In 2014, the international situation became increasingly turbulent.

The Yalta system created after World War II seems to be crumbling, local wars are still going on, and the risk of a world-class war is increasing. There is a feeling that a storm is about to come.

In Europe, the rapid reaction force formed by France and Germany has gradually evolved into the European coalition force. Command posts at all levels have been gradually established and improved, constantly eroding NATO. Old European countries such as France and Germany have said more than once that “NATO is brain dead,” and “NATO” has gradually fallen into a deadlock.

Even European professionals are optimistic that within less than ten years, the European coalition will be able to completely replace NATO.

The voice of “Europe is Europe for Europeans” is growing louder in Europe.

In North Africa and Syria in the Middle East, proxy wars continue.

There are constantly refugees from North Africa and Syria who are trying every means to escape to Europe and live a good life in this paradise of the world.

On one side there is constant war, and on the other side there is a paradise. It is self-evident what the refugees will choose.

Some refugees even tied a bamboo raft together and dared to ride it to Europe.

In the Middle East, the Arab League is also further integrating. The Arab coalition has proposed to expand to a million-strong force in the next decade to maintain the security of the Arab world.

In South Africa, competition for jobs, business opportunities, public services and housing has led to tensions between refugees and host communities, increasing xenophobia and violence. As a resource-rich country, South Africa has a trade deficit and has to sell gold in exchange for foreign exchange.

In the South Asian subcontinent, the Bharat famine problem is getting worse. According to incomplete statistics, it is estimated that tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people died of hunger. The Bharat government has requested international assistance more than once, but the international assistance it can get is very little. After all, Bharat’s big brother, Russia, only gave millions of dollars in aid. Other countries saw that the Bharat government’s military expenditure was as high as tens of billions of dollars. They believed that the Bharat government would rather use a large amount of money to import weapons and equipment than to buy food to help the victims, so they were naturally even less enthusiastic about providing assistance.

In Southeast Asia, the dispute between Lan Fang and Australia over islands has never ceased. The attitudes of both sides are very tough, leaving no hope for a peaceful solution through negotiations.

South America is banding together for warmth and struggling in the face of difficulties. It is an indisputable fact that the pace of development has slowed down.

In North America, the North American Free Trade Area is bumpy, the internal warlords in Mexico have been unable to form a unified country, and the large number of Mexican specialties and Mexican refugees have made Americans feel overwhelmed. Canada is on guard against the United States, fearing that it will become the 51st state of the United States. The total size of the US national debt continues to grow, and the interest paid each year alone is staggering. The voices that the United States will be dragged down by the national debt are growing. If the internal contradictions of the United States are to be transferred outward, I am afraid that Canada may become the target of the transfer.

It just so happens that Canada’s economic ties with the United States are very close, and the United States’ military power is far stronger than Canada’s.

Russia took over Crimea, but the consequences have already appeared. Ukraine is gradually breaking away from Russia’s control and is moving towards the United States at a faster pace.

In view of the increasingly tense international situation and the fact that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, the international community has launched various commemorative activities aimed at reflecting on history and praying for peace.

After all, the outbreak of the First World War caused many countries to suffer the scourge of war, tens of millions of people died, and caused major trauma in human history.

China is deepening reforms internally and introducing a number of major reform measures. The biggest external focus is on promoting regional integration, with a large amount of funds invested in regional integration infrastructure.

Under the current international situation, the Zhuhai Air Show is held as scheduled.

This year’s Zhuhai Air Show is a ‘coming of age ceremony’. The internationalization and professionalization of the air show has reached a new level. Whether it is the number and structure of exhibitors, exhibits, media, foreign military flight demonstration teams and other elements, or the level and quality of professional audiences, military and political trade delegations, conferences and forums, BTOB and other elements, they have all been greatly optimized and improved.

Up to now, the Zhuhai Air Show has developed into the largest air show in China and also the largest air show in the world.

