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“We must do our best with the desperate feeling that we need to build a ’21st century turtle ship’ for future generations from now on.” I’m emphasizing it more and more. The Navy says that just as Admiral Yi Sun-shin made a turtle ship before the Imjin War, the foresight of Joseon was able to overcome the national crisis, so the Gyeonghang mother will serve as a turtle ship in preparation for various security threats in the 21st century. Is the Gyeonghangmo really a turtle ship in the 21st century? What do you think? I think there are some things to consider. I’ll tell you again in a bit.

A light carrier, a light carrier, what is a light carrier?

First, there is a light port, a light port. What is a light port? It’s easy if you think of a car. Cars are divided into large, medium, small, and light cars according to their displacement. Aircraft carriers are classified into large, medium, and light carriers according to their displacement. When the ship is in water, buoyancy acts, and the weight of the water pushed out by the ship is the same as the buoyancy, so the displacement is the same as the weight of the ship. If the displacement exceeds 90,000 tons, it is said to be a large aircraft carrier, 40 to 60,000 tons are medium-sized aircraft carriers, and 20,000 to 30,000 tons light carriers.

American aircraft carriers that are seen a lot in the same movies and news screens where Tom Cruise appeared are large carriers. Displacement is close to 100,000 tons. It carries about 80 various types of aircraft such as fighters, and large carriers have powerful combat capabilities, but they are too expensive. In the US, it costs 6.2 billion dollars to make one large carrier, and it costs more than 7 trillion won in our money. When we talk about cars again, large cars have good performance, but because of pockets, we buy medium-sized cars and small cars. Countries that want to have large carriers but are not able to afford them choose light carriers. Light carriers can carry up to 20 fighter jets. In short, it is a cost-effective carrier. So why do you need an aircraft carrier? The name of the carrier in English is aircraft carrier. When you think of a suitcase, you think of a suitcase. The primary purpose of the carrier is not the ship, but the carrying of the fighters. A carrier is a moving plane on the sea.

Prior to World War II, naval forces around the world engaged in naval battles in which huge battleships armed with cannons with enormous destructive power and large caliber struck the enemy ships with gunfire. This is referred to as’Humami Geopo (巨艦巨砲)ism’. The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 demonstrated the power of an aircraft carrier in action. Considering the performance of Japanese aircraft at the time, it was impossible for a Japanese military aircraft that took off from the Japanese mainland base to cross the vast Pacific Ocean and attack Pearl Harbor. Because of this, the United States could not even imagine that Japanese fighters would attack Pearl Harbor. However, on December 7, 1941, Japan loaded 6 aircraft carriers with 420 aircraft and went to the point of attack near Pearl Harbor and succeeded in a surprise attack. Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor breaks the conventional wisdom of the giant ships that regarded warships as the backbone of naval power, and is a victory of a new naval strategy achieved only by the combination of aircraft carriers and aircraft. In the wake of World War II, the Prince of the Sea was changed from a battleship to a carrier.

Will China and Japan be regarded as’potential enemies’?

The Ministry of Defense announced a plan to build a domestic light aircraft carrier with more than 2 trillion won and deploy it in production by 2033. Unlike the United States, it is difficult for us to imagine the military necessity itself of carrying fighter jets on a carrier to far seas. In military terms, this is called’farm armed forces’. The United States, which assumes the role of the world’s police, sends carrier flyers to the world’s conflict zones to protect its own interests. The Navy emphasizes the need for a carrier in order to secure air supply and protect maritime traffic routes in disputes with neighboring countries in case of emergency. The sea is the lifeline of our economy and people’s lives, such as importing resources such as oil and grain through the sea and relying on maritime transportation for import and export. If the maritime traffic route is blocked, it will cause unbearable damage, so the Navy explained that we should have a minimum deterrence force by introducing a light warship. In short, China and Japan already have or are making additional carriers, so we need to prepare as well. No one will object to the protection of maritime traffic. But who threatens to block maritime traffic, how serious the threat is, what military and diplomatic means we have to deal with it, and how to prioritize it, the Navy is talking too poorly. . The light hammo is not just a matter of introducing a weapon system, but a matter of the fundamental direction of Korean security. I need a question like this. Will China and Japan be regarded as’potential enemies’ in the future? If the US and China fight in the South China Sea or the East China Sea, will we cooperate with the United States to fight China?

The Navy answers the same document to the question’Why do you need a light carrier?’

The government should present a clear big picture of what interests we protect as a light carrier and what message we give to neighboring countries, especially what it means in the US-China hegemony, rather than the emotional slogan that a light carrier is a turtle ship in the 21st century. The Navy insists that it first prepares for the’potential threat’ of the future by creating a light carrier. I asked’Why do I need a Gyeonghang Mo?’, but I didn’t give a specific answer to the question, but I said,’Let’s do it first because it may be needed later’. It is to answer the same document.

The necessity of a police carrier was first reported to the president in March 1996 during the Kim Young-sam administration, so the controversy over the police carrier is not today’s day. The issue that arises these days is the cost-performance ratio of Kyunghammo. What are the drying and maintenance costs, and how effective are these costs? It costs about 2.3 trillion won to design and build a 30,000-ton light ship by a domestic company, about 3 trillion won to introduce 20 vertical take-off and landing fighters to be mounted on a light port, and 5 trillion won to introduce a light port. Maintenance costs are about 200 billion won annually. Light carriers have weak defenses against enemy missiles and torpedoes, so they should not travel alone, but in groups with their guardians. This is called’Gyeonghang-mo flyer’. The Navy’s light carrier flyer is about 10 ships, including 1-2 Aegis cruisers, 3-4 Aegis destroyers, missile frigates, and nuclear-powered submarines. Some argue that it costs up to 40 trillion won to pack one light warship leaflet.

The national defense budget for Korea is a little over 50 trillion won, which means that it costs about 80% of the national defense budget to complete a single flyer. If a light carrier becomes a money-eating hippopotamus, the army and air force projects may be shattered by a grenade, so the Army and Air Force are critical of the Navy by asking,’Do you have to do that?’ In response, the Navy explains that most of the escort forces for the front of the light ships are already secured and in operation, so it does not require much additional budget, and because it is distributed over 10 years, it can be prepared within the scale of our defense budget.

Yi Sun-shin’s software should pay attention to the hardware of the turtle ship

Is Gyeonghangmo a turtle ship in the 21st century? I do not know! During the Imjin War, the Japanese naval forces used a strategy of getting aboard the opponent’s ship and making a close match. Admiral Yi Sun-sin introduced the assault strategy using the turtle ship and the fleet management strategy using the long-range artillery mounted on the Panok ship. At that time, the Joseon Naval Forces used advanced and original strategies that could not be compared with the Japanese Naval Forces. Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s creative strategy was as groundbreaking in the world’s naval history as the strategy of combining aircraft carriers and aircraft in World War II replaced giant ships. It is important not only to emphasize the hardware of the turtle ship made by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, but also pay attention to the new strategy and tactical software introduced by Minister Yi Sun-sin. It is unfortunate that the Navy, who is the descendant of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, is only interested in the hardware, the light carrier, rather than the strategy and doctrine of software. Hard hat, you should do it if you need it. However, I am not able to properly answer the question of why I need it, and I am opposed to the way to do it first. In addition, it is more frustrating as it enforces a light carrier in the era of corona, where public welfare is difficult. A Kyunghammo cannot be created without the support and support of the people. Planning and performance Editorial Writer Kwon Hyuk-cheol [email protected] Directing and editing So-young Cho PD [email protected]