Chapter 316 Export of MiG-23 and MiG-25

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is an important military-industrial enterprise of the island country. Although in later generations, the weapons and equipment it produced were small in quantity and expensive, these were all caused by regulatory restrictions. As a defeated country, the island country was only allowed to have the ability to defend itself, and the size of the Self-Defense Forces was limited. At the same time, the weapons it produced could only be used by itself and could not be exported, which would of course lead to soaring costs. In fact, if Mitsubishi Heavy Industries were to produce at full capacity, weapons and equipment would be able to come off the production line quickly, just like dumplings. At the same time, mass production would reduce costs.

Now, although the island country has begun to be ruled by the Communist Party and its political stance is inclined towards the Soviet Union, we still need to remain vigilant against this country. The Soviet Union may suffer the same fate as it did when it drove the Americans away, so we must be on guard against this.

However, it is unrealistic for the Soviets to research on their own without the Japanese. After all, the advanced technology is in the hands of the Japanese. For example, even if Soviet engineers know the principle of the flat slot radar, they cannot realize it because they do not have the processing capability! But the Japanese do. For another example, the electronic circuits such as processors are more familiar to the engineers of the Japanese. It can be said that it is the Soviet engineers who are learning from the Japanese. Without teachers, it will not work.

"F-15?" Hearing Ohashi Eitaro's words, Andre raised his eyebrows and said with great contempt: "What is F-15? In recent years, haven't our MiG-25 fighters been suppressing the US Air Force? Moreover, haven't our MiG-23s shot down several F-15s in close combat? The performance of this fighter is far inferior to our MiG-23 and MiG-25. The Air Self-Defense Force of the island country can consider equipping these two types of our fighters. What do you think? Among them, the MiG-23 can even be authorized to be produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries."

In later times, the myth of MiG-25 has long been shattered. In the Gulf War, MiG-25 was beaten by NATO countries led by the United States. In fact, after Belenko defected and the fighter was found to be a stainless steel fighter, the halo faded. But now, MiG-25 is still a sword hanging over the head of the Western world! It is suffocating the West!

With the development progress of the Soviet Union's MiG-29 and Su-27, the importance of the MiG-25 has been decreasing, especially after the MiG-31 was finalized. The MiG-25 has become completely outdated and is now an exportable fighter. It is not difficult to export it to island countries first.

Of course, even if they were exported to the island countries, the maintenance and upkeep of the fighter jets were still done by the Soviets. The islanders needed to fly under the guidance of Soviet instructors. Without the permission of the Soviet instructors, they did not even have the right to take off.

As for the other fighter, the MiG-23, it is a temporary substitute before the appearance of the MiG-29 and Su-27. This fighter was originally intended to be exported in large quantities in exchange for precious foreign exchange. Exporting to island countries or even having the island countries produce it independently under license are all possible considerations.

In short, we must not allow island countries to have the ability to develop their own fighter jets!

The United States did the same thing in later generations. Every time the island country had the idea of ​​developing its own fighter jets, it would be rejected by the United States. The final coordination was to create a monster that was neither fish nor fowl. The F-1 and F-2 both ended up like this.

Now, it is Andre's turn to make the final decision. The main fighter jets of the island country's Air Self-Defense Force in the future will of course be the MiG-23 and MiG-25!

These can all be discussed with the island government. The Ohashi Eitaro in front of us is just a business manager who can only make suggestions and has no decision-making power.

However, Ohashi Eitaro was extremely happy when Andre said this: "That's really great. After we finish producing the last batch of F-4 fighters, we can switch to producing new aircraft."

In this way, at least in the next ten years, we will not be without production targets and the company's profitability can be maintained.

He didn't know that the production plan of the MiG-23 was terminated after only five years, and this fighter jet was already out of date!

Continuing his inspection in the workshop, Andrei saw that Soviet experts and island country experts were working hard. In addition to fighter jets, missiles and other equipment were also being carefully developed. The Sparrow missiles equipped by the island countries were now completely disassembled by Soviet experts. After reverse imitation, the Soviet Union's air-to-air missile technology would also achieve great strides in development.

I wonder how depressed the Americans must be at this moment. While watching with great interest, Andre was thinking about the Americans. Their F-15 fighter jets were no longer a secret in their eyes. All their equipment such as IFF devices needed to be replaced, and various radar frequencies also needed to be replaced. It was like an earthquake.

However, the Americans obviously will not accept defeat. If they are smart enough, there is only one way they can use to reverse the failure of the Far East situation, right?

The weather in August is hot. Except for the cicadas chirping in the trees, the ancient Eastern land is silent everywhere.

Seen from the sky, there are courtyards one after another here. This ancient city with hundreds of years of history is showing vitality.

The capital of China.

Under the escort of several police cars, a Hongqi sedan picked up the guests from the Capital Airport and took them directly to Zhongnanhai.

Looking at the city, the big-nosed American in the car was worried. Will this plan work as planned? It must succeed!

"Mr. Warren, welcome to our country. Due to confidentiality reasons, I'm very sorry that I didn't go to the airport to greet you." Finally, the car stopped, and Minister Huang of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said to the person who came out of the car.

"It is a great honor to be in your country." U.S. Secretary of State Warren secretly visited China as a forward station for President Carter. Although it was not as complicated and secretive as the original Ping-Pong Diplomacy, it was an action related to major strategic adjustments of the United States after all, so he had to keep his whereabouts secret.

Leonard Woodcock, director of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing, who came with the car, also got off the car. When the two sides had not yet formally established diplomatic relations, he was already the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat in China.

"Please come in, our Prime Minister is waiting for you." Minister Huang said to the two.

With heavy steps, Warren entered Zhongnanhai. When he walked into the conference room, he saw a short old man standing there and extended his hand cordially: "Mr. Warren, welcome to China. I am the Vice Premier, Chairman of the National Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Central Committee Deng."