At this Zhuhai Air Show, all participating organizers and co-organizers exhibited on a larger scale, with higher standards and a larger lineup, attracting millions of visitors.

This year’s Zhuhai Air Show was held with great fanfare. The dazzling array of military equipment attracted a large number of exhibitors and tourists from all over the world. The most eye-catching were China’s military equipment, which were numerous, advanced in function and complete in variety, giving exhibitors and visitors from all over the world a refreshing experience.

This is the result of the efforts of several generations of Chinese military workers, and it is also a concrete manifestation of a strong country and a strong military in science and technology.

At the Zhuhai Air Show, many high-tech, sophisticated and cutting-edge Chinese weapons make people excited.

This air show also made a lot of professionals and tourists excited.

The J-20S long-range, heavy-duty, two-seat multi-purpose stealth fighter, the J-35A single-seat, twin-engine medium stealth fighter, etc. are all participating in the exhibition for the first time.

The J-20 multi-purpose stealth fighter is benchmarked against the US F22 ‘Raptor’ multi-purpose stealth fighter, while the J-35 fighter is benchmarked against the US F35 stealth fighter.

As to which one is more advanced, the whole world is arguing about it and there is no definitive conclusion.

After all, the two sides have never really fought each other, so there is naturally no winner or loser.

Up to now, China’s J-20 fighter jet is still being improved and equipped, and various models have been developed. The J-20 fighter jet that now appears in front of the public has the letter behind it already reached S. No one knows whether there are more letters behind it in private, but it is generally speculated that there are.

The United States’ F22 fighter jet has been discontinued and the production lines have been dismantled.

As for the reason, it is because the F22 fighter jet is too expensive, and the United States is cutting military spending, so the U.S. Air Force cannot afford to purchase it. In the future, it will focus on equipping the F35 fighter jet.

The F35 fighter jet has research and development funds invested by its allies, and its costs have been spread out in large quantities. Its cost is much lower than that of the F22 fighter jet. It is optimistically predicted that the unit price of the F35 fighter jet can be reduced to less than US$1 million in about three years.

In a few years, the unit price of F35 fighter jets purchased by the US Air Force itself is expected to be controlled at 7000 million US dollars, while the price can be doubled or tripled when exported to allies. This is much cheaper than the F22 “Raptor” fighter jet.

The F22 ‘Raptor’ fighter jet has so far been deployed in the United States and has not been deployed to US overseas military bases.

Of course, the most important one is the exhibition of the “Panshan” aerospace plane.

Even though security personnel were protecting it at all times and no one could get within 10 meters of the Panshan space plane, it was enough to make people extremely excited.

Intelligence personnel from various countries have taken various measures to obtain more information about the “Panshan” aerospace plane.

China has adopted very strict confidentiality measures regarding the ‘Panshan’ aerospace plane, so that up to now, only a few people in the outside world know about the ‘Panshan’ aerospace plane.

Some military experts believe that the Panshan aerospace plane is not only a spacecraft for scientific research, but also China’s sixth-generation fighter. These military experts even assert that the service of the aerospace plane will change the balance of air power around the world, and air combat will usher in earth-shaking changes.

This Zhuhai Air Show not only involves air weapons and equipment, land weapons and equipment, and aerospace technology products, but also maritime weapons and equipment.

At the dock where the air show is held, there is a Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is filled with various types of carrier-based aircraft. In addition, there is also a Type 052 destroyer, a Type 055 destroyer, and a Type 075 amphibious assault ship.

This is also the first Zhuhai Air Show where a large number of naval weapons and equipment appear.

Looking at those steel behemoths, one can’t help but feel daunted.

It was also at this moment that more people felt that the Chinese Navy had transformed from a near-shore defense navy to a blue-water navy!

Currently, only the United States and China in the world can build large aircraft carriers, and can also build large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

Looking at the Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, many tourists from the United States couldn’t help but show complicated expressions.

You should know that the US Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was just launched not long ago, and it is optimistically estimated that it will not be delivered to the navy for service until the end of 2017 or 2018.

