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"These are indeed problems. Although drones do not need to take off and land repeatedly and have a longer service life like fighter jets, they also need to be able to make greater maneuvering actions and higher speeds..." Liu Yijiu nodded.

In terms of drones, the performance of various countries is not advanced enough, especially the ability to stagnate the air.

Drones are just used as targets and to do some simple tasks. It is difficult to use drones on a large scale to perform various military missions as they have entered the 21st century.

"Xiao Liu, we need to obtain more advanced drones as soon as possible to test our missiles. What should we do? Is it imported from abroad?" Xia Fei frowned and asked Liu Yijiu.

He knew that the progress of China Southern Airlines University could not be too great.

Otherwise, he would have known the news long ago.

Only by achieving success can you get more funds.

"No! The price of U.S. drone drone is too expensive!" Liu Yijiu shook his head firmly, "Don't say that the funds we have in our hands cannot afford to waste, even if we can afford to, we cannot do this. The target aircraft we need is not one or two. Air defense missiles require target aircraft to be tested, air-to-air missiles require drones to be tested, and even the combat performance of fighter jets also requires drones to be tested. How much can we import?"

Liu Yijiu never thought of importing from abroad, even if the progress of the entire project was restricted, he would not agree to import from abroad.

Just like the saying circulated by national defense science and technology workers in the past, conditions can be achieved, and conditions can be created without conditions.

Once you choose to import from abroad, you have to spend more time studying other people's technical standards, then copying them, and using other people's standards to improve. Although technological progress may be easier, adopting this method will seriously weaken the creative ability of scientific and technological workers in the Republic.

The reason why the Soviet Union was strong was because they always adhered to their own standards.

Even if there is no way, I got technology from the Soviet Union or the United States. Liu Yijiu's purpose was to get the Republic's technical standards based on these foundations.

Although the Soviet r-77 air-to-air active radar-guided missile has technology, China will not use all the technologies, but part of the finished products exchanged also require the improvement of the interface of the weapon system, otherwise it will be impossible to launch it.

"What should we do if we don't import it? Wouldn't we do the test?" Xia Fei said with a frown.

Liu Yijiu is often just thinking hard.

Time is already urgent. Can't we import a few aircraft first for emergency response and then conduct our own technical research?

"Or let Iran or Iraq help us conduct experiments? Directly use actual combat to test performance?" Long Yaohua was also a little dissatisfied.

Although the Soviet Union is preparing to withdraw troops from the border, the Republic's military development requires that more advanced fighter jets and missiles must be equipped!

"No, we can change Qiang5 into an unmanned target machine!" Liu Yijiu said gritting his teeth.

When Xia Fei and Long Yaohua heard this, they immediately jumped up, "No, absolutely not! That is the mainstream fighter jet with the most equipment in our army..."

Liu Yijiu curled his lips and looked at the two big shots, saying with contempt. "What mainstream fighter jets? This thing is just a first-generation aircraft. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was barely advanced, but now? This thing is just a backward thing! I don't know what the leaders of the Air Force think, why are they still producing the strong five?"

Qiangwu is a single-seat twin-engine supersonic light attacker developed by China based on the J-6 imitated by the Soviet MiG-19. It has a length of 16.73 meters, a height of 4.51 meters, a wingspan of 9.7 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 11,300 kilograms, and a maximum load capacity of only 1,500 kilograms. What's more, the combat radius of this thing is only 400 kilometers-600 kilometers!

Although this type of fighter was developed to support ground troops' operations and could also conduct air combat, the final facts proved that this thing was only about the same type of attack aircraft from the Soviet Union and the United States when it was first developed!

It has now entered the 1980s. The fourth-generation aircraft of the Soviet Union and the third-generation aircraft of the United States have begun to enter service. China is still continuing to improve this kind of old aircraft. Until the 21st century, the Republic is still spending money on such aircraft.

In the end, after countless clearly known results were thoroughly confirmed, when this old master aircraft, which could not be older, was completely retired, the Republic equipped thousands of aircraft!

At that time, the function of this type of fighter was to seal it up and transform it into a drone for various military missions and target aircraft!

The most fatal disadvantage of Qiangwu is that the navigation and fire control electronic equipment are too backward, making the ground attack effect very unsatisfactory. The combat capability at night and under harsh weather conditions can almost be described as "not worth mentioning".

It’s not that the Air Force does not know, but that the Air Force clearly knows it, but that there are no other more advanced fighter jets to replace the position of the Strong Five.

