Babylonian Empire

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Although it is embarrassing for the other party to say this, he must make it clear, because the Su-27K cannot be exported to Iraq. The only carrier-based aircraft that can be exported is the Su-25, which has been introduced by Iraq. A Soviet-made attack aircraft with limited aerial combat capabilities.In fact, the combat effectiveness of this aircraft carrier in Iraq will not be particularly large, that is to say, it is enough to take off with a ski jump.

Those two catapults, even if installed, are still decorations, because until now, the development of fighter jets capable of catapults and take-off has not yet begun.

Isn't there Su-27K and MiG-29K under development?

This kind of specific technical problem is always for the layman to watch the excitement, and the insider to see the doorway. If you want to change the land-based aircraft to ship-based, you need to change a lot of places, and strengthen the anti-cháo and anti-corrosion capabilities, which is only a small part. Jumping to take off, improving the lift structure of the aircraft, such as adding the front canard to the Su-27, this is also a very small part. To succeed in a qualified carrier-based aircraft, the most important thing is to be durable!

The landing of a carrier-based aircraft is different from the landing of an ordinary aircraft. An ordinary aircraft gradually decelerates, then gradually the main landing gear touches the ground, the drogue parachute is released, the front landing gear comes down, and then the brakes are gradually applied.

And the carrier-based aircraft, when landing, does not slow down, but accelerates!It hardly landed, but hit the deck abruptly, and then, the rear arresting hook hooked one of the arresting cables below, dragging the aircraft abruptly. In the process, the main landing gear and the fuselage , have to bear a huge force, so, compared with land-based aircraft, modification is more critical. As the main landing gear that hits the deck of the aircraft carrier first, the structure must be greatly strengthened. The main bearing parts of the entire aircraft, The girders that run through the girders must be reinforced. In this way, the reinforced structure of carrier-based aircraft will be much heavier than that of land-based aircraft, which will be about [-] kg to [-] kg. For fighter jets, in order to pursue flight performance, Weight has to be counted.

Only the airframe structure and the main landing gear have been added, and the weight has already increased a lot, so the fighter development organization has to try to install a more powerful engine. However, if the projectile takes off, an additional weight has to be added : Nose landing gear!

If the ski jump takes off, there is no requirement for the nose landing gear, which is the same as the land-based one. However, if it takes off with a missile launch, it is different, because taking off with a missile launch is equivalent to pulling the nose landing gear to drive the entire aircraft Forward flight, in this process, the front landing gear has to bear a considerable force, and the strength of the front landing gear must be greatly strengthened!That means, still gaining weight!

Therefore, for fighter designers, this is a headache.

"So that's how it is!" Qu Sai pretended to be very emotional and said, "That's right, but even if the Su-25 can only take off with a ski jump, we can't change the design of the steam launcher. We don't have it now, but it doesn't mean that it will be in the future." No!"

When Gorshkov heard what Anikiyev said, he understood what he meant. Although it appeared that he was speaking to Qusay, in fact, this sentence was for him.

The issue of whether to load the launcher has been a focus of debate among Soviet technicians.

Although the Soviet Union's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk has already planned to use catapults, the aviation designers who provide carrier-based aircraft for the aircraft carrier include Sukhoi, Mikoyan and even technicians from the Jacques Design Bureau. , They all oppose the addition of ammunition to the new aircraft carrier.

Their excuse is naturally old-fashioned. If the aircraft uses a catapult to accelerate take-off, the structure of the aircraft needs to be strengthened. Otherwise, the aircraft will be seriously damaged during take-off, and the failure of the aircraft will be greatly increased. And because the Soviet Union is located in the north, if the new aircraft carrier is deployed in the cold north, the requirements for the performance of the missile launcher will also be very high. How can the steam missile launcher be used even if the water is about to freeze?

Not only the Su-27K and MiG-29K jet fighters, but even the twin-engine propeller "Jacques"-44 pre-warning aircraft designed by the Jacques Design Bureau for the new aircraft carrier. Takeoff can be completed on the first ski jump runway.

In view of the unanimous conclusions of these aircraft design bureaus, the engineers and technicians of the Black Sea Shipyard also began to lean towards their opinions. The Soviet Union wants to follow its own unique path, and the catapults have no necessary value.

However, the designers of the Neva Design Bureau are very firm. Compared with the ski jump take-off, the carrier-based aircraft after the missile launch will have greater weapon loading capacity and fuel carrying capacity, which can significantly improve the aircraft's stagnation in the air. Time and combat radius, more weapons mounted, will make the single machine have more powerful combat effectiveness.Although there are many technical problems that need to be overcome for missile launch, and the pilot will feel more uncomfortable when being shot, but in order to obtain better combat performance, missile launch is a must.They seriously refuted the short-sightedness of the aircraft designer, and the two sides argued bitterly.

