The carrier-based aircraft of the light aircraft carrier are almost all British man-made Sea Harriers, which is the only carrier-based aircraft in the world that can take off and land vertically, as for the Yak-38, it is just a complete pit cargo, and even the Kiev-class aircraft carriers of the Soviets were only equipped in the initial stage, and then went ashore and were never deployed on the aircraft carrier again.

The Sea Harrier-style vertical short take-off and landing, resulting in a completely different structure of the fuselage than before, the engine in the middle of the fuselage, a waste of valuable space, less fuel capacity, short range, and for vertical take-off and landing deliberately enlarged air intake, and led to a large resistance in flight, the maximum flight speed does not exceed Mach 1.3, and the performance of the mainstream fighter is very different, in the Falklands War, if the Argentine Air Force is not too crippled, replaced by the Pakistani Air Force, absolutely the British task force is all over the ground looking for teeth.

Therefore, Mhammad did not take a sword off the rails, and directly aimed at fixed-wing fighters, not to mention that Pakistan already has an excellent carrier-based fighter Tomcat.

"Your carrier-based aircraft, you must still choose the Tomcat, right?" General Zhang said: "The performance of this aircraft is indeed good. ”

At this time, General Zhang remembered the next generation of main heavy fighters that the top level has not yet decided, some people appreciate the Soviet Union's Su-27 fighters, and some people hope to use Pakistan's main Tomcat fighters to serve as their own next-generation main fighters, after all, the Tomcat fighters appeared too early, and the technology has been outdated.

"Yes." "The Tomcat fighter is our main fighter, and we have reached an agreement with Chengfei to develop a new generation of stealth fighters on the basis of the Tomcat fighter as our next generation of main fighters," Mhammad said. ”

The agreement was reached only recently, and the specific agreement has not yet been signed. Cheng Fei only typed a written report once, and it has not yet been submitted to the highest level.

"Developed on the basis of the Tomcat fighter?" Air Force Commander Wang Hai's eyes suddenly widened: "Do you value the variable sweep wing technology so much? ”

Wang Hai and Mhammad are also old acquaintances, and the heroic deeds of the J-10 F-16 were actually directed by Wang Hai and Mhammad behind the scenes, and they successfully squeezed the F-16 away and determined the main position of the No. 10 aircraft. Now it seems that this step is very right, otherwise, now that the Americans have sanctioned it, the F-16 will not be built, and the No. 10 machine will be scrapped.

And in terms of heavy aircraft, Wang Hai is actually hesitant, the Tomcat is the technology of the seventies, and the Su-27. It is the latest and best fighter launched by the Soviets in the eighties, wing-body fusion, side strip wings, are the most cutting-edge technology in the aviation industry, and the Su-27 looks even more beautiful. In China, the call for the introduction of the Su-27 is also very high.

"Yes, the variable sweep wing technology will not go out of style, it gives the fighter the ability to intercept quickly. It is unmatched by any kind of warplane. "In the event that engine technology cannot be broken through, our next-generation fighters. Thanks to the variable swept wing technology, supersonic cruise can be carried out with ease. ”

"Then what do you think, which one has better performance, the Su-27 or the Tomcat fighter?" Wang Hai asked.

Now, the dispute between the Air Force and the Military Commissariat is very large. There have always been disagreements about what kind of equipment should be introduced, and now, Wang Hai's question immediately attracted more people's eyes. They all looked at Mhammad.

"The Su-27 is the defeated fighter of our Tomcat fighters." "We in the Pakistan Air Force are proud of the Tomcat," Mhammad said. ”

Mhammad must have said this, and the minister of the third aircraft department on the side said: "What if we introduce it, and replace our existing advanced technology on a large scale, such as our own multi-functional radar?" ”

Mhammad touched his nose and said to the other party: "You introduce, produce, and understand the technology, I don't know how many years it will take?" Is five years enough? And then improve it yourself? Is it another five years? I expect that in ten years, our next generation of stealth Tomcat fighters will be ready for test flights, right? ”

Muhammad said very clearly, the technology of the Tomcat, Pakistan has already eaten it through, and it has begun to produce itself, and Huaxia is only now starting to study the technology of the Su-27, the price of time is too great, and when the time comes, it will be improved by itself, and the fourth-generation aircraft of the Tomcat will come out.

