Chatting and chatting, Chief Engineer Tang Weiwen couldn't help but talk about fighter-bombers.
"Shen Gong, I found that you know a lot about the military, in which direction do you think our future fighters should develop?
Is it multi-purpose or empty-based?
Chief Master Tang Weiwen said with a smile.
Shen Huan said without hesitation: "Of course, it is developing in the direction of multi-purpose!"
In the future, there should be very few fighters with pure air supremacy, and even if they are pure air supremacy at the beginning, they will later develop into one aircraft and multiple types, and one air supremacy fighter will inevitably develop a multi-purpose fighter-bombing type.
Take the Su-27 fighter as an example, this fighter was designed for air superiority at the beginning, but later the Sukhoi Design Bureau developed the Su-30 fighter-bomber on the basis of the Su-27. ” In the 1991 war, the F-15E fully proved the advantages of dual-mission fighters in ground combat, so that the Su-30 attracted the attention of the air forces of various countries and began to be exported and introduced.
I think our country should also be working on the introduction of Su-30 fighter-bombers.
Shen Huan said as he looked at Chief Master Tang Weiwen.
At this time, Chief Master Tang Weiwen finally couldn't help but say: "Shen Gong, that's a good point!"
This time, when we go to Zhuhai, we can see our own fighter-bomber performing an aerial display, which is also its first public appearance.
Although in terms of overall performance, our fighter-bomber is not as good as the Su-30, but it also embodies the hard work of our military workers, and I believe that it will definitely shock the world!
” In fact, Chief Engineer Tang Weiwen did not say it, Shen Huan also knew that the J-7 designed by him was going to be unveiled at the Zhuhai Air Show, and Shen Huan also knew that in fact, the details of the Su-30 fighter contract were finalized at the second Zhuhai Air Show.
Of course, Shen Huan analyzed it, and the appearance of the Jian-7 can be said to have played a great role in promoting the negotiation of the Su 30 contract.
Because as soon as the J-7 appeared, Da Mao would definitely be anxious, because if he asked for a sky-high price, and the Chinese had their own fighter-bombers, he really didn't want Su San0, and he would really lose a lot.
Therefore, Da Mao was in a hurry to sell Su Sanling to China.
In December 2000, the first batch of Su-30s was delivered to the Chinese side, and all 38 aircraft were delivered by the end of 2001.
Although China already has the J-7, it still has to buy the Su-30, which Shen Huan is also very clear about, after all, there is still a problem with the J-7 at this time, that is, the turbofan 9 supporting it has not yet completed the finalized mass production.
At the same time, the J-7 is indeed much worse than the Su-30 in terms of performance, after all, the Su-30 is improved from the Su-27 in the third-generation fighter, and it is stronger than the J-7 in terms of maneuverability, range, and firepower.
And at the beginning, the J-7 was only a model to be equipped with by naval aviation, mainly used for naval operations, and did not have the function of ground attack, so of course the Air Force needed the Su-30 to be the main force.
Shen Huan smiled and said: "Master Tang, you are still keeping it a secret, in fact, I have already guessed that at this Zhuhai Air Show, it must be the Flying Leopard Fighter Bomber designed by you that will be unveiled, right?"
” Chief Master Tang Weiwen said in surprise: "How do you know about the flying leopard?
” Shen Huan nodded and said: "Of course, you can see some gossip on the Internet, and even push it further, there are also introductions and photos of flying leopards in military magazines."
If I'm not mistaken, in the 1991 magazine of Tank and Armored Vehicles, there was a photo of a flying leopard flying in the air.
It's just that at that time it was still called the B7 bomber. ” Hearing Shen Huan say this, Chief Master Tang Weiwen felt both extremely proud and shocked: "Shen Gong, you even remember this detail so clearly?"
It seems that you are a real civilian military expert!
” After saying that, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Shen Huan continued: "No way, I am very sensitive to our country's military aircraft and warships, and I will never forget it after taking a look!"
The Flying Leopard is arguably the most handsome fighter our country has ever seen, at least that's what I personally think. ” When Chief Engineer Tang Weiwen heard this, he said happily: "Thank you, it's the first time I've heard someone say it's handsome, but as a chief engineer, I still like our leopard very much, it's not just handsome, but more importantly, its performance, it can be said that it's not worse than many foreign fighter-bombers." ” Indeed, as a model that was the development target of a fighter-bomber from the beginning, the performance of the J-7 is indeed not bad, and it still has a slight advantage over the Jaguar, which is a representative foreign fighter-bomber.
Of course, it cannot compete with those fighter-bombers that have been improved from third-generation aircraft, after all, at the beginning of its development, it took sea attacks as its main combat mission.
For this air show, Shen Huan is also full of expectations.
This air show, created a lot of firsts, in the previous life did not come to the scene, as a senior military fan, it is a pity, this time can finally make up for this regret.
For the first place in this air show, Shen Huan is naturally a treasure.
The Chinese Air Force Bayi Air Show Team performed publicly at the Zhuhai Air Show for the first time, Da Mao's Warrior Air Show Team also performed in China for the first time, and the Airbus A330 performed in China for the first time.
For the first time, the Flying Leopard fighter-bomber was exhibited under the export code name "FBC-1" and performed a wonderful flight show.
Of course, compared with Da Mao's warrior flight demonstration team, the performance model of the Chinese Air Force's Bayi flight display team is a little shabby, at this time, the Bayi flight display team is still equipped with the J-7 EB type, this fighter was originally a high-altitude and high-speed fighter plane, used as a performance aircraft, performing at low altitude, the difficulty can be imagined.
Of course, in terms of the effect of the performance, it will be worse than the big hairy warrior air display team.
After all, the Da Mao Warrior Air Show Team uses the most maneuverable Su-27 fighter, which crushes the J-7 EB type in terms of appearance and maneuverability.
It was only after 10 years that China's Bayi Air Show Team was equipped with J-10 fighters that this situation changed.
Sometimes a country's air show team also represents the level of equipment of the country's air force.
The world's major powers, it can be seen from the model of the air show team, for example, Da Mao's two performance teams are equipped with Su 27 and MiG-29 respectively, the Thunderbird flight show team of the United States is equipped with F16 fighters, and the Blue Angels show team is equipped with F18 fighters.
Other countries basically use trainer aircraft as performance aircraft, of course, it is easier for trainer aircraft to perform at low altitude and low speed, but there is no strong visual shock that fighter jets bring to the audience.