Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

A sense of mission and responsibility arose spontaneously in Wang Shan's heart.

Who said there were no projects? It's just that the research institute's model had problems. For a long time, they had been accustomed to superiors assigning tasks and simply wouldn't proactively look for them. The Prairie Metal Materials Research Institute only thought of developing armor-piercing projectile core materials for tanks because it was close to the tank factory. They didn't broaden their horizons.

China's technological level is far behind the world's, and there are various research and development needs!

Only people like General Qin, who take the path of a market economy, will actively seek business opportunities and find many entry points. Now that the motherland and the army are expecting 300M steel, what else can I say?

"Please rest assured, leaders, even if I have to risk my old life, I will develop advanced steel!" Wang Shan stood up and guaranteed.

The country needs it, and Factory 960 supports it, so what else could he say? He just had to go all out.

"Well, Lao Wang, thank you for joining us," Elder Lin said. "Time is of the essence, so let's get started! Xiao Zhang, take Lao Wang to the data room and find all the relevant information about the aircraft landing gear requirements and 300M steel for him so he can start working now."

"Yes." An assistant named Xiao Zhang walked to Wang Shan's side. "Engineer Wang, please."

Wang Shan nodded and followed him out.

Watching his departing back, Elder Lin said, "General Qin, is it necessary to be so complicated? Can't you develop this kind of steel yourself? It's just a matter of three to five days. Is it necessary to waste so much energy and borrow someone else's hand? Are you trying to disgust the Prairie Metal Materials Research Institute, which caused you trouble, and ruin them?"

Qin Yang rolled his eyes at him. "Elder Lin, why do you think of me so badly? When has Qin Yang ever had such an image?"

Everyone laughed. Whoever offends General Qin will inevitably suffer. Isn't that obvious? Although the Air Force didn't participate, it has been paying attention to recent events.

"Elder Lin, I'm not omnipotent. I'm only familiar with the army's side. Although I know something about the steel for aircraft landing gear, I'm definitely not proficient in it. We still need relevant experts to develop it," Qin Yang continued to explain. "This project completely relies on Engineer Wang."

Qin Yang wasn't really being modest. He was familiar with tank armor steel and the production process of armor-piercing projectile cores, but he wasn't omnipotent. He had some contact with aircraft landing gear steel, but he only knew a little about it. He still had to rely on domestic experts.

"Okay, let's get back to the main topic. The development of that aircraft is not just about the landing gear. There are many other problems waiting for us," Elder Lin said. "For example, we can't make that titanium alloy wing box right now. Lao Lu used stainless steel to study the Qiang-6's part, but if we want to completely imitate the Tomcat, we have to use titanium alloy."

Qin Yang nodded. "Let's leave this to our Factory 960, but we need to invite Guan Lao from Institute 625 over. The Air Force is responsible for coordinating with us. What other problems are there?"

"See? We should have found General Qin long ago. We should have called General Qin over as soon as he got off the plane, and there wouldn't have been those bad things later," Elder Lin said with emotion. "No matter what the problem is, it's not a problem here with General Qin!"

"General Qin, your Factory 960 is helping us develop airborne radar and supporting medium-range air-to-air missiles. We are all relieved about this, but there is still a big gap between our close-range combat missiles and the world's advanced level. Can your factory find a way to help solve this problem?" Another leader asked.

Qin Yang nodded. "Yes."

The people present immediately lit up. "General Qin, does your factory have this kind of technology reserve?"

"Let me ask you, what is the most advanced close-range combat missile in the world right now?"

"Python-3! Half of the results of the Bekaa Valley air battle were created by it."

Israel grew up in the flames of war. Because it was affected by arms embargoes in the previous wars, it began to vigorously develop military industrial products, and military giants were gradually born. Rafael Corporation is one of them. They improved and developed the third-generation short-range infrared air-to-air missile based on the "Shafrir" 2, named Python-3.

This missile began to be designed in 1975, developed in 1977, delivered in 1981, and put into service in 1982. Then, it was used in the Bekaa Valley air battle and achieved brilliant results.

Compared with air-to-air missiles of the same era, it has many characteristics. It uses a highly sensitive indium antimonide detector, so pilots don't have to stare at the enemy's tail tightly. It can lock on to the target and launch it from the side or even head-on. It adopts a two-stage thrust solid rocket engine with a maximum range of 15 kilometers. It is also equipped with large-span, large-area deflection winglets at the tail, which improves the rudder surface roll control rate and has a strong maneuverability overload capability.

"Of course they are not afraid. Israel implements war by war. In order to fight, they have developed a strong military industry. In order to fill the bottomless pit of military research and development, they are also selling a large number of weapons, even the most advanced ones. After all, no one wants the backward ones. As long as our Air Force purchases 800 Python-3 missiles from Israel, they will definitely sell the technology and production line to us."

"Eight hundred?" The people present were immediately dumbfounded. "How much will that cost?"

"It's not too expensive, maybe a few hundred thousand dollars each."

Qin Yang couldn't directly report the exact number of 127,000 US dollars, so he could only say an approximate number.

"Wouldn't that cost hundreds of millions? Our Air Force can't afford that much money. Besides, we can't use so many missiles after buying them back. It will take several years to imitate the Tomcat."

It's not cost-effective, definitely not cost-effective.

"Why can't we use them? After buying them back, we can mount them on the J-7 and J-8 fighters, and immediately let our Air Force change its guns. Even if the planes are not changed, using advanced missiles can significantly improve combat effectiveness. In the past, J-7 pilots had to do everything they could to bite the enemy's tail. With the Python-3, we can just go head-on and give them a punch."

"Can the J-7 and J-8 also be mounted?"

"Definitely," Qin Yang nodded to express his certainty. "This can also solve our urgent needs first. American fighters have too many political requirements, and French fighters are too expensive. We spend hundreds of millions to upgrade our Air Force's weapons and equipment. It's definitely cost-effective. Moreover, taking this opportunity, we can also inspect Israel's military aircraft research and development, which is a win-win situation."

Elder Lin nodded. "That's right, we should go and inspect it. We'll go after the war there is over, but I don't know when the war there will end."

"We have to ask General Qin about this."