Alexander's estimate of the cost was not high. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

You must know that the development of a fighter has to go through a lot of processes, especially in the later test flight stage, it is even more money-burning, because the Soviet Union is a planned economy, the cost is not easy to calculate, in contrast, the Western system, it is easier to calculate this cost.

Needless to say, just the F-16 that is similar to the fighter to be developed now, historically, from 72 years to the delivery of the first F-16 in 78, the development cost was about 870 million US dollars, and among them, there are many parts that are omitted, for example, the engine does not need to be developed, and the ready-made F-15 engine is directly used, otherwise, the engine will be a large amount of money.

And now, if you want to start developing a new machine again, instead of banging on the basis of the J-7, then the cost of three to five hundred million rubles is really not much.

And this cost, compared to Egypt, is definitely a lot! You must know that the ruble is worth more than the dollar, and at the price of 500 million US dollars, the cost of research and development alone is enough to buy a dozen to twenty advanced third-generation fighters! Is it worth paying so much money and taking a certain amount of risk to finally come up with a new fighter?

After all, the ultimate goal of this project is to establish a production line in Egypt, and when Egypt begins to produce fighters itself, the cost will be greatly reduced, and at the same time, it is easy to increase Egypt's employment rate and improve Egypt's industrial level.

But now, if it is increased by three to five times, then there is no need, in fact, even if Mubarak is interested, it will not be able to come up with so much money, after all, Egypt is not like those rich oil countries in the Middle East!

When he heard about this fee, Mubarak's face changed. And seeing Mubarak's expression, Tu Jida knew that this contract was probably going to be yellow!

On the basis of the existing Jian-7, simple improvements, people are not satisfied, they think that the technology is not advanced enough, and if the advanced technology is brought out, the investment is too great, and Egypt is not willing to pay more!

Could it be that this contract will finally be yellow? I have waited for so long, and finally found an opportunity to export in large quantities, Chengfei's most important contract at present, is it just like this?

No, of course not! There are so many people in Chengfei, and they are still waiting for this contract! This is a life-and-death project for the whole Chengfei!

So what to do? The rest, Cheng Fei to raise? No kidding! Now although Cheng Fei is working hard to develop a side business, hoping to increase his income, but this money, compared to the development of fighters, is a drizzle, you know, the development of a fighter is not a company project, but a national project!

What to do? What to do? The conference room was cold for a while, the clock on the wall was ticking, and Tu Jida felt that his back was soaking.

Suddenly, a new idea popped up in Tu Jida's mind, simply, pull one more country in! After all, if this fighter is successfully developed, it will not only be exported to Egypt! Why didn't Egypt just buy Western fighters, or Soviet fighters? It's because these fighters are too expensive! And in the same situation as Egypt, there are many other countries!

Among them, Egypt is not only the one who is eager to get the third-generation aircraft, but also lacks the funds to buy the third-generation aircraft, but there are many countries around the world! For example, a ready-made buyer is Pakistan!

Due to its confrontation with its old rival India, Pakistan has always been a traditional ally of China. It can be said that as long as China has weapons and equipment, Pakistan can have it! At the time of the Indo-Pakistani War, the United States cut off arms exports to Pakistan, and at that time, Huaxia urgently exported a large number of Jian-6 to solve Pakistan's urgent needs.

After that, a large part of Pakistan's air force equipment came from China, the original J-6, the current J-7, when the J-7 was modified, Pakistan was very satisfied and ordered a batch. However, Pakistan also knows that this kind of Jian-7 fighter still cannot undertake the task of guarding the airspace in the future! There are also many differences with their old enemy, India.

When Huaxia introduced the MiG-23, re-shaped it as the J-8, and began to produce it in an orderly manner, Pakistan actually inspected this fighter, after all, their old enemy India, was equipped with a large number of MiG-23.

In the 80s, Pakistan ordered two batches of F-16 fighters from the United States. Codenamed Peace Gate, the first batch of aircraft, signed a contract in 81, and flew into the hands of the Pakistan Air Force in 82, since then, F-16 in the hands of Pakistan, it is the most advanced fighter, even if it comes to the appearance of the Thunder, Pakistan still values F-16 the most, for example, in later generations, although Huaxia has a J-10, but Pakistan did not fancy it, and continued to order F-16 from the United States.

However, this is only a historical transaction, and now, none of these transactions have happened.

Because, the quality of relations between the United States and Pakistan is determined by Afghanistan! It can be seen that the two honeymoon periods between the United States and Pakistan were both during the war in Afghanistan, the first was against the Soviet Union, and the second was against the Taliban. In these times, both countries are good enough to wear a pair of pants. However, when these wars are over, the United States will turn its face and raise its pants and pull out the hanging. At the beginning, the second batch of Peace Gate, 77 F-16s, was seized by the United States, and it was neither delivered nor refunded, which was a complete scoundrel.

And now, the historical war in Afghanistan did not happen at all! Although Afghanistan was in turmoil, it has now reached the level of warlord division and chaos, and it has not provoked a strong reaction from the Soviet Union. Because, Afghanistan has no strategic value at all!

At the beginning, the Soviet Union supported Afghanistan not to gain access to the south! And now, the Soviet Union has taken control of Iran, the strategy of going south to the Indian Ocean has been realized, and the Soviet Indian Ocean Fleet is active in Chakhbahar, so what else do you want Afghanistan to do? If you want resources but no resources, you want people without population, the terrain is steep, full of mud pits, and whoever steps on it is unlucky.

Since there is no war in Afghanistan, Pakistan's relationship with the United States is not very good, and for the United States, it is obviously better to support India, because India can balance China! After China threw itself into the arms of the Soviet Union, the United States changed its attitude towards China! (To be continued.) )