Before the year of the Blade, countries around the world were very active in developing unmanned fighters. After the conflict in southern Tibet, countries' enthusiasm for developing unmanned fighters quickly cooled down. The fifth generation of heavy air combat aircraft represented by Xiaojiu of the Republic, Taiwan of the United States, Ganying of Russia, and Hurricane of Europe were born one after another.

The reason why heavy air combat aircraft did not embark on the road of unmanned is three kilograms.

The intelligence of automated control equipment does not meet the basic requirements of air combat. Although countries around the world did not encounter much difficulty in developing unmanned attack aircraft, air combat aircraft is not an attack aircraft. It is even more impossible to become a vehicle for weapons and ammunition. In the battle for air control supremacy, air combat aircraft has very flexible missions. Pilots often need to make decisions immediately. Even if the intelligence of neural network computers is far greater than that of electronic computers. With the computing speed of electronic computers, automatic control systems can replace people in many cases. However, without the computer achieving advanced intelligence, it is impossible to replace people in war.

Second, the modern battlefield environment is even worse, and it is difficult to ensure the completion of combat missions without manned control. Air-control fighters are not only the main force to seize air supremacy, but also the main barrier for national air defense. With forced electromagnetic interference equipment widely used in wars, no one dares to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars of fighter jets to electronic equipment, and they dare not place the safety of the country on a group of unmanned fighters.

Third, air combat weapons are becoming more and more advanced. In addition to offensive missiles, a large number of defensive weapons have also appeared, which has changed the direction of air combat. With the Republic and the United States taking the lead in developing laser interceptors for fighter jets, the position of long-range interceptor missiles in air combat has been challenged. Although neither the Republic nor the United States have disclosed the specific performance indicators of laser interceptors, and even did not admit that they have developed laser interceptors. However, under the promotion of technology, laser interceptors and even energy air combat weapons will sooner or later replace missiles and artillery. In this way, air combat will once again enter the fighting era, and no matter how advanced automatic control systems are, it is impossible to replace pilots in fighting air combat.

Combining these three factors, the fifth-generation heavy air combat fighter is still a manned fighter

As the world's first formal service dragon, Xiaojiu was tested at the end of the year, and its official service was the fifth-generation heavy air combat fighter jet from the beginning of the year, which can be said to have led the development trend of fighter jets.

In terms of aerodynamic layout, Xiaojiu adopts a very unique "tailless butterfly wing body fusion" layout.

The entire fighter not only has no vertical tail wing, nor does it have horizontal tail wing. The small aspect ratio trapezoidal wings began to thicken from one third of the wing tip. In the end, it was completely integrated with the fuselage; the aerodynamic control surface of the entire aircraft only had six horizontal elevators with three-stage layout behind the wings on both sides. The main control of the fighter's flight attitude was to deflect each calcium degree left and right, and deflect each ten thousand degrees up and down. The 8 attitude thrust nozzles set on both sides of the fuselage directly referenced high-temperature airflow from the main engine; the engine intake duct was set at the junction of the wing and the fuselage. In addition to using a small thug, it was not like an aircraft at all, but more like two plates with irregular outer edges that were tightly clasped together, or a flattened can.

The unique aerodynamic appearance gives Xiaojiu a very excellent stealth performance. Compared with the strongest external stealth capability among the fourth-generation heavy air combat fighter, Xiaojiu's external stealth capability has been improved by 2 orders of magnitude. The front is only 0 square meters, and the side is only slab square meters. Of course, Xiaojiu's adopts a fully embedded cockpit. Although this will seriously limit the pilot's field of vision, the pilot's field of vision can be effectively solved by adopting virtual reality technology, thereby fundamentally eliminating the impact of the cockpit on stealth performance.

