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"This incident has caused tension in the relationship between Israel and the United States. In particular, the fighter jets that our air force urgently needs have been banned from sale by the United States. Such a major dereliction of duty may not be acceptable to Mossad." Shamir said.

Perez knew that Shamir was coming for him.

This incident led to the split among the top management of Israel?Perez felt a trace of sadness, what Israel needs most now is unity!Only by uniting can they get out of the current predicament and overcome the current difficulties.

"Now is not the time for us to discuss who is negligent." At this moment, Defense Minister Rabin finally said: "The situation we are facing is very serious. At this time, the first thing we need to do is to think about how to solve the problem." In particular, our air force, only if our air force is strong, can resist external aggression, otherwise, I don’t know when, Iraq will have other excuses to provoke us, the surrounding Arab countries, This opportunity will never be missed.”

Rabin's words did not stop Shamir's aggressive offensive. He continued: "Yes, we need to consider a solution to the problem, but our people have already been disappointed with our government. The voices outside, It's already very strong. Since we don't have the ability, wouldn't it be better to let capable people lead Israel?

As if to confirm Shamir's words, there was a groaning sound outside the window facing the street.

"Definitely demand the release of Pollard!"

"We will never compromise!"

"Protest against the United States' cessation of arms sales to us!"

The continuous words were a bit confusing, but Perez still understood. Now, the people of Israel are actually marching, but is it useful for them to march like this?

It must have been bewitched by someone!Peres looked at Shamir who was making trouble, and said: "Now, the parade outside is very wrong. Doing so will only arouse more resentment in the United States. There was an exchange between people, and when this incident subsides, everything will slowly return to normal, but now, this kind of behavior that angers the United States and completely causes the relationship between the two countries to become more tense is definitely not good for us! Shamir, we What is needed is the mind!"

"Yes, what we need is brains. We need people with more brains to lead Israel! Now, our parliament has begun to discuss whether to hold an early election." Shamir looked at Peres coldly With a glance, he walked out of the meeting room.

"Simon, you were right just now. What we need to do now is to find a way to overcome the current problems, especially the problem of our fighter planes." Rabin said, regarding Shamir's performance, Rabin also knew that he had a purpose of.

It is not that simple to drive the Labor Party out of power and the Likud Group regain power!In Israel, the Labor Party has always been the number one force!

"We have calculated that in order to maintain the security of our airspace, prevent other countries' air forces from invading, and to undertake the ground attack missions we need, our air force needs at least 150 fighters, of which at least 15 are required. The number of advanced fighters such as the F-16 and F-[-], but now, the number of our advanced fighters is less than [-]. Excluding the necessary methods such as training and maintenance, we can maintain at most [-] to [-] fighters in the air. With a scale of forty, these fighters are unable to deal with the air forces of the surrounding Arab countries. Moreover, the pre-war planes we ordered were expected to be delivered early, but now, it seems that it is nowhere in sight.” The air force commander said.

If there is only this espionage incident, the Americans feel disgusted, that's fine. However, under the rage of the US Secretary of Defense Weinberg, the United States passed the big stick of banning arms sales to Israel. This time, it is considered stuck The lifeblood of Israel.

What Israel needs most now is advanced fighter jets. Among the Israeli defense forces, the most important thing is the air force. Pilots are in emergency training without aircraft, and it is not feasible.

Among the equipment of Israel for many years, the F-15 and F-16 exported by the United States to Israel are always the best fighters of Israel. These two fighters.However, now the United States has raised the big stick of banning arms sales to Israel, which put them in a state of embarrassment.

"We have to find an alternative. It may take one to two years for the incident to pass. Our Air Force cannot wait that long," Perez said.

After Perez finished speaking, he heard Rabin say: "Yes, the United States has banned us from selling this time, which also shows a hidden risk in our original arms purchases. We are completely dependent on the United States, and there is still a certain risk. Fortunately, we, as a group, have been developing our own national defense force, and our Lion fighter jet has entered a critical stage of development, and we hope that we can continue to increase funds so that this fighter jet can enter service as soon as possible."

Perez's eyes lit up, and he listed the advanced fighter jets he produced!

Israel is a small country in the Middle East, but it is a big country just like Sweden in the development of national defense weapons. In addition to the weapons of the army, Israel is the most technologically advanced fighter jet in the air force. It is also hoped that self-production can be achieved.

The journey of Israel is also difficult. In the 60s, Israel purchased the "Mirage" IIIC fighter jet from the French company Dassault. In the Arab-Israeli War in 1967, Israel's "Mirage" IIICJ played an important role. Israel has a deep experience in using the delta wing structure of the "Phantom" aircraft, and the French and Israel technical team has made more than 400 modifications to the aircraft, so that the Israeli technicians have learned a lot. A lot of knowledge.The personnel of the aircraft industry listed in sè started from here.After the Arab-Israeli War in 1967, France maintained a neutral position and imposed an embargo policy on Israel in 1968. The Israeli Air Force could not receive aircraft supplements, and the 50 "Phantom" 5s that had been ordered were also cancelled.

