"Actually, we have more good stuff." "Your Royal Highness Prince Sultan, tomorrow, I will take you to our aircraft manufacturing company to have a look," said Mhammad. ”

Aircraft building! The basic level of a country's industry is to look at the country's automobile manufacturing, and the high-tech level of a country is to look at the country's aerospace level!

Now, Pakistan's aviation industry is very developed, and it is one of the few countries in the world that can build its own fighters!

"Okay." Prince Sultan was very interested.

When he returned to Islamabad, it was already the middle of the night, and after arranging for the Saudi guests to stay, Mhammad returned to the presidential palace and made some more arrangements.

The next day, the sky was clear and cloudless.

Mhammad personally accompanied the Saudi visitors to the Aviation Industry Company.

First entered the company's building, and when he saw the Tomcat fighter being assembled in the workshop, Prince Sultan was immediately surprised.

"In Pakistan, it is already able to build such fighters on its own?"

Although there has been news from the outside world that Pakistan can manufacture Tomcat fighters on its own, many bricks have conclusive evidence that this is impossible, and Pakistan simply does not have the ability to produce Tomcat fighters on its own!

3rd generation fighters! You know, even Europe, which is now known for its industrial strength, does not have the ability to develop it on its own, only a few countries, Sweden made the Gripen, France alone did the Mirage 2000 and Rafale, and the rest, the four countries jointly developed the EF2000.Pakistan? How many years has it been since industrialization? The era of real development is no more than ten years! You must know that aviation science and technology requires the precipitation and accumulation of technology, and it is absolutely impossible to develop it in just a few years.

Therefore, the outside world has always believed that the so-called Pakistan produces Tomcat fighters on its own. In fact, it is just to repair the aircraft damaged in the war.

Now, seeing this fighter being assembled, it is not a repair at all, it is definitely a remanufacture! The metal skin on the outside of the fighter, which has not yet been painted, exposed rivets. It shows great strength.

"You can actually produce your own fighters?" Prince Sultan's surprise was palpable.

"Yes." "A few years ago, we started producing small batches, and now we are able to produce more than 20 aircraft a year," Mhammad said. Compared to the prototype Tomcat, we have also made some improvements, for example, we have replaced the original hydraulic operation with digital telex, and we have made extensive use of our existing advanced electronic technology. The on-board radar is even more powerful than the prototype. ”

Khalid looked around with great interest, and when he climbed into the cockpit, he couldn't help but be moved to see that the layout inside was more advanced than the existing F-15 fighter jets in Saudi Arabia.

It's a pity that Saudi Arabia's demand for fighters is not so strong now.

Saudi Arabia has been equipped with nearly 200 F-15 fighters, which are the first-class fighters of the US Air Force, and these fighters are enough to defend Saudi airspace.

When Saudi Arabia was buying fighter jets. Another big country in the Gulf, that is, Iran. The Tomcat fighter was chosen, and Saudi Arabia chose the F-15 fighter in order to avoid the performance of the fighter being known to the other side when it clashed with Iran. Now, Saudi Arabia has the largest fleet of F-15s outside the United States, so there is not a great need for new fighters.

Otherwise. Pakistan's self-produced Tomcat fighters, their own side is absolutely equipped with a batch, after all, Pakistan's air force is strong and can defeat the Soviet Air Force! Pakistan's own Tomcat fighter. The performance is absolutely top-notch.

It's a pity.

Prince Sultan thought the same thing in his mind, and he looked around at the plane, full of joy and disappointment.

Saudi Arabia's pro-American policy is just to maintain the reproduction of the Saudi royal family and the security of the Saudi state, if they had to choose, they would choose Pakistan, after all, they have the same faith as Pakistan!

"Your Royal Highness, how are our fighters?" Mhammad asked.

At this time, a cart slowly pushed over, and on it was placed a steel part with a cylindrical appearance exposed with various wiring, which was the heart of the plane, the engine!

"Yes, we're interested in this fighter." Prince Sultan said: "If we were not equipped with a large number of F-15 fighters, we would definitely buy a batch of these fighters from Pakistan!" ”

"The development of science and technology is changing with each passing day." "Now, while we are already able to build a third-generation fighter, both the United States and the Soviet Union have begun to develop a fourth-generation fighter," Mhammad said. The United States is concentrating its efforts on the development of the F-22 fighter. With super maneuverability, stealth performance, and supersonic cruise capability, this kind of fighter will become the main force on the battlefield in the future. ”

Over the years, Prince Sultan has been committed to Saudi Arabia's national defense construction, and of course he knows about the United States' development of fourth-generation fighters.

