Chapter 703 A project without leadership is a trap
"I don't know if some people are naive enough to think that because we don't have the technology, we want to join this program so that we can learn about Europe's advanced satellite navigation technology, right? If that's the case, that's so naive. You laughed so hard!" Anyway, they are not directly under the leadership, and they cannot interfere with the Mingzhou Group. Qin Tao is not afraid now even if he says a few words that offend others.
As the leader of a large company, he must be responsible. He must not let what happened in the past happen again!
Europeans are out of money. Looking around, there is a big enemy in the East! So they came to Dongfang to fool them, and Dongfang was also very happy, and they hit it off immediately. This is equivalent to cooperating with Europe on high-end technology, bypassing ITAR, and breaking the arms embargo, which is beneficial both in terms of technology and environment.
Even two billion euros were invested for this purpose, with the first investment of 230 million euros being made at that time. What was the result? (It is also said that the total investment was 200 million, and the first batch was 70 million. No matter how much it was, it was all in vain.)
The technology was not obtained and they were squeezed out everywhere. The Europeans just wanted to kill Dongfang as if they were the enemy of Asan. After several years of cooperation, Dongfang was disheartened and could only go back and continue to develop its own Beidou. At that time, for Galileo, The follow-up plans for Beidou have even been abandoned.
Facts have proved that you cannot rely on others, you can only rely on yourself!
“We signed a contract with the Europeans and we spent money, how can we not enjoy the technology?”
"You can enjoy technology by spending money? Leader, are you a little optimistic? When we bought Spey engine from the UK, we agreed to buy it together with a full set of technology, but what happened? Now we still have to bite the bullet and overcome the technical difficulties ourselves. !”
Suppose you have a big project in Sibei and you agree to spend money to hire a British teacher to teach you step by step. What is the result? They just built a machine with blanks produced in the UK, and the key components were imported. If they wanted to continue the development, the British started to talk nonsense: these technologies involve third-party patents, and if you want to use them, you have to spend more money!
"Think again about our model of peace. We spent money and others thoroughly studied the J-82. What did we get in the end? In this era, we cannot rely on others, we can only rely on ourselves!" Qin Tao's words were resounding. If you want to get the most advanced navigation technology in the world by spending money, this is just a dream!
“However, our current technology is too backward.” The leader spoke again.
"No matter how backward the technology is, it belongs to us. No matter how advanced other people's technology is, it belongs to others." Qin Tao said: "It makes no sense for us to envy other people's advanced technology. We have to rely on our own efforts to improve little by little. Our own technology! Everyone, wake up, there are no shortcuts on the road to developing technology, we can only go step by step on our own. Let me give you another example, which is our chip industry."
"Originally, we were only three to five years behind foreign countries in terms of large-scale integrated circuits. As a result, in the late 1980s, the Computer Institute gave up the research and development of very large-scale integrated circuits. After all, this was too expensive. What was the result? We are completely behind the times. We can only buy our chips. This is not only a matter of money, but also a matter of national defense and security. Now, through our own efforts, we have finally caught up and have reached the world's leading level. In this process, foreigners will only suppress us, and how can they give us advanced technology."
"The same is true for chips, and the same is true for satellites. Our current navigation technology is still very poor. We can only rely on the binary star method for positioning. However, we can use it on the equipment of the three armed forces, and we can use it on our moon soldiers (the stars in front are These two words). Because it is our own, we don’t have to worry about the signal being cut off. If we join the Galileo project, are we sure to gain dominance?”
“How is that possible?”
"There is no need for us to participate in projects where we do not have leading rights. Foreigners are interested in our money, and of course they will be very tight on technology. How much will it cost us to participate in foreign projects? It is estimated to be hundreds of millions, or even Several billions, right? If one-tenth of this money is used on our own navigation satellites, we can also develop into a global navigation system and have complete dominance." Qin Tao said.
Mr. Sun did not speak, something crystal clear was swirling in his eyes.
If it really joins Europe's Galileo project, the Beidou navigation system will be greatly affected. Forget about Beidou 2 and 3, and even Beidou 1 may be abandoned! It’s heartbreaking to spend money and still not get the technology.
It was not convenient for him to say those words just now. If he did, it would be for his own benefit. Qin was always an outsider. His words were selfless. Every word was aimed at those who only want to spend money to buy. face.
"Mr. Qin, what you are talking about is for military use. Our navigation satellites have a vast civilian market." The leader was not led away by Qin Tao and began to change the topic.
