Chapter 902 Space Fighter Design Scheme

Li Mo looked at the data in his hand and learned that the 'space fighter' is not only the Star Group's ability to develop. The American political axe began to develop strategic reconnaissance aircraft to reach this limit as early as the 1980s.

The 'Date of Dawn' high-altitude high-speed strategic reconnaissance aircraft is another multi-purpose aircraft in the United States that performs strategic reconnaissance and attack missions after the U-2 and 'Blackbird' strategic reconnaissance aircraft.

The development of the 'Goddess of Dawn' hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft began in 1985. Now it has been more than 20 years, which is longer than the development of the 'Bird of Raptor' fighter, and to this time, the United States has always denied its existence. Nevertheless, for more than 20 years, this mysterious plane still reveals the tip of the iceberg and is gradually recognized by the world.

This hypersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft is 32 meters long and 7 meters high, with a maximum take-off weight of 82 tons, an estimated maximum flight speed of Mach 6, a maximum flight altitude of 38.8 kilometers, and a range of more than 10,000 kilometers.

Unlike the nuclear-powered engine used in the 'Space Fighter' program, the super-burning engine used by the 'Goddess of Dawn' strategic reconnaissance aircraft can only break through the limit of the Mach 6 turbojet/vortex fan engine with the super-burning engine.

In terms of the idea of using the engine, the 'space fighter' is obviously more advanced, but the reason why the Star Group was able to use the nuclear-powered engine is mainly due to previous adventures, including the unknown origin of substance Y and the inspiration of those 'extraterra fragments' from the Egar's treasure, so that Star Group has solved the most critical radiation and material problems.

Americans don't have such luck, but they have a huge and strong basic strength. Through another way, that is, combining the power system of the space shuttle and the rocket, after a long technical accumulation and experiment, they have also made the 'Goddess of Dawn' reconnaissance aircraft to an unimaginable extent.

At this time, Li Mo suddenly found that if the 'space fighter' was only the expected last-name parameter, the advantage of the 'space fighter' would no longer exist in the face of the 'goddess of dawn' reconnaissance aircraft. The one-on-one battle may be won because the 'space fighter' specializes in combat, but the battle, especially the conflict between countries, cannot be as fair as the medieval duel. The United States can use its global satellite system and other advantages such as electronic technology to suppress the 'space fighter'. Combat effectiveness.

Li Mo couldn't sit still at the thought of the unproduced 'space fighter' that might be 'backward'. The day after returning to Somalia, Li Mo hurried to the aviation industrial park to inspect the industrial park in name, but actually came for the 'space fighter'.

In a secret building of the 'Second Aircraft Factory', Li Mo summoned the relevant leaders of the 'Space Fighter' research team and the head of the airline to discuss the issue of the 'Space Fighter'.

Hearing Li Mo's worries, Xu Dong, the head of the "space fighter" research team, immediately replied with a smile, "Boss, in fact, you don't have to worry about this matter. First of all, we will not discuss the stage of the development of the "Goddess of Dawn" and whether it has practical ability, that is, the "Goddess of Dawn" has been successfully developed and the secret department. The number can't be too much, and one is a multi-purpose fighter, and the other is a reconnaissance aircraft with a certain attack capability. There is no comparison between the two.

Of course, Li Mo also knows that it is not appropriate to compare fighters with reconnaissance aircraft, but Li Mo is really worried about another point, that is, since the United States has developed the 'Goddess of Dawn' strategic reconnaissance aircraft, why doesn't the United States apply these technologies to the 'fifth generation fighter'? Noodles? Let the 'fifth generation fighter' have the surname of 'Goddess of Dawn'?

"Boss, there is still no comparable surname." Xu Dong shook his head slightly and said, "We should all know that the 'Goddess of Dawn' uses a super-burning engine, that is, the kind of pulse burst engine. The advantage of this engine is that it can break through the speed limit of ordinary turbofan engines. As long as the structural strength of the aircraft and the safety of the pilot are guaranteed, the aircraft is in 6 Mach-25 The speed stage can theoretically be infinitely improved. Although the pulse detonation engine solves the shortcomings of ordinary ramjet engines in terms of low speed and can start at 0 speed, there is a difficulty in this kind of engine, that is, the controllable surname of aircraft thrust, just like a rocket engine, it is higher than the impulse and the thrust is large, but this thrust is difficult to effectively control, such as It can be used to carry out strategic reconnaissance or even strategic bombing as long as there is a certain breakthrough in technology, but it is very difficult to make the aircraft's mobility excellent with air fighting ability.

Only then did Li Mo smile with satisfaction. As long as the "Goddess of Dawn" strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the United States will not pose a strong challenge to the status of the "space fighter" air force fighters for a period of time. After all, compared with the pulse engine, the potential of the nuclear-powered engine is undoubtedly very large, with the development of technology. It is not difficult to show and break through, and finally develop a real 'space fighter'.