Xiaojiu adopts a brand new bomb bay layout and structure. The aircraft has a total of 4 internal bomb bays. The two bomb bays located at the base of the wing are mainly used to carry air-to-air ammunition and small ground-to-ground attack ammunition. The two bomb bays located between the engine bays are used to carry full-size heavy ammunition and various large equipment. When performing air-control tasks, 8 interception missiles and 2 fighting missiles can be carried in the 2 wing bomb bays. Two super-large internal courage tanks can be carried in the 2 fuselage bomb bays; when performing ground-to-ground attack missions, 8 small-diameter bomb bays and Dig fight missiles can be carried in the 2 wing bomb bays, 8 air-launched cruise missiles or 4 air-launched cruise missiles and thugs can be carried in the 2 fuselage bomb bays, and 8 air-launched cruise missiles or 4 air-launched cruise missiles and thugs can be carried in the 2 fuselage bomb bays. According to different tasks, munitions can be carried in accordance with different configurations.

No matter how much ammunition you carry, you must have the ability to hit the enemy. Xiaoye is the first fighter to use a fire-controlled radar antenna, that is, the shape of the antenna of the fire-controlled radar is designed according to the shape of the nose. This is also impossible. Because Xiaojiu's aerodynamic layout is too special, the space of the nose is very limited. If a traditional fire-controlled radar antenna is used, the radar's detection distance will be very limited. The biggest problem brought by the fire-controlled radar antenna is the huge data processing capacity. It must be equipped with a fire-controlled computer with very fast computing speed. It is also true that Xiaojiu's fire-controlled computer has a computing speed of 4. The powerful computing power gives Xiaojiu a stronger combat capability. For example, when performing air combat missions, Xiaojiu can not only use radar to connect air targets, but also search for ground corpses and sea targets at the same time, and detect 4 fields of air-ground targets at the same time.

The air target and the sea surface target are tracked, and the air targets are attracted to attack the air target or the ground, and the sea surface is the old Sichuan... With a fire-controlled radar antenna, Xiaojiu has no strict restrictions on the layout of the radar antenna. It can not only be set at the nose, but also in any place with sufficient space on the fuselage. During the design, the engineer was saying that Xiao6 can act as a small early warning aircraft in the aircraft group. Use tactical data links to send the collected battlefield information to other fighters, or the ground, and the air command center to guide other fighters in the formation. In addition to radar, Xiaojiu also has three sets of photoelectric detection equipment, namely long-range infrared detectors, all-round photoelectric monitoring systems and short-range infrared and ultraviolet detectors. The latter two have the ability to fight against forced electromagnetic interference devices, which can provide strong guarantees for fighters to fight in extremely harsh electromagnetic environments.

As an air superiority fighter that combines the Republic's Air Force and Navy, a design from the little thug gives people a feeling of "returning to ancient times", that is, the hydraulic mechanical control system.

In fact, Xiaojiu's hydraulic mechanical control system is just a backup control system, and its main control system is still the 4-degree fly-by-speed control system. After the introduction of the fly-by-speed control system, some third-generation fighters had backup hydraulic mechanical control systems. The main reason was that the fly-by-speed control system was not perfect enough at that time. The safety performance was not guaranteed. In the fourth generation, most fighters had cancelled the hydraulic mechanical control system. By the fifth generation fighter, the hydraulic mechanical control system was put on the battlefield again. It has a lot to do with the widespread application of forced electromagnetic interference equipment. Tests have proved that in the environment of forced electromagnetic interference, the reliability of the fly-by-speed control system has no guarantee of any guarantee, but the hydraulic mechanical control system is safer: Of course, compared with the traditional hydraulic mechanical control system, Xiaojiu's backup control system is actually controlled by a computer protected by an electromagnetic shielding system, and the pilot's working pressure is not high.

Compared with the previous "novel" design, the "active defense system" on the old work is definitely the most representative.

The so-called "active defense system is actually a missile defense system based on a small high-energy laser interceptor. The system is controlled by a fire control computer and does not require pilot control. In order to reduce structural weight and reduce manufacturing costs, the entire system consists of a set of high-energy lasers and 6 sets of aiming systems covering the entire airspace. The high-energy laser is arranged in the compartment behind the pilot's cockpit.

