Chapter 199 Carrier-based MiG-25
Jumping on the deck is to build a ramp in front of the deck, so that the moment the fighter takes off from the deck, it will gain an upward elevation angle, which will increase the lift of the fighter, but will not increase the speed of the fighter. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, although the British put forward the theory of the jumping deck and began to use these theories to build the invincible-class aircraft carrier, they only took off and landed the Sea Harrier, and now, there is no experience in the world that shows that heavy fighters can take off with the jumping deck!
But now, the Soviets did! The small deck of the Soviets, the stuff of a nondescript heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser, can actually take off and land a fighter like the MiG-25!
The Americans were quite surprised that the MiG-25 of the Soviets gave the Americans a heavy pressure, and before it was only pressure on the US Air Force, and now, the US Navy has also discovered that the Soviet Navy actually has the ability to operate the MiG-25 that takes off and lands at sea!
Almost everyone's first reaction is how is this possible? Grumman, who got the news, also conducted a special analysis, but the result was difficult for them to accept, they used the Tomcat fighter as a prototype, and found that using the leaping deck, the Tomcat fighter can take off in the form of air superiority mounting!
If the Tomcat fighter can take off from the jumping deck, then the MiG-25 of the Soviets must also have the ability to take off and land on aircraft carriers!
Damn, when the US Navy sees the USSR Navy in the future, will it have to take a detour? Otherwise, the other party will come out like this and fly above their heads to show off their might!
At the same time that the Americans' aircraft carrier formation was retreating, the Soviet Union's Pacific Fleet formation also ended this tentative contact. After sending a speedboat to pick up the helicopter pilots who had fallen into the water, they also turned around and returned to their home port.
"Andrey. Your plan of action is fantastic! "In the operational command room of the bridge, Field Marshal Gorshkov. Said to Andrei with praise.
No one thought that the commander of the Navy of the USSR was actually on this aircraft carrier!
When he heard Andrei's plan, Gorshkov couldn't control his mood and insisted on staying on the aircraft carrier to participate in this operation.
In this way, he occupied the cabin on the aircraft carrier that was originally reserved for the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Durt. Admiral Durt, who was also enthusiastic about coming along, could only squeeze into the first mate's cabin.
Andrei stood next to him, looked at the empty deck through the glass, and said: "In the future naval war, we also need to fight for air supremacy, and if we cannot obtain air supremacy, the warship formation will not be able to play its due level and compete with the US aircraft carrier formation." will not be able to cover our nuclear submarines. ”
"Yes, we will quickly write materials and report them to the top committee members." Gorshkov said: "We only have aircraft carriers with real fixed-wing fighters. to be able to compete with the United States. At the same time, we will propose that the Mikoyan Design Bureau start research on the launch of the MiG-25 on ships. ”
MiG-25 on board? Andrei immediately shook his head.
The take-off weight of the MiG-25 exceeded thirty-seven tons. The take-off distance is more than a thousand meters, taking off and landing on the aircraft carrier. On your own motivation it is absolutely impossible!
The Tomcat, the most powerful carrier-based aircraft of the US aircraft carrier fleet, is only 33 tons when fully loaded. It is necessary for the catapult to be fully powered and sail at full speed against the wind to be able to catapult, and they rarely reach a take-off weight of thirty-three tons, which is generally a normal take-off weight of twenty-five tons.
Although Andrey has always recommended the use of catapults, the research of this thing is not so smooth sailing, and it will soon be installed on the aircraft carrier, even if the above can agree to the development of a new aircraft carrier, the first one is still based on the jumping deck, so that the MiG-25 can take off from the jumping deck? It's a headache to think about.
The later Kuznetsov aircraft carrier was equipped with Su-33 carrier-based aircraft, a heavy air superiority fighter, which took off from the aircraft carrier, and the Kuznetsov allowed the Su-33 to take off with a full load, in addition to the close take-off line, there was also a long-distance take-off line of 185 meters, which could allow the Su-33 to take off with a weight of 32 tons.
However, this far take-off line will seriously affect deck operations, and, most importantly, it restricts the use of high sea conditions, after all, it is the carrier-based aircraft that takes off under its own power, and the left and right shaking exceeds the limit, and the side wind on the deck exceeds the limit, which will make the aircraft deviate sideways when taking off, and before it flies, it will fall into the sea.
Take off a thirty-seven-ton MiG-25? It is absolutely impossible, even if the MiG-25 is a steel structure that can withstand the overload of take-off and landing, it cannot be done like this, and the road of the MiG-25 carrier-based aircraft will not work!
"Our MiG-25 is an interceptor, not a fighter, and it has taken too much care of its high-altitude and high-speed performance, but its actual combat performance is not good, and now we can be unscrupulous in the skies over the US aircraft carrier formation, because the Americans cannot reach us, and I guess that the Americans must have made every effort to develop new air defense missiles, and when the US Navy's shipborne air defense missiles reach an altitude of 30,000 meters, we must stop this kind of action now." Andrey said: "So, now we are spending a lot of effort to put the MiG-25 on the ship, and it is not suitable." ”
Andrey's words, let everyone nod, it is true, the MiG-25 is not all-round, taking too much care of high-altitude and high-speed performance, really fighting with the American Tomcat fighters, only a superb pilot will be able to play to the advantage. Interceptors and fighters, with different duties.
"So what fighter jet should we use?" Gorshkov asked.
"In the long run, if we have a new generation of fighters to compete with the United States' F-15 fighters, it is most appropriate to use this fighter to convert it into a carrier-based type." "And now, in order to save the emergency, we can improve the MiG-23 into a carrier-based aircraft, which will temporarily meet the needs," Andrei said. ”
After all, Andrei's level is not enough, if Andrei says something like the T-10 now, it will definitely cause a lot of people to be alarmed, how did Andrei know? Even if Andrei had a good relationship with Sukhoi Chief Simonov and others, he could not let Andrey know about this, let alone the MiG-23 of the Mikoyan Design Bureau.
In fact, the work of improving the MiG-23 into a carrier-based aircraft began as early as 72, when the Mikoyan Design Bureau carried out a large-scale improvement of the MiG-23 in hand as a supporting project for the Eagle aircraft carrier. (To be continued.) )