Chapter 702: A project without leadership is a trap
"I don't know if some people naively think that because we have no technology, we want to join this program so that we can learn Europe's advanced satellite navigation technology through this program, right? If that is the case, that is so naive.
I laughed so hard!" Anyway, they are not directly under the leadership, and they cannot interfere with the Mingzhou Group. Qin Tao is not afraid now even if he says a few words that offend others.
When you become the leader of a large company, you must be responsible. He must never let what happened in the past happen again!
The Europeans had no money at all, so they looked around and saw that there was an enemy in the East! So they came to the East to fool them, and the East was also very happy, and they hit it off. This was tantamount to cooperating with Europe on high-end technology, bypassing ITAR, and breaking the arms embargo.
, both technically and environmentally.
Even two billion euros were invested in this, and the first batch of investment was 230 million euros, and they were all paid at that time. What was the result? (There is also a saying that the total investment was 200 million, and the first batch was 70 million. No matter how much it is, it is still the same.
It’s all wasted.)
The technology was not obtained and they were squeezed out everywhere. The Europeans just wanted to kill Dongfang as if they were the enemy of Asan. After several years of cooperation, Dongfang was disheartened and could only go back and continue to develop its own Beidou. At that time, for Galli
strategy, and has even given up on Beidou's follow-up plans.
Facts have proved that you cannot rely on others, you can only rely on yourself!
"We signed contracts with Europeans and we spent money, how can we not enjoy technology?"
"You can enjoy technology by spending money? Leader, are you a little optimistic? When we bought Spey engine from the UK, we agreed to buy it together with a full set of technology, but what happened? Now we still have to bite the bullet and overcome the technical difficulties ourselves.
!”
When you have a big project in Spey, you agreed to pay a British teacher to teach you step by step, but what is the result? You just built a machine with blanks made in the UK, and the key components are imported. If you want to continue to develop it, the UK
People are starting to get confused: these technologies involve third-party patents, and if you want to use them, you have to spend more money!
"Think again about our model of peace. We spent money and had others thoroughly study the J-82. What did we get in the end? In this era, we cannot rely on others, we can only rely on ourselves!" Qin Tao's words were resounding.
If you want to get the most advanced navigation technology in the world by spending money, this is just a dream!
"However, our current technology is too backward." The leader spoke again.
"No matter how backward the technology is, it belongs to us. No matter how advanced other people's technology is, it belongs to others." Qin Tao said: "There is no point in envying other people's advanced technology. We have to rely on our own efforts to improve little by little."
Our own technology! Everyone, wake up, there are no shortcuts on the road to developing science and technology, we can only go step by step on our own. Let me give you another example, which is our chip industry."
"Originally, we were only three to five years behind foreign countries in terms of large-scale integrated circuits. As a result, in the late 1980s, the Computer Institute gave up the research and development of very large-scale integrated circuits. After all, this was too expensive. What was the result?
We are completely behind the times. We can only buy our chips. This is not only a matter of money, but also a matter of national defense and security. Now, through our own efforts, we have finally caught up and have reached the world's leading level.
In this process, foreigners will only suppress us, and how can they possibly give us advanced technology."
"The same is true for chips, and the same is true for satellites. Our current navigation technology is still very poor. We can only rely on double stars for positioning. However, we can use it on the equipment of the three armed forces, and we can use it on our moon soldiers (the stars in front are
These two words). Because it is our own, we don’t have to worry about the signal being cut off. If we join the Galileo Project, are we sure we will gain dominance?”
"How is that possible?"
"There is no need for us to participate in projects without leading rights. Foreigners are interested in our money, and of course they will be very tight on technology. How much will it cost us to participate in foreign projects? It is estimated to be hundreds of millions, or even
Several billions, right? If one-tenth of this money is used on our own navigation satellites, we can also develop into a global navigation system and have complete dominance," Qin Tao said.
Mr. Sun didn't speak. There was something crystal clear swirling in his eyes.
If it really joins Europe's Galileo project, the Beidou navigation system will be greatly affected. Don't even think about Beidou 2 and 3. Even Beidou 1 may be abandoned! Money will be spent by then.
, it’s heartbreaking that we still can’t get the technology.
It was not convenient for him to say those words just now. If he did, it would be for his own benefit. Qin was always an outsider. His words were selfless. Every word was aimed at those who only want to spend money to buy.
face.
"Mr. Qin, what you are talking about is for military use. Our navigation satellites have a vast civilian market." The leader was not led away by Qin Tao and began to change the topic.
"Yes, the Europeans are interested in our market. They are not willing to have the huge market monopolized by GPS. They are also trying to occupy our market. They don't want to share their technology with us at all. If you don't believe it, what will happen next?
