"This F-16 fighter is quite maneuverable, and in their demonstrations, there were several overloads that were pulled to 9G."

At this time, the American guests had already entered the hotel, and the shock brought to the Air Force was still quite strong, and everyone was summing up the scenes they saw today.

General Lin was presiding over the meeting, and during the day today, he also saw the strong maneuverability of this kind of aircraft, and as an air force general who was born as a pilot, General Lin was well aware of the importance of fighter maneuverability, and it can be said that it is almost impossible to win a fight with this kind of aircraft.

When watching the air show, everyone sat on the rostrum, wearing sunglasses, looking at the sky, and their faces were smiling, but who can understand the distress in this smiling face?

The world's military aircraft have developed to this level, but in China, there are only old J-7 and J-8 series fighters!

"Although the role of missiles is becoming more and more important, but air combat is still a major mode of engagement, in the past, we were not equipped enough, and we could even use the human body to block the eye, but now, if war breaks out, we simply do not have this opportunity."

When this sentence was spoken, the people on the scene were silent, yes, this sentence is very correct, and it also depicts an unbearable situation for everyone, in the past, relying on the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice, we can win the battle, but in the future, if we only have this spirit, without equipment, we will not even be able to make this kind of sacrifice.

You can't use your body to block missiles, and you can't use your existing equipment to stop the intrusion of these aircraft.

So, what to do?

An answer is already on the horizon.

"I suggest that we consider introducing the F-16, which is a common third-generation aircraft in the West, which has been ordered by many countries, and as for its performance, we have now seen it, if this third-generation aircraft is introduced, then our Air Force can suddenly enter the world's advanced level."

From the point of view of the Air Force, they have long wanted to introduce it, and now, it is time to show this courage, before, the Americans have sold the F-16, but this aircraft was a castrated version at that time, and now, the United States can bring the most advanced models, so why should we not introduce it?

The only difficulty is funding, domestic funds are seriously insufficient, and until now, the country's foreign exchange reserves are also quite small, but for the modernization of the Air Force, it is necessary to take this step bravely!

"No, I'm against it." Just then, someone spoke.

Mr. Gu didn't come, maybe he was still busy with the ACT aircraft, this time it was an engineer from the 611 Institute who spoke, he said loudly: "We are now preparing to carry out activities with the United States to improve the J-8 fighter, through this activity, we can have medium-range interception capabilities, now for us, the most important thing is to intercept the bombers in the north, it is the medium-range interception capability, we don't need to invest huge amounts of money to buy such a low-grade aircraft, what we need is a high-altitude and high-speed interception aircraft, The F-16 is inappropriate. ”

The project of the model of peace is steadily unfolding, the use of avionics provided by the United States to modify their own fighters, is quite effective, and the cost is very low, so, this project should be promoted, for Shenyang, the research and development of the third generation aircraft designated Chengdu, a great blow to them, the current J-8 improvement project, is already an important project for them, if the Air Force is determined to buy F-16, will it invest money to improve the J-8?

When the time comes, there will definitely be no funds!

These two projects can definitely only be carried out one, and if the F-16 is purchased, the modernization and improvement of the J-8 will be in vain, so they will vigorously oppose it.

The F-16's close-range combat capability is powerful, but it is not what the Air Force urgently needs, what the Air Force needs is a high-altitude and high-speed interceptor!

In fact, in recent years, there has been a contradiction between the introduction and self-development, under the limited funds, once introduced, the self-development will be in vain, if the introduction of F-16, the biggest impact, is not the J-8, but the J-10, it and J-10 in many aspects are overlapping, if the introduction of F-16, will there be J-10?

General Lin's gaze turned to Song Lao, and there was a certain essence in his eyes: "Old Song, what is your opinion?" ”

Over the years, the Air Force has actually been disappointed in the domestic scientific research departments, and the domestic research and development cannot meet the needs at all! The domestic industrial base is weak, the scientific research strength is not good, up to now, only the project that has been taken out is the double-issued large version improved on the basis of the Jian-7.

Although Song Lao engaged in Project No. 10, the Air Force supported it, but now, the Air Force needs to immediately improve its combat effectiveness.

Old Song smiled bitterly, he knew what General Lin meant.

"From the perspective of the Air Force, the introduction of the F-16 is the fastest way to introduce the Mirage 2000, just like the previous plan to introduce the Mirage 2000, but we must also see that the international situation is changing." Although Song Lao is an aircraft designer, his vision is very long-term, and he can't object now, he can only be reasonable.

"The détente in our relations with the United States was because of the threat from the Soviets, and the détente in our relations with the West in the seventies was to be seen in the context of the whole world, and now, we can also see that this environment is slowly changing." Song Lao said: "We not only have to think about the present, but also about the future." As you can imagine, the end of the Persian tomcat. ”

Song Lao couldn't say it very clearly, and now he had made it clear what he meant.

After all, the ideologies of China and the United States are different, and now they have only come together for the purpose of confronting the Soviet Union, but what about the changing international situation, and the current Soviet Union has begun to decline, look at them have begun to take the initiative to engage in nuclear disarmament, and the situation is constantly emerging in Eastern Europe, once the Soviet Union is no longer a threat, will the relationship between itself and the United States continue to be so friendly?

In this era, many people have illusions about the United States, but Song Lao still has this foresight, and General Lin can also see it.

The biggest problem with the introduction of the F-16 is not economic, but political! Needless to say, once it is introduced, there will be turmoil in the future, and the Americans will be able to jam you as long as they control the source of spare parts.

Look at Iran, their Tomcat fighters, after losing their spare parts, quickly turned into a pile of scrap metal.

The reason why they took a fancy to French fighters back then was because the French only did business and did not attach political conditions, and the Americans have always liked to wield the political stick, and their arms sales were tied to political interests.

"That's right, Old Song, what you said is very right, we only have self-research, which is the only way out!" At this moment, Qin Feng suddenly spoke.