Why is no one blowing about the F22 now? In the past, as long as the J-20 was mentioned, the F22 could not be avoided. And the J-20 has always been the side that has been belittled, and the F22 is the side that has been blown into the sky. It's nothing more than a few pictures, or a flight video, to brag about how fast the F22's vertical pull up and how maneuverable it is. But now this sound is getting quieter and quieter, and it is gradually disappearing. Why? Because of the current full-body J-20, even those who are black for the sake of black, they can't find the F22 stronger than the J-20.
At the beginning, because of the United States' sentence "canard wings, it is best to use them on fighters of other countries", these people picked on the J-20 canard wing layout, saying that this kind of layout is not used by the United States F22, and it must be backward. The result was not that the F22 did not want to use canard wings, but that the American technology at that time could not handle canard wings. When they saw that Europe was making a big deal of canard fighters, but they couldn't handle it themselves, they had this saying that they can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour.
The canard wing layout is much larger than the traditional layout used by the F22 for the fighter, both in terms of lift and maneuverability. However, the difficulty of the canard wing is difficult in control, and a special control system needs to be designed to control the canard. However, because this system is too complex, it is impossible to complete it by human calculations alone, and it must be done with accurate calculations by computers. At the beginning of the F22 design, computers were not yet popular, and the U.S. military was good at traditional layouts, so canard wings were not used. In a word, in terms of aerodynamic layout, the J-20 is superior to the F22.
When they found out that there was no way to make a fuss about the canard wing, they began to talk about the engine problems of the J-20 again. Now that the engine problem of the J-20 has been solved, these sunspots have begun to pick on the engine life again. This is no longer a sunspot, it's just a demon. For air superiority fighters such as the J-20 and F22, talking about dog fights is nonsense. The Thunderbolt-15 has a range of more than 200 kilometers, which is a significant margin beyond the F22 missile. Who's going to fight with you? No matter how good your hypermobility is, I don't believe you can outrun a missile.
It is said that the Nantianmen Project is a cultural and creative product, but I don't think so. A very simple truth: No one in China should know about the current 055 drive, right? Do you know when the 055 drive was developed? In the 60s of the last century, the navy submitted a report on the proposal for building ocean-going escort ships.
In February 1968, based on this report, the Seventh Academy formulated the tactical indicators and program demonstration tasks of this type of ship, and determined the design code 055. In June 1970, Premier Zhou gave instructions on the development of the 055 large missile destroyer and agreed to build it. The combat mission of the 055 is aimed at the near sea, which can be mainly sea-to-air, taking into account anti-submarine. If there is an ocean-going mission, more consideration needs to be given to the anti-submarine weapons package.
In August of the same year, it was decided to focus the development of the 055 large missile destroyer in Shanghai. In September, the 437 Factory, the North Sea Fleet and the 701 Institute of the 055 Ship Three-in-One Development Group were established, and the development of this type of ship began. However, because the diesel-fired power unit we developed could not meet the tactical and technical requirements of the Type 055 ship, we began to communicate with Western countries many times since October 1978, hoping to introduce the gas turbine required for the Type 055 parts, but in the end it was unsuccessful due to factors such as price. The development of the Type 055 was in a state of gradual delay until it was completely terminated in 1989 after Western sanctions.
Although the first development of the 055 drive was forced to be terminated, you must know that the development of the 055 began in 1970, 54 years ago! Looking at it today, it is hard to imagine that such an advanced destroyer as the 055 would be a weapon that was already being developed half a century ago.
Thinking about it according to this logic, does it mean that some of the weapons we are developing now will gradually emerge after half a century like 055? Today, when we look at the Nantianmen Project, it is very sci-fi and we find it incredible. In other words, if people saw the 055 drive half a century ago, wouldn't they also think it was incredible?
With China's current industrial production capacity, how terrifying would it be if all of it were transferred to wartime? Let's first talk about the navy, that is, the shipbuilding industry. There are more than 30 shipyards in China that can build more than 100,000 tons, which everyone should know. If in wartime, can these more than 30 dockyards be used to build aircraft carriers at the same time? Of course. Do you know what China's shipbuilding completions will be in 2023? 42.32 million tons, accounting for 50% of the world's total completions.
What is the concept of completing more than 42 million tons in a year? You must know that the total tonnage of the US Navy is only about 4 million tons, and the total tonnage of all navies in the world combined does not exceed 20 million tons. It is equivalent to 10 US navies completed in one year, and such a terrifying productivity is unimaginable if it is in wartime.
What is it that is inseparable from building warships? It must be steel. Iron is the skeleton that supports modern society, and without iron there would be no modern civilization. China produces 1 billion tons of steel a year, accounting for more than 50% of the world's total output. The rest of the world together does not produce as much steel as China.
There is a saying: the world's steel production ranking, the first is China, the second is China's Hebei Province, and the third is Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China. In 2022, Hebei Province's crude steel output will be 225 million tons, ranking first in the country for 21 consecutive years. Tangshan accounts for half of Hebei's steel output, reaching 131 million tons, accounting for 12.68% of the country. It is precisely because of the abundant steel resources that China's shipbuilding industry can have such a height. It is precisely because of the abundant steel resources that the Chinese warships can be launched into service like dumplings.
Let's talk about electricity. Whether it is building warships or producing fighter jets, they all need the support of electricity. And China's power generation capacity has been the largest in the world for many years. For example, in 2022, China generated 9,136.8 billion kWh, accounting for 31.33% of the world's total power generation, more than the United States, India, Russia, and Japan combined.
I'm sure some people will say how many aircraft carriers the United States built during World War II. Suffice it to say that living in the past will only hurt you.