Chapter 965 TK21 Space Fighter
The missiles launched by the U.S. Air Force and the Joint Air Force passed by in the air, and the beautiful art-like war weapons rushed to the target with terrible murderous intent.
In the out-of-the-sight strike on both sides, the U.S. military fleet assisted by air early warning aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft has a certain advantage in some aspects. This is the gap between the real comprehensive combat effectiveness of the two sides, which cannot be recovered by manpower and morale at all.
Today is a good day over the Persian Gulf, but under the sun, the foil jamming bombs fired by the fighters of both sides filled the whole sky very quickly. It seemed that in an instant, the whole sky was covered by something.
The foil reflecting the light flew in the air, emitting a dazzling light, and the sound was like an explosion from the sky and the most 'bright' fireworks of this century, painted into a touching picture.
At a distance of 15 kilometers to 40 kilometers, the fighters of both sides vividly interpret the "over-the-horizon strike" in modern air combat.
But in the eyes of many people, they have mastered the advantages of electronic information technology. In this air battle, the American fleet must be leading in the range of over-the-sight strike, and in fact it is the same. When the smoke in the air dissipated, the fleets on both sides found the other party's fleet hidden in the clouds. The size of the United Air Force fleet is one-tenth smaller.
Within ten minutes from the fleet of both sides entering the missile range to the time of entering the air combat, the loss ratio of both sides is 2:11. The United States lost one F-15 and one F-18 in exchange for the loss of 11 fighter jets of the Joint Air Force.
In this way, the outcome of the failure of the Joint Air Force is foreseeable.
But whether it is the U.S. commander, the Joint Air Force, or the onlookers around them, their understanding of this air decisive battle is the same, that is, the decisive battle has just begun!
Yes, the real decisive battle has just begun. Although the American fleet has gained an advantage, many people are still optimistic about the United Air Force, because everyone knows that the real trump card of the United Air Force has not yet been shown.
... A yellow and green train slowly drove out of the railway station inside the Baidoa Aviation Industrial Park with a rumbling roar. Around the railway station, there is a heavily armed soldier with an indifferent face.
What is on the train in such a heavily defended place?
When the train left Baidoa, it was late at night, and the destination went to the southeast. If someone carefully observed, several boxes hanging on the suspected truck train had been specially modified.
When the train entered the railway station inside the Industrial Park of Badada Town, a large group of people who had been waiting for a long time got on the train, cranes and various loading and unloading vehicles came and went in a hurry. Soon, the goods on the train were secretly transported to a factory in the northern suburbs of the industrial park.
When Li Mo arrived here in a military helicopter, everything seemed to be ready.
Looking at the wing-shaped black plane in the factory, Li Mo's heart gushed out with infinite pride and excitement.
This is a real space fighter, and it is also a new aircraft developed by the 'Space Fighter' development team after the transition aircraft of the 'Shenhawk' fighter.
Compared with the Condor fighter, this wing-shaped aircraft is larger, especially the two swept wings, which look very slender.
Beside Li Mo, Major General Hussein, Chief of General Staff, was also stunned when he saw this strange plane.
"Is this the new plane? Why are there three vents?
Three nozzles can be clearly seen at the tail of the new aircraft, instead of one or two nozzles of the ordinary aircraft, one of which is the tail, just like the position of the normal single-engine aircraft, while the other two engine nozzles are deployed in the middle of the swept wing. However, unlike the engines on the wings of ordinary civil airliners, the two engine nozzles on the wings of the new fighter look a circle smaller than the nozzle at the tail.
Xu Dong, the leader of the 'Space Fighter' research team, smiled and explained, "Chief of Staff, the engines of this new fighter are not three, but four."
Originally, the three nozzles were already surprising, but Xu Dong's words surprised Li Mo and others. Four fighter jets? Super heavy-duty scrab? But Li Mo and Hussein looked carefully for a while and didn't find where the other engine nozzle was.
Xu Dong took everyone to the abdomen of the plane. A pilot-like man entered the cockpit. Soon, Li Mo and others found another engine nozzle, which was under the abdomen. But before, it was like a built-in magazine that shrank and could not be seen outside.
"What's the use of this engine?" Li Mo just wanted to ask a question, but Major General Hussein asked first.
Rong Buddha was the same as answering Hussein's words. There was a slight sound behind several people. As soon as Li Mo and others turned around, they stared at the swiping wings of the plane.