According to an insider who wishes to remain anonymous, there are major problems with the electromagnetic catapult of the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and he strongly calls for a suspension of the electromagnetic catapult and a conversion to a steam catapult.

Although the US Pentagon has come out to refute the rumor, many people still believe this statement because the United States encountered many problems in developing electromagnetic catapults, and these problems have been exposed from time to time in recent years.

This flight show not only features flight demonstrations by aircraft taking off from land runways, but also catapult takeoff demonstrations by helicopters, fighter jets and reconnaissance aircraft from the Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Of course, there is another highlight of this air show, that is, the proportion of drones exhibited is higher than the previous one, and there are more types of drones exhibited, which also indicates that the role of drones in war is becoming more and more important. In fact, in the Yemeni civil war, the Libyan proxy war in North Africa, the Middle East proxy war and the Lancang-Australia conflict, drones have appeared on the battlefield and have changed the direction of the war to some extent.

Today, China is the world leader in drone development. It is also the world’s largest drone producer and exporter, capable of producing all types of drones.

Many drones were openly exhibited this time.

Nowadays, for drones with the same performance, Chinese drones are much cheaper; for drones of the same price, Chinese drones are much more advanced.

Even for drones with the same performance and the same price, China can provide better services.

Drones for various application scenarios are constantly being invested in.

For example, in the civilian field, hundreds of thousands of fire-fighting drones are exported every year; and more than 100,000 drones used for filming are also exported every year.

Today, drones have appeared in many fields, including construction, express delivery, vacation tourism, sports and media, security and law enforcement, and film and television shooting.

Drone light shows are becoming more and more numerous and popular, and are no longer something high-end.

As for drones in the military field, there are even more.

Drones that serve as target drones and suicide drones are the two most exported models each year, with hundreds of thousands of them each.

As for reconnaissance drones, communication drones, decoy drones, etc., the price of each unit is relatively high and the export quantity is also smaller.

The Zhuhai Air Show benefits not only Zhuhai, but Macau as well.

During the day, tourists visit the air show, and at night many tourists choose to travel to Macau. The seven-day visa-free policy during this period has attracted a considerable number of tourists to experience life in Macau.

I spent the night in Macau, woke up the next day, and then took the subway to the Zhuhai Air Show.

Some negotiations are even conducted directly in Macau.

Rich people from the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, like to stay in luxury hotels in Macau and negotiate business.

Among the many aircraft models exhibited by foreign businessmen this time, the one that attracted the most attention was Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet, because there were reports that the Chinese Air Force was interested in the Su-35 fighter jet and it was very likely to attract Su-35 fighter jets.

The Su-35 fighter, NATO codenamed ‘Flanker-E’ or ‘Super Flanker’, is a deeply improved single-seat, twin-engine, super-maneuverable multi-purpose heavy fighter developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau based on the Su-27 fighter. It is an improved model of the fourth-generation fighter, that is, a fourth-generation and a half fighter.

华夏，主力战斗机是歼10系列战斗机、歼11系列战斗机，除此之外也装备了少量的苏27战斗机、F15战斗机、F16战斗机。

These Soviet-made and American-made fighter jets are not used for air combat, but for simulated combat.

This time, Russia sent two purple-gray “Su-35” fighter jets to China for the exhibition, naturally hoping to open up the market, not only to get orders from China, but also to attract potential customers.

After all, there are more than a hundred countries coming to the Zhuhai Air Show!

This time, on the first day, even a senior Air Force commander sat in the cockpit of the Su-35 fighter jet to experience it and had close exchanges with many Russian personnel.

Over the past decade, “China’s Air Force will purchase Russian-made Su-35s” has been a hotly debated topic on military websites and forums. With the intensive official visits to the Su-35s, many people believe that this long-standing “rumored girlfriend” has finally officially met her parents today and may be about to embark on a grand wedding.

In fact, Liu Tao also knew about the purchase of a batch of Su-35 fighter jets and did not object to it.

