At the beginning of replacing the tomcat, it was felt that the tomcat was expensive and the maintenance cost was high, and the big bug was cheaper, but in fact, the operation cost of the big bug was not low at all, and now, since Nathan is here, he is still a tomcat fan, of course, he has to rely on his own strength to change the fate of the tomcat.

The first is to carry out multi-purpose transformation, so that the cost and efficiency of this fighter is higher, of course, it must have ground attack capabilities, is it a shame for multi-purpose fighters? No shame!

The Tomcat's variable sweep wing is simply born to be the material for bomb cats, look at this era, the Tornado fighter-bomber jointly developed by Western Europe, isn't it a variable sweep wing? Its bombing version is more popular than the combat type.

The variable sweep wing allows for lower take-off and landing speeds, which means more ammunition can be loaded, and the variable sweep wing allows the aircraft to sprint at the last moments, and so on.

If the improvement is completed, and it is found that the Tomcat fighter is too cost-effective from top to bottom, then the fate of this fighter may change.

In the future, in the face of the Su-33 carrier-based aircraft of the Soviets, only the Tomcat fighter can be worthy of the heavy responsibility, big bug, I don't like it anyway.

Of course, if the Tomcat fighter can completely get out of the danger of retirement, Nathan's unremitting efforts are needed, and now, this is only the first step.

The US Navy, now facing a big problem, is the naval fleet of the Soviets, and in order to urgently improve their anti-ship and anti-land capabilities, they must develop supersonic anti-ship missiles, which only Tomcats can mount.

In this way, the Tomcat fighter must be upgraded so that it has the ability to launch anti-ship missiles, and there are too many advantages of the Tomcat!

"Our AG-9 radar should also be digitally transformed and more modes introduced." Nathan continued to say what he thought.

When I was competing with the F-15 for the contract of the bs country, the other party kept talking about the radar, and Nathan was messing around at the time, saying that my radar can see far, but it is actually wrong, and the radar should not only see far, but also see clearly.

For example, in terms of ground, there is a lack of synthetic aperture mode, if there is such a mode, then you can see the ground clearly, the last time you carried out the final mission to search for the Soviet ground forces, if there is this mode, even if they stop advancing, all stationary, you can find it.

Radar lacks this mode, on the one hand, the Tomcat fighter is an air supremacy fighter, these modes on the ground are useless, it is only used for ground attack, on the other hand, it was the AG-9 radar developed relatively early, many or analog circuits, should be digitally transformed, these, Nathan is aware, keep the transmitter and so on, improve the rear processing circuit, what comes out is the APG-71 radar, there are quite a lot of modes, it can be multi-purpose.

Now put forward a transformation plan, the Tomcat fighter will be transformed into a fighter with ground attack capabilities, and wait until the Navy does this, well, I found that this is not bad, so the big bugs can go to the side to cool down.

Nathan feels very promising, is this under the heavy pressure of the Soviets, if they don't improve now, wait for the abuse in the future?

"Our AG-9 radar has a very long search distance, and the maximum distance of finding large aircraft is more than 300 kilometers, and if it is modified and the sea mode is introduced, the warships on the sea will definitely be found at a distance of more than 300 kilometers, so if our Tomcat fighters are used to mount anti-ship missiles, our Tomcat fighters can even fight alone in the absence of external reinforcements."

This is another big advantage, the radar of the Tomcat fighter is the largest of all airborne radars, and many times it can be used as a small early warning aircraft.

If you let the Tomcat mount anti-ship missiles, then you don't need anything, what sea patrol aircraft, what AWACS aircraft, nothing, I fly and play by myself, and when I encounter a target, I will beat you!

If it is not enough to say that it is not enough to carry missiles, then it is even more advantageous to be able to search the enemy's fleet by himself, and no high-ranking naval officer will refuse this proposal.

As long as anti-ship missiles can be mounted first, then other missiles can be mounted, multi-purpose transformation, and then it will be considered a success.

Nathan has paved the way for the Tomcat fighter, and with this opportunity, he solemnly proposed an upgrade plan for the Tomcat fighter, in the past, only the engine was upgraded, and the modified TF41 was temporarily replaced, but almost everything else was the same.

Now, just take advantage of this opportunity to carry out a large-scale improvement, so that the performance of the new fighter will be completely upgraded to a higher level, and the next time it will compete with the F-15, it can be crushed in all aspects, not by shortcuts, and it can be crushed head-on.

When Nathan said this, everyone present nodded, and Petro Bori also had the same opinion, it seems that it can only be upgraded Tomcat, and this report will be sent to the superiors as soon as possible.

Wait a minute.

It takes a lot of money to upgrade your fighter! The sudden outbreak of war in Hokkaido has consumed a lot of military spending, and if the Diet does not approve an increase in military spending, let alone upgrade the fighters, I am afraid that the current equipment will have to be used improvised.

How to solve the problem of funding?

When Petro Bori thought of this, he felt that his head was big, but, this thing, don't have a headache by yourself, let the big people above have a headache, now, after talking for a long time, Nathan just said a question, is there a second point?

Of course, Nathan has already thought about the problem of funding, if there is no funding, this matter will still be yellow, and the source of funding, Nathan has already thought about it.

Kill two birds with one stone, just suspend the development of the F-18 first, move the money of the F-18 first, no way, emergency, big bugs wait first, don't worry, you are the mother who gave birth to you, and the Tomcat fighter is the mother who raised it.

On the other hand, it is possible to sell aircraft carriers, and those retired aircraft carriers are all parked in the port, and it is better to sell them simply if they are exposed to the sun and wind.

Sell to whom?

Buyers should be easy to find, for example, Britain, when they were in Britain for a while, firmly promoting the advantages of aircraft carriers, I don't know if they have argued, American aircraft carriers, the asking price is not high, and then, give them a modern and improved one, moreover, let them equip Tomcat carrier-based aircraft, a full set, that is a bottomless pit.

As long as Britain privatizes its own industry and allows American capital to enter Britain's state-owned enterprises, their government will suddenly have money, and buying an aircraft carrier is a trivial matter, and everyone is satisfied with the outcome.

Moreover, after a few years, when it comes to the Falklands War, Britain should thank itself.