Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 393 [Ultimate Performance and Robust Durability]

The J-36 fighter jet's ability to have such flexible equipment options is largely due to its large main weapons bay. The J-36's fuselage length of 37.1 meters results in a main weapons bay length of 10.82 meters.

It's worth noting that the J-20 fifth-generation fighter jet's weapons bay is only a little over 4 meters long, less than 4 meters.

The fact that the J-36 has such a large bomb bay means that the H-6K strategic bomber can carry CJ-20 cruise missiles, and the J-36 fighter jet can also carry them, without sacrificing stealth performance by using external stores. They can be directly mounted inside the main bomb bay.

Its main weapons bay is designed to carry up to three CJ-20 cruise missiles at the same time. The CJ-20 missile is 8.3 meters long, 0.68 meters in diameter, weighs 2.5 tons, has a range of 2000 to 2500 kilometers, and a warhead of 500 kilograms.

This cruise missile can be equipped with a conventional warhead or a nuclear warhead.

The fact that the J-36 fighter jet can carry the CJ-20 cruise missile means that it has air-based nuclear strike capability, making it a super long-range strategic weapon capable of both nuclear and conventional strikes.

国内的军迷们对H-6轰战机戏称“不怕6爷挂的多，就怕6爷挂1枚”，J-36战机不但也带个6字，也是妥妥的不怕36姬挂的多，就怕36姬挂的少。

A large magazine with a large ammunition capacity means that it can flexibly carry various types of weapons according to the needs of the battle, thereby adapting to the ever-changing battlefield.

Without a doubt, this is the deadly deterrent of a veritable "airborne arsenal".

In terms of stealth performance, compared with the fifth-generation fighters currently in service, the J-36 fighter jet has a radar cross-section of only 0.0005 square meters, which is 1/200th of the F-22 fighter jet, or 0.5% of it. The design without a vertical tail and a north air intake completely eliminates strong radar reflection sources.

It's important to know that the J-36 fighter jet is significantly larger than the J-20, but its stealth capabilities are even superior.

The fuselage is covered with nanomaterials with adjustable electromagnetic properties, which allows the J-36 fighter jet to adapt to different radar bands like a chameleon. The split camouflage paint reduces the visual detection distance by 70%, meaning that it still has an advantage in close-range combat.

The stealth coating on the F-35 fighter jet in Amerika is so delicate that it requires a temperature-controlled hangar, while the "battle armor" of the J-36 Shenlong fighter jet can withstand both the salt spray over the sea and the wind and sand erosion of the Gobi Desert.

This is the "rough and tough elegance" of Eastern military industry: it demands both ultimate performance and robust durability.

J-36战斗机的最大载弹量可达28.8吨，阿镁立卡的B-2轰炸机载弹量不过23吨左右，B-21轰炸机的弹仓就更小了，最大载弹量才14吨左右。

As a fighter jet, it can engage in air combat, anti-ship warfare, and base bombing, and it also possesses both nuclear and conventional capabilities.

This is the "all-rounder" attitude of the sixth-generation fighter jet.

Even more frightening is that the J-36 fighter jet is like a "queen bee". Its AI intelligent hub can analyze 2TB of battlefield data in one second. It can simultaneously command and control 85 "Attack-11" or "Dark Sword" drones. It can conduct real-time swarm reconnaissance of electronic jamming and saturation attacks, and can simultaneously track 200 targets and lock onto and attack 70 of them.

In addition, it can be linked with early warning aircraft, drone swarms, and ground radar systems to form a closed-loop kill chain of "reconnaissance, control, strike, and assessment".

In the previous red-blue air combat exercise, the J-36 fighter jet only controlled and commanded 12 "Attack-11" drones. It can be seen that facing 24 J-20 fighter jets was just a warm-up exercise, but it still made the opponent helpless.

With such a closed-loop kill chain, it's no exaggeration to say that America's aircraft carrier defense network is practically useless.

