Chapter 1048 You Want A to Shoot and B to Guide?

At almost the same time when the fighter group received the early warning and command information.

Yanliang Airport.

Chang Haonan and others who were waiting for the test situation near the relay communication vehicle also saw almost the same picture on the laptop screen.

The reason why I say almost is that the color gamut of the multi-function display of the fighter in this era is very narrow, so for things such as radar information charts that pursue simplicity and easy to understand, they will simply make it monochrome.

But the conditions of the early warning aircraft and the ground end are much better, at least they can guarantee the use of normal LCD displays.

So some color parts will be added.

For example, the enemy and the friend can be distinguished by color, not just the shape of the target mark.

Coupled with the larger screen size, the viewing experience is excellent.

Even if there is no experience in air combat, the basic situation of the entire mission airspace can be understood in a very short time.

As for the four "enemy planes" that were ready to rely on the blind spots of the fighter radars to wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, they seemed to have become thieves who wanted to steal things near the fire in the dark.

Their intentions were immediately exposed to everyone's vision.

"Hungry..."

Behind Chang Haonan, someone was even shocked and uttered a sentence in the Qin dialect to express surprise.

Although the former had roughly explained the functions and operating logic of this system at the test task meeting a few hours ago, it is actually difficult to form an intuitive understanding just by listening if you have not participated in the entire development process.

Therefore, the shocking scene on the screen was like a heavy hammer that hit everyone without any preparation.

It is no exaggeration to say that the brain was buzzing.

Qiao Chenqing, who came here for the second time in a month, bent down and looked in, wishing that he could get into the computer.

After a long while, he stood up again:

"The art of war says that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will not lose a hundred battles."

"In ancient times... let alone ancient times, even in modern times, knowing yourself and the enemy is something that only the top military strategists can do..."

He put his hands behind his back and said with some emotion:

"But now... any commander who has undergone standardized military training seems to have such ability..."

A slightly younger school-level officer next to him used a more concrete description:

"Isn't this... similar to a video game?"

"You can directly see the deployment of your own and the enemy's forces on the computer, and then issue command orders through the computer, and finally receive feedback on the battle situation..."

"..."

It can be said that everyone realized the great value of this command system in an instant.

This even completely exceeded Chang Haonan's expectations beforehand-

The reason why he organized such a big "live broadcast" was mainly because he was worried that the test effect would not be reflected, and he might not be able to make the Air Force leaders realize the importance of this information system.

But from the results in front of him...

The effect is very good.

In fact, it is a bit too good.

So much so that Chang Haonan felt that he needed to cool everyone down...

Informatization is a good thing, but it is not omnipotent in the face of the ever-changing and highly uncertain actual situation.

In a complex system, the weakest and most reliable parts are people.

Now let the leaders get too excited, and when they face the reality in the future, it is likely to have a counterproductive effect.

So, taking advantage of a gap when no one was talking, he quickly reminded:

"Everyone, what we are currently simulating is just a relatively simple air situation. The number of enemies and friends is relatively small, and the opponent's target is still an air target that is easily detected, so the effect is so intuitive..."

"But in actual situations, there may be countless air and ground targets in a battlefield area. It is difficult to obtain all of them through a single reconnaissance method, and the opponent cannot sit idly by and will always use some technical or tactical means to interfere with our battlefield intelligence acquisition process..."

Chang Haonan's original intention was actually to let everyone look at new technologies rationally and not have expectations beyond reality.

However, Qiao Chenqing obviously misunderstood...

He immediately interrupted the former:

"Comrade Haonan, I understand what you mean."

"It is not enough to have an early warning aircraft alone. We also need more other reconnaissance platforms, such as... battlefield surveillance aircraft like the E8, which is mainly used for ground surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft like the RC135. In the future, we can also consider incorporating the army, navy, and other reconnaissance platforms in space..."

"But you also know that the country is still in a critical stage of economic construction, and the army also has difficulties. The annual equipment construction expenses are really limited, and there is no way to launch so many projects at the same time... But I promise you that I will do my best to support the research and development and production of new equipment..."

"..."

After a promise, Chang Haonan didn't know how to respond.

After all, he really didn't think that his casual words could have such an effect...

However, at least the original purpose was achieved.

And supporting the research and development and production of new equipment is not a bad thing.

So, Chang Haonan thought about it in the end, and still didn't continue to entangle in these details.

...

During the time when the two were talking, the situation in the sky had changed dramatically.

The eight aircraft that were originally searching due west accurately turned to a slightly forward position on the target route in accordance with the interception mission assigned by the early warning aircraft——

As long as the headings of both parties remain unchanged, this can achieve a higher approach rate than flying directly at the target.

In order to delay the time when the target radar warning system is triggered, the radars of the eight fighter jets are always maintained in a search mode with a lower scanning frequency.

In fact, for a fighter jet of the J-7B's level, its RWR simply cannot respond to the locking of modern radars.

But it’s a simulation test.

Just like the Army next door uses the 59 to simulate the M1A2, the J-7B is not necessarily the J-7B.

Can be regarded as F16.

"What a pity... Our fighter jets are still using mechanical scanning radars. The warm-up and start-up time is too long..."

Chang Haonan looked at the screen and sighed:

"If it is a phased array radar, you can even turn off the radar directly at this stage and turn it on temporarily before locking, which will further improve the concealment."

His extravagant thoughts made many people around him a little nervous.

Although China has put into service AESA shipborne radars and early warning aircraft radars, due to cost, process and volume constraints, airborne AESA suitable for fighter jets is still under development.

And the Air Force is now quite satisfied with the performance of the 147X series radars...

"If the other party also has an early warning aircraft, the concealment may not be very important."

Someone soon expressed relief:

"If you really want to tell me, it's a pity that the missile range is not enough..."

"Look just now, when the fighter jet was more than 200 kilometers away from the target, it had already obtained the target position through the data link, but in the end it was safer to fly about 50 kilometers to launch the attack..."

"It's not entirely about the missiles."

Another person then followed up:

"The Thunderbolt 13, which was trial-installed in small batches last year, can theoretically hit about 160-180 kilometers in anti-air mode. But even if the missile can hit 200 kilometers, the fighter radar cannot lock on to the J-7 at such a long distance. No matter how big or small the target is, you still have to wait until it flies within 100 kilometers..."

"So I think what Mr. Chang just said makes sense. If the problem of fire control radar is not solved, the benefits of just extending the missile range will be very low..."

"..."

As the test situation gradually became clear, the topics discussed became more divergent...

Soon, someone came up with a great idea:

"By the way...since the early warning aircraft can already send the detected target information to the fighter jets and us, can we go one step further?"

"That is to let the fighter jets hide in the distance to launch missiles. After the attack, they are handed over to the early warning aircraft for guidance. They approach the target about 10 kilometers and then switch to the missile's own active radar to lock the target. This can completely increase the theoretical allowable range of the air-to-air missile. At the level of 400-500 kilometers, it can also avoid the requirements for the performance of fighter fire control radars..."

"puff--"

"Cough cough cough——"

Chang Haonan was drinking water next to him, but after hearing this, he squirted out.

He was very familiar with this idea.

A shoots and B directs.

Twenty years later, the idea is still stuck on PPT.

Only a few incomplete tests were conducted...

It belongs to let yourself go.

The people nearby didn't care to continue the discussion at this time, and quickly helped Chang Haonan, who was choking on water, to sit next to him.

"Then what..."

Chang Haonan, who finally recovered, put the water bottle aside and replied helplessly:

"I think we should consider using AESA on fighter jets."

"This is much simpler than guiding air-to-air missiles from an early warning aircraft..."