Chapter 449 (1/2)
Robert Wilson is nominally a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, but he also has an identity as a peripheral of the CIA. It can be said that during the cold war, journalists from the United States and the Soviet Union basically trained in espionage. During Reagan's visit to the Soviet Union, future Russian leaders also acted as guest journalists.
When Robert Wilson returned to Washington, he saw not only the leaders of the CIA waiting for him in the conference room. We also saw representatives of major enterprises such as Boeing, Lockheed, general dynamics and Pratt Whitney discussing topics related to ground effect aircraft in the conference room.
Although William Cassie has amazing rights as director of the CIA, he sometimes has to take into account the interests of large American enterprises. In particular, each of these military giants is an amazing master of energy. He really can't afford to offend.
Now, not only the major military giants in the United States are waiting for intelligence, but also the special envoy of the president, Wainwright, has come to the CIA. Don't think about it. Reagan is also paying attention to this matter at this moment. After all, this is a brand-new vehicle. To be exact, it's a new weapon.
William Cassie must speak first. After all, this is his territory. He smiled at Robert Wilson and said, ”Robert, what did you get in Xiangjiang this time? I heard you are one of the few people who have personally experienced Xiangjiang monster ground effect aircraft.”
Robert Wilson also knows that since so many people have come today, it seems that the president has attached great importance to this matter. Isn't this a chance to prove yourself! So he tidied up his clothes and said, ”Your Excellency, director, and all enterprise representatives. I felt very shocked when I took the ground effect aircraft this time. Xiangjiang monster basically adopts computer control in the operation process, and the degree of automation is very high. ”
”Because we only flew for an hour, we didn't fully experience his comprehensive performance. Although heiyun group announced that the maximum takeoff weight of ground effect aircraft is 800 tons, I think it can do better, but it is still in the test flight stage, and heiyun group dare not say too much. ”
Hearing Robert Wilson finish, many people know that this aircraft has strategic value. It seems that the United States should also carry out relevant research and development, otherwise it will be completely backward in the ground effect aircraft project.
”During the test flight of Xiangjiang monster ground effect aircraft, did our radar deployed in Asia find the target?” said President's special envoy wenwright
The military representative said awkwardly: ”because there was no early warning aircraft deployed during the test flight of Xiangjiang monster, it was difficult for ground radar to find low altitude aircraft. Therefore, the radar stations deployed in Asia did not find the target, not just us, but even the British troops in Xiangjiang only found the target when they saw the aircraft with the naked eye, and the radar could not scan it at all. ”
These words made everyone present look dignified, because they knew that the Soviets had long developed ground effect aircraft. If the performance is similar to that of Xiangjiang monsters, it will be very troublesome for them to attack the United States with ground effect aircraft once the war breaks out.
William Cassie: ”you should have heard that our satellite once photographed the activities of Soviet aircraft in the Caspian Sea. Now it seems that it can be concluded that it was the Soviet ground effect aircraft. The United States has been in a completely backward position in the ground effect aircraft project. The ground effect aircraft of heiyun group is a means of transportation, but the Soviet aircraft is equipped with missiles. If the United States does not have the corresponding counter attack weapons, then the outbreak of war in the future will be very passive. ”
At this time, the representative of Lockheed said, ”Mr. Wilson, what is the altitude of the aircraft during the test flight, or at what altitude the aircraft flies most smoothly.”
Robert Wilson: ”because the weather in Xiangjiang was fine during the test flight, my watch has altitude measurement function. When the aircraft flies at an altitude of about 8 meters, it is the most stable, and I feel it is also the fastest time to fly. ”
On hearing this, the representative of Lockheed said: ”the wingspan of the Xiangjiang monster ground effect aircraft is 42 meters. After calculation, the time when the ground effect is the strongest is when the height between the aircraft and the ground is about 15% of the wingspan. However, there are other factors to be mixed, such as the length of the aircraft and the wing area, but the general proportion will not be much different.
As Lockheed's old rival, Boeing will not let them do so. Looking at the posture, the U.S. military will certainly launch ground effect aircraft, so Boeing and Lockheed are most likely to develop and produce this product. As for general dynamics and Pratt Whitney, they are more likely to provide engines. Now that representatives of Lockheed have expressed their views, they should not lag behind, otherwise the ground effect aircraft will have nothing to do with Boeing.
The emergence of ground effect aircraft has the greatest impact on the markets of large passenger aircraft and transport aircraft, which are precisely Boeing's traditional fields. It can be said that it is invincible in this world. Now a more efficient aircraft appears, then everything becomes complicated and confusing.
Boeing representative said: ”this is just a simple formula, which can be calculated by any college student who has studied aerodynamics. I am most concerned about the LCD and computer control system inside. It can be seen that the technical advantages of heiyun group in these two aspects have been very obvious. If we can't catch up, we will be very passive at that time. ”