The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 315: Don't sell it and keep it in the warehouse to collect dust? (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month)

In addition to the HQ-1 and HQ-2, the missile forces are also equipped with the HQ-3 air defense missile.

The Hongqi-3 air defense missile was developed because high-performance reconnaissance aircraft with a flight altitude of 60-27 kilometers and a speed of 30 meters per second appeared in the mid-1000s. In order to enhance the attack capability of such high-altitude, high-speed targets, China developed it based on the SAM-3. The missile is 5.95 meters long and weighs nearly 1 ton at launch. It can attack ground targets and is suitable for key point air defense and field air defense. The warhead weighs 84 kilograms and can produce about 3600 fragments after the explosion. The killing radius is 50 meters. It uses a two-stage rocket engine. The first-stage engine is a solid booster section and the second-stage main engine uses liquid fuel.

As for the Hongqi-4 air defense missile, it is a long-range, high-altitude land-based air defense missile that began to be developed in the late 60s. The developing unit was the Second Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology. However, due to various reasons, the development of the "Hongqi-4" air defense missile was stopped and turned into technical reserves.

In other words, before this, China did not have any medium- and short-range air defense missiles developed independently.

As for the "Aegis" missile mentioned by Liu Tao, several leaders all know that there are two air defense missiles, "Aegis-1" and "Aegis-2". "Aegis-1" is a surface-to-air air defense missile, and "Aegis-2" is a ship-based air defense missile. Both are medium-range air defense missiles.

According to relevant experts, these two air defense missiles are already at the world's leading level.

After four months of testing by the South China Sea Fleet, the Type 022 missile boat has been confirmed to be an extremely advanced missile boat with high speed, strong wind and wave resistance, powerful stealth performance, and extremely powerful firepower.

Many of China's naval radars are unable to effectively search and detect the Type 022 missile boats. In this case, it means that the Type 022 missile boats can destroy warships by launching anti-ship missiles when they are discovered!
Not to mention the Type 054 frigate, which is being anticipated by the entire navy.

Now Liu Tao actually proposed to export these. Isn’t this crazy?

The old man was also a little surprised: "Comrade Liu Tao, why do we want to export these weapons? They are our trump cards!"

Liu Tao said helplessly: "HQ-1, HQ-2, and HQ-3 are all technologies from the 50s. They are fine for dealing with older fighters, but they are powerless against third-generation fighters or other advanced missiles."

The technology of the Hongqi-1 and Hongqi-2 air defense missiles is essentially the SAM-2 air defense missile. This missile was designed by the Soviet Lavochkin Design Bureau in 1954. It has a maximum firing altitude of 34 kilometers and a maximum range of 54 kilometers.

The technology of the Hongqi-3 air defense missile can be said to be a copy of the SAM-3 air defense missile. The SAM-3 air defense missile was developed in 1956 and the prototype test was carried out in 1959. It has an effective range of 4-15 kilometers and an effective altitude of 0.08~12 kilometers.

Now in the Middle East, many countries are equipped with SAM-6, but China only has HQ-1, HQ-2 and HQ-3!

Unless they use an ambush or attack against advanced aircraft, these air defense missiles actually pose almost no threat to third-generation fighter jets.

Because third-generation fighter jets are faster, more maneuverable, equipped with advanced radar equipment, and jamming bombs, it is very difficult to hit third-generation fighter jets.

"Now we have better air defense missiles. 'Aegis-0' and 'Aegis-1' are short-range and medium-range air defense, and 'Aegis-2' is ship-to-air medium-range air defense. Now we only need long-range air defense missiles." Liu Tao explained, "We can take advantage of this opportunity to sell them to Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Persia and Libya, especially Libya. They are now frightened by the Eagle Sauce and absolutely need air defense missiles."

"We are now working with China Aerospace Corporation to mass-produce Aegis air defense missiles, which can effectively supplement the number of our air defense missiles!" said Liu Tao.

'Aegis-0' was developed by Liu Tao, which means it is the basic version, that is, an all-weather, low-altitude, and ultra-low-altitude air defense missile. It has a total weight of 76 kilograms, a total length of 2.35 meters, a missile diameter of 0.165 meters, a charge weight of 15 kilograms, a maximum range of 20 kilometers, a maximum altitude of 10000 meters, a maximum speed of 2 Mach, and uses radio guidance and infrared guidance.

Currently, surface-to-air missiles are mainly loaded on tracked armored vehicles and wheeled armored vehicles, with short-range and medium-range air defense supported by 'Aegis-0' and 'Aegis-1'.

The 'Aegis-0' and 'Aegis-2' will be installed on frigates to support short-range and medium-range air defense at sea.

Liu Tao's plan was to bundle the sales of HQ-1, HQ-2 and HQ-3 air defense missiles with the export version of the Aegis missile.

Liu Tao is not sure about other countries, but Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Persia definitely need it, and even Pakistan probably can't resist the temptation of advanced air defense missiles. Air defense missiles are different from others because they are not sold by the piece, but by a set of air defense missile systems!
A set of 'Aegis-0' air defense missile system can be sold for 4000 million US dollars, and air defense missile systems are usually sold in battalions. An air defense missile battalion normally has four sets, which means that one battalion costs 1.6 million US dollars.

一套‘神盾-1’防空导弹系统，则是定价6000万美元！一个营正常是4套，也就是说一个营‘神盾-1’防空导弹系统要2.4亿美元。

Of course, the export version will naturally be castrated and its performance will be reduced.

However, even with its reduced performance, the export version of the air defense missile system is still very advanced and is definitely a huge threat to those advanced fighter jets.

The SAM missile positions deployed by Syria in the Bekaa Valley can be said to have been destroyed, and they continued to build missile defense positions. This time, the Bekaa Valley missile positions dealt a heavy blow to the Israeli Air Force. I think many white-robed bearded men are willing to pay for it.

Not to mention Libya. The missile launched by the Americans is like a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Libyans. I guess Colonel Kamagra can't even sleep well now.

As long as there is an opportunity to purchase advanced air defense missiles, Colonel Kadiz would do it at all costs.

"If Hongqi-1, Hongqi-2 and Hongqi-3 are not exported, will they just remain in the warehouse and gather dust?" Liu Tao asked in return.

Now is a godsend opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, you will never have the chance again.

As time goes by, these air defense missiles become harder to sell.

Several leaders looked helpless. Once upon a time, these anti-aircraft missiles were the pride of China and the weapon for China to protect the sky, but now they have to be sold because they are too backward.

But as Liu Tao said, these air defense missiles are outdated, and seriously outdated. If they are kept, they will probably be left in the warehouse and gather dust in the future.

Selling it can also make money, which can be used to purchase more advanced "Aegis" air defense missiles.

The performance and various indicators of the 'Aegis' air defense missile far surpass the current Hongqi air defense missile.

At least from the current test results, China's domestically produced aircraft have not been able to escape the radar search of the "Aegis" air defense missile. Even the aircraft imported from the United States, whether they are helicopters or fighter jets, have been discovered by the "Temple" air defense missile radar from a distance.

If this type of aircraft was locked onto during war, it would be easily shot down.

No matter how fast a plane is, it can't be faster than a missile!

What's more, even the basic version of the 'Aegis-0' missile has a maximum speed of Mach 2, which is much faster than a fighter jet.

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