During the negotiations, we asked the Europeans to produce all satellite navigation terminal chips by us to see how they react."
"Mr. Qin, are you here for the production of Beidou navigation satellite terminals?" One person grasped the key.
Why does Mingzhou Group support Beidou so much? Is it because they have a monopoly on the production of satellite terminal chips? Now that Beidou is about to become corrupt, so it fully supports it?
"Our production lines are simply too busy! Our Loongson 1 is still the mainstream in the market, Loongson 2 has begun to be launched, Loongson 3 is under planning, and our SMIC is fully operating the production line, not just processors,
There is also memory, and even the north and south bridge chips we have to hand over to VIA. To put it bluntly, we are not interested in the Beidou satellite terminal chip market." Qin Tao said: "We do this for national defense.
Safety, in order to support our autonomous navigation project, and for our technological development! We don’t want to be tricked by others one day, withdraw from the Galileo project, and then have to pick up this project from scratch. Now, we are trying our best, but
, there are still people who look at us like this with a villain’s heart. Leaders who support joining Galileo Satellite Navigation, do you dare to promise here that if the Europeans end up tricking you, you are willing to take on leadership responsibilities?”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The conference room fell into a deathly silence, with only Qin Tao's voice remaining.
"What are the Europeans for? For our funds, because they have no money for R&D! For our market, because we are the most populous country in the world, or for their political achievements! So what are we for?"
"If the superior leaders still insist on doing this, then our Mingzhou Group is willing to continue the follow-up research and development of Beidou Navigation. Anyway, our Starlink project is about to be terminated, and we have to find other plans to fill the gap. The existing Beidou Navigation research and development
All scientific research personnel will be integrated into our Mingzhou Group, and we will invest in the follow-up! We will never see Beidou Navigation terminated by the interference of external forces. Use your brains to think about why the Europeans are now inviting us to join this project.
The plan is not because our Beidou is in the sky, they want to block our navigation satellites!"
"We are willing to merge into the Mingzhou Group as a whole!" Mr. Sun also expressed his position. They only need to study satellites and launch starships!
"Ahem." The superior leader coughed twice: "Don't make the atmosphere so tense. We are only discussing joining the Galileo satellite program now, and we are not planning to join immediately. We have not said that we will give up Beidou. You don't want to.
Excited, Mr. Qin, aren’t you a white wolf with empty hands?”
This sentence was meant to be a joke, but no one present could laugh.
The superior leaders' minds are also thinking rapidly.
How should we deal with this situation now? Are we going to forcefully push forward with joining the Galileo satellite program? Then if we are fooled by the Europeans as Mr. Qin said, who will take the leadership responsibility?
A lot of time and energy have been lost. Even taking the blame and resigning are not enough! You will regret it for the rest of your life!
Mr. Qin is amazing. Every step he has taken so far has been correct. The danger he raised may be very likely!
However, this plan is too rare. Taking advantage of this opportunity to join the Galileo Project has longer-term significance.
At this moment, footsteps sounded outside, and a man walked in with a loud voice.
"Sorry, everyone, I came uninvited."
Mr. Lin!
Qin Tao knew that his words were not weighty enough, and now Mr. Lin expressed his position on behalf of the army.
"Mr. Lin, come and sit here!" The leader on the rostrum hurried over to greet him.
"I heard that we are discussing the Galileo satellite project here." Mr. Lin said: "I wonder to what extent we can participate in this project?"
"Mr. Lin, after we join, we will become the third member of this project besides the European side. We are not only participants in this project, but also the owners of this system."
"Owner? To what extent? Do we own the ground control station? Can we decide to cut off the Internet in a certain area? Can we build several identical satellites in our own country and launch them with rockets?"
Every question is sharp and there is no answer.
"Mr. Lin, these projects are all under discussion."
"Well, then I will express my position on behalf of the military." Mr. Lin said: "We demand absolute control! We definitely don't want to be disconnected from the Internet during war. If we don't have this ability, we will spend a lot of money.
A pen of money has a purpose!”
"Mr. Lin, the Galileo satellite project we are talking about is a civilian navigation project." A leader said cautiously.
"Civil? We invest hundreds of millions, or even billions, for a civilian project? Then what do our military use? Or use our Beidou? Then don't we have to participate in two projects? Our country's investment in aerospace is
Isn’t it too much? Do you have enough money to do redundant construction?”
No one spoke anymore.
Of course, navigation satellites are not only for civilian use. If they are only for civilian use, there is no need to build them. We might as well just use foreign ones. Domestic Beidou is mainly for military use, in order to win future high-tech wars!
