Chapter 176: Challenge Accepted
The air forces of the eastern countries still follow the model of the Soviet Union, intercepting operations under the guidance of the ground, and the initiative of the pilots in the air is limited, while the Pakistan Air Force, because it has more contacts with the West, implements the Western model, giving the pilots more autonomy, which can be seen from the establishment of the Pakistan Air Force, they are large squadrons, with more than 20 fighters in one squadron, while the air forces of the eastern countries have only four in one squadron.
Pakistan's theory of air warfare is also constantly deepening, and interception operations under ground guidance are only one aspect, and more importantly, they are modern air warfare and air warfare under electronic countermeasures.
AWACS and jammers can raise Pakistan's electronic warfare capabilities to a new level.
Now, looking at these two pieces of equipment in Pakistan, the experts from the East have deeply felt the gap, although the Eastern countries are equipped with a huge number of fighters, but they are still second-rate air forces, and if they want to progress, they need their hard work.
After visiting the AWACS aircraft, they began to visit the air show, when the Tomcat fighter dragged the tail flame, taxied from the runway, and after taking off, immediately accelerated, the wings swept back to the maximum, and soon disappeared in front of their eyes.
"Tomcat fighters, do you need pilots to control the wing sweep angle inside?" A technician asked.
Variable swept wing is a technology that the Eastern countries used to be very interested in, they even got a MiG-23, disassembled and studied, and planned to imitate it, but after finding out that changing a swept wing actually required the pilot to make seven or eight actions, they still gave up, in air combat, where can the pilot be distracted to make so many actions!
"The variable swept wing of this fighter is completely controlled by the computer." Arslan explained: "We pilots don't need to intervene in any way. The computer calculates the most suitable sweep angle required. ”
Computerized automatic control! Listening to everyone's hearts, their hearts were fluttering.
"Is the wing box sturdy?" Another officer asked.
"We once used a Tomcat to break the tail of a Soviet plane, which was hit with a wing box, and then, the Tomcat returned safely, and the variable sweep wing still moved freely."
To say that the most experienced in combat right now. It was the air force of Pakistan, and they were facing the powerful air force of the Red Empire.
The impact in high-speed movement, if you are not careful, is that the plane is destroyed and people die, and the other party actually takes the initiative to collide, this is an air force with a tough style!
As he spoke, the tomcat returned, this time. The wings are spread out, and the field is opened at low altitude.
It was all flat and stable, without any combat movements, and it was like this at a low altitude, but everyone present had their eyes wide open.
How fast? No, how slow? That's more than 200 kilometers per hour! What's the value of that? Even the J-6, which has excellent low-altitude maneuverability, cannot be so leisurely. This illustrates the heavy twin-engine fighter Tomcat, which is best at low-altitude combat in the J-6. It can also completely suppress the J-6!
Although the J-6 is backward, but at low altitude, ultra-low altitude, it is the king, and the J-7 can only fight with the J-6 until it adopts the replacement of double delta wings and leading edge mobile flaps. As for the J-8, it is a typical high-altitude and high-speed second-generation aircraft.
The Tomcat's show ended, the F-16 began, and just after taking off, the F-16 increased its angle of attack. In the eyes of all, watching the climb of this F-16.
If the Tomcat relied on the advantage of the variable sweep wing, then the F-16 relied entirely on the engine! This single-engine light fighter, after having a powerful engine, maneuverability, is even more incomparable, watching the F-16 in the sky doing dazzling various actions, the people on the ground are stunned.
This is an advanced third-generation fighter! It does not emphasize how high altitude and high speed, but maneuverability, homeopathic circling, and see that the nose can move quickly, which means that the pilot has more opportunities to point the nose at the other side, and they even think that their four Jian-7, besieging such a fighter, I am afraid that the other side will also be counterattacked.
Watching statically, I can't appreciate the power of these fighters, but now watching the other party's performance, everyone realizes that those fighters in their own country, in front of these fighters, are no longer fighters, scum.
After lunch, the warm and friendly meeting began again.
"We are very impressed by the performance in the morning, your country has first-class fighters and first-class pilots." "You are already ahead of us in air combat, and we have a lot to learn," said Tu Jida. ”
Tu Jida's words were full of emotion, aware of the gap, and it was not a shame to say it here with his Pakistani counterpart.
