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Superwarships on the rise: the rise of Chinese military technology
Recently, a paper that attracted widespread attention was written by Academician Ma Weiming, the father of China's electromagnetic catapult and rear admiral, depicting the concept of a future "super warship". This concept upended the traditional model of naval fleet operations and attracted global attention. Although the paper does not detail the plans to build the "super battleship", the words of Academician Ma Weiming show that China is fully prepared to put this idea into practice.
Redefining the warship concept
After World War II, the naval forces of all countries in the world have been around aircraft carrier formations, using aircraft carriers as the main combat platform, supplemented by auxiliary ships such as cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines, forming a strong combat force. However, this traditional model faces many problems, such as high construction and maintenance costs, difficulty in working together, and large manpower and equipment requirements.
In contrast, the concept of "super battleship" proposed by Academician Ma Weiming has fundamentally different characteristics. The warship fully adopts advanced technologies such as electromagnetism and lasers, and is equipped with a series of new electromagnetic weapons such as railguns, coil guns, rocket launchers, laser weapons, and high-energy microwaves, while using nuclear power to provide all energy. This allows the warship to simultaneously perform a variety of tasks such as ground, air, anti-submarine, anti-ship, etc., no longer needs a large amount of space to store ammunition, and the total displacement is only more than 20,000 tons, without the need for escort formations, but comparable to aircraft carrier battle groups. This all-round, low-cost, multifunctional "super warship" has become its most prominent feature.
China's breakthrough and strength
As early as ten years ago, Academician Ma Weiming proposed the idea of "all-round ship", but at that time, China's electromagnetic technology was not yet mature, and there were also technical problems in the use of small nuclear reactors. Today, however, the situation is quite different. Academician Ma Weiming revealed in his paper that China has made significant breakthroughs in the field of electromagnetic emission technology, which has provided strong support for the construction of "super warships". These breakthroughs include solving key technical problems in the use of electromagnetic delivery systems to launch weapons on various combat platforms and have been successful in practical applications.
In particular, China has successfully developed an electromagnetic launch system capable of automatic reloading, which has greatly improved the rate and accuracy of missile fire and extended the service life of missile tubes. This means that if this system is equipped on a "super battleship", the warship will be able to continuously launch missiles at high speed and high precision, almost making it difficult for traditional aircraft carrier formations to avoid or defend against incoming missiles, thus determining the direction of naval battles.
In addition, China has developed a high-capacity pulsed energy storage system capable of storing hundreds of kilojoules of energy, which can be combined in a modular manner to achieve a total energy storage of hundreds of megajoules, far exceeding similar systems used by the U.S. Navy. This breakthrough will provide important support for electromagnetic emission applications.
In addition, China has also developed a guidance control module with high overload resistance, so that shells can still be accurately guided in high overload environments, improving the accurate hit rate. China has also made breakthroughs in solenoid coil launch technology, further enhancing the vessel's underwater attack and defense capabilities. The advancement of these electromagnetic energy equipment has turned the "super battleship" from a theoretical concept into a practical project.
America's dilemma
China's technological breakthroughs have put the United States in a dilemma. The United States already lags behind China in electromagnetic weapons technology, and failure to follow up on research could lead to a strategic disadvantage. However, there are risks in following up the study, because the lessons of America's failures in the field of hypersonic missiles have not been forgotten.
The United States used to be a leader in the field of electromagnetic technology and proposed the "Lightning Aircraft Carrier Concept", but in recent years, China's continuous support and investment in this field has allowed it to gradually catch up. The United States had planned to develop a CG (X) new missile cruiser equipped with an electromagnetic launch system, but due to technical requirements and high costs, it was reduced by 201
0 years were canceled, and research in the field of railgun and electromagnetic launch system development had to be curtailed or cancelled due to technical challenges and budget constraints.
As a result, the United States faces difficult choices. Some foreign media began to suggest that China's "super warship" may just be a trap, warning the United States not to follow up the study so as not to get involved in a new arms race. In addition, some analysts have linked the Chinese government's previous statement that "transferring nuclear technology to China is not in the interests of the United States" with "super warships", arguing that the United States may try to limit China's military development by controlling the warship's nuclear power system. After all, the United States itself has not fully understood the electromagnetic catapult technology on the Ford-class aircraft carriers, and it may be the only option to challenge the energy system of the "super battleship".
However, some American experts believe that China has always shown the ability to overtake on curves and the style of less nonsense. Therefore, they believe that the "super battleship" is not a fiction, but a project that can be put into practice. If the United States does not participate in relevant research, once the PLA is equipped with such weapons, it will be possible to break the century-old monopoly of the United States in the naval field and redefine the rules of naval warfare. The traditional aircraft carrier battle group will no longer be the main force of the US Navy, and US military hegemony may be completely dismantled.
Years ago, Academician Ma Weiming's phrase in an interview with CCTV, "Leading is ahead of the United States" may have been just a vision, but now, China has made considerable progress in the field of military science and technology, which makes "super warships" possible. Perhaps in the near future, we will actually witness such warships cruising the oceans, and the once-formidable American warship formations will succumb to the threat of the PLA. This will be a new era, and the rise of China's military science and technology will have a profound impact on the global pattern.
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