Volume VII Chapter 916 A Discussion of the Condor Fighter
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When the results of the final data report of the last few surnames of the 'Divine Condor' fighter came out, Li Mo's mouth was a little closed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At an altitude of 44 kilometers, where the test flight was highest, the speed of the Condor fighter exceeded Mach 6.
And this data is only the data of the test flight stage, and it is certainly not the standard data of the 'Condor' fighter, nor is it the limit data.
But for Li Mo, this number is already able to tell a lot.
"Well done!" Li Mo patted Xu Dong's shoulder again and praised loudly. It's not just the scientific research department that's under pressure, he, the Somali military leader, is even more under pressure from the 'thorn in the eye and thorn in the flesh' of Western countries.
Under Li Mo's praise, Xu Dong rarely showed a trace of shyness, which made the others laugh secretly.
When the 'Condor' demonstrator plane landed, a large group of people rushed up in various support vehicles, and the test pilot Karim was put on a stretcher by several doctors and rushed to the infirmary of the base, and they had to conduct a comprehensive examination of Karim's physical condition, so as to get the changes and effects of the pilot's body after the plane.
However, in the telescope, Li Mo saw the helplessness and depression on Karim's face, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. It seems that this guy's body has not reacted abnormally, otherwise it would not be this expression.
"Falcon, go get the cafeteria ready, and let Karim come over when he's done checking it out."
Li Mo, who was in a good mood, did not forget his previous promise to invite guests to dinner, although it was 'borrowing flowers to offer Buddha', but this meaning was just expressed.
In an officer's cafeteria at the airborne forces base, several tables are full of all kinds of food, most of which are taken from the local area, Somalia is rich in animal husbandry and fishery resources, and the army generally eats very well, not only because Li Mo is willing to spend money, but because in Somalia, a sheep and a few fish are very cheap.
Li Mo walked into this restaurant accompanied by a group of high-ranking generals, came to a table and looked at the food on it, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Karim, today you are wet, you are usually used to eating nutritious meals and three dishes and one soup, today we can let go of our hands and feet and eat eight dishes and one soup at a time."
Because Li Mo and the experts are all Chinese, they are naturally keen on Chinese food, and this tradition was slowly learned by others during the Paraming cooking army period, and today's high-level members of the National Defense Force, if they don't eat a few meals of Chinese food every month, they are embarrassed to say that they are Li Mo's descendants.
Although Li Mo never cared about this, he acquiesced. He believes that there is nothing wrong with these officers taking Chinese food as a way of allegiance, at least it shows that these people have the intention of 'following' Li Mo.
Karim, who was dressed in a black captain's uniform, scratched his scalp and smiled, everyone here has a higher rank than him, and he is naturally not easy to interject casually as a subordinate.
Because many of the people here are Muslims, there is no alcohol on the table, and they all use a popular drink in the local area, camel milk tea. In the army, there is a special milk tea for officers and soldiers.
"Come, let's make a toast to our hero pilot." Li Mo's position here was the highest, and he first raised his glass and proposed.
Speaking the word hero, Karim's face turned red, because his complexion was relatively light, and the blush was not easy to see.
But Karim is still very proud and excited that he was able to test fly the first 'nuclear-powered hypersonic aircraft' in the history of human aviation.
This is an honor that will surely be recorded in the annals of human aviation.
"Karim, tell me what it's like to fly at Mach 6 at an altitude of more than 40 kilometers?" Brigadier General Assad, the deputy commander of the Air Force, liked this unlucky pilot the most, and he didn't care about the occasion here, he put his arm around Karim's shoulder and asked with a smile.
This question is not only Assad, but also Li Mo and the others are full of curiosity. Li Mo felt that he had enough experience, but he had never piloted an airplane himself, let alone flying at six times the speed of sound at an altitude of more than 40 kilometers.
Kareem felt a little embarrassed to be stared at by so many eyes, hesitated for a long time, and said, "I don't feel anything. ”
Belch...... This answer stunned everyone. They thought that Karim would answer 'exciting', 'nervous' or something like that, and it was not surprising that even a few thrilling words would come up, but they didn't expect it to be such an answer, which made no difference in answering 'boring to death'.
