The modern history of the tragedy of South Africa, if you really want to complain, it is three days that the three masters can not finish, only with the words "mourn its misfortune, anger its indisputable" may be able to describe, so it is the most appropriate, but to say whether this kind of tragedy can be avoided, it seems that there is no reason.

Fortunately, at present, South Africa still has some strength, no matter how it can be regarded as a developed country, there are outstanding places in the field of military industry, and there are also some huge weaknesses, and it is this kind of "gap between the rich and the poor" that makes it possible for South Africa to secretly cooperate with the military industry of the Republic.

"I don't know whether South Africa has a military aircraft project under development, but I think that with your country's current severe military pressure and international military equipment procurement environment, independent development of military aircraft is the only choice, I understand the difficulties of the aviation manufacturing industry, and I believe that South Africa will need some cooperation from the outside. Of course, Wang Zhengguo knows the history of South Africa's military industrial development, and also knows that South Africa is currently embarking on the renewal of military fighters, but he can't say these things now.

As the external procurement contact of Amsco, he must always adapt to the specific situation of the South African military industry, and Bron does not feel that there is much hope for Wang Zhengguo's statement, but out of curiosity about the mysterious power from the East.

In the end, I still have the mentality of giving it a try: "Do you know the French Mirage series fighter? That is, the Mirage III fighter, we in South Africa have authorized the manufacture and equipment of this aircraft, and now we are ready to upgrade and improve it, if you want to cooperate in this area, please ask what technical support you can provide." ”

Before South Africa was sanctioned, like other non-NATO and Warsaw Pact countries, it purchased a large number of French Mirage series, and after being sanctioned, based on the existing Mirage III fighter to upgrade its technology, it should also be regarded as a short-term project.

If after another 20 years, if you want to upgrade the old aircraft of the Mirage III, Wang Zhengguo will not hesitate to accept the intention of cooperation, and then hand it over to Pakistan, if you want to say which country in the world plays the most slippery with the Mirage III series, Pakistan will definitely be able to rank in the top three, that is, it can repair and upgrade the retired second-hand scrap machine, and rejoin the existence of front-line combat troops.

Pakistan purchased less than 50 Mirage 3 fighters from the formal channels of the French company Dassault, and at its peak, the Pakistani army was equipped with a total of about 300 Mirage 3 series, and all of these extra fighters were picked up and re-overhauled and upgraded, so as to reach the second-generation and a half-generation combat level.

It's a pity that Pakistan is now busy receiving American-made F-16, and has been deeply infatuated with this kind of American aircraft, he never thought that one day he would run to collect the rags, and even the existing Mirage III has no heart to overhaul and upgrade, after all, the new J-7M series fighters of the Republic 123 Factory have good combat capabilities, and the price is cheap, and it doesn't cost a few more money than the three major repairs and upgrades of the Phantom.

As for relying on the ability of the Republic to help South Africa achieve the upgrade and improvement of the Mirage III, it is indeed a bit unreliable, and the upgrading and improvement of ordinary aircraft is nothing more than the installation of more advanced avionics and weapon systems, and the Republic may not have much good results in these two aspects.

Scratching his head a little embarrassedly: "Upgrading the Phantom III fighter is generally an upgrade of avionics, radar, and weapon systems, and our technology in these aspects still has some good things, but the military does not export them, and the technology that can be exported may not be much higher than the current technology of the Phantom III, so we are really not good at cooperating in these aspects, but there is one thing you have to believe that in terms of power system, there is still a lot to be done between the two sides." ”

For some countries with a relatively relaxed and friendly environment for international arms procurement, of course, they can choose to purchase engines from major countries in the aviation industry, such as: the Great Universe Country, the Noodle Country, the Third Brother, and so on, and these countries can easily purchase advanced foreign aero engines by developing the aviation industry.

Because the Republic was sanctioned, it was unable to get first-class aero engines from Western countries, that is, after the relationship with Maozi improved, it was able to buy a usable engine, and South Africa, which was also sanctioned by Western countries, could not get more advanced aero engines.

In the 80s, as far as the general level of the whole world is concerned, although a large number of third-generation turbofans have been launched one after another, those things are the top military technology of the R&D country, which can really be sold on the market, and the engines used on a large scale around the world are still second-generation turbojets and turbofans. In this regard, the domestic imitation of the turbojet 7/13 can barely be used one or two, and the heart disease has not yet been known to everyone.

Originally, the Republic was mysterious to the outside world, and it was also one of the five hooligans of the United Nations, and its military scale was one of the best, although most of the air force equipment was old models, but people said that it was only cooperation in the field of aviation launch, and perhaps we could look forward to it.

Upgrading the existing Mirage III fighter was an excessive plan for military fighters in South Africa in the early eighties, but this upgrade actually has two steps, one is to upgrade the existing model, and the other is to use the drawings of the Mirage III fighter purchased earlier by South Africa to directly develop the ultimate magic model of the Mirage III: the Mirage 2000 according to the technical route taken by the French.

Later, the reason why the South African version of the Mirage 2000 plan was not implemented was more because South Africa could not get a qualified high-thrust aero engine, and only the Atta 9K-50 turbojet engine on hand could not reach the same level as the M53 in terms of thrust, fuel consumption, and thrust-to-weight ratio, and his military aviation manufacturing heart disease was more serious than that of the Republic.

If we can get an excellent aero engine in this mysterious eastern country, then many problems can be easily solved: "Aero engine? If we can provide an aero engine with excellent performance, it is also great, as long as it can meet our needs, money is not a problem." ”

As a well-known country of gold, South Africa is a developed country, the money in hand will never be less, in order to cope with the severe national defense military pressure, spend a huge amount of money on research and development, purchase, modification, production and other means, in the last face did complete the Mirage three upgrades, but the cost is very touching, he modified an aircraft cost almost twice as much as the purchase of a new Mirage 2000.

In the environment of sanctions, this is the price that South Africa must pay, and it also shows its spirit of sparing no expense in order to realize the modernization of national defense and military equipment.

"Regarding the power system, do you know that when the UK was purchasing fighter jets, Dassault launched a Mirage 3K with Spey 202 engine, if you plan to rely on the existing Mirage 3 technology upgrade on the basis of the Mirage 3, improve a new model comparable to the Mirage 2000, Spey 202 is currently the most reliable and feasible choice, and I happen to have this engine at hand. ”