Chapter 1229 H-10 Strategic Bomber
In terms of fighter jets, the fourth-generation fighter J-20 stealth supersonic fighter is about to be delivered, making China about to have the most advanced fourth-generation fighter jet in the world.
This is a sharp sword, a sharp sword that penetrates the enemy's defenses.
Before the enemy can react, destroy the enemy's air defense positions and clear obstacles for the formation behind.
From the Libyan War, the Gulf War to the recent Iraq War, it has been proven that if the enemy's air defense positions are not destroyed, the threat to the air force will be too great.
That kind of loss-for-exchange ratio would make even the United States, a country with a big business, feel distressed.
Therefore, the J-20 stealth supersonic fighter pursues high stealth, high situational awareness, high maneuverability and other capabilities, thereby forming powerful air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capabilities, surpassing the J-11 fighter and becoming the best comprehensive performance fighter in the world today. .
Transport aircraft, before China, they were all domestically produced medium-sized transport aircraft, as well as a small number of light transport aircraft. Now the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, a domestically produced strategic transport aircraft, has been born, filling the gap in domestically produced large military transport aircraft.
The codename of the National Supply Chain-20 strategic transport aircraft is ‘Kunpeng’, and its nickname is ‘Pang Niu’, a nickname full of intimacy.
Now that the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft has been born, it will not be long before a large transport aircraft with a larger load capacity will be born.
The military is looking forward to Shu and begins to look forward to more advanced domestic strategic transport aircraft!
"Leader, when will we have the H-20 strategic transport aircraft?" The military leaders looked forward to it.
Liu Tao smiled and said, "I'm afraid the H-20 strategic bomber will have to wait a little longer, but the H-10 strategic bomber is coming soon!"
Panshan Group is currently developing two strategic bombers, one is the H-10 strategic bomber and the other is the H-20 strategic bomber.
The H-10 strategic bomber is defined as a third-generation strategic bomber, and the H-20 strategic bomber is defined as a fourth-generation strategic bomber.
Liu Tao did not continue to make improvements on the H-6 strategic bomber, because the H-6K/S has already reached an extreme, and it will be difficult to make much improvement with further improvements.
"Really!?" The military leader's eyes lit up.
The H-20 strategic bomber has to wait, but the H-10 strategic bomber is coming soon, which means it is really going to be fast.
Liu Tao smiled and said: "Let's go to the H-10 strategic bomber assembly plant to take a look."
Then everyone got in the car and headed to the assembly plant of the H-10 strategic bomber.
The assembly plants for such large aircraft are very large and separated by some distance from each other.
When we arrived at the H-10 strategic bomber assembly plant, we saw a huge strategic bomber appearing in everyone's sight. It was very beautiful!
It looks very similar to the Soviet Tu-160 strategic bomber.
It has variable swept wings and is equipped with four engines.
The H-10 strategic bomber, with its white paint, looks like an elegant and noble ‘white swan’. Military fans will think it is a Tu-160 strategic bomber at a glance!
In fact, when the H-10 strategic bomber was designed, a large number of references were made to the Tu-160 strategic bomber.
The overall aerodynamic layout of the H-10 strategic bomber is very similar to that of the Tu-160 strategic bomber. The similar overall layout is because we want to solve a common problem in this way, that is, the characteristics of the bomber's long range, long endurance and large weapon load are combined with the low-altitude Combining high subsonic and high-altitude hypersonic penetration capabilities.
The entire H-10 strategic bomber has a wingspan (flat state) of 55.75 meters, (fully swept) 33.53 meters, a length of 53.95 meters, a height of 13.72 meters, and a wing area of 370 square meters.
The H-10 strategic bomber looks like the sister of the Tu-160 strategic bomber.
But in fact there is still a big difference between the two.
The H-10 strategic bomber uses a large amount of titanium alloy and new composite materials, making the empty weight of the H-10 strategic bomber much lighter than the Tu-160 strategic bomber. The empty weight is only 94 tons, the maximum take-off weight is 290 tons, and the maximum fuel load is 200 tons, with a maximum weapon load of 90 tons.
In terms of power system, the engine of the H-10 strategic bomber is also much more advanced than that of the Tu-160. This allows the H-10 strategic bomber to have powerful ultra-low-altitude rapid penetration capabilities, and it can also achieve high-Mach flight at high altitudes, defeating the enemy's targets. The fighter jets were far away.
Different from the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, China needs to equip about two hundred Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, while the H-10 strategic bomber is planned to equip thirty or fifty.
After all, the more strategic bombers are not the better, as long as they have enough deterrence.
The cost of using this thing is very high, much higher than that of a fighter jet.
"Leader, when will this H-10 strategic bomber be offline?" the military leader asked impatiently.
Others will think that strategic bombers are expensive to build and use. The military will not consider this issue and would like to equip as many strategic bombers as possible.
After all, China has a vast territory and vast oceans that need to be protected to safeguard national sovereignty.
No amount will be too much for the military.
Liu Tao said: "According to the plan, the offline ceremony will be held on July 1!"
The time schedule is very clear.
For the milestones of new equipment under the Huaxia Southern Ordnance Group Corporation, July 1, August 1 or October 1 are often chosen. July 1 is the Party Founding Day, which can be used as a gift to the Party. August 1 is the Army Founding Day, and the military equipment chooses this day to hold a ceremony, which is naturally of extraordinary significance. October 1 is National Day, which can be used as a gift to the National Day.
Now the H-10 strategic bomber looks like it has been built, but in fact there are still many things to do.
Only when all aspects are done and checked, the H-10 strategic bomber will hold a roll-off ceremony.
"July 1 is good, time is up!" The military leader smiled from ear to ear.
The H-10 strategic bomber is a project independently developed by Panshan Group, which is highly independent. The military does not even know much about the progress of the project.
After all, the military does not have to pay a penny for the development of the H-10. As long as the development is successful and the performance of the H-10 bomber is satisfactory, the military will decide how many to purchase and negotiate the purchase price.
Because the development funds are all from Panshan Group itself, the purchase cost of the H-10 bomber will be higher.
The military also accepts this point.
The higher the risk, the higher the profit. It is a daydream to want low risk and high returns.
Now the military expenditure is rising rapidly, and there are a lot of debts owed to Panshan Group every year. The state directly offsets it from taxes and profits. The military has no pressure in this regard.
The military has often said in recent years that if you don’t strengthen your armaments with money, will you keep it as compensation?
After all, the historical lessons of the Qing Dynasty are vivid. If you don’t build a strong army with money, the result will be compensation.
Of course, there is another aspect, that is, the US military expenditure has risen sharply. It is impossible to say that there is no pressure on the military expenditure of up to 790 billion US dollars.
If there were no pressure, the military expenditures of countries around the world would not have shown an overall upward trend. (End of this chapter)