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Inventory of China's eight most money-burning weapons, all of them are comparable to gold-swallowing monsters, the Dongfeng 41 with a range of 14,000 miles is not ranked in the top three, and the cost of the first place is close to 50 billion, guess what kind of weapon it is?
Dongfeng 41
When it comes to our trump card weapon, the Dongfeng missile is naturally firmly on the top spot, and the most awesome of the Dongfeng missiles is naturally the Dongfeng 41, which is known as the "artifact of the town".
Dongfeng 41, with a range of 14,000 miles, what concept?
Let's just put it this way, launching from any point in China can directly hit any country that poses a threat to China in the world, plus the flight speed of 30,000 kilometers per hour, the Dongfeng 41 only takes four minutes to reach Tokyo, sixteen minutes to London, and twenty-one minutes to New York, United States!
What's more, with a range of tens of thousands of kilometers, the strike accuracy of the Dongfeng-41 is also amazing! The error will not exceed 100 meters!
The error of 100 meters is almost negligible compared to the range of tens of thousands of kilometers, not to mention that the explosion range of missiles is not only 100 meters, but hundreds of kilometers!
Of course, the Dongfeng 41 is the most proud of the Chinese people, but also the unparalleled ability to penetrate the defense, even if the enemy wants to intercept, it is almost impossible to do, because the Dongfeng 41 carries more than one warhead, but more than a dozen or twenty goddesses scattered flowers, coupled with the flight speed against the sky, it is no exaggeration to say that at present, except for our own Chinese air defense system, almost no country can intercept it.
Just imagine, when hundreds of thousands of tons of TNT-equivalent missile heads fly over from tens of thousands of miles away and launch high-speed and accurate destruction of multiple high-value targets, it is simply a devastating blow to the enemy.
Not only that, but the maneuverability of the Dongfeng-41 is also quite strong, which even the intercontinental missiles of the United States and Russia cannot do at present.
The DF-41 can be launched from three types of platforms, in addition to the traditional reinforced underground well platform launch method, it can also be launched by rail and road mobility, and it can be fired while driving on a train or truck, so that it is difficult for the enemy to find their specific launch location through satellites.
You know, the way of launching by rail and road, the best thing that was done before was Russia, and even United States did not succeed in getting this thing out for a long time.
And even Russia, which has mastered this technology, is not very mature at the current level of technology, for example, when Russia's "Topol-M" intercontinental missile maneuvered in the field area, there were several accidents that overturned.
However, the mainland has mastered this technology perfectly, and it is still equipped with a big killer weapon like Dongfeng 41, which can be imagined.
Then, such a powerful killing weapon, it must cost a sky-high price to build one!
But the fact is that Dongfeng 41's level of money burning is not in the top three at all!
According to the current disclosed data, the cost of a Dongfeng 41 is as high as 2 billion yuan, which is indeed much higher than the cost of the similar United States "Minuteman 3" intercontinental missile, but in terms of the strong performance of the Dongfeng 41, this 2 billion is worth it.
Since even the Dongfeng 41 with 2 billion pieces can't rank in the top three, what kind of weapon is the most money-burning?
It is said that among the three armed forces of the navy, land and air force, the army is the most economical, and the navy and air force are the most expensive, so can our famous J-20 be on the list?
As the fifth-generation stealth fighter of the mainland, the J-20 is the most expensive to say, and it is naturally the stealth coating material.
Benchmarking the United States F22, which is also a fifth-generation stealth fighter, the unit price of F22 is 200 million US dollars, once known as the world's most expensive fighter, and our J-20, based on late-mover advantages, stealth coatings and speed performance, etc., even exceeds F22, but our price is only 110 million US dollars, which is cheaper than the later F35 of United States, and naturally it is far less expensive than Dongfeng 41.
It's just that the price of a J-20 flight is still sky-high, because the fuel used by fighters is not ordinary gasoline, but high-grade aviation kerosene, which is more expensive, so every time J-20 is refilled, this fuel money alone is enough to buy a house in a second- or third-tier city, and I am afraid that only a big country like ours can afford to fly.
Therefore, if the later operating costs are also counted, the J-20 is actually comparable to the Dongfeng 41, but if you just look at the unit price, the J-20 is still not ranked at all.
But if you want to say that the most money-burning thing is bound to be the aircraft carrier, a well-deserved "gold-swallowing monster".
Gold-Swallowing Behemoth
It is said that the 10-year army, 50 years of the air force, and 100 years of the navy, the navy, as the most money-burning service, ranks first in the list of money-burning weapons, so everyone naturally has no objections!
And the aircraft carrier is the most money-burning in the navy, thinking about the bitter history of our first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, just to use the second-hand aircraft carrier that others don't want to refit, it cost me an unknown number of billions.
However, since the Liaoning ship has filled the gap of no aircraft carrier on the mainland, our ability to fund the construction of aircraft carriers is also growing, and the cost is naturally getting higher and higher.
As we all know, an aircraft carrier is not just a big ship, as a "floating city fortress on the sea", it is a comprehensive weapon platform integrating various high-precision technologies such as ships, aircraft, and electronic equipment! It is difficult to be able to go to the sea and the sky at the same time, and to be able to launch missiles.
And our most expensive aircraft carrier, is naturally the latest technology of the Fujian ship, the Fujian ship focuses on a technological innovation, what electromagnetic catapult, 70,000 tonnage, all-electric propulsion system, these black technologies are naturally also fiercely burned money to obtain, so it can win a number of "first" records:
The largest warship ever built by New China, the largest warship in Asia, the world's largest non-nuclear-powered conventionally powered aircraft carrier, and so on.
