Chapter 199: The King's Bomb
"Based on our analysis of the available information, the performance of this new fighter is indeed excellent, especially since the other party boldly adopted a non-traditional canard aerodynamic layout, which basically meets the standards of the world's leading fighters."

"The most important thing to pay attention to is the fighter's airborne radar. They actually conquered the active phased array radar."

"If the detection range really reaches 300 kilometers, it will exceed that of our Raptor fighter jets."

"It's incredible that they could develop such an excellent stealth fighter based on the third-generation aircraft."

……

In a discussion room at Boeing's headquarters, Chief Technology Officer Kojero sat in the main seat in silence.

Several designers were sitting next to the desk.

As each designer spoke out his evaluation of the J-20, Cojiero's face became darker.

He really couldn't understand how the other party could skip the fourth-generation aircraft and develop the fifth-generation stealth fighter under such circumstances.

And the performance seems to exceed that of the Raptor, which they are so proud of.

It's really hard to accept.

You have to know that even Boeing, for example, designs and develops its aircraft in an iterative manner step by step.

After so many years of accumulation, we jointly developed this Raptor fighter with other companies.

From the birth of the Raptor to the present, it has always been the overlord of the air.

No one can shake its position.

However, things have changed now, and the Raptor's position is about to be replaced by the J-20.

Then Cojiero suddenly thought of something and quickly asked a question to the designers in front of him.

"What about the stealth capabilities of fighter jets? Does their canard layout have stealth capabilities?"

He clearly remembered that when he was interviewed by reporters before, he said that the J-20's canard aerodynamic layout affected its stealth function, so he naturally wanted to find out the real situation now.

If, as he said, the canard aerodynamic layout has defects in stealth function, then there is an excuse to launch a counterattack.

But unfortunately he didn't get the answer he wanted from the designer.

When the designers present heard Cojiero's question, they suddenly became visibly silent.

It's like I don't know how to start.

After a pause of about half a minute, one of the younger designers couldn't help but give an answer.

"Mr. Coggello."

"The canard layout used by their fighter jets theoretically does not affect the stealth function."

“On the contrary, it will work better than our traditional layout.”

"Especially the opponent's DSI air intake, which is more suitable than our Garrett air intake design."

After hearing all the designer's words, Cojero suddenly felt like a deflated ball, and the pride he had shown in the previous interview disappeared.

After a long silence, he replied weakly and hastily announced the end of the meeting.

"I see."

Only after everyone else left the discussion room did he stand up and rush towards the company director's office.

Now that the current situation has become a foregone conclusion, with the mass production and service of this new stealth fighter, the era of the Raptor will also come to an end, and there is only one choice left for them.

That is to find a way to improve the Raptor so that its overall performance can be further enhanced to surpass the J-20.

Especially on airborne radar.

However, it is not so easy to achieve this. In addition to the cooperation between the two companies, it also requires approval from senior management.

But what is certain is that when people talk about stealth fighters in the future, they will inevitably compare the Raptor and the J-20.

In the next few days, both the Rafale fighter's manufacturer and Boeing chose to avoid discussions about the J-20. The signal sent by this situation is self-evident.

For overseas netizens, in their perception, the most advanced stealth fighter in the world is the Raptor.

After so many years of discussion, the novelty has naturally faded and people are no longer willing to pay attention to it.

Now a new type of stealth fighter suddenly appears, and it also adopts a non-traditional canard layout. In addition, the official seems to have already acknowledged the excellent performance of this new stealth fighter. Naturally, people were attracted to it and expressed their love for the J-20 on the Internet.

"Finally, a country is willing to try a new layout to develop fighter jets. This new stealth fighter is simply awesome."

"I couldn't believe there was a better fighter jet in the world than the Raptor until I saw the J-20."

"The detection range can reach 300 kilometers. The radar of this fighter is too powerful."

"He is so handsome!"

"Boeing's Cojero is a complete idiot for saying such an excellent fighter jet does not have stealth capabilities."

"We in Korea can develop better fighter jets."

……

Of course, the most popular communication website overseas has a user base from many countries, among which there are also some negative comments, and some people even claim that the J-20 stole the technology of the Raptor fighter.

But obviously this slander is untenable. Not to mention the blockade of this advanced fighter technology overseas.

The aerodynamic layout and appearance schemes adopted by the J-20 and the Raptor are two completely different models.

