How the war in Peru will proceed is not the focus of Qi Yiming's concern. He believes that the forces of the Makena People's Commune with the support of the Strategic Bureau can withstand the encirclement and suppression by the government troops. As long as the US military does not send ground troops, Wu Qixuan and others People can continue to fight on that land. He estimated that the Americans would soon discover that air strikes were a thankless operation. Although the government forces might be able to take this opportunity to regain most of the country's land, in fact the tenacious guerrillas would still continue to fight.
On the contrary, because the government forces invited the United States for help, and the US military caused many civilian casualties during the bombing process, the influence of the People's Communes has gradually increased, and the Peruvian government's future throne may not be stable.
On the other side of the Pacific, the already emerging SCO has once again launched a new military cooperation plan, and this time it is about a piece of military equipment. It has attracted widespread attention from the world, especially malicious speculation by some Western media. and exaggerated rendering.
In January 1993, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held a meeting in Vladivostok and formally approved the multinational joint development and development of the "Joint Advanced Medium Tactical Fighter", referred to as the ANTPl+ plan utAdvacMdhumTattePtv. The agreement stipulates that the five SCO giant member states, China, the Far East, Siberia, Kazakhstan, and Nanyang, will jointly develop a fifth-generation medium-sized stealth fighter as the main weapon for future SCO military cooperation.
The NTP1+ plan is led by five countries. The main funder is China, accounting for about 80% of the research and development plan. The remaining four countries Nanyang Republic account for 0, the Far Eastern Republic 0, Siberia 0, and Kazakhstan account for 0. The specific R&D funding figures have not been announced. , but outsiders speculate that the investment is at least close to tens of billions of dollars.
The five countries participating in the R&D project will purchase mass production after the development is completed. The price will be appropriately reduced based on the investment ratio. Depending on the investment ratio, the right to speak in the project will also be different. China has the absolute say in the project, and the rest The four countries have certain rights to speak and make suggestions. In fact, China is obviously leading this project.
There is a huge difference in industrial level capabilities between these five countries. China is the only large industrial country with a systematic and complete system. The three republics that were split from the former Soviet Union have relatively strong heavy industry capabilities. The Far East Republic also has the Gagarin Factory that can produce advanced fighter aircraft. Kazakhstan and Siberia also have certain aviation manufacturing and processing capabilities. Only Nanyang Republic is weaker in this regard. However, through this plan, part of the aviation industry can be initially established.
In terms of production distribution, China occupies the vast majority of production. The self-supplied pLAR jANTF fighter jets will be almost 100% manufactured in the country, while other countries will allocate a certain proportion of their own domestically produced fighters for manufacturing, and China will help with the remaining parts.
The remaining SCO member states have priority in purchasing NTP1+ fighter jets with slight price concessions, which means that while ensuring supply from the five countries, excess production capacity will be allocated to SCO member states first. Buyers outside the SCO will pay full capital.
In the agreement, the participating countries formed the NTPl+ Planning Committee and listed more detailed performance requirements for fighter aircraft. The fighter is required to have low price affordability, low detectability, high lethality and high operation and maintenance, which is the "double low and double high" requirement.
Although the whole plan looks very similar and has caused widespread discussion in the outside world, in fact, this NTPl+ plan is just a formality, because the models that the plan needs to produce already exist, which is why the research and development expenses are not For publicity reasons, because there are no R&D expenses at all
The NTPR spoon prototype is another J-L Falcon fighter designed by Shenfei specifically for foreign trade and intended to enter the naval carrier-based aircraft market. Because the design work of the Falcon fighter had not yet been completed before Qi Yiming traveled through time, unlike the J-20 Veyron, which had already entered the final shape, so the subsequent design work of the J-1 was jointly coordinated by the Red Alert Base and AVIC. Completed.
Because the J-L was originally a fifth-generation aircraft developed by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation of China with its own funds, and there was no official project approval, there was no funding. Therefore, although the design referred to many foreign ready-made technical designs, there are still some unsatisfactory aspects. For example, the tail brace forms a right-angled edge bulge with strong reflective characteristics under the wing, which affects the aircraft's stealth performance. Not only is the rear fuselage area too large, but a tail cone is also needed to reduce the interference resistance between the tail nozzles. The final analysis is because in the field of aviation design, although China has caught up, it is still one level behind the experienced Americans, so it is prone to some inevitable flaws.
Qi Yiming traveled to the original plane and brought a powerful red alert base. With sufficient technical support, China has made substantial progress in this regard. When the J-L was redesigned in this plane, some bad problems were improved, the aerodynamic shape was smoother and more exquisite, and various internal equipment were also improved, so as not to burden the aircraft.