"Yes, the Europeans are interested in our market. They are not willing to have the huge market monopolized by GPS. They are also trying to occupy our market. They don't want to share their technology with us at all. If you don't believe it, what will happen next? During the negotiations, we asked the Europeans to produce all satellite navigation terminal chips by us and see how they react."
“Mr. Qin, are you here for the production of Beidou navigation satellite terminals?” One person grasped the key.
Why does Mingzhou Group support Beidou so much? Is it because they have a monopoly on the production of satellite terminal chips? Now that Beidou is about to become a yellow star, why should we fully support it?
"Our production lines are simply too busy! Our Loongson 1 is still the mainstream in the market, Loongson 2 has begun to be launched, Loongson 3 is under planning, and our SMIC is fully operating the production line, not just processors, There is also memory, and even the north and south bridge chips, we have to hand them over to VIA. To put it bluntly, we are not interested in the Beidou satellite terminal chip market." Qin Tao said: "We do this for national defense. Safety, in order to support our autonomous navigation project, and for our technological development! We don’t want to be tricked by others one day, withdraw from the Galileo project, and then have to pick up this project from scratch. Now, we are trying our best, but, still Some people look at us like this with a villain's heart, so leaders who support joining Galileo satellite navigation, do you dare to promise here that if the Europeans end up tricking you, you will be willing to take on leadership responsibilities?"
The conference room fell into a deathly silence, with only Qin Tao's voice remaining.
“What are the Europeans doing? For our funds, because they have no money for R&D! For our market, because we are the most populous country in the world, or for their political achievements! So what are we doing for?”
"If the superior leaders still insist on doing this, then our Mingzhou Group is willing to continue the follow-up research and development of Beidou Navigation. Anyway, our Starlink project is about to be terminated, and we have to find other plans to fill the gap. The existing Beidou Navigation research and development All scientific research personnel will be integrated into our Mingzhou Group, and we will invest in the follow-up! We will never watch Beidou Navigation terminate due to the interference of external forces. Use your brains to think about why the Europeans are now inviting us to join this The plan is not because our Beidou is in the sky, but they want to block our navigation satellites!"
"We are willing to merge into the Mingzhou Group as a whole!" Mr. Sun also expressed his position. They only need to study satellites and launch starships!
"Ahem." The superior leader coughed twice: "Don't make the atmosphere so tense. We are just discussing joining the Galileo satellite program now, and we are not planning to join immediately. We have not said we will give up Beidou. Don't get excited. Mr. Qin, aren’t you a white wolf with empty hands?”
This sentence was said in a joking manner, but no one present could laugh.
The superior leaders’ minds are also thinking rapidly.
How to deal with this situation now? Do you want to push forward with joining the Galileo satellite program? Then, if the Europeans are fooled by what Mr. Qin said, who will take the leadership responsibility?
A lot of time and energy have been lost, even taking the blame and resigning are not enough! You will regret it for the rest of your life!
Mr. Qin is amazing. Every step he has taken so far has been correct. The danger he raised may be very likely!
However, this project is too rare. Taking advantage of this opportunity to join the Galileo Project has a longer-term significance.
At this moment, there were footsteps outside, and a man walked in with a loud voice.
“Sorry, everyone, I came uninvited.”
Mr. Lin!
Qin Tao knew that his words were not weighty enough. Now, Mr. Lin expressed his position on behalf of the army.
“Mr. Lin, come and sit here!” The leader on the rostrum hurried over to greet him.
“I heard that we are discussing the Galileo satellite project here.” Mr. Lin said: “I wonder to what extent we can participate in this project?”
“Mr. Lin, after we join, we will become the third member of this project besides the European side. We are not only participants in this project, but also the owners of this system.”
“Owner? To what extent? Do we own a ground control station? Can we decide to disconnect a certain area from the Internet? Can we build several identical satellites in our own country and launch them with rockets?”
Each question is sharp and unanswerable.
“Mr. Lin, these projects are all under discussion.”
"Well, then I will express my position on behalf of the military." Mr. Lin said: "We demand absolute control! We definitely don't want to be disconnected from the Internet during war. If we don't have this ability, we will spend a lot of money. The pen’s money has a purpose!”
“Mr. Lin, the Galileo satellite project we are talking about is a civilian navigation project.” A leader spoke cautiously.
"Civil use? We invest hundreds of millions, or even billions, for a civilian project? Then what do our military use? Or use our Beidou? Then don't we have to participate in two projects? Our country's investment in aerospace is Isn’t it too much? Do you have enough money to do redundant construction?”
No one spoke.
