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Chapter 36 J-20 Deployed!

Laboratory No. 78.

By filming the drone, Wang Xingguo and Lin Weiliang witnessed the entire aerial dogfight and pursuit that had just taken place. They watched the two J-10 fighter jets return to base and then watched the two drones, whose communication suppression had been turned off and were now under Lin Dong's renewed control.

"This... it was shot down?"

Wang Xingguo swallowed hard, his body trembling uncontrollably, and said in disbelief, "Two J-10 fighter jets, gone in just one minute?"

Having worked at Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) for decades, he participated in the development of the J-10 fighter jet in his youth, witnessing its transformation from demonstration to actual aircraft, and witnessing its rebirth from the Russian AL-31FN turbofan engine to the domestically produced Taihang engine and WS-10 turbofan engine.

Although the J-20 fighter jet completed its maiden flight last year, and the J-16 also completed its maiden flight in Shenyang last year, they have now been secretly deployed to various military regions.

However, the upgrades to the J-16 and J-20 are mainly reflected in beyond-visual-range combat, which is an upgrade of overall capabilities.

If we only consider close-range air combat capabilities, the J-10 is still the top-tier fighter jet in China, a true spearhead.

But now, this sharpest weapon in air combat, in a two-on-two situation, was taken down by two drones in less than a minute!

Even more outrageous is that these two drones are less than five meters long and weigh just over two tons, and they are operating without any command, relying solely on their autonomous and intelligent operation.

"When a fifth-generation fighter jet engages a fourth-generation fighter jet beyond visual range, it's a massacre; when an unmanned combat aircraft engages a manned combat aircraft, it's torture."

Lin Dong showed no excitement. He opened the combat data that the two drones had just transmitted and said calmly, "Without the burden of the human body, as long as the structural design is up to standard, the unmanned combat aircraft can easily perform maneuvers of 10G, 15G, or even more than 20G."

The general limit for manned fighter jets is only 9G of maneuvering overload, and at most they might touch 10G. How can they compete with that?

The aircraft can withstand higher G-forces, which means that all maneuvers such as turning, turning around, reversing, accelerating and decelerating, climbing, and diving will be more flexible and faster.

In close-range aerial combat, maneuverability and flexibility are the decisive factors.

Lin Dong is now using high-performance unmanned combat aircraft to fight manned combat aircraft, especially close-range dogfighting aircraft like the J-10.

The effect is no less than using modern fighter jets to fight against old propeller planes from World War II. If it takes even one minute longer to finish the battle, you've already lost.

"Humans are a burden..."

Wang Xingguo paused for a moment, then turned to look at Lin Dong: "So this is your strategic concept? A system of intelligent systems + unmanned combat aircraft?"

"right."

Lin Dong nodded: "The entire system, design, equipment, and related concepts of modern aircraft were perfected in the last century."

For example, the J-10 excels at close-range dogfighting, which is an air combat concept inherited from propeller-driven aircraft of World War II.

For example, the J-20's stealth combat system is based on the Ufimov theory, which originated in the 1960s, and its beyond-visual-range combat system is based on the "cross-course interception" principle proposed in the 1950s.

The concept of unmanned combat aircraft was conceived even earlier, with related ideas and approaches proposed as early as 1914 in the last century.

Everything we are doing now is actually a embellishment of ideas from the last century.

However, unmanned combat aircraft differ from manned combat aircraft in one aspect.

That is, the strength of human flesh and blood can never match the strength of machinery, just as human strength can never match that of a tractor.

Manned fighter jets, due to the presence of pilots, are inherently limited in their potential compared to unmanned fighter jets.

Previously, unmanned combat aircraft were inadequate because there was no suitable intelligent flight control system, and insufficient computing power to meet the needs of such a system.

But now, I'm here!

When he said, "I'm here in the end," Lin Dong's words were filled with a confidence that was unusual for someone his age.

Having been reborn more than a decade later, Lin Dong is no stranger to intelligent systems.

