Looking at the intact Tomahawk missile, Liu Yong felt his breathing quicken.
This is a wreckage? This is clearly a complete missile! I really didn’t expect that Lao Ba would have such luck and transport the intact missile!
Liu Yong also acted quickly. After discussing with Qin Tao, he rushed back to the Third Aerospace Academy and selected a hundred of his most skilled and experienced people to come over. They just came over and settled in. Just came over.
At this time, they gathered in the research and development building specially prepared for them. They were very excited when they watched the wooden box being opened and the Tomahawk missile inside.
With this prototype in front of us, we will definitely be able to successfully copy the Tomahawk missile!
"Mr. Qin, this is the best-preserved one among them." Mahmoud came over again and said to Qin Tao: "We hope that these missile wreckage can guide us in the direction of progress and allow us to complete the imitation of this missile. We The country has decided to name its self-developed cruise missile the Babur missile, and we hope to set a model of cooperation like the Xiaolong fighter project."
"Of course there is no problem. Let me introduce to you. This is our person in charge, Mr. Liu. He comes from the aerospace department and has advanced missile design capabilities. With his leadership, he will definitely be able to fully understand the technology of this missile as soon as possible. As for In addition to GPS, we can also add Beidou navigation receiving terminals to the missile guidance system, which will allow you to attack targets with greater ease."
Hearing Qin Tao's words, Mahmoud thought for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, we do need more guidance methods. Has your Beidou navigation system been debugged?"
"Yes." Qin Tao nodded: "The debugging has indeed been completed. It will be available for normal use soon. In terms of satellite navigation, we must have an independent system to avoid being controlled by others."
Mahmoud also felt deeply about this. In the previous wars, they had been troubled by the arms embargo imposed by the West. Now, of course, they cannot see this happening. The East is their best Friends, with the Eastern system, they can avoid many unexpected troubles.
“Okay, then we will use your system.” Mahmoud said: “I just don’t know, can this missile be mounted on our existing fighters?”
Qin Tao shook his head: "Cruise missiles are big things. Your existing Xiaolong fighter jets cannot be mounted. As for the F-16 fighter jets in your hands, we have no fire control code and cannot modify the fire control program, so , for you, the best way at present is land-based and sea-based deployment. As for air-based deployment, it is currently difficult. After all, in our country, bombers are also used to carry cruise missiles."
The cruise missile is a big thing six meters long and heavy. It is difficult for ordinary fighter jets to mount it. Even if the Xiaolong's small body can be mounted, it must be mounted with one on each side to maintain balance. If it is launched simultaneously in the air, there will be no problem, but if only one is launched, the weight on both sides of the wing will be unbalanced. I'm afraid it will cause headaches for pilots and aircraft designers.
The domestic H-6 is the best mounting platform. Its huge weight can completely withstand the imbalance on both sides. The domestic H-6 has transformed into a professional cruise missile carrier aircraft and can serve for decades.
But Lao Ba doesn’t have it!
"Yes, our fighter planes are too light to launch such weapons in the air." Mahmoud murmured: "Even the United States uses B-52 bombers as cruise missile carriers, and they don't We are too naive to directly use ordinary fighter jets to mount them."
Even if they can purchase bombers, once war comes, the bases where the bombers are deployed will be bombed by the enemy immediately. After all, the enemy already has powerful ballistic missiles, and Lao Ba’s strategic depth is too shallow.
At this moment, there was a rumbling sound in the open space in front of the R&D building, and a big guy was dragged past it.
Since the Shuangyang Factory manufactures aircraft, the open space between the factory buildings is very wide, and no trees are planted, leaving enough width to facilitate the dispatch of various aircraft. Now, it is suitable for ground-effect aircraft. Opportunities to showcase.
If you directly take the initiative to sell to Lao Ba, Lao Ba may not want it. If you want to sell, you have to find a way, for example, to make Lao Ba fall in love.
At this time, this big guy was being towed by a trailer without an exhaust pipe. The noise was so loud that even if others didn't want to pay attention, Lao Ba and others all turned their heads to take a look. It was purely out of instinct, but when they saw After taking a look, he immediately opened his mouth in surprise.
“What kind of weapon is this?”
From below, it looks like a boat, with a ship-shaped belly, but from the middle, it looks like an airplane, with a body and wings. If you look at the top, it looks like a missile speedboat. It has a tilted launcher on the top. It looks like a powerful missile at first glance.
