Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

"Harrier, it is definitely the greatest fighter in the history of our British Aerospace Corporation, there is no one!"

Little Hawke Sidley first categorically set an attribution for this star product of his company. Of course, the actual combat performance of this fighter in the Falklands War did provide the best footnote for his attribution.

Among the few people present, except for Shao Yifu, they can be regarded as veterans in the industry. In fact, even Shao Yifu has a preliminary understanding of these things because of being mixed with Tan Zhenhua all the time these days, and they all nodded slightly in agreement.

Little Hawke Sidley was very satisfied with everyone’s performance, so he even more energetically introduced: “The Harrier is a single-seater single-engine fighter with a maximum take-off weight of 14 tons, a maximum speed of 1085 kilometers per hour, and a maximum combat radius of 1,100 kilometers. It can carry multiple weapons such as missiles, bombs, rockets and machine guns."

Then, he looked around at the crowd with a more serious tone: "Of course these are not the reasons for its greatness. The reason why it is great is that it is the world's first fixed-wing fighter with practical value and capable of vertical takeoff and landing!"

Then, he leaned slightly to Sir Hook: "For this, I need to thank Rolls-Royce, which developed the "Pegasus" engine. It is precisely because of this epoch-making engine that our "harrier" style Fighters have unique capabilities."

Hook also responded with a faint smile: "My honor."

"The Harrier fighter is equipped with 7 pylons, including 2 dedicated buried pylons on both sides of the fuselage, 4 under the wing, and 1 universal pylon in the center of the fuselage. The maximum external weight reaches 2.7 tons and can be equipped. Rocket launch nest, "red head" air-to-air missile or AIM-9L "Sidewinder" air-to-air missile, "Harpoon" air-to-ship missile, "Mockingbird" anti-radiation missile, free fall/"Paveway" laser guided bomb, auxiliary fuel tank, etc., rely on With the "Blue Vixen" pulse Doppler radar equipped on the plane, the Harrier has all-weather down-shooting capabilities."

Little Hawke's introduction gave everyone a more comprehensive understanding of this "Harrier" fighter. However, there was a new term in his words that aroused Tan Zhenhua's interest, so he asked: "What is a red head air-to-air missile? "

"Oh, that was a close-range air-to-air combat missile developed by British Aerospace in the 1960s. It was definitely the world leader at the time because it was the world's first refrigerated indium antimonide seeker and all solid-state electronic devices. Air-to-air missiles with continuous rod warheads suitable for high-altitude use. The United States did not have missiles using the same technology until 13 years later."

Hawke looked triumphant in answering this question.

Of course he has the capital to be proud of. After all, whether it is a "Harrier" fighter or a "red-head" missile, they were once world-leading products. Even the Americans who always look at people with their nostrils have to admit their advanced nature.

With its unique stunts capable of vertical take-off and landing, the Harrier successfully won an order for 102 aircraft from the U.S. Marine Corps. At the same time, the U.S.’s “McDonnell Douglas” company is working with the British Aerospace Corporation for a “harrier” type improvement. Research and development, the product is named "AV-8B" and will be delivered next year. The total order is expected to be as high as 200 or more, and the equipment of a non-US developed fighter is absolutely unprecedented in the history of the Mi Army's equipment.

As for the "red-head" air-to-air missile, although it is too large due to its excessive pursuit of leadership, it has also served Britain as a standard fighting bomb for more than ten years. It was only recently that the AIM-9L with the same performance but the superior size in the United States was used. Replaced by the Sparrow air-to-air missile.

"These two weapons are truly epoch-making masterpieces." Tan Zhenhua complimented: "But I heard that Soviet Russia also has a similar fighter. It should be called Yak 38. I don't know which one is better?"

"Jacques 38?" Little Hawke’s face was suddenly full of contempt: "That "mast defender" with a combat radius of only 100 kilometers? Oh, God, please don’t compare our products with that. I am ashamed. I think it’s a great thing that the thing can keep flying normally without falling."

Tan Zhenhua smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Hawke is very disdainful to talk about your opponent..."

"No, Eric, I never think that the "blacksmith" of Yak 38 deserves to be called our opponent. What do you think is the result of encountering a harrier warfare opportunity for a thing that does not even have a fire control radar? Even our fighter planes will be shot down if they can’t find it. Even if their pilots may be better than Argentina’s, there is no help. The final result may not be better than Argentina’s air force. Even a little bit."

Well, the little Hawke's words are full of naked contempt. You know, the Harrier's battle against the Argentina Air Force in the Falklands War was 21:0...

Wu Daguan, who heard this, was even more calm. Although he was only engaged in aero engines, one of the important cores of the aircraft, as China’s leading industry expert, he still understood the current situation of domestic fighters. Most of the "J-6" and "J-7" fighters that are now regarded as the main force are not equipped with fire control radars but only radar rangefinders, and the radar performance on a small number of so-called "night fighters" is also real. Weak chickens are okay, if you run into an opponent like Britain, the consequences...

Wu Daguan suddenly felt a bit cold on his back, and he felt a cold sweat.

He couldn't help but raised his head and looked at Tan Zhenhua, only to find that the other person was also looking at him, and Tan Zhenhua's eyes were sparkling, as if something unclear was flashing in it.

Does he want...

Do not! This is impossible, how is it possible? !

However, he clearly heard Tan Zhenhua say: "Such a good plane, if only I could fly on it..."

Little Hawke has finished introducing the "Harrier" fighter, and by the way, he demoted the "Blacksmith" Yak 38 from the Soviet Yakovlev Design Bureau, the world's only second vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing fighter. After it was not worth it, I was about to take a breath and then blow another "hard item", that is, the "Sky Flash" semi-active mid-range air bomb, but suddenly heard Tan Zhenhua's sentence like this, he almost choked on his saliva.

This young master who doesn't know the height of the sky is too dare to think too much, right? Fighter, can anyone drive that thing?

So the world of the rich is really hard to understand!

While sighing in his heart, he explained: "In fact, our "Harrier" fighter is not very difficult for people with a certain flying foundation to get started, because we have added a lot of assistance when designing this aircraft. It’s not more complicated than other fighter jets, but for those who don’t have the basics, then, then..."

He "then" for a long time and did not "then" give a following, but Tan Zhenhua on the opposite side seemed to have solved a major problem, and asked enthusiastically: "So as long as he has been trained, other fighter pilots can also Get started quickly, right?"

Little Hawke swallowed dryly and said, "It's really such a thing, but..."

"But what? What's so good, I decided, how much is it to buy one for fun? When can I pick up the goods? Since this thing can take off and land vertically, can it be used like a car? Open this Going out to pick up girls is a lot more popular than driving a sports car... Oh, yes, do you have a two-seater version? I think I need a driver."