Yangguang once reported that the cost of a heavy aircraft carrier (with a displacement of more than 60,000 tons) is about 3.5 billion US dollars, and the cost of building a fleet (4 frigates, 4 destroyers, 2 anti-submarine, 1-2 submarines) is about 3.5 billion US dollars, and the carrier aircraft needs about 3.5 billion US dollars, * */kloc-0.0 billion US dollars; The cost of medium-sized aircraft carriers (30,000-60,000 tons) is about $65.438 +0.5 billion, the formation is about $65.438 +0.5 billion, and the carrier-based aircraft is about $65.438 +0.5 billion. The cost of light aircraft carrier (below 30,000 tons) is about 500 million dollars, the cost of formation is about 700 million dollars, the cost of carrier aircraft is about 500 million dollars, and the cost of * * * is about 2 billion dollars.
Generally speaking, the maintenance cost of the entire aircraft carrier is about eight years of the entire aircraft carrier formation, which means that the maintenance cost of the aircraft carrier formation for one year is 1 of its own cost. That is, 1 year heavy aircraft carrier formation does not exceed 1 .50 billion USD, 1 year medium aircraft carrier formation does not exceed 1 billion USD,1year heavy aircraft carrier formation does not exceed 500 million USD. These, according to higher standards, should be enough.
Can we afford the construction and maintenance of aircraft carriers?
China's currency purchasing power is different from that of the United States. For example, the cost of Burke-class destroyers in the United States is $65.438+0 billion, while that of China's 654.38+070 destroyer is only $200 million, but the combat capability of the two destroyers is not much different. When building an aircraft carrier formation, we can buy more materials with less money and pay less labor wages. In other words, to build a heavy aircraft carrier formation, we still need $654.38+00 billion.