127: Chapter 127 Static Comparison of Fighter Jets

As they were talking, the roar of fighter jets came from afar. A few minutes later, four light gray fighter jets landed on a nearby runway.

Chu Ge and Deputy Commander Ran watched from a distance.

"Deputy Commander Ran, why does that model look like the American F-16 to me?"

Chu Ge asked suspiciously after observing for a long while.

"Academician Chu, you have a sharp eye. That is indeed the F-16, the active-duty fighter jet of G Istanbul. They are here this time to act as the imaginary enemy. To promote a fighter jet, you need an opponent, right? The F-16 is also a single-engine, single-seat light fighter jet, which is perfect for sparring with our JJ-10 C fighter jet."

Deputy Commander Ran said this in a relaxed manner, and Chu Ge nodded after hearing it.

"Their country also wants to replace their fighter jets recently. They might have been choked by those Western countries. They have long been inquiring about the data of our JJ-10 C through various channels, and they probably hit a wall. This time, they brought their main active-duty fighter jets directly. The intention is very clear: after the military exercise ends, they will look at the results, and if they approve, they will place an order directly."

Deputy Commander Ran introduced some of the details of the military exercise to Chu Ge in detail. Commander Leng listened from the side, surprised for a long time. In his impression, this military bigwig had never been so patient before.

"Alright, they are here. The event is about to start. Let's go back to the viewing platform."

"Okay."

Deputy Commander Ran walked in the front, with Chu Ge and Commander Leng on his left and right, walking back to the viewing platform at a leisurely pace.

"Chu Ge, you sit next to me."

"Ah? This…"

Without waiting for Chu Ge to finish, Deputy Commander Ran grabbed his hand and pulled him to the seat next to him.

Just like that, Chu Ge was inexplicably seated in the center seat of the rostrum. Commander Leng silently sat in the second row. Chu Ge looked around, er, it seemed like everyone was a foreigner.

The ceremony was very simple. The host only introduced the high-ranking military officials from China present, as well as the high-level representatives or military attachés sent by various countries.

Then, the host briefly introduced the flow of the event, followed by representatives from each country going on stage to give brief speeches.

Chu Ge could not understand the foreign languages. Judging from the speech of the Chinese representative, he guessed that the general idea was something like wishing the event a complete success.

After the speeches, the first important part of the event began. First was the static display of the fighter jets promoted by China and Russia. After the host finished speaking, everyone moved to the apron nearby.

Deputy Commander Ran needed to receive some important guests at this time, so he instructed Commander Leng to accompany Chu Ge. The two of them strolled towards the JJ-10 C fighter jet of China.

There were a few foreigners on the plane looking at the cockpit of the JJ-10 C. Chu Ge looked at their appearance; from the outside, they should be Russians.

The few Russians were chattering away, and Chu Ge didn't know what they were saying. It sounded a bit like they were arguing, and a sudden idea flashed in his mind.

"System Big Brother, how much does it cost to learn Russian?"

[1000 prestige points.]

"Damn, so cheap? Redeem it immediately."

[Ding, congratulations to the host, you have successfully acquired the Russian proficiency skill. Validity period: one year. Remaining prestige points: 785,000,000.]

"Okay, tha... Huh? One year? You!!! F*** *****"

Chu Ge's happy mood instantly dropped to freezing point. He held it in; he couldn't lose his temper on a day like this. He would settle the score with this money-grubbing thing when he went back.

Holding back a belly full of anger, Chu Ge approached the two Russians who were still arguing.

"Viktor, can you put aside your arrogance? Open your eyes and look. This holographic head-up display, the LCD screen in the cockpit, the treatment of the fuselage skin rivets, the optimization of the air intake—this series of changes shows that the Chinese have really achieved a lot in the field of fighter jets."

"And I heard that the medium-range air-to-air missile equipped on this fighter jet has an effective range of over 150KM. Do you understand what that concept means? The only R-77 M we have that can reach this range is still in the blueprint stage."

The Russian, Yanjing, seemed to have studied the JJ-10 C quite a bit, and Chu Ge listened with great interest from the side.

"Levjet, I think you have a case of worshiping foreign things. The Chinese fighter jets were all purchased from our country. You are telling me that their fighter jet technology has surpassed ours now? Are you kidding me?"

The Russian named Viktor gave Chu Ge the first impression of being burly. After hearing his rebuttal just now, Chu Ge added another comment: well-developed limbs, simple mind.

After hearing his teammate's brainless rebuttal, Levjet shook his head regretfully and didn't say anything more.

Chu Ge watched the two of them from behind with amusement. Chu Ge felt that neither of them was wrong. The Chinese Air Force had indeed surpassed Russia in some models, but there were also areas where they were inferior to Russia. This was not an all-around transcendence.

Therefore, one cannot be one-sided when looking at problems. Do not belittle yourself, and do not deliberately elevate yourself. Walking a path that suits you is the correct way.

Chu Ge shook his head and left with Commander Leng. He didn't go over to look at the Russian planes. It was still those few planes, led by the SU-35 air superiority fighter jet, known as the "Ultimate Flanker" by Sukhoi. Chu Ge was no stranger to this plane.

The super maneuverability brought by the 117S engine was its proudest asset; the rest was just so-so. The radar was still that "Irbis-E" passive phased array radar. It's not that this radar is bad, but the current mainstream is active phased array. This thing is much weaker in detection range, anti-interference, multi-target processing capability, and reaction speed.

In terms of avionics and situational awareness, this Russian fighter jet really lacked something, but this has been a consistent shortcoming of Russian-style fighter jets.

However, the SU-35 is quite outstanding in maneuverability and flight capability, and its aerodynamic layout is also quite good. Coupled with several Russian precision-guided missiles, it is quite powerful in anti-ship and ground attack. Except for stealth fighter jets, this fighter jet can be considered top-tier.

Who is right and who is wrong, Chu Ge really couldn't judge, and he was too lazy to judge. The future will definitely belong to stealth fighter jets and unmanned intelligent fighter jets.

Moreover, China and Russia have a pretty good relationship now, with many military cooperation projects, so there is no point in being too serious about these things.

Chu Ge and Commander Leng came to those F-16s. This was what Chu Ge was interested in. China's JJ-10 C is benchmarked against the F-16; only such a comparison can reveal the truth.

Chu Ge circled the fighter jet in front of him, then climbed into the cockpit, and came down after looking for a while.

After coming down, Chu Ge shook his head.

"What's wrong, Academician Chu?"

"This F-16 shouldn't be the latest version from the United States; it doesn't have much reference value."

Chu Ge felt that he was going to come for nothing this time, but it was just an incidental task anyway.

Just as Chu Ge was thinking, the announcer's voice came over the broadcast; the aerial combat exercise was about to begin.