Chapter 508 The Era of Electronic Warfare

   "Our reconnaissance satellite just took the latest photos of Wasteland Village." An intelligence officer came to Swift with the photo.

   "Wasteland Village? Did those Orientals get any toys?" Swift happily looked at the photo while smoking a cigar.

  The photos taken from above are very clear. Just on the runway in Huangdi Village, a large three-winged fighter plane is taking off from above. The shape is so beautiful and so unbelievable.

   "Su-33? How is it possible, Lao Maozi sold the carrier-based aircraft to the Orientals? What do the Easterners want the carrier-based aircraft for?" Swift shouted in surprise: "This is unscientific!"

   You can recognize the model of this fighter just by looking at it, it is the second heavy carrier-based fighter in the world! It is even conceivable that when the American Tomcat fighter jet is retired from active service, this fighter jet can become the only heavy carrier-based fighter jet in the world.

  Now, this kind of plane actually appeared in the east, at the base of Huangdi Village. What are they going to do?

   It is easy to think of the Dongfang Maritime Blockade. Could it be that Dongfang has obtained aircraft carrier power in this way?

   Impossible, absolutely impossible!

  Swift will never believe that such a small and insignificant country in the East can actually have such a war machine?

"Didn't the Dongfang Maritime Blockade ship be burned into an empty shell? There is no second shipyard in the East that can build such a big guy, right? Mingzhou Group is currently building the world's largest blockage ship, it is impossible Free up your hands to build an aircraft carrier." The people next to him were also stunned.

   "Report, I just got secret information." At this moment, another person came to report.

   "What information?"

   "Dongfang developed its own J-15 fighter jet, which is planned to be used on islands. Because the runway is limited, it uses a ski jump to take off and block the landing."

   This is not the Su-33, but the J-15 developed by the East itself? Moreover, this aircraft is used on the island?

  Swift frowned, and looked at the person who reported the news: "Is the information reliable?"

   "Very reliable, it was sent by someone inside them, codenamed Shaokang No. 1 and Shaokang No. 2."

  Swift nodded: "Well, good!"

  He knew that these two code-named intelligence personnel were the treasures of the intelligence agency, and the intelligence that came out was never missed.

  Now, with this information, they can rest assured for the time being.

   I was almost taken aback!

Swift looked at the information, frowned and pondered for a moment, and then said: "Does Da Mao know about this project? Whether you know it or not, you must tell them about this project. The Easterners are imitating their fighters! Wait until later, The technology of the Orientals has surpassed that of Da Mao, and it may even squeeze Da Mao's military aircraft export market!"

   Speaking of provocation, they are definitely good at it.

   East.

The take-off and landing of the carrier-based aircraft has been successfully completed. Although the base has not been able to simulate the shaking of the deck, this is already a new journey. Next, more people will master the take-off and landing operations of this carrier-based aircraft. Officially became an excellent naval carrier-based aviation unit.

  Wu Shengli is very happy.

"Today's J-15 flight created another miracle and made up for one of our regrets. I believe that in the future, we will have a strong sea power. This fighter will also become the backbone of our navy! I'm really looking forward to seeing this carrier-based aircraft land on our aircraft carrier!"

   "Why not?" Qin Tao looked at Wu Shengli: "How about the first carrier-based aircraft landing and take-off in March?"

  In March, carry out this kind of project?

  Wu Shengli's heart was suddenly aroused. Of course, he knew what this time in March meant, and he also knew how earth-shattering Qin Tao's proposal would be.

   "Taozi, you still have a lot of ideas, don't you?"

  Qin Tao nodded: "I have some ideas, but I don't know if the leaders have time to listen. Aren't you busy?"

   "Listen even if you're busy!" Mr. Lin said beside him: "Taozi, the ideas you put forward are always eclectic, much better than those staff members who stick to the rules! I want to listen too!"

   "Then we have to find a suitable place."

   "Go to our air base nearby!"

   There are a large number of foreigners in the base here. Although they have withstood various tests, they still cannot rest assured that the air force base next door is much safer.

  In the meeting room of the air force base, everyone excitedly listened to Qin Tao's introduction, and all kinds of whimsical ideas opened the eyes of the people present.

  Originally, they just planned to conduct regular military exercises, but this kind of exercise has been carried out several times in the past few months, so it will not make people feel refreshed.

   Now, the plans Qin Tao mentioned are brand new!

   "Taozi, if you put on the military uniform and enter the army, you can come and be my assistant directly." Wu Shengli said enthusiastically.

  Qin Tao shook his head: "No."

  Are you kidding me? We are the boss of Mingzhou Group, which is famous in China and even in the world. We are usually very prestigious. Why do we want to be your assistant?