In just a few words, the people of the Third Aircraft Department were speechless, and General Zhang, the commander of the Navy on the side, continued: "President Mhammad, do you already have the ability to produce the catapults used in the aircraft carrier you mentioned?" Now only the United States has the technology of catapults, and even the Soviets are using the leaping method. ”

In fact, General Zhang is also inclined to stereotype the Tomcat fighter, in this way, the navy's carrier-based aircraft will also be available, if the Su-27 is introduced, from the Su-27 to improve into the navy's carrier-based aircraft, I am afraid that it will be delayed for a longer time, the navy can not afford to wait. However, the status of the navy among the three major branches of the armed forces has always been the lowest, and it is not the navy's turn to speak about what fighters the air force wants to equip. With the financial resources of the Navy, it is already good to get the flying leopard out.

"Catapults are a real technical problem." "But Americans aren't the only ones in the world," Mhammad said. ”

And not that the Americans have! Because the USSR was also engaged! Moreover, the Soviet Union is now almost coming out, having conducted many tests to fully achieve the performance of a catapult fighter, and is waiting for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be launched and outfitted, and then the catapult will be installed.

If the Americans refuse to sell, the Soviets are not necessarily, the relationship between Mhammad and Gorbachev is okay, and when the time comes, if you use some money relations, you will definitely be able to buy it, the Soviets are now for money, they are willing to sell anything, even the Su-27 has been sold, what else is unwilling, and the catapult is not something that can directly fight a war.

This is the next policy, and the best policy is naturally to wait until Pakistan builds an aircraft carrier, and the Soviet Union has just collapsed, and when the time comes, directly get those experts and technologies over, and they can manufacture them themselves in Pakistan.

Pakistan has all the precision processing capabilities, and all kinds of advanced technical materials can be made by Pakistan or obtained from the Western world, and Pakistan has the experience of maintaining catapults.

As for doing it domestically, Mhammad has also thought about it, but now that Pakistan's various technologies need to be developed, it is difficult to find a professional team to study this problem for a while. Moreover, the steam catapult is only a transition, and it will definitely be the era of the electromagnetic catapult in the future, and Mhammad would rather work more on the electromagnetic catapult than waste it on the steam catapult, after all, Pakistan needs a maximum of eight catapults and two new aircraft carriers.

In later generations, the French also gave up their self-developed catapults and bought finished products directly from the United States, just because self-development was too cost-effective.

"Do you mean, buying from the Soviet side?" General Zhang asked.

"The catapult is a device that the aircraft carrier must have, and the sortie efficiency of the glide jump take-off is low, the deck occupies too much area, and the deck operation efficiency is low, which is not a good choice." Mhammad did not answer his question directly, but continued to tell about the advantages of catapults.

"Okay, about the aircraft carrier, we will make a demonstration." Deng Gong said to Mhammad: "If we can design and build it together with you, it will be beneficial to both of us." ”

This is the rhythm of achieving a win-win situation through cooperation, and Deng Gong has certainly seen the benefits, the state can get a lot of the technology with less than half the investment.

"We're already developing subsystems." "I also hope to see the day in the future when our aircraft carrier fleet will be able to sail the world's oceans," Mhammad said. ”

The aircraft carrier is a huge system project, in addition to the mother ship itself, the carrier-based aircraft is also very important, Pakistan only has the Tomcat fighter, the number of early warning aircraft is still very limited, so the technology of the early warning aircraft to overcome, the development of its own early warning aircraft, is also impatient.

In addition, there are anti-submarine aircraft, attack aircraft, electronic jamming aircraft, etc., which need to be constantly broken through.

"The Soviet Union has launched an improved version of the Su-27 fighter, which has flown to Shenfei, and this Su-27 fighter has been improved, no longer has the original defects, and has more outstanding air combat capabilities." Hearing that the topic just now had diverged, the minister of the Third Aircraft Department was obviously unwilling and brought up the Su-27 fighter again.

President Hammad's opinion has a great influence on the Chinese military, after all, Pakistan's air force has comprehensively surpassed the Chinese air force, just now Mhammad has been saying that the Su-27 is not good, and also said that the Su-27 is the defeated commander of the Tomcat fighter, it is better to let President Mahmad see, the Soviets have not been idle over the years, and the fighters improved by others are more beautiful and more maneuverable!

When he was flying, Mhammad heard about the improvement of the Su-27, and Mhammad was not impressed at the time, what improvements could the Soviets have? It took more than 20 years for the later generations to be considered successful.

But now, hearing the words of this guy, Mhammad is moved, although Mhammad looks down on the fighters of the Soviets, but the Su-27 is also an excellent third-generation aircraft after all, see what new changes the Soviets have?

Thinking of this, Mhammad said, "In that case, I really want to go and see it." ”

(Some readers complained that this kind of national-level leader meeting will be accompanied by the minister of the Ministry of the Third Machine?) Please forgive me, it's just a novel, this role of the head of the three machine departments, I don't dare to let someone with a higher status play it. (To be continued......)