As long as the Soviet Union is willing to unify their thinking, there will be absolutely no problem with launching missiles. Therefore, taking this opportunity, Anikiyev raised this issue again to the commander of the navy.

Gorshkov naturally knows that he himself is also inclined to use catapults. Now, seeing that the leader of this Middle Eastern country is so obsessed with aircraft carriers and yearns for steam catapults, he is a little curious. Although Anikiyev’s words made him a little dissatisfied, he still asked Kudao: “President Qusay, now that the Su-25 can only take off with a ski jump, you still insist on using steam bombers. Why?"

"The lifespan of an aircraft carrier is very long. Some aircraft carriers will serve for more than 50 years. Therefore, the hull does not move, but the carrier-based aircraft on the hull will definitely change many batches. However, future aircraft will definitely be modified to be suitable for missile takeoff. Compared with ski jump takeoff, missile launch can allow fighters to take off with a full load, and the performance will be more powerful. For example, if the time spent in the air is increased, then The number of take-offs is reduced, and the power of an aircraft carrier lies in the carrier-based aircraft on it." Qusay said: "So, we in Iraq have devoted all our efforts to carry out this aircraft carrier project, and we must have the greatest power. of."

Look at how far-sighted their national leaders are!At this time, Anikiyev and Belov seemed to have found a bosom friend. If the leaders of their own country supported him like this, the Soviet aircraft carrier would have sailed in all oceans of the world long ago, competing with the US Navy formation. Now, no matter what it is like now, at most they will send a submarine to provoke them.

Qusay’s statement that the aircraft carrier will have a long service life, and that the aircraft carrier will be replaced, obviously moved Gorshkov. This reason is also very important. If we do not carry out the catapult project now, then we will find out later that The aircraft carrier is no longer suitable. Do we need to rebuild the aircraft carrier?Then, future generations will not forgive them!

Even in the mid-term life extension, it is a big project to make major changes to the deck and add catapults, so it is now in place, and firmly follow the path of catapults!

What Qu Sai said just now is very brilliant, and it is also his real thought. The catapult plays a vital role in improving the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier. If there is no catapult, then what he wants to do next? How to get the E-2 early warning aircraft to take off and land from the aircraft carrier?

The Su-27, which can only take off with half fuel and light load, is not the best choice, but Qusay knows that he has indeed ignored the technical problems that need to be overcome for carrier-based aircraft to take off.In later generations, the Soviet Union disintegrated before the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was built, and the project of ejecting and launching carrier-based aircraft collapsed. Therefore, the Soviet Union did not develop carrier-based aircraft capable of ejecting and launching. When the Soviet Union was in turmoil, the first aircraft carrier, which had been renamed Kuznetsov, was still undergoing sea trials, and the progress of the second Varyag had only reached 70.00%.However, Qusay believes that the Soviet Union must already have technical reserves!

A jet aircraft with a high thrust-to-weight ratio can take off with a ski jump. How can a fixed-wing low-speed propeller aircraft, such as an early warning aircraft and an anti-submarine aircraft, take off from the jump deck?This is also when the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk adopted catapults, because at that time, the Kuznetsov and Varyag could only be equipped with Ka-31 early warning helicopters, and the early warning capabilities Seriously insufficient, only fixed-wing early warning aircraft is the kingly way.

At this time, the Jacques-44 pre-alarm aircraft developed for the Ulyanovsk used an airframe similar to that of the E-2.Even the Su-27K is impossible to obtain. Qusay has no confidence in the Yak-44, an early warning aircraft that will not be in service in later generations. After all, the Soviet Union's electronic level is there.However, how did Qu Sai think of the E-2 pre-warning machine?Will the Americans export to him?

Qusay thought about it in his mind.

"Yes, missile launch is the best equipment for heavy-duty aircraft-based cruisers. Our military fully supports carrier-based aircraft launch." Gorshkov said.

Chapter 882 The Cunning Russian

Thomas received a message from the submarine below. The unknown submarine under the water actually dived to a depth of 500 meters and was sailing at a high speed of 32 knots.

At this time, the failure of the catapult had been eliminated, and two S-3 anti-submarine aircraft flew off the deck of the Kitty Hawk one after another.

