The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

In terms of fighter jets, the fourth-generation 'J-20' stealth supersonic fighter is about to be delivered, meaning that China will soon have the world's most advanced fourth-generation fighter jets.

This is a sharp sword that can penetrate the enemy's defense line.

Destroy the enemy's air defense positions before they can react, clearing obstacles for the following formations.

From the Libyan War, the Gulf War to the recent Iraq War, facts have proved that if the enemy's air defense positions are not destroyed, the threat to the Air Force will be too great.

With that kind of loss-to-exchange ratio, even the wealthy and powerful United States would feel distressed.

Therefore, the J-20 stealth supersonic fighter pursues capabilities such as high stealth, high situational awareness, and high maneuverability, thereby forming a strong air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capability, surpassing the J-11 fighter to become the fighter with the best comprehensive performance in the world today.

Transport aircraft, China previously had domestically produced medium-sized transport aircraft, and a small number of light transport aircraft. Now the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, a domestically produced strategic transport aircraft, has been born, filling the gap in domestically produced large military transport aircraft.

The code name given to the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft by the country is "Kunpeng", and its nickname is "Fatty", a nickname full of intimacy.

Now that the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft has been born, it won’t be long before a large transport aircraft with a larger load capacity will be born.

The military is greedy and is beginning to look forward to more advanced domestically produced strategic transport aircraft!

"Leader, when can we have the H-20 strategic transport aircraft?" The military leader asked with anticipation in his eyes.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "I'm afraid we'll have to wait a little longer for the H-20 strategic bomber, but the H-10 strategic bomber will be here soon!"

Panshan Group is currently developing two types of strategic bombers, one is the H-10 strategic bomber and the other is the H-20 strategic bomber.

The H-10 strategic bomber is defined as a third-generation strategic bomber, while the H-20 strategic bomber is defined as a fourth-generation strategic bomber.

Liu Tao did not continue to make improvements on the H-6 strategic bomber because the H-6K/S had already reached its peak and it would be difficult to make much improvement by further modifications.

"Really?!" The military leader's eyes lit up.

The H-20 strategic bomber will have to wait a while, but the H-10 strategic bomber is coming soon, which means it will be really soon.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Let's go to the H-10 strategic bomber assembly plant and take a look."

Then everyone got in the car and headed to the final assembly plant of the H-10 strategic bomber.

The assembly plants for these large aircraft are extremely large and are separated by some distance from each other.

When we arrived at the final assembly plant of the H-10 strategic bomber, we saw a huge strategic bomber appear in everyone's sight. It was very beautiful!
It looks very similar to the Soviet Tu-160 strategic bomber.

It has variable-sweep wings and is equipped with four engines.

The H-10 strategic bomber, with its white paint, looks like an elegant and noble "white swan". Military fans will take one look at it and think it is a Tu-160 strategic bomber!
In fact, when the H-10 strategic bomber was designed, it was heavily referenced to the Tu-160 strategic bomber.

The overall aerodynamic layout of the H-10 strategic bomber is very similar to that of the Tu-160 strategic bomber. The similar overall layout is because they want to solve a common problem in this way, that is, to combine the characteristics of the bomber's long range, long endurance and large weapon load with low-altitude high subsonic and high-altitude hypersonic penetration capabilities.

整架轰-10战略轰炸机翼展（平直状态）55.75米、(全后掠)33.53米，长度53.95米，高度13.72米，机翼面积370平米。

The H-10 strategic bomber looks like a sister of the Tu-160 strategic bomber.

But in fact, there are still big differences between the two. The H-10 strategic bomber uses a lot of titanium alloys and new composite materials, making the empty weight of the H-10 strategic bomber much lighter than the Tu-160 strategic bomber, with an empty weight of only 94 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 290 tons, a maximum fuel load of 200 tons, and a maximum weapon load of 90 tons.

In terms of power system, the engine of the H-10 strategic bomber is much more advanced than that of the Tu-160. This enables the H-10 strategic bomber to have a strong ultra-low-altitude rapid penetration capability, and to achieve a high Mach number flight at high altitudes, leaving enemy fighters far behind.

Unlike the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, China needs to equip about 20 of them, while the H-10 strategic bomber is planned to be equipped with only to aircraft.

After all, when it comes to strategic bombers, the more the better is not necessarily true; as long as they have enough deterrent power, it’s enough.

The cost of using this thing is very high, much higher than a fighter jet.

"Leader, when can this H-10 strategic bomber be rolled off the production line?" the military leader asked impatiently.

Others may think that strategic bombers are expensive to build and use, but the military will not consider this issue and would rather have as many strategic bombers as possible.

After all, China has vast territory and vast oceans that need to be protected to maintain national sovereignty.

No matter how many there are, the military will never think it is too much.

Liu Tao said: "According to the plan, the offline ceremony will be held on July 7st!"

The time schedule is very clear.

Under the China Southern Ordnance Group Corporation, the milestones of new equipment are often chosen on July 7, August 1 or October 8. July 1 is the Party Founding Day, which can be used as a gift to the Party. August 10 is the Army Founding Day, and the military equipment ceremony is held on this day, which is naturally of extraordinary significance. October 1 is National Day, which can be used as a gift to the National Day.

Now the H-10 strategic bomber looks like it has been built, but in fact there is still a lot to do.

Only when all aspects are done and inspected, the H-10 strategic bomber will hold its offline ceremony.

"July 7st is great, time is almost up!" The military leader smiled from ear to ear.

The H-10 strategic bomber is a project independently developed by Panshan Group. It is highly independent and the military does not even know much about the project's progress.

After all, the military does not have to pay a penny for the development of the H-10. Once the development is successful and the military is satisfied with the performance of the H-10 bomber, it will decide how many to purchase and negotiate the purchase price.

Because the research and development funds are all from Panshan Group itself, the purchase cost of the H-10 bomber will be higher.

The military also accepted this point.

The higher the risk, the higher the profit required. Wanting low risk and high returns is just a daydream.

Military expenditure is rising rapidly now. In addition, the country owes a large amount of money to Panshan Group every year, which is directly offset by taxes and profits. The military is not under any pressure in this regard.

A phrase that the military has often said in recent years is, if we have money but don't strengthen our armaments, are we going to keep it as compensation?
After all, the historical lessons of the Qing Dynasty are still vivid in our minds. If we have money but don’t build a strong army, the result will be that all the money will become indemnities.

Of course, there is another aspect, which is the substantial increase in US military spending. With a military expenditure of up to 7900 billion US dollars, it is impossible to say that there is no pressure.

If there were no pressure, the military expenditures of countries around the world would not have shown an overall upward trend. (End of this chapter)