The reason is simple. Soviet-made fighter jets have their own characteristics and advantages.

Purchasing a batch of Su-35 fighter jets can, on the one hand, allow them to act as one party in simulated air confrontations and thereby identify their own shortcomings; on the other hand, dismantling one or two Su-35 fighter jets will allow scientific researchers to conduct thorough research and absorb the wisdom of others.

Stones from other mountains can attack jade!

This is the wisdom passed down by our Chinese ancestors, so we naturally cannot give it up.

In fact, if the Americans were not unwilling to export the F22 Raptor fighter jets, Liu Tao would also be in favor of introducing a batch of F22 Raptor fighter jets.

Of course, by introducing these fighter jets, the Russians and Americans will naturally not be able to fool China as they did other countries.

Otherwise, if we introduce a severely downsized monkey-version fighter, there would be no point in introducing it.

The feedback from the crew in the cockpit of the Su-35 fighter jet made Liu Tao laugh and cry.

These personnel were all promoted from elite pilots and have flown the J-10 series fighter jets, the J-11 series fighter jets, and even the J-20 series fighter jets.

They were complaining about the Su-35’s avionics equipment and other shortcomings.

In fact, from the perspective of aviation technology, the introduction of the Su-35 fighter jet is at most just an inspection and understanding, and has little to do with significantly improving the country’s technological level.

The real reason for introducing the Su-35 is not technology, but to understand the development level of Russian aviation fighters and to use it for simulated air confrontation.

Liu Tao was not unaware of Russia’s development.

The glass cockpit of Russian combat aircraft was just on track when it was first established. However, Russia’s economic difficulties at that time greatly delayed its progress. The subsequent difficulties made them neither advanced enough nor fully compatible with the combat system and standards of the Chinese Air Force, which would only bring more troubles during use.

The introduction of a batch of Su-35 fighter jets was never intended to improve the level of China’s aviation industry, nor was it intended to significantly improve China’s fighter jet development level.

China has long since walked out of the path of imitators and followers and has taken its own path. In aircraft development, whether in aerodynamic layout, avionics, air combat weapons, or fuselage structure, China is at the world’s leading level.

Of course, based on this reason, the number of Su-35 fighter jets introduced by China will not be large, and it plans to purchase only 24 Su-35 fighter jets.

24 Su-35 fighter jets may be a lot for other countries, but it is not much for the size of the Chinese Air Force.

China currently has no shortage of foreign exchange and is more concerned about Russia’s ability to deliver goods on time and in accordance with standards.

According to Liu Tao’s understanding, Russia’s current military industrial capacity is far from satisfactory. Russia has had a bumpy road in the development of fifth-generation aircraft. Although Russia’s T2010 fighter jet had its maiden flight as early as 50, there are still many problems. So far, it has not been delivered to the Russian troops for service.

Bharat invested a lot of money in the development of the T50 fighter jet, and has been looking forward to obtaining the fifth-generation fighter jet, but it has not yet obtained even one. It is said that Bharat’s scientific researchers cannot access the core technology of the T50 fighter jet, and the pilots sent to Russia have not even been able to touch the T50 fighter jet.

Even now, the T50 fighter jet has always been half-hidden, with the truth not revealed, appearing very mysterious.

Excluding the T50 fighter, the Su-35 fighter is already Russia’s most advanced model in the fighter field.

As for the Su-27, it is a product of the Soviet era!

This is the case in the aviation field. In terms of land warfare equipment, Russia also mainly relies on products from the Soviet era, and the number of innovative weapons and equipment can only be counted on one hand.

As for the navy, Russia’s navy is in a state of continuous shrinkage. It now relies on two aircraft carrier formations with two medium-sized conventional-powered aircraft carriers as the core. The rest, whether submarines, frigates, destroyers, etc., are all products of the Soviet era.

So much so that some people say that today’s Russian military strength is not even as strong as the Soviet army back then. (End of this chapter)