The S-3 anti-submarine aircraft can have an anti-submarine radius of 500 nautical miles, so if they want, they can completely keep track of that damned submarine for more than ten hours. Damn the submarine, but if it catches up, what can it do?As long as the opponent stays in the water, staying in the water below [-] meters and not coming out, they have no way to deal with it.

500 meters!Thomas can almost tell that even though he didn't find out the person in the submarine, he can also know that it must be a Soviet submarine!

The Soviets always like to come up with such things, for example, great diving depth and high speed.The year before last, they discovered that a Soviet submarine was actually sailing underwater at a speed of more than [-] knots. This speed has exceeded the speed of all torpedoes equipped by the US military. , nor catch up with each other.

This time he was embarrassed, and Thomas' face was very ugly. He knew that if it was during a war, the aircraft carrier under his feet would be very dangerous.

All the members of the formation already knew that the submarine fled brazenly after bragging about it in a place very close to their formation.

Never let it go!

The nuclear reactor at the tail is running at full power, and it has been sailing for more than three hours.

"Go forward, slow down and sail, sonar room, and detect if there are any dangerous targets around." Ye Ruofu gave the order.

During the full-power voyage just now, the noise of the submarine itself was still very loud, and the detection range of the sonar would be greatly reduced. Now that they have come to a hundred nautical miles away, they can relax a little.

With the operation of the submarine soldiers in the engine room, the propeller of the huge submarine began to rotate and slow down, and the speed slowly dropped.

"The opponent's submarine has started to slow down." On the Baton Rouge, Captain Johnson received a report from the sonar room.

"Slow down immediately, reverse at full speed, and be ready to follow the steering at any time, don't expose us." He ordered immediately.

During these three hours, the Los Angeles-class submarine has been closely following the unknown submarine without stopping.

Because, for the intrusion of this unknown submarine, the Los Angeles-class submarine obviously made a mistake. He had to find out the thief who invaded their underwater, and this was considered to save face.Of course, more importantly, this is obviously a new Soviet submarine. He must follow behind, record the underwater sound characteristics of this submarine, and record all the characteristics. At the same time, he must follow until the other party The docked military port, and then the special agents will determine what this new submarine is.

Therefore, the Baton Rouri broke away from the formation of the aircraft carrier and embarked on a new mission, following this unknown Soviet submarine.

And another loitering Los Angeles-class submarine a hundred nautical miles east of the aircraft carrier formation has received new instructions and will take over its mission to protect the underwater safety of the aircraft carrier formation.

During the Cold War, submarines of both sides often carried out such activities underwater, especially the Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines, which were already familiar with tracking Soviet ballistic missile submarines.

Johnson has been following behind the opponent, here is the opponent's blind spot.

For a submarine, there is a main sonar in the front and side sonars on both sides. Therefore, approaching from the front or the side is not a good choice, and it will be discovered by the other party at any time.

Only the back, because all submarines have huge propellers behind them, so it is impossible to deploy sonar here, even if it is arranged, it will be disturbed by the noise of the propellers, and nothing will be found.

Therefore, similar to fighter planes, for submarines, the rear is an absolute blind spot.

The Los Angeles class is also sailing at the maximum speed. In this case, its own noise is also very loud. However, because it follows K-132, its noise will not be received by K-132 However, the huge propeller at the tail of the K-132 is always in front of it (or called the front bottom), so it sounds very clear.

This kind of underwater high-speed tracking drag racing went on for more than three hours.

Now, hearing that the other party slowed down, Johnson immediately ordered to slow down to prevent rushing in front of the other party.

They decelerated first before they realized that there was a period of reaction time. Therefore, Johnson not only let the submarine reduce the power, but the deceleration was not fast enough. He had to reverse the propeller, so as to obtain the maximum deceleration effect and prevent accidents.This underwater tracking technique is very familiar to every submariner.

Underwater high-speed navigation, generally speaking, is rarely carried out. For example, although a nuclear submarine has a high speed of [-] knots, under normal circumstances, it sails at a cruising speed of about ten to twenty knots , so that you can avoid exposing your position due to noise, and also avoid various possible failures caused by the long-term full-power operation of the reactor.Therefore, although the speed of the Los Angeles class was not fast enough, Johnson did not give up. In this way, after three hours of chasing, the opponent finally began to slow down.

This is still a nuclear submarine. If it is a conventional submarine, only relying on the power carried in its own battery, if it sails at full speed underwater, it can consume all the power in an hour. Go full speed.

In order to avoid being discovered, and because the distance was too far, the Baton Rouge did not contact the aircraft carrier, which would expose itself to the other party. Now, he is sure that the Soviet submarine did not find him.