"Has your research team come up with a plan now?" Li Mo asked after a sigh of relief. Although the 'Goddess of Dawn' is not a threat to the 'space fighter' for the time being, the conversation with Fan Zheng gives Li Mo a sense of urgency. God knows what kind of conspiracy those Western countries are brewing now?

If the 'space fighter' is equipped as soon as possible, although it will not surpass the West in conventional force and comprehensive national strength, in local conflicts, the benefits of such a prominent aircraft are unimaginable, and it is possible to reverse the outcome of local conflicts.

And with the 'space fighter', Somalia's development of navy and missiles does not need to be so urgent. The strategic nuclear force will also rise from a roadbed missile nuclear force to an air-ground nuclear force with the birth of this multi-purpose fighter.

As for the strategic nuclear submarine, Li Mo doesn't need that. The reason why nuclear submarines have such a prominent position is mainly because of their hidden surnames, hidden in the depths of the deep sea, which can be said to be the easiest nuclear counterattack force to survive after the first round of nuclear strike. But the 'space fighter' also has a hidden surname, and its requirements for the take-off and landing runway are very low, which means that the 'space fighter' can take off and land on most of the ground, and its large voyage does not worry about the problem of fuel supply in the middle of the journey. Li Mo even feels that he can find a few desert islands on the ocean to open up a solid piece of solid land. The flat ground can allow planes to take off and land to hit any target in the world. In this way, when Somalia is hit by the enemy's pre-emptive nuclear attack, it is easy for some fighters to survive, and then they can carry out nuclear counterattack and nuclear retaliation.

Xu Dong was also relieved to hear that Li Mo did not continue to ask that question. Now the boss has put enough pressure on him. If there are more questions, he feels that he is about to collapse.

"Boss, after the discussion of our research and development team, two design plans were finally selected. Although the time is tight and many details have not been verified, it has little impact on the development process." Xu Dong, who had been prepared for a long time, opened the electronic display screen on the wall. The first thing that appeared in everyone's eyes was a black three-dimensional fighter structure diagram, including an observation map in six directions, including up, down, left and right.

"Isn't this the Su-47 'Golden Eagle' fighter?" Brigadier General Assad, the deputy commander of the air force sitting next to Li Mo, blurted out after seeing the plane map.

Li Mo also began to feel that the plane was particularly familiar. Hearing Assad's words, he immediately remembered that it was almost the same shape as the Russian 'fifth-generation' fighter 'Golden Eagle' fighter circulating on the Internet.

Xu Dong smiled at Assad and nodded, "When we chose to learn from the advanced fighter design experience of other countries, we chose the Su-47 'Golden Eagle' fighter as a reference, and the 'Golden Eagle' fighter most attractive to us is this kind of forward wing. We have developed a 'space fighter'. The main advantage is ultra-high-speed flight and large range. It can not only be used as a strategic breakthrough to the enemy's air defense and go deep into the depths of the enemy to carry out various strike missions, but also needs to seize air power in the existing air combat mode. That is to say, the future 'space fighter' is both a strategic bomber and an air superior fighter. But we know that the third-generation aircraft or even the fourth-generation aircraft equipped by modern countries are unlikely to encounter our aircraft at an altitude of 30 kilometers. That is to say, in terms of seizing air power, we can not only strike the enemy aircraft flying in the lower horizon, but also have the ability of low-space combat. The advantage of the space fighter is high altitude and high speed. The popular point is that you can always hide out of your reach in a rogue way, just like attacking a propeller plane with a jet fighter. Maintain an advantage in speed, always seize the best attack angle to launch missiles, and use high-speed maneuver to avoid incoming missiles. In terms of low altitude and low speed, these advantages do not exist. We must have short-range fighting ability, and the design benefits of the forward swept wing are highlighted. First of all, the forward swept-wing aircraft has more advantages in pneumatic energy than the swept-wing aircraft, which greatly improves the aircraft's maneuvering ability. The ability in subsonic and short-range air combat has doubled, followed by the take-off and landing advantage. Our 'space fighter's" itself is excellent take-off and landing, and the last test flight was large. It is not difficult to find that after the MiG-25 is loaded with a nuclear-powered engine, the take-off distance is only 360 meters. If it is replaced with a swept-for-flying wing and the lift is greater, the distance will be further shortened, and the distance between the real vertical take-off and landing aircraft is not much less. The last point is the stealth. The radar cross-sectional area of the front swept-wing aircraft is smaller than that of the swept-back wing, which makes the stealth of our aircraft better.

Brigadier General Assad was not happy with the benefits mentioned by Xu Dong. He asked suspiciously, "I remember using the design of the front swept wing. The benefits are obvious, but it is technically difficult and faces many unsolvable problems. The United States once designed a swept-wing aircraft, but was later forced to give up, and Russia's 'Golden Eagle' has not yet been born, which also shows that there must be problems with this design. If we adopt this design, can we make it in time?

He did not doubt whether the forward-wing aircraft could be designed, but worried that it would be too late. As the deputy commander of the air force, Assad is also a confaitron of Li Mo, and naturally knows a lot of top secrets. So it's not unreasonable to have this kind of worry.

(to be continued)