The shortcomings in all aspects of the country are very serious, and anti-aircraft missiles are naturally one of them.

After the introduction of the Soviet Union's SAM-2 air defense missiles, the domestic ground air defense units have accumulated a lot of achievements in territorial air defense operations, and even General Lin has made outstanding contributions to commanding the ground air defense missile units.

However, it seems that there is only one SAM-2 missile that can be used in China, and on the basis of this missile, it has also copied the Hongqi-2 missile, and there seems to be nothing else except this missile.

And this kind of missile is also rapidly aging and outdated.

In terms of the guidance system, it uses a large number of electronic tubes, consumes energy, reacts slowly, has a single function, and can hit high-altitude and high-speed straight-line flying targets, but it is easy to miss the target if it hits that kind of high-maneuverable target.

If this weakness is not counted, then another greater weakness is that this missile is a liquid missile, and now all air defense missiles are solid, after all, this missile can be sensitive and can be used at any time, what about liquid missiles, before launch, you have to fill the missile with fuel, and these fuels are highly toxic, you need to wear special chemical protection clothing to refuel, the complexity of the operation can be seen, if it is not used, you have to pump out the fuel more cumbersomely, otherwise the fuel will corrode in the fuel tank.

The Hongqi-2 missile is already quite old, and the country is not unaware, and it is constantly researching new air defense missiles, but it is full of difficulties, one by one the models are launched, dismounted, and finally successful, very few, for example, the Hongqi 61 is one of them, this missile is developed for the Navy, but after the Air Force got the seeker of the Viper missile, it was equipped with a new seeker for the Hongqi 61, and the performance was finally improved by leaps and bounds.

After all, this is only a medium- and short-range air defense missile system, and even if it is transplanted to land, it will not satisfy the Air Force, and this missile system is also assigned to the Army.

Air defense missiles are a very chaotic system, the navy, the air force, and the army also need them, but if you subdivide them, you can know that the needs of these three are still different.

The navy must have special anti-corrosion measures and other measures to board ships, and the navy's ports also need land-based air defense missiles, which is quite chaotic, and at the same time, land-based, the army needs, and the air force also needs, if an accurate definition is given, that is, the air force is responsible for regional air defense and key air defense, and the army is responsible for field air defense.

Let's talk about the army first, when fighting, they may encounter the enemy's air threat, they need to have anti-aircraft missiles, the range of this missile may not be particularly long, but there must be a requirement, that is, good mobility, to be able to keep up with the army's advance, even if the range is only 40 kilometers, it is enough to hold up a protective umbrella for the army field troops.

As for the Air Force, the Air Force first relies on the Air Force, after all, only the Air Force can compete for air supremacy, but the Air Force cannot cruise in the air around the clock, and there are loopholes, and these missed times are supplemented by the ground-based air defense missile system. At such times, the area that can be controlled is naturally as large as possible, and this is the area anti-aircraft missile.

This kind of missile, naturally, is for the use of the Air Force.

In the current Gulf War, the star regional air defense missile we saw was the US Patriot missile, and this kind of missile was simply a god-like existence, and no matter how much water there was in it, it showed that regional air defense is of the utmost importance.

"As an addition to the forces of aviation, regional anti-aircraft missiles will play an increasingly important role." Qin Feng continued: "We must pay attention to the role of regional air defense missiles, but unfortunately, our Hongqi-9 missile system is still under development. ”

Of course, the Air Force was also aware of this problem, so in the early 80s, it launched the Hongqi-9 missile project, which is an advanced regional air defense missile system, and an advanced weapon system that supports an umbrella for the important areas of the motherland.

As a matter of fact, the technical difficulty in this is also very high, even the Patriot missile system has been studied for 17 years under the technical conditions of the United States before it succeeds, and its own Hongqi 9 has only been studied for 10 years, and there is still a long way to go.

"And then?" General Lin asked.

"So I suggest that we can buy S300 anti-aircraft missile systems from the USSR to temporarily fill our gaps." Qin Feng said.

After all, the S300 system is the trump card equipment of the Soviet Union, and many parameters of the Hongqi Nine are similar, and after many years of development, it has become an excellent regional air defense missile.

As long as we import this kind of air defense missile, we will definitely have a great role in promoting the research and development of Hongqi-9, and the Air Force can't wait!

Although Qin Feng wants to say that he wants to buy other equipment, what early warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, etc., but these costs are quite large, take the E-3 early warning aircraft as an example, one is hundreds of millions, and the Air Force must not have this fund, however, the S300 missile system should not be particularly expensive, and the country can afford to introduce one or two sets.

“S300？” General Lin frowned: "This missile was only successfully developed by the Soviet Union in 1987, are they willing to sell it to us?" ”

General Lin is of course quite familiar with this weapon, after all, he is in command of the country's air defense, and he is also good at observing changes in the outside world.

"The Su-27 can be sold, so why can't the S300?" Qin Feng said.

At present, the Soviet Union is building good relations with the country, so as long as it has its own needs, it will definitely be able to buy it, and modern national defense must rely on advanced equipment.

"This, let's postpone it for the time being, and wait until our Su-27 transaction is completed." General Lin said.

Now if I propose to buy equipment from the state, I am afraid that the country will not be able to afford it, and when the time comes, it will say, then it is better to buy two fewer Su-27s, and the Air Force will not be able to afford the price of such a conversion.