Now, it has a wheel underneath it, and it looks like a car.
What exactly is this monster? neither fish nor fowl?
Everyone is very curious.
“Oh, this is the Peace Dove 2 that we are testing. It was born for the peace of the human world.” Qin Tao said.
Hearing what he said, all the people present wanted to laugh. Mr. Qin was so funny. A weapon with powerful attack power was actually for the peace of mankind. However, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong. Only when you have After gaining powerful attack capabilities, others will consider whether the gains outweigh the losses by rashly provoking a war. When they have concerns, the war may not proceed.
Mahmoud didn’t care about these words. His eyes were fixed on this strange-looking equipment: “Can it fly? How far can it fly? How many missiles can it hold?”
"Yes, this is the ground effect aircraft we developed. Of course it can fly. It is usually deployed next to a secret dock. Once necessary, it can take off at any time. Of course, there are certain requirements for sea conditions. If the waves hit It would be a tragedy to reach its wings. However, except for the tropical storm, your weather conditions seem to be good." Qin Tao knew that the bosses were tempted and continued to introduce.
The only flaw is that the take-off and landing of ground-effect aircraft requires sea conditions. However, when there is a tropical storm, ordinary ships cannot go to sea. Moreover, these ground-effect aircraft can also be deployed in rivers, and they do not necessarily have to be in rivers. Taking off and landing at sea.
But once it flies, it will go against the sky.
"Its take-off weight is a full two hundred tons. According to our settings, its load must be equipped with a large amount of fuel, so that it can have a range of more than five thousand kilometers. For you, it is enough to bypass The South Asian subcontinent appears to the east of Asan. Moreover, it is not only an aircraft, but also a ship. After you fly over, you can even land in the sea and float on the sea. It has various living cabins that can be maintained for a long time. Exuberant work status.”
Mahmoud took a deep breath.
If it is an airplane, the mission is very timely, but the time to perform the mission is very short. If you fly over and fire out the missile, you have to fly back. After all, the fuel of the airplane has to be consumed all the time. Moreover, the space on the airplane is limited, and the living area is also limited. Very narrow.
The boat is different. The boat can float on the sea and can continue to stay even if it runs out of fuel. However, the speed of the boat is slow.
The equipment in front of you combines the advantages of a ship and an airplane. It looks a bit like a seaplane. However, who has seen a seaplane with a take-off weight of two hundred tons? Even if it is a normal transport aircraft, there are few that can take off with a weight of more than two hundred tons.
The big guy in front of me is really awesome, as if he was tailor-made for Lao Ba.
Lao Ba is really tempted.
"As for its weapons, we plan to install C802 anti-ship missiles on the export version. However, if you want, we can also install this cruise missile under development. I think, Asana Bian would never have imagined that there would be cruise missiles fired from the east."
If you want to attack cruise missiles, you must first discover them first.
Even if Ah San has an early warning aircraft, it must be deployed on the western border first. As for the tampered radome of the Falcon early warning aircraft, let's see if they have the ability to detect these problems. Maybe they will have to work hard for a few years. Know. In short, whether it is early warning aircraft or ground air defense forces, they must be deployed in the west. In Asan's eyes, the east is absolutely safe, and then it was attacked by surprise. Thinking about this scene, it is exciting enough.
“Mr. Qin, how much does this equipment cost?” Mahmoud asked.
It seems that he is really tempted, Qin Tao's deception is still very effective.
“This is a brand-new weapon and equipment that combines all the advantages of ships and aircraft. If other customers buy it, the unit price will be at least more than 100 million US dollars.” Qin Tao said.
As the Americans continue to print US dollars to harvest the world's wealth, the US dollar is becoming less and less valuable. When the Mingzhou Group built aircraft carriers for Siam a few years ago, the cost of a 10,000-ton aircraft carrier could be controlled at around 100 million. , but now, a 054 frigate costs 100 million US dollars. It is absolutely impossible to build an aircraft carrier for 100 million US dollars.
The price of US$100 million is absolutely unaffordable for Lao Ba.
"However, we have always offered the best price to our friends." Qin Tao continued: "If we only sell such a ground-effect aircraft without including the missiles mounted on it, we can quote US$35 million. The unit price is one. Of course, this price is limited. You can only buy ten at most. If there are more, the price will increase."
