When he heard the name BAC Company, Qin Tao immediately realized: This is a deliberate provocation!

British Aerospace Corporation, referred to as BAC, was founded in 1960 through the merger of Hawker and Scottish Airways. It was once the largest aerospace manufacturing company in the UK and Western Europe.

This name is generally known to few people in later generations. In 1999, British Aerospace Corporation and Marconi Electronic Systems merged, and the new company was renamed Bae. This name became familiar to everyone in the system. The famous Hai

The Harrier, and later the Tornado and Typhoon fighter jets all had shares in Bae.

If you think this company only makes airplanes and rockets, you are totally wrong.

Bae also has a surface ship division. It owns two historic shipyards on the banks of the Clyde River in Glasgow, Scotland: Scowstoun Shipyard and Gowan Shipyard. If you look back on history, the two shipyards were established in 1834.

Up to now, it has built more than 5,000 warships, and later became famous for building the Type 45 destroyer and the Queen-class aircraft carrier.

Building ships is enough to cross the line, but their company is obviously more than that. They also build tanks, yes, the famous Challenger 2 tank. In 2004, Alves Vickers Systems was acquired by Bae Ground Weapons Systems Division

Acquisition, so the Challenger 2 tank has also become a star product of Bae Systems.

You should know when you see this, this company is simply an arms giant!

In terms of shipbuilding, the 052c built by the Mingzhou Group has now attracted attention all over the world, making British Aerospace Corporation very unhappy. Even if their Type 45 destroyer is built and put into service, it cannot compare with the one from the East!

When it comes to the air combat weapons it is best at, British Aerospace is even more annoyed.

Due to the weakened national power of European countries, they are unable to undertake the task of developing a fighter jet on their own. They can only adopt international cooperation.

The Tornado fighter is an example of this. With the joint efforts of the three European companies, the British, German and Italian companies, this fighter-bomber jointly developed by the three European countries has finally entered military service in various countries. It uses a popular variable sweep wing layout and is divided into combat bombers.

There are two types: type and air defense interception type. Although this fighter was discontinued in 1992, it is still the main force of various countries.

They continued their efforts and started the next-generation European Joint Fighter Project. However, Dassault, a troublemaker, joined in and then occupied the magpie's nest. If they wanted to dominate the entire project, whether it was aerodynamics, avionics, or engines, they had to

After using Dassault's product and being rejected, the proud French people's self-esteem was greatly hit, and they started a new Rafale.

Facts have proved that the cooperation between Britain, Germany and Italy was smooth. Later, Spain was added. The four countries came up with this European joint fighter, code-named e2000. The first prototype was shipped out of the factory in 1992, and the first fighter jet was launched in 1994.

It has been flying for four years now, and there are five prototypes currently in flight.

Due to the huge investment in research and development, the British are also looking forward to selling this fighter aircraft to more countries, and Saudi Arabia is the target of their strategy.

Now, they just want to squeeze out the J-31A project, and then bring in their own fighters, so that they can make up for their research and development expenditures.

When he learned that Qin Tao was coming here, Kelly, who happened to be promoting Typhoon to Saudi Arabia, immediately asked to come with him. The excuse he said at the time was to see the CEO of the famous Mingzhou Group. Who would have thought that after coming,

It started spraying.

Salman was also unwilling to be the boss, but the rich man's magnanimity prevented him from losing his temper with Kelly.

Qin Tao smiled: "This gentleman is from the British Aerospace Corporation? Are you trying to grab business in the international market like this? You are so shameless!"

"We are not trying to steal business, we just want to sell customers the most suitable fighter aircraft for them!" Kelly said: "This market is free competition. Whoever can get the customer's business is the one who has the ability. You think I'm shameless?"

Hou, this is an insult to us, you must apologize immediately!"

"Suitable fighter plane? Then you should know what the customer's needs are, right?" Qin Tao looked at this self-righteous guy: "The first requirement for the fighter plane our friends need is stealth. If your fighter plane has stealth

Sex, then I will leave now and give the business to you. If you don’t have it, then stop doing useless work here.”

Useless effort?

"This is your lie! You are constantly promoting it all over the world, saying that future air combat belongs to stealth aircraft! In fact, stealth is only an indicator of future fighter aircraft, and it is only one of the four properties. There are other three

Well, your fighter planes are not advanced at all, and you have misled your customers!"

This is Kelly's tactic: Stealth is nothing. An aircraft with only stealth is not advanced at all. Therefore, your fighter planes are scum.

Qin Tao smiled: "Mr. Kelly, have you heard of the bucket effect?"

Seeing the other party's confusion, Qin Tao continued: "In other words, it is called the short board effect. To fill a bucket with water, each board must be flush and undamaged. If one board is shorter, then only

It can be installed to the height of that board."

"Of course I know, but what does this have to do with the fighter jets we are talking about now?"

"Stealth has a shortcoming effect. If a fighter jet does not have stealth, it will be useless no matter how good its other performance is, because the shortest piece of wood limits how much water the barrel can hold. The lack of stealth limits other capabilities.

Ability."

"You are quibbling!"

"Sophistry? Stealth fighters can form an absolute advantage. You don't even know this, right?" Qin Tao said: "Then let's talk about it. Among the other three in 4, supersonic cruise is

In order to reach the battlefield quickly or escape quickly, it has no impact on the outcome of the air combat. Moreover, we don’t know whether your fighter planes have supersonic cruise, so we won’t talk about it. Let’s talk about the remaining two.”

