Chapter 1548: Catch you off guard
2 February 2002. It is the official opening day of the Singapore Airshow, one of the four major air shows in the world every year, and the Singapore Airshow has finally officially started in a situation that has made the entire Singapore military extremely depressed.
As the largest aviation equipment exhibition in Asia, and one of the world's four major exhibitions along with the Moscow Air Show, the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom and the Paris Air Show in France, the Singapore Airshow is an excellent stage for the display of military and civil aviation equipment from the East and the West.
The most important thing is that during the Singapore Airshow, not only the display of aviation flight equipment, but also the display of the Singapore Airshow and the Asian Defense Technology Exhibition and the Asian Airport Equipment and Technology Exhibition, these two professional technology and product exhibitions, can be called the highest standard of military and civil aviation and defense exhibitions in the world, to a certain extent, represent the next 10 years, or even 20 years within the direction of technological development.
Of course, for the military intelligence departments of various countries, this is also a rare opportunity to collect information on the international military and equipment situation, where you can get close to the intelligence you want to pay attention to on weekdays, but there is no way to know about it, to put it mildly, maybe a dog you meet here may be a spy dog, and a drink box you find next to a certain 5 popular plane that you don't know who dropped it may be a spy device for reconnaissance.
Usually, in order to participate in this exhibition, major exhibitors start to set up their booths even a month in advance, and even the aircraft products used by major aerospace manufacturing giants will be in place 5 days before the official launch. Just 10 days before the start of the Singapore Airshow, the world's major aerospace giants are gearing up to prepare their various promotional measures at the Singapore Airshow in the hope of pulling the intoxicating gold out of the wallets of countries wishing to buy weapons, and this is also the time when the world's military, political and intelligence services are focusing their main attention on Singapore.
But it was at this time that a news announced by Alice Group, like a thunderbolt in the day, dazzled everyone's eyes out of thin air, and snatched all the attention of Singaporeans in an instant!
At 10 a.m. on January 23, 2002, at the regular press conference of the Alice Group, without any warning, the spokesman of the Alice Group suddenly announced to the reporters that the first manned aerospace aircraft that had been secretly developed by the Alice Aircraft Manufacturing Group Co., Ltd. would officially conduct the first full-flight test without manned conditions a week later, that is, on January 30.
"Boom~~", everyone was stunned by this news, and the intelligence departments of countless countries began to scramble through all the intelligence records about the Alice Group, in order to find some clues that were even ignored by themselves before: When did the Alice Group start developing aerospace aircraft? Why had they never heard about it before? Since this is the first full-scale flight test, there must have been countless flight test tests before, but why have you never heard of this before? I don't know, but why haven't the Chinese government and military said anything about it? Do they not know, or do they know but keep it a secret?
In addition, the aerospace aircraft is now a complex of aviation and aviation technology that is being developed by all countries in the world, which can be called 30 to 50 years ahead of the world. How is their powertrain designed? How is the aerodynamic shape designed?
Of course, the Alice Group's statement that governments and the military are welcome to come and observe has also been maliciously interpreted by the media as a naked show off of their own technology. …,
If it is said according to the practice of the intelligence services of various countries, one thing. As long as it has appeared, it is impossible to keep it absolutely secret, and such a thing as a ballistic missile nuclear submarine is secret enough, right? Many words can still be known by others, and the so-called "there is no impermeable wall in the world" is what it means.
However, after reading the information about the Alice Group, all the intelligence departments were surprised to find that there was no record of any aerospace aircraft! Hell yes!
There are too many questions, too many questions, and these questions make all the so-called strategic situation analysis experts gray in an instant.
But when asked about the spokesperson of the Alice Group, a fluttering "confidentiality" sent everyone's cat-like hearts away.
Although a large number of media outlets are deriding Alice Group's remarks as sensationalism, the reality is that no one dares to underestimate Alice Group's decision.
But the strange thing is that the two largest parties concerned, the United States and China, did not make any statement in the face of such heavyweight news, and even when asked by reporters about their views on this issue, it was just one sentence: "We are currently following this matter." "I'm done.
But everyone understands that the two countries are now just waiting for the final result: is the Alice Group really quietly owning the aerospace technology that all countries are looking forward to, or are they talking about empty words?
Although it is unlikely that Alice Group will tell a lie about such a major matter, the news is too frightening, even if it has been confirmed. I'm afraid there are still many people who don't want to believe it.
