I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 837 - 735: Southern Celestial Gate Project

The so-called Southern Celestial Gate Project is an aerospace-themed immersive experience project once showcased by the Flame Country Air Force at an air show. It did not initially seem like a military development plan.

Because what was displayed was so far advanced, akin to a science fiction concept, not something that could realistically be developed and manufactured.

The entire Southern Celestial Gate Project includes the "Luan Bird" large aerospace strategic carrier platform, the "Xuan Nu" aerospace unmanned combat aircraft, orbital airborne troops equipped with unmanned tactical mecha, and other components. Its purpose is to build a "deep space strategic strike cluster" to effectively repel extraterrestrial civilization attacks.

At that time, this plan was merely an entertainment aerospace show experience project, although related conceptual elements continued to be released thereafter, such as the "Xuan Nu" aerospace unmanned combat aircraft, for which an aeronautical enterprise actually created a disassembled model for exhibition.

However, the plan itself was still only a science fiction concept, and it couldn’t be said that there was truly such a development plan. Or you could say the plan existed, but clearly before the catastrophe, no one would have believed it could be realized in the short term.

However, when the apocalypse arrived and extraterrestrial creatures began to invade, the Flame Country seemed to explode with technological advancements, unveiling black technology equipment, suggesting that the Southern Celestial Gate Project might indeed have the potential for realization. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Not to mention, after witnessing the transformation of aircraft carriers into land carriers, no one would doubt the Flame Country’s ability to create a large aerospace strategic carrier platform.

The land carrier itself, after launching anti-gravity flight, can already be considered an aerospace carrier platform. However, compared to the "Luan Bird" in the Southern Celestial Gate Project, the land carrier is somewhat smaller, with a completely different design philosophy.

According to the Southern Celestial Gate Project’s design, the "Luan Bird" large aerospace strategic carrier platform has a total length of 242 meters, a wingspan of 682 meters, and a maximum takeoff weight of 120,000 tons, capable of carrying the "Xuan Nu" unmanned aerospace fighters at an altitude above forty kilometers for long-term patrols.

During combat missions, if it’s an intra-planetary task, it will deploy orbital airborne troops, combined with aerospace unmanned combat aircraft for orbital airborne operations.

If the enemies are extraterrestrial, then aerospace unmanned combat aircraft will collaborate with the strategic carrier platform for space strikes. Whether the enemies are intra-planetary or extraterrestrial, this deep space strategic strike cluster can respond effectively.

Creating such a colossal flying object is no easy task. Even before the catastrophe, if all the countries in the world united and collaborated in perfect harmony, sharing their bottom-drawer technology and fully supporting this project, whether they could create a large aerospace strategic carrier platform remained uncertain.

After the catastrophe, if it weren’t for Chen Xin constantly unveiling black technology, the Flame Country wouldn’t even consider creating such a thing.

However, given the current situation, building such a large aerospace strategic carrier platform holds significant practical meaning for combating extraterrestrial creatures.

As for the technologies for constructing this behemoth, the Flame Country already has small nuclear reactors and anti-gravity generators at their disposal, so making this giant fly is not a problem. As for the materials to build this two-hundred-meter-long, six-hundred-meter-wide behemoth, with joint international research, it’s not much of a challenge.

After all, now every country is bringing out their truly valuable assets, things like high-performance alloy formulas are public, and solving a materials problem isn’t difficult. It’s just a matter of cost and construction expenses.

Using qualified materials makes aerospace unmanned combat aircraft even less of an issue. In terms of drone technology research and development, the Flame Country has long been at the leading edge globally. The issues to solve are mostly concerning engines and materials; flight control, in contrast, is not much of a problem.

Therefore, when the Flame Country brought up this plan as a research project, after participating countries in the joint research discussed and approved the plan, each offered their excellent technologies and researchers to contribute to the project.

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"Southern Celestial Gate Project, I never thought they’d really bring this thing out!" On a small land ship, Chen Xin was reviewing the Southern Celestial Gate Project documents.

The documents handed to him were undoubtedly not the initial immersive sci-fi experience project but rather introductions to a legitimate research plan, reorganized and planned by the joint research project group.

The large "Top Secret" mark on the cover already signified the importance of this document.

"Academician, what do you think of this plan?" The researcher sitting across from Chen Xin was eager to hear his evaluation of the plan.

"Evaluation? Hmm... there’s nothing wrong with the plan itself. With our current technological reserves, a small nuclear fusion reactor could meet the energy consumption of this behemoth, and pairing it with an anti-gravity generator to make it fly isn’t hard. As long as the materials issue can be resolved, everything else is manageable." Chen Mo closed the documents and placed them back in the file folder: "But this plan requires enormous investment, and how long will it take to build such an enormous thing? Ten years, eight years, or twenty years?

This thing is as big as at least six aircraft carriers! How much resource consumption will it take to create it? Even with Europe and Lucia helping share the resource consumption, it’s an astronomical figure; I don’t quite understand why it’s necessary to build such a thing now."

The Southern Celestial Gate Project itself had no issues, but the Luan Bird large aerospace strategic carrier platform was too large, with a wingspan of over six hundred meters. Fortunately, it could use an anti-gravity generator for vertical takeoff and landing. Otherwise, how long of a runway would be needed for such a giant to take off?

Building such an enormous aircraft demands astronomical manpower and material resources. Even before the catastrophe, it wasn’t something any one country could single-handedly support.

Frankly speaking, even before the catastrophe, the countries eligible to construct such a large aerospace strategic carrier platform, besides the Flame Country and the Federation, would only half-include Lucia. The entirety of Europe might have had a chance if they pooled all their resources for joint efforts.

Otherwise, for any single country to build something of this magnitude, even disregarding the technology, the sheer labor and resource consumption could bankrupt any regional power outright.