  Wu Shengli smiled and said nothing else.

   "Electronic countermeasures are also very important in this plan. It is required to be able to cut into the Link16 data chain. Do we have this ability?" This is what Mr. Lin is most worried about.

  Qin Tao showed a smile on his face: "If the other party doesn't change the frequency hopping rules, we can still cut in. According to the other party's practice, if there is no risk of leaking, generally they will not switch."

  The Link-16 data link system obtained last time is very important. In Qin Tao's plan just now, he must know the other party's whereabouts, and it is very important to cut into this data link system.

  If it is the previous data link, including the previous generation of Link4 data link, there is no advanced encryption capability, which is easy to be stolen. It was not until Link16 that this capability was perfected.

  Its main encryption and anti-interference method is frequency hopping: the communication data of this data link system is sliced ​​into groups of 75 bits after two verifications, each group has 15 pieces, and each piece of 5-bit data small segments. Each small segment takes only 6.4 microseconds to transmit, separated by 6.6 microseconds. When each small segment is transmitted, one of the 51 frequency hopping frequency points will be selected for transmission according to a specific rule. Its frequency hopping speed is 76923 hops/second.

   In one second, there are more than 70,000 jumps!

  Ordinary radio monitoring can only monitor a certain frequency band, and the interference cannot be a major blockage of the entire frequency band, so the power required for that is quite against the sky.

  So, even if one of the data packets is obtained, as long as you don’t know which frequency hopping frequency to receive next, you will not be able to receive the complete communication information, let alone crack it.

  Frequency hopping radio signals are hard to crack unless you have an identical machine! This is like the Jenny cipher machine of World War II. The West directly produced an electronic computer and wanted to crack the code through a large number of calculations. Later, it directly got a Jenny cipher machine. As a result, the actions of the Germans in front of the West It is transparent.

  Now, the other party doesn’t know that they have obtained a Link16 data link system, and if they still operate in the previous way, then their own side can easily cut in, monitor, and even release fake news.

  Of course, if it’s just monitoring, it won’t be noticed by the other party. If false news is released, people will definitely investigate and switch to a new frequency hopping rule.

  At this moment, Mr. Lin asked worriedly, but the others just laughed and said nothing.

   "Okay, your navy is still hiding it from us? It seems that you have gained a lot." Lin Lao said.

  Some things don’t need to be said, you can know by guessing.

"This already belongs to electronic warfare." Qin Tao said: "We are still very weak in this area and cannot compete with technologically advanced opponents. We must also develop our own electronic warfare capabilities as soon as possible. By the way, How is our AWACS project going?"

In the past, Qin Tao only occasionally chatted with Mr. Lin and the others, and never asked about it again. Although the navy also needs fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft, under the current situation, the navy is trying to raise funds to carry out the Fifteenth Plan. Such projects are stretched, and there is no extra power to develop early warning aircraft.

  This kind of thing can't be rushed.

   "Early-warning aircraft project? We are currently in close contact with the Kingdom of David. By the way, Taozi, we all remember the suggestions you gave us back then." Elder Lin said: "If you are free..."

   "I'm not free." Qin Tao shook his head quickly.

   It’s almost the Chinese New Year!

   It’s Chinese New Year, I don’t want to run back and forth outside, what should I do if Haiyang doesn’t recognize me after returning home? As a father, I am really incompetent.

Mr. Lin still had a smile on his face: "Taozi, I remember you brought back the model of the Yak-44 early warning aircraft? The navy will have aircraft carriers and catapults in the future, and it will definitely need fixed-wing ships. Carrying an early warning aircraft, right? The technology of this early warning aircraft was invested and developed by our air force."

  Wu Shengli frowned at the side, and then said: "Taozi, why don't you take a few days to accompany them for a walk?"

  Qin Tao glanced at Wu Shengli with dissatisfaction, why are you panicking? With the air force, we naturally have the navy. How dare they ask us for more money? Go directly to the superiors to file a lawsuit!

  However, since Wu Shengli has spoken, Qin Tao can't offend two people at the same time.

  Qin Tao thought for a while, and then said: "Okay, I can go for a trip, but when there is an accident in the future, after a large amount of compensation has been claimed, one-third of the compensation will go to the Navy!"

   It was a conspiracy from the beginning! At the beginning, when Qin Tao proposed this kind of suggestion, Elder Lin felt that Qin Tao was really dark enough, but now, Elder Lin felt that Qin Tao was even darker.

If there is no accident, our air force has obtained the air early warning aircraft, and everyone is happy. If there is an accident, we have also cultivated the research and development team of the early warning aircraft, and at the same time received a large amount of compensation. This is the best of both worlds, but why should the compensation be distributed to the navy? ?

