Chapter 1495: 1496Pilot Pressure
Chapter 14951496 Pilot’s Pressure
In a factory that was more than ten times larger than before, unfinished aircraft were placed diagonally one after another, extending from the door to the innermost part.
Workers wearing work clothes and special rubber shoes stood next to the internal supports of the aircraft, concentrating on installing various parts.
These aircraft are so huge that they make the workers next to them look very small. The visiting Air Force representatives were talking to the workshop director. They pointed at the new Yinglong fighter and put forward many practical suggestions.
The ejection seat of the aircraft can ensure that the pilot can escape safely at twice the speed of sound, and the ejection of the aircraft is still effective when the aircraft is close to crashing.
Such a device does not exist in other countries, and they do not have aircraft that can install such a device: even if they wanted to, the load capacity and cabin size of their aircraft are completely unable to install such escape ejection seats.
The internal structure of the brand new aircraft is complex, and the jet engine is also almost impossible to imitate. The industrial pearl of the Tang Empire still belongs only to the Datang Empire, and it will take more than ten or even decades for other countries to take it away.
The fruits of labor of hundreds of thousands of workers in the Tang Empire are not so easy to catch up with. What is needed to overtake in a corner is a miracle. Obviously, similar miracles have not happened in the countries on the Eastern Continent.
“The assembly work of Yinglong fighter jets has always been smooth. We have the best workers and the best factory.” The workshop director proudly introduced his work status.
“We need more aircraft, and Yinglong’s production priority is the highest, so I’ll leave it to you.” The military representative looked at the aircraft that were already taking shape and said with satisfaction.
They are stepping up their efforts to manufacture brand-new fighter jets to prepare for cross-sea operations. There are now hundreds of Yinglong fighter jets in service, and many modifications have been made during their service.
For example, the latest Yinglong has added a photoelectric sensor, which can support the pilot's practical helmet sight to directly lock on the combat target.
Such progress can make Tang pilots' air combat tactics sharper and their targets more efficient.
In addition, the Tang Empire also selected long-range air-to-air missiles for Yinglong and Feisha. The latest missiles can attack targets 60 kilometers away. This distance is not the farthest data, but the kind that can lock the target and let the target A distance that is almost impossible to escape.
Although the price of missiles is still not cheap, the cost has also dropped due to the increase in procurement volume. The Tang Empire plans to equip its air force with 20,000 similar missiles, which is roughly equivalent to the total number of aircraft in the air forces of other countries.
In addition, Datang Group is also producing close combat missiles for the Air Force. The performance of these missiles has also been improved. At least they can distinguish between the sun and the tail flames of friendly aircraft.
The advancement of computers can allow infrared combat missiles to have a certain "intelligence". They can distinguish the basic outline of the locked target while locking, compare it with the data in the image library, and identify the correct target.
Such combat missiles are already very smart, and the possibility of the opponent's aircraft getting rid of such missiles is greatly reduced. What's more, half of the countries on the Eastern Continent don't even have decent airborne warning systems.
Even the F-16, the third-generation aircraft with the best vision, has a blind spot in the pilot's field of vision. It is impossible for the pilot to pay attention to changes in the surrounding environment at all times when controlling the aircraft. Therefore, before there was a warning system, the pilot had no way of knowing that the missile was incoming. They are basically no different from blind men. They only know they are being attacked after being hit by a missile. Then all they could do was frantically pull the handle of the ejection seat and pray that they wouldn't be penetrated by a single piece of equipment.
Regrettably, because there are no better materials and the aircraft's load capacity is limited, most of the aircraft equipped by countries around the world do not prepare better protective measures for their pilots. Therefore, as long as Tang's air-to-air missiles hit the target, the pilots The chance of survival is very low.
Therefore, recently, whether it is the dwarves who have just equipped the Strong Five, the elves who have already equipped the 104 fighter jets, or the Susas and Lions Empire who are installing other fighter jets, they are all pleading to the Tang Empire. The Tang Empire was humanitarian and sold airborne warning technology to them.
On the one hand, they really can’t afford to lose pilots. After all, the aircraft can be replenished no matter what, but pilots really can’t be trained in a short time.
Today's pilots are completely different from the propeller aircraft pilots of the past. They are more professional and very cutting-edge. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for any country to cultivate a team of thousands or even tens of thousands of pilots in the past.
In recent years, the number of jet fighter pilots in various countries has generally only been maintained at around 1,000. The number can only be a few hundred more, and the number is probably more than 800.
Further expansion of the pilot team is unlikely, partly because of cost issues and partly because of time issues.
When the tactics are unclear, the performance of the aircraft cannot be fully understood, and the battlefield is extremely passive, one can imagine how difficult it is to train pilots.
So everyone has their thoughts on the Tang Empire: If we can improve the survival probability of pilots, so that downed pilots can save their lives, and perhaps return to the battlefield in a short time, then our air force combat effectiveness may be shortened. Enhanced greatly within a period of time.
On the other hand, countries hope to give the pilots in the sky some comfort: Just kidding, the pilots are on tenterhooks as soon as they are in the sky. They don’t know when the missiles will attack, so how can they fight?
The pressure of silence is the most devastating. Pilots who are unaware of the entire battlefield airspace have no intention of fighting. In most cases, they will even directly refuse to take off.
This situation leaves countries with thousands of empty aircraft but little means of combat. Therefore, they believe that the most urgent solution is how to detect the incoming missiles of the Tang Army and provide a warning device to pilots.
After all, with this device, pilots can parachute in advance and even perform evasive maneuvers... In short, similar devices can make all the air forces in the Eastern Continent more courageous.
The Tang Empire naturally did not agree to sell such an important device immediately. Tang Mo was also thinking about whether it would be worth it if such technology were taken out.
(End of this chapter)