Although he had no access to the operating code of intelligent driving, from his perspective, as long as he understood that such a thing existed, that such an architecture existed, and that he understood the general operating logic within it, then the code was easy to handle.

Ultimately, whether it's drone swarms ten years from now or intelligent driving of new energy vehicles, the essence is the same: using intelligent programs, combined with sophisticated detection modules and powerful computing power as a foundation, to achieve various automatic responses from the equipment.

In some respects, the intelligent flight control system of drones is even simpler than the intelligent driving system of new energy vehicles.

After all, the sky is high enough for birds to fly freely. In the sky, there are no intersections or traffic lights, no ghost peeking out from behind, no electric bikes, and no cars suddenly coming at you.

The system only needs to handle two things.

One method involves maneuvering to evade detected attacks, while the other involves maneuvering to engage an enemy aircraft and then aiming to attack. The latter is significantly less difficult.

"What if the military region deploys J-20 fighter jets?"

At this moment, Lin Weiliang, standing to the side, said with some curiosity: "A beyond-visual-range combat system won't give you a chance for close-quarters combat."

Furthermore, because the J-20 possesses stealth capabilities, drones might be shot down beyond visual range before they even detect the approaching enemy aircraft.

"Invisibility only refers to radar invisibility, not optical invisibility. It's not like it can't be detected. As for beyond-visual-range strikes..."

Lin Dong carefully checked the maneuver data transmitted back by the drone, closed his eyes and then opened them again, quickly typing lines of optimization code: "Then let them all miss."

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Air Force Ministry.

Compared to the relaxed atmosphere of discussing technology in Lin Dong, the atmosphere here was much more serious.

"In 57 seconds, two J-10 fighter jets were destroyed in close-quarters combat by two drones..."

The commander's fingers trembled uncontrollably as he spoke, staring intently at the live stream shared by Lin Dong on the large screen. He said in a deep voice, "Have you analyzed the cause? Why didn't the communication suppression work? How did the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's comrades manage to conduct remote operations so quickly and without delay?"

As a deputy leader, he was well aware of the multiple roles the J-10 fighter jet played in China.

If the J-20 is a strategic weapon, then the J-10 is a tactical spearhead and the absolute backbone of the Air Force.

But now, this sharp knife has been shattered by two medium-sized drones in less than a minute.

It wasn't that the pilots were incompetent; they maintained observation and communication throughout the entire battle, and they were certain that both pilots, Zhang Hai and Chen Bing, had fought desperately, but they were still instantly killed without any chance of resistance.

Once today's live-fire exercise concludes and this victory is reported back to military headquarters, he can't even imagine the storm it will unleash.

"The two drones used laser communication and were unaffected by communication suppression, maintaining a coordinated posture throughout."

The deputy chief of staff stepped forward and said solemnly, "As for the delay in remote operations... there is no remote operations!"

If we are not mistaken, these are two intelligent drones.

Their maneuvering trajectories, combat responses, and flight maneuvers all exhibit a distinctly mechanical feel, adhering to a set of standard combat procedures.

In terms of operational optimization, they didn't do as well as our two pilots.

However, these are unmanned combat aircraft, which can perform unrestrained high-maneuverability as long as their airframe structure can withstand it. Our J-10 is a manned combat aircraft, which cannot perform such high-maneuverability, so...

"So, we were defeated by an intelligent program? Not by humans?"

The deputy commander's eyes widened, a hint of absurdity in them, but he quickly regained his composure: "Do we have a tactical response? Our Mighty Dragon fighters are about to take off. If we lose, we'll really have no face to report back."

"These unmanned combat aircraft are invincible in close-range combat when there are equal numbers of them."

However, lacking stealth capabilities and a beyond-visual-range combat platform, it essentially still falls into the category of fourth-generation fighter jets.

The deputy chief of staff said in a deep voice, "As long as we leverage the J-20 fifth-generation fighter's advantage in beyond-visual-range combat, avoid close-quarters dogfights, and launch direct long-range beyond-visual-range attacks, we can bombard them!"