Chapter 948: What to do with domestically produced bombers?
?About two hours later, the plane finally arrived at Lintong Yaocun Airport in Haojing City, Qin Province.
??Although Chang Haonan first raised the idea of ??acquiring Tu-160 after the attack in September, the Air Force showed the utmost importance to the matter.
Less than a month later, the 108th Regiment of the 36th Air Force Division received an order to reorganize and reorganize. It handed over the original equipment reorganization system to the other two brother units, and entered a state of reorganization and training, preparing to receive the Chinese Air Force''s third Two types of strategic bombers—
In fact, the reason why Air Force leaders chose this unit is also based on historical considerations.
The 36th Air Force Division, formerly the Fourth Independent Regiment of the Air Force, is the only unit of the Chinese Air Force that has ever been equipped with strategic bombers (Figure 4), and the only unit that has had formal nuclear-related positions.
?Although these nuclear-related positions have been eliminated long ago, in 2001, many older generation commanders and fighters who had previously engaged in related work were still working hard at their jobs.
It is not completely dated after all.
When you recover, you won’t have a black eye.
?Of course, the “restoration” mentioned here only refers to the restoration of nuclear-related positions and nuclear-related establishments.
As for restoring space-based nuclear capabilities…
There is no timetable yet.
On the one hand, China has just joined the WTO, and Americans’ attention has finally been attracted to the Middle East. It is at the most critical stage of keeping a low profile and is not suitable for large-scale nuclear expansion.
on the other hand.
? is also more important.
??The few nuclear warheads currently in China''s hands are developed according to the requirements of ballistic missile delivery and are not suitable for air delivery.
??Not even an air-launched nuclear vehicle...
So, there is indeed a long way to go.
As the plane slowly descended, Chang Haonan gradually saw clearly the situation at the airport on the ground through the porthole.
The runway and taxiway have obviously just been renovated and reinforced, and there are even some engineering vehicles painted in military green parked not far away. They must have not had time to evacuate.
Even the marking lines above have been repainted, and the colors look much brighter than those at other airports.
On one side of the runway, two rows facing each other, with a total of 4 metal roofs, have been built.
Even if you look down from an airplane, you can see that its span is extremely huge.
At least sixty or seventy meters.
Based on the quantity judgment, it is obviously specially prepared for those 160 pictures.
On the other side, there is a conventional apron.
?Two rows of H-6 bombers are parked above.
The total number is about a dozen.
“Mr. Qiao.”
?Chang Haonan pointed out the window and asked Qiao Chenqing next to him:
“These H-6s are the current equipment of the 108th Regiment?”
The latter knew the situation here very well and shook his head without even looking outside:
“Strictly speaking, it is the equipment before the 108th Regiment.”
Looking at Chang Haonan’s curious eyes, he paused for a moment and then continued to explain:
“On paper, these aircraft have been handed over to two other regiments of the 36th Division.”
"However, in order to enhance the confidentiality of Yaocun Airport, the 106th and 107th regiments transferred to Wugong last month. Because the 108th regiment''s modification task was too urgent and they had not had time to complete the handover process, they still stopped here. "
As he spoke, the plane had landed at the end of the runway and began to slow down.
?This also made Chang Haonan notice the white radomes under the noses of several of the aircraft, as well as the very smooth belly due to the removal of a turret—
Hong 6H.
The latest model of the H-6 family.
After the plane entered a smooth taxiing state, Qiao Chenqing also noticed Chang Haonan’s gaze:
“There are several H-6Hs here that were delivered in small batches last year.”
“But…”
He showed a slightly helpless smile:
“It’s a bit behind the times...so the current position is a bit embarrassing...”
Chang Haonan was a little nervous when he heard this, but in the end he suppressed his laughter.
After all, this incident was ultimately caused by him.
According to the original plan, this "new" bomber, which was established in 1995, should enter service at the beginning of the 21st century and serve as the main missile carrier aircraft of the Chinese Air Force for a long period of time, combined with the TV-guided KD63 missile. Most of the ground precision strike missions.
From the perspective of the time, there was actually nothing wrong with this idea.
In the mid-1990s, there was no need to mention the J-10 and J-11, which seemed to have nothing to lose.