The actual situation is that less than 5 minutes after the Alice Group announced this decision, the phones of Zhang Zongjun, Yang Zhi, Jill and Alice and the entire Alice Group were blown up by high-level calls from the governments of China and the United States and other countries, but what made them crazy was that Zhang Zongjun and Yang Zhi gave a reply that it was "confidential and cannot be leaked for the time being." Alice's girl turned off directly!
While the whole world was watching this matter, only the hearts of Singapore's defense department were extremely resentful, because the Alice Group stole all their limelight with a fluttering word.
But no matter how much the Singaporean people resent, the fact is that as January 30 approached, reporters from all over the world flocked to Alice Aircraft Manufacturing Group Co., Ltd., and the Singapore Airshow was stolen from the limelight.
As for the government and military, intelligence, and detection departments of China and the United States, they have all entered the highest level of work! Technicians quickly calculated the possible flight path of the Alice Group's aerospace plane after taking off from QD City, the "Keyhole" and "Lacrosse" reconnaissance satellites all temporarily changed orbits, and all the air search radars were aimed at the previously predicted several possible flight paths, and all the technical personnel and assessment experts of the US Department of Defense immediately made an accurate short-term and long-term impact assessment of the impact of the incident.
As for the Chinese government? That's pretty much the same.
It seems that they are not ready to let these guys have a good time before Christmas, on December 24, Christmas Eve, Alice Group held a press conference again, confidently saying that the aerospace aircraft unmanned flight test will carry a communication satellite launched by Alice Group for the group's telecommunications service company: Ukraine International Telephone and Telegraph Company.
As soon as this news came out, it made countless people have a toothache, there is no doubt, if Alice Group felt that it was not sure, would it announce this matter in such a high-profile manner? …,
But it is clear that the Singaporeans, who have suffered a big dumb loss, are absolutely unwilling to achieve the Alice Group, and their eyes roll and they are thinking about it. also held a press conference, swearing to the media that the Singapore government and military believe that the Alice Group's test flight of the aerospace aircraft is very likely to be true, because among the models that Alice reported to the Singapore Ministry of Defence for exhibition, many models have excellent performance, and there are ...... Yunyun.
Sure enough, this trick of the Singapore government has worked very well, and those media reporters around the world who are eager to get the Alice Group's aerospace plane but have no way to go crazy don't know what they mean when they hear the Singapore government's words that are secretly flattering at them? The two sides are like dry wood meeting fire, and like a long-standing resentful woman meeting a master of love, the thunder of the sky hooks the fire of the earth, and the rumbling OOXX begins.
Although the officials of the Singapore government and the Ministry of National Defense abide by the previous contract signed with the Alice Group, and refuse to disclose what the models exhibited by the Alice Group look like, there will always be some "Singapore government officials who are unwilling to disclose their names", "A young officer of the Singapore Ministry of Defense who does not want to be named" and other guys inadvertently revealed the relevant information about some aircraft reported by the Alice Group before, which continues to appear in major media reports, stimulating the G-point of governments and media...... However, it is clear that the Singapore government and the Ministry of Defense also understand the truth of the long stream, and a lot of news is leaked little by little, and it is often said that half is left and half is left, and the media have a tacit understanding to take what they need.
As a result, the Singapore International Airshow, which had been overlooked, was once again promoted in the media that worried that they would not be able to continue to receive news from the Singapore government and the Ministry of Defence.
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No matter how much the outside world makes a fuss about this matter. Zhang Lanya shamelessly took a week's leave from school again, and came back in a hurry, under the pretext that she didn't want to be chased by reporters who appeared in any unexpected place like dogs and flies all day long...... For this situation, Yang Zhi and Zhang Zongjun have long been accustomed to it.
"Brother Zhuzi, how is it? Is there a problem? ”。 Sitting in the wide body of Brother Zhuzi, who had rushed back, Zhang Lan put down the wide and comfortable seat with a comfortable face, and asked with a comfortable face.
"Don't worry, it's just a small thing." Brother Zhuzi's honest voice echoed in the cab, unconsciously reassuring, "It's just one flight into space, I've flown countless times in the past countless years." ”
"Why don't you let me go?" Brother Tian's voice came in at this time. The voice was extremely resentful. For Brother Tian, who has always liked to be in the limelight, such an excellent opportunity to be in the limelight did not come to him, which made Brother Tian depressed for a long time.
"Aren't you going to Singapore again?" Zhang Lan said, "I can't bear to tire you up." ”
"That's what I said, but there were so many people fighting with Lao Tzu at that time, how could it be more beautiful now?" Brother Tian is still very resentful.
