Chapter 1027 Invisible Paint

A certain air force base in the southwest.

Liu Tao's special plane arrived here, and he could see the huge air force base from a high altitude.

This is the largest air force base in the southwest, with various types of aircraft in service in China, and even strategic bombers.

Liu Tao got off the helicopter, and the head of the air force base saluted: "Hello, Chief!"

Liu Tao returned the military salute, and then, under the leadership of the head of the air force base, he visited the entire air force base.

Finally, he came to a huge strategic bomber, which was very huge, so huge that it was shocking and gave people a strong sense of impact.

It is very beautiful and very elegant!

Figure 160 'White Swan' strategic bomber, NATO also calls it the 'Pirate Flag' strategic bomber, but the Chinese prefer to call it the 'White Swan'!

The Soviet Union began to develop this strategic bomber in the 1970s. The Tu-160 prototype made its first flight on December 19, 1981. It began to be equipped to the troops in 1987 and formed initial combat capability in 1988. The Soviet Air Force originally planned to produce 100 aircraft, and finally produced 35.

In recent years, with the help of a rare opportunity, China has imported 19 Tu-160 strategic bombers and a full set of technical drawings.

Of course, China has also paid a considerable price. In addition to the purchase of the Tu-160 strategic bomber, it also provided a low-interest loan of up to 10 billion US dollars.

But for China, it is completely worth it.

First of all, the Tu-160 strategic bomber itself is a very advanced strategic bomber. It represents the highest level of Soviet bombers and is much more powerful than China's strategic bombers.

The Tu-160 strategic bomber is currently the largest bomber in the world and is also equipped with the world's most powerful military aviation engine. Its original intention was to replace the Tu-22M bomber and compete with the US Air Force's B-1 bomber. As a rising star, the Tu-160 strategic bomber is 80% faster than the US B-1 bomber, nearly 35% larger than the B-1 bomber, and has a range of nearly 45% more than the B-1 bomber.

This big guy has an empty weight of 118 tons, a normal takeoff weight of 267.6 tons, a maximum takeoff weight of 275 tons, a maximum landing weight of 155 tons, a maximum fuel load of 160 tons, a maximum internal weapon load of 40 tons, 2 bomb bays with rotating racks, and 4 underwing racks. It can be various types of free naked bombs, cruise missiles, and short-range attack missiles.

The single voyage can reach 16,000 kilometers, and the maximum flight speed reaches an astonishing Mach 2, as fast as lightning.

And you have to know that from China to California in the west of the United States, the Pacific Ocean in the middle is about 10,000 kilometers, and the width from the west to the east of the United States is about 4,100 kilometers.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Tu-160 strategic bomber has greatly enhanced China's "three-in-one" nuclear strike capability.

If it is a normal situation, it is absolutely impossible for China to get the Tu-160 strategic bomber.

Even the big Russia regards the Tu-160 strategic bomber as a national treasure and a deterrent to all parties.

But there is no way. It gave China the opportunity, and China started to use its money ability, making it difficult for the two Maos to resist.

In addition, the full set of technical drawings of the Tu-160 strategic bomber is extremely precious, and no matter how high the evaluation is, it is not an exaggeration.

As long as the full set of technical drawings of the Tu-160 strategic bomber is thoroughly understood, it will be of great help to China in developing its own strategic bomber.

In fact, in addition to 19 Tu-160 strategic bombers, China also imported 30 Tu-95 and 45 Tu-22 bombers, 36 Tu-22 bombers, 36 Tu-26 bombers, 40 Su-27, 87 reconnaissance aircraft, 35 electronic warfare aircraft, 80 Su-25, and 50 MiG-25.

Except for the mushroom bombs, other things such as tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, warships, intercontinental missiles, etc., were also imported.

It is only because China's economic strength is much stronger than the original time and space, otherwise China would not be able to pay for the opportunity.

This is not only an air force base, but also a research base. A large number of people from various professions are concentrated here to thoroughly understand the Soviet technical drawings.     This time, Liu Tao came here because the stealth coating team, after thoroughly understanding the Soviet stealth coating technology, made a sample and wanted to test it.

As a test prototype, it is a small drone with a speed of 600 kilometers per hour.

Stealth coating is related to the stealth performance of stealth aircraft, which is extremely important. After Liu Tao got the news, he came to the air force base in person.

Liu Tao's requirements for stealth coating are that it must have good performance and low cost.

After all, good performance alone is not enough. If the performance is good but the cost is high, the manufacturing cost of stealth aircraft will be increased.

The drone in front of Liu Tao has been coated with stealth material, and there is another one on the other side that is not coated with stealth material.

The drone coated with stealth material is dark black.

The reason for this is that this stealth coating is mainly to prevent magnetic characteristics. It is mainly based on iron oxide and the color of the coating is black.

For example, the US stealth aircraft F117 is like this!

The function of this magnetic loss material is to offset the magnetic characteristics of electromagnetic waves when electromagnetic waves are irradiated.

Of course, the degree of this offset is limited and the efficiency is slightly lower.

As for the electric loss material developed by the Soviets, it is not mainly iron oxide, but a complex combination of crystal materials and fiber materials, with higher electric loss efficiency. The stealth coating team has not yet fully understood it.

Liu Tao's goal is that the stealth coating used by the fourth-generation fighter should go a step further, combining absorbing materials and polymer materials, using nanotechnology to combine special structural polymer materials together, so as to better improve the stealth of stealth aircraft.

Of course, stealth coating is not all of stealth aircraft. The stealth of stealth aircraft includes multiple factors such as aerodynamic shape and stealth coating!

Finally, the test began. One drone was coated with stealth material, and the other was not coated with stealth material. By comparing the two, it is easy to analyze the performance of the stealth material.

After the test, Liu Tao encouraged everyone and left the air force base.

The stealth material research team still has a lot of work to do, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

In fact, Liu Tao can also use the gold finger on stealth materials to develop advanced stealth materials in a short time.

But that is meaningless. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. It is definitely more important to directly research stealth materials and cultivate a stealth material research team.

After all, stealth materials are not urgent. They only need to be completed before the first flight of the fourth-generation fighter.

If they are developed early, the fourth-generation fighter will just be left alone if they are not developed.

Liu Tao's helicopter took off and flew towards Kun City.

He had to go back to the headquarters to arrange the year-end party group meeting. After all, the Spring Festival was on January 24, and the party group meeting had to be completed before January 17, which was the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.