"It's war that forces us to be strong." Nur Khan said: "If we are not strong, on the battlefield, we will only be destroyed." ”
Thinking of the domestic air force, in order to fly safely, in order not to lose their official positions, climb up, many flight units, less than a dozen flying hours a year, moreover, do not do any difficult actions, Tu Jida is very emotional.
"Yes, only through the guò war can a strong air force be trained." "We have been instructed by our superiors to cooperate on the engine side, but we also want to cooperate on other aspects in addition to the engine, such as avionics systems. ”
Mhammad watched Turkida speak, the advanced nature of the avionics system has a more critical impact on the performance of the fighter, and the radar and control will affect the combat effectiveness of the fighter.
"We want to get a complete AWG-9 radar system for our mapping." Tu Jida said, and after speaking, he looked at these people in front of him, waiting for their reactions.
The AWG-9 radar is the radar of the Tomcat fighter, although it has been in service for several years, it is still an advanced radar, such as it can find bomber targets 200 kilometers away, such as it can guide the attack of undead birds, for example, it also has terrain mapping, synthetic aperture and other modes.
With the cooperation between the two sides, it is not difficult to understand the structure and performance of this radar, but it is related to the other side's operations to let the other side provide a complete system for its own surveying and mapping, after all, the other side will not have many spare parts, and it has to be hidden from the United States.
Among the technicians, Bai Xue was the most worried, she looked at the expressions of those people above, especially Mhammad, what if the other party did not agree?
Mhammad glanced at Nur Khan and saw that Nur Khan nodded, so Mhammad said: "In this matter, you must make a military order. ”
Military writ? Tukida didn't know what Mhammad was going to say, so he couldn't help but be surprised.
"We can provide you with a complete set of spare parts from our spare parts warehouse, but you have to map and replicate this radar within two years." "At the same time, we will also send experts to work with you," Mhammad said. ”
Within two years! This military order is mainly a matter of time, for oneself, two years is too short.
Domestic electronic technology has just been restored, and Western electronic technology is already very developed, this radar, there must be semiconductors in it, and even integrated circuits, two years of research, as for imitation, I am afraid it will take several years.
"As for funding, we can also go to a third party, and there will be people who are interested in this imitation." Mhammad continued.
As with engines, the two sides cooperate in research, find Iran to pay for it, and the Iranians maintain the Tomcat fleet, the first problem is the engine, and the second problem is avionics.
Mhammad also knows that two years is a short time, but he can't wait, electronic technology is changing with each passing day, and he must speed up to catch up in order to continue to develop, and he knows very well the imitation capabilities of Eastern countries, as long as he puts pressure on them, he will definitely be able to do it.
Moreover, it was Cheng Fei and Xifei who came, not the Adou Shen Fei who couldn't help him, and Mhammad believed that these people were people who were full of energy and could create a miracle.
Tu Jida was still hesitating in his heart, two years is too short, even if the technicians don't sleep and work day and night, they may not be able to make it up, but if they don't agree, it will be impossible to get the AWG-9 radar system, which is what they lack the most. If the study is thorough, there will be a qualitative leap in domestic technology.
"Okay, we promise." Before Tu Jida could speak, a voice came from among the technicians.
Following the voice, a capable girl stood up: "We will be two years, if we can't copy it in two years, we will be at your disposal." ”
"Bai Xue, sit down, where is your turn to speak here." While the translator had not yet relayed Bai Xue's words, the senior brother on the side hurriedly said.
"Senior brother, this is an opportunity for us, two years is two years!" Bai Xue said: "For the sake of our national defense, we must accept the challenge! ”
Seeing that the translator did not move, Bai Xue immediately changed his words, and said to the senior Pakistani official opposite in fluent English: "My name is Bai Xue, I am a avionics system professional, I am willing to sign this military order with you, as long as the AWG-9 radar is handed over to us for study, we will definitely be able to copy it within two years." ”
"You have a saying that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." Mhammad said: "There is also a saying that the future is terrible, and the new era belongs to young people. Mr. Tu, what is your opinion? ”
Tu Jida glanced back at Bai Xue and said, "I'll sign this military order with you." "For the sake of national defense, this is a choice that I have to make.
"Okay, then we'll settle this matter." "In addition to the Tomcat's AWG-9 radar, we can also provide a set of F-16 APG-66 radar for your comparative study," Mhammad said. (To be continued......)
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