Chapter 408 Military Announcement Rescue Plan
Compared to traditional aviation powers such as the United States, the Soviet Union (Russia) and France, Sweden is obviously much less well-known in this field.
In fact, in this era, Saab aircraft may not even be as well-known in China as Saab cars.
If Xi Boyang had not obtained some English information through various channels, he would not have known that such a seemingly inconspicuous small Nordic country actually had its own military aircraft product system.
He threw the broken chopsticks aside, looked at the pictures on the screen, and leaned back on the back of the sofa chair.
What else is there to eat? This picture is enough to fill your stomach.
“It’s so beautiful...”
After recalling the strange appearance of the Saab 37, Xi Boyang suddenly felt that although the aircraft in front of him also used canard + delta wing Design, but it still looks pleasing to the eye, especially the slender "wasp waist" design in the middle of the fuselage, which highlights a sexy look and almost makes him, a big guy, unable to control himself.
As a photographer who has been photographing aircraft for many years, Xi Boyang has basically seen all the main models of the Chinese Air Force with his own eyes.
The attraction that this aircraft brings to him now is no less than the first time he saw the Su-27 that had just arrived in China.
If the beauty of the latter is more reflected in the power of the heavy fighter, then the beauty of the J-10 in front of you is closer to handsomeness.
In terms of analogy, the former is like Zhao Yun, while the latter is like Zhuge Liang.
Xi Boyang, who often watches the Three Kingdoms, thought quickly.
“I just don’t know how the performance is…”
The unusual design is a mixed blessing for him.
Fortunately, this at least shows that China's new aircraft is not simply a copy of an existing mature model, but has its own unique design language.
What is worrying is the lack of a reference that can be used as a comparison, and it is really difficult to infer the performance.
Innovation is something that creates a good business. If it is not created well, it may have negative effects.
But soon, Xi Boyang recalled his experience when he saw the J-8C performing a flight demonstration in Xiangzhou in November last year.
This gave him some confidence.
Third-generation fighter jets are, after all, better than second-and-a-half-generation fighters.
“I’m not asking too much, as long as it has better performance than last year’s J-8C...”
Xi Boyang whispered to himself while minimizing the photo, ready to take a look. What do other people on the BBS think about this.
Unsurprisingly, the first reaction of most people was to admire this novel design.
If the J-8 can still find some traces of the MiG-21 and MiG-23, then this new aircraft should be named J-10, at least similar to the mainstream third-generation aircraft. The fighters are completely different.
Regardless of the specific parameters, this at least means that China has gradually formed an aircraft research and development system with its own characteristics.
Xi Boyang turned down a few more pages.
After the initial cheers and a lot of rainbow farts at the photographer, the topic quickly ended on the combat effectiveness of the aircraft.
“The size seems to be about the same as that of the F16. It should be comparable to the F16, right?”
“I feel that in this way, the equipment system of our air force will be almost the same as that of the United States. The combination of light and heavy The two third-generation aircraft are also the standard configuration of the air forces of major countries..."
"The background is a blue sky, and there is no reference object. How did you figure out the size?"
"You are stupid, aren't there two models of Thunderbolt 8 hanging under the wings? And there is a Trainer 8 flying next to it. You can tell by comparing it..."
"Although there should be no inevitable connection between size and combat effectiveness, when I first saw this aircraft, I intuitively felt Just tell me, fighting with the F16 is not a problem..."
Under this situation, the first thing that most people think of for comparison is of course the U.S. Air Force on the other side of the ocean.
The domestic production of the Su-27 is no longer a secret in this circle. Therefore, it has long been compared with the F15, which is also a heavy fighter. So the aircraft in front of us is obviously smaller. Naturally, it will be compared to the F16.
After all, most people have not forgotten that less than a year and a half has passed since the two aircraft carrier battle groups showed off their power at home.
Since the Su-27 can currently only use Russian-made ground support equipment, the readiness rate and deployment flexibility are greatly affected. Many well-informed people also know this.
The J-8C, which debuted at last year’s air show, barely gave people whose confidence had reached rock bottom some hope.
But it is still a second-generation improved aircraft after all.
Even if the aerodynamics are modified and the avionics are updated, it is still far from a real third-generation fighter.
Therefore, everyone has been waiting for a truly domestic third-generation machine for a long time.
Now that I finally have a glimpse of my true appearance, I naturally can’t help but want to compare it with others.