Qin Tao breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that this matter could be settled.
"Mr. Lin, let's talk with the Europeans again," said a leader on the seat.
"We must have the initiative, we cannot be controlled by others, this is our bottom line." Mr. Lin said.
"Actually, the Galileo satellite is very advanced. We can learn a lot by participating." The leader above continued.
"No matter how good foreign things are, they are still foreign. If we want to learn from them, will they be willing to teach us?" Mr. Lin said. The meaning behind his words was exactly the same as what Qin said: "It won't work if we only have wishful thinking. Although ours
A little worse, but we can control it in our own hands!"
"Everyone, good news!" At this moment, someone broke the awkward atmosphere: "I just received the news that our Beidou-1 satellite has accurately entered the geosynchronous orbit. After our second satellite enters the orbit, we will
Testing and navigation services can be officially launched!”
"Okay, that's great news!" Mr. Lin said, "We have to have a few glasses of wine to celebrate!"
Meetings are often held in the aerospace institute, and after the meetings, they will have dinner in the restaurant behind the aerospace institute.
But the atmosphere at the meal after this meeting was a little unusual.
Some leaders did not stay to have a meal and left directly by car. The remaining people were also worried.
"Old Lin, we can't afford Maotai, it's just an ordinary Erguotou." Mr. Qi said to Mr. Lin while opening the bottle of wine.
"Drinking is not about what you drink, but who you drink it with." Mr. Lin said: "With Taozi here today, I will enjoy the wine!"
Qin Tao quickly raised his glass: "Mr. Lin, I have to thank you. If you hadn't come to the rescue today, I would have offended the leader badly."
"Most of them are from the Remote Sensing Center, and they are not the same as us." Mr. Qi said: "It's just that we are embarrassed to speak up, and Mr. Qin has to come forward to make us ashamed."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes, Mr. Qin, on behalf of the R&D personnel of Beidou Navigation, I would like to propose a toast to you!" Mr. Sun was very excited.
"No, I don't have much credit." Qin Tao said, "This time Mr. Lin came over and played the most important role."
Mr. Lin smiled: "Well, the Erguotou tastes pretty good."
"Old Lin is very important, and your words are also crucial." Mr. Sun said: "Since the beginning of Beidou, Mr. Qin, you have been helping us. I am here and I must give you a toast. I will do it first as a token of respect!
"
Qin Tao was helpless: "Since you are so grateful to me, a glass of wine won't do."
"Then let's not go home until we get drunk today!"
"Not this, I mean, you have to work harder on the ship-based anti-ship ballistic missile I proposed." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he glanced at Mr. Lin: "This can not only be used by the navy, but also by the air force.
It works."
"What? Air-launched ballistic missiles?" Mr. Lin suddenly became interested.
At present, ballistic missiles are owned by the Second Artillery and Navy nuclear submarines. The Air Force does not yet have related weapon systems. Looking at foreign countries, they are all trinity nuclear strike forces, but the domestic Air Force does not have that ability.
Now, the Air Force already has several Tu-22m and Tu-160 bombers with advanced performance, but they can only carry conventional weapons. Now that they heard about ballistic missiles, of course they are full of expectations.
"This air-launched ballistic missile is not easy." Mr. Qi said: "This kind of ballistic missile has too many restrictions. All American experiments in the early years failed."
Land-based ones can be easily destroyed, and sea-based ones can also be discovered by enemy nuclear submarines. Deploying nuclear forces in the air has been favored by many people. The Americans were the first to start experiments. In 1974, they first deployed nuclear power on the C-5
A "Minuteman" missile without a warhead was launched from the "Galaxy" transport aircraft.
This kind of missile is an advanced solid-fuel land-based continental ballistic missile with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers and a weight of 33 tons. Such a huge missile can only be transported by super transport aircraft such as the C-5, and there is no way
The external plug-in can only be used to dump the ballistic missile out of the cabin of the transport aircraft just like airdropping supplies. With the help of the parachute, the warhead is upward and the tail is downward. The entire missile falls vertically, and then is ignited and launched.
This launch process was complicated, and it was not convenient to inject various launch data, so I gave up quickly. Lao Maozi also had a similar plan, but for the same reason, I gave up in the end.
When they heard Qin Tao say this, the aerospace experts present naturally thought of this.
"Even if we want to develop air-launched missiles, we don't have a suitable carrier aircraft as a launch platform. It is estimated that only the An-225 transport aircraft of the Mingzhou Group can carry them." Someone said.
"Yes, there is also a lack of various navigation and positioning systems..."
