Chapter 121: Strategic Bombers
Chen Xu really wants to engage in strategic bombers, but as a vehicle that can drop nuclear bombs, no country will sell it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhen the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia was so hungry that it had no food to eat, and it didn't think about selling even a bomber to China.
You must know that the Air Force coveted the Soviet Tu-160 strategic bomber back then, and in order to introduce this white swan, it even reached the point of sparing the cost, and used all kinds of tricks, and the hungry big hair with green eyes was unmoved.
What can't be obtained in history, Chen Xu probably won't be able to buy it in the future. For the sake of the domestic long-range strategic bomber in the future, it is always right to prepare the engine in advance for a rainy day. You must know that whether it is the later B-1B bomber or the legendary B2 ghost bomber, it is equipped with General Electric's F101 aero engine, although the power system of the two war bombers must have changed in details, but the main structure will not change much.
Although we don't have long-range strategic bombers, we still have medium-range strategic bombers like the H-6!
If you replace it with a new avionics system, data link, replace lightweight composite materials to reduce the weight of the fuselage, strengthen the fuselage structure, and then cooperate with the high-thrust F101 aero engine, the bomb load, speed, and range can get a qualitative leap after modification, and the performance will not be a problem if you fly for another 30 years.
In the early 70s, the country also thought about developing a long-range strategic bomber, which was actually to enlarge the H-6 in situ, so the technical requirements and production process were not difficult. However, the long-range combat bombing project and the Yun-10 project at that time conflicted, and the country could not support two large aircraft projects at the same time, coupled with the enlarged version of the H-6, the performance of the build would be very backward.
"Ah...... Bomber! I want an oversized bomber! As soon as he thought that the country now has no strategic bombers, and the troika of nuclear deterrence to defend the country is missing a leg, Chen Xu felt panicked, and now even if there is an enlarged version of the H-6, he can talk about comfort.
In the small room, Chen Xu's eyes flickered with the starry sky outside the window, there were many abandoned bombers after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and it was not difficult to get a few of them. Even if you can't get the prototype, the drawings are no problem, and when the time comes, you can go to the aircraft design bureau of the Soviet Union and pour a few bottles of Moutai for the designers, not to mention the design drawings, and the designers can pack them and ship them back to China.
But that was ten years later, and he couldn't satisfy Chen Xu's empty heart now, just like he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, he wanted to get a strategic bomber for the country immediately and complete the troika.
This matter has to fall into the hands of the US imperialists, after all, the Americans have been dizzy by Chen Xulian's deception, and if they deceive the technology of a strategic bomber, I believe they will not have too fierce reactions.
If Chen Xu insists on wanting it, or if the price he pays is high enough, such as coming up with advanced technology of the same level like the V22 Osprey, the Pentagon should readily agree to give China a few B52 stratofortresses. The design of this war-bombardment developed in the forties is full of the characteristics of that era, rough and practical, and although the eight engines consume an astonishing amount of fuel, they have a combat radius of 7,000 kilometers and can carry out intercontinental missions.
However, B52 can't satisfy Chen Xu's appetite, after all, B52 is too old, and the production line has been closed for many years. If China were to introduce this kind of long-range bombardment and rebuild its production line, it would be more cost-effective to develop a new aircraft. Besides, the positioning and use of this aircraft can no longer meet the requirements of the Chinese Air Force, and it is okay to bomb a small country with weak air defense forces, but the combat cost is too expensive and not cost-effective.
And against superpowers like the United States and the Soviet Union, B52 is too backward, and the air defense firepower of these two countries is too terrifying, and there is no possibility of coming back if they fly out.
If it is not high or low, it is difficult to hide the fate of being eliminated.
China already has the Y-10 project, has the ability to develop large aircraft, plus the C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft and C130 transport aircraft previously imported from the US imperialists, with so many objects that can be reversely studied, there is no technical problem for China to re-develop a war bomber like the B52. As the domestic industrial system begins to fully modernize, it will only become easier and easier to build large aircraft, and the reason why it is not built is only because the cost is not cost-effective.
In view of the future international environment, stealth bombers are the mainstream!
Speaking of stealth bombers, the F117 should have been finalized by now, and the prototypes are estimated to have begun to fly test. As the first stealth bomber, the excellent performance of the F117 has made the US Air Force's worship of stealth performance advanced to the level of obsession, and all their fighters are designed for stealth in the future.
For more than ten years after that, the United States regarded the F117 Nightingale as a treasure, and even kept its existence secret, releasing a lot of smoke bombs to mislead the world that such fighters did not exist at all.
