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Chapter 157 Sea Hawk
"Is the Su-33 good? It's not good."

In Beijing, at the third-generation carrier-based aircraft bidding meeting, designers from Chengdu and Hongdu both criticized the Su-33.

Ever since the Navy proposed the carrier-based aircraft bidding and the 011 aircraft carrier was exposed, the three design institutes took quick action.

Rongcheng is the improved version of the J10 carrier-based version. Chief Engineer Song guaranteed that it would only increase in weight by 900 kg. The rest of the parameters are basically the same as the land-based version. When launched by BS4 catapult, it can carry 80% of the fuel and sufficient combat configuration, which is basically enough.
洪都所的陆总师一把年纪亲自上场，拿出了75年强6的96深度换代升级方案，适应时代应用新材料减重不少，而且能适配R35、AL31F或者WS10发动机。

Twenty years ago, the Q-6 was limited by the technology at the time. The variable sweep wing mechanism was overweight and the engine was substandard. Now these problems have been well solved.

Mr. Lu believes that the J10 cannot carry heavy anti-ship missiles, which will weaken the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers. The Q-6 has variable-sweep wings, better low-speed performance, and can carry larger ammunition. It is simply a youthful version of the F14, with multi-purpose capabilities and a natural carrier-based aircraft.

The J10 is more about air superiority, the Q-6 is more about multi-purpose and maneuverability, and then Shenfei took action:
The aviation industry's big brother came up with two plans. One was a high-definition remake of the J-81, which died prematurely in 13. It was basically equivalent to the domestically produced F-16, and then improved to be shipborne. It had better low-altitude performance than the J-10, and the technology was not difficult.

第二个就基于J11发展舰载型号J15，像苏33一样采用相同方案，预计5到6年后首飞。

It seems that the J-15 is the heaviest and cannot operate on the 011 aircraft carrier, but in fact, Shenfei sees the future:
The 011 aircraft carrier has arrived at Hudong. Domestic shipyard experts are starting to digest the information about Gaijin and plan to re-start Project 891 based on the Hornet modification. They plan to build a 2001-ton domestically-produced catapult aircraft carrier between 2002 and 5 and put it into service around 2004.

The new Project 891 can carry at least 36 J15s, which will increase its combat effectiveness by more than one level.

Moreover, the J-15 can copy the Su-33, so it has the greatest hope of success and the most guaranteed performance.

Therefore, General Song and General Lu immediately started to support the domestically produced Su-33, and came up with the classic reasons of later generations:

Heavy carrier-based aircraft are large in size, carry a small number of aircraft, are difficult to take off with a full load, are complicated to operate, and are expensive to maintain.

However, the navy present were hit in the G-spot. After all, after the introduction of the Su-27, they had truly witnessed the advantages of heavy aircraft and were hesitant to return to the era of light and medium aircraft.

Seeing that the navy was fascinated by the Su-33, General Song could only come up with a backup plan on the spot:
It is based on the enlarged fuselage of J10 and adopts a twin-engine layout. It shares some parts and engines with J10, and will also be easy to use on domestically produced large aircraft carriers in the future.

The idea of ​​a large twin-engine version of the J-10 has been around for a long time, but it has not been studied in depth.

As for the J-6 developed by Hongdu, there is nothing we can do about it. It is difficult to enlarge its fuselage and convert it into a twin-engine fighter, so it can only focus on promoting the advantages of its variable-sweep wings.

The naval participants looked at the design plans that came out like flowers and happily compared their pros and cons.

……

Great Bay.

Lynch held the three plans for the 96X plan and read them with fascination.

"Yes, it's really good."

Tang Wen next to him echoed:

"Of course it's good. This should be our country's first large-scale air defense leader ship. The 962 plan can be considered a domestically produced Aegis."

In fact, the 96X plan, developed based on the Algeria, is moving closer to regional air defense ships such as the 055 and Arleigh Burke.

In fact, the domestic ships in the past were mostly anti-ship and air defense.

Because China previously lacked aircraft carriers, its navy was limited to a defensive role confined to territorial waters, lacking the ability to conduct long-range offensive operations. Therefore, destroyers had to emphasize anti-ship warfare, with strike range limited to 1000 to kilometers, depending on the missile's range and guidance distance. However, with the advent of aircraft carriers, carrier-based aircraft can easily extend the strike range to over kilometers, and multiple formations can launch multi-directional attacks, offering a significant advantage over carrier-based anti-ship warfare.

Because of this, aircraft carriers are the main targets and require powerful air defense escort ships to follow.

The 96X program was created for this purpose. Its main mission is to protect aircraft carriers and hold up an air defense umbrella. Anti-ship defense is just an additional gain brought by electronic and hull enhancements.

The advantage of the 96X solution is that it is large enough.

The combination of the HQ-9 and 346 phased array radars into a "shield ship" is very heavy, and the existing 051 and 052 hulls cannot withstand it at all.

After the introduction of the Modern-class, China also imported two "Rif-M" air defense systems. This 150-kilometer air defense system was originally installed on the 1.2-ton Slava-class cruiser. Due to the lack of a large platform in China, it could only be installed on the 7000C, which is only 051 tons.

The price is an extremely poor living environment, which is considered very poor even considering the overall poor living space on domestic ships.

The reason why 052C and 052D can become qualified shield ships is that their air defense systems have been significantly reduced in weight after being domestically produced, but the space on board is still very crowded.

The 965X is different. It has ample space and can accommodate almost everything you can think of in China.

The three major fleets immediately fell in love with Plan 96, especially the fact that Gaijin could build two ships at a time, with a construction period of one month, which is about half a month for one ship.

If the production capacity is fully utilized, wouldn’t 24 lines be put into service in a year?
Of course, arming and assembling so many ships would definitely lead to bankruptcy, and we could only sigh in despair.

Lin Qi: "Gai Jin, get ready. Send some people to the capital with Chief Engineer Tan."

Tang Wen: "Are you bidding so soon?"

"How can it be!"

Lynch rolled his eyes before continuing:

"The bid must be confirmed after internal discussion within the Navy. It's not that easy, but it's best to bring someone with you to explain it in detail. I feel the 961 option is the best and most realistic, and the price is not expensive, so it has a good chance of being approved.

But speaking of bidding, can you really make money at this price? Other domestic shipyards say it's only enough to buy steel."

Tang Wen: "So you see, we don't buy steel. We use recycled steel from other channels. But the quality is absolutely guaranteed. If it's fake, we will compensate you ten times."

As the two were talking, they saw Tan Qing boarding the Yamato with a few excited assistants, and gesturing at the No. 3 turret at the stern of the Yamato.

Tang Wen leaned over to eavesdrop and saw Tan Qing say:
"...Use a twin-mounted launcher, with 16 to 24 rounds ready. Reload once every 15 seconds, and fire a full round..."

Tang Wen got a general idea from it. Are they going to dismantle the No. 3 turret and install a missile launcher?
No, it's 96 now, right? It's time to have long hair.
He looked at Lin Qi, but heard the latter say in a low voice:
"They're planning to make an extended-range version of the Sea Hawk 3, which won't fit in vertical or tilted launch tubes and will have to be launched from a missile launcher.

Mr. Tan said that the subsonic Eagle Strike-83 is not powerful and must be equipped with supersonic speed to be deterrent, otherwise such a large ship would be wasted.

The Sea Eagle 3 is the C301, a supersonic anti-ship missile developed in the late 80s with a maximum speed of Mach 2 and a range of 130 kilometers.

(End of this chapter)