The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

New year and new atmosphere!
Ever since that laser beam was shot into space and destroyed a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, the Americans have become more quiet, and all the little tricks they had been doing during this period have suddenly stopped.

For the United States, Russia and Europe, it is easy to observe the laser beam whether from the air or from a ground observation station, and it is also easy to find that a satellite is missing in space.

Not to mention, the photo of that laser beam was spread all over the world. Anyone with a little bit of professionalism could tell that it was not a fake picture, but a real picture, and that the laser beam was a laser weapon.

This is enough to pour cold water on some people and make them wake up.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, some companies started to return to work one after another.

When it was the 16th day of the first lunar month, that is, after the Lantern Festival, most enterprises and units across China resumed normal work.

Chengfei was holding a grand meeting with Pakistan at this time.

However, the FC-1 'Fierce Dragon' fighter jet jointly developed by the two sides was officially delivered.

FC-1 'Fierce Dragon' fighter jet, this is a request made by Pakistan, asking China to help Pakistan develop a fighter jet.

Pakistan's requirements for this fighter are that it should be low-cost, adaptable to the requirements of modern warfare, and able to provide Pakistan with complete machine technology export authorization for production in Pakistan.

According to the agreement signed by both parties, Pakistan will provide 30 billion yuan and purchase 50 fighter jets after the successful development of the fighter jets. China will help Pakistan establish a fighter jet production line in Pakistan.

The FC-1 Xiaolong fighter jet was developed after continuous communication between the two sides. It is positioned as an all-weather, single-engine, single-seat, multi-purpose light fighter. Due to the use of contemporary advanced design and manufacturing technology, the FC-1 Xiaolong fighter jet has achieved the comprehensive combat effectiveness of a third-generation fighter jet and can compete with today's advanced fighter jets. At the same time, it is light, small and low-cost, fully adapting to the requirements of modern warfare and the market demand for international military aircraft.

The aircraft has outstanding medium-low altitude and high subsonic maneuvering combat capability, good interception and ground attack capability, large range, air time and combat radius, excellent short-range takeoff and landing characteristics and strong weapon mounting capability. The aircraft adopts a normal layout of medium aspect ratio winglets and advanced aerodynamic shape, equipped with a high-thrust, low-fuel consumption turbofan engine and an advanced digital fly-by-wire flight control system, integrated avionics and weapon system, capable of launching medium-range missiles and achieving multi-target beyond-visual-range attack, and has a variety of advanced precise navigation, battlefield situation awareness, target detection and identification, combat attack and electronic warfare functions.

The aircraft has a wingspan of 8.98 meters, a length of 14.30 meters, a height of 4.90 meters, a normal take-off weight of 9.1 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 12.7 tons, an external load capacity of 3.8 tons, a maximum speed of 1.6 Mach, a practical ceiling of 1.65 meters, a range of 2500 kilometers, and an overload limit of 8G.

For Chengfei, it can earn some research and development funds, and it can also earn some money by exporting 50 FC-1 "Xiaolong" fighters. The most important thing is that this is an export model, and it can be the main export model in the future. The cost performance of this aircraft is still relatively high. Although its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the J-10 fighter, it is still a relatively good fighter. The most important thing is that this aircraft can be exported from the production line, which is very attractive to many countries.

Up to now, China does not allow the export of production lines, whether it is the export model of the J-10 fighter or the export model of the J-11 fighter!
The relatively high cost-effectiveness, coupled with the ability to export production lines, makes it extremely attractive to developing countries.

It is impossible for developing countries to be equipped with a large number of J-10 and J-11 fighter jets like China. Instead, they will still mainly rely on second-generation and second-generation and a half fighter jets, with some third-generation aircraft as their top combat power.

For example, Pakistan is like this!
Having the ability to produce fighter jets by itself can not only reduce the cost of aircraft, but also promote the country's industrial system, and will not be too passive in wartime. In addition, Chengfei has also found a route for international cooperation, that is, accepting international commissions to develop fighter jets. As long as the development fee is paid, Chengfei can help the country develop a fighter jet according to the country's requirements.

The leader of the Pakistani side came in person to show their great importance to the FC-1 "Fierce Dragon" fighter, and then highly praised the friendly performance of this fighter, thanked the development team, and emphasized the friendship between China and Pakistan.

Pakistan is well aware that the South Asian war in 2001 was just a pause, not an end, and war could break out again between the two sides at any time.

It is for this reason that Pakistan has been strengthening its military in recent years and is always on guard against India.

Overall, India is still the most powerful country in South Asia. India's overall strength is still one level higher than Pakistan. Relying on the establishment of military bases lent to the United States, it has received procurement and support from the United States. In addition, Indians working in Europe and the United States can send back a large amount of foreign exchange every year, and India has undertaken many software development businesses outsourced from the United States. This has allowed India to recover.

Moreover, India is actively moving closer to Europe and the United States and seeking their support. Coupled with the traditional friendship between India and Russia, India has a very good international environment. Except for the tense relations with its neighbors, India has a good relationship with Europe and the United States and can buy most kinds of weapons.

India is also preparing for war. In addition to importing Russian military aircraft, India is also purchasing European and American military aircraft.

目前为止，印度空军已经拥有24架苏30MKI重型战斗、66架米格29战斗机、26架米格23、238架米格21战斗机、88架‘美洲虎’攻击机、35架‘幻影-2000’、10架‘超军旗’、15架F1战斗机、32架米25、8架堪培拉、8架米格-25R/U型、105架安32型运输机、43架D0-228运输机、28架BAE-748型运输机、25架伊尔76型运输机。

What makes Pakistan grit its teeth is that Europe, the United States and Russia even accept to lend money to India first and then pay it in installments, which is obviously helping India.

Pakistan is well aware that when war breaks out again, it will inevitably take place on the Indus Plain. India will certainly intend to send troops from the desert to break through Pakistan's defenses in order to seize the Indus Plain.

The Indus Plain is the essence of Pakistan, so Pakistan naturally cannot give it up.

There is no room for easing tensions between the two sides, either in terms of religion or politics.

Therefore, Pakistan is also strengthening its military construction and improving its military strength to be ready for the impending war.

The 14 South Asian alliances have many common interests, and the biggest common interest is against India. After all, most of them have separated from India, and the others were either bullied by India in the past, and were bullied badly by Indians.

No one wants to live a life of being bullied by India again. (End of this chapter)