Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 855 The History of the 'Tomcat' Trade B
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And of course, we also encountered a very good opportunity, the manufacturer of F_14 Gelman has this intention and demand.Although the F_14 beat the F_15 to a bruised face on the simulated battlefield, this ending just happened to be reversed in the market. Both Israel and Japan chose McDonnell Douglas’ F_15 fighter jets. Although Persia bought the F_14, it was rejected by the old US government. Cannot be exported after sanctions.Glumann must be very anxious, and our aircraft market is the last straw for Glumann in Asia. Historically, Glumann has also carried out a lot of activities to promote the export of F_14 to our country, and at the same time negotiated with us.Of course, what was sold to us must be the early model with a broken engine, but it doesn’t matter. Even if the sale is banned in the United States, we can completely replace the F_14 with Spey and continue to fly, since we can even the most troublesome and difficult engine. Solved, then there is no reason why the F_14 can't fly because of the old US ban.

Moreover, we must know that the old United States where the arms industry started, the status of the military industry in the old United States is quite high, so as long as it is profitable enough, it is not impossible.This is why Persia has been able to use F_14 after being sanctioned, and the ghost believes that Persia will continue to use F_14 by tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.Although the outside world said so, but who would believe it, this is obviously secretly sold by Glman to smuggled spare parts, and the old US government cannot stop it.So in the end, we can only force the F_14 to retire, which is a drastic move.Of course, this is speculation and cannot be taken as true.There are also some reasons, such as F_14 maintenance costs are higher than F_15 and so on.

But if we really introduced F_14 at that time, even if our domestic copycats cannot catch up with the progress, then we can also obtain relevant spare parts that we cannot produce from relevant channels. Anyway, such things are not new, and there are many Dry.Maintain it first, wait for it to be fully understood, and then localize it.Even if the relevant important parts cannot be obtained, then we completely scientifically research at the expense of the aircraft, disassemble the required parts from the sacrificed fighter, and supply the fighter parts that meet the daily needs of the troops.Although it is a bit like drinking poison to quench thirst, the price is worth it.The new and advanced aviation technology and design concepts it brings are definitely much more important than this little loss.

But ah, things are not so satisfactory, it may be because of our misunderstanding of aviation at that time.At that time, our aviation industry seemed to be far from aware of the difficulties in the development of aero-engines and large aircraft platforms. I always thought that I was a little proud of my achievements in imitating J5 in one year and J6 in two years, and thought that aircraft manufacturing was nothing more than that.The lack of progress in these years is just the fact that the Soviet Union has withdrawn experts and has been closed and has no objects to imitate. If it takes more than ten years to catch up with the world's advanced level after the exchange is resumed, there will be no difficulty.That's why I feel that the introduction of F_14 will take 10 years to imitate and deal with.So the same is true for reporting to the Air Force and the higher authorities, which also strengthened the determination of the higher authorities.I think that buying is not a long-term solution. On the one hand, it will cost a huge amount of precious foreign exchange. On the other hand, what should we do if something happens in the future and people stop supplying and selling.

So the higher authorities decided that it is better for us to have things in our hands.No matter how good things are from other people's homes, they belong to other people's homes.Of course, this kind of thinking is correct, and we can really own it without being controlled by others. That is the correct development path we need.However, the domestic situation in the 80s was ignored.There is a gap of decades between the entire industrial field and foreign countries. In time, the F_14 was successfully introduced back. Can it really be imitated?Among other things, let’s just say that the F_14’s titanium alloy receiver and high-strength landing gear are manufactured by Lao Mina’s only three large-scale die forging presses in the world. Can our industrial level do it?How can it take 30 years or even more than half a century of hard work, and what happens after that? F_14 is almost eliminated, are we continuing to catch up?
Even more outrageous, it is said that the safety of the engine used by the F_14 is much worse than that of Spey. The compressor blades of the engine often break and fly out and damage the airframe. Plus protective casing.However, even if the F_14 equipped with such a rubbish engine still beats the F_15 in many actual combat exercises, it can be seen how good the platform performance of the F_14 is.And the F_14 can repeatedly beat the F_15 with a good engine in the case of a garbage engine (compared to the old beauty). It seems that the most critical thing to rely on is the "automatic variable-sweep wing".This has to make many of our aviation experts feel ashamed, because our aviation development has always been a big problem, and for this reason our aircraft design and development experts have shouted "insufficient power aerodynamic (layout) to make up for" since the 60s.As a result, in the 21st century, we are still picking up the remaining bones of the West, and J_10 is the product under the guidance of this kind of thinking.If we were able to fool around with the F_14 back then, and then continued to ponder and study, and thoroughly understood this aircraft, then the significance to our follow-up stealth fighters and even bombers is very obvious. method.

Moreover, Jiang Chen also knew that since the South Korean airliner incident, Su* dispatched a large number of the latest MiG_31 and Tu22_M to the Far East, which caused the air power balance in the outer Xing'an Mountains to rapidly become unbalanced.The old US troops stationed in South Korea feel that the threat has increased sharply. Although an aircraft carrier battle group was urgently transferred from the Atlantic Ocean, the strength is still very insufficient.At this time, our army with a vast geography, a large population, and brave battles is definitely the best choice for Laomei.Lao Mei once said that 'Lao Mei's weapons and our brave soldiers are the best way to defeat the monster Su*'.If our strategy can be a little more flexible at this time, and we are willing to share the pressure of the Soviet Union, but we need to deal with the Soviet Union's huge air force defense fighters, as long as the number is appropriate, then the old Americans will definitely agree. For them For me, it would be great to have 'cannon fodder' to send them to death.And they used to do this kind of thing often, wasn't it the case in World War I and World War II.

Therefore, Jiang Chen believes that this opportunity must not be missed. It is definitely very beneficial to the aviation manufacturing industry and national defense security of our country.And in Jiang Chen's view, the biggest obstacle in this trade is money, which is not a thing at all.We can take out a loan, so we can get a loan from Laomei to buy these fighters.The term is also longer, ten years or 20 years, even if the interest is a little bit more.We must know that our money has shrunk significantly in Laomei's bank in future generations. Can we still not be able to pay this interest?Besides, can we increase the amount of this trade, sign a few hundred aircraft, and then slowly produce them? There is no need to pay back the breach of contract, so we can get so many advanced fighters for nothing.Even if they continue to fulfill the contract and continue to provide, it can also to a certain extent dismantle the arms embargo sanctions imposed by the United States on us, which can be said to kill many birds with one stone.

However, Jiang Chen's appetite is more than that. For him, only one F_14 can't satisfy him.In other words, he didn't pay much attention to F_14. On the contrary, the high-low combination of F_15 and F_16 is more suitable for our overall needs and long-term development needs throughout the period.

(End of this chapter)