Faster than the United States? Less than a year after building an aircraft carrier, the United States and Russia questioned where the technology came from
In the modern naval force, the aircraft carrier is an indispensable water combat platform, due to the difficulty of construction, so there are very few countries with aircraft carriers, the United States as the world's first, is currently the world's largest number of aircraft carriers in the country, with 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, so envious of the outside world, although there are many countries with strong action, will also carry out aircraft carrier research and development, but so far there is no good news, which also shows that the difficulty of developing aircraft carriers is extremely difficult. In fact, even the United States, if it wants to build an aircraft carrier, it cannot be completed overnight, and three or five years is already a short time.
Previously, India announced that it would develop an aircraft carrier, but there has been no progress. In fact, although India is a populous country, the country does not pay attention to education, so it lacks a large number of scientific and technological talents. As we all know, India's domestic military technology is very backward, and even a screw needs to be imported, so there is not much hope for India's plan to build an aircraft carrier. But it is worth noting that not all countries are like India, and one country has built an aircraft carrier faster than the United States, building an aircraft carrier in only 9 months, and the United States and Russia have questioned: Where is the technology?
In fact, this country is Turkey, which straddles the Eurasian continent and is very geographically advantageous. The outside world who learned of this news were very surprised, especially the United States and Russia, after all, they are both military powers, with the current technology, it is not possible to build an aircraft carrier in 9 months. It is reported that the aircraft carrier built by Turkey is called "Anadolu", is a light aircraft carrier, displacement of about 30,000 tons, from the tonnage point of view, this aircraft carrier and the United States aircraft carrier there is a big gap, but the speed of this aircraft carrier is very fast, the speed of 29 knots.
Through the introduction, it is not difficult to see that there is a big gap between Turkey's aircraft carrier and the US aircraft carrier, rather than saying that this is an aircraft carrier, it is better to say that this is a battleship, and Turkey has also clearly stated that the construction of aircraft carriers is for military training. In the face of such a situation, some experts said that the reason why Turkey can develop an aircraft carrier in 9 months is mainly due to two reasons, one is that the aircraft carrier has a small tonnage, and the other is that Turkey has picked up ready-made technology. Tonnage is small and fast, we fully understand this, but which country has the research and development technology picked up?
In fact, the design drawings of the aircraft carrier are directly borrowed from the Spanish Juan Carlos I class amphibious assault ship, that is, Turkey has modified a new aircraft carrier with ready-made design drawings, which explains why Turkey was able to develop the aircraft carrier in 9 months. Despite this, this aircraft carrier still has certain advantages, in addition to being able to provide carrier-based aircraft to take off, it can also be used as a maritime troop carrier, carrying about 700 land combatants. For Turkey, this is bound to be a step forward.