Chapter 1303: Shipborne early warning aircraft

The early warning aircraft is a multiplier of air combat power. When the radar is moved to the sky, it can be condescending and looking down on the ground, so that more ultra-low-altitude flying targets can be seen.
If on the battlefield of Daxiyang, the Niu people had an airborne early warning aircraft, they would not lose that much. They would find those attacking aircraft flying at ultra-low altitudes in advance.
Therefore, Niu Guoren are also studying carrier-based early warning aircraft, but their aircraft carrier limits their effectiveness, because without a catapult, they cannot take off the Eagle State E-2 early warning aircraft. Otherwise, relying on the relationship between the two countries, Niu State It is sufficient to purchase E-2 directly from Eagle Country.
They can only engage in early warning aircraft for helicopters. On the side of the Neptune helicopter, they have picked up a big ball. This thing has a limited search distance and does not have data processing capabilities. At best, it is a radar, which solves the problem of existence.
This is the carrier-based early warning aircraft.
In the development of the Xiong State, the first Kuznetsov, because it only had a flying deck, had to use the Ka-31 as an early warning capability. This is different from the Niu State. It is that they fold a large film under the belly of the plane, which is just a phased array radar.
In the motherland of later generations, after having an aircraft carrier, the Ka-31 carrier-based early warning aircraft introduced from Xiong Country was first adopted, and then the Zhi-18J carrier-based early warning aircraft was self-developed.
Since the motherland already possesses powerful electronic technology, this carrier-based early warning aircraft also has its own characteristics. It is equipped with a stick-shaped AESA radar antenna at the rear.
China already has a complete phased array radar technology. Therefore, regardless of the size of this radar, its detection capability is the strongest. It can meet the needs of searching for targets near the sea at a distance of about 200 kilometers.
The anti-ship missiles carried by general fighter planes have a range of about 200 kilometers. If several helicopters are networked, the need to form an air defense early warning network around the aircraft carrier can be realized. However, it is still backward, no matter how improved it is. , Has never been able to compare with fixed-wing early warning aircraft, this is the kingly way.
Xiong country naturally knows this truth. After all, according to Xiong’s plan, they will develop into a 1143.7 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the later period. The first ship is the "Ulyanovsk". This nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has two A catapult can naturally eject carrier-based aircraft, and fixed-wing early warning aircraft can also meet the needs of boarding ships.
Xiong Guoren, of course, also started the research and development of carrier-based early warning aircraft, and they have two parallel projects.
One is the famous Yak-44 early warning aircraft, which is very similar in appearance to the Eagle E-2 early warning aircraft. The circular radome is placed above the fuselage, and the rear wing is arranged in an H-shape. The design is exactly the same as the E-2 early warning aircraft, so it is also dubbed "Eagle Eye".
It can be said that the Yakleev Design Bureau was full of confidence in this early warning aircraft, but it lost to the An-71 early warning aircraft in the competition. Later, they planned to sell it to the outside world, but there was no result, until the entire project was finally discontinued. Only a wooden full-size model was left.
Therefore, this early warning aircraft is a fruitless project, and it is even more unlikely to appear at the Nitka base.
In contrast, the An-71 project is different.
This project was carried out earlier. When there was no aircraft carrier project, Xiong Guo believed that a new type of tactical early warning aircraft was needed. At this time, it was still used as a land-based early warning aircraft to try to catch up with E-2C in performance. The launch of the first large-scale aircraft carrier "Tbilisi" (later "Kuznetsov") is imminent, and of course a carrier-based early warning aircraft is needed.
In this way, this project has begun bidding for carrier-based early warning aircraft. In the end, this project was in charge of the Antonov Design Bureau, and the official code name was named An-71.
Of course, if you want to take off from the skid-over deck, the An-71, as a carrier-based aircraft, can’t take off from the skid-over deck even if the engine’s power is increased. From the very beginning, it is destined to only be followed. Take off only on the catapult.
The layout of this aircraft is special, especially its engine, which is arranged at the root of the wing, as if two big eyes were opened on it. In this way, the radome is difficult to install on the fuselage through the support frame, as it happens to be impacted by engine exhaust. Therefore, the Antonov Design Bureau geniusly placed the radome on the vertical tail to effectively avoid the impact of the engine wake.
The big disk at the tail is naturally a radar antenna.
At the same time, in order to balance the rearward shift of the center of gravity caused by the rear radome, the An 71 changed the horizontal tail to the root of the vertical tail, and the vertical tail was tilted forward, and the rudder was changed to two pieces.
Due to the increase in gravity caused by the addition of radar and other devices, the An 71 was replaced with a new D-436K turbofan engine, with a maximum thrust of 75 kN, and a RD-38A with a maximum thrust of 29 kN was installed in the main landing gear fairing. The turbojet engine is used as auxiliary power or used in emergency takeoff, and the wingspan is extended by nearly 1 meter, thus ensuring the dynamic performance and lift characteristics of the An-71.
Compared with the slow progress of the Yak-44 project, the An-71 project progressed very smoothly. By 1985, three prototypes were built. The first was tested for flight performance, the second was subjected to static tests, and the first Three are responsible for the testing of radar and electronic jamming and countermeasures.
In 1988, the An-71 passed the expert review, but at this time, the An-50 AWACS also completed a comprehensive test. The Homeland Defense Air Force finally chose the An-50, and the An-71 had only one ending, striving to become an aircraft carrier. machine!
Therefore, it entered the Nitka system, conducted various tests, and later, stayed at the Nitka base.
Now, when Qin watched the plane, he was moved in his heart, the twilight of the empire, the huge bear country, said it collapsed, and it collapsed.
Fortunately, their empire collapsed, so they left so many good opportunities for themselves! A disintegrated bear country is beneficial to Han.
"President Qin, do you still have good things?" At this moment, a voice came from behind him.
No matter how weird things are, don't feel weird. For Qin, there is nothing impossible.
Now, looking at the huge leaping deck and the entire steel monster, the Xiu Cai didn't feel any surprise. These must have been made from scrap iron. Qin always has this ability, but this weirdly shaped airplane, Attracted him.
What is this? very strange!
"Xiu Cai, all soldiers in the base need to be withdrawn. New troops will be stationed before dawn. You can arrange this now," Qin Guan said.
It's not surprising for the scholars. If the soldiers in the base suddenly discover such equipment tomorrow, I am afraid that they will be horrified. If they drink and brag or leak their sleep, they will be in trouble.