Chapter 544 544 JAMTF Plan

Qi Yiming believed that the forces of the Macona People's Commune with the support of the Strategy Bureau could resist the encirclement and suppression of the government army, and as long as the US army did not have ground troops, Wu Qixuan and others would be able to continue fighting on that land. He estimated that the Americans would soon find that the air raids were a thankless exercise, and that while government forces would probably take the opportunity to retake most of the country, the stubborn guerrillas would still fight.

On the contrary, because the government forces invited the United States to help, and the American army caused a lot of civilian casualties in the process of bombing, and the influence of the people's commune gradually increased, the Peruvian government may not be able to sit on the throne in the future.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the SCO, which has already made its mark, has once again launched a new military cooperation program, this time about a piece of armament, which has attracted wide attention from the world, especially the malicious speculation and exaggeration of some Western media.

In March 1993, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a meeting in Vladivostok and formally approved the joint development and development of the "Joint Advanced Medium Tactical Fighter" (AMTF (AMTF program) for short. The agreement stipulates that China, the Far East, Siberia, Kazakhstan and Nanyang, the five giant member states of the SCO, will jointly develop a fifth-generation medium-sized stealth fighter as the main weapon for future SCO military cooperation.

The JAMTF program is dominated by five countries, with China, accounting for about 80 percent of the research and development plan, and the remaining four countries, the Nanyang Republic accounting for 8%, the Far Eastern Republic 5%, Siberia 4%, and Kazakhstan accounting for 3%.

The five countries involved in the R&D project, after the completion of the development of mass production procurement, the price will be appropriately reduced by the proportion of investment, and according to the different investment ratio, the right to speak in the project is also different, China has the absolute right to speak in the project, the other four countries have a certain right to speak and suggest, in fact, it is obvious that China leads the project.

There is a huge difference in the industrial level and capacity between these five countries, China is the only systematic and perfect industrial power, the three republics split from the former Soviet Union have relatively strong heavy industry capabilities, the Far Eastern Republic also has the Gagarin plant that can produce advanced fighter aircraft, Kazakhstan and Siberia also have a certain aviation manufacturing and processing capacity, only the Nanyang Republic is weaker in this regard, but through this plan, it can also initially establish a part of the aviation industry.

In terms of production distribution, China accounts for the vast majority of production, and almost 100% of the JAMTF fighters supplied by the PLA are manufactured by China, while the rest of the countries allocate a certain proportion of their own manufactured fighters for manufacturing, and the insufficient part is helped by China.

The remaining SCO member states have the opportunity to buy fighters under the JAMTF program first, with a slight concession on price, which means that while ensuring the supply of the five countries, the surplus production capacity will be allocated to the SCO member states on a priority basis. Buyers from outside the SCO will pay wholly owned.

In the agreement, the participating countries formed the JAMTF Program Committee, which laid out the performance requirements for the fighter in more detail. The fighter is required to have low price affordability, low detectability, high lethality and high operation and maintenance, that is, "double low and double high" requirements.

Although the whole plan seems to be similar and has caused widespread discussion in the outside world, in fact, this JAMTF plan is just a formality, because the model itself that needs to be produced by the plan already exists, which is why the R&D expenses are not disclosed, because there is no R&D expenses at all!

The prototype of JAMTF is another J-31 Falcon designed by Shen Fei for foreign trade and intended to enter the naval carrier-based aircraft market. Because before Qi Yiming's crossing, the actual design work of the Eagle fighter had not been completed, unlike the J-20 Veyron that had entered the final shape indefinitely, so the follow-up design work of the J-31 was completed under the joint cooperation of the Red Alert Base and AVIC.

Because the J-31 was originally a fifth-generation aircraft developed by Shen Fei with self-financing, there was no official project, and there was no funding, so although the design referred to more foreign ready-made technical designs, there were still some unsatisfactory places. For example, the tail brace forms a right-angled edge bulge with strong reflective characteristics under the wing, which affects the stealth performance of the aircraft. Not only is the rear fuselage area too large, but the tail vertebrae need to be set up to reduce the interference resistance between the tail nozzles. In the final analysis, in the field of aviation design, although China has caught up, it is still one level behind the experienced Americans, so it is prone to some inevitable flaws.

Qi Yiming penetrated to the original plane, and brought a powerful red police base, with sufficient technical support, which made China make substantial leaps and bounds in this regard. When the J-31 was redesigned in the original plane, some undesirable problems have been improved, the aerodynamic shape is smoother and more exquisite, and the various equipment inside has also been improved, so as not to leave a burden on the aircraft.

