Chapter 994 Zhuhai Air Show Flight Show
Polar Bear Exhibition Area!
This time, Polar Bear also sent a huge lineup, with famous aircraft gathered here.
The United States and the Soviet Union have always led the world's military development.
The same is true for aerospace.
Even now, the aerospace of the two countries ranks among the top two in the world!
The most attractive people in the Polar Bear Exhibition Area are naturally military transport aircraft, tankers, early warning aircraft, and bombers!
"Tu-16 'Badger' twin-engine high-subsonic strategic bomber!" Shi Lao looked at the first of the bombers, his eyes flashing.
The H-6 is a copy of the Tu-16. The Tu-16 strategic bomber has a maximum range of 7,000 kilometers. It was put into service in 1955 and can launch cruise missiles.
The next one is the Polar Bear's Tu-95 'Bear' long-range strategic bomber, with 4 turboprop engines, a maximum range of 15,000 kilometers, and was put into service in 1956.
The third bomber is the Tu-160 ‘Pirate Flag’ strategic bomber, a supersonic variable-sweep wing long-range strategic bomber that is mainly capable of high-altitude subsonic cruise, low-altitude subsonic or high-altitude supersonic raids. It was commissioned in 1987 and is one of the most advanced strategic bombers in the world.
Shi Lao looked at the Tu-160 ‘Pirate Flag’ strategic bomber with an obsessed look.
This was the first time he saw the Tu-160 strategic bomber in person. He finally understood why this strategic bomber was called the ‘White Swan’ fighter. It was so beautiful!
Every time the Tu-160 strategic bomber performs a mission, it always shocks the world.
No country in the world can ignore the Tu-160 strategic bomber!
Even the United States can’t do it!
The Tu-160 strategic bomber is capable of low-altitude supersonic penetration at Mach 2.3. It has an empty weight of 110 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 275 tons, a maximum flight speed of nearly Mach 2.3, a maximum range of 15,000 kilometers, and a maximum bomb load of 45 tons. In the subsonic penetration mode carrying 9 tons of ammunition, the range can reach 7,300 kilometers.
In addition, this strategic bomber can also carry 12 KH-55 air-launched cruise missiles with a strike range of up to 9,500 kilometers.
The Soviet Air Force originally planned to equip 100 Tu-160s, but because of the split between the reformists and the conservatives, only more than 20 of these strategic bombers were equipped.
But even so, its deterrent power is still great.
Every time it appears in the North Sea, the clowns who dance happily are better than dogs!
The Tu-160 strategic bomber is the most advanced strategic bomber of the polar bear. It has always been an important strategic deterrent and strike platform for the polar bear.
It also represents the highest level of strategic bombers in the Soviet era. Its elegant appearance design, variable swept wing structure, powerful engine and extremely high bomb load make it the trump card among the polar bear strategic bombers, and also an important part of the polar bear nuclear triad strike force.
Even though it has been in service for more than ten years, the deterrence it brings is still daunting. On this point, a certain island country in East Asia that is often mapped by the "White Swan" is most impressed.
Just like a famous saying: "Protesting a hundred times is not as good as the wings of the White Swan strategic bomber flapping once." It can be seen that the terrible deterrence of the elegant and ferocious "White Swan" of Tu-160 is so terrible that people dare not underestimate it.
Shi Lao looked at the Il-76 transport aircraft, a large four-engine dual-use military and civilian strategic transport aircraft of the Soviet Union. This aircraft was tested in March 1971 and entered service in 1975. Nearly a thousand have been produced so far.
This transport aircraft has a maximum load of 40 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 210 tons, a maximum flight speed of 800 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 5,650 kilometers, and can land on very simple flat ground.
Even China has successively imported a total of 80 Il-76 transport aircraft to make up for the shortcomings of the air force in air transportation.
Then Shi Lao looked at the Soviet-made fighters. Each Soviet-made fighter is famous, and the Su-27 fighter is one of the most advanced third-generation fighters in the world!
The Su-27 fighter is very beautiful, and it was even called the most beautiful fighter in the world in the past, with the reputation of "beautiful man in the sky".
Before this, China also imported a small number of Su-27 fighters!
After watching the aviation exhibition area of Eagle Sauce and Polar Bear, Shi Lao had an intuitive feeling that Eagle Sauce and Polar Bear are both well-deserved world-class air forces, while China cannot be called a world-class air force, and there is still a big gap.
Although part of the Chinese Air Force has caught up, it still has obvious shortcomings.
Strategic transport aircraft, strategic bombers, large tankers, and early warning aircraft are the shortcomings of the current Chinese Air Force.
Of course, the most exciting part of the air show is the flight show, and Shi Lao did not miss it.
All military enthusiasts and audiences who come to the Zhuhai Air Show want to see the most, and the show that all audiences look forward to the most is the flight show.
The first to appear is the J-10 fighter, which was performed by the August 1st Performance Team.
Many spectators have picked up binoculars, and some aviation enthusiasts have brought more equipment, aiming their guns and cannons at the J-10 fighter on the runway.
This J-10 fighter is very beautiful, and the paint makes it very beautiful.
The first thing to be performed was the J-10 fighter's single-machine flight display, with high-difficulty maneuvers, falling leaves, and cobras, which made people applaud and cheer.
Both Falling Leaves and Cobra have very high requirements for the quality of aircraft, which also demonstrated the advanced performance of the J-10 fighter.
Then there was a two-plane flight performance of the J-10 fighter, and then five J-10 fighters performed in the sky.
This attracted warm applause and cheers!
Like everyone else, Shi Lao kept cheering, which was really amazing.
The last Zhuhai Air Show was a flight performance of the J-7 modified, J-8 modified and Eagle advanced trainer.
But this time at the Zhuhai Air Show, the first performance was the J-10 fighter, and it was so powerful right from the start.
Some military attachés looked serious. They were all professionals, and they could naturally judge the basic performance of a fighter through flight performances.
Through this flight performance, the performance of the J-10 fighter is no less than that of the latest F16 fighter!
Although the J-10 fighter was already equipped with the Saudi Air Force during the Gulf War, it showed excellent performance.
The entire J-10 fighter performance process was only about 20 minutes, but many viewers were fascinated by it.
The J-10 fighter jet began to land. It did not release a parachute when landing, but used brakes completely. This can be said to be very luxurious and advanced enough.
Japanese tourists were stunned. They couldn't understand why the Chinese fighter jets had such strong performance.
Korean tourists also felt very complicated. Obviously, the Korean economy was far ahead of China in the past. How come it has only been less than 20 years, and the world seems to have changed. Now Chinese fighter jets are so powerful. This is a third-generation fighter!
Although the third-generation fighter jets have been born for more than 20 years, there are not many countries in the world equipped with third-generation fighter jets.
The most advanced fighter jet in South Korea is the F16 fighter jet, with a total of 40 F16 fighter jets!
China has 5 J-10 fighter jets at the Zhuhai Air Show. How many J-10 fighter jets are in service in the army?