The French released the pigeons of Israel, which aroused the aviation enthusiasm of Israel. They decided to rely on their own aviation industry to manufacture "Phantom" aircraft parts, and then develop fighter jets based on French aircraft to meet the Air Force's needs. need.After the efforts of the famous Mossad, they stole the manufacturing drawings of the French "Mirage" 5 and its "Ata" 8C engine.The progress of the above series is very fast. In September 1969, the prototype flew for the first time and was delivered to the Air Force in 9.From the appearance point of view, this fighter is very similar to the Phantom, with delta wing structure and air intake on both sides, but it is equipped with Elta's electronic fire control system, Martin Baker's JM.1972 projectile seat, and general J6 engine , named Cub Fighter.

The success of Cubs has aroused the enthusiasm of the staff of Israel Aircraft Industry Company, and also made Israel zhèngfǔ see the hope of self-produced fighters. Therefore, in the process of continuous improvement of Cubs, the newly designed " "Lion" fighter jet has also started pre-research. (The Lion and the Cub are two completely different fighters. Because the names are similar, there are always a lot of big ones, and even various information is confused. The most obvious difference is the air intake on the belly and the air intake on both sides.) "Lion" is specially designed to meet the requirements of the Israeli Air Force to replace the A-[-] attack aircraft, "Lion" and F-[-] fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force.

The Lion fighter uses a triangular wing plus a close-coupled front wing, making full use of the experience gained in the development of the "Cub", only changing the fixed front wing of the "Cub" to a full-motion type.This is based on the design and use experience of the F-16. It adopts the belly air intake, and the flow field distortion is small at high angles of attack. It is most suitable for turbofan engines. The air intake is a simple pitot type.From the front, it looks exactly like the F-16.Moreover, with the help of its own electronic technology strength, the Israeli series adopted the relaxation of static stability, which effectively improved the maneuverability of the aircraft. For the engine, the US-made PW1120 was chosen.

At this point, Qusay should be ashamed. Although Iraq also claims to be able to produce the Mirage 4000, the world's most advanced heavy-duty air-control fighter, the technology is completely owned by Dassault. At best, it has changed the fire control and installed There are only two types of fighting missiles.

However, the Lion Fighter is already a new third-generation aircraft in the world. Of course, because Israel is still far behind in technology, it chose to rely too much on the technical support of the United States.

Historically, this fighter did not make its first flight until 86. However, according to the current international environment in Israel, the development of the Lion fighter has been intensely going on.This fighter is about to make its first flight!

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For the Lion, the Israeli column has placed high hopes. This fighter belongs to the light fighter in the combination of light and heavy. However, it needs no less than the performance of the F-16 and the same bombs as the F-4 heavy fighter. volume and penetration capabilities.

Because the Israeli column already has a heavy F-15 air superiority fighter, the Israeli air force, which has always pursued practicality and rich combat experience, has put forward a series of requirements. This fighter is mainly used for With the technical support of the United States, based on the F-16 and Cubs, and a series of scientific researchers, they finally developed an advanced aircraft.

Especially, now that the United States has decided to suspend arms exports to Israel, it has more significance. No matter when, relying on yourself is always the most sure!

Although Perez knows that the U.S. sanctions on Israel are only temporary and will definitely be restored in the future, but after Israel can produce its own aircraft, its dependence on the United States will be reduced, and Israel urgently needs this This fighter enters service as soon as possible!

Many technologies of this aircraft are from the United States. Although the United States is now imposing sanctions on Israel, Israel can still import various parts and components they need through various names. Reis is still sure.

In the later generations, the fate of this fighter is more tragic, because the final performance of this fighter has surpassed the F-16. In order not to pose a threat to the export of US military aircraft, under the pressure of the United States, Israel stopped testing this fighter. In the development of this type of fighter, there was no scene of a large number of fighters entering service, and the original plan listed above was to equip [-] such fighters.

In the eastern power, another fighter plane appeared in front of the world more than ten years later, and was questioned by many people. Isn't this a plane very similar to the Israeli Lion?In fact, they are just appearances, and have no blood relationship. They are completely fighters independently developed by the eastern powers.

"When will our fighter be able to serve?" Perez asked.

"We have entered the stage of full-speed development, and we only need to go through a series of test flights at the end. Because many components are under mature systems, our test flight work can be completed within a year at the earliest. At the same time, We can also do small batch production while testing the flight," Rabin said.

Carrying out small batch production while test flight is not in line with the development rules of fighter jets. During test flight, various problems will be found, and these must be resolved before formal production can be finalized. The produced aircraft must be defective, and there is a possibility of crashing at any time. However, Israel has no time now, and they can only take this risky approach.