Looking at the passionate words on the screen, Xi Boyang showed a happy smile.
This kind of behavior of relying on visual inspection and then playing beast chess in the void is of course meaningless from a military point of view, but no one expected a group of civilians to discuss any military results.
What really matters is confidence.
The only thing we fear is fear itself.
Especially in this era when powerful enemies are so powerful that they seem almost invincible. Perhaps the confidence brought by any one thing alone is insignificant, but when things come together, they will form a big river rushing down.
Looking at the continuous discussions on the forum, he, who had been just looking at the screen without speaking in this chat room, finally couldn't hold it back. He pulled the keyboard in front of him and couldn't use it very well. Skilled fingering participated in the discussion.
Although the air outlet of the air conditioner was right next to him, the cold air spurting out could not affect the warmth in his heart at all.
Although things like BBS have certain thresholds for use and are not conducive to promotion, it is precisely because of the threshold that it is equivalent to user screening to a certain extent.
Therefore, in the first few dozen pages of discussion, the entire atmosphere was relatively normal.
Until someone sent another picture in the reply.
"I have seen almost identical airplanes in a book before. Look at this."
"Huh?"
This reply made Xi Boyang feel shocked.
So he spent nearly a long minute downloading and opening the picture.
It is indeed an aircraft that looks very similar to the J-10 in the picture just now.
After impatiently refreshing the web page several times, a further explanation finally appeared.
“A fighter jet jointly developed by the Great Patriotic Republic and the United States. It completed its first flight probably in 1986, the year the No. 10 project was established, but in the end it did not continue to develop because of overlapping positioning with the F16. …”
Although this person did not point it out directly, the implication behind his words was very clear, that is, the J-10 that had just made its first flight should be a replica, or at least heavily based on the Patriot fighter in the picture.
Xi Boyang, who was in front of the computer, instinctively felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it clearly.
Xi Boyang enlarged both photos and compared them carefully.
However, the picture of the J-10 test flight is really blurry, and the angle was from the side, diagonally upward. Only some basic features can be seen, such as the belly air inlet, canards and enlarged delta wings, Single engine, single vertical tail and the like.
To sum it up, it seems to be somewhat similar to the plane named "Lion".
He scratched his hair in distress.
In fact, if you really want to talk about it, it is not a shameful thing to refer to mature foreign models when designing an aircraft. Even before today, everyone’s expectations for self-developed third-generation aircraft basically did not exceed the F16 and Analog of Mirage 2000.
But on the one hand, everyone has been happily discussing the issue of independent design for a long time, and now that such a sudden incident is happening, it is still a bit jarring.
On the other hand...
Since it is already a copycat, why not just find a more successful one?
Although the atmosphere in the chat room is still relatively harmonious, the direction is obviously different from before.
Obviously many people are like him. After seeing the news just now, no matter what they say on the surface, they still feel uncomfortable in their hearts.
"Alas... It would be nice if there was a more authoritative source of information..."
...
At the same time, Chang Haonan was on the other side in Rongcheng. I am also feeling troubled.
Of course, he didn't enter the BBS chat room, and even if he did, he wouldn't have any other ideas because of the content in it.
Not to mention the late 1990s, even more than 20 years later there are still a group of people who are obsessed with finding a father for domestic equipment.
He had nothing to say about this group of people.
Not everyone can be brought to the same front.
The problem that bothered him was that the photographer who followed the J8 to take pictures was a second-hand person, and his skills were really not good, even worse than Chang Haonan himself who had experienced the era of smartphones.
The airplanes that were originally quite good-looking were either backlit, stubby, or out of proportion when he photographed them.
He picked through several piles of photos, and there was not even one that could be promoted in the internal publication.
Not to mention realizing his longer-term idea, which is to establish a less formal, semi-official propaganda channel.
Propaganda positions are also positions. If you don’t occupy them, they will naturally be occupied by others.
Formal channels are subject to policy and identity restrictions, and it is difficult to come forward directly for some matters.
It is entirely possible to consider providing official material support and establishing a new team composed of non-staff personnel and oriented towards publicity effects as the front end.
Even if it is impossible to completely suppress the fifth column sponsored by foreign foundations for a while, we should always try to fight.
Tone the combat effectiveness of the troops in actual combat.
However, looking at the strange photos covering the table in front of him, Chang Haonan suddenly had the urge to take action.
“TMD, how can you do good publicity with such an insect?”
(End of this chapter)