The end of the year has quietly approached, and the army's New Year's greetings have become a topic of conversation. Although as a veteran fighter, the J-7 appeared in everyone's field of vision again, and even marked with a code, but it still made people feel surprised. Perhaps this is not because it is too advanced to be displayed, but more likely because of concerns about the number of stocks that remain, after all, it may not be easy to gather them for New Year's greetings.
Of course, there is some ridicule in this. Although the J-7 is still undertaking the task of "crying poor", I am afraid that there are not many such opportunities. Last year's New Year's greetings to the seventh master, this year actually still need to be coded, which may mean that the previous "poverty" has not really been solved, for a long time, the army does not have too many eye-catching new equipment, so there are not many opportunities to be able to come up at the end of the year.
For example, the Air Force's J-7 is standard, the Navy's missile boats are commonplace, and the Army may display some old five-pair wheeled or T-34 tanks, which were a no-brainer option in the past.
After all, the scale of the three armed services is so large that it is by no means easy to completely replace the equipment at once, so some old equipment must also be unveiled in order to arouse the sympathy of the people of the whole country and work hard to win the state's financial expenditure to purchase new equipment. After all, each branch of the military is eager to update its equipment, so when it comes to New Year's greetings, they are clearly prepared.
For example, this year, the Air Force first released the training footage of the J-8, and then launched the two-seat J-7. In the context of today's J-20's high-definition **, such a coding move is really a bit mysterious.
I thought that these traditional old projects were almost going to stop, but I didn't expect that even the Chujiao-6 trainer was taken out later, it seems that this year's New Year's greetings will be different, at least a batch of J-10 will be replaced to be passable. The performance of the Air Force's J-8 fighter and the mysterious J-7 is quite eye-catching, and the Navy is naturally not to be outdone.
The first round of appearances turned out not to be all kinds of ships, probably because the decommissioning of old equipment is imminent. Recently, the Defense Channel reported that the Naval Aviation University used the Chujiao-6 trainer aircraft for take-off and landing training on aircraft carriers. This approach is somewhat new, and even gives the impression that the Navy may turn the Chujiao-6 into a carrier-based aircraft.
To increase the realism of the training, they sprayed simulated aircraft carrier flight deck markings on the runway and installed a Fresnel optical landing system. The Chujiao-6 trainer has many advantages, such as a small aircraft, strong lift, a stall speed of only 105 km/h, and a wingspan of only 1022 meters. These features allow new pilots to flexibly adjust their course when landing.
While the Navy's display of the Chujiao-6 trainer was somewhat unexpected, the move showed a new twist on the Navy. In addition, it is worth noting that the Navy chose to show the Chujiao-6 trainer aircraft, and not large surface ships, as in the past. This may be due to the fact that a large number of old ships in the Navy have long been decommissioned, so it is difficult to find suitable ships to display.
Perhaps there will be more unexpected changes in the future, perhaps some ships with smaller tonnage, and even equipment such as assault boats to refresh people's perception of the Navy. On the Army side, although there are no official demonstrations yet, we can expect that the five-pair Type 59 main battle tanks may be in the spotlight.
There may even be an appearance of vintage equipment such as the T-34 in stock, which is of great historical importance. In general, although some people joke that the three armed forces pull out old equipment and "cry poor", in fact this statement is not accurate.
For example, although the Air Force still has hundreds of second-generation and a half fighters such as the J-7 and J-8, it does not actually mean that they are "crying poor", but shows the development process and technological changes of the army. In recent years, the Chinese Air Force has been equipped with a large number of J-10, J-16 and J-20 fighters, the number of which has approached 1,000.
As a result, the Chinese Air Force not only has the fastest rate of updating modern equipment in the world, but also its performance has reached the world-class level. Against this background, the Chinese Air Force released training for J-7 and J-8 fighters**. This is not an appeal for financial support, but a sentiment for these old equipment.
In the case that these aircraft have not yet reached the end of their service life, the Chinese Air Force hopes to continue to extend their service. Because once decommissioned, these aircraft will have to be sent to museums, and it will be very difficult to see the old aircraft of the Chinese Air Force. This also means that there will be fewer and fewer opportunities for older aircraft to be unveiled.