Great Power Fighting Falcon

The No. 02 SU-27SK carries all air-to-air missiles. The No. 07 SU-27SK only carries two combat missiles for self-defense. The rest are all ground strike munitions, including air-to-surface missiles, precision guided bombs and aviation fire.

The two fighters are armed to the teeth, and the pylons are basically full. Even the aviation fire carried by the No. 07 SU-27SK is a twin-mounted launcher, which is twice as much as the single-link loaded bombs that were often used before, and has more firepower. It's stronger and lasts longer.

After everything was ready, the fighter plane was dragged to the semi-open hangar outside and entered combat readiness status. The maintenance team stayed with the fighter aircraft every step of the way, taking a period of time to conduct an inspection to ensure that it was ready for dispatch at any time. Even when the fuel pipe is connected to the engine and the engine is running, the fuel pipe can slide out as soon as it is removed.

Li Zhan and Nie Jianfeng should be on duty waiting for notifications from the Tiger Squad, or orders from their superiors. The dispatch of two fighter planes to carry so much live ammunition must be taken very seriously by the higher-level leadership agencies. But when the training will start, the Air Force has to wait for comrades from Lao Lu.

Xue Xiangdong called Li Zhan over and said, "Did you see the missile? Commander Chen asked you to put the test launch report in the 228th topic."

Chen Hualin, the former commander of the 73rd Fighter Division, has also shown a new lease of life. He was promoted to the rank of senior colonel and deputy commander, which means that Chen Hualin can be promoted again.

Li Zhan was full of questions. He claimed to be familiar with the weapons and equipment under development in the military, but he had never heard of a monster air-to-air missile with a length of six meters. The PL-12 series is exaggerated enough, with a range of eighty kilometers. In fact, pilots don't pay much attention to the data on paper. They never think about destroying the enemy at a distance of 80 kilometers, which is basically a waste of ammunition. However, what military industry scientific research pursues is precisely excess performance, because this reflects their scientific research capabilities.

"Brigadier, what kind of air-to-air missile is that? It's more than one meter longer than the Eagle 91 anti-radiation missile. Are you kidding me?" Li Zhan said.

Xue Xiangdong said, "I don't know either. It's not yet finalized, and I don't know what it's called. The factory calls it a long-range over-the-horizon air-to-air missile."

"The concept of beyond visual range is too broad. It is beyond visual range dozens of kilometers away." Li Zhan said, "Isn't the same true for the Thunderbolt Twelve, and isn't the same true for the R77?"

Xue Xiangdong said, "Didn't you know that the AIM-120 has a new model? It was released a few years ago, and now we have the D model, which has a range of 150 kilometers. We don't have any air-to-air missiles that can resist it. So. Just bring out such a monster."

It turns out that Type D was obtained, but Li Zhan’s information fell behind.

"The dual-pulse solid rocket motor uses all the technology of aerospace rockets. It's really cost-effective." Li Zhan smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Isn't it possible that these two bombs cost 10 million?"

Ordinary air-to-air missiles have only one engine, but this monster air missile has two engines... The power unit is a dual-pulse rocket engine, and a ramjet engine is attached to the missile... I can't wait to use all the legendary advanced technologies.

"Twenty million dollars per dollar. If you add in scientific research funding, it's 500 million dollars per dollar. You have one billion dollars in your hands." Xue Xiangdong said with a smile.

Li Zhan was stunned. "If this project fails, won't the research funding of more than one billion be wasted? If the army does not purchase it, the manufacturer will suffer losses?"

"So it depends on how well you perform. If the test results are good, the troops will purchase in large quantities. As the quantity goes up, the unit price will naturally come down. On the contrary... the manufacturer will not lose money because there are subsidies." Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan said fiercely, "Why do you want me to fight? There are not a lot of test pilots over there at the flight test institute. They specialize in this job."

"You don't want to?" Xue Xiangdong asked with a frown.

Li Zhan said, "No. I talked with Yuan Boning. Their tiger unit is in a lot of trouble this time. If this live-fire confrontation drill does not go well, the troops will probably be disbanded. Reasonably, we all We have to try our best to help. If we use unfinished missiles to attack them, I’m worried something might go wrong.”

"The superiors have their considerations, so just follow them," Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan asked for instructions, "Brigade commander, please change the R27 to R77EE. It will be safer this way."

“No way.”

Li Zhan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Commander, you are doing business, and everything is about winning. Besides, didn't I just buy these R77EEs? Let me test-fire two of them to see the effect."

"Stop talking, it's impossible. Don't you have two Thunderbolt 12s? There's no problem at all in using the medium-range bullets as combat bombs." Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan sighed and said, "I'm worried that there will be something wrong with the six-meter-long monster. Then I won't be able to shoot more than 80 kilometers."

"Isn't the mission very clear? The Army's simulated blue army will launch a high-performance target drone 300 kilometers away. You have to launch a monster bomb at an altitude of 10,000 meters and 300 kilometers away to test the maximum range of the bomb. Efficiency." Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan frowned and said, "Is it really the target drone unit of the Army's simulated blue army?"

"Isn't that nonsense? Who are they?" Xue Xiangdong glared, "This is Lao Lu's confrontation drill. Our Air Force has two fighter planes, you and Nie Jianfeng, to participate and assist."

Li Zhan said, "Understood, three hundred kilometers...the missile takes five minutes to fly..."

"More than three minutes." Xue Xiangdong corrected.

Li Zhan's brows jumped sharply, "Is it so fast?"

Xue Xiangdong nodded affirmatively.

Li Zhan thought thoughtfully, "It looks like it's really a monster with empty bullets."

"After launching the missile, you have to accelerate and fly forward. It is very important to use radar to confirm whether the target aircraft has been destroyed." Xue Xiangdong said seriously.

"Isn't this easy? After launch, I immediately turned on the afterburner and hit supersonic speed at an altitude of 10,000 meters. I hit Mach 2. I should be able to fly 180 kilometers forward in more than three minutes. Su Liangqi's airborne radar can only Seeing 150 kilometers, I can’t catch up with the live broadcast." Li Zhan said with a frown.

Xue Xiangdong said, "Then if you drive at top speed, the target will have evasive actions and will not be hit so easily. You have five minutes, which is enough for you to close the distance to within 80 kilometers."

"Two thousand five hundred kilometers per hour..." Li Zhan was stunned, "Can the fighter plane hold up?"

Xue Xiangdong asked, "How come you didn't have this worry when you were traveling at supersonic speeds before?"

"Seek truth from facts, Brigadier. It depends on the specific situation. You must fly when you should fly, and you must not fly when you can't." Li Zhan argued, "The main reason is that the life of the nose of the aircraft is getting shorter and shorter. New aircraft We only arrived at the end of June, so we have to survive the confrontation drill with the Royal Cat Flying Group."

Xue Xiangdong said, "I know what you are planning in your mind. All in all, only you can complete this task. Your superiors believe in your ability. Fight hard and see whether the billions of scientific research funds have been wasted or have been used as they should have." The effect depends entirely on your test launch this time."

After thinking for a while, he explained, "The main reason is that the higher-level leadership agencies want to see what the actual effect of this bomb is when used, and whether it can achieve the performance indicators originally proposed."

"I completely understand." Li Zhan suddenly realized.

It turns out that it is for product acceptance!

This is a good thing.

The fifth update.