Of course, navigation satellites are not only for civilian use. If they are only for civilian use, there is no need to use them. We might as well just use foreign ones. Domestic Beidou is mainly used for military purposes and to win future high-tech wars!
Qin Tao breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that this matter could be settled.
“Mr. Lin, let’s talk to the Europeans again.” said a leader on the seat.
“We must have the initiative and we cannot be controlled by others. This is our bottom line.” Mr. Lin said.
“Actually, the Galileo satellite is very advanced. We can learn a lot by participating in it.” The leader above continued.
"Everyone, good news!" At this moment, someone broke the awkward atmosphere: "I just received the news that our Beidou-1 satellite has accurately entered the geosynchronous orbit. After our second satellite enters the orbit, we will Testing and navigation services can be officially launched!”
"Okay, that's great news!" Mr. Lin said, "We have to have a few glasses of wine to celebrate!"
Meetings are often held in the Aerospace Institute. After the meetings, they will also have meals in the restaurant behind the Aerospace Institute.
But the atmosphere at the meal after this meeting was a bit unusual.
Some leaders did not stay to have a meal and left directly in the car. The remaining people were also worried.
“Old Lin, we can’t afford Maotai, it’s just an ordinary Erguotou.” Mr. Qi said to Mr. Lin while opening the bottle of wine.
“Drinking, it’s not about what kind of wine you drink, but who you drink it with.” Mr. Lin said: “With Taozi here today, I’ll enjoy the wine!”
Qin Tao quickly raised his glass: "Mr. Lin, I have to thank you. If you hadn't come to the rescue today, I would have offended the leader badly."
“Most of them are from the Remote Sensing Center, and they are not the same as us.” Mr. Qi said: “It’s just that we are embarrassed to speak out, and we have to have Mr. Qin come forward to make us feel ashamed.”
“That’s right, Mr. Qin, on behalf of the R&D personnel of Beidou Navigation, I would like to propose a toast to you!” Mr. Sun was very excited.
"No, I don't have much credit." Qin Tao said, "This time Mr. Lin came over and played the most important role."
Mr. Lin smiled and said, "Well, the Erguotou tastes pretty good."
"Old Lin is very important, and your words are also crucial." Mr. Sun said: "Since the beginning of Beidou, Mr. Qin, you have been helping us. I am here and I must give you a toast. I will do it first! "
Qin Tao was helpless: "Since you are so grateful to me, a glass of wine will not do."
“Then let’s not go home until we get drunk today!”
"Not this, I mean, you have to work harder on the ship-based anti-ship ballistic missile I proposed." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he glanced at Mr. Lin: "This can be used not only by the navy, but also by the air force. It works."
“What? Air-launched ballistic missiles?” Mr. Lin suddenly became interested.
At present, ballistic missiles are all used by the Second Artillery and Navy nuclear submarines. The Air Force does not have related weapon systems yet. Looking at foreign countries, they are all trinity nuclear strike forces, but the domestic Air Force does not have that ability.
Now, the Air Force already has several Tu-22M and Tu-160 bombers with advanced performance, but they can only carry conventional weapons. Now that they heard about ballistic missiles, they are of course full of expectations.
"This air-launched ballistic missile is not easy." Mr. Qi said: "This kind of ballistic missile has too many restrictions. All American experiments in the early years failed."
Land-based ones are easy to destroy, and sea-based ones may also be discovered by enemy nuclear submarines. Deploying nuclear forces in the air has been favored by many people. The Americans were the first to start experiments. In 1974, they first used C-5 Minuteman missiles without warheads were launched from the "Galaxy" transport aircraft.
This kind of missile is an advanced solid-fuel land-based continental ballistic missile with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers and a weight of 33 tons. Such a huge missile can only be transported by super transport aircraft such as the C-5, and there is no way The external plug-in can only be used to pour the ballistic missile out of the cabin of the transport aircraft like airdropping supplies. With the help of the parachute, the warhead is upward and the tail is downward. The entire missile falls vertically, and then is ignited and launched.
This launch process is complicated, and it is not convenient to inject various launch data, so it was quickly abandoned. Lao Maozi also had a similar plan, but for the same reason, he gave up in the end.
Hearing what Qin Tao said at this time, the aerospace experts present naturally thought of this.
“Even if we want to develop air-launched missiles, we don’t have a suitable carrier aircraft as a launch platform. It is estimated that only the An-225 transport aircraft of the Mingzhou Group can carry them.” Someone said.
