"Actually, we have more good things." Mhamad said: "His Royal Highness Prince Sultan, tomorrow I will take you to our aircraft manufacturing company to see."

Aircraft manufacturing! The basic level of a country's industry depends on the automobile manufacturing of this country, and the high-tech level of a country depends on the aerospace level of this country!

Now, Pakistan's aviation industry is very developed and is one of the few countries in the world that can build its own fighter jets!

"Okay." Prince Sultan was very interested.

When I returned to Islamabad, it was already midnight. After arranging the Saudi guests to check in, Mhamad returned to the Presidential Palace and made another arrangement.

The next day, the sky was clear and cloudless.

Mhamad personally accompanied Saudi tourists to the Aviation Industry Corporation.

First, he entered the company's factory. When he saw the Tomcat fighter jet being assembly in the workshop, Prince Sultan was immediately surprised.

"Is this kind of fighter jet in Pakistan already able to build it on its own?"

Although there have been news from the outside world that Pakistan can build Tomcat fighter jets by itself, many bricks have firm evidence that this is impossible, and Pakistan has no ability to produce Tomcat fighter jets by itself!

Third-generation fighter jets! You should know that even Europe, which is now known for its industrial strength, does not have the ability to develop it alone. In just a few countries, Sweden created the Gripen, France created the Phantom 2000 and the Gust, and the rest, the four countries jointly developed the ef2000. Pakistan? How many years have they been industrialized? The era of real development will not exceed ten years! You should know that aviation technology requires the precipitation and accumulation of technology, and it is absolutely impossible to create it in just a few years.

Therefore, the outside world has always believed that the so-called Pakistan's own production of Tomcat fighter jets is actually just to repair damaged aircraft in the war.

Now, seeing this fighter jet being installed is not a repair at all, it is definitely a remanufacturing! The metal skin on the outside of the fighter jet has not been painted yet, and the exposed rivets show strong power.

"You can actually produce fighter jets on your own?" Prince Sultan's surprise was beyond words.

"Yes," Mhamad said: "A few years ago, we started small-scale production. Now, we can produce more than twenty each year. Compared with the prototype Tomcat fighter jets, we have made some improvements, such as using digital telex instead of the original hydraulic operation. We use our existing advanced electronic technology, and the airborne radar is even more capable than the prototype."

Khalid looked around with great interest. When he climbed into the cockpit, he saw that the layout inside was more advanced than Saudi Arabia's existing F-15 fighter jets, and he couldn't help but be moved.

Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia's demand for fighter jets is no longer so strong.

Saudi Arabia has equipped nearly 200 F-15 fighter jets, which are first-class fighters of the US Air Force, and these fighters are enough to defend Saudi airspace.

When Saudi Arabia was purchasing fighter jets, another major power in the Gulf, Iran, chose Tomcat fighter jets. In order to avoid conflicts with Iran, Saudi Arabia chose the F-15 fighter jets in order to avoid the performance of the fighter jets being well known to the other side. Now, Saudi Arabia has the largest F-15 fleet except the United States, so it is not urgent to update and replace new fighter jets.

Otherwise, Pakistan's own Tomcat fighter jets must be equipped with a batch. After all, Pakistan's air force is strong and can hardly squeeze the Soviet Air Force! Pakistan's own Tomcat fighter jets have absolutely first-class performance.

What a pity.

Prince Sultan thought so in his mind. He looked around at the fighter plane, full of joy and disappointment.

Saudi Arabia's pro-US policy is just to maintain the reproduction of the Saudi royal family and the security of the Saudi country. If they are asked to choose, they will choose Pakistan, after all, they have the same beliefs as Pakistan!

"Your Highness, how are our fighter jets?" asked Mhamad.

At this time, a cart slowly pushed over, and there was a cylindrical surface with a steel component exposed in various lines, which was the heart of the plane and the engine!

"Yes, we are very interested in this fighter jet." Prince Sultan said: "If we hadn't equipped a large number of F-15 fighters, we would have bought a batch of these fighters from Pakistan!"

"The development of technology is changing with each passing day," Mhamad said: "Now, when we are able to build third-generation fighter jets, the United States and the Soviet Union have begun the development of fourth-generation fighter jets. The United States is focusing on developing f-22 fighter jets. With super maneuverability, stealth performance, and supersonic cruise capabilities, this kind of fighter jet will become the main force of the battlefield in the future."