"Don't you have more important arrangements," Zhang Lan patted his forehead, and felt speechless at this guy's stubbornness, "It will definitely make you a big limelight when the time comes." Well, why don't you merge with Brother Zhu this time and become a bigger one? ”
"No! Don't even think about it! Brother Tian and Brother Zhu shouted at the same time, and their reactions were violent, as if someone had stabbed a chrysanthemum with a burning red iron bar.
"Look," Zhang Lan spread her hands helplessly, "It's not that I don't give you a chance, it's that you don't want to." ”
"But how can I become even bigger when I merge with others!" Brother Tian is naturally not so easy to be sent away, and said angrily. …,
"Well, so let's go, the next time you get together with the Red Spider or some other guy, and the bigger one is, we'll say our newest space plane will fly, okay? A lot of words, "I know that if I don't make up for this guy, this guy will definitely be with Zhang Lan, who is not finished with himself, and he reluctantly made a concession."
"That's pretty much it," Brother Tian nodded reluctantly, just a meaningful glance between him and Brother Zhuzi, which seemed to indicate that these two guys ...... Uh-huh......
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On the afternoon of January 29, the sky was filled with goose feather snow, which, according to the meteorological department's analysis, will last for 24 to 28 hours, which means that it will be snowy all day tomorrow.
According to the routine of space flight, such weather is undoubtedly not suitable for flying, will this flight test of the Alice Group continue? The members of the governments and military from the United States, China, Russia, and other European countries, who have already rushed to QD City, began to beat small drums in their hearts.
Representatives of the Japanese military were rejected by the Alice Group very bluntly. Everyone understands in their hearts that this is the reaction of the Alice Group to the Japanese government and the five major Japanese automobile manufacturers jointly squeezing the Alice Group in the Japanese market some time ago, and it is also a further threat: I will continue to clean you up in the future!
Fortunately, I didn't let everyone wait too long, and the news of Alice Group came: Alice Group made it clear that no matter what kind of weather, as long as there is no meteorite falling from the sky, the time of the flight test will not change!
Rumble! All the officials and experts from all over the world waiting in QD City immediately discussed: What does this decision of Alice Group mean? It shows that they are confident in their technology, otherwise they would never do it!
Everyone knows that it is normal to postpone the launch time of the aircraft because of uncontrollable factors such as the weather, and no one will say anything, but the Alice Group still does this, which means that the Alice Group cannot be for its own face, but is full of confidence in its own technology!
Could it be that the Alice Group has quietly developed the technology to such an extent? What is it that I have a large amount of R&D funds every year, a huge R&D institution, and strong support from the state? Countless aerospace experts and military experts are extremely bitter in their hearts -- this is actually a question that the heads of government have been pondering for some time now.
On January 30, at 10 o'clock in the morning, a strangely shaped aircraft about 28 meters long, 24 meters wide, and 6 meters high was slowly dragged out of the hangar that had been tightly guarded by the Alice Group by a special trailer and stopped at the end of the runway.
Wow! In an instant, those experts and military members of various countries who had been standing here for more than an hour, refusing to stay in the observation room anyway, and who had to observe this aerospace aircraft at close range, instantly straightened their necks and held their glasses to observe the appearance data of this aerospace aircraft: There is no doubt that these telescopes are all high-end goods with multiple functions of taking pictures, videos and infrared lights. That's just the most basic thing that doesn't really matter.
Although the shape of this aerospace aircraft is so strange, but all the experts judged it in an instant, there is no doubt that this shape is the most suitable for ultra-high-speed flight in the atmosphere, but I don't know how the actual performance is, well, it mainly depends on the power system of this aircraft, and the traditional power system can not meet the requirements in any case.
Under the gaze of all the people with all kinds of thoughts, accompanied by an order from the tweeter temporarily placed at the scene, the tail of the aerospace plane at the end of the runway suddenly erupted a long light blue tail flame, and the aerospace plane that was quietly parked there before was suddenly like a golf ball on the ground, and was slammed by an invisible club, and the plane quickly became larger in the eyes of everyone. At the same time, there are quite a few unlucky eggs who have their hats blown off.
But at this time, apparently no one noticed that their hats were still on top of their heads, and all the telescopes were locked on the aerospace plane that had raised its nose, and the telescopes with built-in microcomputer chips gave them a shocking data: 500 meters!
From the beginning of taxiing to the time the wheels leave the ground, this aerospace aircraft only took a distance of 500 meters, which means that in any air force field airport in the world at present, this aerospace aircraft can successfully take off and land, not to mention the civilian airports that can be seen everywhere throughout the country.
To some extent, this aerospace aircraft already has the ability to be deployed globally......