Chapter 458: European Joint Fighter
For missiles, the most critical thing is the seeker, as long as the seeker can solve it, everything else is easy to say.
In fact, of course, there are skills in other aspects, such as warheads, different tactical departments, the effect of killing is also different, rocket engines are also very important, different rocket engines, the range indicators brought to the missile are also different, the Mika missile does not fly far, not because the solid rocket engine is not powerful.
However, these are not the most important ones, there are domestic ones, although the performance is almost good, it can be used to some extent, but this seeker is really not possible.
Now, the only one in China can be regarded as passing, I'm afraid there is only one kind of Hongqi 61, this kind of missile was also finalized last year, it belongs to a naval ship-to-air missile, the missile body is no problem, although there are constant problems with the seeker, but now after all, it can be used, it really can't be used, even if it is on the body of the Red Flag 61, how much can be used, or with the body technology of the Red Flag 61, slightly improved, it becomes the body of this missile, plus the seeker, this is enough.
So now, the most important thing is the warhead, and the seeker technology must be introduced, so that there can be a qualified missile.
After the tour of the missile factory, everyone entered the conference room, and in the conference room, the person in charge of the company continued to explain the ins and outs of the whole incident.
"In fact, when it was first designed, we had a corresponding air-to-air version of the missile, which was launched in 1974, but it has never officially entered research and development."
For them, it was mainly not a need at the time.
"Now we in Europe are developing a common Eurofighter." The other party continued to start the introduction: "However, it may take some time for this fighter to be able to enter service, so we need to make up for the gap during this time, and we plan to upgrade our F104 fighter as a transition before the service of our European United Fighter." ”
When he heard about the Eurofighter, Qin Feng was immediately excited, he had already seen this plan many times in aviation magazines.
The United States has a lot of money, and it can have multiple companies bidding to develop fighters, but Europe absolutely does not have this ability, and they have no money, so the joint development of multiple countries is a last resort.
The original Tornado fighter-bomber was a model of cooperation in this area, and finally went into service, and Britain also specialized in an air defense interceptor on the basis of this aircraft, but its thrust-to-weight ratio was only 0.5, and it was completely a fighter-bomber, which could not be used for air combat at all.
In fact, as early as 1971, Britain made clear its need for new fighters. In 1979, the TFK-90 concept version also appeared in the Federal Republic of Germany, so that the two countries found that they could work together, so the European United Fighter appeared.
Then Dassault joined in.
Supposedly, Dassault is strong enough to work together, which should make the project go faster, but Dassault once again showed the unique pride of the French, in their eyes, other companies are a fart, and it would be good to do it.
Dassault, take charge of the whole project!
Forget about other aspects, in the most critical engine, the British will not compromise, after all, the British Rolls-Royce company is quite powerful, they want to use their own engines, and the French side, insist on using their own M88.
In this way, the two sides went back and forth, and France finally withdrew from the program of this joint European fighter and went on its own.
Britain and Germany held on, and then Italy and Spain joined in.
This fighter, which is now part of the British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Program, has made its first flight.
It can be seen that the design of this fighter is very similar to the design of its own 611, using a canard layout and belly air intake, but it is just a double engine.
It can be said that the canard layout is the first choice for future fighters!
Qin Feng was already immersed in the yearning for this fighter.
"In terms of our specific improvements, we mainly use new avionics equipment and weapons, such as the R-21G/M1 radar with downward vision, a new fire control computer, friend or foe identification devices, etc., in terms of short-range bombs, we have the latest AIM-9L imported from the United States, but medium-range bombs have not found a suitable one, and the AIM-104E/F used by the previous F-7S has no down-firing capability, and the latest AIM-7M is not intended to be exported by the US government due to its advanced performance. That's why we decided to continue improving our Asped air-to-air missile and making it an excellent air-to-air missile. Relying on the current technological progress, our seeker uses printed circuit boards and integrated circuits, without any electronic tubes in it, which is quite stable. ”
Knowing that the delegation was here to inspect air-to-air missiles, they spoke in detail, and after the introduction, everyone was very interested and asked a lot of questions.
General Lin found that Qin Feng on the side was absent-minded, so he said to Qin Feng: "Do you have any questions, ask our Italian friends?" ”
In the past, Qin Feng had a series of questions, but this time, it was quite strange.
"Can I ask them about Eurofighter?" Qin Feng said: "If you don't leak secrets, you can ask them to tell us about it." ”
It turned out that Qin Feng's heart had shifted from air-to-air missiles to fighter jets!
Now that everyone is here to inspect the missile, it is indeed a little inappropriate to ask about the opponent's fighter, but looking at Qin Feng's appearance, General Lin still said to the translator on the side: "Finally, please ask our friends to introduce their Eurofighter project, if they want." ”
Originally, I didn't report much confidence, after all, the research and development of fighters is quite a high secret, but who would have thought that when the translator passed, the other party was actually full of joy.
"The Eurofighter will be the most powerful fighter in our Europe, and this aircraft will subvert the understanding of all previous fighters!" When the other party talked about this aircraft, it was full of praise: "This reflects the highest level of industry in Europe!" ”
For them, being able to build the world's most advanced fighter is of course something to be proud of, although it is jointly developed by several European countries, but since Italy has joined in, it is one of them, and when it comes to this, they are gushing.