"Military Sub-Plane" by Ivan the Great
At noon on July 2, Beijing time, the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict has been breaking out for 128 days.
Yesterday: After capturing Upper Kamiyanka, a regiment of the Russian 90th Division divided into two routes, one attacking Zolotarivka to the north and the other to the west to New Kamiyanka. By the end of the day yesterday, the Russian forwards had rushed to a position only about 6 kilometers away from Seversk. In addition, it was also reported that the Russian army of nearly 20 sets of 3rd Division troops waiting north of Seversk also showed signs of crossing the river to attack. This means that our long-awaited hammer from the north bank of the North Donetsk River to the flank of the Ukrainian line may arrive.
Of course, before this, the 4th Mobu Brigade of the Luhansk People's Army and the "Akhmat" special operations detachment of the Chechen National Guard had completed the crossing from the bend of the North Donetsk River north of Lisichansk. At the end of the day yesterday, this river-crossing force successively seized Privilla and Shipilivka, which had failed to compete in early May, and pointed its troops at the last stronghold of the Ukrainian army close to the west of Lisichansk, the famous Bilogorivka. At the same time, more Russian troops and the Luhansk People's Army have rushed into the city of Lisichansk, and the offensive battle against the city is in full swing.
The comprehensive situation of the battle, the view of Ivan the Great, the Battle of the Severodontsk-Lisichansk Salient, after a month of fighting, is now almost in suspense. If the Russian army's nearly 20 sets of 3rd Division can cross the river from the North Donetsk River and cooperate with the westward Russian army to capture Seversk. Then, it also means that the two main defensive areas deployed by the Ukrainian army in Slavyansk were first penetrated. This may further degrade the overall defensive layout of the Slavyansk urban agglomeration of the Ukrainian army, in short, the war situation is worth paying attention to.
For the first time, the naming rules for Chinese military and civilian aircraft were announced
In addition to the battle of Lisichansk, which is still in progress, the biggest news yesterday was probably the brand naming rules for military aircraft products of the Chinese Air Force and naval aviation corps announced by the aviation industry at the brand and social responsibility special event held by the aviation industry in Beijing.
The J-16 was first officially named: The Hidden Dragon
According to the naming rules published by the aviation industry: among the military aircraft of the Chinese Air Force and Navy, the fighters are mainly named "Dragon", such as J-20 "Weilong", J-10 "Raptor", J-11 and J-16 fighters have also been officially named for the first time, named "Ying Long" and "Qianlong" respectively;
However, the two types of aircraft and demonstrators of the FC-31 and J-7 types have been renamed "Eagle" and "Flying Leopard" before, and this time they have not been renamed, but continue the previous name;
It is worth mentioning the Navy carrier-based aircraft, the air force aviation aircraft generally use the "dragon" as the main name, while the naval carrier aircraft use the "shark" as the main name. For example, the famous J-15 "Flying Shark", but it is not clear how the next generation of naval carrier-based aircraft is named;
On the main combat support aircraft of the Air Force and naval aviation, the early warning aircraft have been uniformly named "Clairvoyance", and the name is directly followed by the suffix model name, such as the Air Police-200 is called "Clairvoyance-200", then the natural Air Police-500 has a "Clairvoyant-500" name;
The high-tech aircraft developed on the basis of the Y-8 and Y-9 platforms have also received their own names, for example, the anti-submarine patrol aircraft has been uniformly given the prefix of "Sea Eagle", and the communication and countermeasure aircraft has received the prefix of "Thunderbolt";
In the naming of trainer aircraft, the air force and navy trainer aircraft, the name is all prefixed with "eagle". For example, Coach -9 "Mountain Eagle", Coach -10 "Falcon", in addition, Coach -8 and Beginner -6 have also been officially named for the first time, named "Eagle" and "Young Eagle" respectively;
Finally, tactical general-purpose helicopters were prefixed with the "Shendiao", such as the Z-20 civilian model was named "Shendiao-20", while the military gunship was uniformly named "Thunderbolt Fire", such as the Straight-10 was named "Thunderbolt Fire-10", and the Straight-19 was named "Thunderbolt Fire-19".
This is a bit confusing, after all, military helicopters have a unified naming format before, that is, named with water margin characters. In addition, there is a "auspicious bird" naming format for civil helicopters. (Listening sharply, it's a bit like buying leather shoes...) ）
What to think about this set of naming conventions
So, how should we understand the naming of military models given by the Chinese aviation industry this time? Ivan the Great believes that this is, in a way, a kind of progress. After all, judging from the naming of China's aviation industry and China's military civilian aircraft, it is basically from scratch step by step:
J-12
Around the 1950s and 1980s, almost all military aircraft made in China had no name, and only had a model number after equipping the troops. For example, fighters begin with the word "annihilation", strong strike aircraft begin with the word "strong", bombers begin with the word "boom", electronic fighters and reconnaissance aircraft begin with "electricity" and "reconnaissance", followed by numbers; The only model that ever had a name was the J-12 fighter developed by the Nanchang Aircraft Factory, which was called "Li Xiangyang in the Air" after the flight display in front of Marshal Ye Jianying due to its small size.
