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Text 534 Japan¡¯s new F2

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    Speaking of which, the Japanese Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces are rather strange entities. On the one hand, they are content to be the military vassals and subordinates of the United States, but on the other hand, they are extremely ambitious.  The rise of China has naturally aroused the Japanese's vigilance, and they have also focused on strengthening the construction of the Self-Defense Forces. However, in terms of military technology, the Japanese do not mind getting "help" from China.  This is probably related to the pragmatism and the Japanese national character of being good at learning.

    They are not afraid that the military technology they obtained from China will make the Chinese army understand them better. The arrogance in their hearts makes the Japanese conscious that by absorbing these things, they can create better equipment than Chinese weapons.

    In addition to Japan¡¯s acquisition of the Harushio-class AIp submarine design plan and information provided by China, Japan is also actively seeking cooperation and technology transfer in other fields.  Qi Yiming regarded Japan as an enemy in the future. Although he looked down upon Japan's military capabilities, it would be very troublesome to fatten it up, so he basically maintained a tight defense against Japan.  Only a few parties, with the attitude of cheating Japan and the United States, released some flawed technology and deliberately deceived them.

    The most conspicuous one is Japan¡¯s Project E tender.  Japan has been under the surveillance of the United States for a long time, but it still develops its own military industry step by step and secretly. Although many military industry departments lack key technologies and the system is not perfect, it cannot be denied that Japan has the ability to make most of its own weapons.  It includes navy ships and air force fighter planes.

    The direct product of the EX plan is the B2 fighter, known as the "Heisei Zero War". It is a medium-sized multi-purpose fighter developed based on the American B60B. It is mainly used for anti-ship operations and is required to be able to mount 4 missiles.  Anti-ship missiles have a combat radius of more than 80 kilometers.  At first, Japan ambitiously hoped to improve its aviation manufacturing capabilities based on the 210 designed by Mitsubishi.  But Japan has been castrated after all, and its ability to make independent decisions is relatively poor.  Moreover, they originally planned to build their own houses, with technology from European and American countries adding bricks and mortar, and ultimately reap the benefits and acquire more technologies themselves.

    But the Americans did not accept this and put pressure on Japan. In the end, Japan gave up the 210 project, which looked similar to the Gripen, and instead cooperated with General Dynamics (later the property rights of the B6 belonged to Lockheed Martin) to produce B2 fighters.  The Americans also obtained 40% of the spoon production share in the contract, making a lot of money.

    "But the Japanese have never given up hope of making their own fighter jets. This wild horse with a rein is restless in nature. It's just that the Americans' ropes are too tight, making it difficult for Japan to find a breakthrough.  Mitsubishi can design the -210, but in fact its design is still quite immature. Whether it is starting from the modification of the wind tunnel or the final system integration, the Japanese lack experience and ability. Even if they want to carry out this homemade fighter plan,  There must also be help from America's father.  However, the United States was only interested in profit and could not give up its free money. Naturally, it kicked the Japanese's dream of self-made fighter jets and forced them to accept the B2, which was modified from the B6.

    In this plane, the situation has changed a little bit.  Originally, the United States and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding in 1966 as the beginning of joint research on the B2 fighter jet.  However, the Japanese had many crooked ideas and found a new way, which not only forced the Americans to make concessions, but also left some hope of homemade fighter jets.

    Mitsubishi's -210 actually has no possibility of becoming a reality. Just like Japan's later BB Mind Fighter, it is actually more likely to be used as a technology verification machine, but its own industrial capabilities are limited and cannot be perfected.  Become a truly first-class fighter.  But Japan took a trick and lost to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Fuji Heavy Industries (Fuji Heavy Industries Baru) in the system assembly contract. It was originally a very famous aviation manufacturing company and had certain aviation manufacturing capabilities.

    Fuji Heavy Industries is not willing to give up its business as an automobile manufacturer for a long time, so it is working hard to make changes.  At this time, Qi Yiming placed a red alert spy into Fuji Heavy Industries as a senior manager. Through this line, Fuji Heavy Industries obtained a complete design of a medium-sized multi-purpose fighter from AVIC.

    This design is certainly not China¡¯s own J-10 or J-10. It is quite interesting to say that the source of this design is the Taiwan Air Force IDF fighter jet that is no longer available.  After Taiwan was recovered, all kinds of information from Taiwan's Sun Yat-sen Academy of Sciences were accepted. Although most of these things seemed very backward for the country, some of them could still be tidied up and used to make money.

    After Qi Yiming took away the IDPR spoon design, he used the base's powerful calculation and improvement capabilities, plus the help of some Red Alert aviation engineers, to finally modify the IDPi, a fighter with congenital disabilities, into a medium-sized multi-purpose fighter.

    The designer made the ID larger, and the length of the aircraft was increased to 6.6 meters, which has surpassed the B6. The other two ridiculous Hr11 engines were also designed to be mid-thrust like -13 or 04.  The wings have been enlarged and corrected to obtain a higher wing load, which can meet the combat needs of carrying 4 anti-ship missiles. The remaining parts have left relatively large room for modification, with the purpose of leaving it for the Japanese to DIY.

