Just such a short sentence broke the defenses of some places. Your US defense supplier has limited production capacity. What should we do?

Take the old third-generation machine that has been in service for more than 20 years to fight against the fourth-generation machine?

Isn't that looking for abuse!

What's more, the domestic naval force is not limited to this fourth-generation aircraft. The Type 075 amphibious assault ship that has just entered service is also equipped with 8 FC-25 vertical take-off and landing carrier-based fighters.

The overall performance is not much worse than the American-made F-35B.

More importantly, the task division of the FC-25 vertical take-off and landing carrier-based fighter is more reasonable and clear than that of the F-35B, that is, to provide close-range air fire support for the Marine Corps in landing operations.

For this reason, the FC-25 vertical take-off and landing carrier-based fighter does not highlight the ability of vertical take-off, but more as an auxiliary function of short-distance take-off, that is, short-distance take-off and vertical landing, so as to increase the bomb load and While expanding the combat radius, expand the scope of application of the carrier-based aircraft.

Of course, the number of 8 is only to meet the amphibious combat needs of the amphibious assault ship. After all, in addition to the 8 FC-25 carrier-based fighter jets, there are also 12 Z-20 medium helicopters, 12 Z-8plus heavy helicopters and 8 Zhi-10D carrier-based gunship.

Cooperating with two air-cushion landing craft, it can carry a full-staffed heavy reinforcement battalion to implement a three-in-one rapid landing operation on the predetermined probe.

This can be regarded as the general combat mode of the Type 075 amphibious assault ship. It is a little special, and a set of ski jump deck modules with a 14-degree angle can be installed on the bow of the ship, and then equipped with 26 FC-25 carrier-based fighters and 4 straight The Zhi-18 early-warning helicopter converted from the —8plus heavy-duty helicopter has become a small aircraft carrier.

Although the comprehensive combat capability of such an aircraft carrier is not as good as that of a large aircraft carrier like the S, it is still an existence that cannot be underestimated in the surrounding area, and its daily deterrence and display of strength are completely sufficient.

Even in wartime, it can cooperate with large aircraft carriers such as L and S to form a large multi-carrier task force, thereby enhancing its continuous combat capability.

At present, the Navy has equipped four such amphibious assault ships.

Coupled with the two large aircraft carriers previously equipped, the number of carrier-based aircraft combined by the two large and the four small will reach 202, of which 100 are fourth-generation fighter jets.

Whether it is scale or quality, not to mention in Asia, it is one of the best in the world. It is no wonder that some snobbish and unscrupulous people are not flustered.

Of course, compared with the fourth-generation aircraft, what makes these people more disturbed is the dominance of China's Ascendas in drones.

Especially in the series of plans announced by China Ascendas in recent years, these people have keenly discovered that China Ascendas is not only to popularize drones as much as possible, but to make them completely like ordinary artillery shells. cabbageization.

Yes, China Tengfei really uses drones as artillery shells.

Integrate small attack drones such as cruise missiles into multiple rocket launchers, do not need to consider the precise position of the target during combat, just launch them in a general direction, and then use these drones to cruise in the long-term. Cruise in the sky, and launch a top-down violent attack after the target is determined.

This set of technical architecture has been proposed as early as the early 1990s. As far as the technology itself is concerned, it is not complicated, so that a second- and third-rate regional power like Turkey can easily control it.

But if you want to achieve a large-scale application with no support, no control system, and a large-scale application like China's take-off, you have searched all over the world, and you may not be able to find a second one except the United States.

Because the key here is not in the UAV technology itself, but in the space orbit outside the atmosphere.

The reason for this is that the communication satellites all over the low-Earth orbit space are the root of all this.

It’s not that no one knew this truth before, but because of the limited space orbit, not only the production cost of communication satellites is high, but also the launch cost is higher. In addition, communication frequency bands are already scarce, so limited resources can only be given to “predators” or Large UAVs such as the "Global Hawk" and small and medium-sized UAVs can only be temporarily abandoned.

However, with the continuous upgrading and improvement of China's Tengfei "Roaming Terminator" plan, the problem of communication guidance for small and medium-sized UAVs has been completely solved.

You must know that it is already the third generation of "Roaming Terminator" constellation satellites. Today, more than 8,000 small satellites have been deployed in low-Earth orbit space, and the number will further increase to 40,000 in the future.

This is equivalent to weaving a super large satellite communication network in the low-earth orbit space, which can not only meet the needs of remote control of small and medium-sized UAVs, but also provide mobile Internet communication services. Orbital transfer fees for launching satellite entities.

It can be described as a big deal that kills multiple birds with one stone.

Therefore, many powerful companies have been attracted to join it, but in the end, apart from Zhuang Jianye's take-off system, Musk's SpaceX, one of the others can be regarded as either dead or injured.

No way, this thing needs the support of low-cost launch technology to play.

Regardless of the low cost, in fact the initial investment is not small, just like the minimalist decoration, which looks ordinary and has no characteristics, but in fact the most exquisite workmanship details are also costly.

The same is true for low-cost launch technology. Without the continuous investment of major countries for decades, great companies such as Tengfei and SpaceX would not have been possible long ago.

Of course, the two low-cost launch technologies~lightnovelpub.net~ can be described as the same goal by different routes. Both the Tengfei series and SpaceX use rocket reusable technology, and the second-hand and third-hand rockets are constantly refurbished and used to achieve multiple repetitions. The purpose of reducing costs.

Although there is not much difference in the technical paths of the two companies in low-Earth orbit, Zhuang Jianye even launched a brand new TM-9MAX small single-engine high-end business jet to high orbit using the "Drilling Monkey" 2F carrier rocket; Musk was immediately unwilling Those who showed weakness shot a Tesla electric car into space.

Don't let the signs mean that you can't be indifferent.

But in terms of deep space exploration, the paths of the two companies are completely different. Musk favors the conquest of Mars and has made a huge plan for it, while Zhuang Jianye is going step by step, preparing to build a base on the moon first, and then go further. Deep space exploration.

Because of this, the development focus of the two companies has become very different. Musk focuses on the research of super-large rockets and Mars round-trip technology, and hopes that he can scatter his ashes on Mars after his death.

Zhuang Jianye, on the other hand, focuses on the space station, the combination of large extraterrestrial artificial celestial bodies, and lunar exploration. He not only invests heavily in the construction of the space station, but also actively develops innovative technologies that are conducive to the long-term survival of living organisms.