   "What's the matter with the navy?" Elder Lin looked at Wu Shengli, who was grinning happily, and couldn't help asking Qin Tao.

"What does it matter to me? You have to let me go." Qin Tao said: "If I say that one-third of the compensation will be given to our Mingzhou Group, then if you want to renege on your debts in the future, maybe you will send me Go to jail, say that I embezzled your air force's money, or distribute it to the navy. It's better to show brotherhood. Anyway, the navy will place an order with our Mingzhou Group to build more warships if it has money. This is the best thing to do good."

   "Old Lin, if Tao Zi goes, the compensation will be doubled, and our navy will only share one-third of it. You still earn money. Why do you have such an expression? Come on, laugh!"

  Old Lin shook his head with a wry smile: "Okay, just follow what you said."

   In 1996, at the end of January, Qin Tao took a plane and went to the Kingdom of David with a group of people.

  Among the people who went together, there was Mr. Lin, who was always healthy and strong, and Mr. Wang, who was in charge of the early warning aircraft program of 14 institutes.

   On the plane, everyone chatted.

Mr. Wang is an expert in the development of early warning aircraft. When the country just started to develop the Air Police No. 1, he once presided over the research and development. Wang Lao has greater confidence.

"At present, there are not many types of strategic early warning aircraft in the world." Wang Lao said: "The American E-3 early warning aircraft uses a flat slot antenna, and Da Mao's An-50 uses a mechanically scanned horizontal slotted waveguide Antenna, performance is much worse."

Although they are all topped with a big plate, the contents of the big plate are different. Da Mao’s big plate is essentially the same as the flat plate antenna of the modern top plate radar. After all, Da Mao’s precision processing ability is too poor to be processed. Advanced Flat Panel Slot Antenna.

   "However, these are outdated. The future belongs to active phased array radar." Qin Tao interjected, "Although we started late, we started from a high starting point and directly overtook on curves to reach the world's advanced level."

Wang Lao nodded: "That's right, this is also our inevitable choice. Fortunately, we have made a breakthrough in shipborne phased array radar, and we have been able to produce qualified T/R components. The biggest problem at present is that we lack advanced technology. The computer system currently used on warships is temporarily replaced by commercial machines, but there are always flaws in terms of security."

Qin Tao's face was full of confidence: "Yes, we still lack advanced military computers, but please rest assured that we will be able to overcome this difficulty in the next one or two years, and we will have self-developed advanced computers in our country. system."

  The Godson project has already started. Of course, this project is not only for civilian use, but also for military use! When it was first developed, Qin Tao already thought of it as a military computer. In two or three years, or even this year, the Godson One will be released.

   "Our own?" Elder Wang opened his eyes wide.

   "That's right, our own. When you come back, you can go to our Godson company to investigate when you have time."

  Old Wang nodded. If it is said that miracles can be created, Mingzhou Group is the one with the most potential. Since it is a subsidiary of Mingzhou Group, it will definitely be able to do it!

Whether it is an air defense destroyer or an early warning aircraft, a high-performance data processing system is required, otherwise, it will be the same as Da Mao's A-50. Although it is a strategic early warning aircraft, it can only command more than a dozen fighter jets at the same time. The same as the MiG-31.

   (There is also a saying that the data link is not working.)

   "If we can solve the problem of the computer system, then our self-research will have another layer of protection." Wang Lao said: "This time I have absorbed experience..."

Having said that, Mr. Wang changed the subject: "The trend of early warning aircraft in the world must be transitioning to active phased array radar. The Phalcon early warning aircraft of the Kingdom of David has created a precedent. Many of their experiences are worthwhile. We learn."

   "Yes, it is because of the active phased array radar that the Phalcon early warning aircraft of the Kingdom of David does not have a large plate on the top, and the layout is very advanced."

   "Advanced?" Qin Tao smiled: "Advanced what? It's not that they are not good at technology."

  In this era, AWACS almost always looks like a big plate. Only the Falcon AWACS has a big nose in front and big cheeks on both sides.

Of course, this has the advantage of active phased array radar. Since it is made of T/R components one by one, it can be completely distributed. However, Falcon's doing this is definitely not only to take advantage of this advantage, but also has helplessness. s Choice.

  The Kingdom of David is surrounded by enemies, and there are countless wars. Therefore, the Davids have established a powerful and unique military industry and developed a series of unique weapons.

  Among the army, there is the Merkava tank, the only main battle tank with the engine placed in the front. In the air force equipment, they have also developed the Cub fighter jet, but due to insufficient technology, they used a lot of it.