As a "product" of the JAMTF program, the main combat capability emphasized by the J-31 is stealth interception, that is, air superiority. Compared with the F-35, which has no shadow at all, the J-31 pays more attention to the ability of air combat, whether it is aerodynamic shape or weapon matching, which highlights this. This is not to say that the J-31 does not have the ability to attack the ground and the sea, but a fighter of this size can't carry much if it wants to carry more bombs.

The length of the aircraft is about 17 meters, the empty weight is about 13 tons, the practical ceiling is 18,000 meters, the maximum airspeed is Mach 2, and two medium-thrust turbofan-17 engines are used, with a military thrust of 75 kN, a maximum afterburner thrust of 126 kN, a maximum take-off weight of 31 tons, a combat radius of 1,250 kilometers, and a maximum bomb load of 8 tons (including external plug-ins).

Because of its small size and cramped design, the J-31 has a small built-in magazine, and can only carry 6 PL-12D air-to-air missiles during air superiority, or two PL-12D and two LT-7 stealth modified 500 kg joint guided bombs during dual missions. Like the F-35, the J-31 does not have a side magazine and cannot carry combat missiles inside, so it can only be mounted in the main bomb bay. However, China has designed a new PL-10 extended-range combat missile, with a maximum range of more than 80 kilometers, and can also be projectile to attack targets within 20 kilometers.

External weapons will inevitably destroy its stealth, so considering this, the main operation of the J-31 is to conduct air combat with enemy fighters, and crush the main fighters of the third and fourth generations with its generation difference. After all, in addition to its own stealth capabilities, the J-31 also has AESA radar, which has a larger detection range, and can achieve the first enemy to detect the first enemy in BVR operations (supermarket distance air combat). In addition, its degree of informatization is much better than the current Su-27 and F-15, although Qi Yiming has not yet been able to complete the unlocking of cloud attack capabilities, but its multi-target strike and better adaptation to systematic air operations can give full play to the greatest combat advantages.

The launch of J-31 as a JAMTF, Qi Yiming also wants to seize the world's fifth-generation aircraft market as soon as possible, many countries are interested in buying more advanced fighters, and mainly for defense, so that the main combat advantage of the F-35 fat electric fighter on the ground is actually not as good as the air superiority J-31. Qi Yiming has set a $50 million export price for the J-31, of course, with the passage of time, global inflation and the depreciation of the dollar, this price will definitely continue to rise, but now, the attraction of 50 million fifth-generation fighters is definitely not small.

Even in a country like Saudi Arabia, which is equipped with a large number of FC-1 and FC-9 fighters and has a surplus of air force fleets, after the release of the JAMTF plan, members of its royal family also said that the Royal Saudi Air Force has always been at the forefront of world development, and fifth-generation fighters such as FC-31 will be able to maintain Saudi Arabia's advantage in the Middle East, so although Saudi Arabia does not seek to join the SCO, it hopes to get a place in the JAMTF program.

At this point, Qi Yiming is very resolute, the participating countries of JAMTF can only be the SCO countries, and the rest of the countries can of course buy them, but in the process of developing and producing fighters, they cannot have any say or even the right to suggest.

Another shocking aspect of JAMTF is the volume of purchases, in addition to the good economic situation of China and Nanyang, in fact, the economy of the three former Soviet republics is not good, but they also purchase a lot. Kazakhstan purchased the least, but it also reached 60, the Far East will purchase 100, Siberia 150, Nanyang plans to purchase 220, completely replace the current Thunder, and China's purchase is even more amazing, including land-based and carrier-based versions, China's PLA Air Force and HNA plan to purchase a total of 1,400 fighters of this type.

In this way, the total purchase volume of the five countries has reached 1930 aircraft, and if you add some symbolic purchases from several other member countries of the Shanghe Organization, it should be able to exceed 2000 aircraft purchases, so that the JMATF J-31 can become an international fighter, just like the current F-16.

As soon as the JAMTF plan came out, sure enough, the United States from the government, the military circles to the defense contractors are very nervous, in the past, the United States has always been at the forefront of military science and technology, launching a thing, was touted by many people in the world, a large number of countries pinched their noses to accept additional conditions to buy, but now the United States' own main fifth-generation aircraft has not been developed, here the Chinese have launched a fifth-generation aircraft mainly used for low-end and foreign trade, many Americans can't help but doubt that the United States is still the world's first country in scientific research capabilities, Is the United States still the country with the highest level of force in the world?

As a result, the United States was forced to launch a new medium-sized fifth-generation aircraft program in full swing when the F-22 and NATF projects had not yet seen any results and the future was very uncertain.