? Is the carrier behind? Of course not behind! The aircraft carrier carries the carrier-based aircraft, which can provide the most effective air protection circle for the entire formation. At the same time, the carrier-based aircraft is also a powerful strike force. Without air superiority, there is nothing.
In later generations, the United States has always promoted the theory that aircraft carriers are useless, and advocated that other countries should give up aircraft carriers. The British were all fooled and came up with such nondescript things as the invincible class. The United States maintains maritime hegemony.
And right now, America is in a dilemma. First of all, economically speaking, the US economy is constantly weakening, and without a strong economy, there is no strong war machine. And this time, we can make some citizens in the United States look at the aircraft carrier differently. Since it is useless, it is better to retire and save a lot of military expenses! Anyway, the United States is a democratic country. At that time, whether the aircraft carrier needs to be retained or retired will be voted by their people.
Secondly, the United States is indeed lagging behind in military technology. For example, its own anti-ship ballistic missiles will indeed make the United States completely useless. The United States has no means to counter anti-ship ballistic missiles. The survivability of aircraft carriers in war is indeed low. In contrast, the Soviet Union already has the means. Laser weapons in outer space are the killers of ballistic missiles!
Combining all factors, it is really a good choice for the United States to retire aircraft carriers!
As the person in charge of the Strategic Flickering Bureau, Marshal Ogarkov is competent, and Marshal Ogarkov has already thought of things that even Andre hadn't thought of. Let the U.S. Navy make trouble.
"Well, in any case, it is our favorite thing to do to block the United States." Andre said: "At the same time, we have also verified a lot of technical problems on this voyage. For example, our catapult in cold regions. The test is normal and can meet the requirements of use in various sea areas. For example, after comparison, we believe that the Su-27k carrier-based aircraft is more suitable for our aircraft carrier."
This voyage has a lot of experimental properties at the same time. For example, regarding the carrier-based aircraft, this time, the MiG was brought along. After comparison, of course, the Su-27k is more suitable for naval aircraft carrier equipment. If nothing else, the large range of the Su-27k is what the Soviet Navy needs most, and it can perform longer air defense and attack missions.
Andre is not afraid to offend the Mikoyan Design Bureau. For the Red Navy, the Su-27k is indeed more suitable!
Hearing Andrei's words, Gorshkov also nodded: "We also think that the Su-27k is more suitable, and, after the finalization, we decided to give it an updated number, for example, how about the Su-33?"
Su-33, the future main carrier aircraft of the Red Navy!
"Of course, it's a pity that we haven't developed a new generation of stealth fighters yet." Andre said: "The future sky will still be dominated by stealth fighters."
Stealth fighter! This is something that Andre has always kept in mind. After all, Andre knows the threat of stealth aircraft best! In later generations, the Huaxia Air Force has always used backward equipment to fight against advanced equipment, such as using the sixth generation to fight against the second generation aircraft, and the seventh generation to fight against the third generation aircraft. The ending of being killed in seconds, if you want to fight against the fourth-generation machine, you must have the same fourth-generation machine! Fortunately, in future generations, Huaxia has finally caught up with the development of the fourth-generation machine!
But now, history has been rewritten, and the US Air Force has no advantage. Therefore, no matter how tight the military budget is, the f-22 is definitely a priority development project. Similarly, the Soviet Union must also develop the same stealth aircraft as soon as possible. able to fight.
Although there is a network of metric wave radars to kill the f-117, there are many air defense loopholes in the vast territory of the Soviet Union, and the metric wave radar cannot be fully covered.
"Now, the new generation of fighters developed by our two design bureaus are progressing very quickly. Andrei, it happens that you are in Moscow these few days. We can go and see together." Ustinov said: "You We are also most concerned about our air force equipment, it has been half a year, let's see our new progress!"
Hearing that, Andre was also hot in his heart, yes, I don't know how far these new fighters have progressed?
Andre was originally from the air defense force, and his passion for air equipment surpassed that of anyone present.
Therefore, after the Kremlin continued to report the details of all aspects of the voyage, Andrei, accompanied by Ustinov, came to the Mikoyan Design Bureau the next day.
Yes, it's Mikoyan Design Bureau! Because Andre appreciates the Su-27, so many rumors say that Andre supports Sukhoi and is not optimistic about Mikoyan. In fact, Andre does not have much personal preferences, he just follows his own ideas to do things.
And now, no matter how glorious the Sukhoi Design Bureau is, the Mikoyan Design Bureau has always been the leader in the development of Soviet fighter jets. Therefore, Andrei first chose to go to the Mikoyan Design Bureau to see how the Mikoyan Design Bureau was progressing. .
The competition between Mikoyan Design Bureau and Sukhoi Design Bureau is still going on. I wonder if the engineers of Mikoyan Design Bureau have seriously considered the importance of stealth design, and can't pin all their hopes on not relying on them. Spectrum of plasma stealth technology?
With this idea in mind, Andrei accompanied Ustinov and others to the Mikoyan Design Bureau.
The chief designer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Beriakov, was waiting for the arrival of Andrei and his party with an uneasy mood. Just this morning, he already knew that in the competition of the Soviet Navy's carrier-based aircraft, the MiG -29k lost to the Soviet Union and obtained the number of Su-33, and became the carrier aircraft of several subsequent Soviet aircraft carriers. This shows that Andrei has always supported the Sukhoi Design Bureau. So, this time Andre came to Mikoyan Design Bureau first, will he come again with some criticism?
Belyakov was speculating in his heart Since Andrei's position in the Soviet high-level has been unshakable, it can be said that if Andrei does not like his new fighter plane again, The days after that Mikoyan will be sad. Could it be that the Mikoyan Design Bureau is going to be reduced to a leather bag company in the future, so it will start with Sukhoi? Or go abroad to engage in some low-end machines to cheat money?
But... stick to the principles! Of course, Belyakov will not change his attitude as a designer. What he thinks is correct is to go on firmly!
"Welcome to your inspection. After we passed General Andrei's guidance last time, we conducted extensive demonstrations and finally confirmed that General Andrei's opinions were correct. Therefore, we conducted an investigation on our MiG-142 fighter jets. The shape has been redesigned." Beriakov said: "Now, we have produced a complete prototype, the No. 1 machine is undergoing static tests, and the No. 2 machine is still being assembled."
The shape has been redesigned! As Beriakov said, he took Andrei and the others into the workshop. At this time, on the test bench, the shiny silver fighter plane stimulated everyone's retinas.
Black Ribbon! Seeing this fighter plane, Andre instantly thought of the fighter plane that netizens looked forward to in the future! (To be continued.)