"Yes, this fighter being developed by the United States has more advanced performance." Prince Sultan said: "However, this fighter is a highly secret of the United States, and we will not be able to buy it for a long time. ”

Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the United States, and of course it also hopes to buy advanced weapons from the United States, but unfortunately, the United States does not plan to export this kind of fighter plane, and even Prince Sultan proposed to see this kind of fighter plane when he visited the United States, but he was politely refused.

"The United States will not export this kind of fighter." "The United States will unite countries and invest together to develop a low-end machine," Mhammad said. ”

What Mahmad said, of course, is the historical F-35 fighter, this fighter, the Americans in 93 years, launched the "joint advanced attack technology" JASF verification aircraft research, hoping to develop a series of light combat attack aircraft common to several services, replacing the US Air Force's F-15E, F-16, F-15C and F-117, the Navy's F-14, the Marine Corps' AV-8B, to achieve the purpose of a multi-purpose aircraft, in addition to land-based fighters with conventional take-off, It is also necessary to have short-range and vertical take-off fighters, as well as catapult fighters on naval aircraft carriers, to achieve the purpose of simultaneous use of multiple services. After the project was proposed, Britain also showed great interest in this program, offering to join it and replace the Harrier and Sea Harrier fighters with such aircraft. In March 1996, the JASF program was officially renamed the "Joint Strike Fighter" JSF, and it became a fighter for global use. Of course, in terms of performance, it is lower than the American F-22.

As soon as Mhammad said that, Prince Sultan was taken aback, because, some time ago, the Americans just told Saudi Arabia that the United States is carrying out a new fourth-generation aircraft program, and hopes that Saudi Arabia can contribute a sum of money to support the development of this plan, and Saudi Arabia can also give priority to ordering this kind of fighter!

Mhammad didn't know that because of his crossing, the Soviet Union was still standing when it was about to enter 92 years, and the fourth-generation aircraft program of the United States was also developing rapidly.

Of course, Saudi Arabia will not get any technology, but only promised that it can order such fighters first.

"President Mhammad, you are indeed a wise leader of the country." Prince Sultan said: "The Americans have proposed this plan to us, hoping that we can join in and provide 20 billion dollars of funds for the Americans to develop." ”

Two tens of billion! Americans really know how to cut wool! Mhammad thought in his heart, it seems that he has prepared at the right time this time, if it is too late, in case the Saudis are fooled by the Americans, he will not be able to fool himself.

"Your Royal Highness, we also have this plan." Mhammad said to Prince Sultan: "I wonder if Saudi Arabia is interested in joining?" ”

Pakistan, also want to develop its own fourth-generation aircraft? Prince Sultan was stunned for a moment, you know, even in Europe, no country dares to say that it can build a fourth-generation aircraft! Pakistan actually has a research and development plan?

Entering a conference room, the slide projector turned on, and Prince Sultan looked at one of the engineers in charge.

When the first picture came out, Prince Sultan was stunned, isn't this a Tomcat fighter? It's just that this appearance has been changed too sci-fi, right?

"Our plan is to develop a quasi-fourth-generation fighter based on our Tomcat fighter." The engineer began to elaborate: "We also apply the variable sweep wing technology to achieve full airspace aerodynamic adaptability, which is not possible with other aerodynamic layouts. Relying on our own progress in the field of stealth technology, we have redesigned the shape of this fighter to greatly reduce the radar reflection area while ensuring aerodynamic performance, which is two orders of magnitude smaller than the existing one. ”

Advances in stealth technology! Pakistan has a trick, at the air show a few years ago, Pakistani airlines, showed their progress in stealth, even the Americans are very interested, it is said that they paid a high price for Pakistani technology.

"The weapons are all inside, so the fuselage is longer than the previous Tomcat fighter, and a built-in bomb bay is set aside in the middle of the fuselage to achieve the ability to mount four medium-range missiles and two combat bombs. Increase the fuel tank on the back of the aircraft and increase the fuel load coefficient in the aircraft to increase the range. The engineer continued: "At the same time, we still retain the ability to mount long-range air-to-air missiles, in semi-buried pylons in the belly of the aircraft. In this way, while ensuring excellent volley ability, it has excellent stealth ability. ”

The slides switched, and a diagram of the internal structure of the body appeared. (To be continued......)