      The inlet of this new fighter is similar to the combination of the B18's Garrett inlet and the Rafale's three-dimensional axisymmetric inlet. In fact, it could have been made into a complete Garrett inlet, that is, a swept-back double-slope super  Sonic air inlet, but Qi Yiming did not want to give this technology to the Japanese, so he directly changed the three-dimensional axial symmetry to give it a slight sweep characteristic, under the wing root of the side strip.

    Another thing to keep in mind is that when this aircraft was originally designed, it had a bunch of front-mounted close-coupled canards, which would definitely enhance the fighter's maneuverability. However, considering that this fighter may be an enemy in the future, Qi Yiming canceled  This canard is added to make it look basically similar to another IDF fighter from the Taiwan Air Force.

    Even though the design of this fighter plane was done casually by the designers of the base and Red Alert, it is enough to show the profound knowledge and the background of a major aviation design country. Ordinary countries will never be able to produce these things.

    Fuji Heavy Industries spent a lot of money to purchase the design data of this fighter jet from AVIC. Qi Yiming even deliberately sent some red alert engineers, disguised as foreigners, to join Fuji Heavy Industries' team, thus giving Fuji Heavy Industries a stronger  Design and system construction capabilities.  Naturally, these people Qi Yiming can withdraw when they want to, and they can take advantage of the Japanese.

    Even if Japanese engineers can learn something from them, it is absolutely impossible to achieve qualitative improvement in a short period of time.  By the time they have learned something, China may have reduced Japan to a wasteland.

    Having obtained this design drawing, Japan feels like it has obtained a treasure. On the one hand, the government is making excuses with the Americans, and on the other hand, it is promoting the production of this fighter jet called "Hast II".  Hayate is an army fighter developed by Japan's Nakajima Aircraft Company during World War II. It is considered to be Japan's best mass-produced fighter during World War II.  Nakajima is part of Fuji Heavy Industries, and the use of this name also reflects Fuji Heavy Industries' determination to revive its own aviation manufacturing.

    On the one hand, Project E is almost at a standstill because Japan has never allocated R&D funds. On the other hand, Japan is copying the designs obtained from China. The parts that can be produced by Japan are produced by China, and the parts that cannot be produced by China are imported from China.  When ordering, the most critical components are two -13 medium thrust engines and some electronic equipment.

    At the end of 2019, the Hayate II prototype manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries successfully rolled off the production line and underwent its first flight test. The stability, maneuverability, and controllability were all very good, and there were no problems.  After the news came out, the United States was undoubtedly furious and demanded an explanation from Japan.  However, the Japanese side continued to act stupid without any surprise.

    At this time, the Americans couldn't calm down anymore. If the -X plan was progressing smoothly, they would naturally have room for negotiation. However, due to the Japanese's hypocrisy and coercion, the Japanese fighter plane based on the F-6 was basically still a matter of uncertainty.  , but the Hayate II has completed its first flight, and there is no way to change Japan's self-made fourth-generation fighter jet.

    Of course, the Americans complained for a while about the Chinese's betrayal of selling technology and equipment, but complaining could not solve the problem. Several American defense contractors had no choice but to jump out and propose to work with Japan to provide better products than China's on the basis of the Hayate II.  equipment.

    This is not a lie, because in order to restrict Japan, some of the designs given by Qi Yiming are actually things that the Chinese Air Force will not even look at. The -13 engine is even an early version, and the maximum afterburning thrust is only 2,000  ox.  The thrust of the vector engine used in the latest model of the J-VR scoop manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and the latest version of the Xiaolong has reached 100 kilonewtons.

    In addition, internal electronic equipment, such as the mainstream technology of the 1970s and 1980s, is almost 2 years behind the technology used by PLA itself.  For example, although the flight control system used is not similar to the hydraulic flight control of the MiG-29, it is just the simulated fly-by-wire flight control used in the early B16, with no advancement at all.

    American companies have proposed to help Japan improve areas that are not advanced enough in these aspects, and Japan will outsource the production of these components to the United States.  Of course, Japan knew not to make Dad Yu too angry, and some of them took advantage of it. In the end, they subcontracted about 2% of the scoop system to American companies, and they took the majority of it, which was considered to have extremely reduced the production cost of the Hayate II.  The components subcontracted to the United States mainly include 04 engines, three-degree fly-by-wire flight control, etc.  In addition, there are about 0 parts and components that cannot be produced in-house and need to be imported from China, and their value is not particularly high.

    Because they saved the high amount of research and development funds defrauded by the Americans and directly purchased mature designs from China, the cost of the Hayate II was reduced by 50% from the original unit price of nearly 100 million U.S. dollars, although it is still expensive.  Scary, but not too much anyway.  Therefore, the Japanese Ministry of Defense has significantly increased the number of purchases compared to the other side, reaching as many as 20 aircraft.
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