Chapter 1209 Crossing the river by touching the Americans
After all, the development route of the fourth-generation fighter jets is a major event that will determine the main equipment of the aviation force in the next twenty years or even longer.
It is impossible for the aviation industry to have an internal opening meeting and be done with it.
No decisions can be made at the seminar, but the final conclusions must be reported as an important basis for the final decision.
Several brother units including aerospace power, electronic technology, ordnance industry, which only played supporting roles at the scene, also had to submit research status and feasibility reports related to their own tasks.
Although these things may seem inconspicuous, they involve a huge number of industries and units.
Thousands of threads are put into place one by one, and it will take several months to complete.
It would be good to start the project approval process before the end of the year.
However, Chang Haonan has been planning to develop the fourth-generation engine for a long time. The 80-item technology list submitted previously has played the same role to a large extent.
So it only took about a month to help Liu Yongquan, Wan Zhonghui and other key technical staff of the 606 Institute sort out the follow-up work.
As he and Sun Cong said before, the turbofan 10G, as an improved version of a mature model, can be left to the new generation of engineers who are gradually maturing to complete it themselves.
As for Chang Haonan himself, he did not go to Haojing again as soon as Zhang Hongbiao feared.
Because the liquid rocket engine planned to be used in hypersonic verification bombs will soon begin the first phase of ground testing.
This time, the two opponents on the other side of the ocean invariably set their sights on the same place...
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One month later.
Beijing, No. 101 of the Sixth Aerospace Academy.
Although the Sixth Academy itself is located in Haojing, as a large unit with nearly 10,000 employees, its affiliated institutions are naturally spread across the country.
Among them, Institute 165, Institute 101 and Institute 801 are currently the only three places in China that can systematically conduct liquid rocket engine tests.
Geographically speaking, the most convenient one is of course 165 located in Hokyung.
However, the new engine test area here is mainly for high-thrust engine testing, and preparations for the modification of the kerosene-liquid oxygen system have been completed. It is difficult to conduct the tests Chang Haonan needs in a short time.
Fortunately, the liquid engine on the verification bomb was not large, so after troubleshooting and solving the technical problems discovered during a batch of sub-system tests, it was directly loaded and transported to the Yungang Test Center.
Of course, these all happened in the past month or so.
Today is the day to officially launch the first phase of testing.
Quite coincidentally, the Pentagon also officially announced its own hypersonic weapon development plan in the early morning of the same day, Beijing time...
So, as soon as Chang Haonan sat down, Chen Zhiwei, who had been waiting in the small conference room, pushed a newspaper on the table in front of him:
"Academician Chang, look at this."
As he spoke, there was an irrepressible smile on his face.
"Huh?"
As soon as Chang Haonan lowered his head, he saw a line of titles printed in eye-catching black fonts at the top of the page:
"Shock the world!" The US military will be equipped with a new type of super-fast cruise missile that can hit the world in one hour! 》
Before he could read too much in detail, Chen Zhiwei couldn't wait to continue speaking:
"The banner the Americans are using this time actually coincides with the concept you proposed before!"
"Creating the whole world in one hour, what a resounding statement!"
In addition to being excited, his tone also sounded a bit regretful:
"It's a pity that we took into account the international influence and did not publicize it in the public media with great fanfare, otherwise the Americans would follow us and eat our fruits..."
"..."
Even with Chang Haonan's current determination, he couldn't hold back after hearing this.
After all, this idea of reaching the whole world in one hour is indeed an original idea from the Americans.
When he was giving a report at the Xijiao Hotel at the end of last year, he moved here and used it a little in order to let the non-professional leading comrades below have an idea of hypersonic weapons.
I originally thought that the content of such a high-level internal report would not spread to a large extent.
Who would have thought that it might be because the effect was so good that the superiors quoted it unchanged in the documents issued by them.
In short, some middle-level leaders in the project team also saw this sentence...
"Ahem..."
Chang Haonan concealed his expression by coughing:
"We are still in the stage of keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile. There is no need to compete with each other for these false reputations..."
