The Chinese Air Force defeated the greater number with less, suddenly giving the world the illusion that the Chinese army is not only huge in size, but also has amazing combat power. Although reports in the news media did not reveal how many South Korean fighter jets China shot down, some sources speculated

, this number is at least close to 10.

Although both China and South Korea are vague, there is no doubt that none of their own aircraft was damaged and that they shot down multiple Korean fighter jets. In addition, the FC-1 equipped by the Iranian Air Force has basically suppressed the Iraqi Air Force.

At the same time, the ship attacks in the Iran-Iraq War in the second half of the year gradually weakened due to repeated attacks on the Iraqi Air Force. In addition, the contract between Pakistan and China for ordering FC-1 has also been disclosed.

This all confirms from different aspects that the equipment level of the Chinese Air Force is quite high. Some people even boldly predict that the Chinese Air Force, as a disciple of the Soviet Union, has surpassed the Soviets and ranks only behind the equipment capabilities of the United States.

South Korea actually ordered F-16 fighters from the United States in 1981. The delivery period was from 1986 to 1991, with a total of 36 aircraft, model F-16C. However, this batch of fighters still does not have the fire-and-forget capability.

The main weapons of advanced medium-range interceptor projectiles are AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder.

After the 1990s, South Korea also obtained a production license and produced more than a hundred F-16C/D batch 50/52, which they called KF-16 fighters. These fighters constituted a considerable

The main combat capability of South Korea’s air defense over a long period of time.

At this time, the Koreans have not seen what their own F-16 looks like, but it is estimated that it is not as powerful as China's main fighter. Previously, the Korean Ministry of National Defense had obtained an FC-1 sales promotion distributed by AVIC abroad.

However, this Chinese fighter is marketed with gimmicks such as "shoot-and-forget in over-the-horizon air combat," "multi-purpose capabilities and a full range of ammunition," and "low price and high cost performance."

The F-16 naturally does not have the fire-and-forget advanced medium-range missile. Perhaps the F-16 they are about to get also has multi-purpose capabilities, but it is a pity that the Maverick missile and the Penguin anti-ship missile were only added to the F-16 batch 150CU.

On it, the date is 1987. The Harpoon anti-ship missile, JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), and JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon) were also added after batch 50\/52. The anti-radiation missile Moxa AGM

-88 is an improved product of 50\/52D. In other words, the current F-16 can only fight AIM-7 and AIM-9 in air combat, and can only fight Mk80 series unguided bombs, CBU-87\/89 cluster bombs and

Paveway series of laser-guided weapons.

What are the types of Chinese ammunition in the FC-1 series? Blue Arrow series missiles for anti-tank and construction targets. Anti-ship missiles include the small C-701, the slightly larger C-705, and the C-802 with performance comparable to the Harpoon.

C-803 missiles, C-901 for anti-radiation, KD-88 for land attack, Thunderstone series glide bombs, and Thunder series composite guided bombs. However, there are no cluster bombs in these ammunition, because these things are particularly evil and extremely easy to cause damage.

Unexploded bombs harm civilians. Even though China has mastered the technology to produce cluster bombs, Qi Yiming still insists not to export such weapons.

From this comparison, it can be seen that the early model F-16 really has no way to compare with the FC-1 Xiaolong that actually belongs to 20 or 30 years later.

The Koreans were sure that the fighter plane that shot down them that day was not the FC-1, but they thought that it should be the legendary main fighter of the Chinese Air Force and would not be used for export. The combat performance of the FC-1 might be weaker than that main fighter.

But the basic combat capabilities have been inherited. According to the confessions of the Korean pilots who survived that air battle, most of the Korean fighter planes were shot down during beyond-visual-range air combat. What impressed the Koreans the most was that they had absolutely no

Way to dodge the missiles.

If it can obtain advanced fighter jets and missiles made by the Chinese, the strength of the South Korean Air Force can be greatly improved. In addition, China's sale of South Korean weapons also has considerable political significance. South Korea believes that it is also important to their old enemy North Korea.

A blow.

After the meeting that day, Qi Yiming made a private call to Grumman and informed them of his intention to compensate South Korea in this way. However, he did not expect that Grumman was more likely to pay compensation to South Korea than the Koreans.

In order to be considerate, the next day Grumman International President Pellehak, who was originally in Beijing, made a special flight to Seoul to discuss this issue with Qi Yiming.

Qi Yiming still underestimated Grumman's enthusiasm for the FC-1 light advanced fighter project. From early on, they determined that this fighter would not only be used in third world countries, but even in many moderately wealthy countries, especially Singapore.

South Korea and other emerging developed countries will be interested in such a fighter aircraft.

As soon as Pelehak met Qi Yiming, he handed over a cooperation intention prepared by his company overnight. Qi Yiming was not surprised to see that Grumman demanded a project status second only to Chengdu Aircraft, and hoped to obtain

Nearly all the technical indicators and project parameters of the FC-1 to better improve this fighter. Their proposal is to replace the FC-1 with an APG-66 radar, a US-made engine, and the GRU

The door company needs to make certain improvements.

