The words of the head of the headquarters were very serious. The leader of the surface-to-air missile force opened his mouth and wanted to explain something, but the words came to his lips but did not come out.
No way, the head of the headquarters is right. The True Dragon 2 is just a radar stealth test and verification aircraft. In addition to verifying the aerodynamic layout of the radar stealth, its most important function is to provide the troops with a test aircraft with stealth functions.
After all, the new three-on-three-defense system has been called for so many years, especially the focus on fighting stealth fighters. There has been a lot of theoretical research, but there has been almost no real practice.
It¡¯s not that I don¡¯t want to do it, but I can¡¯t do it without suitable test objectives, which limits the next stage of domestic military modernization.
In particular, the synthesis of the army, the aquaticization of the navy, and the attack and defense of the air force have been greatly affected.
The reason for this is very simple. If you can't attack and defend stealth targets, you have no air supremacy. Without air supremacy, no matter how sharp your tanks and armored vehicles are, how majestic your surface ships are, and how huge the number of fighter planes are, it will all end with piles of fertilizer. Just like meat, only destined to be slaughtered.
Therefore, if we want to promote the next stage of military modernization, we must solve the attack and defense of stealth targets.
Especially after the major overseas incident in Belgrade, the headquarters' attack and defense of stealth targets has been raised to an unprecedented strategic level. It not only re-evaluated various technical and tactical indicators of Project 20, but also began to look for an aerial target that can simulate stealth targets. , thereby testing the capabilities of the land, sea, air and second artillery units in the face of stealth aircraft.
Originally, the headquarters wanted to build an unmanned target drone with a stealth aerodynamic layout. However, when the military leaders and the head of the headquarters inspected the Ascendas Group, they discovered that the Ascendas Group was performing various erratic operations on the True Dragon 2 demonstrator aircraft and felt that the drone was an unmanned target drone. The aircraft may not be as effective as a real manned aircraft.
Therefore, Ascendas Group was asked to make a simplified version of the radar stealth test verification aircraft based on the Zhenlong 2 verification aircraft, which can be used to test, verify and evaluate the air defense combat systems of various branches of the army.
At that time, the Zhenlong 2 demonstrator was mainly used as a demonstrator for Project 20, used for experimental verification of the aerodynamic layout and materials of the next-generation combat aircraft.
Except for the aerodynamic layout, which looks like that, other aspects are very ordinary. Otherwise, when Prince Abdullah was tricked into paying for the assembly line, there would be no need to fly over for a so-called surprise glimpse. , with Zhuang Jianye's character, he had already pulled Abdullah to see what real technology was.
Therefore, Ascendas Group was a little worried about the requirements of the headquarters. After all, the maturity of Dragon 2 was not high. If the headquarters suddenly improved its technical and tactical indicators, Ascendas Group's technical level at the time might not be able to take over.
In fact, it was not just Ascendas Group that was worried. The entire industry was disturbed by the headquarters' undisclosed arms procurement. You must know that the performance indicators and final layout of the next-generation combat aircraft had not yet been finalized at that time. Success Group and Northeast Airlines The group is still secretly competing for this super big deal.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway. No one was confused, and then naturally began to think about it. Is the headquarters going to introduce another participant? Will there be any changes in the next generation of combat aircraft? Is Ascendas Group entering the game?
It cannot be ruled out that the headquarters really had this idea at the time. After all, Tengfei Group was the only one making similar verification aircraft in China at that time. Even though it was not technically mature, for the troops in urgent need of such equipment, if they could find someone with stealth combat capabilities It is not a bad thing to make a transition to combat aircraft.
Based on this, the army¡¯s testing of the Zhenlong 2 verification machine is very strict, basically based on the requirements for large-scale installation.
However, after testing, it was found that the True Dragon 2 is far from the needs of the troops. Take the combat radius as an example. The True Dragon 2 has a pitiful range of only 400 kilometers, while the requirements of the troops are to reach 1,500 kilometers without aerial refueling. Above, only in this way can we carry out long-distance attacks or stay in a certain airspace for a long time in an ambush in an emergency.
??Obviously, True Dragon 2 is far from enough in this regard.
Secondly, the True Dragon 2¡¯s stealth performance is still unsatisfactory. What the troops want is a true fourth-generation aircraft similar to the F-22, rather than a makeshift pseudo-fourth-generation aircraft.
Under such circumstances, the upgrade path of True Dragon 2 was completely blocked. However, although the headquarters did not like True Dragon 2, it still purchased eight True Dragon 2 at a price of 58 million yuan, although it did not meet the expectations of the troops. , but it can be used as a test machine for various troops.
So Ascendas Group made a series of improvements on the basis of Zhenlong 2, such as replacing the immature dsi inlet with a traditional parallel shock inlet, and developedThe engine has been replaced by the more mature and reliable WD-62 turbofan engine from the WD-64 SUV, which has yet to be verified.
Of course, the biggest improvement is in the fuel capacity. The combat radius of 400 kilometers is indeed too small. As a verification aircraft, it is just fine. However, this distance is really not enough in the army, so Ascendas Group re-optimized the True Dragon. 2's internal fuel tank increased its combat radius from 400 kilometers to 800 kilometers, which was barely enough for the troops' testing.
To be honest, the headquarters at that time was still somewhat critical of the Ascendas Group¡¯s series of improvements. Other people¡¯s aircraft were getting better and better as they were modified. The Ascendas aircraft were good, but the True Dragon 2 was getting better with more improvements.
So many troops who were asked to conduct tests were not worried. After all, the radar reflection area of ??Zhenlong 2 is dozens of times higher than that of F-22. If this cannot be grasped, there is no need to talk about the new three-on-three defense.
The results were not tested. This test almost stripped the pants of several key troops.
Even the Russian-made S-300pmu2 air defense missile system, which is said to be able to deal with stealth targets, is in trouble in front of Zhenlong 2.
You must know that the frontal radar reflection area of ??Zhenlong 2 without bombs is only 0.45 square meters. At this level, domestic air defense systems are helpless. If it really encounters high-level stealth such as F-22 and B-2, What to do with the target?
What's more, a large country outside the region does not only have these two stealth aircraft at its disposal. The "Dawn Goddess" high-altitude and high-speed stealth reconnaissance aircraft that replaced the "Blackbird" high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft has a higher technical level. How can you just watch people following you above your head? Just like strolling in your own back garden, you can come and leave whenever you want?
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the headquarters immediately ordered the head of the headquarters to take charge of the improvement and perfection of key units and key air defense systems. There was no way. If this matter was not resolved, how could the tank cluster be so powerful? Can a fleet of ships cut through waves? Can the economic center on the southeast coast enjoy peace and prosperity?
The answer is naturally no, so this time the head of the headquarters came to the surface-to-air missile force for no other reason than to see the results of the improvements during this period. Obviously the results were not satisfactory.
Although the radar can detect the target, the locking of the fire control system is intermittent, and the complete shooting elements cannot be input into the missile's computer, so the attack cannot be carried out.
The head of the headquarters is not only angry about this, but also anxious!
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