"We are satisfied with all the appropriations needed, and the United States will transfer another fund recently, all of which are the support of our Jewish compatriots, and we will definitely overcome this difficulty." Perez said.

"If we have enough funds, I have another proposal." At this time, the Air Force Commander continued to speak: "When we first developed the Lion, there was also a double-issue large version, a larger body that can accommodate more Electronic equipment and fuel, this two-sided enlarged version can be used to replace the F-15. At the beginning, we cut this project because of budgetary problems. Now, the Mirage 4000 owned by Iraq has this layout. In actual combat, it is comparable to our F-15. I believe that if we manufacture this kind of fighter, it should surpass the F-15 in terms of performance. By then, the main force of our air force will be all self-produced Fighter."

"In addition to fighter jets, there is another weapon that we urgently need to solve, which is the early warning aircraft." Rabin said: "Our failures these few times have a lot to do with the early warning aircraft. The United States has also terminated the The contract to export the pre-warning aircraft to us, from various needs, we need to develop our own pre-warning machine, although this is a project that requires a lot of investment, but it will obviously improve the strength of our air force, we should start now Get ready, develop our own early warning machine in five to ten years."

Early warning aircraft, this is definitely an artifact of air combat, and it is also a high-tech weapon. Even the United Kingdom, which claims to be the second largest in the Western world, is unable to develop an early warning aircraft by itself. A fanhunting system with many flaws at all was sold to Iraq, and was regarded as a treasure by Iraq.

Pre-alarm technology is very complicated, and Rabin's five to ten years time is also a conservative estimate, because Israel has never had experience in this area of ​​development.However, this laurel crown must be won by Serow!

Now, when Israel is still facing major diplomatic issues, Rabin has already seen further. Later generations were two full years earlier.

After this incident, Israel can still get early warning planes and fighter jets from the United States, but Israel still needs to be able to produce it by itself in the end, so that Israel can feel at ease.

Perez looked outside, where the parade crowd had not yet dispersed, and there was a faintly visible person giving a speech there, which seemed to be Shamir.

Early elections?Want to get yourself down?Perez feels that his feet are on a solid floor, and he is not afraid at all, because he has tried his best, no matter what he encounters, he has no regrets, he firmly believes that he has done nothing wrong, and he has been working hard to deal with it. In any situation that arises, he himself is competent.

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When Qusai returned from the shipyard, it was already the next day. This was not the moment when Qusai was in the shipyard for the first time, but it can be said that, because, this night, Qusai was really With Cheng Yu.

If a man and a woman are in the same room late at night, they will definitely do something. Qu Sai did not expect that what he did would be so unforgettable for him.

I just proposed to Cheng Yu the specifications of the stealth missile boat I needed based on my own knowledge and understanding of future generations, but the more I talked, Cheng Yu became more and more interested, although after finishing speaking, Cheng Yu changed the subject However, after more than ten minutes, Cheng Yu finally plucked up the courage to pull Qu Sai to his office, and started rough drawing according to Qu Sai's opinion.

The design of the hull, the angle of inclination and outward inclination, the layout of the hull, the positions of naval guns, electronic equipment, anti-ship missiles, etc., how to cover them, especially Qu Sai put forward a comprehensive mast, Integrate those devices well while reducing the reflection area of ​​various radars.

That's not a child drawing in a kindergarten, it's a large-scale design drawing made on a blueprint the size of a desktop, Cheng Yu draws with strict rules and regulations, so Qu Sai has been in that office all the time , stayed up all night, but there were still results. Looking at the blueprint that had been drawn, Qusay seemed to see the power of this guerrilla at sea.

Qusay doesn't expect mosquitoes to eat elephants. It is definitely not possible to use this kind of missile boat to attack an aircraft carrier. However, to attack a single warship, relying on its excellent stealth ability, it can shorten the opponent's detection distance. Launching anti-ship missiles at a distance of [-] tons, as long as the tactics are appropriate, it is enough to sink a warship of several thousand tons.

Of course, small missile boats are still only suitable for activities in the Persian Gulf and the surrounding offshore areas. In the far seas, large warships still have an advantage.

At this moment, Qusay seems to have forgotten that he is the president of a country, and he still has a lot of business to do. At this time, he seems to be a designer of warships, although he is definitely a layman at his level.However, Qusay can see the big world.If the technology can be achieved, the four-sided phased array radar, the general-purpose vertical launch system, and the area air defense missile, he can't wait to install them all on his warship.

Qu Sai didn't know that after she left, the chief engineer Cheng was reminiscing about the details of the night. In fact, she could design according to Qu Sai's intentions, but she wanted to have more opportunities , stay with him.

On the way back to Baghdad, Qusay received a call from Foreign Minister Tariq. The leader of Libya, Gaddafi, conveyed information through diplomatic channels and hoped to visit Iraq in the near future!