Dominate South Asia

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

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

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

"Okay." Prince Sultan was very interested.

When we returned to Islamabad, it was already late at night. After arranging for the Saudi guests to check in, Mhamad returned to the presidential palace and made some more arrangements.

The next day, the sky was clear and cloudless.

Mhamad personally accompanied the Saudi visitors to the Aviation Industry Company.

First entering the company's factory, Prince Sultan was immediately surprised when he saw the Tomcat fighter jets being assembled in the workshop.

"Pakistan is already able to manufacture this kind of fighter jets on its own?"

Although there has been news from the outside world that Pakistan can manufacture Tomcat fighter jets on its own, many experts have confirmed that this is impossible. Pakistan simply does not have the ability to produce Tomcat fighter jets on its own!

The third generation fighter! You know, even Europe, which is now famous for its industrial strength, does not have the ability to develop it on its own. Only a few countries have developed it. Sweden has developed the Gripen, France has independently developed the Mirage 2000 and Rafale, and the rest, the four countries have jointly developed the EF2000. Pakistan ? How many years has it been since industrialization? The era of real development is no more than ten years! You must know that aviation technology requires the precipitation and accumulation of technology, and it is absolutely impossible to develop it in just a few years.

Therefore, the outside world has always believed that Pakistan produces its own Tomcat fighter jets. In fact, it is just repairing aircraft damaged in the war.

Now, when I see this fighter jet being assembled, it is not a repair at all, it is definitely a new one! The outer metal skin of the fighter plane has not yet been painted, and the exposed rivets show its strength.

"You can actually produce fighter jets by yourself?" Prince Sultan's surprise was palpable.

"Yes." Mhamad said: "A few years ago, we started small batch production, and now we are able to produce more than 20 aircraft every year. Compared with the prototype Tomcat fighter, we have also made some improvements Improvements, for example, we use digital fly-by-wire instead of the original hydraulic operation, we use a lot of our existing advanced electronic technology, and the performance of the airborne radar is even higher than that of 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. I couldn't help but feel excited.

It's a pity that Saudi Arabia's demand for fighter jets is no longer that strong.

Saudi Arabia has equipped nearly 200 F-15 fighters, which are the first-class fighters of the U.S. Air Force. These fighter planes are enough to protect Saudi Arabia's airspace.

When Saudi Arabia was purchasing fighter jets, another major country in the Gulf, Iran, chose Tomcat fighter jets. In order to avoid the performance of the fighter jets becoming known to the other side in a conflict with Iran, Saudi Arabia chose F-15 fighter jets. Now, Saudi Arabia has the largest F-15 fleet outside the United States, so. There is no urgent need to upgrade to new fighters.

Otherwise, Pakistan must equip a batch of its own Tomcat fighters. After all, Pakistan’s air force is powerful and can defeat the Soviet Air Force! The performance of the Tomcat fighter jets manufactured by Pakistan is absolutely top-notch.

What a pity.

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

Saudi Arabia's pro-American policy is only to maintain the reproduction of the Saudi royal family and the security of the Saudi country, if they choose. They will choose Pakistan even more, after all, they have the same beliefs as Pakistan!

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

At this time, a cart was slowly pushed over. Placed on it was a steel component with a cylindrical appearance and exposed various circuits. It was the heart of the aircraft, the engine!

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

"The development of science and technology is changing with each passing day." Mhammad said: "Now that we have been able to manufacture third-generation fighters, the United States and the Soviet Union have both begun the development of fourth-generation fighters. The United States is focusing its efforts on The F-22 fighter is being developed. It has super maneuverability, stealth performance, and supersonic cruise capabilities. This fighter will become the main force on the battlefield in the future.”

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

"Yes, the fighter aircraft being developed by the United States has more advanced capabilities." Prince Sultan said, "However, this fighter aircraft is highly confidential in the United States and we will not be able to purchase it for a long time."

Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the United States, and of course it hopes to purchase advanced weapons from the United States. Unfortunately, the United States has no plans to export such fighters. Prince Sultan even proposed to take a look at such fighters when he visited the United States. Was politely rejected.

"The United States will not export this type of fighter." Muhammad said: "The United States will join forces with other countries to invest together and develop a low-end aircraft."

Muhammad was talking about the F-35 fighter in history. In 1993, the Americans launched the "Joint Advanced Attack Technology" JASF verification aircraft research, hoping to develop a series of light combat attack aircraft that can be used by several services to replace the F-15E, F-16, F-15C and F-117 of the US Air Force, the F-14 of the Navy, and the AV-8B of the Marine Corps, so as to achieve the purpose of one machine with multiple uses. In addition to conventional land-based fighters, short-range and vertical take-off fighters and catapult-launched fighters on naval aircraft carriers are also needed to achieve the purpose of simultaneous use by multiple services. After the project was proposed, the United Kingdom also expressed strong interest in the plan and proposed to join the plan to replace the "Harrier" and "Sea Harrier" fighters with this aircraft. The Americans gradually pulled in several more countries to join, and in March 1996, the JASF program was officially renamed the "Joint Strike Fighter" JSF, which became a fighter used worldwide. Of course, its performance is inferior to that of the US F-22.

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

Muhammad didn't know that because of his time travel, the Soviet Union was still standing when it was about to enter 1992, and the US fourth-generation aircraft plan was also developing rapidly. Unfortunately, the development of this fighter requires a lot of money, and the wealthy Americans feel that they can't afford it, so they directly wooed Saudi Arabia, hoping to provide funds.

Of course, Saudi Arabia will not get any technology, but only get a promise that it can give priority to ordering this fighter.

"President Muhammad, you are indeed a wise national leader." Prince Sultan said, "The Americans proposed this plan to us, hoping that we can join and provide 20 billion US dollars for the Americans to develop."

20 billion! The Americans really know how to fleece the sheep! Muhammad thought to himself that it seemed that he had prepared at the right time this time. If it was too late, if the Saudis were fooled by the Americans, he would not be able to fool them.

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

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

Entering a conference room, the slide projector was turned on, and Prince Sultan looked at a responsible engineer to introduce it.

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

"Our plan is to develop a quasi-fourth-generation fighter based on our Tomcat fighter." The engineer began to explain: "We also use variable swept wing technology to achieve aerodynamic adaptability in the entire airspace, which is unattainable by other aerodynamic layouts. We rely on our own progress in the field of stealth technology to redesign the appearance of this fighter. While ensuring aerodynamic performance, the radar reflection area is greatly reduced, which is two orders of magnitude smaller than the existing one."

Advancement in stealth technology! Pakistan has a trick. At the air show a few years ago, Pakistani airlines demonstrated their progress in stealth. Even Americans were very interested and reportedly paid a high price to buy Pakistan's technology.

"All weapons are mounted internally, so the fuselage is longer than the previous Tomcat fighter, leaving an internal bomb bay in the middle of the fuselage to carry four medium-range missiles and two combat missiles. Add a dorsal fuel tank to increase the internal fuel coefficient to increase the range." The engineer continued to introduce: "At the same time, we still retain the ability to mount long-range air-to-air missiles in the semi-buried racks on the belly of the fuselage. In this way, while ensuring excellent interception capabilities, it also has excellent stealth capabilities."

The slide switched, and the internal structure of the fuselage appeared. (To be continued ~^~)