"Everyone, what are you thinking?" Qin Tao said: "I have just said that the anti-ship ballistic missiles developed for our navy are mounted. The diameter of such weapons is within 0.85 meters and the length is within nine meters. It is completely
You can use the H-6 to mount it, just hang it directly on the belly of the aircraft. As for the navigation and positioning system, we will have it soon. Before launching, you can accurately use Beidou to determine your specific position, and fly there
Afterwards, it can maneuver and change orbit, so the problems you raised are not problems at all."
Mr. Lin became interested: "Then if our air force's bombers are equipped with this weapon, the combat targets are still enemy warships?"
"Of course it's not just warships. In addition to attacking enemy aircraft carriers, that kind of missile can also attack land targets." Qin Tao said: "In this way, countries surrounding our country that are hostile to us will be affected by our kind of air force."
Moreover, after our H-6 is improved, its range will become larger and larger, and this weapon may even be able to hit the middle of the Pacific Ocean."
Mr. Lin nodded: "That's right!"
Our H-6 performance is getting more and more advanced, and those white swans are also included in the H-6 sequence. They can not only reach the center of the Pacific Ocean, but also the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.
"It seems that this kind of missile has good prospects and we should develop it." Mr. Lin said.
"Does the Air Force get part of the research and development funds?" This is Qin Tao's real purpose. If you want to build advanced weapons, you have to have money. The Navy definitely doesn't have the funds to invest, so you have to ask the Air Force for help.
Mr. Lin smiled: "Mr. Qin, is this your real purpose?"
"This is all for our national defense."
"Our Air Force's research and development funds are also very tight recently." Mr. Lin said: "Especially the bidding for the fourth-generation heavy-duty stealth aircraft is about to begin. This project will cost a huge amount of money, and it is not possible to engage in joint operations like your fighter jets.
We are under great pressure to use external funds for development."
Fourth generation heavy stealth machine?
Hearing Mr. Lin's words, Qin Tao was very surprised: "Is this a step too far?"
At present, domestic fighter aircraft are mainly the self-developed J-10 and the J-11 produced with imported technology. These two fighters are the main force of the Air Force. It can be said that the Air Force has had third-generation aircraft for less than ten years, and now it has started to develop them.
Got a fourth-generation machine?
"I'm not forced by you." Mr. Lin said: "Now, our Air Force has begun to purchase the J-35. Since we already have medium-sized stealth aircraft, of course we must also lay out the heavy-duty stealth aircraft project. Moreover, domestic
Research institutions have been conducting preliminary research for several years, and now the time has come."
Qin Tao nodded. The land-based model purchased by the Air Force is called the J-35. This is another brilliant example of export fighters being sold domestically. However, this is a bad signal for domestic military aircraft development and production institutions. Military expenditures are so low.
If the Air Force wants to purchase the J-35, it will inevitably reduce the purchase quantity of the other two fighters. If they don't produce the fourth-generation fighter, they may have nothing to eat in the future.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Moreover, looking around the world, we have begun to enter the era of fourth-generation stealth aircraft. The Air Force also needs heavy-duty stealth fighters. Time does not wait for us, and we must speed up.
"Mr. Lin, do you think that if our J-35 has an elongated body and two engines inserted into it, can we also bid for it?" Qin Tao suddenly thought of something and said with a smile.
In fact, he didn't originally have this idea. After all, the J-35 is enough. They really don't have the energy to build another one. Moreover, there are not many users of this kind of heavy-duty aircraft, and there is very little export sales. They can only be used for their own use.
Look at Dassault. It had great ambitions to build the Mirage 4000, but in the end it gave up because there were no users. If they wanted to consider exporting, they could only build a mid-sized aircraft.
"Okay, we welcome you. You are the most experienced in building fourth-generation aircraft. If you enlarge your J-35, it will be the F-22. You are welcome to bid." Mr. Lin said, raising his glass: "Here.
, I wish you a successful bid, cheers!”
Are you beginning to wish for success? Qin Tao is a little funny.
Capital, a conference room.
"Excuse me, have your discussions yielded results?" The European with a tall nose and blue eyes asked: "Has your aerospace department reached an agreement? As long as you join our Galileo satellite program, you will be able to become a global leader.
Owner of the most advanced navigation satellite!"
"Excuse me, are we the real owners?"
"certainly."
"For example, under certain special circumstances, do we have the right to control the Galilean satellites?"
"How do you mean control?"
"Can we have a ground control station? Can we decide to cut off the Internet in a certain area? Can we build several identical satellites in our own country and launch them with our rockets?"
"Of course it's impossible. What are you thinking?" After the European finished speaking, he felt something was inappropriate and quickly changed his words: "No, I meant..."