If it is reduced to 35 million, it will be worth it. After all, an ordinary single-engine fighter now costs 10 to 20 million, and a twin-engine fighter costs 350 million US dollars. A large ground-effect aircraft uses four engines. How much does it cost just counting these four engines?
It can be said that 35 million is the cost price! Dongfang has always regarded them as true friends!
“Mr. Qin, can we go up and take a look?” Mahmoud asked.
"Of course." Qin Tao said: "All our weapons and equipment are open to you. Whatever we have, you can have. Let's go, I will take you to see. Hey, stop immediately People outside, don’t leave!”
The roar of the engine disappeared, the trailer stalled, and the huge ground-effect aircraft was about to turn at the intersection ahead.
A group of old buses rushed towards the aircraft with great interest, with excited expressions on their faces. They looked at the hatch that flipped down in the middle of the ground-effect aircraft, and were full of interest in this hybrid of an aircraft and a ship.
After getting up, you enter the living cabin. You can see a comfortable bed, a table for eating, and plenty of space for everyone. It is so spacious that it cannot be accommodated on an airplane.
"Our ground-effect aircraft also has a mode of transporting personnel." Qin Tao started to fool around. This idea was just an idea he had, but it was not technically difficult: "If these devices are removed, our transport aircraft can be installed. If you use a small personnel carrier, it can carry two to three hundred people. It can transport these personnel to where they need to be at any time, and it is no problem to conduct special operations."
This is just an idea. When people go up, whether they will be counter-attacked without heavy equipment is not within the scope of his consideration.
Mahmoud nodded, also very interested in his idea.
“Everyone, continue to move forward. In front is the work cabin, a dedicated missile crew operating cabin, and a cockpit.”
At this time, Alexeyeva had already walked out of the front and appeared in front of the old people for the first time. Seeing such a blond and blue-eyed foreigner, the old people were all surprised.
"Everyone, let me introduce to you. This is the designer of our Peace Dove II, Ms. Alexeyeva." Qin Tao introduced to everyone that if Laoba wants to purchase this kind of equipment, he will definitely need to cooperate with Alexeyeva always has to be shown in front of designers who communicate repeatedly, and there are more benefits to such a generous introduction.
Sure enough, upon hearing this name, the old men were thoughtful, and one of them spoke: "Excuse me, are you related to Alexeyev?"
“He is my father, but it is a pity that he did not see the ground-effect aircraft today.” Alexeyeva said.
The daughter of the designer of Lao Maozi’s most famous ground-effect aircraft! Thanks to her research and development, this ground effect aircraft is of course the most mature, and there will definitely be no problems with its performance! Everyone was sighing for a while. Mr. Qin was so awesome. All kinds of outstanding talents finally came to Mr. Qin.
“Everyone, please continue to visit.” Alexeyeva said.
When they arrived at the missile operation cabin, all they saw was a large hole on the workbench.
“Because this Peace Dove 2 is only a verification aircraft, the weapon operating system has not been installed yet, but various interfaces have been reserved. Everyone, please continue to move forward.” Alexeyeva said.
When these people came to the cockpit in front, they were shocked again.
Glass cockpit, the most advanced glass cockpit design!
It adopts a two-person driving system, just like a large passenger aircraft. The cockpit also uses a joystick and two pilot positions. On the front instrument panel, no mechanical instruments can be seen, all are LCD Display!
Nowadays, glass cockpits have just become popular in fighter jets. Many passenger aircraft use ordinary mechanical instruments. The ground effect aircraft in front of you actually uses a glass cockpit made of tall LCD screens. It’s so tall. .
In addition to making the display more intuitive, there is another question they have to consider: What does this glass cockpit mean? It has used first-class avionics equipment connected in series with the modern 1553B data bus!
"For ground-effect aircraft, taking off and landing is the most difficult and dangerous. Therefore, we have mastered a large amount of data through a large number of take-off and landing experiments. Based on this data, we developed a specialized flight control system. The program can be completely automatically controlled during the take-off and landing stages. Specifically, just like the take-off and landing of a vertical take-off and landing fighter, it can be completely unmanned and can predict various possible dangers at any time and then carry out emergency operations to avoid them. "It's dangerous." Alexeyeva said: "Of course, as for normal flight, it can also be unmanned. It can be said that as long as the destination is set, it can fly completely autonomously."
