Speaking of this, Wang Dazhi was also a little embarrassed: "It's Thailand, but the Thai government feels that it is not suitable for their aircraft carrier after inspecting our Yak-130." ”

The post-90s and even post-00s military fans are undoubtedly happy, but the Chinese military fans of the 90s era are undoubtedly painful, not to mention military spending, just talking about equipment, at this time the only maritime combat ships we can get hold of are the "modern" class missile destroyers and "Kilo" class conventionally powered submarines purchased from the former Soviet Union / Russia, but Dongying, which is across the sea from us, has built a "new 88 fleet" with the "King Kong" class missile frigate as the core.

Compared with our "modern" class missile destroyer, although the "King Kong" class missile frigate is named a frigate, but in terms of displacement, it is a real missile destroyer, with a displacement of up to 7,250 tons.

Even after the modern class is put into service, although the King Kong class has fallen behind in terms of displacement, with the "Aegis" system and missile vertical launch system on board, the "King Kong" class can still provide the fleet with perfect regional air defense capabilities, while our modern class can only provide limited point air defense capabilities.

If in front of the King Kong class, our military fans can still deceive themselves and say "we have a large displacement!", then Dongying has just started construction and has a full load displacement of up to 13,000 tons, Asia's first "Osumi"-class dock landing ship with a direct deck, which makes our eyes blue with envy: This is a "quasi" aircraft carrier with a direct deck that can take off and land multiple helicopters, or rather, this is a helicopter carrier!

If Dongying's "New 88th Fleet" can still make us comfort ourselves and say, "No way, who makes Dongying the world's second largest economy", then the appearance of the aircraft carrier "Chakri Nalubet" built by Spain for the Thai government has made our military fans' sour teeth fall: Thailand! Even Thailand has aircraft carriers, but we don't!

It is conceivable how painful it was for Chinese military fans during this period.

But for COMAC, they are thinking more about how to convince the Thai government to abandon the purchase of "Sea Harrier" fighter jets and purchase our Yak-130 carrier-based version instead, but the problem is that the situation seems to have changed somewhat.

Hearing Wang Dazhi say that the Thais think the Yak-130 is not suitable for them, Chen Geng's brows furrowed and asked, "Why do the Thais say that?"

"The aircraft carrier of the Thai is a 'seesaw' aircraft carrier," Wang Dazhi explained to Chen Geng: "It is no problem for that aircraft carrier to take off and land vertical/short-range fighters like the 'Sea Harrier', but if you want to take off and land our Yak-130, you must install a blocking cable......

Chen Geng interrupted Wang Dazhi's words and said: "I remember that the Russians said that they could provide a blocking cable for the aircraft carrier 'Chakri Nalubet', if I remember correctly, after analyzing the basic data of the interception system provided by the Russian side, the Spanish also said that this set of light arresting cables could be installed on this aircraft carrier.

The technical content of the carrier-based arresting cable is very high, but the maximum take-off weight of the carrier-based version of the Yak-130 is only about 11 tons, and the typical landing weight is about 6 tons, which is not an order of magnitude at all compared to the F-14 "Tomcat", F-18 "Hornet" and SU-33 heavy fighters, which are roughly equivalent to the A-4 "Skyhawk" attack aircraft.

With such a light landing weight, the requirements for the blocking system are naturally not as strong as those on the "Varyag", "Nimitz" and "Kitty Hawk" class aircraft carriers.

It's just that Chen Geng was very busy at that time, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter, but now looking at Wang Dazhi's meaning, it seems that this matter has collapsed?

"Yes, the three parties organized a consultation, the Russians said that they could provide the interception system, and the Spanish also said that it could be installed, but the problem was the money," Wang Dazhi sighed: "The Spanish Bazin shipyard asked the Thai side to pay for the technical modification, but the Thai side insisted on refusing to pay, and they thought that the Russian side's offer for the interception system was too high, and they could not accept it." ”

So there's no going on here.

“......”

Chen Geng was stunned for a moment, and then he sighed, and wanted to scold his mother: What is this called!

"In addition, isn't there a financial crisis in Southeast Asia," Wang Dazhi continued: "This financial crisis has had a great impact on Thailand, and I heard some friends say that the tail payment of the aircraft carrier 'Chakri Nalubet' has put a lot of pressure on Thailand...... Anyway, now the Thai and Spanish sides are relatively deadlocked. ”

"Well, this kind of thing can't be forced. Chen Geng sighed, when encountering this kind of country that picks the door, he can't help it, he can't pay for it himself, right?

"Yes," Wang Dazhi responded, and the next moment, his tone was a little excited: "But fortunately, the West is not bright and the East is bright, Chairman, isn't the airworthiness certification work of our Tu-204 about to be completed, and now we have signed an order for 4 Tu-204s, as long as the entire airworthiness certification work is completed, and the type certificate and production license are obtained, we will be able to start construction immediately." ”

Of course, Chen Geng knows what these 4 Tu-204s are about, and they are prepared for the "Ferkang" system, although Chen Geng knows very well that the Americans will never sit idly by and watch the "Ferkang" system fall into China, and he has also implicitly warned before, but since he didn't believe it, he can't help it - as for these four Tu-204, Chen Geng believes that it will not be wasted, and it is a big deal to be converted into electronic warfare aircraft like the Tu-154M that was retired from civil aviation.

Suppressing this thought in his heart, Chen Geng asked Wang Dazhi: "Speaking of the Z-10, if I remember correctly, the foreign troops who came to China for a visit some time ago include Thailand, they can't afford the Yak-130, can they still afford the Z-510?"

As a professional gunship, the Z-10 is no cheaper than the Yak-130.

"It's not Thailand, it's our old friend," Wang Dazhi lowered his voice: "It's not ...... Aren't they enough cobras?"

Is it them?!

Chen Geng was stunned.