According to the global network, a few days ago, Turkey successfully completed the first flight of the next-generation fighter "Khan", becoming another country after South Korea to fly the first "self-developed ** fighter". Although it is difficult to say how much water the "fifth-generation aircraft" of South Korea and Turkey are compared with the real fifth-generation aircraft of China and the United States, this "pioneering feat" is still an enviable and huge achievement among the entire "non-permanent five" countries of the Security Council.
Turkey's "next generation" fighter successfully made its first flight,The most excited are not necessarily the Turks, but the saddest and most broken defense is most likely the Indians. The famous Indian military news ** "Indian Defense Research" even published an article for this purpose, lamenting that the Indian aviation industry is "far behind" and has been surpassed by South Korea and Turkey, which are "sprinting".
The article says,South Korea's KF-21 and Turkey's Khan fighter jet projects have already reached important milestones, while India's AMCA program, which started early, is now lagging behind. According to the description of the Indian media article, India's AMCA plan lacks a "sense of urgency" and "decisive action".
But the most unbearable thing about this matter is actually South Korea, and everything that South Korea is proud of has been punctured by local chickens.
The military industrial system of the United States and the Soviet Union has a very different place, the military industrial project of the Soviet Union is to find a chief designer first, the chief designer is responsible for the operation of the entire project, and all other production units in the country must assist the designer in the work, for example, the designer wants a piece of glass, he is not to select ready-made glass products, but to a brand new glass product, that is, a factory must develop a new glass for the whole project, and it may not be selected.
February** Dynamic Incentive Plan Another example is the engine, the engine in the Soviet Union was developed for the project, and it is a supporting project, not that which engine factory has nothing to do with it.
Under the system of the Soviet Union, the chief designer has a very great influence on this project, and all manufacturers in the country must improve and develop according to the requirements of the chief designer to adapt to the various shells designed.
The U.S. military industrial system is different from that of the Soviet Union, they don't design everything first, and then let each subsystem manufacturer develop each subsystem according to the requirements of the chief designer.
On the contrary, they first look at what subsystems are sold on the market, and then design a new ** based on these subsystems.
Take the engine as an analogy, the Soviet Union first designed the aircraft and then developed the engine, radar and other subsystems, while the United States first looked at what engines and radars there were, and then decided what kind of aircraft to develop according to the performance of the engine and radar and other subsystems.
Whether it's South Korea or Turkey, they all choose subsystems first, see what subsystems they have, and then build a shell to install these subsystems.
Therefore, the performance of the so-called fifth-generation aircraft in Turkey and South Korea actually depends on the performance of the various subsystems sold to them.
For example, South Korea's KF21, the engine of this aircraft is the American F414 engine, which is provided by the American General Electric Company.
The accessory transmission is supplied by the Triumph Group of Companies.
The emergency braking system is provided by Spanish Aviation Systems (CESA).
The wheel braking system and in-machine sensors are supplied by Meggitt UK.
The cockpit pit pressurization and cooling system, air turbine starter, and flow control valve were supplied by United Technologies Corporation.
The MK18 ejection seat was supplied by Martin Baker in the UK.
The Terrain Following Terrain Avoidance (TFTA) system is provided by Elbit Systems in Israel.
Missile launchers, communication antennas, external fuel tanks and oxygen systems were supplied by the British company Cobham.
In fact, Turkey and South Korea are the same, they first look at the subsystems they can buy, and then build a shell according to the subsystems they can buy so that these subsystems can be installed.
The shell in South Korea was actually designed by the Americans, and the shell in Turkey seems to have been designed by itself, but they are all about the same.
Their ** equipment, which is said to be self-developed, is actually an extended product of European and American arms dealers, and their ** is very restricted by Europe and the United States.
For example, South Korea once wanted to sell their FA50 trainer to Argentina, but Argentina and the United Kingdom had a territorial dispute, so the British did not allow them to sell, because the ejection seats of the FA50 were also provided by the British Martin Baker company, and in the end they were not sold.
Turkey once wanted to sell its T129 armed *** to Pakistan, but the United States refused to allow it to be sold, and the originally negotiated order was blown in the end, because the *** engine was provided by the United States.