When the wing engine is close to the center of the fuselage, the wings have been twisted at this moment, just like the dynamic duck wings and variable tails on modern aircraft. The outside of the wings are 90 degrees of twisting the half of the engine. At this moment, the two nozzles that should have been facing backwards are facing the ground.
Li Mo looked at the nozzle under the abdomen of the machine again, and somehow a scene suddenly burst out in his mind. It seems to be a movie or something I've seen before. There is a UFO flying saucer in it, which ejects high-speed gas or energy downwards when taking off vertically, providing the plane with rising lift.
Vertical take-off and landing!
A real science fiction version of the vertical take-off and landing fighter.
It's not only Hussein, but also Li Mo. Has the scientific research strength of Star Group reached this level?
"The two officers must have guessed that the TK21 fighter is a vertical take-off and landing fighter." Xu Dong said with a gentle smile when he saw their faces.
"Then this kind of plane can take off and land on the ship?" Hussein asked excitedly. Vertical take-off and landing is undoubtedly a shortcut to aircraft carrier countries for many countries, but modern vertical take-off and landing technology is not perfect. Although there are British "Hur" fighters in front, for modern main fighters, the surname of "Hurrier" fighters is really not good. But Hussein understands that even if the big guy's last name can be data, he still doesn't understand it, but he doesn't think it's comparable to the 'hull' style of outdated goods. With vertical take-off and landing fighters, it seems very simple to have an alternative aircraft carrier fleet.
Xu Dong shook his head slightly and said, "Not to mention whether we need an aircraft carrier or not, but if necessary, a simple modification is not possible to have an aircraft carrier. The TK21 fighter does not use a conventional jet engine, but a nuclear-powered engine. It is not high-temperature and high-speed gas, but a high-energy particle flow. The temperature can be It reaches more than 3,000 degrees in an instant, and the general deck can't withstand this temperature. What's more, with the range of the TK21 fighter, we don't need a carrier like an aircraft carrier to complete the long-range launch mission of the fighter.
Hussein also patted his head and felt a little embarrassed. Not to mention this new fighter, it is the 'Eagle' fighter, which can fly around the Earth's equator without any assistance, so the aircraft carrier is a waste for Somalia.
Li Mo looked at the huge fighter over his head and felt a little complicated, because he just felt that such a plane had a role in modern air warfare?
"Commander, it's almost time now. I think it's a flight test?" Xu Dong didn't know that the boss's mind was changing, and he was still happy about his achievements.
"Well...then let's start."
Li Mo restrained his confused thoughts and nodded to the edge of the fighter plane.
Under the drag of a trailer, the huge thing weighing more than 100 tons slowly moved its body to the place where the eyes were shining.
No one can know that an unprecedented test flight is about to take place here. Although I don't know how many foreigners have eyeliners around the industrial park of Badada Town, it is a protected area with heavy internal defense, and there is no need to worry about the leakage of news.
The test flight this time was not carried out by Karim, but another pilot. Li Mo has some impression of this person. He is also one of the six-level pilots of the Strategic Air Force. He has also accepted Li Mo's spiritual development, otherwise the average pilot will not be able to complete this unprecedented and has a lot of physiology. Test flight of the test.
In the factory, I feel that the TK21 aircraft is very large, but when I go outside, compared with the surrounding environment, the visual impact is more obvious.
TK21 is like a moving steel castle, entering a special open space on the school grounds.
There are multiple warning lines around, but there is no good way to solve the satellites that may be monitored here at all times.
But this situation will be over soon. Xu Dong thought silently when he saw the TK21 fighter in the middle of the venue doing the final self-inspection.
After everything was ready, Li Mo, as the chief officer, gave the order to test the flight.
Everyone saw that another nozzle under the abdomen of the TK21 fighter was released like a landing gear, and the outer half of the swept wing was slowly twisting, until all three nozzles were facing the ground.
When the take-off order reached the test pilot's place, everyone only felt a shock on the ground, and three nozzles under the plane sprayed a light blue and white hot particle stream at the same time.
With a slight shock, the huge fuselage slowly rose vertically into the air, just like the flying saucer in the movie. After rising to thousands of meters in the air, the two wing engines at the rear end of the aircraft returned to normal, and the lower abdomen continued to provide upward thrust. The aircraft did not need to lift the nose, just like the bell of the Soviet fighter. In turn, the tail of the machine did not move, and the nose flew from flat to vertical up. In the process, the engine nozzle under the abdomen of the machine was gradually taken back.
When the fighter's nose is completely vertical, the upward thrust of the three nozzles in the tail pushes the aircraft into the sky.
(to be continued)