The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

However, compared to the nuclear-powered aircraft, another big guy is actually more important!

The Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft!

This strategic transport aircraft has a wingspan of 67 meters, a length of 75 meters, a height of 20 meters, a maximum takeoff weight of 380 tons, a maximum payload of 140 tons, a maximum cruising speed of Mach 1, an economic cruising speed of 900 kilometers per hour, a service ceiling of 10,500 meters, a takeoff distance of 2,450 meters, a landing distance of 685 meters, and a maximum payload range of 6,900 kilometers!

Compared to the Yun-20 strategic transport aircraft, the Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft has a much larger maximum takeoff weight and maximum payload, and it can almost carry all the combat equipment of the Chinese army.

This level of strategic transport aircraft can play a huge role in both military and disaster relief aspects.

In military terms, it can transport military equipment and supplies to the front lines, whether it is to forward airfields, for airdrops, or to transport paratroopers for airborne operations, like a sharp dagger piercing the enemy's heart.

In terms of disaster relief, it can transport more supplies, personnel, and disaster relief equipment at one time!

One flight of this Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft is equivalent to two flights of the Yun-20 strategic transport aircraft.

This Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft is also the crystallization of the wisdom of China's aviation industry.

Of course, this does not mean the end for China's aviation industry. China's aviation industry is still developing larger strategic transport aircraft, such as a larger strategic transport aircraft currently under development, with a maximum payload of 250 tons to 300 tons!

The importance of strategic transport aircraft is self-evident!

Any country that wants to build a large air force must have strategic transport aircraft.

After visiting the Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft, the staff put a big red flower on the Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft, making the Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft like a new recruit about to join the army, and then the curtain covered it.

Although it has been built now, tomorrow is its roll-off ceremony.

This kind of national treasure, strategic-level equipment, the roll-off ceremony will naturally not be simple.

Guifei Group held a grand roll-off ceremony for the Yun-30 strategic transport aircraft, and many heavyweight figures will attend the roll-off ceremony at that time.

Subsequently, Liu Tao, accompanied by Yang Wei, inspected the Guifei Group.

Yang Wei is now the general manager and party secretary of Guifei Group, and also the head of the 011 Aviation Base, and the deputy general manager and party member of Southwest Aviation Aerospace Group Corporation.

As the chief designer of the J-20 stealth fighter, Yang Wei has successively won the National Science and Technology Progress Special Award, the National Defense Science and Technology Progress Award and other awards. He has also won the National May 1st Labor Medal, China's Top Ten Science and Technology News Figures, the Aviation Aerospace Laurel Award 'Person of the Year Award', the August 1st Medal winner, etc. He can be described as full of honors and famous all over the world.

Yang Wei's legendary life has also been widely spread!

After continuous transformation, although the 011 Aviation Base can produce various types of aircraft of the Panshan Group, including fighters, reconnaissance aircraft, trainers, transport aircraft, tankers, and early warning aircraft, a lot of production capacity is actually placed in other production bases.

For example, passenger aircraft, business jets, and civil transport aircraft are mainly in the three production bases of Modu, Jiangcheng, and Rongcheng.

For example, helicopters are in the four production bases of Modu, Xingcheng, Shancheng, and Rongcheng.

For example, fighters are mainly in the Rongcheng and Shancheng production bases, and the current production capacity of these two production bases accounts for a large part of the Panshan Group.

Similarly, the production capacity of trainers in the 011 Aviation Base only accounts for about a quarter, and the main production is in the Rongcheng and Gan Province production bases.

Arriving at the Materials Research Institute of the 011 Aviation Base, all kinds of aviation materials are being researched here.

For example, by adding rare earths, by studying materials with different proportions, to study materials with better performance.

China is now the world's largest supplier of rare earths, and the price of rare earths is also high.