However, in Chen Xu's eyes, F117 is really not much advanced, with the development of radar technology, it is not difficult to detect it, losing the protection of stealth, like this kind of complex maintenance, complex and ugly aerodynamic appearance, no maneuverability of the aircraft, even not as good as B52.
As for the B2 strategic stealth bomber, it is still in the concept, and the development program has just been launched, and even the drawings may not be designed.
As the most advanced strategic bomber in the world, even the Chinese anti-terrorist network of later generations cannot guarantee that it will be detected. One of the best aspects of this bomber is its long range, which can take off from the United States and strike any target around the world within 24 hours. And with its super stealth ability, it does not need fighter escort to dare to go to the banquet to bomb the target alone, and the other two combat bombardments of the US imperialism B52 and B-2 do not have the guts, and small countries with a little anti-terrorism ability can pose a threat to these two aircraft.
If a strategic bomber is shot down by a small country with an old Soviet anti-aircraft missile, then the myth of stealth created by the US imperialists spending huge military spending will be shattered, and the whole world will see the jokes of the US imperialists.
At that time, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia carefully planned to shoot down an F117 Nightingale with an operation to wait for the rabbit, and the whole world was watching to see how the United States would deal with this matter.
The U.S. imperialists had no ground forces at that time, so they could only send fighter planes to blow up the wreckage of the F117 crash and smash it.
But the matter is not over, China was still very hungry for stealth materials at that time, and our three CIA agents obtained the intact fragments and brought them back to the embassy, and everyone knows the next thing, the US imperialists sent B2 to bomb our embassy, and openly said that it was blown up by mistake with the wrong map.
Dispatch a strategic artifact like B2 to bomb a building, and say that it was blown up by mistake, who would believe it?
It is impossible for Chen Xu to want B2, unless Chen Xu can participate in the design, otherwise the US imperialist will definitely not make any exchange for this advanced weapon.
The B2 was expensive not because of how good the plane was, but because in the face of the Soviet threat, the Pentagon was ready to build hundreds of B2s. As a result, the Soviet Union fell, and the B2 lost its usefulness, so in order to save money, the Pentagon built 21 planes and closed the production line, so each aircraft had to convert the cost of the production line into it, resulting in the unit price of this aircraft as high as 2.4 billion US dollars, in fact, half of the money for the production line.
Therefore, Chen Xu's target is the long-range strategic bomber B-1A that has just been dismounted, but the US imperialists will soon restart this project and develop the famous B1-B strategic bomber on this basis.
Or another more legendary dismounted project, the XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic long-range strategic bomber, this model of bomber was discontinued after only two prototypes, making military fans sigh.
Both the B-1A and the XB-70 are the crystallization of the comprehensive technology of the American aviation industry, as long as any of them are introduced, they are studied and localized after they are brought back, and finally they continue to upgrade and evolve, imagine that in ten years, it can become the guardian saint of China and contribute to the country's nuclear security.
If you want to get the bomber project launched by the US imperialists, you must first want to indulge in it, Chen Xu wants to come up with the bomber technology that the Americans don't have now, so that they know that China actually has research and development capabilities, but it is only subject to the backward industry in the country and cannot build good aircraft, so it needs to import a production line.
So going around and around, Chen Xu still had to draw the drawings first, and then take the drawings and go to the American imperialists to exchange the B-1A or Valkyrie design drawings.
As an old acquaintance, when Chen Xu wants to design Americans, he will definitely call Bush Sr. as soon as possible and ask this guy to help contact and promote the war to China.
When Chen Xu went to the eldest brother's room to pick up the phone and call the United States, Bush Sr. happened to be playing golf with the Secretary of State. When the phone called, Bush Sr. showed impatience and asked the secretary to hang up the phone and not bother him to play ball. However, after the secretary explained that the call was from Chen Xu, the old guy had to put down the bat and go to the room to answer the phone.
"Chen! It's a pleasure to talk to you again, it's late at night over there, right? Is there something big about calling me so late? "Bush Sr. is a very sensitive person, and before Chen Xu started, he already realized that the other party had something important to say.
"Mr. Bush, we are all old friends and do not beat around the bush. I want to make a deal with the Pentagon! "Chen Xu's trick is to attack the west, ostensibly for something else, but in fact for the bomber.
"Doing business? What advanced technology do you have in your hands, you need to make a bid with the Ministry of Defense to buy your technology! The elder Bush was surprised at first, and then calmly asked. (To be continued.) )