Chapter 113 - Will We Be Able to Catch Up With These Differences Within Ten Years?

Translator: Simple MTL  Editor: Simple MTL

This incident was reported by the relevant media.

The news of Russia and South Korea holding press conferences soon spread to the United States.

For a time, it caused a heated discussion on the internet in the United States.

On various social media platforms, the news of this incident became more and more popular. In just half an hour, it had reached the top of the hot search rankings.

The netizens also had an excited discussion.

“This is called a misunderstanding? How can it be called a misunderstanding when the nuclear submarine is already on their faces?! Russia must be ashamed of themselves. How can they say such things?!”

“Technical guidance? Do they have any shame? Aren’t they just trying to threaten the United States with Russia’s latest generation of nuclear submarines?!”

“Previously, they said that it would take five years for the construction to be completed. Now, it’s already an experiment. Russia is really too showy this time!”

“It can’t be helped. Russia is the world’s top nuclear submarine. It’s impossible for U.S. nuclear submarines to compete with them!”

“It’s not easy to have so much technology, but nuclear submarine technology is really not up to par. The feeling of being ridden by others is too bad!”

“The relevant technology is too lacking. The development of U.S. nuclear submarine technology is too late. It’s said that the nuclear submarine that was tested at that time was the Q-Series. It was also Professor Raymond who closed the gap of 50 years. I didn’t expect that there was still a whole generation gap between them!”

“Sigh, God Raymond is already working hard enough. It’s just that it’s too difficult to make a breakthrough in this aspect. After all, this 50 years is enough for many scientists in the U.S. to study for a long time. God Raymond is also unable to make a breakthrough, right? Otherwise, he would build a nuclear submarine that’s a generation less inferior!”

The heated discussion of the netizens took on a one-sided shape, but most of it was still that deep feeling of powerlessness.

The United States’ nuclear submarine technology was indeed a little backward.

This had to be the source of the powerlessness on the Internet.

This was not to lower oneself, but to seek truth from facts. Although the United States’ Navy was not too late in its development, there were still many other areas that needed to be developed. It was already very difficult to achieve this step.

In addition, Raymond had once again improved this nuclear submarine technology for fifty years. Although the gap had been filled, how difficult would it be to continue to develop a new generation?!

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At the same time.

In the United States Department of Defense Conference Room.

The Navy Commander and the Secretary of Defense were at the front, surrounded by the senior military officers of the military region. Everyone had a bad look on their faces.

In front of them, a large screen was hanging on the wall.

On the large screen, the president and a group of Secretaries of State gathered in the conference room with serious expressions.

The news of the joint press conference between Russia and South Korea soon spread to the United States.

Now, when they heard the news, everyone felt even more upset.

The president called for an emergency meeting to discuss the corresponding solutions.

At this time, the President looked at a scientist and said coldly, “Tell me, what’s wrong with our nuclear submarine technology?”

He was the president, and he knew about the 50 years that had gone by.

He also knew that Raymond had filled in the gaps in these 50 years.

He actually wanted to ask, why didn’t you think of catching up after chasing the distance of these 50 years?

Moreover, he didn’t know much about this kind of scientific research, so he also had some doubts.

After he finished speaking, the scientist sighed. His expression was very complicated. He was angry, dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.

“President, take the Q-Series first-generation nuclear submarine for example. The maximum depth of the submarine can be 450 meters, but under normal circumstances, the nuclear submarine can only maintain a depth of more than 270 meters.”

“If the nuclear submarine is forced to reach a position of 450 meters, the shell structure of the nuclear submarine will be damaged. Major repairs will be needed.”

“Internationally, Russia’s new nuclear submarine uses the most advanced nuclear submarine technology, and can reach a maximum of 900 to 1,000 meters.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the President and the Secretary of State beside him all had a dark expression on their faces. Their faces were very unnatural.

The faces of the high-level military officials in the meeting room were also somewhat unsightly.

The scientist sighed and continued, “It is already General Raymond who has made up for the gap of 50 years.”

“Then there are the anti-navigation missiles, torpedoes, and other weapons carried by the nuclear submarines. The weapons of the Q-Series can reach up to 100 meters, but the latest Russian nuclear submarines can reach up to 2,000 meters.”

“There is also the issue of the noise of the underwater nuclear submarines. In this regard, the underwater noise of the new Russian nuclear submarines can reach up to 95 decibels, while our Q-Series can only reach 102 decibels.”

“Moreover, although the hardware of our country’s nuclear submarines is the latest in the States, compared to the Russian ones, it is completely incomparable. General Raymond previously modified the Q-Series based on the data of our old nuclear submarines, which means that our own data is too low. Professor Raymond can only do so much. It is not his upper limit, but our lower limit is too low.”

“Especially on the shell structure, there are two layers of design. The outermost layer is broken and the inner layer is protected.”

“However, this will increase the resistance in the water, and the size of the nuclear submarines will also increase. The impact will be that the cruising operation will be weakened, and the endurance will be seriously insufficient. This is also a very big problem.”

After a long silence, the President said in a deep voice, “Will we be able to catch up to these gaps within ten years?”

Hearing this… The scientist shook his head. “Currently, it may not be possible. If we can’t give General Raymond more data and information, even he won’t be able to do it. If we want to make progress, it will be extremely difficult to catch up to the world’s top nuclear submarines within a short ten years.”

When the President heard this, he fell silent again.

The entire conference room was dead silent. No one spoke.

At this moment, a senior military officer said seriously, “But we can’t continue to be passive like this. Russia is provoking us this time because they want to endanger the United States!”

Another Lieutenant General said, “Russia is just using a roundabout tactic. At the moment, they are mainly defending. President, I suggest that we increase the defense around the sea area and seal off the coastline. If we detect the invasion of Russian or South Korean nuclear submarines, we will immediately use force to expel them!”

At this time, the Defense Minister asked seriously, “If we use the latest technology developed by General Raymond and our current nuclear submarines, will they be useful?”

After saying that, everyone’s eyes were focused on the scientist.

If some of Raymond’s latest technology could be used, that would be the best solution at the moment.

The scientist shook his head. “No, although many of Professor Raymond’s technologies are very powerful, when the Russian nuclear submarine floats to about 100 meters of sleep, it might pose a threat to it. However, the current situation is that as long as Russia dives below 100 meters, using conventional methods will be useless. The nuclear submarine will not be of any use, so we can only use the quadrangle sonar method to prevent it…”