The Qiang-5 A, which can throw the "Wild One" hydrogen bomb
At that time, the names of Chinese-made fighters and strike aircraft were given by Western countries, of course, according to NATO's naming rules: fighters only need to give a word that begins with "F", and strong strike fighters only need to give a word that begins with "A". This makes many of the names of the military aircraft we make more difficult to hear, such as the J-7 fighter, NATO directly applied the name of the MiG-21 fighter, calling it "Fishbed" (fish nest); The Qiang-5 attack aircraft, NATO did not even bother to give it the code name of the strong strike aircraft, but called it "Fantan" (Fan Stall, a gambling in the two-wide area); The J-8 fighter is no exception, having been given the nickname "Finback" by NATO, presumably because the J-8 is so long that it flies like a large whale in the sky.
This situation continued until the late 1980s, when the 1988 Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom and the Bari Burcher International Air Show in 1989 saw two cutting-edge models for the Chinese aviation industry to participate in the exhibition: among them, at the 1988 Farnborough Air Show, we took out the J-7 fighter model that had not even completed its first flight at that time; At the 1989 Paris Air Show, we even took out the J-8II and Qiang-5C aircraft to participate in the exhibition.
In 1989, the J-8II participated in the Paris Air Show
At that time, the nickname of the J-8 fighter", the "fin whale", sounded very indecent, and the J-8II was directly given a nickname of "fin whale II" by NATO, which sounded not only unsightly but also very perfunctory. Therefore, at that time, we gave the J-8II a "beautiful man in the air", and later a similar title was given to the Y-7, calling it "handsome teenager".
Of course, the Y-7 "handsome teenager" statement was soon no longer mentioned, but the "air beauty man" statement was continued, but also in the military fan group has been further carried forward, the "beautiful man" and the famous handsome brother Cai Guoqing of the year was associated, the J-8II fighter is simply called "air Cai Guoqing".
Throughout the 1990s, the main fighter models of the Chinese Air Force and Navy, which really had an official name and were widely accepted by everyone, were only the J-7 "Flying Leopard" fighter-bomber. However, with the emergence of J-10, Straight-10 and other models, China's aviation industry has ushered in a wave of "small climax" in model development, and the relevant model naming is gradually on track.
For example, the J-10 fighter, and the FC-1 fighter that appeared at the same time and were used for appearance were given the names of "Raptor" and "Dragon", which basically laid the tone of the fighter's name of "Dragon";
The Z-10 and the Z-19 reconnaissance helicopter that appeared at the same time period were named "Thunderbolt Fire" and "Black Whirlwind" respectively, which basically typically modeled the tone of the helicopter named after the Water Margin character;
The subsequent H-6K campaign bomber was given a code name of "God of War" and set the naming tone of the bomber, not to mention the two high-learning aircraft named "Mountain Eagle" and "Falcon" respectively, which set the tone for the naming of trainer aircraft.
The above naming tone, after 2010, after the development of a large number of models in China's aviation industry, has been continued. For example, the J-20 was named "Veyron", the Z-20 helicopter was named "Izumoryu", and the H-6N strategic bomber was named "Thor".
In addition, the newly emerged Y-20 large transport aircraft was named "Kunpeng", while the ARJ-21-700 regional airliner was named "Xiangfeng". From this point of view, the naming of aircraft in China's aviation industry, from scratch, from scattered, temporary to formal naming, and then to the current complete formation of a formal naming system, can also be regarded as an extraordinary development path.
The J-7 "Flying Leopard" is a very small number of names that have been widely accepted and remembered before this.
Of course, all the models are named, in a sense, a conventional saying, not only official naming, but also folk naming. Whether these names can really spread is mainly to see which name is really catchy and can be accepted by the commanders and fighters of the vast number of troops and civilian military fans.
For example, the most typical: F-14 fighter, the development of Fang nog company at the beginning thought of a lot of mighty felines to match this powerful carrier-based aircraft, but in the end, only the unimpressive "Tomcat" (Tomcat), has been accompanied by F-14 fighters, but also achieved the prestige of this "big cat";
Another example is Boeing's F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet" carrier-based fighter, you see which military fan in China now says it is "Super Hornet" or "Super Hornet"... Almost all people call it those three words: "super worm" or "plastic bug", and the latest F-35 "Lightning II" is jokingly called "fat electricity" by domestic military fans, in fact, this is a truth.
In general, China's aviation industry has given the current developed aircraft an official name, which is also an important step in the history of the development of the aviation industry. I hope that at this year's Zhuhai Air Show, we can see the wonderful performance of the "Weilong", "Raptor" and "Qianlong" fighters in Zhuhai as soon as possible.