As he spoke, William Dunn led everyone to a huge hangar, and as soon as he entered the door, Chen Xu saw the ultimate goal of his trip, the XB-70 Valkyrie high-altitude high-speed strategic bomber!

The bomber was established in 1959, and its first flight began nearly six years later, and after its last test flight in 1969, it was declared to be dismounted for political and economic reasons, and the prototype was sent to the United States Air Force Museum for collection. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Valkyrie has always been a dream bomber in the eyes of military fans in later generations, a goddess of elegance in the air, and definitely not comparable to the stealth bomber that is so fat and ugly that B2 can break through the sky.

Although this bomber was dismounted ten years ago, its performance has been perfected, and even in later generations, it is a very technologically advanced bomber. During the Cold War, the US imperialists spent money on many technologically advanced weapons, most of which could not be equipped because of the high cost of construction, and in the end they had to be dismounted. However, these technological reserves have become the basis for US imperialism to maintain its scientific and technological superiority after the Cold War, and without these advanced technologies that were heavily invested in research and development, the United States would not have become the world's number one power.

"Ahh What a beautiful plane, there is no more beautiful and beautiful plane in the world...... Look at its slender nose, wide tail, and complete aerodynamic design, it can cruise at Mach 3, and even missiles can't catch up with her, only she is worthy of the name of a goddess. Chen Xu stood directly below the plane and looked up at the huge plane, opening his arms as if he wanted to hug this beautiful goddess.

"What kind of plane is this? The shape is quite novel, you look at it There are actually six engines behind it, no wonder the front is small and the back is so big. The eldest brother looked up at this pure white behemoth, there are very few people in China who know about this plane, so he doesn't have such a strong worship for this plane as Chen Xu.

"Big brother, you don't understand! This is the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber, a modern bomber capable of intercontinental bombing missions, with six YJ93 turbojet engines designed and manufactured by General Electric, each with a thrust of up to 14,000 kilograms. "Chen Xu has a lot of data about the Valkyrie, and he doesn't need to think about it.

"The total thrust of the six engines is more than 84,000 kilograms, and the fuel required for such a powerful thrust is probably not something that can be described by an oil tiger, and it is more appropriate to describe it as an oil dragon." The eldest brother pinched his chin and looked at Valkyrie's buttocks, and he keenly saw that the fuel consumption of this plane must not be simple.

"If you cruise at a supersonic speed of Mach 3, the fuel consumption of six engines per hour is 162 tons, but he can fly for at least half an hour in this high-speed cruising state. In order to deal with the Valkyrie, the Soviet Union developed a stainless steel high-altitude and high-speed interceptor MiG-25, this fighter is said to be able to reach a speed of Mach three, but the sustained ability is far from the same, if the Valkyrie and the MiG-25 competition, the MiG-25 fighter is to blow the chrysanthemum and can't keep up with the Valkyrie. Chen Xu also knew that the fuel consumption of the Valkyrie was indeed a problem, and the U.S. Emperor deliberately developed highly toxic high-energy boron-based fuel in order to feed the Valkyrie to increase the unit combustion power, so that his combat radius reached 7,900 kilometers, and it would not be difficult to make a round-the-world flight if refueling in the air.

"Such a powerful plane is really rare, why did you get off the plane? If it were placed in our country, it would be the main force of the strategic air force! Are Americans already rich to this extent? Such a good aircraft can be discarded. The eldest brother exclaimed, an advanced bomber of the Valkyrie level is simply a treasure in the palm of the air force, and it is impossible to let it dismount and place it in the museum.

"Big brother, do you know the cost of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States?" Chen Xu stroked Valkyrie's tires and sighed.

"I don't know much about this, it seems to be 500 million dollars a piece, in short, it is many times more expensive than all the warships of our navy combined." Chen Weiguo pouted, the previous national navy was really weak, all the warships added up to not only small tonnage, the cost may not exceed 100 million yuan, the equipment is so backward that even Wanwan dares to come over to bully us, in the lesson of the Vietnam Monkey War, we can only drive small boats and Yue Monkey warships in the South China Sea to play broadside battles, greeting with machine guns and grenades.

"Yes! The cost of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the US Navy is only 500 million US dollars, while the cost of this Valkyrie long-range bomber is 750 million US dollars, which means that one of these things is more expensive than an aircraft carrier, and two can build three aircraft carriers. Chen Xu bit his lip, although the Valkyrie is beautiful, but it is really piled up with real money, and the expensive cost is painful even for rich Americans.

The cost of the B2 stealth bomber in later generations plus the R&D cost is 2.2 billion US dollars, and if it is converted into the price of later generations, the cost of the Valkyrie is 7.5 billion US dollars! More than three times more expensive than the B2 stealth bomber.

