Buying the R-77 for competitive use isn't really a brilliant idea.

In the exhibition center before, they also consulted the salesman, not that the J-10A cannot use the R-77, but it is not the original weapon of the "Raptor" after all, although the price of imports is not high now; As for the actual performance of the missiles, the R-77 and PL-12 can be said to be half a pound and eight taels, and if you really want to compare the full-range maneuverability characteristics, perhaps the former is a little weaker.

What did he, the captain, think of to buy such a thing?

Long Yun, who was sitting opposite Liu Wei, knew everything about his current confusion, and he knew that it was best for him to explain it to Liu Wei clearly, so as not to make a mistake when he started to study later.

"I don't want to buy the R-77 to use, we haven't got the fighter yet, and I don't know what the compatibility between the two is, so how can we spend money casually? Actually, I wanted to buy it and study it, so I can get familiar with it during training: there is still a long way to go, and sooner or later we will encounter an opponent using the R-77, right? ”

If you listen carefully to the words of such an improvised organization, there are obvious loopholes; However, Liu Wei is of course obedient to his captain, since he attaches so much importance to the threat of R-77, it is probably not wrong.

"That'...... How much do you want to buy? The current quotation is-" I took the tablet to check, and Liu Wei quickly got the answer, "The unit price of the R-77 standard type is 1.1 million, and the booster is 120,000, so the price is okay." ”

"Then buy two first? The team also has plenty of funds, so don't buy extra boosters first. ”

"Huh? If you don't buy a booster, what should you do after using it once? ”

"No matter how much, let's buy it first and study its inner workings."

"Okay, then I'll place an order. But Brother Long, the structure of these missiles is really nothing to look at, they are all the same inside; Unless we want to reprogram, but don't we ask Miss Chen to help with this? ”

"-All the same?"

Maybe it was an unintentional sentence, but Long Yun suddenly remembered the crux of the problem.

When he planned to collect R-77 data and use it to cheat in the parallel world, he never seriously thought about a question: Is it normal that these once expensive air-to-air missiles can now be bought for only about a million?

Don't think that millions of dollars are a lot of money, like the R-77, these powerful air killers, were very valuable when they were in service, and although the international sales quotation of millions contains the element of weapon profiteering, its own cost is also considerable. Thinking of the huge price gap between the front and back, Long Yun immediately thought of the key issue here: After so many years of technological evolution, the shape and parameters of the missiles on the market may not have changed much, but the internal structure and component assembly may not be the same as before.

Thinking of the expensive offer for over-the-horizon missiles, Long Yun felt that even if he bought the R-77, it would not make much sense - if the structure inside had changed, then even if he bought the R-77, he would not necessarily learn anything. To examine the internal structure of the competition missile, it is better to start with the brand-new PL-12 that was picked up two days ago and stacked in the hangar at this time:

"What you said makes sense, so let's not buy it yet. Go back and take out the PL-12 you just got your hands and dismantle it to see what kind of name it is. ”

The reason why he had the idea of disassembling the missiles was because he had already guessed that these air-to-air missiles used for aviation competitions, no matter what type and internal components, should no longer be in their original state, but probably assembly substitutes that applied the latest technology and were convenient for mass production.

As soon as the words fell, I didn't expect Liu Wei to listen to Long Yun's statement, but he shook his head again and again:

"That's not good, it's not good! The missiles used in aviation competitions are all recorded, and they can be dismantled whenever they want. ”

――Can't be dismantled?

Hearing Liu Wei say this, Long Yun also remembered.

When I registered my team before, I participated in training and learned this among the many management regulations: "Missile and Guidance Module Monitoring Regulations".

In this era of aviation competition, the airborne missile weapons provided to the team are almost the same as the models that have actually been in service, both in terms of parameters and appearance, but they are completely different inside; At the very least, the competition missile is not equipped with a real warhead (naturally, aviation competition is not a life-and-death duel), but there are additional competition sensors and safety control modules.

Recording sensors aside, the safety control of missiles has always been a difficult problem for IFUs and ISFCs.

Because it is necessary to simulate realistic air battles, the missile seekers used in early aviation competitions are real models with the ability to track air targets; Such a thing has certainly become the preferred target of various conspiratorial groups, especially the infrared seeker, which is impossible to guard against. In history, there have been a number of incidents in which terrorist organizations have used illegal channels to obtain missiles and self-equipped warheads to attack airliners, although because of the power of the warheads, they have not caused real heavy casualties, but they have made the IFU the target of public criticism, and they are almost ordered to stop this dangerous competitive sport for a while.

Under tremendous pressure, the IFU has worked closely with aviation competition organizations of various countries to introduce strict monitoring of missiles and self-guided devices, and improved the safety devices of self-guidance modules, so as to strictly control the missile weapons used in aviation competitions from both management and technical aspects.

From a management point of view, all aviation sports organizations must be reviewed and filed by the IFU and the aviation competition management department of the country where they are located, and implement the centralized management and operation of aviation sports teams in countries and regions where conditions permit, so as to strictly prevent people with ulterior motives from contacting missiles and other equipment; All air-to-air missiles purchased by competitive organizations must be registered for the record, and random inspections must be carried out from time to time, and the number of purchases and holdings must be correct, and if there is damage or loss, they must be repeatedly checked before they can be cancelled.

In short, it is to make it impossible for those who want to make trouble to get their hands on missiles or self-guided heads, which is the first step in controlling zhì.

In addition, technically speaking, not only are the fire control systems of all participating fighters equipped with identification modules, but it is impossible to lock the aircraft that do not radiate the competition prompt signal; Even the missile is equipped with a non-detachable identification device, and once it finds that the target is an aircraft that does not radiate a warning signal, the missile will immediately change its attack track to evade.

Finally, whether it is an infrared homing head or a radar homing head, there is a final line of insurance that can ensure that it will not be used for military or terrorist purposes: self-guided offset.