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Our fighter aircraft has supersonic cruise capability. At an altitude of 10,000 meters, it can fly to Mach 12 without using afterburner! We are already in the test flight

Confirmed this performance!" Kelly's voice rose a few points.

The world's first fighter jet capable of supersonic cruise is the 22, and the second is the Typhoon fighter jet. However, there are different opinions about its supersonic cruise capability. Some boast that it can fly to Mach 15 with six missiles.

It can fly to Mach 13 with an auxiliary fuel tank. As long as you calculate the maximum military thrust of the two engines and the weight of the fighter plane, you can come to a conclusion: that is pure nonsense.

The e200 engine used in the Typhoon fighter jet is a masterpiece of Rolls-Royce. It has an afterburning thrust of 90 kilonewtons and a maximum military thrust of 60 kilonewtons, which is the level of the American 404, but the thrust-to-weight ratio has been increased to 9.

Two engines, that is, the maximum military thrust of 120 kN, and its body is a full circle larger than the J-10, and its empty weight is more than three tons different. Therefore, it is not easy to cruise at supersonic speed to Mach 12.

.

"Mach 12 is also called supersonic cruise? By the way, there is a saying in the aviation industry called pseudo-supercruise. I wonder if it refers to you? I heard that you first turn on the afterburner to enter supersonic speed, and then turn off the afterburner.

, cruising at a speed that only exceeds Mach 1? What is the difference between this speed and the high-pressure sound speed of our ordinary aircraft? If it does not exceed Mach 15, it cannot be called supersonic cruise."

Qin Tao's words made Kelly look ugly. He continued to explain: "Let's not dwell on this small issue. Let's talk about the other two. One of them is super mobile. What is the advantage of our stealth machine? It cannot be discovered.

Approach quietly, and then directly use your own radar to sneak attack on the opponent. The opponent will not know how he died until he was shot down. If you can directly kill the opponent from a long distance, why do we stay close to fight for maneuverability? Your Typhoon fighter jets are very maneuverable.

It’s useless no matter how high you are!”

"Let's talk about the last one, which is the advanced avionics system. Your fighter jets use flat-panel aperture radars, and we use the same. We are evenly matched. We can replace active phased array radars in two years at most. What about you? This

In terms of performance, which one is better?”

"Our planes are voice controlled!" Kelly yelled.

Seeing that with four of them, the opponent was about to take full advantage, Kelly became completely anxious.

"Voice control? This is very powerful, but I don't know how many versions you have developed? It will take a few years for the Arabic version to be developed? Can it recognize dialects?"

In fact, the Typhoon fighter jet still has advantages in some aspects. For example, in a complex air battle, the pilot may not have the energy to flip the weapon launch switch, let alone operate it on the touch screen. Therefore, the Typhoon fighter jet has introduced voice control and speaks directly.

You can notify the aircraft to prepare missiles and the like to attack the enemy at any time.

However, voice control is two-sided. If the recognition rate of this thing is too low, it will be a big trouble. What's more, there are different languages ​​​​and dialects.

Kelly said nothing.

They really didn't take Arabic into account. This thing is very complicated. It will take many years of testing before a brand new language is added.

In fact, the quality of Saudi air force pilots is very high, and many of them can speak English. However, this involves a kind of national self-confidence. If they do not speak Arabic, customers will definitely be dissatisfied.

"Everyone, is this farce over?" Qin Tao said.

As soon as I got off the plane, I was greeted by a chattering group of scholars, which made me very tired.

"Yes, Mr. Qin, I'm very sorry. Please come with me. The next step is to visit our base." Salman said.

"Wait!" Kelly shouted: "These don't count, these are just words. Do you dare to bring the plane over and let us have a confrontation? Our Typhoon fighter jets will defeat you in the confrontation exercise!"

"

If you say it’s too much to say, then let’s be serious!

This is Kelly's last chance.

"Confrontation exercise? Your Typhoon hasn't completed its final test flight yet, has it?" Qin Tao glanced at the other party: "Our aircraft are already in service status, so if we conduct a confrontation exercise now, it would be unfair to you. If

If you ask for a delay of a few years, then there is no need to ask us, just compete directly with the Saudi Air Force fighters to see who has better performance."

"No, although we are still conducting test flights, the relevant systems have matured and we can now fly the aircraft over for confrontation!" Kelly said: "Do you dare? If not, then don't show off here!

A shell that only has a stealth machine is useless!"

Qin Tao stared at Kelly: "Are you sure? I advise you to forget it. When the test results come out, you may not be able to sell a single Typhoon fighter!"

Kelly panicked.

Stealth aircraft have huge advantages over non-stealth aircraft. They know this. After all, they and the United States are wearing the same pants. Various confrontations on paper have been carried out. If there is a real confrontation, maybe they will have

Danger.

However, it would be even more shameless to give in like this. Moreover, taking this opportunity, you can also test the real performance of the opponent's stealth machine.

"Of course, we will defeat you. Our Typhoon fighter jets are the overlords of this sky!"

"Okay, we accept your challenge!"

Among the people who greeted him, many showed excited eyes. Qin Tao knew clearly that the current situation was what they wanted to see the most. Although they didn't feel bad about spending money, they still had doubts about Dongfang's technology.

Yes, if the stealth machine is not as good as the Mingzhou Group advertises, they might tear up the contract and invest in Europe.

Now, all we need is a hearty aerial battle to completely slap them in the face!

"Mr. Qin, in this case, should we go to the conference room first to discuss the details of this confrontation?" Salman asked.

"Of course, no problem." Qin Tao nodded.
To be continued...