Qi Yiming smiled as he held the letter of intent and said: "The KLJ-7 radar we equipped for the Xiaolong is about the same as the APG-66 used by the F-16. In addition, the level of the glass cockpit of the Xiaolong is also about the same.

It is far better than the current F-15 and F-16. Our WS-13A engine has a thrust-to-weight ratio of 8 and a thrust of 86 kilonewtons, which is also better than the level of the F404. To put it bluntly, our proposal to seek cooperation with the United States is just to let South Korea and

It is easy for the United States to accept it, but it is impossible for anyone to usurp the guest spot."

Pelehak was also too weak to do it. Qi Yiming was right. The FC-1 was already a mature fighter developed by the Chinese and had achieved results in the Iran-Iraq battlefield. Grumman proposed

The replacement of parts is basically a superfluous move, and the only effect it can achieve is to increase the cost of Xiaolong. The reason why aircraft manufacturing companies like Grumman are proud of aircraft manufacturing companies in other countries is that their greatest ability is the system

The integration capabilities of FC-1 can integrate different systems such as radars, weapons and power produced by different companies into one aircraft. Unfortunately, there may be a certain gap between Chinese counterparts in this regard, but the integration of FC-1 has already been achieved

Once completed, they want to integrate it again, but there is nothing to do.

Even so, Pelehak was still prepared to act rogue. He said: "Mr. Qi, as an important ally of the United States of America, South Korea needs to be highly unified with us in defense. Haha, the military command power on South Korean soil is still in the hands of our country.

, so in the final analysis, it is not up to them to decide what kind of fighter planes the Koreans use. And even if the Koreans want to get a pure Chinese weapon, they will not be allowed to do so. Only by cooperating with us can we

It's the right way."

Qi Yiming has long been accustomed to these gentle arms dealers who have male thieves and female prostitutes behind their backs. He is not angry and replies with a smile: "It doesn't matter. We have various psychological preparations for whether South Korea will finally accept our plan.

If South Korea gives up, it would be a pity for us, but we can still accept it. And we cannot expose weapons platforms that may be worth billions to the hands of our possible market rivals just because we have to pay South Korea tens of millions in compensation."

Pelehak saw that Qi Yiming was also a bachelor and said anxiously: "Mr. Qi, please remember that Grumman and China are good partners!"

"Yes, we are partners, but that doesn't mean that we in China can take our heart out of Grumman." Qi Yiming said slyly.

Pelehak could not change Qi Yiming's mind. Indeed, anyone with any sense would understand that if he leaked important technical indicators and sold the fighter platform he had devoted all his efforts to develop just because he wanted to sell some FC-1 fighters to South Korea,

That's really stupid.

"So how does Mr. Qi want this project to proceed?"

"First of all, the FC-1 is our aircraft and our project, so there is no doubt that the overall design and system integration of the fighter aircraft are done by us. Some sub-projects can be subcontracted out, and we are also happy for Grumman to undertake this

Part of the content. In addition, the choice of all major subsystems, such as avionics, power, and weapon systems, is in our hands in China. As for customers who have special customization requirements, we will make changes.

Put it this way, if we work with our American friends to modify the Xiaolong, our positioning is to be a universal joint fighter that can adapt to multinational battlefields. The fighter aircraft needs to have relatively strong replacement capabilities. In other words, if customers want to use Chinese-made radars, they can

When installing a Chinese-made radar, if you want to use an American-made engine, you can replace it with an American-made engine. This requires a high degree of modularity in each component. Chinese companies will send individual technical indicators to the Chinese government in an open spirit.

Participating partners will then install the machine for testing, and it will be considered passed after completion."

Pelehak didn't expect Qi Yiming to come up with such an opinion, but he also knew that this idea of ​​unified standard customization has gradually begun to emerge among the fighter aircraft currently in service in the United States, such as the F-15 and F-16.

It has the ability to replace both F110 and F100 engines, and the same goes for radar avionics.

In this way, what the American company basically gets is data such as the center of gravity of the entire aircraft, the structural dimensions of the nose joint, the dimensions of the engine compartment, etc., while the Chinese side is proud of the flight control system, weapons management system and the like.

Nothing will be open to Americans.

Pelehak calculated it and concluded that Grumman would definitely make money by participating in such a project, but not much, because most of it is in the hands of the Chinese. But think about if this version of the Sino-US cooperation fighter can be huge.

Once the sales volume increases, Grumman will still make more money. In addition, the F-14 project is Grumman's current major project, and Grumman cannot offend China because it wants to compete with China.

Qi Yiming himself feels that it is actually completely unnecessary for FC-1 to install Western systems, but it will make it easier to rely on the influence of the United States to enter the market of American allies. This big piece of cake was previously occupied by the United States.

Watch closely. If you can fool Grumman, General Electric, Hughes (Hughes was officially split in 1985, and then most of the missile and radar business was transferred to Raytheon) and other companies, they will obviously be the main competitors.
Chapter completed!