The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

In this world, the gap in strength between countries is beyond imagination!

The world is always changing, but it also never changes.

What is changing is development. The whole world is moving forward as a whole, and the speed of development is very fast. The improvement in productivity is very large.

What remains unchanged is that the world has always been dominated by big and powerful countries, and the relationship between big and powerful countries determines international relations and international order.

The Five Permanent Members are recognized as the five most powerful countries on the face of the earth.

How strong is Wuchang?

It contributes more than a quarter of the world’s population, more than a quarter of the land area and more than half of the GDP!

If there were no international law constraints, more regions and countries would line up to become administrative regions of the five permanent members. For example, Puerto Rico has held referendums many times to become a state of the United States.

Of course, some people use one sentence to describe the Five Constant Virtues and the non-Five Constant Virtues, which is that one destiny is in one's own hands, and the other is in the hands of others.

The military gap in this world is so huge that it is unimaginable. It is something that ordinary Chinese people do not even think about, but only feel.

There are more than 200 countries and regions in the world, which sounds like a lot.

Just by owning a tank, you can surpass more than 100 countries and regions, because there are more than 100 countries and regions that do not have a tank.

Owning a fighter jet can surpass more than 140 countries and regions, because there are more than 140 countries and regions in the world that do not have fighter jets!

The military strength of the five permanent members and the non-permanent members is very great.

If we were to rank the five permanent members, there is a popular saying that China, the United States and Russia are the top three, while Britain and France are the bottom two.

In other words, if anyone wants to challenge the five permanent members, they should defeat Britain and France first.

As for the configurations of Britain and France, nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, and nuclear weapons, to name a few, are enough to crush most countries.

Although it is not as glorious as before, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and it is easy for it to bully some cattle and horses.

Argentina has developed well in recent years, and its weapons and equipment have been greatly improved compared to the Falklands War.

But even if Armando Mayora wants to take back the Falkland Islands, he has not yet directly chosen to use force to take back the Falkland Islands, but is only engaging in a war of words with the British.

The strength of Britain and France has declined significantly. This is a relative decline, but they are still stronger than most countries and regions in the world.

Even the top three permanent members had to consider the interests and reputation of Britain and France in some aspects.

It was Europe, led by France, that forced France to withdraw from Africa and completely hand over Africa after several years of war.

But even so, there are still many Africans who are deeply influenced by Europe and admire Europe.

The H-10 strategic bomber is related to China's three-pronged nuclear strike force.

Now, China's most deterrent strategic bomber is the Tu-160 strategic bomber it purchased that year.

However, the Tu-160 strategic bomber has been in service for more than ten to twenty years, and can serve for another twenty years at most, and thirty years at most.

In any case, China needs to have its own domestically produced strategic bomber.

After inspecting the H-10 strategic bomber, Liu Tao went to the test flight group of the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft. The hangar of the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft is also very large and looks very majestic. This strategic transport aircraft with a load capacity of 66 tons will play a vital role in the strategic transportation of China's future air force.

Not long after the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft rolled off the production line, it was handed over to the Flight Test Institute to carry out flight tests.

The Chinese Air Force attaches great importance to the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, because it is related to China's ability to deploy troops and materials.

Just one Y-20 strategic transport aircraft can carry 66 tons of supplies.

If it is used to transport troops, a single-layer cargo hold can carry more than 200 fully armed soldiers, and a double-layer cargo hold can carry more than 300 fully armed soldiers.

This means that only two or three Y-20 strategic transport aircraft are needed to deploy an infantry battalion-sized force at one time.

Since the Second World War, the paratroopers have attracted much attention.

This is because air delivery will have the effect of a surprise attack.

One of the very important reasons why the US military was able to defeat the Iraqi army in the Iraq War was that the US military carried out large-scale troop deployment, sending a large number of troops into Iraq, disrupting the deployment of the Iraqi army and thus defeating the Iraqi army.

Although the US military suffered heavy losses, this battle was definitely a textbook-level military victory.

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China is also building air projection capabilities.

However, the air delivery force now relies on Soviet-made strategic transport aircraft.

Transport helicopters are used for short-distance troop deployment. For example, the Z-50 super-heavy helicopter can transport hundreds of soldiers at a time. However, the range of the Z-50 super-heavy helicopter is certainly far from its maximum range. At that time, the range of the helicopter is only a few hundred kilometers.

Strategic transport aircraft are different in that they can deliver cargo over long distances.

Deploy troops over thousands of kilometers!
The Y-20 strategic transport aircraft will not appear at this year's Zhuhai Air Show, but it is very likely to appear at the next Zhuhai Air Show.

Liu Tao and Yang Wei discussed the improvement work of the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft.

运20战略运输机，这可不仅仅只是一款军用战略运输机，而是要在运20战略运输机的基础上改进为运20空中加油机、运20预警机、运20大型电子战机！

As a specialized military strategic transport aircraft, the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft has considerable room for improvement.

For example, using the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft as a platform to build a new early warning aircraft, the official name has been decided, which is the KJ-3000.

KJ means airborne early warning aircraft.

According to the set indicators, KJ-3000 will adopt the disruptive and original digital array radar technology. The advantage of this radar is that it uses digital signal technology to process array signals and realize beam forming, while ensuring good beam performance. Both receiving and transmitting beams use digital wave forming technology and present digital methods. Compared with traditional active phased array radars, the performance is improved several times without affecting the flexibility of digital processing.

This type of radar will make stealth aircraft nowhere to hide.

A series of advanced technology applications are aimed at transforming the KJ-3000 into a new generation of theater-level air defense early warning and command and combat system.

Even Panshan Group is developing unmanned early warning aircraft. By then, the rules of future air combat will be formed. The KJ-3000, unmanned early warning aircraft, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and drone swarms, together with fighter swarms and bomber swarms, will form a new air combat system.

Drones now play a very important role in the army, and in the future they will play an increasingly important role.

Not to mention, the Y-20 tanker and the Y-20 large electronic warfare aircraft are no less important than the KJ-3000. (End of this chapter)