In the past five years, as the world's most powerful navy, in fact, there have been constant troubles. First of all, none of the three so-called new types of modern ships engaged in after the end of the Cold War smoothly formed combat effectiveness. These three projects have also been said countless times. It is the Ford-class supercarrier project, the DDG1000 new cruiser project and the aluminum alloy littoral combat ship project. Together, these three projects have cost at least $300 billion, and are still eating up the already small shipbuilding budget with an appetite of more than $20 billion a year. But the actual combat effectiveness that can be provided is still basically zero. Although the aircraft carrier USS Ford is already on duty in the North Atlantic sea zone and has conducted the so-called large-scale exercises. But there are simply no real opponents in the North Atlantic region. The northern powers are now busy with wars on land. Submarines and aircraft carrier bases in the Arctic are difficult to protect themselves, where is the leisure to go south to the North Atlantic to line up with the Ford? If the Ford were to show itself,
Indeed, credible combat effectiveness has been formed, and it should be deployed on duty in the Western Pacific, rather than in a "no-man's land" such as the North Atlantic. In addition to the fact that the three major projects were almost in vain, the Navy's electromagnetic gun project has also been completely discontinued. A large number of warships need to be repaired and there are no docks at all. It is really a sign of the decadence of the late empire. But these days, the U.S. Navy seems to have suddenly discovered a new point of excitement. That's when the giant turret of the battleship Iowa, which has been said to have been mothballed for more than 25 years, began to rotate again for the first time. The rotation of the giant turret may well mean that this battleship of more than 45,000 tons may be reopened and put into service again. And there is more than one. Because there are still 4 battleships mothballed simultaneously. If the four ships are successfully returned to active service together, what will be the impact? The first natural thing is that the size of the main fleet of the US Navy can increase by another 180,000 tons in an instant. The U.S. Navy now launches only about 45,000 tons of new ships a year.
This is equivalent to an increase in water intake for 4 years at once; It seems that it can give a shot in the arm to the current declining state. Second, it can make the U.S. Navy the most equipped navy of all ship types. There are no less from aircraft carriers, two-attackers, battleships, cruisers to destroyers. It is possible to restore some psychological advantage over another supernavy that is approaching. After all, the other side has not even had cruisers so far, and the main escort of the largest tonnage is still called destroyers. Another very important point is to support the global magnesium powder. In the past, legend has it that only the temporary mothballed ships of the US Navy, from aircraft carriers to battleships, have been driving frigates and nuclear submarines. That adds up to more than 3 million tons. If reactivated, these old ships alone could defeat the navies of any other power or even the combined fleets of multinational navies. Now to return 4 battleships to service is tantamount to partially fulfilling the long-standing legend about the 3 million ton mothballed fleet. But the problems are not few. The main thing is these 4 battleships,
They have been mothballed for more than 25 years after the Gulf War. Although the Gulf War had gone through many processes of sealing to reactivation, it had never been sealed for 25 years. Whether this restart can be smooth is a big question mark in itself. Second, today's so-called 3 million ton mothballed fleet is long gone; Most of the mothballed ships, including the mothballed aircraft carrier, have been demolished, and these 4 battleships have long belonged to the cultural relics level, when the significance of the water museum is far greater than serving again.