Chapter 285: Regional Air Defense, Can’t Delay Any Longer
After the data analysis was completed, according to the original plan, we were going to attend the dinner.
However, no one expected that that night, Yang Shuyu, who had just disembarked from the Daocheng, took a Boeing 737 and rushed to the Naval Aviation Base in Donglai.
Accompanying him were several officers from the island city ship.
Immediately afterwards, several other helicopters of different models arrived.
Because during the exercise, they had to adapt to the situation and successfully scare off the evil-minded Kongzi F4EJ. It was only natural to celebrate on a small scale, and no one could say anything was wrong.
So after Yang Shuyu arrived, he drank half a cup symbolically to show his encouragement and recognition to those participating in the war today.
Of course, the superior leaders did not even bother to rest, and came all the way from the island city, the home port of the North Sea Fleet. It could not be to participate in such an extra meal that was not even a celebration banquet, but to have something to do with what happened this afternoon. things related.
In fact, it is just a summary meeting, where all parties share their experiences and lessons learned.
So after dinner, all relevant personnel sat back in the conference room just now.
Yang Shuyu’s opening was very straightforward:
“I rushed over as soon as I got off the ship. In addition to congratulating you, more importantly, I wanted to take advantage of the fact that the experts in electronic technology and aviation industry have not left yet. , to express my own feelings during today’s confrontation exercise.”
A routine burst of applause sounded, but he immediately raised his head and lowered his head, indicating that there was no need to engage in this scene, and then continued. He continued:
"First of all, I would like to thank the comrades on the military-industrial front. It is you who have allowed me, an old navy, to experience first-hand what war looks like under modern high-tech conditions. In the past, although I had a rough idea in my mind It’s a concept, but it’s still shallow on paper, and it’s not as straightforward as going to the site today.”
“The surface ship we participated in this confrontation exercise is the most advanced and youngest destroyer and destroyer in the entire military. The total age of a frigate is less than 4 years.”
"But these two warships, which represent the upper limit of our navy's combat effectiveness, could only stand by and watch for a few hours this afternoon, unable to do anything and unable to help!"
"Actually, It is somewhat inaccurate to say that we stood by and watched, because we only saw the first half of the exercise, and saw a maritime patrol aircraft and two bombers."
"And those two were not pregnant. The well-intentioned Japanese plane did not appear on the radar screen the whole time! "
Speaking of excitement, Yang Shuyu's voice became a little higher, and at the same time he tapped the table with two fingers sadly.
The commanders of the Island City ship sitting on the other side of the conference table also looked heavy.
Obviously, this feeling of not being able to control your own destiny is quite uncomfortable.
“Judging from the results, our response was good and we succeeded in driving away the enemy aircraft. However, if the red team’s electronic warfare aircraft had not inadvertently captured the signal from the F4EJ radar, we might still have It will take some time to notice that the situation is abnormal. If it is in actual combat, this is a huge hidden danger.”
Due to US restrictions, all ground and sea capabilities of the F4EJ and F15J equipped by the air force have been cancelled. , but the risk is always there.
This time it’s F4EJ, what if it’s F18 next time?
Yang Shuyu paused. .
After the warship returned to port, he quickly learned the general process of the whole thing through the command headquarters' exercise report, so he continued a few seconds later:
"Of course, this cannot be said to be the fault of our commanders and combatants. Comrade's responsibility, the radar on the Daocheng cannot see the target the size of a fighter jet 250 kilometers away, and our maritime surveillance aircraft also cannot detect those two aircraft due to angle problems. "
"However, there is no reason for war. In any case, we seriously lack air surveillance and regional air defense capabilities, and this will also be the focus of the next construction of our navy."
After speaking, Yang Shuyu glanced at all the faces in the conference room and motioned for everyone to express their opinions freely. Since the venue for the meeting was chosen at the naval aviation facility, it was natural that Shen Tao, as the host, was the first to express his position:
“Judging from the use of the Y-8J maritime surveillance aircraft in the past period, this kind of aircraft has only been used in the past. Radar-oriented aircraft are still more suitable for sea search. As for air detection, firstly, the blind area is too large, and it is easy to be exploited by the opponent's aircraft like today. Secondly, the detection distance of air targets by radar optimized for surface ships is also limited. It’s not enough, so I think that if we want to improve our military’s air defense surveillance capabilities, we still need to have a real early warning and command aircraft.”
When it comes to early warning aircraft, Chang Haonan is not sleepy.
Yang Shuyu came here specially today, obviously to bring the front-line troops and engineering and technical personnel together and directly feedback the actual needs of the former.
“As for the early warning aircraft project, Dianke Group is already advancing it. The current plan is to walk on two legs. The ring project that has already paid the payment will continue to cooperate as it is. At the same time, it strives to establish a project that is completely made of domestic technology. A medium-sized early warning aircraft was developed to achieve high-low matching and risk sharing."
"Medium-sized early warning aircraft..."
Chang Haonan's speech really aroused Yang Shuyu's interest:
"How far has this project progressed? Is there an expected timetable?"
There are only 4 aircraft in the ring project plan. It is the Air Force that pays for the early warning aircraft, so it is obviously impossible to allocate one to the Navy. Moreover, if the early warning aircraft does not form a large scale and can be dispatched in one direction at any time, it will not be very useful.
So the Navy actually has a demand for a more cost-effective early warning aircraft.
“We are going through the approval process. If nothing goes wrong, the project will probably be successfully approved in the second half of this year. As for the timetable... it should not be a problem to complete the first flight within 2-3 years. If there are sufficient funds, we can even make an impact. Join Project 9910”
This answer is obviously very pertinent.
When you doze off, I will hand you a pillow.
After hearing this, Yang Shuyu just nodded slightly and seemed to have no other expression. However, the secretary behind him lowered his head and began to record something.
The success of the JH-7 allowed the naval aviation force to experience for the first time the pleasure of customizing an aircraft according to its own requirements. Therefore, Chang Haonan's attempt to attract investment in the Air Police 200 project has most likely been successful.
“So... what about besides the early warning aircraft?”
After a brief silence, a senior officer with a lower rank next to him said:
“After the two modern-class destroyers purchased are delivered, the air defense capabilities of our surface ships will be greatly improved. However, compared with real area air defense, such as the Ticonderoga class, or Kongo class, or even the Russian Navy's Kirov class, there is still a relatively obvious gap. The main shortcoming is the lack of high-performance search radar and rapid response. The missile launch system, as well as the centralized air defense command system, especially the radar, cannot be blind in air defense operations.”
This is put more euphemistically.
In fact, if classified in a rough way, an air defense system only has three parts: command, radar and missiles.
There is no wooden barrel effect, because it is a plate.
All are shortcomings.
After all, the Hyundai class is originally positioned as a low-level chore ship in the Red Navy. It does not have anything fancy on it, from steam turbine power to the short-range but powerful 3M80 "Sandfly" supercar. Sonic anti-ship missiles, as well as the 3S90 air defense system, which also has a short range and average response speed, are just make-shift.
For the current Chinese Navy, it is considered a treasure, but compared with others, it is indeed not that interesting.
(End of this chapter)