But it is not a simple matter to transform the J-7 or J-6 series fighters into unmanned fighters that can fight autonomously. So no matter how significant this matter is, no matter how conceited Duke is, he doesn't dare to agree easily.

"Minister Xiao, we haven't done this thing, as far as I understand, this project is not simpler than simply developing the technical requirements of a drone, maybe it is much more difficult, first of all, it is more troublesome to control this huge guy in the air, you know that our current Jingwei is good, or Pterodactyl, its combat communication radius is limited, Jingwei is about 100 kilometers, and Pterodactyl power is larger, about 300 kilometers.

But the fighter combat is not this distance, although the use of satellite communication can extend the distance further, but the speed of transmission is not as fast as the wireless transmission speed we have developed, so it is difficult to ensure the timeliness of communication, you have seen, our UAV target recognition intelligent system actually relies on the powerful computing power of the ground monitoring station to support, the need for fast computer workstations is also a large part of the cost of UAV manufacturing.

Well, even if we can consider loading this system completely on the plane to solve this problem, but it is really too difficult to make the fighter maintain the agility and combat performance like manned and make various maneuvers, and it is extremely difficult to do it now whether it is our technology or hardware. ”

Duke said matter-of-fact that if he wants to compete with manned fighters in this regard, it may be possible unless he has the support of a computer with supercomputing power like Kerry in his body.

The two generals, Xiao Qianguang and Wang Rong, couldn't help but laugh when they heard Duke say this. "Dean Du, our requirements are not as high as you think," Xiao Qianguang said with a smile, "We won't use these fighters for aerial combat, although this idea is tempting, but we all know that it is not realistic. ”

"As far as our initial idea is concerned, if these fighters can automatically take off and fly to the designated target to perform an attack mission, we have already satisfied, but after looking at your drone project, our requirements have increased a little, that is, in the implementation of this combat mission, these fighters have a certain intelligence, can perform some conventional evasion actions, evade certain air defense weapons, and make the fighters on the mission lose less.

Then, when performing terminal combat missions, it is able to have the ability to identify the most valuable tactical targets for attack. In fact, you can think of it as a more flexible and intelligent missile to use, and of course most of the time we eliminate them as missile carriers that can be recycled.

Only in special circumstances, such as when carrying out saturation attack missions on aircraft carriers, we can even let them play the role of kamikaze fighters with high-explosive bombs, and cooperate with other third-generation fighters in large group combat mode to forcibly tear apart the enemy's aircraft carrier air defense system. ”

Hearing this, Duke faintly understood the intentions of the generals of the general assembly, daring to love this thing is not only a dish prepared for the surrounding neighbors, but also very likely a meal prepared for the aircraft carrier of the US Pacific Fleet, if it really makes the huge retired J-7 or J-6 fleet have some kind of intelligent combat capability, then this is a greater threat to the aircraft carrier formation than the DF-21E missile.

Once something happens in the southeast direction and when carrying out a kamikaze mission, these J-7 or J-6 fighters can completely carry high-explosive bombs, such cheap and high-quality "gifts," to "visit" destroyers, aircraft carriers, and other targets of the US Pacific Fleet, and with the addition of auxiliary fuel tanks, the unilateral combat range of up to more than 2,000 kilometers can be used to disrupt the so-called first island chain blockade of the US military.

However, limited by the limitation of military spending, the reserve of a new type of anti-ship missile like the DF-21E is not too large, and it is certainly incomparable in quantity compared to the J-7 or J-6 with thousands of stocks in stock, and more importantly, the DF-21E missile cannot be adjusted after it is fired, and it is likely to be deceived in the face of the camouflage targets of the opponent's various anti-missile systems.

However, the UAV target recognition system developed by Duke is different, it not only has a strong intelligent recognition ability, not to be confused by the opponent's tricks, but also through early warning aircraft and satellites and other means thousands of kilometers away, the real-time images taken by the fighter are transmitted back, so that the back-end monitoring system can conduct detailed analysis, screen and eliminate false targets and re-set new attack targets.

In other words, the final assembly expects Duke to transform the J-7 or J-6 series into an intelligent long-range unmanned attack platform that can carry missiles or high-explosive bombs for combat.

"If that's the case, we can try" After Duke understood Xiao Qianguang's intentions, he felt that this matter could be tried, "but it won't work, and now we don't dare to pack tickets." ”

"Of course, we must allow failure in research projects, but we believe that with your strength, especially Dean Du's profound attainments in artificial intelligence, the probability of success is very high. It's just that we can control this cost, try not to exceed 5 million yuan, and later we will give a list of functions, listing the priority of the implementation of various functions, we of course eliminate the cost of improvement can be as cheap as possible, we all know that we have never had enough money in terms of funds.

The cheaper it is, the more we can retrofit, and sometimes the number of them can be decisive to a certain extent. Of course, the necessary performance still has to be maintained, and in addition to the priorities on the list of features we give, there are also functional items that must be implemented, which are indispensable. Xiao Qianguang continued Duke's words.

"We will try our best to do a good job in this project" Duke saw that Xiao Qianguang had said this, and he was no longer polite, and began to make requests, "If you look at the main functions just mentioned, I personally think that there should be a relatively large grasp of the realization of basic functions, but for the performance of the J-7 or J-6 two series of aircraft, we have no experience, if we rely on our own exploration, I don't know when we will be able to complete this transformation work."

Can the final assembly side coordinate with AVIC and send a group of engineers with rich experience in J-7 manufacturing and maintenance to assist us in the renovation work? ”

"Of course, we'll ask the J-7 production plant to send the best engineers to assist you with the retrofit." Xiao Qianguang replied without hesitation, "This is an important thing to be grasped by the general assembly in the near future, and we can get results as soon as possible for this project." To be honest, the international situation we are facing now is not very good, and we are not very clear about what kind of effect we can have after the CMC revealed some of our killer features last time.

Maybe it will make our opponent think twice, but it is not excluded that the opponent is ignored by the opponent, if this J-7 or J-6 UAV plan can be realized, even if we only modify a few hundred, then whether it is to show it for deterrence, or in the actual combat to surprise its unpreparedness, we will have a lot more choices. ”

"We can't afford the huge price of hundreds of pilots, but with hundreds of aircraft in stock, it doesn't matter if we send them out at once."

(I was wrong, Xiao and Xiao were not clearly distinguished before, and they will be called Xiao Qianguang in the future.) Thanks to the support of book friends, so that the first chapter subscription is not too ugly, although the absolute number is still insignificant in the eyes of the gods, but I am already very content, there is a change before 12 o'clock in the evening, thank you for your enthusiastic support! ）