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Chapter 1174 Vertical Take-off and Landing Technology

At this time, Jiang Yan suddenly thought that the Yak-141 had undergone major modifications and its performance had been greatly improved compared to the Yak-38.

Moreover, the Yak-141 has a range of more than 600 kilometers during vertical takeoff and landing, and a bomb load of more than 2 tons, which is comparable to that of a light fighter and has already possessed combat practicality. It also uses a fly-by-wire operating system, with a maximum flight speed close to 2 times the speed of sound, and has the maneuverability to fight.

And these are only the data for vertical take-off and landing. If the later ski-jump take-off is adopted, its range can be further increased to 2000 kilometers, and the payload can be increased to 4 tons. It can carry various heavy anti-ship and anti-ground weapons and have almost complete combat capability.

However, at that time, Russian experts predicted that if such an aircraft was put into use on the Kuznetsov, the Russian aircraft carrier would have a combat capability that was almost the same as that of a catapult aircraft carrier. However, the first two aircraft carriers launched by our country in the past were gliding and not equipped with catapults, which would be a great help.

However, Jiang Yan suddenly remembered that it was only 1992. If a large aircraft carrier of to tons suddenly appeared in the country at this time, it would be too much of a stimulus for Western countries, and they would most likely impose sanctions on the country.

The domestic economy has just improved, and the country is too small to withstand the turmoil of Western countries. I didn't see that in the previous life, Vagrian arrived in China in 02, but the construction did not start until 05 because they did not want to overly stimulate Western countries.

But it doesn't matter. We can just think of it as storing up grain and slowly becoming king. This is the way of kings left by our ancestors. In the end, our country will surely be at the top of the world. Not to mention large aircraft carriers, it would be normal to have ten or eight super-large aircraft carriers of 100,000 tons, just like the Eagle Sauce.

However, since China cannot produce aircraft carriers, amphibious landing ships and helicopter carriers should be fine. They are not large in size and will not overly stimulate other countries.

Both amphibious assault ships and helicopter carriers have wide decks and can take off and land helicopters and even vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, but there are obvious differences in their functions. The most important point is that amphibious assault ships can do the tasks of helicopter carriers, while helicopter carriers cannot do the tasks of amphibious assault ships! In fact, amphibious assault ships are developed from helicopter carriers. Now helicopter carriers are hard to find, but amphibious assault ships are shining. This also shows that amphibious assault ships are more adapted to the development of modern navies than helicopter carriers, which also shows that amphibious assault ships are more important.

If that is the case, the Yak-141 would be very important in vertical take-off and landing. Thinking of this, Jiang Yan suddenly looked at Cao Bin who was sitting there quite quietly.

According to what Jiang Yan knew, the Black Sea Shipyard also produced the "Moscow" class helicopter carrier and the "Kiev" class vertical take-off and landing aircraft carrier. The technical plan for the third "Moscow" class helicopter carrier of the "Kiev" class aircraft carrier considered putting the Yak-36 on board.

However, due to the insufficient improvement potential of the third "Moscow" class aircraft carrier, in September 1968, the former Soviet Union decided to stop building the third "Moscow" class helicopter carrier and began to develop a new class of aircraft carrier, the "Kiev" class aircraft carrier (Type 9), which the former Soviet Union called a "heavy aircraft carrier cruiser."

Jiang Yan now told his men that the experts brought to Ukraine by Cao Bin have been quite active recently. Could it be that they have obtained the information about this helicopter carrier?

"Lao Cao, have you got the information about the helicopter carrier?" Jiang Yan suddenly spoke at this time.

"Cough cough cough." Cao Bin, who was drinking water, was startled when he heard Jiang Yan ask this. This matter was kept very secret. How did Old Jiang know about it?

"Yes, we have obtained all the information of these groups and have sent it back to China." After wiping his mouth, Cao Bin spoke bluntly.

"You don't know what Ukraine is like now. It's no exaggeration to say that they are starving. Basically, they can buy a lot of things for a bite to eat, so we took the opportunity to introduce some talents and information. But this is also thanks to the help of your people, especially Hang Seng Bank." Cao Bin explained.

"It's okay. I've already told them that if you need money, just ask. It's not like I won't give you money." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

It's not that they don't give it, they use US dollars, but they give it in RMB. What Jiang Yan doesn't know is that he has a lot more RMB. "The Yak-141 is for our own helicopter carrier in the future!" Jiang Yan asked.

"Correct."

"This aircraft is very mature and can be used with just a few improvements. We can improve it during use, which will keep the cost low and enable us to form combat effectiveness more quickly." Niu Weiluo spoke directly without hiding anything.

"Since you know it, I won't introduce it in detail. We are facing some problems now. We have already negotiated technical cooperation with the Yakovlev Design Bureau, but something unexpected happened. I don't know how the American Northrop Corporation got to know about our purchase of aircraft, and suddenly intervened and prevented our cooperation with the Yakovlev Design Bureau." Feng Yanbin said.

Hearing about Northrop Corporation, Jiang Yan's expression suddenly changed. This is a big guy. This guy is quite famous in the future!

For ordinary people, the name Northrop Corporation may be unfamiliar, but everyone should be familiar with the aircraft they produce, especially the B-2 Spirit bomber they produce.

The B-2 Spirit stealth strategic bomber is a product of the Cold War, developed by the American Northrop Corporation for the US Air Force. In 1979, the US Air Force required the development of a high-altitude penetration stealth strategic bomber to deal with the Soviet Union's possible deployment of air defense systems in the 90s based on strategic considerations. The prototype was manufactured in 1981 and the prototype was tested in 1989. Later, the plan was modified to enable the B-2 bomber to have both high and low altitude penetration capabilities and perform dual tasks of nuclear and conventional bombing.

However, with its powerful performance, the cost is naturally high. Such an aircraft costs almost 2.5 million US dollars. Because of its high price, after the end of the Cold War, the original plan to purchase 400 B-2 Spirit bombers was reduced to 21 orders, and the company suffered huge losses and setbacks.

Later, Northrop Corporation acquired Grumman Corporation to form Northrop Grumman, which is the world's fourth largest military manufacturer (4), the world's largest radar manufacturer and the largest naval ship manufacturer. It mainly provides innovative solutions for system assimilation, defense electronics and information technology for the military, government and commercial customers in the United States and abroad. The F2007 Tomcat is also their product.

After the millennium, it acquired the Newport News Shipbuilding Company in the United States and became the only shipyard in the United States capable of manufacturing nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. All of the nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the United States are produced by it. It is also one of the two major nuclear submarine manufacturers in the United States.

Therefore, it is quite normal that it has not been able to compete with Northrop Corporation. After all, its size is there!
However, Jiang Yan also understood what they meant. In fact, they had already reached an agreement with the Yakovlev Design Bureau, but now the so-called technical cooperation was facing failure because of the obstruction of Northrop Corporation. Isn't this a bit too bullying?

Do you really think that there is no one in our flower-growing family? Thinking of this, Jiang Yan's face showed a hint of annoyance.

However, Jiang Yan now has a question, why it is not Lockheed Martin.

You should know that Lockheed Martin later built the F-35B fighter, which is also a vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

Many later data showed that this type of aircraft obtained some information from the Yak-141. Why did it not come to fruition this time? But after a moment of thought, Jiang Yan understood that maybe Northrop Grumman later sold the technology of the Yak-141 to Lockheed Martin.

After all, the two companies had planned to merge in 1997, but the US government did not approve it due to antitrust and other considerations. But it is not surprising that the two companies have secretly colluded.

(End of this chapter)