As the "product" of the NTPl+ program, the J-L's main combat capability is stealth interception, that is, air superiority. There is no trace of this face at all.Compared with the B3, the J-L pays more attention to air combat capabilities, both in terms of aerodynamic shape and weapon matching. This is not to say that the J-1 does not have the ability to attack the ground and the sea, but a fighter of this size cannot carry many bombs.
The aircraft is about 17 meters long, has an empty weight of about 13 tons, a practical ceiling of 1860 meters, and a maximum airspeed of Mach 2. It uses two mid-thrust turbofan-17 engines with a military thrust of 75 kN and a maximum afterburning thrust of 26 kN. Takeoff weight - 1 ton, combat radius 26 kilometers, maximum bomb load B tons (including plug-ins).
Due to its small size and cramped design, the J-L has a small built-in magazine. It can only carry 6 pL-2B air-to-air missiles during air superiority, or it can carry two pL-2B and two LT stealth-modified 60kg missiles during dual missions. level joint guided bomb. Like the B3, the J-L does not have side magazines and cannot carry combat missiles internally. It can only be mounted in the main bomb bay. However, China has designed a new type of pL-10 extended-range combat missile, with a maximum range of more than 8 kilometers, and can also eject and attack targets within 2 kilometers. It combines the characteristics of combat missiles and interceptor missiles, and is considered a relatively good match.
External weapons will inevitably destroy its stealth, so considering this, the main combat of the J-L is to conduct air combat with enemy fighters, relying on its generation difference advantage to crush the main fighters of the third and fourth generations. After all, in addition to its own stealth capabilities, the J-L also has AP radar, which has a larger detection range. In PB operations (supermarket air combat), it can detect the enemy first and strike first. Furthermore, its level of informatization is much superior to that of the current What-2 and B15. Although Qi Yiming has not yet been able to unlock the cloud attack capabilities, its multi-target strikes and better adaptability to systematic air operations can bring it into full play. The greatest combat advantage.
The launch of the J-L as NTB Qi Yiming also wants to seize the world's fifth-generation aircraft market early. Many countries are interested in purchasing more advanced fighters, mainly for defense. In this way, the main combat advantage of the B3 fertilizer is on the ground. Fighters are actually not as good as air superiority fighters. Qi Yiming has set an export price of US$660,000 for the J-L. Of course, as time goes by, global inflation and the depreciation of the US dollar, this price will definitely continue to increase. Climbing up, but nowadays, the appeal of 50 million fifth-generation fighter jets is definitely not small.
Even for a country like Saudi Arabia, which is equipped with a large number of F-9 fighter jets and has a surplus air force fleet, after the release of the NTPl+ plan, members of its royal family later stated that the Royal Saudi Air Force has always been at the forefront of world development, such as F-l If the fifth-generation fighter jet is obtained, it will help maintain Saudi Arabia's advantage in the Middle East. Therefore, although Saudi Arabia does not seek to join the SCO, it hopes to obtain a place in the NTPl+ plan.
On this point, Qi Yiming is very determined. The participating countries of NTPR can only be SCO countries. Of course, other countries can purchase them, but in the process of fighter development and production, they cannot have any say or even the right to make suggestions. have.
Another shocking aspect of NTF is the amount of purchases. Except for China and Nanyang, which have good economic conditions, in fact, the economies of the three former Soviet republics are not good, but they also purchase a lot. Kazakhstan purchased the least, but it also reached 6 aircraft. The Far East will purchase 100 aircraft, Siberia will purchase 150 aircraft, and Nanyang plans to purchase 20 aircraft to completely replace the current Xiaolong. China¡¯s procurement volume is even more amazing, including land-based versions and ship-based versions. China's PLA Air Force and Hainan Airlines plan to purchase a total of 146 aircraft of this type.
Based on this calculation, the total purchase volume of the five countries has reached 193 aircraft. If several other ISTO members are included in the symbolic purchases, the purchase volume should be able to exceed the purchase volume of 2UU aircraft. In this way, AT-L It can become an international fighter, just like the current B6.
As soon as NTPl+ was drawn, it turned out that the US government, military circles and defense contractors were all very nervous. In the past, the US had always been at the forefront of military science and technology. When it launched something, it was touted by many people around the world. The country pinches its nose and accepts additional conditions to buy, but now the United States has not developed its own main fifth-generation aircraft. The Chinese have launched fifth-generation aircraft mainly for low-end and foreign trade. Many Americans can¡¯t help but doubt that the United States is still the scientific research country. Is the United States the country with the highest level of military power in the world? Is the United States still the country with the highest level of military force in the world?
Therefore, the United States was forced to launch a new medium-sized fifth-generation aircraft plan in full swing when the B2 and NATPJ projects had not yet seen any results and the future was very uncertain. Several arms companies that were originally ill-prepared, including Northrop, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Lockheed, etc. have all begun preparations for the development of this new aircraft, so as not to be left behind by China and not to lose the huge future fifth-generation aircraft market.