The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1027 Invisible Paint
An air force base in the southwest.

Liu Tao's private plane arrived here, and from a high vantage point, he could see the huge air force base.

This is the largest air force base in the southwest, with all types of aircraft in service in China, and even strategic bombers.

Liu Tao got off the helicopter, and the head of the air force base saluted: "Hello, Chief!"

Liu Tao returned the salute, and then, led by the head of the air force base, visited the entire air force base.

Finally, we came to a huge strategic bomber. This strategic bomber was extremely large, so large that it was shocking and gave people a strong sense of impact.

It is very beautiful and very elegant!

Tu-160 'White Swan' strategic bomber, also known as the 'Pirate Flag' strategic bomber by NATO, but the Chinese prefer to call it the 'White Swan'!
The Soviet Union began developing this strategic bomber in the 20s. The Tu-70 prototype made its first flight on December 1981, 12. It began to be equipped to troops in 19 and formed initial combat capabilities in 160. The Soviet Air Force originally planned to produce 1987 aircraft, but eventually produced 1988.

In recent years, taking advantage of rare opportunities, China imported 19 Tu-160 strategic bombers and a complete set of technical drawings.

Of course, China also paid a considerable price. In addition to the money for purchasing the Tu-160 strategic bomber, it also provided a low-interest loan of up to 100 billion US dollars.

But for China, it is totally worth it.

First of all, the Tu-160 strategic bomber itself is a very advanced strategic bomber. It represents the highest level of Soviet bombers and is much more powerful than China's strategic bombers.

The Tu-160 strategic bomber is currently the largest bomber in the world and is also equipped with the world's most powerful military aviation engine. Its original intention was to replace the Tu-22M bomber and compete with the US Air Force's B-1 bomber. As a rising star, the Tu-160 strategic bomber is 1% faster than the US B-80 bomber, nearly 1% larger than the B-35 bomber, and has a range of nearly 1% longer than the B-45 bomber.

This big guy has an empty weight of 118 tons, a normal take-off weight of 267.6 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 275 tons, a maximum landing weight of 155 tons, a maximum fuel load of 160 tons, a maximum internal weapon load of 40 tons, 2 ammunition bays with rotating racks, and 4 under-wing weapons, which can be various types of free naked bombs, cruise missiles, and also short-range attack missiles.

The single flight range can reach 1.6 kilometers, and the maximum flight speed reaches an astonishing 2 Mach, as fast as lightning.

You have to know that from China to California in the western United States, the Pacific Ocean in the middle is about 1 kilometers, and the width from the west to the east of the United States is about 4100 kilometers.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Tu-160 strategic bomber has greatly enhanced China's "three-in-one" nuclear strike capability.

Under normal circumstances, it would be absolutely impossible for China to obtain the Tu-160 strategic bomber.

Even Russia now regards the Tu-160 strategic bomber as a national treasure and a stabilizer to deter all parties.

But there was no way out. China was given the opportunity, and China used its monetary power to make it difficult for Ermao and others to resist.

Next is the complete set of technical drawings of the Tu-160 strategic bomber, which are extremely precious and cannot be overrated.

As long as the complete set of technical drawings of the Tu-160 strategic bomber is fully understood, it will be of great help to China in developing its own strategic bomber.

事实上除了19架图160战略轰炸机外，华夏还进口了30架图95和45架图22轰炸机、36架图22轰炸机、36架图26轰炸机、40架苏27、87架侦察机、35架电子战机、80架苏25、50架米格25。

Except for mushroom bombs, other items such as tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, warships, intercontinental missiles, etc. were also imported.

It is only because China's economic strength is far stronger than in the original time and space, otherwise, even if the opportunity was presented to China, China would not be able to come up with the money.

This is not only an air force base, but also a research base. A large number of people from various professions are gathered here to thoroughly understand the Soviet technical drawings. This time, Liu Tao came here because the stealth coating team, after thoroughly understanding the Soviet stealth coating technology, produced samples and wanted to conduct tests.

As a test prototype, it is a small drone that can reach a speed of 600 kilometers per hour.

Stealth coating is related to the stealth performance of stealth aircraft and is extremely important. After Liu Tao got the news, he came to the air force base in person.

Liu Tao’s requirements for stealth coatings are that they must have both good performance and low cost.

After all, good performance alone is not enough. If the performance is good but the cost is high, then the manufacturing cost of the stealth aircraft will be increased.

The drone that appeared in front of Liu Tao was coated with stealth material, while there was another one on the other side that was not coated with stealth material.

This drone, coated with stealth material, appears dark black.

The reason for this is that this stealth coating is mainly used to prevent magnetic characteristics, is mainly made of iron oxide-based materials, and the coating is black in color.

For example, the American stealth aircraft F117 is like this!

The function of this magnetic loss material is to offset the magnetic characteristics of electromagnetic waves when they are irradiated.

Of course, the degree of this offset is limited and the efficiency is slightly lower.

As for the electric loss material developed by the Soviets, it is not mainly based on iron oxide, but a complex combination of crystal materials and fiber materials. It has a higher electric loss efficiency, and the stealth coating team has not yet fully understood it.

Liu Tao's goal is that the stealth coating used in the fourth-generation fighter jets should go a step further, combining radar-absorbing materials and polymer materials, and using nanotechnology to combine special structural polymer materials together, so as to better enhance the stealth capabilities of stealth aircraft.

Of course, stealth coating is not the whole of stealth aircraft. The stealth of stealth aircraft includes multiple factors such as aerodynamic shape and stealth coating!
Finally, the test began. One drone was coated with stealth material, and the other was not. By comparing the two, it was easy to analyze the performance of the stealth material.

After the test, Liu Tao encouraged everyone and left the air force base.

The stealth material research team still has a lot of work to do, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

In fact, in terms of stealth materials, Liu Tao can also use the golden finger to develop advanced stealth materials in a short period of time.

But that is meaningless. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. Directly researching stealth materials is more important than cultivating a stealth material research and development team.

After all, there is no rush for stealth materials, and they only need to be completed before the fourth-generation fighter's first flight.

If the fourth-generation fighter jet is not developed in advance, it will just be put aside.

Liu Tao's helicopter took off and flew towards Kun City.

He had to go back to the headquarters to arrange the year-end party group meeting. After all, the Spring Festival was on January 1, and the party group meeting had to be completed before January 24, which was before the 1rd day of the 17th lunar month.

(End of this chapter)