Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 854 The History of the 'Tomcat' Trade A
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Jiang Chen is still very clear about that matter. This is one of the events that can be said to be a symbol of the close relationship between our country and Laomei during the honeymoon period of the 80s. That is, our military trade with Laomei. A large number of F_14'Panda' fighters will consolidate the northern air defense system.

In fact, we considered many models back then, including the French Mirage 2000, the Tornado fighter, the Jaguar attack aircraft, the American F_16 and F_15, the F_14 fighter and so on.Even the old U.S. Secretary of Defense William once dreamed of the scene where our army's F-16 fighter jets intercepted Soviet bombers under the command of the old U.S. Air Force's deployment of our country's E-3 early warning aircraft.Although it is said that the Air Force chose the Mirage 2000 for this project, it was already the end of the 80s at that time, and everyone knew everything after that, so this project finally ended with regret.

However, although this incident has passed with the passage of time, the reverie and speculation left to people have never been interrupted.Especially in the major online military forums, there are many people discussing this matter.However, the focus of everyone’s discussion was on the F_14 aircraft. They thought it was a pity for our country at that time. Some netizens even said that if the F_14 was really introduced at that time, it would bring great benefits to our country’s aviation industry. positive and far-reaching impact.Because at that time our country will have two completely different aircraft design ideology systems at the same time, we can absorb and study them both, and then create our own characteristic aviation ideology development system.In his previous life, Jiang Chen was a military fan who had been on forums for a long time, so he was very familiar with these remarks.

If our country wants to introduce F_14 fighter jets, we must first have advantages, otherwise, wouldn’t it be like buying foreign garbage if we introduce garbage?Of course, in the 80s, such things were done a lot, and many such jokes were made.Many netizens said that Laomei's retirement of F_14 was a big failure, and the platform of F_14 is much stronger than that of F_15 and F_16.But when you carefully study the comparison between them and believe the information, you will feel that the actual situation is not the case.Laomei’s aviation hair has always been a model for the world, especially Laomei’s F_22’s nearly heaven-defying aviation hair, relying on this aviation hair, let F_22 show its power.But the T_F_14-P-30 engine equipped in the early F_412_A is an exception. This product is an emergency product. The cruising thrust of the T_F_30-P-412 engine is only 5.6 tons, the afterburning thrust is 9.5 tons, and the engine weight is as high as 1.83 tons. tons, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is only a poor 5.18 tons.Of course, at that time or even in the next decade or so, in the eyes of our country, this was considered advanced.After all, the Spey aeroengine introduced by our country was similar, but the question is, have you ever seen such a two-engine medium-thrust engine used in a heavy fighter?Neither the Su-27 nor the F_15. Even the smaller MiG-29 uses two medium-sized engines that are stronger than this, but the F_14 uses them.

Moreover, no matter how good a thing is, you have to have a demand for it, otherwise you won't buy it.And did we need F_80 in the 14s?The answer is yes.We must know that after we began to fall to the West in an all-round way in the late 70s, we rejected the reconciliation proposed by the Soviet Union in the early 80s.We are afraid that the West will misunderstand that we are looking for a balance between the United States and the Soviet Union, which will offend the West, make us passive in international diplomacy, and prevent ourselves from developing.And if we fall to the Western camp, then Su* will naturally not be polite to you.Their large troops in the north will oppress the border almost completely from the northwest to the northeast, and we are very disadvantaged geographically.On the other hand, it is precisely because we have contained a lot of power in the Soviet Union that the West will provide us with such generous assistance, wanting us to become cannon fodder to resist the huge monster of the Soviet Union.It's a pity that this local cannon fodder is not worth it. Throughout the 80s, we couldn't get more good things from the West.

Regarding the fight against the powerful Soviet Union, in fact, we have already started in an all-round way since the 60s. You must know that the fortifications built in the north to resist it back then have reached an astonishing level.Among the forces of the Soviet Union to oppress us strategically, the Figure 90_M backfire that we especially wanted to deal with the old US aircraft carrier in the 22s but was not given by Tsarist Russia can be described as an important force.The impact of Figure 22_M on us was comprehensive, such as combat weapons, combat theory and even personnel training. In the exercises and trainings conducted by our Air Force throughout the 70s and 80s, almost the whole process was how to fight against The air strikes of the Soviet army's "overwhelming" long-range aviation.Among them, Figure 22_M is the main target. Under the premise that we lacked a better air defense system at that time, the supersonic penetration Figure 22_M and the various high-speed air-to-ground missiles it carried were almost our nightmares.And how do our poor J_7/8 deal with something like this?According to the air force that was completely backward at the time, it was impossible at all, and there was even no room for resistance.

And if you want to deal with Su*'s Tu 22_M and other air long-range assault forces, then the biggest shortcut is to obtain corresponding interceptors from the West.At that time, a lot of models were considered, as mentioned above, in fact, the French Mirage 2000 was the most favorite of the Air Force and related departments at that time, but they made it clear that this friendship belongs to friendship, and business belongs to business, so the price is above Life and death refused to give in.In fact, not only in this project, but also in France at that time, so many projects were eventually shelved due to price reasons.Of course, this also has something to do with the poverty of our country at the time, so some of the prices are a bit too much in Jiang Chen's opinion, so this is also one of the important reasons for the failure.

As for Laomei, there are three main types of models we are looking at, that is, F_14, F_15, and F_16 fighters.Among them, the two fighters F_14 and F_15 are twin-engine heavy fighters, while F_16 is a single-engine light fighter.At that time, because of the urgency of our country's need for new advanced fighter jets and the shortage of our own funds, we urgently needed a better fighter jet.Under this kind of thinking, there is no need to consider low-end products such as F_16, and the range of the A_I_M_15 Sparrow air-to-air missile carried by F_7 is only 40 kilometers.On the other hand, the F_14 is different. The F_190 equipped with the AN/A_P_G-9 radar with a detection range of 125 kilometers and the A_I_M_54 Phoenix missile with a range of up to 14 kilometers is a very good interceptor to deal with Figure 22_M.It is said that Laomei’s Phoenix missiles were developed for backfire bombers. Some people even counted that in theory, 4 F_14s equipped with a total of 24 Phoenix missiles can defend against a flying group. a raid of this size).In addition, there is still demand in our southern waters. At that time, our J_22/22 could not cruise because of the limited range. It was not until the appearance of the H_Yuan 7 that it was able to cruise the southern seas.And as early as after the naval battles in the age of knights, we found that there was a lack of air cover in naval battles, which is also the root of the J_H_8 project.And if we could have 6-7 F_6s cruising there back then, then our navy would have achieved more victories in naval battles, instead of retreating early because of the Su-8 of the Southern Barbarians.

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