Although other countries also have very rich rare earths, the mining and smelting of rare earths is a technical job, because rare earths are often associated. If it is specifically for mining and smelting rare earths, the price will be very high, and it will also cause serious environmental pollution.

Panshan Group is also developing rare earth industries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. As for Russia and North America, they have not developed rare earth industries. As for the reason, it is naturally for safety considerations.

The Americans have not tried to develop a rare earth industry belonging to the United States, but after the deindustrialization of the United States, the price of rare earths is the highest in the world, and they cannot compete with the rare earths of the Panshan Group at all, and there is no competitiveness at all.

Moreover, many of China's exports are finished products, which makes American rare earths even less competitive!

Similarly, Russia's rare earth production capacity is very low, barely meeting Russia's military needs, and more is still imported from Panshan Group.

As for Europe, they can only stare blankly, and there is no way to develop!

Many materials and parts have to be imported from China.

This Materials Research Institute is currently the most important aviation materials research institute in China. There are only three academicians, and there are more talents in other materials fields. All those who come here for post-doctoral work every year are subject to the strictest political review.

There is no way, it is too easy to come into contact with secrets here, and even there are many secrets with very high levels of confidentiality.

For example, the stealth materials of the J-20 fighter and the H-20 strategic bomber!

Many materials are highly confidential.

The importance of materials is self-evident.

The technological breakthroughs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution include new material technologies, graphene, etc.!

There are too many materials here that are world-leading. I don't know how much Europe and the United States want to obtain the formula of the materials.

After inspecting the Materials Research Institute, Liu Tao and Yang Wei went to the Aircraft Research Institute.

The Commercial Aircraft Research Institute and the Military Aircraft Research Institute are currently the most important and largest research institutes in China, concentrating a large number of talents.

On the Internet, there are always people with colonized minds asking: Why can't China retain high-end talents?

In fact, more talents are staying in China, concentrating on research and building China.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why talents have run to Europe and the United States, and those who stay in China are not talents. As a result, China has made rapid progress in various fields in the past three decades, which can be called a world miracle, and even Europeans and Americans are greatly exclaimed that China has experienced a technological big bang.

Just like these two aircraft research institutes, most ordinary people don't even know about them, and haven't even heard of their names, but they are definitely real talents, and they are definitely high-end talents for ordinary people.

Arriving at the Military Aircraft Research Institute, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Center.

This is China's most important UAV research center, and a number of UAVs have been successfully developed here.

At the 2012 Zhuhai Airshow, a 10-ton reconnaissance and strike integrated UAV caused a worldwide shock. After all, considering the range and payload of this 10-ton UAV, it already has some flavor of a light unmanned bomber.

In fact, that 10-ton unmanned bomber is not the most advanced. China already has 20-ton and 30-ton unmanned bombers in service, and unmanned bomber formations have been formed.

The most advanced unmanned bomber currently under development is 50 tons!

Moreover, these unmanned bombers are both conventional and stealth!

For example, the 20-ton unmanned bomber has 10 hardpoints and the ability to carry various types of ammunition. It has strong combat capabilities and is completely comparable to a number of light and medium-sized fighters. The most important thing is that it can be mass-produced on a large scale, and there is no need to worry about pilots being shot down and sacrificed or captured on the battlefield.

And this 20-ton unmanned bomber can even carry large anti-ship missiles or cruise missiles under its two large wings, and can carry two at a time.

As for the 30-ton unmanned bomber, its combat capability is even stronger!

Now, the role of UAVs in the Chinese military is becoming more and more important, and the use of UAVs is also constantly being explored. Even technical teams will be sent abroad to conduct experiments on the battlefield and experience the baptism of war.

For example, now, there is a mercenary in Libya that is equipped with a number of UAVs, and the test situation of these UAVs is constantly being transmitted back.

There were also tests conducted on the South Asian battlefield before, and UAVs played a very important role.

Unmanned equipment has been recognized as playing a vital role in future battlefields after years of continuous exploration.