“Yes, there is also a lack of various navigation and positioning systems…”
"Everyone, what are you thinking about?" Qin Tao said: "I have just said that the anti-ship ballistic missile developed for our navy is mounted. The diameter of that weapon is within 0.85 meters and the length is within nine meters. It is completely You can use H-6 to mount it, just hang it directly on the belly of the aircraft. As for the navigation and positioning system, we will have it soon. Before launching, you can accurately use Beidou to determine your specific position, and fly there Afterwards, it can maneuver and change orbit, so the problems you raised are not problems at all."
Mr. Lin became interested: "So if our air force's bombers are equipped with this weapon, the combat targets are still enemy warships?"
"Of course it's not just warships. In addition to attacking enemy aircraft carriers, that kind of missile can also attack land targets." Qin Tao said: "In this way, countries surrounding our country that are hostile to us will be affected by air strikes like ours. Moreover, after our H-6 is improved, its range will become larger and larger, and this weapon may even be able to hit the middle of the Pacific Ocean."
Mr. Lin nodded: "That's right!"
Our H-6 performance is getting more and more advanced. Those white swans are also included in the H-6 sequence. They can not only reach the center of the Pacific Ocean, but also the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.
“It seems that this missile has good prospects and we should develop it.” Mr. Lin said.
"Does the Air Force get part of the research and development funds?" This is Qin Tao's real purpose. If you want to build advanced weapons, you must have money. The Navy definitely doesn't have the funds to invest, so you have to ask the Air Force for help.
Mr. Lin smiled: "Mr. Qin, is this your real purpose?"
“This is all for our national defense.”
"Our Air Force's research and development funds are also very tight recently." Mr. Lin said: "Especially the bidding for the fourth-generation heavy-duty stealth aircraft is about to begin. This project will cost a huge amount of money, and it is not possible to engage in joint operations like your fighter jets. We are under great pressure to use external funds for development."
Fourth generation heavy stealth aircraft?
Hearing what Mr. Lin said, Qin Tao was very surprised: "Is this a step too far?"
At present, the domestic fighter aircraft are mainly the self-developed J-10 and the J-11 produced with imported technology. These two fighters are the main force of the Air Force. It can be said that the Air Force has a history of having third-generation aircraft for less than ten years, and now it has started to work on them. Got a fourth-generation machine?
"I'm not forced by you." Mr. Lin said: "Now, our Air Force has begun to purchase the J-35. Since we already have medium-sized stealth aircraft, of course we must also lay out the heavy-duty stealth aircraft project. Moreover, domestic Research institutions have been conducting preliminary research for several years, and now the time has come."
Qin Tao nodded. The land-based model purchased by the Air Force is called the J-35. This is another brilliant example of export fighters being sold domestically. However, this is a bad signal for domestic military aircraft development and production institutions. Military expenditures are so low. If the Air Force wants to purchase the J-35, it will inevitably reduce the purchase quantity of the other two fighters. If they don't produce the fourth-generation fighter, they may have nothing to eat in the future.
Furthermore, looking around the world, we have begun to enter the era of fourth-generation stealth aircraft. The Air Force also needs heavy-duty stealth fighters. Time does not wait for us, and we must speed up.
"Mr. Lin, you said that if our J-35 has a longer body and two engines inserted, can we also bid for it?" Qin Tao suddenly thought of something and said with a smile.
Actually, he didn't have this idea originally. After all, the J-35 is enough. They really don't have the energy to build another one. Moreover, there are not many users of this kind of heavy-duty aircraft, and there is very little export sales. They can only be used for their own use.
Look at Dassault. It had great ambitions to build the Mirage 4000, but in the end it gave up because there were no users. If they want to consider export sales, they can only develop mid-sized machines.
"Okay, we welcome you. You are the most experienced in building fourth-generation aircraft. If you enlarge your J-35, it will be the F-22. You are welcome to bid." Mr. Lin said, raising his glass: "Here. , I wish you a successful bid, cheers!”
Have you begun to wish for success? Qin Tao was a little funny.
Capital, a conference room.
"Excuse me, have your discussions yielded results?" The European with a tall nose and blue eyes asked: "Has your aerospace department reached an agreement? As long as you join our Galileo satellite program, you will become the most advanced in the world. The owner of the navigation satellite!"
“Excuse me, are we the real owners?”
"certainly."
“For example, under certain special circumstances, do we have the right to control the Galileo satellites?”
“How do you mean control?”
“Can we have a ground control station? Can we decide to cut off the Internet in a certain area? Can we build several identical satellites in our own country and launch them with our rockets?”
"Of course it's impossible. What are you thinking about?" After the European finished speaking, he felt something was inappropriate and quickly changed his words: "No, I meant..."
(End of this chapter)