While Amerika on the other side of the ocean is still arguing over the "loyal wingman" PowerPoint presentation, here, drone swarms have already become the "wings" of the J-36. Future air combat will definitely not be one-on-one battles, but group brawls, and this great Eastern power not only has drone swarms, but now also the smartest "queen drone."

In contrast, when Amerika unveiled its F-47 fighter jet, touted as a "sixth-generation fighter," the engine was still in the PowerPoint presentation stage. Even within the American military, it was acknowledged that the power system was five to ten years behind that of the University of Tokyo.

The military was extremely satisfied with the J-36 fighter jet after the first air combat exercise, finding it excellent in every aspect. The only regret about the aircraft was that it could not yet be deployed on a large scale.

Otherwise, with two or three hundred of them in service, they could easily overwhelm any air force in the world. The price is simply too high; each aircraft costs a staggering 124 billion.

If we were to actually procure that many aircraft, it would require a budget of three to four trillion, which would be unsustainable for the military. Currently, the plan is to purchase only 35 aircraft, and the entire procurement will be completed over five years.

There's no need to purchase too many now. Once these 35 aircraft are all in service, the seventh-generation fighter jet might have made significant progress in about five years.

With such powerful overall capabilities, 35 aircraft are definitely enough.

With its massive payload and versatility, comparable to a mobile airborne arsenal, the J-36 fighter jet could easily take down an entire Amerika carrier strike group and escape unscathed – this is no exaggeration.

Even if they can't completely annihilate them, they can at least render an aircraft carrier battle group combat ineffective.

It is evident that having 35 J-36s in service is enough to make one virtually invincible on Earth, with a significant generational advantage. Currently, no country in the world has an air defense capability that can effectively prevent the J-36 from penetrating its defenses.

With the first J-36 fighter jet delivered to the Air Force for service, the great Eastern power, now possessing the J-36 Shenlong fighter jet, now feels that everyone else is nothing more than a label-planting, selling-off-the-head.

If it weren't for the presence of mushroom bombs, we wouldn't have bothered with reasoning with them long ago.

As the saying goes, physics is a principle, marksmanship is a technique, and ballistics is a method.

The J-36 fighter jet's formidable performance has led the military to once again raise the question of whether or not to adjust its aircraft carrier program.

Some analysts now believe that with the deployment of the J-36 fighter jet, the role of aircraft carriers will be greatly weakened in the future, and they may even become sitting ducks.

Therefore, there is no need to further expand the aircraft carrier fleet. Instead, adjustments should be made to use this portion of the military budget to purchase and deploy more J-36 fighter jets.

The role of an aircraft carrier is essentially to compensate for the insufficient range of fighter jets, but the current J-36 fighter jet with auxiliary power boxes has a combat radius of over 9000 kilometers, which can basically cover all hotspots around the world when taken off from the mainland.

There is no need for aircraft carriers to expand the combat radius. On the contrary, aircraft carriers have become a burden, and more resources need to be invested in protecting one's own aircraft carriers and denying enemy territory.

In contrast, the J-36 fighter jet is elusive, and at hypersonic speeds, enemy missiles cannot catch up with it. In particular, once the J-36A model equipped with the second-generation electric propulsion engine enters service, its supersonic flight speed can reach Mach 15, which is unmatched.

Judging from the current situation, the birth of the J-36 fighter jet can be regarded as a watershed moment in future high-level warfare, which has indeed greatly reduced the actual role of aircraft carriers.

What an aircraft carrier can do, the J-36 fighter jet can do; what an aircraft carrier cannot do, the J-36 fighter jet can also do.

However, the military ultimately decided that the aircraft carrier construction plan would not be adjusted after the discussion.

Simply put, it avoids extremes; in conventional warfare, the J-36 fighter jet's role is indeed unparalleled.

However, in the event of a nuclear war, the all-electric J-36 fighter jet would still pose a significant threat from the high-energy electromagnetic pulse generated by a nuclear explosion.

In the event of such an extreme situation, an aircraft carrier would serve as another safety net.

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(End of this chapter)