Even the JH-7 cannot guarantee the localization rate.
As a result, production of the imported Spey MK202 was quickly stopped after the imported spare parts were exhausted.
Therefore, the H-6 is my country’s only air-based and ground-based weapon platform that can maintain quality and quantity and serve.
In order to ensure sufficient range and power, the KD63 design prototype chose the earlier YJ-6 anti-ship missile, so it can still reach a range of nearly 70 kilometers while carrying a 500 kilogram warhead.
The price is that the bomb weighs an astonishing two tons.
Only the H-6 can carry it.?????Running in both directions belongs to.
Originally, this was supposed to be a beautiful story of machine-gun cooperation and mutual achievement.
However…
Times have changed.
??When both H-6H and KD63 completed testing and finally entered small batch trial production, the time had already reached 2000...
Although this speed is much faster than the original timeline.
Unfortunately it’s not fast enough.
?At almost the same time, the fully domestically produced and multi-purpose J-11B was to be equipped in small batches.
After major changes, the J-10A with full multi-purpose potential has also entered the end of testing.
As for the JH-7, which could not be built in large numbers at that time and was requested by the navy and air force...
Now she has become Mrs. Niu.
The emergence of a large number of cutting-edge tactical aircraft has also prompted the Aerospace Science and Industry Missile Research Institute to pick up the previously abandoned medium-sized air-to-surface missile project, KD88.
?The Eighth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology has already established a new supersonic air-to-air/air-to-ground universal missile project.
This is the Pili 13/KD13 that Chang Haonan previously recommended.
Both models have entered the final stages of target testing.
Not to mention other models that are still in the development process.
In short...
Nearly squeezing out the H-6H’s living space.
??However, in order to protect the business of Haofei Group and the R&D capabilities of China''s domestic bombers, low-speed production is still maintained and used as an emergency transition model.
It can only be said that the future of a piece of equipment depends not only on the efforts of R&D personnel, but also on the development of the historical environment.
Some equipment that was originally planned as a transitional piece of equipment ended up being the main force.
And some equipment that was supposed to work according to the main force ended up being reduced to transitional status...
…
It will take some time from the time the plane lands to the time it stops and you get off the plane.
In addition, we just happened to be chatting about the H-6.
?Therefore, Qiao Chenqing asked casually
"Xiao Chang, do you think...this H-6 has the potential to be further improved?"
?This seemingly simple question made Chang Haonan a little confused for a while.
“I think… there should still be some”
About half a minute later, he spoke with a slight hesitation:
“Although the performance of the Figure 16 platform has lagged somewhat behind, in some special cases, a platform that can carry large-sized weapons may still be needed.”
"At present, our country''s stealth technology is not yet mature, and if we develop a new, non-stealth medium bomber from scratch, there will be no qualitative difference from continuing to improve on the H-6... So, why not choose a A more cost-effective solution.”
“Anyway… when it comes to space-based strategic deterrence, we theoretically have it…”
Chang Haonan said as he glanced at the distant skyline.
According to the plan, the four Tu-160s should have taken off long ago and will probably arrive here before the sun sets.
“That’s true…”
??Qiao Chenqing also collected his thoughts at this time.
? Reason told him that at least during his tenure, the vast majority of China''s bomber forces would still have to accompany the H-6...
?However, Chang Haonan next to him did not completely stop thinking.
? ? In the previous version of the H-6K, in addition to the airborne equipment, the core improvement was to change the turbojet 8 to D30KP2/turbofan 18, thus greatly extending the range.
Even Guam can be directly included in the combat radius.
?However, in this world, it seems that after the production of Turbofan 10 is finalized next year, the Turbofan 20 project will be approved in advance.
Even the IL-76s that China has on hand, most of them already use the MF model of PS90A-76.
In this case, if we go back and imitate D30KP2...it seems a bit abstract.
However, the special structure of the H-6 engine located at the root of the wing cannot accommodate a large bypass ratio turbofan engine...
“It’s a **** to be alive.”
Chang Haonan complained in his heart:
“D30KP2, a seriously outdated product, has actually found a carrot hill that cannot be replaced by others..."
(End of this chapter)