In fact, this is the same as modern civil aviation aircraft, which can fly completely autonomously, but passengers will definitely not want no one in the cockpit. If the flight attendant opens the cockpit door and enters and exits, the person in the front row discovers that there is no pilot. , the passengers will definitely be confused.
The role of the pilot is to take over the plane when needed. After all, no matter how smart the machine is, it is still a machine. It can only perform calculations based on various judgments, but what about humans? People are intuitive and can just follow their intuition regardless of anything, or even think about it. The intuition of a well-trained pilot is generally the best way to deal with accidents.
“Isn’t this too advanced?” Mahmoud said: “In other words, if we purchase this kind of ground-effect aircraft, pilots can fly this powerful ground-effect aircraft with simple training?”
“You can also be a sailor.” Qin Tao added with a smile.
The advanced nature of this ground-effect aircraft completely shocked the people present. When they came down from it, they were still sighing that this kind of equipment is the only one in the world.
Looking at the huge aircraft, Mahmoud finally made up his mind: "Mr. Qin, can we buy two of them for trial use first?"
“Of course, the first batch can be purchased at the price I mentioned. If it is the second batch, the price will probably need to be increased.”
“Then let’s buy five planes first!” Mahmud decided to go all out. Ten planes were too expensive, but five planes were still feasible.
“Well, the delivery date is a bit long, but when our cruise missile is successfully imitated, you will definitely be able to get this ground-effect aircraft, and you will have one more cruise missile carrier.”
“Okay, we are looking forward to it!” Mahmoud nodded.
Anyway, until the cruise missile succeeds, it's useless for them to have this kind of thing. They can work it out together, and it's not too late to have a good meal.
Alexeyeva also breathed a sigh of relief. The order for five Peace Dove 2 aircraft is enough for them to obtain sufficient research and development funds. Now they must seize the time to perfect this aircraft as soon as possible, especially the engine!
This is just a verbal promise from Mahmoud. He still needs to go back and report to his superiors and go through the process. But looking at the light in the eyes of these old men, you should know that this old man must be tempted, and they should not regret it. Otherwise, if you want to order it in the future, the price will be expensive.
With excitement on his face, Mahmoud continued to go in and found that the people inside had eagerly taken apart the missile, revealing the complete engine behind it.
For domestic cruise missiles and other long-range missiles, this engine prototype is of great significance!
Our side must complete the imitation of this engine as soon as possible to provide qualified power for domestic missiles!
However, Qin Tao thought of something and looked at the warhead.
“Is its guidance system intact?”
"Yes, it is also intact." Liu Yong nodded. Although the warhead has not been dismantled yet, he can make a basic judgment based on the appearance. The warhead should be no big deal.
“Is it possible for us to research the technology of the warhead and then develop a special jamming device to deal with it?”
Jamming device?
Liu Yong thought for a while: "This missile uses a comprehensive guidance method of inertial guidance, terrain matching and satellite positioning. It is not easy to interfere with it."
If it is a radio-guided missile, it is easy to interfere. After all, it needs to receive signals from the outside. However, this kind of missile can work even if there is no outside signal.
Of course, interference is still possible.
"Inertial guidance alone is not accurate enough. To match the terrain, it needs to emit electromagnetic waves for terrain mapping. Satellite positioning also requires receiving satellite signals. If we want to interfere, we can only think of ways from these angles." Liu Yong He continued: "However, you should also know that the effect of this kind of interference will not be very good. It will only be a few hundred meters away at most."
"A few hundred meters is enough. I hope we can study it as soon as possible." Qin Tao said.
Cruise missiles can wait, but this kind of interference method cannot wait. This year is already 1998, and there is still at most one year left!
Liu Yong didn't know why Qin Tao was so urgent, but since Qin Tao had already said it, he must take it seriously.
They don’t care. It doesn’t matter if they interfere with this missile. During the interference process, we can also study how to prevent interference so that the missiles jointly developed by our own parties can better shield interference and improve reliability.
The development of Lao Ba's Babur cruise missile and the domestically produced Changjian cruise missile has entered the fast lane, so fast that even Lao Ba can't believe it. This is of course also the reason why China has technical reserves in advance.