By licking high-purity optical fibers, the high-energy laser beam is transmitted to the aiming system, and the aiming system locks the approaching missile, and then the laser beam attacks the missile's guide head or engine, paralyzing and destroying incoming missiles, achieving the purpose of protecting fighter jets.

It can be said that this is also the most advanced combat system on the Little Thug 6.

Although the Air Force repeatedly asked to replace the air cannon with high-energy lasers, after comprehensive consideration, the Air Force finally gave up this requirement. The reason is very simple. The cost is too high. The power provided by the thugs is that the thugs are the power provided by the thugs. The kilogram composite battery can only be effectively intercepted for 8 times. If a laser is used to replace the air cannon, it must be equipped with at least a kilogram composite battery, thereby increasing the manufacturing cost by nearly 100%. Because Xiaojiu took into account future improvement needs during design, the total mass of the 30mm air cannon and the sturdy shell is more than 34 kilograms. The composite battery can be manufactured according to the shape of the internal space of the fuselage, so after the price of the old-grade composite battery is reduced, it can be very convenient to replace the air cannon with high-energy lasers.

It is used to describe "arming to the teeth. Say, Xiao Zhao ends with a complete victory.

The huge gap is like the logic and the fall. Fighters from different eras are not on the same level at all.

Excellent performance has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the Air Force and the Navy have accelerated the thugs. Chi is no longer the unique fifth-generation heavy air combat fighter.

The United States did not provide electricity to India. The fundamental reason is that it is too advanced. If it accidentally falls into the hands of the Republic on the battlefield, the US Air Force will have no secrets.

In fact, the beginning of the U.S. Navy equipment was also very advanced, but it was a huge reduction in sales to India.

For example, the first is equipped with an active defense system. However, due to the size of the body, its active defense system can only intercept 4 targets in one battle, and the iron interception window deployed on the fuselage cannot be fully covered. However, compared with Huishen, who has no active defense ability at all, the mother has much stronger survivability in front of the young thug. The United States does not equip the active defense system to India for two reasons: one is that the active defense system is the latest air combat weapon and cannot be sold to other countries easily; the other is that the US's active defense system uses lip-level composite batteries, which have not yet reached the actual combat level.

In order to "comfort" humility, the United States provided an extra special ammunition to the Indian Air Force: electromagnetic interference missiles.

Forced electromagnetic interference can not only deal with warships on the sea, but also use them to deal with them.

"The forced electromagnetic interference system can handle fighter jets with the capability of installing the forced electromagnetic interference device on air-to-air missiles is not a strange thing, and the Republic is also doing this.

However, the scope of the forced interference device is limited by its power. For example, the output power of the forced interference device carried by a warship is as high as several megawatts, and its range of action is only a blade kilometer, while the output power of the forced electromagnetic interference device engraved by the missile is only a kilowatt level, and its range of action will not exceed a station kilometer. Even so, the power of the "forced electric collision of a thousand-stop air-to-air missile" cannot be underestimated. Because this is equivalent to increasing the missile's attack error to kilometer, and the missile is no longer required to hit the target directly.

As the latest air-to-air ammunition, the price of forced electromagnetic interference missiles is not low.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Indian Air Force only purchased 24 pieces from the United States, and on average, each fighter was not assigned to the thug. What's more important is that because the quality of the forced electromagnetic interference warhead is difficult to reduce, the total mass of the forced electromagnetic interference air-to-air missile exceeds the ten-kilogram. It is more than twice that of the same range interceptor missile. Ma Si can only carry up to 2 pieces, in order to carry other ammunition. Generally, only carry ones.

After the outbreak of the war, the Indian Air Force dispatched four fighter jets carrying forced electromagnetic interference missiles to the northwest. According to the tactics of the Indian Air Force, there is only one mission for these fighters, which is to approach the Republic's airspace when the battle breaks out, attack early warning aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft flying in the Republic's airspace.