Needless to say, electromagnetic catapult is more controversial than why the Fujian ship did not build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier? Everyone in United States has nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, we can't do without it!
But in fact, the all-electric propulsion system used by our Fujian ship is far more advanced than that of the USS Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in United States, because only the all-electric propulsion system can maximize the effect of electromagnetic catapult technology.
Even the United States nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have installed a separate generator for them in order to make better use of the electromagnetic catapult system, and our Fujian ship can be said to be a large generator itself, which is naturally better than the United States electromagnetic catapult system.
Of course, the cost of such a powerful Fujian ship must be very awesome, the electromagnetic catapult system alone costs tens of billions, and the cost of the entire Fujian ship is close to 50 billion.
If you count the miscellaneous ship configuration, the formation of an aircraft carrier strike group of the Fujian ship is probably close to 100 billion yuan, not to mention the daily operation and maintenance costs, just 20 days of training in the western Pacific, 10 million yuan will be burned, not counting the 22 million yuan for refueling, in the long run, I am afraid that the cost of periodic maintenance and use of aircraft carriers will far exceed the total cost.
Therefore, the Fujian ship is firmly at the top of our weapons burning money list, and it deserves its name.
This is also why only big countries are equipped with aircraft carriers, and if they change to a small country, even if they build this sea giant, they will be pulled out to swim a few times, and it is estimated that they will go bankrupt.
However, despite the strength of the aircraft carrier to swallow gold, in order to maintain our thousands of miles of sea frontier, the money is well spent!
Of course, since they all have aircraft carriers, don't strategic nuclear submarines have to be prepared?
And the strategic nuclear submarine is the second ruthless role in burning money.
Don't look at the nuclear submarine hidden all day long, only know diving, but it is also a proper black technology, an indispensable weapon of mass destruction for maintaining the security of the sea and frontier.
After all, the aircraft carrier is in the upper reaches of the sea, and the nuclear submarine is downstream in the water, and just to overcome the huge pressure of the seawater, it will have to burn too much money.
In addition, the nuclear submarine must also have a very high degree of concealment, which is particularly high for the technical and technological aspects of the nuclear submarine.
It is said that the cost of a nuclear submarine is almost enough to build two conventional aircraft carriers, so it is conservatively estimated that the cost of China's most famous 094 nuclear submarine must be more than 10 billion yuan, and then it will be second only to the aircraft carrier if it is equipped with missiles and later maintenance costs.
In addition to aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, the two big money-burning companies, the 055 destroyer, known as the "China Aegis", is definitely also a money-burning monster!
Burn a lot of money
The biggest feature of the 055 destroyer is that it is large, with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, which is even larger than the small aircraft carriers of many countries.
And the 055 is equipped with all kinds of black technology weapons, that is not to be underestimated, what vertical launch system, phased array radar, anti-ship anti-aircraft missiles and other functions should be available, and even electronic jamming system for electronic warfare, no wonder it is so big, otherwise how can it be stuffed with so many functions?
However, the combat effectiveness of the 055 destroyer is indeed worthy of such a big man, and a destroyer dares to directly single out the entire US aircraft carrier battle group and directly chase the aircraft carrier. That's the Western Pacific standoff in 2022! If you are specifically interested, you can check the information, it is inconvenient to talk about it here!
Of course, such a strong combat effectiveness, the cost must also be expensive, it is said that four 055 can be exchanged for a Liaoning ship, which shows that the cost of a 055 is also nearly 10 billion!
After talking about the sea, let's take a look at the "big money burners" on land and in the air.
In addition to the aforementioned Dongfeng 41 with a range of 14,000 miles, as well as the fifth-generation stealth fighter J-20, the air star of the Y-20 naturally cannot be ignored.
You must know that air transport capability has always been a shortcoming of our air force, and the birth of the Y-20 has greatly filled this shortcoming.
Yun 20 has a nickname called "Fat Girl" because of its round and chubby appearance, which looks very cute, but it is also really capable of dressing.
And being able to load is only one of the most inconspicuous advantages of the Yun-20, which is still a "flexible fat man", with a weight of 200 tons, it can achieve rapid take-off and rapid landing over short distances.
Not only that, the Y-20 can also "milk the child" in the air, and can refuel three planes in the air at one time, which greatly improves the long-range delivery of our army and the supply capacity of the Air Force.
And the cost of a Y-20 is even a little higher than the cost of the J-20, but it is only a little more expensive. If you want to say that air weapons really burn the most money, I am afraid it has to be a star weapon like the H-20.
H-20 is also full of black technology, but the reason why it burns the most money is because the research and development cycle is too long, involving too many cutting-edge technologies, just the research and development costs, referring to the United States B-2 bomber, it is estimated that it will cost hundreds of billions.
In addition to R&D costs, manufacturing costs can not be ignored, a variety of advanced composite materials and high-performance aero engines, a machine can not be delivered without billions of yuan.
However, no matter how expensive it is, the Middle Eastern tycoons still do not blink, and under the order frame, it is not enough to buy an order of four billion dollars at one time, and after a while, they "package" an order worth more than six billion dollars.
Basically, as long as we put on a new product, the Middle East tyrants will enter, and they like Chinese weapons very much, and even hope that the Chinese army will go directly to them to station, but we politely refused.
After all, we are a peace-loving country, and we are only engaged in so many weapons for self-preservation and making money, not for military expansion.
In general, the greater the cost of us, the better the things we make, and the money must be worth it, after all, the money is not used as military expenses, can it be used as reparations?