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Jiang Chen is still very clear about that matter, this is an event that can be said to be a symbol of the close interaction between our country and Lao Mei during the honeymoon period in the 80s, that is, a military trade between us and Lao Mei wants Lao Mei to buy a certain number of f_14 'Panda' fighters to consolidate the air defense system in the north. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, we considered various types of aircraft back then, including the French Mirage 2000, the 'Tornado' fighter, the 'Jaguar' attack aircraft, the f_16 and f_15 of the United States, the f_14 fighter and so on. Even the old US Secretary of Defense William once longed for the scene of our army's F-16 fighter planes intercepting the Su* bomber under the command of the E-3 early warning aircraft deployed by the US Air Force. Although this project is said to have been chosen by the Air Force in the end, it was already the end of the eighties at that time, and everyone knew everything after that, so the project ended regrettably.

However, although this matter has passed in a hurry with the loss of time, it is said that the reverie and speculation left for people have not been interrupted, especially in the major online military forums, there are many people discussing this matter. However, the focus of everyone's discussion was on the f_14 plane, thinking that this was a regret of our country at that time, and even some netizens said that if the f_14 was really introduced at that time, it would have a positive and far-reaching impact on our country's aviation industry. Because at that time, our country will have two completely different aircraft design systems at the same time, and we can completely absorb and learn from them, and then create our own unique aviation thought development system. In his previous life, Jiang Chen was a military fan who had been in the forum for a long time, so he was also very familiar with these remarks.

If our country wants to introduce f_14 fighters, it must first have advantages, otherwise the introduction of garbage will not become a purchase of foreign garbage? Of course, in the 80s, such things were not less, and many such jokes were made. Many netizens said that Lao Mei's retirement f_14 was a big failure, and the f_14 platform was much stronger than f_15 and f_16. But when you carefully study the contrast and believe the information, you will feel that this is not the case. Lao Mei's aviation has always been a model for the world, especially Lao Mei's f_22's almost anti-sky aviation hair, and it is even more dependent on this aviation hair to make f_22 prospered. However, the t_f_30-P-412 engine equipped with the early f_14_a is an exception, which is an emergency product, the cruising thrust of the t_f_30-P-412 engine is only 5.6 tons, the afterburner thrust is 9.5 tons, the engine weight is as high as 1.83 tons, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is only a pitiful 5.18 tons. Of course, at that time, even after a dozen years, it seemed to our country that it was quite advanced. After all, the Spey aero engine introduced by our country back then was similar, but the question is have you ever seen such a two-engine medium-thrust engine used in a heavy fighter? The Su-27 did not, and the f_15 did not, even if the two medium-engine engines used by the smaller MiG-29 were stronger than this, but people f_14 used them.

Moreover, no matter how good a thing is, you have to have a demand for it, otherwise you won't buy it. And in the '80s, did we have f_14 demand? The answer is yes. You must know that at the end of the 70s, after we began to fully turn to the West, we rejected the rapprochement proposed by the Soviet Union in the early 80s. I am afraid that the West will misunderstand that we are looking for a balance between the United States and the Soviet Union, which will offend the West, make us fall into passivity in international diplomacy, and then we will not be able to develop. And if we fall to the Western camp, then Su * will naturally not be polite to you. Their army in the north will oppress almost completely from the northwest to the northeast, and geographically we are very disadvantaged. On the other hand, it is precisely because we have contained a lot of the forces of the Soviet Union that this is why the West will generously assist us in Hemi, and want us to become cannon fodder to resist the huge monster of the Soviet Union. It's a pity that this cannon fodder is a little too unworthy locally, and the whole 80s didn't get more good things from the West.

As for the fight against the mighty Soviet*, in fact, we have been in full swing since the sixties, and you must know that the fortifications built to defend against it in the north have reached an astonishing level. And among the forces of strategic pressure on us by the Soviet Union, the backfire of the plan that we especially wanted to deal with the old American aircraft carriers in the later 90s and did not give them to 22_m Tsarist Russia can be described as an important force. At that time, the impact of the map 22_m on us was comprehensive, such as combat weapons, operational theory, and even personnel training, and so on, and in the exercises and training conducted by our air force throughout the 70s and mid-80s, almost the entire process was how to resist the "overwhelming" long-range air raids of the Soviet army. Under the premise that we lacked a better air defense system at that time, the supersonic penetration 22_m and the variety of high-speed air-to-surface missiles it carried were almost our nightmares.22_m And how could our poor j_7/8 deal with such a thing? According to the all-round backward air force at that time, it was simply impossible, and there was not even room for resistance.

And if you want to deal with the Tu 22_m and other long-range assault forces in the air of the Su-*, then the biggest shortcut is to get the corresponding interceptors from the West. At that time, I considered a lot of models, such as the one mentioned earlier, in fact, the most favorite of the Air Force and relevant departments at that time should be the French Mirage 2000, but the people made it clear that this friendship is expensive, and the business belongs to the business, so they refused to give in on the price. In fact, not only in this project, but also in France at that time, many projects were finally stranded because of price. Of course, this also has something to do with the poverty of our country at that time, so in Jiang Chen's opinion, some of the prices are a bit excessively low, so this is also one of the important reasons for the failure.

As for Lao Mei, there are three main models we like, that is, f_14, f_15, and f_16 fighters. Among them, the f_14 and f_15 fighters are twin-engine heavy fighters, while the f_16 are single-engine light fighters. At that time, because of the urgency of our country's need for new advanced fighters and the shortage of its own funds, it urgently needed a more excellent fighter. Under such thinking, there is no need to consider f_16 such a small thing as low-end goods, and the range of the a_i_m_7 Sparrow air-to-air missile carried by the f_15 is only 40 kilometers. On the other hand, f_14 is different, and its f_14 equipped with an AN/a_p_g-9 radar with a detection range of 190 kilometers and a range of up to 125 kilometers a_i_m_54 Immortal Bird missiles is a fairly good interceptor against the Tu 22_m. It is said that the Immortal Bird missiles of the United States and the United States were developed for the Backfire bomber, and some people have even calculated that theoretically, 4 f_14 carrying a total of 24 Immortal Bird missiles can guard against a surprise attack by a flying regiment of Tu 22_m (at that time 22_m, the map of the Far East of the Soviet Union was also on this scale). In addition, there is still demand in China's southern waters, and at that time, our j_7/8 could not cruise at all because of its limited range, and it was not until the advent of the H-6 that it could be regarded as cruising the southern seas. And as early as after the naval battles of the knightly era, we found that there was a lack of air cover in naval battles, which was also the root of the j_h_7 project. And if we could have had 6-8 f_14 cruising there back then, then our navy would have achieved more results in naval battles later, instead of being afraid of the Su-22 in the south and retreating early. (To be continued.) )