The Falcon early warning aircraft is also a product of this condition. It is not so easy to put the aircraft on a large plate. The large plate has a great impact on the aerodynamic layout of the aircraft, so a large number of wind tunnel tests are required. David Without this ability, simply give up.

"In the future, the technology will be more advanced. You can put all the T/R components into the skin of the aircraft. This is a real tall early warning aircraft. Even fighter jets can be arranged like this in the future, with no dead ends in all directions, but Now, the layout of the Falcon early warning aircraft has resulted in a certain dead angle behind the fuselage, which is not the most advanced at all. If we want to do it, we still need a large plate on the top, Mr. Wang, how is your research going?"

"Yes, we have also done detailed research. If we want the early warning aircraft to have excellent performance, we need to have a large plate on the top. Therefore, we are looking for David this time, and we intend to propose a large piggyback plate. The design scheme of the three-sided active phased array radar, and our radome has a diameter of 14 meters, which is the largest in the world."

The U.S. Air Force’s E-3 early warning aircraft has a radome with a diameter of only 9.1 meters, and the A-50’s radome has a diameter of 10.2 meters. The largest before should be the Tu-126 early warning aircraft, with a radome diameter of 11 meters. Now, the radar designed by our own side The diameter of the hood actually reached the order of 14 meters.

  The bigger this thing is, the more it will affect the aerodynamic layout.

   "The Davids will definitely not do this, and we have to do it. At that time, we will use this to lower their price." Qin Tao said: "Let me sing the bad face."

  Mr. Lin glanced at Qin Tao with satisfaction, and left it to Qin Tao to discuss the price, absolutely no problem!

  The matter of the early warning aircraft is also thanks to Qin Tao's foreshadowing!

Mr. Lin said: "This time we plan to use the Il-76 airframe. Thanks to Taozi going to the Chkalov Aircraft Factory and buying back ten Il-76s and Il-78s, otherwise we would really There is no suitable retrofit platform."

   "Mr. Lin, you probably don't know that there is still an A-50 airframe at the Chkalov Aircraft Factory?"

What?

  Old Lin opened his eyes wide: "Is there still an A-50 airframe?"

Mr. Wang nodded: "Yes, President Qin and I went to the Chkalov Aircraft Factory together and saw the A-50 airframe that has been discontinued there. If we use this airframe to assemble our early warning aircraft, it will definitely Easier."

  Mr. Lin swallowed and spit: "Taozi, let's go to the Chkalov Aircraft Factory when we come back from the Kingdom of David?"

  Qin Tao shook his head: "No, I want to go home for the New Year! Don't always rely on me for everything, I'm very busy, okay?"

   "Well, isn't it time for the aircraft of your Mingzhou Group Air Transport Company to undergo an annual inspection?"

  Qin Tao could only admit his weakness: "Okay, let's go."

  The plane landed at the airport of the David State Aircraft Company (IAI).

   At this time, it was afternoon, and the afternoon sun shone on the airport, and there was no trace of cold, and the Mediterranean climate was still good.

   "Everyone, welcome to the Kingdom of David." Aharron Kaz, who was in charge of the reception, extended his hand to everyone.

The relationship between the East and the Kingdom of David is quite good. Before the introduction of the Su-27, the most advanced Thunderbolt-8 air-to-air missile of the domestic air force was the Snake-3, which imported a full set of technology from the Kingdom of David. Therefore, everyone is Old acquaintance.

At this moment, Katz shook hands with everyone one by one, first Mr. Lin, then Mr. Wang. When he saw the third person, he was taken aback, and then asked tentatively: "This is Mr. Qin from the Mingzhou Group. ?"

   "That's right, how did you know?" Qin Tao was very curious.

   "Of course I know. You have created miracles one after another in the field of shipbuilding. In the aviation industry, you also promoted your J-31A fighter jet. You are a magical man!"

   Facing Katz's praise, Qin Tao said a few words modestly: "Well, I'm just lucky. If you want to join the J-31A project, it's also possible."

Katz shook his head helplessly: "We have this idea, but some people will definitely not agree. Our self-developed fighters have had to stop research and development under their interference. How could they let us invest in J-3? Eleven A!"

   When talking about this, Katz suddenly thought of something: "Since you are developing a stealth machine, you must have developed a corresponding stealth paint, right?"

  Stealth paint? Why worry about this, in 1999, the paint for the stealth machine is still not available?

   Of course, we can't say yet.

   "This is a secret." Qin Tao said bluntly, and then pointed to the apron in the distance: "That plane is a Phalcon early warning aircraft modified from a Boeing 707, right? Can we go and have a look first?"

  (end of this chapter)