"Hehe, I didn't go up, but I can understand why Karim feels the way he does." At this time, Xu Dong, the person in charge of the 'space fighter' development team, interjected with a smile, "According to the design, after the plane breaks through to an altitude of 35 kilometers, the plane begins to autopilot, and what the pilot has to do is to keep an eye on the radar and conserve physical strength. ”
At an altitude of 40 kilometers, there is no need to worry about an enemy plane suddenly appearing in other directions, nor do you have to worry about a missile being fired from that direction, and even if it is locked by a missile, there is an automatic warning system on the plane, and there is a fully automatic laser anti-missile system. At this altitude, the driver really doesn't have much to do, all they need is to keep in touch with the base at all times, and possibly to maintain radio silence in wartime. What they have to do is to ensure that the aircraft flies over the intended target, or lower the height to hit the enemy plane, or drop bombs and so on.
For the 'Condor' fighters, high-altitude penetration is the most basic and simplest tactic.
And it is also very important to preserve the physical strength of the pilot, because according to the design, the pilot of the 'Condor' fighter plane in this kind of ultra-high-altitude and ultra-high-speed driving, the body load is also very large, even with the development of Li Mo, but this is not a lot of aircraft or pilots only need a few seconds and tens of seconds of physical load when doing some difficult maneuvers, but a may be in the air for more than ten hours. This puts a lot of energy and physiological strain on pilots.
In order to conserve physical strength, it is a key point in the design to reduce the pilot's brains and hands as much as possible in a safe environment.
Only in this way, when entering the air raid air battle, the pilot will have enough energy to face every difficulty on the battlefield.
"Haha, now that there is a 'Condor', in the future, it doesn't matter what 'Falcon' type, bumblebee, 'eagle' type, 'Raptor' and the like, you can kill as many as you want." Brigadier General Assad, deputy commander of the Air Force, is now the most proud and happy one.
It can't be said that he is arrogant, and anyone who controls such an incredible air force force may have such thoughts and mentality like him.
Li Mo smiled and did not refute Assad's words, but he pointed out, "We can't just have planes, we also need to strengthen training, and we also need to do a good job in weapons and other logistical support." ”
"What the commander said is that although our national defense forces have made great progress in some aspects, they still have great shortcomings compared with Western countries, and in terms of weapons, Western countries have formed all kinds of systematization, and we are still lagging behind others in this regard, and we are still in a stage of imitation research and development." Major General Hussein, the chief of the General Staff who had not spoken, nodded when he heard this.
Xu Dong, the person in charge of the research and development of the 'space fighter', said, "At present, we have a complete plan for the weapon matching of the 'Condor' fighter, including aircraft over-the-horizon strikes and close-range horizontal combat missiles, all kinds of precision-guided bombs and missiles, from conventional ammunition to nuclear bombs, there is a detailed development plan, and now we have solved part of it, and some of it is being intensified. When the Condor fighter is equipped with troops, weapons can also be produced. ”
"And logistics supply, this is a relatively large system engineering, not only related to the aircraft ammunition supply, parts maintenance, etc., but also including electronic countermeasures support, satellite ground guidance support, and so on. If you want to perfect it, it will take at least a few years. ”
After a meal, the time is already evening. Li Mo and the others did not immediately go to rest, but held a meeting in a conference room.
The theme of the meeting was the opinion of Air Force Deputy Commander Assad on the construction of the strategic air force.
The test flight of the 'Divine Eagle' fighter was successful, and it is believed that it will soon be finalized and produced, so what position will the 'Divine Eagle' fighter occupy in the future Somali Air Force? How to use this special air force effectively?
Taken together, the 'Condor' fighter can be regarded as a 'multi-role aircraft' in the true sense of the word, which includes territorial air defense, seizing air supremacy in the theater, supporting ground attacks, carrying out strategic cruises, and even carrying out strategic strike combat missions.
Not to mention Somalia, there is no such model in the world that can cover the use of the 'Condor' fighter jet, which requires innovation and research and discussion.
And it is conceivable that in the coming period, conventional fighters, such as the 'Su-27SS', will definitely not be decommissioned, and how to coordinate operations between the two is an urgent problem to be solved.
"First of all, I would like to mention that on the issue of the price of the 'Condor' fighter, the airline has done a survey and came to a conclusion that if we purchase less than 20 aircraft, the unit price will exceed 200 million US dollars, which does not calculate the design cost, only the cost of material production. If the purchase of more than 20 aircraft less than 50, the unit price will be reduced to 175 million US dollars, more than 50, if the current industrial system does not change, that is, some technologies do not change the revolutionary surname, the unit price will reach the lowest, that is, the production cost of each fighter is 148 million US dollars, more than the production cost of the F-22 fighter, and the production cost of the F-22 fighter can be calculated from the previous development costs. Colonel An Li, the general manager of the airline, asked a question that several people were reluctant to mention.
(To be continued)