Generally speaking, the West developed them first, and then the Soviet Union went toe-for-tat with each other, and its own fighters had to surpass each other in all indicators, so that they could play a suppressive role, but on the actual battlefield, there was a result of leapfrogging the fight.

When the F-15 and F-16 of the United States began to emerge continuously, the MiG-29 and Su-27 of the Soviets were not yet visible, and at this time, there was a matter of F-15 beating the MiG-23 and MiG-21, which of course was going to be beaten backward.

The new fighter of the Soviet Union has not yet come out, so it can only be dealt with by improving the existing fighters, and fighters like the MiG-21 are destined to be unable to complete modern air combat, so their focus is on the MiG-23, and the modernization and improvement of the MiG-23 will be enough for the time being!

At the same time, in order not to be accused by the outside world of overstepping the level, the Soviets simply divided themselves into one generation, dividing the MiG-23 and MiG-25 into third-generation aircraft, so that when the MiG-29 and Su-27 arrived, they would become fourth-generation aircraft, and they would become third-generation aircraft of this fourth-generation aircraft abusing the West, and they could be complacent in their hearts.

The latest modification of the MiG-23 is the limited MiG-23MLD.

Faced with the doubts of the Chinese Air Force, the presentation of General Marokov began.

"First of all, the engines of our fighters were replaced in order to further improve their maneuverability." "This is the Tumansky R-35 with a greater thrust, and the afterburner thrust is increased to 13,075 kg," Marokov said. ”

Increasing the thrust of the engine has always been the most direct way, the previous engine that was taken back in China had a thrust of only 12 tons, and now the thrust has been increased by 1 ton, and the natural power is stronger, moreover, it also has a variable sweep wing!

"When our swept wing is retracted to the end, we turn on the afterburner, and the climb performance is very strong, even able to surpass the F-15 and F-16." If the climb is not powerful, it is quite passive in air combat, and the J-6 is still a star aircraft, which is the strength of the climb.

"In addition to these, we have a number of improvements, such as adding a serration at the root of the wing fixed section to create a leading edge edge strip-like effect, which is used to create a strong controlled vortex above the wing to enhance maneuverability at high angles of attack."

This change can be clearly seen from the appearance, and at the same time, this is also the result of the application of the latest aerodynamics, the characteristics of the third-generation aircraft, that is, the use of vortex, Song Lao's canard layout, is to use canard wings to pull the vortex.

Now, this aircraft also has a vortex generator.

"The pylons of the wings are automatically deflected at random wing sweep angles, and we can not only hang auxiliary fuel tanks but also weapons under the wings. On the sweep angle, a 33-degree setting has been added for aerial combat, and of course, the most experienced pilots must operate it. ”

The Soviet Union's variable sweep wing is different from that of the West, the angle is artificially controlled, and in the fierce air battle, few people can constantly change the angle, so generally when entering the air battle, there will be only one angle.

Looking at it this way, in fact, it is still backward, and the wings of the Tomcat fighters in the West, as well as the Tornado fighters, are automatic.

However, there is also an episode in the variable swept wing of the Tornado, when the plane has just been commissioned, the British are very proud, and during the military parade, they let the Tornado fighter fly in formation.

As a result, what did they find?

The Tornado fighters in the formation have the same speed and the same height, and under the condition that the external environment is exactly the same, the fighters in the formation, the wing sweep angle of any two planes is actually different!

What does this mean?

The control of the wing is definitely flawed! So, the old British generals ordered that the use of such automatic control systems was forbidden, and as a result, they, like the Soviets, also became manual control!

Now, in order to sell the MiG-23 to the Chinese, they did not have any reservations and directly took the most advanced things.

"What about avionics?" General Lin asked.

The most lacking of domestic fighters is advanced avionics, especially the avionics system that can look down and shoot down!

Hearing General Lin's question, Marokov continued: "The avionics system, of course, has also been completely updated. ”

When the MiG-23 was first developed, the avionics of the MiG-21 were installed because of the lack of avionics, but later, with the development of technology, the avionics were constantly updated.

"The MiG-23 fighter you got from Egypt is equipped with an early Sapfir-23 radar, which has almost no down-looking and down-firing capabilities." Marokov was well prepared for this, and of course he would have made this radar the object of his highlight: "So, we have improved the latest Sapfir-23MLAE-2 radar, which greatly optimizes the ability to fire downwards, for example, even if the target flies at an altitude of fifty meters, we can intercept the target, and the search distance at this time is up to 25 km!" ”

This is what China lacks, they can't find a target from complex ground echoes, and the Soviets did, after all, their technology is second only to the United States, if they haven't overcome the difficulties of pulsed Doppler radar now, I'm afraid radar engineers will have to go to Siberian prisons to do research.

Searching for ground targets, a distance of 25 km, is already completely possible, after all, the missiles equipped with the MiG-23 have a range of about 20 km.

"And, in order to combat complex electromagnetic interference, we also equipped it with a TP-26-SH search/tracking sensor located under the nose, which is an infrared and optical device, which is very useful when attacking from the rear hemisphere of the target, and it expands the MiG-23's fire control system to have more diverse target targeting capabilities."

After all, because of the backwardness of electronic equipment, the Soviet Union had to consider how to fight in the event of strong electromagnetic interference.

Compared with Western fighters, the MiG-23 is definitely backward, but for the Chinese Air Force, it is still advanced, otherwise, what did they go to great lengths to buy the MiG-23 from Egypt for? Now you don't have to trade secretly, you can buy the latest facelift from us.

"Moreover, we also equip it with the most advanced missile systems, through which our MiG-23 fighters are enough for air combat in all situations, and even if we encounter an F-15, we have a chance to shoot it down. If you are planning to buy, we can also tell you about these tactics. ”

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