Andrei shook his head, he knew that these people had misunderstood: "I mean, if we export the fighter planes to Iraq and equip them like this, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of our design bureau." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Rome was not built in a day, the way of thinking can not be changed in a day, the idea of not taking short legs as a problem, and the concept of not taking life as an important indicator, is based on the outbreak of a great war, but the current situation is that a big war will not really break out, although the Soviet is wealthy, but the problem of short life actually makes the use of fighters more expensive.

With a large voyage, taking off and landing together can have more time to stay in the air, which is beneficial to the fighters and harmless, and now, Andrei's position is not enough to ask too sharp questions about these issues, so he can only put it another way.

"Iraq's runways are of good quality and don't need field airfields, but Iraq needs planes that stay in the air for a longer period of time, so the MiG-29s that we export to Iraq, can you improve them to make this kind of aircraft have a greater range?" Andrei asked.

The current Andre can only be knocked on the side, domestic self-use, holding the original design data and not letting go, it is understandable, however, in Andrey's memory, after the MiG-29 was put into service, the improvement of the MiG-29 began, this is the MiG-29M, one of the key points is to increase the range?

Is it now that there are no such plans for improvement of the MiG-29?

"General Andrey, you said very well, if the MiG-29 is exported, it should be slightly improved, so how do you think our fighters should be improved to increase the range?" Belyakov asked.

"Increasing the range, starting from two aspects, on the one hand, can reduce the fuel consumption rate of our engines, of course, these need to be designed by the engine design unit to start, increase the thrust of the engine, reduce fuel consumption, are the basic content of the engine in the improvement process. On the other hand, it is to increase the fuel capacity of our fighters, I feel that we can start with the air intake, remove the auxiliary air intake, and free up space to accommodate more fuel, and at the same time, we can also modify the back of the aircraft to make the back of the aircraft bulge higher, so that it should be able to increase about 1,500 liters of fuel, so that our MiG-29 fighter has a maximum range of 2,000 kilometers, and if you add the auxiliary fuel tank, it is enough for a range of about 3,000 kilometers. Andrei said.

The MiG-29, exported to Iraq, has a range of three thousand kilometers? What is this for? Ustinov frowned suddenly, could it be that Andrei was planning to let Iraq directly attack Saudi Arabia in the first round of the war?

The export of fighter planes to Iraq is, of course, for the sake of the strategy of the entire Middle East, and the Soviet Union must support Iraq, which is a necessary choice, and in order for Iraq to be able to fight with US imperialism, only advanced models such as the MiG-29 can do. Increase the range, then from the Iraqi air base, you will be able to cover the whole of Saudi Arabia directly!

Thinking of this, Ustinov said: "Andrei has a point, the fighters exported to Iraq, some improvements can be made, Belyakov, these improvements that General Andrey said, are they difficult?" ”

"It's not very difficult, if needed, we can complete the test in a month's time, mainly to make sure that the bulge behind it will not have much impact on the performance of our fighters." Belyakov said.

While discussing, while walking through the final assembly line of the fighter, the production of the MiG-29 fighter is proceeding in an orderly manner, and Belyakov is still very proud of this advanced fighter with wing-body fusion, and constantly introduces it to the visitors.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our next aspect is to introduce to you our next-generation fighter program." When they came to another factory, everyone's eyes lit up, and several planes that had never been seen before appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

The body is not shiny, this is a full-size wooden prototype model, but this unique shape still caused countless people to sigh, Mikoyan Design Bureau, will definitely not lag behind!

And when Andrei saw the plane at a glance, he immediately muttered in his heart that his crossing had made a big change in the Soviets, and now, even the MiG 1.42 has come out.

In history, the development of a new generation of fighters in the Soviet Union can be traced back to the 70s, when fighters that can be compared with the American F-15 and F-16 fighters have not yet appeared, and a new generation of fighters has begun to plan. At that time, the Soviet fighter design bureau and research institute began the pre-research and demonstration work of three major projects, including the I-90, SH-90, and B-90 projects, which represented fighters, attack aircraft, and bombers in the 90s, respectively. Among them, the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute and the 2nd Scientific Research Institute under the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union are responsible for formulating the overall performance requirements of future fighters, the Central Research Institute of Fluid Mechanics is responsible for roughly determining the appearance size and aerodynamic layout of fighters, the Central Aero Engine Research Institute proposes the basic configuration of advanced engines, air inlet layouts, and tail nozzles, and the National Aviation System Research Institute plans the fire control system, weapons, survivability and other indicators of fighters. The major aircraft design bureaus designed their own schemes within this framework.

After that, in the early 80s, the Mikoyan Design Bureau and other design bureaus finally began to work on the pre-research of a new generation of fighters, which were divided into two projects: the twin-engine heavy multi-role tactical fighter MFI, and the single-engine light tactical fighter LFI.

After a few more years, in 86, the three major fighter design bureaus of Sukhoi, MiG, and Yakovlev submitted their own proposals, the Sukho Design Bureau submitted a forward-swept wing fighter design, and the Yakovlev Design Bureau submitted a design similar to the F-22 in a canard layout and fuselage. And the product 1.42 of the MiG Design Bureau was selected as the designer of the next generation of fighters, and the Sukhoi program was chosen as a backup.

After that, it developed for many years, until the collapse of the Soviet Union, and did not complete the first flight, and the development of a new generation of fighters was slow and difficult.

And now, it has only been 81 years, and as a result, this wooden prototype similar to the MiG 1.42 has appeared in front of everyone's eyes, how can it not shock Andrey.

"While improving the MiG-29, our design bureau is also actively exploring the layout of the next generation of fighters, and after many choices, we have decided to adopt the current layout method, and our Mikoyan design bureau is the most experienced in the development of Soviet fighters, and will certainly be able to manufacture the most advanced fighters." Belyakov said.

Hearing this, Andrei somewhat understood, in the final analysis, it was still competition, when he learned that the Sukhoi Design Bureau was secretly developing the next generation of fighters, and reported it to these high-level leaders, of course the Mikoyan Design Bureau couldn't sit still, they wanted to attract the attention of the high-level more, so although the design drawings were not perfect, a wooden prototype had been built, just hoping to win attention and make the high-level support the Mikoyan Design Bureau's plan.

Due to the fact that the new generation of fighters requires a large number of advanced technologies, which causes high costs, it is impossible to coexist like the MiG-29 and Su-27, and in the end only the scheme of one design bureau can be selected, and the Mikoyan design bureau will certainly not be willing to lag behind!

It's just that...

Ustinov and the others were obviously very interested, walked straight over, and began to look at the fighter carefully, but, although it was a layman, after approaching, Ustinov still saw it clearly, and asked Andrei: "Andrey, this is what you said about the canard wings mounted on the enemy's fighter, right?" ”

Andrei felt that he really shouldn't come to the Mikoyan Design Bureau this time, he had no grudges with the Mikoyan Design Bureau, it was not worth it, it was simply Chiguoguo's hatred.

This fighter, which is almost identical in appearance to the MiG-1.42, uses a canard layout, and at the Sukhoi Design Bureau, Andrei has just criticized the canard. (To be continued.) )