C906 Buy a Second-hand Aircraft Carrier
C906 Buy a Second-hand Aircraft Carrier
It seemed like the navy could cooperate to film a film like this.
General Train led everyone to the bridge as they chatted and walked. Looking down from the bridge, the spacious deck was even more spectacular.
The officers of the Han Navy were all looking forward to the day when they would have such a steel wall on the sea and protect the ten thousand miles of sea of their motherland!
At that moment, Qin Guan extended his hand and pointed into the distance. "You have quite a number of aircraft carriers. There are quite a few of them over there."
Following the direction Qin Guan pointed in, everyone looked over. General Tyne could not help but shake his head. "The warships there are not active, but we have retired warships. Those aircraft carriers all retired after the end of the Monkey War. "
That was Warship Graveyard.
The Y Country Navy was rich and overbearing. They would definitely not spend another three years. They spent the last three years sewing and mending the old. They liked the new and hated the old. At the same time, it was also because it was impossible to operate multiple aircraft carriers. So... After the new aircraft carrier entered the military, the old aircraft carrier would be retired and sealed up.
This kind of retired aircraft carrier would enter the Warship Graveyard, allowing the wind to blow and the sun to shine. When needed, it would open up and recover its combat ability at any time.
After all, once the aircraft carrier entered a state of war, it would be very difficult to reconstruct the aircraft carrier. In comparison, it was very easy to unseal the previous aircraft carrier. This was the foundation of a large country.
Such a good warship, the other party actually didn't want it.
Qin Guan nodded. "So that's how it is. Then can we buy this disqualified warship?"
The high officials of Han Navy who were present instantly felt their minds rippling.
An aircraft carrier! The dream of aircraft carrier that Han Navy had for so many years suddenly became clear. Qin Guan suggested buying a second-hand aircraft carrier from the Weapon Graveyard of Y Country!
Although it was a second-hand aircraft carrier and it was eliminated, it was still a treasure to the Han Navy.
However, the higher ups had no plans yet.
Even if they bought an aircraft carrier and wanted to rejoin the army... The Shipboard aircraft on it... The refurbishment of the warship and so on were astronomical figures. Now... Buying four Kidd grade ships for the navy was already the biggest investment. Would the headquarters agree to buy aircraft carriers?
In the entire 1980s, the headquarters discussed whether or not to buy an aircraft carrier. The military supported the idea that without an aircraft carrier, it would not be enough to protect the waters of the motherland. But many economic experts thought it was not worth it to invest so much for live targets on the sea. It was not worth it. Furthermore, the motherland adhered to a defense policy. It was enough to have Othershore Airlines. What was the point of having that kind of offensive weapon?
When the veterans bought the Varyag as merchants, they had even been suspected and investigated, believing that there was some shady business involved.
The aircraft carrier of the navy had developed with great difficulty. When the Lioning Nightriver cruised the ocean majestically, it finally had the confidence of a large country.
Now, at the end of 1980, when Qin Guan was inspecting the Y Country Navy fleet, he suddenly pointed at the aircraft carrier cemetery and said in high spirits, Can we buy it?
How could it not be tempting?
General Tyne still had a smile on his face. "Why did you buy it?"
Han Country did not have the ability to do so. With the weak strength of Han Country, even if they bought an aircraft carrier, they could not maintain it. Even four Kidd Class ships were bought with gold. They had sold all their assets. Now, they still wanted to buy an aircraft carrier?
Next, Qin Guan's next sentence shocked everyone.
"Dissemble." Qin Guan said.
"Our country is undergoing economic changes and exploiting opportunities to develop. Right now, we plan to develop the shipbuilding industry, and also develop the shipwrecking industry. For your side, this is a small task that is not worth doing. Leave it to us."
So it is to dismantle the ship!
Generally speaking, Shipyard has the ability to dismantle ships at the same time, and the dismantling parts can also be sold for a large sum of money. However, in developed countries, dismantling ships is not worth it.
Why? Because the cost of manpower was high, it was the same as western garbage. In foreign countries, garbage was recycled in different categories, so there was no need for domestic waste. This was because there was a group of old men and women who were collecting trash in the country, and they had already recycled what could be recycled.
At the same time, foreign garbage entered China and was reprocessed. It could also be made money. However, this kind of money was made at the cost of polluting the environment.
In comparison, dismantling a ship would cause very little pollution to the environment, and the profit was not bad.
After the retirement of an aircraft carrier, there were usually only four directions. The first was to transform it into a normal target ship to conduct an attack test. The second way was to be sold to other countries, and the third way was to be sealed in a military port. The last way was to sell it to the shipyard and dismantle it.
Now, these aircraft carriers were sealed up. However, since they were all modified from the aircraft carriers in During World War II, the performance was not advanced. Even with the addition of the launchers, they could not launch the male cat Shipboard aircraft. They were all useless. It was useless to seal them up. It was better to sell them and disassemble them.
Dismantling aircraft carriers was very profitable.
For example, in the future, the Lyar Shiprecycling Group in Native Chicken Country was well aware of this. When the aircraft carrier Distinguished in Cattle Country retired, they bought this aircraft carrier at a low price of about 18.7 million Hehan dollars.
The weight of this aircraft carrier was 13,657 tons after the weapons were disassembled. After being disassembled, it obtained a total of 1,1854 tons of black metal. 610 tons of non-ferrous metal, as well as 110 billion tons of cables. There were also other products and waste materials.
The metals and cables used for aircraft carriers were very easy to sell. Just 110 tons of cables were sold for 34 million HNY, selling all that could be sold. This company had earned close to 100 million HNY in profit, and the real small cost was very high in return.
Now, Qin Guan decided to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry. At the same time, he wanted to develop the shipwrecking industry. This first step was to take a fancy to these sealed aircraft carriers.
Hearing Qin Guan's words, Captain William of the Eisenhower said, "President Qin, those aircraft carriers are our backup forces. For the time being, we have no plans to sell them. We are ready to reseal them at any time."
"Is that so?" Qin Guan said, "Then can we go and take a look?"
Qin Guan was not interested in this modern Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier. After all, it belonged to someone else. However, since he had come here, he had an idea and wanted to buy the retired aircraft carrier back.
If it was in the military, he needed the approval of the higher ups. He needed to keep reporting, but buying and disassembling it to sell scrap metal had nothing to do with the higher ups. It was a completely commercial activity.