Chapter Seventy-Three: Sell for More Money
The impact of the successful first flight of the Jian-10 modified test aircraft No. 01 is extremely widespread, not only the United States, but also almost all countries, including the Middle East and Europe, have expressed concern about this incident.
After all, in this era, countries that can manufacture third-generation aircraft cannot be used up with a single pair of hands to count their fingers, and once the follow-up engineering verification of the Jian-10 modification is completed, Huaxia will enter the "World Third-Generation Aircraft Club".
As for the impact of Huaxia's accession......
What kind of national security, confrontation between East and West, geopolitics, etc., are actually all imaginary.
At this stage, apart from the United States, there is only one issue that everyone is most concerned about:
Do you want to sell it?
Logically speaking, Huaxia has just manufactured the first third-generation aircraft in the standard sense, and it is impossible to sell it directly.
But the problem is that the consistent style of the Chinese people is to make a foreign trade version after downgrading the existing technology, and then sell it to other countries "at a low price".
If the J-10 can be put into service in the short term, a matching foreign trade version should also appear soon.
When the time comes, a fighter under the banner of a third-generation aircraft, with a low price, good combat capability, and completely "sufficient" will rush into the market, and the Rafale, Phantom, and Sabre on its side will be ...... But it's not going to sell.
But the question is, how likely is it that this will happen?
If the time is rewind a few months, I am afraid that most Western countries will scoff at this, but now it is different, people's third-generation aircraft really fly, using their own engines.
What does this mean?
The fact that it can build a third-generation aircraft proves that Huaxia already has a certain amount of technology accumulation in the aviation field and is able to independently design and manufacture fighter jets.
So according to this logic, this "imaginary aircraft" should not be in the plan, but will soon enter the delivery stage......
Thinking about it this way, the sense of crisis in the military industrial enterprises of various countries suddenly increased.
As a result, various countries have sent representatives to consult with the Chinese side, but Poly Technology, which is specifically responsible for the export of aircraft, is extremely tight, and even if the old fritters in these shopping malls have exhausted their means, they have only one answer:
At present, there is no foreign trade third-generation aircraft export plan, our aviation industry has just started, and there is still a certain gap with the international level, the follow-up production of third-generation aircraft, will give priority to meet the needs of Huaxia's own use.
Hearing such a reply, the eyes of the representatives of all parties were about to roll to the sky.
What virtues do you rabbits have, don't we know yet?
When you sold 053 to Thailand, you didn't have this set of rhetoric?
Besides, the Thunder project cooperated with the Pakistani side is almost semi-public, although it is only a second-generation aircraft, but who knows if you will upgrade it to a third-generation aircraft at the end of the day?
In a word, the rabbit's heart is not clean, and he can't believe anything.
But it's one thing to not believe it, it's really not easy to figure out the real purpose of the rabbit and then make a targeted competitive strategy......
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On the other hand, when other countries were trying to guess whether Huaxia had an export plan, what it planned to export, and when it would be exported, in the workshop of the 601 Institute, the first modified Jian-8 III fighter had already left the production line.
Lei Gang wiped his sweat and walked beside Lin Yongming, and said with a little emotion:
"We've been really busy enough during this time, J-10 has just made some progress over there, and the J-8 project is on again, and now that the J-8 change is done, it's time for J-22 to test fly again in two months......"
"What's wrong? Can't do it anymore? ”
Lin Yongming raised his eyebrows and asked in a mocking tone.
"How can I do it, the more I work, the more energetic I become. I've been in 601 for more than ten years and almost twenty years, and it's the first time I've been busy like this, you say tired, it's really tired, but it's fulfilling! ”
"In less than half a year, three achievements have been produced, and each of them is not false, this kind of thing I never dared to think of before...... Forget it, don't say so much, leader, I'll introduce you to this plane? ”
Lin Yongming nodded and said:
"Then tell me about it, and I'll see where the renovation money is spent."
Lei Gang smiled and replied:
"No matter where it's used, it's definitely on the blade anyway......"
"Leader, we have mainly changed three major parts of this J-8 III, power, avionics, and fuselage."
"First of all, the power system, we use the latest WS-10E foreign trade engine, compared with the previous WP-13, the performance is better at low altitude and low speed, and it is more in line with the needs of the current war environment."
"Of course, in order to adapt to the changes in the engine, the body configuration originally designed as an interceptor was a bit backward."
"We have adjusted the wing layout of the J-8 II, modified the aspect ratio, made certain modifications to the air intake, and adjusted the pelvic fins to greatly improve its low-speed lift."
"In other words, now our aircraft has a relatively reliable line-of-sight combat capability, which is still very important for our customers."
"Finally, we have made a comprehensive upgrade of the avionics and radar systems, the flight control is more intelligent, and the radar is stronger---- although we still use Doppler radar, but at least it is much better than the previous generation."
Hearing this, Lin Yongming nodded slightly.
The 204 radar used by the J-8 before was so bad for everyone to see, and now that it is going to be sold, it must not be used to fill up the number with this kind of thing.
In the past few years, domestic radar technology has been continuously improved, not only active phased array radar, but also the performance of the relatively "ancient" PD radar has also taken a big step forward, which can be used on this J-8 III.
Lin Yongming sorted out Lei Gang's information a little, and then asked:
"With such improvements, what level do you think this fighter can reach?"
Lei Gang frowned and hesitated for a moment, then replied:
"In terms of horizontal comparison, there is still a gap with the F-16 and F-15, but overall, the gap is not too big."
"Basically, with the advantages of avionics and radar, the J-8 III should be able to tie with the Mirage 2000, which is slightly stronger than the Glorious fighter that has just entered service in India."
"Is this a sales pitch, or is it your own judgment?"
Lin Yongming continued to ask.
"It's my own judgment, and it's all based on the results of the data, but how it is, in fact, can only be tested by actual combat."
Lei Gang replied frankly, and then added:
"We are positioned as a near-third-generation aircraft, and buyers should also know this."
That's a big truth.
Lin Yongming nodded, and secretly thought in his heart:
Originally, the main focus of this foreign trade J-8 III was cost performance, but I didn't expect various technological breakthroughs to make the performance of this aircraft far exceed expectations.
It is precisely for this reason that I can't help but use this aircraft to benchmark the world's active third-generation aircraft.
In fact, it is the J-10 that should be benchmarked against those aircraft......
Therefore, the buyer who bought this fighter not only did not feel as disappointed as himself, but should think that he had picked up a big bargain.
In that case, it's okay to increase the price a little, right?