Considering procurement costs and considering life-cycle costs are two different attitudes.

In the past, the Eastern Air Force did not consider the whole life cost, only the procurement cost. At worst, if it is not used after the purchase, the life span will be saved. The purchase money is real, and it will be painful. However, after entering the 1990s, the Air Force also began to consider the whole life cost.

The cost of life is high. Although the J-7 and J-8 are cheap, if the engine needs to be overhauled after 300 hours, who can bear it?

As for the Cuban Air Force, although they do not have advanced equipment at hand, they are also knowledgeable. The aircraft in front of them has advanced performance and long life. If the price is 10 million, it is within their acceptable range. So what else can be said?

I don't know when, the sky started to drizzle, and everyone left the tarmac and came to the 320-meter-long conference room.

"Currently, the training type of our aircraft that has completed final test flights is called Type A. Next, we will improve it on the basis of this training type to give it powerful ground attack capabilities.

Carrying various precision-guided weapons and even anti-ship missiles to carry out sea attacks, we call this type B. Of course, if customers need it, type A can be upgraded to type B at any time."

"It can also attack the ground" customers were shocked again.

"Still a precision attack"

"Yes, our aircraft are very maneuverable and surpass many professional ground attack aircraft. Our navigation equipment is also very advanced. As long as we add appropriate weapon systems, we can become an attack aircraft."

"How much more would it cost to convert it into an attack aircraft?" Pino asked.

Mr. Shi hasn't thought about it yet. After all, they haven't completed the modification yet, and they don't know how much it will cost.

"It's hard to say." Qin Tao took over the conversation: "You are all professionals, and you should know that the price varies with different equipment. For example, installing an ordinary flat-panel gap radar and installing an advanced phased array radar

, the price will be much different. In addition to equipment, it is also related to ammunition. You should only have ordinary iron bombs on hand. If you want to buy precision guided bombs, the purchase quantity will also lead to different prices. But please

Don’t worry, we are good friends and we will definitely give you the lowest price when the time comes.”

"You also have airborne phased array radar"

"Of course, our early warning aircraft use phased array radar." Qin Tao said: "Our advanced fourth-generation aircraft also have phased array radar versions."

"Can this kind of radar detect stealth aircraft?"

"Theoretically it's possible."

"Okay, then let's..." Pino was indeed tempted, but at this moment, an assistant next to him pushed him: "Mr. Pino, I'm afraid we don't have much money to purchase now."

When they heard that Dongfang was going to sell it, they came here eagerly. But now, if they want to actually make a purchase, they have to see how much money they have in their pockets.

"Currently, we can only purchase two trainers with the funds we have on hand." Pino said with some helplessness: "However, we are indeed very interested in your aircraft."

"The scale of two aircraft is really too small. You need to purchase at least twelve aircraft to form a fleet. If the number of aircraft is too small, it will be more expensive to operate. After all, maintenance still needs to be reduced through scale.

Cost." Qin Tao said.

"Yes, it needs at least the size of a flying group, alas." Pino sighed a little, thinking about how powerful their air force was at the beginning, and could span the southern hemisphere, but now, they can't even afford more than two fighter planes.

"Have you ever heard of our package of projects to build a weak country and strong army?" Qin Tao asked.

Pino's face was a little embarrassed: "Of course I have heard of it, Mr. Qin, you are right to use our domestic resources. Our resources are relatively abundant, but I am very sorry that our resources cannot be opened to foreign companies.

Everything is state-run."

In fact, Cuba's financial situation is quite good. They are very rich in mineral resources, including nickel, cobalt, manganese, chromium, iron and copper. In particular, nickel reserves account for 40% of the world's total reserves. For Mingzhou Group,

It is said that this thing is the best material for making Yinwa steel. They also have 3.5 billion tons of iron ore resources. They are also very rich in copper, tungsten, manganese, and chromium reserves. Almost all mountains contain large amounts of mineral resources.

There is also a lot of oil, and it has been proven that the recoverable oil can reach 20 billion barrels.

There are also a large number of trees in their country, with the forest coverage area reaching 27% of the total land area, and there are also precious woods such as mahogany, sandalwood, and Cuban pine.

However, with such good conditions, Cuba has not developed. Their most important economic pillar industries are tourism and nickel exports. The exported products are mainly agricultural products, such as sugar cane, tropical fruits, cocoa, coffee, rice, etc. The export volume of sucrose

maximum.

It is really a waste to lie down and sleep on so many resources.

No way, it's a system problem.

Their domestic welfare benefits are very good, almost from birth to grave. The welfare slogans shouted by Western developed countries have been completely realized in their own countries. Although they can only receive a few hundred yuan worth of currency every month, this is just pocket money.

, there is no need to spend money on any living expenses.

So, they just need to follow the steps. Ordinary people don't even think about owning private cars anyway, and the money they make doesn't necessarily go into their own pockets. They all just lie down together, and no one has to pay.

There are a lot of these resources, but they cannot be opened to the outside world. Everything belongs to the state.

This approach won't work.

"Then you can increase the production of nickel. We can import some nickel ore to offset your purchase cost. You can also mine some other resources. We do not mine on your land. We only need to purchase from you.