Unmanned aerial vehicles and bionic flying bird robots in the sky, and bionic robots on the ground, such as dog-shaped and cow-shaped robots.

Even unmanned submarines are being studied.

However, compared to robots in the sky and on the ground, the progress of marine bionic robots is relatively slow.

Firstly, there are waterproof performance requirements, and secondly, there is the reason that the pressure in the water increases continuously with the depth of the water.

Of course, there are also energy and power aspects!

But even with so many problems to face, researchers are constantly striving.

At the Drone Research Center, various drones are developed, and existing drones are continuously improved.

The performance of drones now represents a significant leap compared to ten years ago.

The drone research here is focused on military drones.

As for civilian drone research, other research institutes and drone companies are working on that.

By now, the global civilian drone market is huge, and drones are widely used in civilian applications.

For example, drones are used for surveying, agricultural investigation, fire detection and firefighting, and traffic control.

In the civilian drone market alone, the industry scale has reached about 400 billion RMB!

Moreover, the civilian drone market is still growing at a very rapid pace!

Now, even elementary schools are teaching students how to operate drones, and there are even more drone courses in middle and high schools!

During festivals, various cities are putting on drone shows.

Liu Tao visited the Drone Research Center, and it was already time for lunch.

Liu Tao and Yang Wei went to a cafeteria, took their lunch boxes, and lined up to get food.

Like other Panshan Group companies, this embodies an aspect of the socialist system: a standard meal costs 2 RMB, even at Panshan Group companies in the magic city of Shanghai.

For 2 RMB, you can eat whatever you want.

Of course, no one wastes food, because the busybodies wearing red armbands are not to be trifled with.

If these busybodies see someone wasting food, they are sure to give them a lecture. If they don't honestly admit their mistake, they will call the department leader with a single phone call, and in serious cases, the entire company will be notified and criticized, and the employee will be fired.

Even Liu Tao and Yang Wei took just enough food to eat.

Liu Tao reminded Yang Wei to be mentally prepared to take on more important responsibilities.

Yang Wei is someone Liu Tao is focusing on developing. At 50 years old this year, Yang Wei already has the ability, qualifications, and honors. Taking another step up would be a natural progression, and no one could say anything against it.

At this year's year-end Party Committee meeting, Yang Wei will be taking over as the general manager of the Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation. This position is undoubtedly extremely important and a significant step.

Appointing people without regard to their personal connections is Liu Tao's consistent principle.

And for Yang Wei to reach this step at the age of 50 is rare nationwide.

In this position, if he were to be transferred externally, he would either go to a ministry to be in charge or go to a local area to take charge of a region!

There are only about 2,000 people at this level nationwide!

That night, Liu Tao stayed at the 011 Aviation Base.

The next morning.

The guests who came to participate in the Y-30 strategic transport aircraft event arrived, including famous experts in the aviation field, including academicians in the aviation field, as well as the Air Force Equipment Department and other leaders.

The rollout ceremony of the Y-30 strategic transport aircraft was very grand, and the official media team was constantly filming, which will be on the news.

At the same time, there will also be documentaries about the Y-30 strategic transport aircraft in the future.

Nowadays, most of the time, China will no longer hide and keep its weapons and equipment secret like before, but will report them more promptly.

Because now, with China's size, it is useless to hide it. It is better to show it generously and let some jackals carefully weigh it.

The Y-30 strategic transport aircraft can be called 'strategic,' which shows its importance!

This type of strategic equipment will not be exported to other countries.

Just like the J-20 stealth fighter, it has not been exported to other countries so far, and it is deployed in China and has never been deployed elsewhere.

The United States' F-22 stealth fighter also uses the same strategy.

Russia and Europe are also working on the same level of fighter jets, but so far they have not been able to produce results.

In this regard, the F-22 stealth fighter and the J-20 stealth fighter are the leaders of the world's fighter jets! (End of chapter)