"With so many shortcomings, the Air Force is still carrying out a lot of equipment... Even if we give advanced avionics systems, are these things worth tens of millions of dollars per set? No matter how much improvement can we increase the combat radius to more than one thousand kilometers?"

Liu Yijiu said directly contemptuously to the two military bosses.

"Only by changing it to a target aircraft or even an unmanned attack aircraft, the fifth master with the largest number of equipment in our country can make the most use..." Liu Yijiu knew the fate of Qiang Wu, so he did not want the Air Force to invest more in it.

The Air Force has been investing funds and constantly improving the strong five.

From the beginning, the fifth master was destined to be in a dilemma of "congenital deficiency and acquired disorder". No matter how he changed it, it would be useless.

The aircraft is too small and no matter how much it improves, it is not very useful.

As Liu Yijiu said, if an aircraft with low cost is used to use advanced radars such as pulsed Doppler radar and more advanced avionics and computer-aided systems, the combat radius is only more than 400 kilometers, carrying more than one ton of ammunition...

The picture is too beautiful and Liu Yijiu can't imagine it at all.

Whether it was Long Yaohua, Xia Fei, or even Jiang Sen, they all became sad.

Liu Yijiu is not wrong. If this is not the case, it would not have been copied on the F-14, and the Air Force would want to install it?

"Mr. Zhao, if Qiangwu is converted into a target machine, how long do you think this work will be completed?" Liu Yijiu did not discuss whether Qiangwu is suitable for transforming into a target machine.

Zhao Xi frowned and said, "Director Liu, isn't it too wasteful to use Qiangwu?"

"How can it be wasted? Anyway, the target aircraft are basically disposable consumables. They are directly transformed with old fighter jets from the Air Force. Even if the engine is aging, the equipment is aging. This will save more costs." Using retired fighter jets to act as target aircraft is a cost-saving thing, "Minister Xia, what do you think of this plan?"

In this situation, what else can Xia Fei say?

Moreover, Liu Yijiu did not say that he would use the new fighter jets in the army, nor did he say that he would produce new ones to be target aircraft.

"Many of the retired strong fives have been sealed up to prepare for battle..."

"We don't use much. It's a waste of space to put it there. When new fighters come out, these backward fighters will naturally make way for the new fighters. Although the strong five are cheap, they can't deal with more advanced fighters at all..."

Liu Yijiu is talking about the facts.

The combat radius of Qiangwu is too short, and the radar has not discovered the enemy yet. The enemy has already started firing missiles, and in the end it can only become a target in the air.

The enemy can fire before these fighters are discovered, or use high maneuverability to fight at close range. How can Master Qiang Wu's old body withstand the tossing? Not to mention anything else, if someone stays in the air for an hour or two, Master Qiang Wu has to go back and add oil several times...

"If you use the retired strong five modification, it should be completed in three months. Of course, this is with the perfect control system. Moreover, strong five is more complex than Changkong No. 1, with faster speed and better performance, and it is likely not easy to control..." Zhao Xi nodded when he saw Xia Fei, measured it, and estimated that it would be completed in two months.

But he still conservatively said that it would take three months.

"Okay, let's use the retired Qiangwu to change the target machine! Of course, the improvement of Changkong-1 has to continue. After all, Qiangwu's target machine is a bit of a waste. If more advanced drone technology can be developed, we can directly remotely control the Qiangwu Ye's modified drone to carry out battlefield support missions..." Liu Yijiu gave Xia Fei and others a promise.

Use the Qiang Five to transform into a drone that can perform combat missions!

Xia Fei and Long Yaohua and others agreed, and things would be easier.

The Republic has sealed a lot of old-fashioned strong fives, especially those prototypes.

If Liu Yijiu wants to transform it into a target machine, he naturally has to choose the most backward and oldest one, otherwise it will be a waste.

Zhao Xi had no objection to such a thing, but Liu Yijiu was still unhappy because the strong five who was too backward could not make the missile's performance test more perfect.

The Fifth Master has special significance to the Republic Air Force.

Qiangwu is the most equipped model in China, especially on the Sino-Soviet border. Xia Fei agreed to mobilize ten retired Qiangwu basic models for Zhao Xi and others to transform into unmanned target aircraft. These transformation work will be carried out directly in factories related to China Southern Airlines University.

It is actually much easier to transform fighter jets into unmanned target aircraft than to develop them.
Chapter completed!