As the J-20 becomes more and more popular on the Internet, aircraft manufacturing companies and officials in the industry have become increasingly silent and are still keeping silent.

However, some media outlets are unwilling to miss out on the attention brought by the news and are trying various ways to get an official response.

Friday, November 2008, 8.

It has been three days since the successful first flight of the J-20. At the regular press conference in the Security Building that day, a reporter suddenly asked a question to Morrison, the spokesman of the Security Building.

"Hello Mr. Morrison, I'm Harley, a reporter from the New York Times. What do you think of China's development of a stealth fighter?"

As a highly professional journalist, Hallie knows very well what kind of news will be more popular.

Although she knew that raising questions unrelated to the regular meeting at this time would most likely upset the spokesperson on the stage, and she might even be disqualified from attending the next regular press conference.

But she finally chose to do so, and after asking the question, she looked at the stage with expectant eyes.

Morrison was wearing a tight suit today. As the spokesperson for such an important department as the Security Building, he couldn't help but frown when he heard this question.

Jincheng Aircraft Design and Research Institute has developed a stealth fighter, and its overall performance seems to be better than that of the Raptor.

Of course he knew about this.

I would not normally ask such self-contradictory questions, but I did not expect a reporter to ask it at the meeting.

Faced with so many cameras and reporters, he thought for a moment and could only give one answer to the matter.

"The development speed of the other side's fifth-generation fighter jets has indeed clearly exceeded the expectations of our relevant departments, but this is only a temporary technological advantage, and I believe it will not last long."

After the regular meeting, there was no doubt that Harley was disqualified, but the content of Morrison's response was quickly reported in the news and attracted international attention.

Compared with the worries and panic overseas, people at home are naturally immersed in the joy of their country's strength.

In particular, some netizens who are good at circumventing the firewall are happy to copy overseas news reports about domestic stealth fighters every day and post them on the forum for discussion.

It seems to have become the source of everyone's interest these days.

"Now it's their turn to be dumbfounded. They were so skeptical about our stealth fighter jets before."

"Who would have thought that our fighter jets would be such a powerful weapon the first time they launched their weapons?"

"I've been reading all this news so intensively these past two days that I have dark circles under my eyes, but I have to say it feels really good!"

"Have the Rafale fighter jet designers become mute? Why haven't we seen any new information? Could it be that they are shocked by the performance of our fighter jets?"

"If the Raptor fighter jet is really improved, will it surpass our J-20?"

"You don't think this is the final version of the J-20, do you? If you don't believe me, you can put an eye in first. I can guarantee that our stealth fighter will have the final say in air superiority in the future."

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Although Xu Yuan did not pay special attention to the news on the Internet, he could not help but hear the people around him excitedly talking about it, so he understood the attitudes of netizens and overseas people.

But he did not take the overseas reaction to heart.

Since the J-20 is already at the world's leading level, it is impossible to give up the air superiority it has obtained.

I believe that with the research and development of various technologies in the future, the overall performance of fighter jets will be further improved.

It's probably impossible for the Raptor fighter to catch up.

It is also worth mentioning that Xu Yuan did not return to Qinghua University immediately in the past two days.

He chose to stay in Jincheng Aircraft Design Institute temporarily.

This was mainly the idea of ​​Song Wencong.

In addition to discussing the application for the science and technology award for active phased array radar, the rest was discussion about new projects in the institute.

At present, the domestic stealth fighter project has been completed, and the only thing left is to mass-produce the fighter and put it into service, but the institute must continue to play the role it should shoulder.

Research new projects that are suitable for national conditions and report them to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China for approval.

Only in this way can we ensure that our own technology always stays ahead and will not be surpassed by others.

That morning, Xu Yuan came to the institute's conference room. Apart from Song Wencong, the project leader, the others present were Shen Yamin, Liang Zhanjun and other researchers from the institute.

It is obvious that everyone has been paying attention to the news about fighter jets these past two days, and almost everyone has a smile on their face.

I haven't been this happy in a long time.

Song Wencong, who had arrived early, saw Xu Yuan and other researchers arriving in the meeting room one after another, and immediately greeted them with a smile.

"Everyone, please take a seat. Today's meeting is just a simple chat. Everyone can express their opinions."

"This is the last thing I will do for the institute before I retire."

The others naturally understood what was to be discussed at today's meeting, and they were even more aware that Song Wencong's age was indeed not suitable for continuing to work hard, but they still felt somewhat sad when they heard these words.

(End of this chapter)