Half a year to squeeze out an order for 24 J-18, which is already quite a remarkable achievement, in the eyes of the army at this time, it is simply timely rain, is the existence of this savior, so that by the end of the entire 95 years, AVIC Southwest can deliver 48 J-18 series of multi-role fighters, but also need to add 76 No. 10 fighters to be delivered, a total of hundreds of third-generation aircraft. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This does not take into account the Su-27 fighter jets imported from Russia before, and the J-11 that will begin to be assembled in the future, plus dozens of lightning planes before, then it can be regarded as a quasi-third-generation fighter, and the improved J-82 fighter produced by Fengtian also has a certain combat capability, and it will not fall too far behind if it is said to have a trick with the Mirage 2000 air combat, so the aviation is also considered to be the top combat power in the entire East Asian region in terms of scale and quality.

So for the newly extruded 24 J-18 fighters, there is no need to be more eccentric to which side, Liu xxx also directly gave a solution: "To be able to squeeze out the production capacity of 24 aircraft, this is already very good, I think this aircraft is needed by the Navy and Air Force now, since the previous 24 orders are 12 of each of your Navy and Air Force, then now these 24 are also evenly distributed between the Navy and the Air Force, and by the end of the year, it is necessary to ensure the size of the Navy and the Air Force each with a full flight regiment." ”

There is nothing to dispute about this attitude of equal distribution, and the position of the entire J-18 fighter in the navy and air force is absolutely irreplaceable, and the powerful attack capability with the ultra-long range is a popular existence wherever it is placed.

The military can complete the distribution of orders to everyone's satisfaction, but the problem of the southwest side of AVIC can not be said to be solved in this way, especially the J-18 in the southwest of AVIC in the original plan, it is said that it is not enough to have an excellent airframe platform, only after the supporting weapons and ammunition are completed, the J-18 at this time can be said to have the goal when this aircraft was developed.

For example, the J-18's combat capability against the sea has not yet been fully formed at this time, and Yang Hui also feels that it is time to knock and knock: "Regarding the J-18's ground-to-ground, anti-air, and electronic warfare capabilities, they are now fully equipped with relevant combat effectiveness, but the YJ-18 anti-ship missile we planned at the beginning has not yet been able to complete the finalization work, so we hope that the military can come forward to urge the space port side." ”

Although the YJ-18 project was originally a design idea proposed by Yang Hui, considering that the aviation port did not have much experience in the development of anti-ship missiles, the army finally chose to hand over the entire project to the aerospace port, and the project included the YJ-18 and the Changjian 10 missiles developed in parallel, and these two projects were also all handed over to the aerospace port.

It's just that for various reasons, in the development of the YJ-18, the whole project is not too smooth, because the sub-super combination emphasized in the development of the project is a major technical difficulty, plus it is necessary to achieve the maximum common use with the ground subsonic cruise missile on the missile body, so a lot of time has been spent on technical research, and after the progress has been slowed down, it has eventually led to various problems now.

The progress of the YJ-18 was delayed, which was tolerable, and these problems could have been solved in the second half of 96 according to the plan, and the final weapons test work had begun to be delivered to the J-18, but in terms of the current combat environment faced by the navy, AVIC Southwest, as the main provider of naval aviation equipment, it was necessary to quickly solve the problem of the YJ-18 missile, so even if he complained in front of the big leaders at this time, Yang Hui did not hesitate.

Of course, it is not unselfish to say that Yang Hui's complaint is not unselfish, after all, considering that this opportunity is quite rare, if the navy's J-18 unit can be equipped with such a big killing weapon as the YJ-18, and then it will be able to give two more rounds to the warship on the other side of the ditch, I am afraid that as far as the combination of the Asian and super-super defense shown by the YJ-18 is concerned, as long as there is no problem with the missile itself, it is not impossible to break out no less than the big upset of Iraq's sneak attack on the coalition fleet back then.

But in any case, it is an eternal truth that can only be tested by a brutal war to test the combat capability of a costly military weapon, and that a great victory is also the best advertisement for weapons, and this is the eternal truth, whether it was before, in the past, or in the future.

It is precisely for this reason that it is now necessary to use the YJ-18 to match the J-18, although the use of the C-802 missile in the navy's current arsenal can also have a certain combat capability in the face of the navy on the other side of the ditch, but as a product of the subsonic sea-skimming anti-ship idea, although the entire family of this type of missile is still welcomed by many countries, in the international market, it is the international military procurement market for anti-ship missiles together with the French Exocet missile.

But as an idealistic and ambitious arms dealer, how can you still hold on to the old-fashioned thoughts, the so-called good horse with a good saddle, J-74 / Lightning These fighters are equipped with C-801/802 series is the most suitable choice, but the J-18, which is more powerful in terms of payload capacity and range, must also need to introduce a new high-end anti-ship missile, otherwise how can it be worthy of the noble identity of J-18.

All right! In fact, it is not that only the Eagle Strike 18 can be worthy of the noble identity of the J-18, but that only the expensive price of the Eagle Strike 18 can be worthy of the noble identity of the Gulf oil tyrants, although these big dogs do not need too high requirements in anti-ship operations, but as long as the Eagle Strike 18 results are achieved, then in line with the principle of the best dogs, it is not to be slaughtered!

Even as long as the big dog is willing to pay for it, when the time comes, the twin twin sword 10 of the Eagle Strike 18 will be improved in a monkey version, sacrificing the range in exchange for the charge and weight of the missile, as long as the missile is controlled at a range of 300km, it is simple to export it.

Yang Hui knew anyway that since the nineties, cruise missiles have been indispensable standard configurations for both medium and heavy fighters on military sales, and the juniors of the Su-27 have been paired with the land attack cruise version of the club missile when they are sold; The Typhoon/Rafale fighters are equipped with Storm Shadows; As for the United States, not to mention, all kinds of cruise missiles are emerging one after another.

AVIC Southwest is determined to take a share of the cake in the world's most advanced military fighter market, so it is necessary to equip the J-18 with a land-attack cruise missile as standard, as for whether anyone can afford to buy and use it, this is probably another matter, at least the J-18 is a weapon with this configuration, and it will not lose points in the export market. (To be continued.) )