After signing the purchase contract, we can also advance funds in advance, and you can use this money to purchase L-5 training aircraft."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Mr. Qin, it is difficult to increase production. If part of the existing minerals is given to you, it will interfere with our normal domestic operations."

Pino said helplessly.

"Just work overtime, what's so difficult about it?"

"We don't work overtime there."

Everyone was speechless.

"So, can you mine some timber? Our Mingzhou Group is also in the timber business. We, the Mingzhou Group, can provide specialized felling machinery and one-stop services."

Lao Maozi has a large amount of wood, but not many precious species. The wood here in Cuba is all precious wood. If you drive something as big as a specialized excavator over, you can cut down hundreds of millions of dollars worth of wood in a few months.

"We need to take care of our trees."

Qin Tao was speechless. Are these guys so stubborn?

"Okay, then you should take good care of your own country. Every flower, every tree, every grass, every tree, these are the most important to you. As for whether your air force has completed its modernization and whether it can deal with future threats,

These have to be put on the back burner.”

Qin Tao can help them, but this does not mean that they can cheat here. They don’t want to give up anything and still want to have modern fighters. Isn’t this a joke?

The scene suddenly became awkward.

"I originally thought that I could export more advanced fourth-generation aircraft to you in the future, but now it seems that I have to forget it."

This batch of training aircraft is just the beginning. When everyone cooperates more closely in the future, even fourth-generation aircraft can be provided. Now that you are not letting go of anything here, how can you cooperate in the future?

Pino's throat moved, and then he said: "Mr. Qin, you have advanced felling machinery."

"Of course, we have automated felling machinery, and the felling efficiency is quite high."

"Then let's discuss it when we get back," Pino said.

"Okay, we look forward to your reply. Next, let's continue to introduce L-5. Mr. Shi, don't you have a stealth improvement plan here?"

Mr. Shi nodded: "Yes, this is type C. It is a future development model. If our guests are interested, we will introduce it to you."

Type A is an ordinary trainer type, type B gains powerful attack power based on the trainer type, and type C is of course improved in appearance and invisibility.

These guests are obviously interested in stealth aircraft, so let them know that we have perfected the stealth aircraft. Even if you cannot purchase advanced fourth-generation aircraft, you can still obtain this capability through the L-5!

"Do you also have a stealth model?" Pino asked in surprise.

"Yes, invisible model."

The renderings were printed on the projector. Of course, this was just an idea of ​​Demchenko. Facts have proved that opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared. If this renderings had not been released, it is estimated that the Cuban visitors would have had to think about it and cut down their own houses.

Whether it was worth it to trade forests for these planes, but when he saw the renderings, he no longer had any doubts.

The rhombus-shaped nose has a parallelogram-shaped air inlet below the side strips. There is a bulge at the air inlet. Behind it are twin vertical tails, tilted outward. It looks so beautiful that for a moment, everyone is silent.

, looking straight at the trainer aircraft.

"If this aircraft is improved into a stealth model, the cost will increase a lot."

"Of course it has improved a lot, but we are very generous to our friends, especially the customers who purchase our A-type trainer aircraft. The price of this stealth model can also be reduced to 20 million US dollars. Of course, in today's currency value, 5

If we make purchases ten years from now, we have to consider inflation." Qin Tao said casually.

We’ll talk about the future prices later. Anyway, just for a little skin care, the price will double, which is definitely a good deal.

"Does it have a built-in bomb bay?"

The guest who came was a professional, and he immediately raised a key question: If the weapons are not built-in, how can it be invisible? But for an aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of tons, it is simply impossible to ask it to have a built-in bomb bay.

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"Built-in bomb bays are not practical. For a small aircraft, even if the built-in bomb bays are excavated, there will only be two inside and two near." Qin Tao said calmly on the side: "Our stealth modification will

We will use the solution of external stealth weapons bay."

If you want to be stealthy, you cannot hang weapons outside, otherwise the stealth capability will be destroyed. Various missiles and bombs will strongly reflect radar waves and increase the reflection cross-section area of ​​the fighter. Take the Typhoon fighter as an example. Without plug-ins, the rcs is about 2 square meters.

meters, after mounting the missile, it soared to more than 0 square meters. Although the Typhoon is not a stealth aircraft, you can still see how terrifying the external missiles are. If it were a stealth aircraft, the rcs would have been less than 0., but it soared to single digits!

Stealth aircraft must have a built-in bomb bay, but the internal space is limited and the number of missiles they can carry is very small. Ordinary third-generation heavy-duty aircraft, such as the F-5 and Su-27, can attach more than a dozen external missiles without a problem. As for the F-22,

After cutting off the tip of the aim-20 missile's wing, I could barely fit six medium-range bombs into it. Two more short-range bombs were already the limit. If stealth was given up, it was said that it could carry two.

How to resolve the contradiction between stealth and bomb load

Of course it’s an external stealth pod!

As the name suggests, stealth investigation is to hang a pod on the outside of the aircraft. Compared with ordinary pods, the biggest difference is that it is made into a stealth shape, so that some weapons and equipment can be stuffed inside, so that it can carry weapons and equipment.

It will not increase the radar reflection area of ​​the aircraft.
To be continued...