Chinese Rear Admiral Reveals 'Never-Before-Seen' Super Warship Design

"It will completely reverse the battle formations of naval fleets that have been established for more than a hundred years," Ma said in an article published in the journal Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society on June 13, according to the South China Morning Post .

China’s so-called super-ship could do the work of almost an entire aircraft carrier fleet, according to Ma, who has played a key role in developing China’s most advanced naval technologies, and his colleagues at the Naval Engineering University in China. They made the claim in a paper describing a new naval combat system that combines electromagnetic weapons and nuclear-powered power systems.

Different from traditional aircraft carriers

According to a computer-generated photo posted with Ma's article, the new warship carries a large number of aircraft but is different from a traditional aircraft carrier.

While many aircraft carriers are nuclear-powered, their electrical systems are typically designed to power the ship's propulsion and other basic systems. The primary role of traditional aircraft carriers is to provide air support for naval operations, rather than engage in direct combat.

Meanwhile, the super ship designed by Mr. Ma's team is equipped with new electromagnetic weapons such as electromagnetic guns, electromagnetic missile launchers, laser weapons and some other types of weapons.

China's "super carrier" could do the work of almost an entire aircraft carrier fleet, according to Chinese Rear Admiral Ma Weiming and his research team.

According to the article, the new supership's advanced technology "intelligently and efficiently converts energy from the ship's power source into the electromagnetic energy needed to power very powerful weapons."

This could give the supercarrier the ability to defend against air attacks, engage in anti-submarine warfare, intercept missiles and carry out precision strikes against both sea and land targets.

Currently, nuclear power cannot be used as a weapon in conventional warfare. Ma's team added that the supercarrier's comprehensive nuclear-powered electromagnetic system can convert nuclear energy into usable kinetic energy or electricity to operate energy-intensive weapons systems.

Thanks to a near-infinite supply of nuclear power and an advanced power management system, the supership will also be equipped with powerful radars and other power-hungry sensors to detect enemies from farther away than ever before, the article also said.

Ma's team did not estimate when the new supership would be built, but they said China was ready to bring this idea from science fiction into the real world.

Recent breakthroughs

In the same article, naval researchers listed recent breakthroughs in China that will pave the way for the construction of new superships. Some of the breakthroughs were declassified for the first time.

For example, the Chinese navy has developed and deployed an electromagnetic launch system for launching weapons from a variety of platforms, including surface ships and submarines, according to Ma. This is a type of system that uses electromagnetic energy to launch missiles.

One of the main advantages of electromagnetic missile launch systems is that they allow for rapid and continuous missile launches. Unlike traditional missile launch systems, which often require a significant amount of time to load and prepare missiles for launch, electromagnetic missile launch systems can be loaded automatically, allowing for rapid and continuous missile launches.

An American aircraft carrier

If a conventional carrier group were to approach the said supercarrier with the intention of launching a coordinated attack, the supercarrier could counter by using its electromagnetic missile launch system to launch a salvo of missiles at the carrier group. The speed and accuracy of the electromagnetic missile launch system would make it difficult for the carrier group to evade or defend against the incoming missiles.

The advantages of an electromagnetic missile launch system over a traditional missile launch system are similar to the advantages of an automatic rifle over a single-shot rifle, allowing for faster and more effective target engagement, conditions that can determine the outcome of a naval battle, according to the Ma group's paper.

US Navy tests electromagnetic gun

So far, China is the only country to have tested a large-caliber railgun at sea. The Naval Engineering University in China has recently made some major breakthroughs in developing smaller railguns, according to Ma. China is also developing a type of electromagnetic technology that can launch a projectile at speeds of up to 1,000 meters per second, more than three times the speed of sound, according to the article.

Ma said the adoption of electromagnetic launch technology in the Chinese navy in recent years was the result of more than two decades of hard work and fierce competition with Western rivals, according to the South China Morning Post .

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