The Indian Air Force does not intend to use forced electromagnetic interference missiles to attack fighters: First, the price of missiles is ridiculously high, and it is too wasteful to use them to attack fighters; Second, Xiao Zhao's stealth ability is very outstanding, Yo Si can detect the enemy first and attack the enemy first, so it is impossible to use forced electromagnetic interference missiles to deal with the little thug.

In fact, this tactic is inherently problematic.

Mom can't even beat the young queen. Why do you want to deal with the early warning and electronic warfare aircraft hiding behind an old man?

After the air base was bombed, eight Milk 4 carrying forced electromagnetic interference missiles immediately left the formation and advanced north as quickly as possible. They prepared to attack the Republic Air Force's early warning aircraft. Obviously, the Indian Air Force's reaction was very fast. It was clear that only by destroying the Republic Air Force's early warning aircraft can we defend air supremacy.

But the Indian pilot who was driving Shi 4 didn't know that Xiao Lao in front was waiting for this opportunity.

The Military Intelligence Agency received news as early as Rennainian. The United States provided at least a young forced electromagnetic interference missile to the Indian Air Force in a very secretive way. It also provided supporting fire control software for the Indian Air Force's First Fourth Fighter, and even sent technicians to help the Indian Air Force master the use of forced electromagnetic interference missiles.

When formulating a combat plan, the Air Force considered this issue.

It is obviously unlikely to find fighter jets carrying forced electromagnetic interference missiles from dozens of Shitanaka. Although Xiaobi has absolute performance advantages, in the chaotic air combat battlefield, Indian Air Force pilots are likely to use forced electromagnetic interference missiles to deal with small thugs. Or take advantage of troubled waters and attack early warning aircraft. The most effective way is to let the other party expose their strength. Wait until Shitan, who has the strong electromagnetic interference missile, breaks away from the aircraft group before launching an attack.

I had been waiting for the opportunity for a long time and did not waste the opportunity. I immediately intercepted the four milk that had come out.

There is not much suspense in air combat. When Shitian's pilot heard the alarm from the missile warning aircraft, the oncoming concave-blade air-to-air missile had entered the self-guided distance, leaving only a slim way to hit the target. In such a short time, Indian pilots had no time to launch forced electric collision jamming missiles, or even had no time to open the missile's safety device.

At 8 o'clock, eight milk fields with special missions turned into scrap iron burning and exploding on the ground.

After the air battle began, there was no reason to stop.

At 8:00,000, the small old aircraft group entered the northwest battlefield of Indian airspace from three directions and was divided into the Pamir Plateau and Pakistan. With absolute advantage, they found the Ma Si of the Indian Air Force.

Although the thugs of the US Air Force were patrolling over New Delhi and commanding the Xiangkou fighter to fight, there was still no suspense in the air combat.

In visual outer air combat, it is not only about intercepting missiles, but also about active defense systems.

Facing the Indian missiles fired from inside, the small old crew not only did not avoid it, but instead accelerated to approach. Mo Si could not do this. Before the Bird approached, he had to turn to escape.

If the side chases, one side escapes, the second result will not appear in the battle.

The air supremacy in the area north of the Ganges Plain fell into the hands of the Republic Air Force.

At the last moment, the Indian Air Force made the wisest decision, which was to let the urgent takeoff Ma Jia Ma Si immediately turn back and head to the air force base located at the southern tip of India.

It is natural to escape if you can't win.

The problem is that the Indian Air Force retreated voluntarily, which was equivalent to giving air supremacy to the Republic Air Force. It was also equivalent to allowing the Republic Air Force to bomb Indian military targets north of the Wonbaia Mountains.

After easily seizing air supremacy, large-scale bombing operations by the Republic's Air Force also began.

But what is the main force this time is not what makes the enemy scared, but it is a little scary.
Chapter completed!