"Furthermore, even if we really carry out public propaganda, Americans will not suffer at the level of public opinion. They will definitely choose other explanations at that time, and the result will be the same." As he spoke, he carefully I read the content in the newspaper——
Although the title is quite shocking, the current headline-making trend has not yet reached the level of lawlessness it would be in more than ten years.
Therefore, the following text is quite substantial, occupying almost the entire page.
Also attached is a high-definition color picture of X43A and X51A.
However, the latter has shed its status as a "technology verification aircraft" and has been officially named the AGM180 cruise missile.
Including air-launched Type A, surface ship-launched Type B and submarine-launched Type C.
The overall appearance is almost the same as the X51A.
The length of the missile body was slightly lengthened just to accommodate the additional warhead, and the weight of the flight body without booster was correspondingly increased from 680kg to 800kg.
Among them, the basic AGM180A is expected to be ignited in 2006 and conduct its first flight test before the end of 2008.
"It seems that Americans can't sit still..."
Chang Haonan put down the newspaper in his hand.
It has been ten years since he was reborn, and many details of his previous life are somewhat blurred in his memory.
But he was able to confirm that the first test of the X51A was only conducted two or three years after the Beijing Olympics.
Therefore, the Americans have obviously deliberately advanced their research and development schedule.
"I guess it was what happened in July that made them feel a sense of crisis."
Chen Zhiwei also nodded in agreement:
"Relying on its air superiority, the US military has always used short-range guided missiles as its main ammunition. Although stealth aircraft have great advantages, they can still be detected in advance by the complete air defense system, resulting in sudden strikes. Lower..."
"But if hypersonic weapons are used at a distance...for example, two to three hundred kilometers away, the preparation time left for our air defense system will be extremely compressed."
Although both sides suppressed reports on the massive naval and air confrontation two months ago, it was no secret to industry insiders on both sides of the Pacific.
Chang Haonan stared at the newspaper on the table for a while, then waved his hand in relief:
"Deterrence is two-way, just like the atomic bomb back then."
"In the overall context of a strong enemy and a weak enemy, it is obviously more beneficial to us to have another means of mutual deterrence..."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered Mr. Chen's wonderful song "Ode to the Atomic Bomb", and he had to suppress a smile and hold back the next words.
However, Chen Zhiwei is obviously not so optimistic:
"But the timetable disclosed by the other party is still much faster than ours..."
As of 2005, although the US military has canceled a large number of equipment that was developed at the end of the Cold War, at least the reasons given on the surface are development route issues.
The research and development processes for retained models such as the F22 fighter jet and Virginia nuclear submarine are also relatively smooth.
Therefore, most people must still take the hypersonic weapons development plan given by Boeing seriously.
Moreover, it must be admitted that the development of the U.S. hypersonic program so far has been going smoothly.
When Chang Haonan was still considering using a rocket engine + a biconical warhead for a verification bomb, Boeing's X43A, which uses a hydrogen-oxygen fuel scramjet engine, had already successfully tested twice.
"We just have to follow our own pace and we can't be led by others..."
Chang Haonan replied:
"X51A was originally just a small project under the responsibility of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and even the funds were scraped together... Now that it has obtained an official account from the US military, it will naturally be reflected in the construction period. It is also earlier than expected. Normal..."
Of course he knew that the subsequent development of hypersonic weapons in the United States was not going well.
But it’s neither convenient nor ready to say it so early.
First of all, it is unfounded and cannot be explained, and it cannot be guaranteed that others have been confused on this timeline.
On the other hand, it can be regarded as giving Chen Zhiwei and the others a sense of urgency.
After a short pause, he continued to add:
"In addition, letting the Americans explore the road ahead will also be beneficial to us to a certain extent..."
Chen Zhiwei's expression also relaxed a little:
"That's right, you have to cross the river by feeling for the stones..."
"..."
With this remark, Chang Haonan returned to the topic:
"Let's not talk about Americans for now..."
"What's the current situation at the test center?"
Seeing that the other party was talking about business, Chen Zhiwei quickly calmed down, stood up and stood at attention:
"Everything is ready. The guide car is down there and ready to go!"
(End of chapter)