No matter how good the performance of the aircraft is, it is just a vehicle of weapons, as strong as the American-made F14 to Iran, after more than ten years of sanctions, the inventory of weapons and missiles is exhausted, and the combat effectiveness can only be hehe.

As for the fact that the Iranians themselves opened their minds and put the Hawk anti-aircraft missile on the F14 to replace the AIM54 Immortal long-range air-to-air missile, although it sounds feasible, no one knows what the actual combat effectiveness will look like.

The current J-74 is also just a weapon delivery platform, and it also needs powerful airborne weapons to play a role, which is also the key point mentioned by Commander Liu.

The development of airborne weapons in the airborne republic, like the military fighters of the republic, also lagged behind the mainstream of the international mainstream in the 80s, but the good situation is that the weapons used for the supporting J-74 have been landed.

For example, when Yang Hui heard Commander Liu's weapon system here, he remembered one thing, it has been nearly two years since the last time he paid attention to this matter, and he didn't know what the situation was.

Thinking of that thing in his heart, his expression naturally changed a little, and he asked Commander Liu a little unnaturally.

"Commander Liu, when it comes to weapon systems, I would like to ask the advanced medium-range air-to-air missile introduction project team that went to the Feanborough Air Show with us in 84, what is the progress now, it has been almost two years?"

The introduction of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles is to support the Blue Fox radar introduced from the United Kingdom, this small-caliber radar has the ability to guide medium-range bombs, Yang Hui has no intention of wasting it, of course, there are plans to match the J-82.

At the Farnborough Air Show in September '84, the project team came into contact with the original Sky Flash Missile of the Blue Fox Radar. and the Aspide missile developed by the Italian company Alenia, but due to lack of funds, it was finally changed to just introduce the weakness of the domestic market: the missile seeker and the engine.

The next thing. But due to the end of the air show, Yang Hui left in a hurry. There is no further in-depth attention, and now in the past two years, the J-74 has to say that it is ready to prepare the weapon system, and then I remembered this project.

Hearing Yang Hui talk about advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, Chief Engineer Yu, Director Bai, and Commander Liu all had expressions that I understood, especially Commander Liu, who knew more about medium-range air-to-air missiles.

"The young man is good, he can think of medium-range air-to-air missiles for the first time, and I also know that your Southwest Science and Industry was also involved in the early introduction of this air-to-air missile at that time. I will not hide it from you. In fact, after you left, the project was discussed in less than ten days, and the final result was that Marconi of the United Kingdom won the project, and the project was worth $20 million. ”

Hearing this, Yang Hui was also surprised, as if the price had been cut to $18 million when he left, why did it finally rise to $20 million? Is there anything unsavory in this, this kind of off-the-plate trick may really be possible.

Seeing that General Liu's words didn't seem to be finished, Yang Hui continued to listen patiently. Only then did I realize that it was not at all the situation I imagined.

"Marconi's offer is $3 million higher than Italy's $17 million, but Marconi offered to assist us in missile research and development, and gradually increase the localization of the seeker within five years, and finally complete localization by 8*9 years ago."

One more than three million dollars can be so many more supporting services. Even fools know that they don't lose money.

apologized silently in his heart, and then said, "It's a good thing, with the help of Marconi to participate in the development of the missile." These three million are definitely not a loss, but I don't know where the current progress is? Is it possible to mount our J-74 missiles on time? ”

This question asked the voices of all the people in the Southwest Science and Industry Knowing. Among them, the chief engineer was the most excited, and a group of people looked at Commander Liu silently. Just waiting for Commander Liu to solve the mystery.

Commander Liu is quite concerned about the new medium-range air-to-air missile, after all, this missile has more to do with the navy.

"The introduced seeker and engine were handed over to the Modu Aerospace Research Institute, and with the assistance of Marconi, a new medium-range air-to-air missile will be developed, and a large number of pre-research results of the Hongqi 64 project will be used. Now we are concentrating on the development of an air-to-air type, codenamed Thunderbolt 11, and the first batch of eggs will be produced in two months. ”

Hearing Commander Liu's answer, Yang Hui finally reassured that the medium-range air-to-air missile still made great progress, and according to the progress just mentioned, there is no problem for this missile to be installed on time with the J-74.

"This is really excellent news, using the seeker developed by Marconi for the Sky Flash Missile, the Blue Fox radar used by our J-74 will definitely be able to effectively guide this missile, as long as the army needs it, we will definitely do a good job of joint debugging of this missile and the fighter."

In the development of air-to-air missiles, after the production of sample bombs, they will be installed on fighter planes to carry out a series of tests, and dozens of missiles must be fired, and finally the required data can be measured.

It is not enough to cooperate with the development of the missile; after the missile is successfully developed, it is necessary to install it on the aircraft for joint commissioning, design a suitable fire control system, and balance the overall center of gravity of the aircraft

For example: "The medium-range air-to-air missile is put aside in advance, and it has little to do with you for the time being, what you have to do now is to complete the fire control joint debugging of the J-74's close-range combat missile, and we have prepared a new close-range fighting egg, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first in the world, and you must do this job well." ”

Speaking of which, Yang Hui knew what Commander Liu was talking about, it must be the Thunderbolt 8 missile, this missile is called Monster Snake 3 in its hometown of Israel, and it is definitely a world-class combat missile.

This missile has a brilliant record in operations in the Middle East, shooting down and damaging 50 local fighters in a war, which is definitely quite a remarkable record, and it is fully worthy of Commander Liu's words.

Strange snake 3 close-range fighting eggs to China is quite smooth, 82 began to negotiate with Israel, and the progress is quite fast, 83 years on the J-72 for the first time modified this missile, this missile modification Yang Hui can be regarded as all the way over.

Naturally, I know that the J-72 modified missile is not very successful, and the J-72H model, which was originally equipped with this missile, will be ready for production at the beginning of the year. However, due to the heavy production tasks of Jianjiao 7A, only 0132 is now being produced on a small scale.

However, the small-scale production of the J-72H is not very easy to use, because the Thunderbolt-8 missile is nearly 50 percent heavier than the previous Thunderbolt-5, after the modification of this missile, the J-72H fighter with a light static and stable design shows obvious discomfort.

In order to balance the extra weight of this Thunderbolt 8 missile, a 120KG counterweight balance was stuffed into the nose of the Jian-7.

It was originally a light fighter, and every gram of weight was a matter of pounds, but now it is a crime to directly install an extra 120KG of useless counterweights.

Southwest Science and Industry did not produce J-72H, but it does not mean that Southwest Science and Industry does not know these, and now the new J-74 fighter is being developed, it must be to overcome this difficulty, and the breeding of 120KG must be thrown away, and it is absolutely not allowed to continue to exist. When it comes to specific aircraft design, it is most reliable for the designer to introduce it to the chief engineer.

"At this point, Commander Liu, you can rest assured, we have learned from the experience in the development of the J-72H, and we can completely remove the 120KG counterweight. We have a heavier fire control radar, plus the aerodynamic layout of the double delta wings, and even we have taken into account the mounting of other weapons, there is no problem at all in this aspect of loading missiles. ”

In fact, in the last plane, the republic's J-7 fighter, since the J-72H model produced in 86, has been carrying the 120KG counterweight, until May 93, when the J-7E was corrected. (To be continued......)