Hearing this, Jiang Yan Hai paused. This really could be considered a huge gift. "This isn't from their country, is it?" he immediately asked.
"It should have come from the world of that Prophet you told us about. This reactor is extremely advanced. It probably won't be easy to manufacture, but for us, once some of our industrial materials make breakthroughs, building it will be difficult, but not impossible."
"So our Nuclear Power aircraft carrier can finally be put on the agenda?" Jiang Yan Hai was somewhat delighted.
"It's not just a matter of a Nuclear Power aircraft carrier." Old Commander smiled.
"This reactor isn't very large, and its thermal power efficiency is extremely high. That means it can also be used on large supply ships and amphibious assault ships. We don't have any design experience in those areas, but we can certainly build them within a few years." Old Commander was clearly pleased.
Jiang Yan Hai was happy as well. If you hadn't operated overseas, you wouldn't understand the gap between them and their neighbor when it came to blue-water capabilities. It wasn't just a matter of bases.
Bases were important, but military bases mainly replenished fuel for smaller warships like destroyers. Weapons and ammunition couldn't possibly be supplied by military bases along the route.
Of course, century-old military bases like those of their neighbor definitely stored ammunition, so they could replenish that.
But long-range strategic airlift capabilities and naval transport capabilities were the most crucial, especially for aircraft carriers.
At present, between the Republic of Goa and here, the only helicopters that could fly were the medium general-purpose helicopters aboard destroyers. But those things had very limited self-defense capabilities.
Without military bases, how could fighter jets provide escort?
Even if negotiations with the Republic of Goa were concluded,