as the automobile and electronics industries. We need to allocate more budget for research on automobile engines, automobile electronics, semiconductors, and basic technologies for modern industries such as computers and communications, and encourage more universities, research institutes, and enterprises to enter these sunrise industries for development." Mr. Levine's words, although slightly off-topic, did not deviate from the overall security framework, after all, national economic security is also a part of national security.

Moreover, his suggestions are very practical. If you have some understanding of modern industrial development, you will not be unfamiliar with what Levine said.

Quietly listening to the speeches of these most important aides, the President was also thinking carefully. Indeed, the Han-class strategic nuclear submarine issue cannot be viewed in isolation. It is just one point.

Starting from this point, a holistic perspective must be taken to conduct a comprehensive analysis in order to obtain a reasonable response plan.

The strategy for dealing with the rise of Dongda is not a problem that has been discussed for a day or two. It has been discussed for more than a decade. Everyone did not care about this originally unfamiliar ancient Eastern empire, but unexpectedly, with one technological breakthrough after another, Dongda seemed to suddenly break free from the control of the technological lifeline, and new technologies erupted.

The development in the past ten years has been simply unimaginable. The economic ranking has risen from the bottom of the world to the top ten in the world like a rocket, and now it is basically developing rapidly at a rate of catching up with one place every year!

This was simply unimaginable in the past, that a backward country could rise so quickly.

But the fact is right under everyone's noses. Now Dongda has not only gotten rid of hunger, but has also basically achieved self-sufficiency in food based on hybrid technology, and after exporting this technology, they have personally helped black Africa achieve basic self-sufficiency in food over a wide area.

Even though the stable food prices have not brought much profit to Dongda's food industry, this alone has given Dongda a wide range of influence in black Africa, and its relationship with John Bull has become closer. It has helped John Bull stabilize its crumbling colonial system, allowing them to have a more leisurely opportunity to deal with the transition of the colonies, and reducing the cliff-like impact of drastic changes on John Bull.

It has also enabled this former empire on which the sun never sets to catch its breath, and now it vaguely holds the position of the locomotive of Europe, and has begun to actively participate in the European Community, promoting the economic integration of Europe. Before this, John Bull had refused.

But now, with these foundations, John Bull, having recovered some strength, has a tendency to lead Europe, so they have to fight desperately for it.

Even ignoring the objections issued by the White House.

Therefore, there are indeed a lot of points for the President to consider. (End of this chapter)