In the depths of the desert, a large number of guests were welcomed today.

Several planes had landed on the airport, which was almost the same color as the desert, and each plane quickly disappeared into the dune-like hangars after landing.

At this moment, Duke and Qin Tairan, accompanied by the military commissioner Liu and other military bigwigs, were walking into a huge sand dune, and they were greeted by a majestic behemoth, painted with sand-like camouflage all over their bodies, as if quietly waiting for the arrival of the VIPs. Since the leak of the Shadow at the DSM base, the flight tests of the large UAV project have all been moved to a military base deep in the desert.

"Duke, this is the Terminator drone you developed? It looks very powerful, but what is the performance? Old Man Liu looked at this behemoth, as if he felt the self-evident murderous aura in it.

"Old man, this is the Terminator One, with a variable wingspan of up to 28.5 meters, a length of 10.8 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 10 tons, a maximum fuel load of 5.5 tons, a weapon load of 2 tons, a maximum flight speed of 1050 km / h, a cruising speed of 935 km / h, and a maximum range of 20,000 km." Duke explained.

"Oh, I heard that your thing is based on the Global Eagle, but now, both in appearance and performance indicators, it seems to be far from the Global Eagle, I remember that the Global Eagle should be relatively rounded, why the shape of the Terminator is much tougher." Old Man Liu asked with great interest after listening to Duke's brief introduction.

"Yes, this Terminator is based on the U.S. Global Hawk's improvement, but after the imitation of the Shadow, we have a thorough understanding of the Global Hawk fuselage design, so we have greatly improved the foundation of the prototype, so that its aerodynamic shape is more suitable for high-speed flight, rather than maintaining a large air time, this is because the Terminator is very different from the original Global Hawk in terms of use, and we don't need such a large wingspan.

The aerodynamic shape has been improved to be more suitable for high-speed flight, and the one you see now is a full-size static shape, and in fact when it takes to the sky, the Terminator One's wings will fold back into a part, which not only reduces fuel consumption for flight, but also makes it have a smaller radar reflection area. Duke explained.

"Well, your movements are very fast, and you can actually eat the technology of the Global Hawk so thoroughly, it's amazing," Old Man Liu said approvingly, "I can't imagine that you can see such a great fighter with your own eyes when you are old." ”

After speaking, Old Man Liu turned his head to Admiral Xu Zhonghe, the commander of the Air Force who was following on the side, "Zhonghe, how are you going to use this Terminator drone in your Air Force?" ”

"We are ready to use it as a strategic bombing mission." Admiral Xu Zhonghe did not avoid Duke and Qin Tairan, and said bluntly, the 2-ton load was used as a strategic bombing, and Qin Tairan on the side couldn't help but tremble when he heard it, it seems that in terms of the Terminator, the future Air Force is actually planning to equip it with a nuclear bomb, and the Air Force's emphasis on the Terminator is really unexpected.

Duke looked sluggish, and he hadn't reacted to the meaning of Xu Zhonghe's words, but when he heard that the Air Force was preparing to let the Terminator carry out a strategic mission, he also knew that this was the Air Force preparing to use the Terminator.

"Although it flies far enough, the bomb load is still a little worse, and if you carry out a bombing mission, the cost is not too high," Duke interjected, "because if the bomb is dropped, the opponent can quickly calculate the approximate location of the Terminator according to parameters such as throwing distance, landing point and time, so that it is difficult for the Terminator to escape the interception of the opponent's fighters." According to our expected tactical concept, this thing still carries one or two long-range air-to-ground attack missiles, and it is easier to get out of it if it hits and runs dozens of kilometers away. ”

"Hehe, Duke" Qin Tairan saw that Duke didn't understand the meaning of Xu Zhonghe's words, and couldn't help but remind softly, "Commander Xu's strategic bombing mission is not just throwing ordinary bombs. If the Terminator can successfully reach the sky above the target, it will be enough for Commander Xu and them, and they can send a mushroom cloud to the opponent, even if there is no return, it will be worth it. ”

"Mushroom clouds? Nuclear bombs" Duke suddenly realized, and couldn't help but tap his head lightly, "Is 2 tons of load enough?" Although Duke is studying nuclear reactions, his research and nuclear weapons are two different fields, and he really doesn't know about nuclear bombs.

"A 2-ton guy isn't too big, but destroying a medium-sized city isn't much of a problem." Xu Zhonghe explained with a smile. "The explosive yield of our submarine-launched missiles is definitely much stronger than that."

Hearing Xu Zhonghe say this, Duke gasped, and the terminator with this kind of big killing weapon really became a "terminator".

"What is the annual production of the Terminator that you can achieve now, and how much does it cost to make it?" Xu Zhonghe asked, this is what he is more concerned about now, "Limited by the limited production of invisible special materials, our annual output is not more than 4 aircraft, and the production cost of each aircraft has not been fully accounted for yet, but it should not be less than 200 million yuan." Duke replied.

Now the material manufacturing process of cracking the Global Hawk is not mature, not only the output is low, but also the cost is surprisingly high, and the production of 4 aircraft a year is already exhausted.

Hearing this number, Xu Zhonghe frowned, things are good things, but the output is too low, according to this production rate, it will take ten years to deploy forty or fifty planes, this is really a bit far from quenching your thirst. "Can you think of a way to increase production capacity as much as possible, such as producing more than 10 aircraft a year?" Xu Zhonghe asked, "The Terminator is a good thing, with it we have another killer feature, but to form an army as soon as possible, production is a big problem."

"We are also trying to find a way, but we can't reverse the manufacturing process of some materials, we can only be a little bit of experiment, and the materials used now are made little by little by experiment, not to mention the amazing cost, the output will definitely not go up." Duke shook his head, this thing really wasn't something that could be done quickly.

"Maybe in a year or two, we will be able to find a better manufacturing process and formula to achieve large-scale production." Duque added that he was not sure that Duch's research experts would be able to solve the problem of mass production in a year or two.

"Take your time, Tadawa, we're here as spectators today, let's take a look at the Terminator's wonderful performance first." Old man Liu interrupted their conversation, today he really made a special trip to see the first domestic aircraft that can break through the 20,000 km range, although it is a drone, but this is enough for the military to have an important weapon platform that can take off and attack the world at home, and it is also a highly invisible attack platform.

This significance is not inferior to that of our strategic-class nuclear submarines.

When the Terminator soars in the sky, doing all kinds of wonderful tactical actions under the command of the ground, it is difficult to find any traces of the radar equipment on the ground, even if it is aimed at the sky where the Terminator passes.

After watching the complete demonstration from the large curtain wall of the base, Mr. Liu patted Duke on the shoulder with great satisfaction and said, "I think that's it, you will first finalize and produce a batch of it, and then add new models after your new model comes out, we will use this thing regardless of the cost, although we don't have a stealth bomber like B-2, but with the Terminator, I don't think it's much worse than B-2, from now on, we will have one more thing that can keep the Yankees awake." ”

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