Over the years, Prince Sultan has been committed to Saudi Arabia's national defense construction, and of course he knows the development of the fourth-generation fighter jets of the United States.

"Yes, the performance of this type of fighter jet that the United States is developing is more advanced." Prince Sultan said: "However, this type of fighter jet is highly confidential to the United States and we will not be able to buy it for a long time."

Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the United States, and of course it also hopes to purchase advanced weapons from the United States. Unfortunately, the United States does not intend to export such fighter jets. Even when Prince Sultan visited the United States, he proposed to see such fighter jets, but was politely rejected.

"The United States will not export this kind of fighter jet." Mhamad said: "The United States will join forces with all countries to invest and develop a low-end aircraft."

What Mhamad said is naturally the historical F-35 fighter jet. This fighter jet was launched in 1993. The Americans launched the "joint advanced attack technology" Jasf verification aircraft research, hoping to develop a series of light combat attack aircrafts that are common to several services, replacing the US Air Force's F-15e, F-16, F-15c and F-117, the Navy's F-14, and the Marine's AV-8b to achieve the purpose of multiple use of one aircraft. In addition to conventional land-based fighters, they also need to have short range and vertical

The take-off fighter jets and the take-off fighter jets on naval aircraft carriers achieved the goal of using multiple services at the same time. After the project was proposed, the UK also expressed strong interest in this plan and proposed to join the plan, replacing the Harrier and the Sea Harrier fighter jets with this aircraft. The Americans successively attracted several countries to join, and in March 1996, the Jasf plan was officially renamed the "Joint Strike Fighter" jsf, becoming a global fighter jet. Of course, the performance was lower than that of the US F-22.

When Mhamad said that Prince Sultan was shocked, because, some time ago, Americans just told Saudi Arabia that the United States is carrying out a new fourth-generation aircraft plan, hoping that Saudi Arabia can spend some funds to support the development of this plan, and Saudi Arabia can also give priority to ordering such fighter jets!

Mhamad didn't know that due to his time travel, it was about to enter 1992. The Soviet Union was still standing, and the United States' fourth-generation aircraft plan was also developing rapidly. Unfortunately, the development of such fighter aircraft requires a lot of money. The wealthy Americans also felt that they could not bear it, so they directly attracted Saudi Arabia, hoping to provide funds.

Of course, Saudi Arabia will not get any technology, but only promises to order such fighter jets first.

"President Mhamad, you are indeed a wise leader of the country." Prince Sultan said: "The Americans have proposed this plan to us and hope that we can join and provide 20 billion US dollars in funding for Americans to develop."

Two hundred billion! Americans really know how to cut wool! Mhamad thought to himself, it seems that he was preparing for it this time. If it was too late, if the Saudis were fooled by the Americans, he would not be fooled.

"Your Highness, we have this plan, too." Mhamad said to Prince Sultan: "I wonder if Saudi Arabia is interested in joining?"

Pakistan also wants to develop its own fourth-generation aircraft? Prince Sultan was stunned. You know, no country in Europe dares to say that it can build a fourth-generation aircraft! Does Pakistan actually have a development plan?

Entering a conference room, the slide projector turned on, and Prince Sultan looked at a responsible engineer introducing him.

When the first picture was shot, Prince Sultan was stunned. Isn’t this a Tomcat fighter? But, isn’t this appearance changed too sci-fi?

"Our plan is to develop a quasi-fourth generation fighter based on our Tomcat fighter jet." The engineer began to explain: "We also apply variable sweep wing technology to achieve aerodynamic adaptability in the entire airspace, which is something that other aerodynamic layouts cannot achieve. We redesign the appearance of this fighter jet to ensure aerodynamic performance, greatly reducing the radar reflection area by two orders of magnitude than the existing ones."

Advances in stealth technology! Pakistan has its own tricks. At the air show a few years ago, Pakistani airlines showed their progress in stealth. Even Americans were very interested. It is said that they bought Pakistani technology at a high price.

"All weapons are hung inside, so the fuselage is longer than the previous Tomcat fighter jets. A built-in bomb bay is left in the middle of the fuselage to achieve the ability to carry four medium-range missiles and two fighting missiles. The fuel tank on the back of the aircraft is increased and the oil load factor in the aircraft is increased to improve the range." The engineer continued to introduce: "At the same time, we still retain the ability to carry long-range air-to-air missiles, in the semi-buried hanger on the belly of the aircraft. In this way, while ensuring excellent interception capabilities, we have excellent stealth capabilities."
Chapter completed!