In the whole conversation, the more Yang Hui heard the more news he heard later, the most typical thing is naturally the news about the 8th Institute of the Magic Capital, or according to the statement given by the Air Force, the Thunderbolt 11 project in the hands of the Magic Capital has been completed, but as a key project, the improved air defense missile based on the Thunderbolt 11 is still in the research and development stage.

Soon I heard the Air Force: "Now everyone knows the situation of the 8th Academy of the Magic Capital, based on the original Hongqi 61 air defense missile, after the introduction of foreign advanced technology, the Thunderbolt 11 was developed, and now it is necessary to develop a new generation of medium and short-range air defense missiles on the basis of the Thunderbolt 11, so I say that this is also very important, and now let them concentrate on developing this complete set of medium and short-range air defense systems!" ”

The Air Force Commander's words are absolutely simple, but the news revealed is not a lot at all, at least let Yang Hui know for the first time that the army is preparing to develop a new generation of medium and short-range missile systems on the basis of the Thunderbolt 11, which can at least reach the level of the Sparrow air defense missile, and the current Hongqi 7 has opened a certain gap.

The Hongqi 7 missile is the introduction of France's Sidewinder short-range point air defense missile system, the prototype of the missile is the Sidewinder this kind of close-range combat missile, and now the air defense missile based on the medium-range air-to-air missile research and development should indeed pull out the gap in positioning, the maximum range of the Hongqi 7 is 10KM, this time the Magic Capital 8 Institute improves the Thunderbolt 11 according to the medium and short-range air defense missile, and the range must reach the threshold of 20KM!

If there is a medium and short-range air defense missile system that can reach a range of 20KM in China, it will definitely be a great thing, Yang Hui was worried that this plane will not introduce modern destroyers, and the problem of not being able to access the Schliki air defense missile will no longer exist, the reason is that the Schliki is actually only a medium and short-range air defense missile.

Even if it is the Schliki air defense system carried by the modern class, the 9M38M1 missile used only reached the range of 25KM, and this kind of thing is still precious after the previous face to the republic, and it is announced that this missile has a certain regional air defense capability, and this kind of thing is indeed a little too unbearable.

Now, although the air defense combat capability of the Navy in this plane, with the arrival of the Reeve M (sea version of the S-300) missile system, it has directly entered the era of real regional air defense, equipped with 48H6E missiles with a maximum range of nearly 100KM, which can be regarded as a real regional air defense system!

But even if there is a Reeve M, it does not mean that there is no longer a need for a short-range air defense missile, no one can replace each other, these are two air defense missiles with different positioning that make up for each other and perform their respective duties, and the army is willing to let the 8th Academy of Modu continue to develop medium and short-range air defense missiles on the basis of the Thunderbolt 11, which is a very correct decision.

In the face of such things that had not happened in the previous face, even if Yang Hui knew that this kind of business that was not related to him should not be inquired about, he still became interested: "On the basis of the Thunderbolt 11, a medium and short-range air defense missile is changed, is it something similar to a Sparrow or Aspide air defense missile?" ”

The two things that Yang Hui said are actually very clear, the Sparrow air defense missile naturally does not need to be said, and the Aspide air defense missile is also improved by Italy on the basis of the Aspide medium-range air-to-air bomb, if the Thunderbolt 11 medium-range bomb is also changed to a medium and near-layer air defense missile, then it is very likely to get such an air defense missile, the range is about 20KM or so.

Obviously surprised by Yang Hui's erudition, he didn't expect this guy to be so extensive, Commander Cao showed great interest in it: "You also know these two missiles? True, we do intend to develop one of these missiles on the basis of the Thunderbolt-11, but you also know that both missiles have been behind since the 80s, and our new era of medium and short-range anti-aircraft missiles has new requirements. ”

With Commander Cao's words, several other military bigwigs also nodded violently, and it seems that the new generation of medium and short-range air defense missile systems this time has increased in terms of indicators.

Seeing such a strange appearance, Yang Hui's heart was even more surprised, could it be that this was aimed at the latest version of the Sparrow air defense missile ESSM, or the latest version of the Asped MK30 air defense system? If this is the case, it is not to blame the Air Force for saying that it wants to let the 8th Academy of the Magic Capital concentrate on the anti-aircraft missile project, and does not plan to let them be mixed with the new generation of medium-range missiles.

"Is the Sparrow anti-aircraft missile (RIM-7T), or similar to the Italian improved 'Aspide MK30' missile? It would be great if we could equip such missiles, both of which have a range of up to 40KM, and are very suitable for medium and short-range air defense operations. ”

This Yang Hui thought very well, as soon as he came, he directly moved out the two short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles that were the most advanced in the world in the 90s and were still under development (the Aster series is a new development, it cannot be counted), RIM-7T is the predecessor of the later famous ESSM air defense missile, and finally this missile is integrated into the MK41 vertical launch system of the US Imperial Navy, so that the legendary mythical one pit and four bombs, so the current Magic Capital 8 Academy can develop this missile?

It's not that Yang Hui doesn't believe it, but it sounds too bluffing, it's really unrealistic! The last Hongqi 16 that started the project in 99 has not yet reached the level of ESSM in the end, you must know that at that time, the 8th Academy of the Magic Capital must have mastered all the technology of Thunderbolt 11, and it is much stronger in all aspects than at this time, but in the end, it is not the same as only making a big guy with a size comparable to a standard 1 missile!

As for what the Hongqi-16 missile is a copy of the 9M38M1 anti-aircraft missile in the Schlecky system, there is not much credibility at all, this is just that the shape of the missile looks a little similar, but the shape of the 9M38M1, which was born later, is actually the same as the standard 1, so

Although Yang Hui is very daring to think and very envious of ESSM air defense missiles, he also knows how big the difference in strength between the two sides is, which sounds unrealistic.

Compared with the ultra-high technical requirements of ESSM, which is almost a redesigned missile, Yang Hui prefers to believe that the army is asking for an improved anti-aircraft missile with indicators roughly similar to the Aspide KM30, which is more realistic than that of the Republic.

Aspide MK30 missile, also known as Aspide 2000 (many Western countries for the 2000 finalized equipment have a habit of bringing a 2000) missile, this missile compared with ESSM Although it is a little behind, the technical span and requirements are not too large, and the aerodynamic configuration of the missile has not changed much.

It is only the tip of the wing, into a trapezoidal wing design, although it can not be compared with the ESSM that directly changes the main wing to a similar standard anti-aircraft missile side wing design to be more compact, but the wingspan of this missile has still been greatly reduced, the corresponding launch canister can also be much smaller, plus because there is no fixed side wing design, the main wing is still movable control, so that the vector control requirements of the missile engine do not have too high indicators, and it is also a benefit for the engine.

But whether it is Aspide 2000 or ESSM, these two air defense missiles have increased the diameter of the second half of the missile body, both from the original 203mm each has increased significantly, the diameter of the second half of the Aspide missile has increased to 234mm and the diameter of the ESSM has directly increased to 254mm, so the range of the Aspide 2000 against the aircraft is close to 40KM, and the range of ESSM against the aircraft has reached 50KM.

(To be continued.) )