The Valkyrie is very ostentatious when flying, especially when cruising at supersonic speeds, and the flames of the six engines make the bomber like a burning meteor across the sky, which is very spectacular, even without radar.

It's not that B2 is more advanced than the Valkyrie, but B2 is an invisible technology tree, and the Valkyrie climbs a high-altitude and high-speed technology tree.

And with the progress of science and technology, the cost of Valkyrie can also be reduced a lot, for example, the titanium alloy material used in the body is extremely expensive in this era, and it is difficult to process and make body parts, and it takes two years to polish and form. But if there is 3D printing technology, it will not be a problem, and titanium alloy parts can be made in two or three days, saving time and money.

Many technical problems at the time of the test flight are not difficult to solve with the progress of science, and the completed version of the Valkyrie can be developed.

However, the encounter of the Valkyrie in the sixties is a different scene, after the two prototypes came out, although they could fly, there were still many technical problems that had not been solved, and the United States Congress considered that the plane did not know how much money it would cost to study it again, and it was likely to become a bottomless pit, plus the second upgraded prototype was crashed by the 'F104 widow maker' in the test flight, and the expensive bomber was lost so easily, which became the reason for Congress to refuse to allocate research funds again, and the project was a foregone conclusion.

"Which country can afford such an expensive aircraft! In other words, we can't afford to buy such an aircraft with a year's worth of military spending. After Chen Weiguo heard the cost of the Valkyrie, he was speechless.

"It's a little more expensive, if you take it back and digest the technology well, you can still reduce the cost by putting it into mass production." Chen Xu swallowed his saliva, he was too obsessed with Valkyrie, and if he didn't bring her back for production, he would really bury such an excellent performance of this aircraft.

Today, when strategic intercontinental missiles can already carry out global nuclear strikes, the importance of the Valkyrie as an air nuclear strike force is not so prominent, especially the cruise missile technology has matured, and the United States can complete the bombing mission even with an old bomber like B52.

However, it is different in China, the flower grower does not have an intercontinental bomber, as a strategic bomber Valkyrie still has the value of existence, whether it is to mount bombs for precision bombing, or long-range cruise missiles can be launched, the Americans have developed several kinds of war bombing, some pick so the Valkyrie is abolished and don't care, the flower planter has nothing to play the role of the Valkyrie to the extreme.

"You still want to bring this plane back to mass production! Let's not talk about whether the Americans are willing to sell it, can we afford such an expensive bomber? Chen Weiguo shook his head, this kind of aircraft is too expensive, and it is definitely not something that the Air Force can afford to use in this period.

"The value of a strategic bomber cannot be measured by money, and now that science and technology are advancing so rapidly, the final cost of this aircraft will drop to about tens of millions of dollars, and it will definitely not be as exaggerated as 750 million US dollars." Chen Xu is very sure that the cost of the Valkyries will be reduced, and when the time comes, the existence of a large number of Valkyries will pose a threat to the world, no worse than a stealth bomber like B2.

William Dunn brought a ladder and let Chen Xu and others enter the Valkyrie to visit, and Chen Xu even climbed into the huge air intake of the plane to check, because the compressor technology inside is also extremely advanced, and the concept of waverider was introduced, so that the plane could reach 3 times the speed of sound cruise.

The technical difficulty of the Valkyrie can be called an alien technical level, and the Soviet Union also invested heavily in the T-4 similar bomber in order to catch up, but the maximum speed of the test flight did not exceed Mach 1.3, and four verification planes were dismantled without even flying, which was a complete waste.

The reason why Chen Xu wants Valkyrie is because she is very beautiful, and at the same time, the various high-tech inside it will make a leap forward in the improvement of the aircraft manufacturing technology of the flower family, and after absorbing these black technologies, it will not be too difficult to design similar bombers and fighters. And this is a plane dismounted by the US imperialists in the seventies, and Chen Xu's request for technology will not have much reaction from the US Congress, after all, those fat-bellied congressmen may not be able to recognize the technical value of Valkyrie, Chen Xu only needs to ask Allen to invite these congressmen to a meal, give a few famous watches and luxury cars or shares of large Wall Street companies, I believe they will not hesitate to pass the approval, so that Chen Xu can easily take away the plane that has been placed in the museum for ten years.

In addition to the Valkyrie, Chen Xu also has a target is the B1A strategic bomber, this kind of aircraft is the prototype of the later B-1B Lancer, now this aircraft has been dismounted, but it will soon be put back into mass production, Chen Xu hopes to take advantage of this window period to see if he can get the technology! (To be continued.) )