Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 894 Jiang Chen's Viewpoint and Persistence Regarding Fighter Planes

Watching the discussion among the people, Jiang Chen said, "I also agree with Deputy Director Song and Director Lu. These four fighters are indeed more suitable for us. So now we have to choose two more focused models from these four fighters. , According to the combination of light and heavy, we have a total of four collocations. One is the F_14 Tomcat fighter and the Mirage 2000 fighter, and the second is the F_15 Eagle fighter and the F_16 Fighting Falcon fighter. Then in turn, the same F_15 Eagle The F_2000 Tomcat fighter can be paired with the Mirage 14 fighter, and the F_16 Tomcat fighter can also be paired with the F_14 Fighting Falcon fighter. It is nothing more than these four options. From the price point of view, the price of the F_15 Tomcat fighter is the most expensive, and the next is F_5000 Eagle fighter, the initial quotations of these two fighters are above 2000 million US dollars. The initial quotations of the Mirage 16 fighter and the F_3000 Fighting Falcon fighter are both around 14 million US dollars, and the difference is not very big. But from maintenance costs and other From the matching of supporting products, the maintenance cost of F_2000 Tomcat fighter is the highest among heavy fighters. Among light fighters, the maintenance cost and parts cost of Mirage 16 fighter are much higher than that of F_[-] Fighting Falcon fighter. After all, in the research and development During production, France did not strictly control costs and maintenance costs like the old US."

"In addition,,," Jiang Chen looked at the people who were listening intently, and then continued: "In terms of matching and overall maintenance costs, my suggestion is to exclude Mirage 2000. Although our air force likes it very much, And the performance is not bad, but we are now introducing two fighters. In this way, if the two fighters are divided into two design and production systems, in terms of equipment coordination, replacement of parts, and later maintenance It will be very troublesome and will greatly increase the cost. In this regard, the three fighters that have done a better job, or people have already considered it, are the three old American fighters. Of course, the F_14 Tomcat fighter may still be slightly worse point, but in terms of the height matching and unified maintenance of the F_15 Eagle fighter and the F_16 Fighting Falcon fighter, it is relatively good and mature. And the key parts are interchangeable, for example, the two fighters are It is equipped with the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan engine. And we can also get an upgraded model of this engine, the F110-GE-100 turbofan engine with greater thrust, which is the old American a few years ago It was only equipped for their fighters. According to the current relationship between our two countries, it is not too difficult for us to obtain this engine. And there are many identical parts like this on these two fighters. So if we introduce These two fighters are very beneficial to our logistics support and subsequent maintenance cost control.”

Hearing what Jiang Chen said, everyone started discussing and exchanging in low voices.It is not difficult to see from the demeanor and words that in fact there are still arguments, some for and some against.On the side, Deputy Director Zhao asked Jiang Chen: "So, you agree with the high-low matching plan of the F_15 Eagle fighter jet and the F_16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet. But have you ever thought that if this is the case, then The risk we face is also great. If there is a problem with a part, then all fighters will have to be grounded. Another thing is that if we choose to import fighters in a country, then in case we have a problem with the The relationship between this country has deteriorated, so we have lost the channel to import fighters. Then the fighters we bought before may be paralyzed due to the lack of spare parts, and eventually become a pile of scrap metal.”

Asked by Deputy Director Zhao, everyone turned their heads to Jiang Chen, wanting to hear his answer.As for Jiang Chen, after hearing this question, he quickly organized his words, so he smiled and replied: "Actually, this is the risk we have to face. Whoever makes us unable to produce by ourselves is inevitable. It exists. But in my opinion, these two fighters have been in service in the old US and other countries’ air forces for many years, and have been upgraded to a new generation. From the information we have obtained, such accidents are rare. The two fighters are still very reliable. If we only introduce the A/B models of these two fighters, their technology is very mature, and it is impossible for such a large-scale collective failure to occur. As for the risk that this single channel is controlled by others, I think I think that we can ignore it, or we have no way to change it. At present, our direction is biased towards the West, and the largest and strongest country in the West is the old United States. .So this way, if our relationship with the old US deteriorates, they will stop exporting fighter jets to us. Do you think it will allow other countries to export fighter jets to us, especially under its dominance. Do you think if we If the relationship with the United States really deteriorates, will France risk offending the United States by exporting fighter jets and weapons to us?"

When Jiang Chen said this, everyone shook their heads in unison.Although Jiang Chen said this fact is very cruel, but the reality is like this.Unless we can import weapons and equipment to countries that the old United States cannot influence, then the only thing that exists in the world is the Soviet Union.But the problem now is that we are fighting against the Soviet Union, how can we obtain weapons and equipment from our opponents.

After a long time, Director Yuan put down his pen and notebook full of records, then raised his head and said to everyone: "If you have any opinions, you can say it. We are discussing the issue, and we all express our opinions."

Still Director Lu, he couldn't hold back his temper and spoke first: "Xiaojiang and I have basically the same point of view, and Xiaojiang's analysis later on is also very reasonable. This is indeed a fatal problem we have. But now we have nothing to do. We can only get fighter planes from abroad. Therefore, we think that the matter of being controlled by others is inevitable as long as we import weapons and equipment from abroad, no matter which country it is from, unless we can produce them ourselves. If this is the case, then we don’t need to consider this factor. Yes. Then I think what Xiao Jiang said, choose two fighters with the same system, and the fighters with the same parts and components as much as possible. Other ancillary products, such as the Raydan command system and associated missiles, can be unified. In this way, we can save a lot of money. Even for some ancillary equipment, we can only buy one set, and the Serving these two aircraft. This is beneficial to us both in terms of funding and maintenance, and in wartime, it is also very beneficial to our logistical support supply.”

"Yes, what Lao Lu said makes sense. These two areas are very beneficial to us."

"Well, I also agree with Xiao Jiang's plan."

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Everyone nodded, expressing their agreement with Jiang Chen and Director Lu's point of view, and the atmosphere in the room became lively, and everyone spoke freely and expressed their views and opinions.

(End of this chapter)