Not only were the on-site scientific researchers and heads of the three ard forces watching the competition.
In a conference room in the Imperial Capital, a hundred kiloters away, a group of Grand Xia’s senior officials were also paying close attention to the final outco of this grand military exercise.
When they saw that the Air Force had equipped the J-10 fighter jet with a vector engine, every face was filled with surprise.
Murmurs and whispers kept arising in the conference room.
"What’s going on?"
"The Air Force has really kept a tight lid on this, silently researching vector engines?"
"Goodness, vertical takeoff took less than 50 seconds, isn’t that just as good as France’s most advanced vector engine?"
"That’s not all, our J-10 is a heavy fighter jet, and this takeoff was fully ard, carrying the maximum weight of missiles and decoy flares. In terms of absolute weight, it definitely weighs much more than the French aircraft, so our vector engine’s thrust-to-weight ratio is much stronger than France’s."
"Sss... Sss... Keeping a low profile usually, and now that the grand military exercise has started, they are all showing off their weaponry and equipnt."
Most of the people present were in shock, having not expected the Air Force to drop such a bombshell.
The official responsible for foreign affairs asked hastily, "National Elder, do we have the specs for this engine?"
"There is a huge international demand for advanced aircraft. The reason our J-10 export version hasn’t been selling well is because we’re still using Russian engines, which many countries don’t accept."
"I had spoken to the Air Force before, asking if they could outsource the engines, but they firmly disagreed, and indeed, outsourcing would indeed result in much lower profits."
"At that ti, I had no idea these guys had secretly developed sothing so formidable."
"Now, if we could sell the vector engine version of the J-10 fighter jet internationally, we could definitely capture a huge market share, and even dominate the massive Middle Eastern market."
All countries have their own airspace, but not all countries can afford to build standard military airfields.
Military airfields aren’t just about paving the surface, laying down ground pipelines, building a few towers, and stationing a few workers—it’s not that simple.
For a military airfield, the most important aspects are anti-aircraft capabilities, radar warning systems, concealnt, and security.
If it’s easily exposed, it becos the first target in a threat situation, and without anti-aircraft defenses, a single bombing raid can destroy an airfield.
With damaged runways, those expensive fighter jets beco re showpieces, at the rcy of the enemy’s attacks.
The situation really is that exaggerated.
As a result, many countries, out of desperation, have to pay money or hand over resources to more powerful nations.
It’s called strategic cooperation, but frankly speaking, it’s just paying protection money.
Now it’s different.
If these countries could purchase the J-10 with the vector engine, they would perfectly solve the problem of military airfields.
After all, this kind of aircraft can perform vertical takeoffs and landings, allowing them to take off and engage in combat even with damaged runways, ensuring the safety of their own countries.
The temptation of such an offer is just too great.
So countries that have vector engines even sell these planes for several tis the price, making a killing in the process.
This is a vast blue ocean market, and as long as Grand Xia can enter it, setting aside how much money can be made, the key is to enhance Grand Xia’s standing in the hearts of the world’s people.
Simply put, this ans increasing national strength.
This prospect is terrifying.
The ultimate dream of all nations seeking power is to establish high prestige among other nations and naturally beco the world’s hegemon.
Looking at the current state of Arica, it becos clear what becoming a hegemon entails.
After the foreign trade official finished speaking, before the National Elder could answer, another elder beside him interjected, "I think you all might want to wait."
"Our mighty navy is even better suited to have a vector engine, isn’t it?"
"If we could be equipped with just 10 vector engines, when we install them onto the J-16, it will surely significantly increase the carrying capacity and combat effectiveness of our aircraft carriers."
"Wherever others can go, why shouldn’t the Grand Xia Navy take a look?"
"Damn it."
"Arica is already on its decline, yet they still throw their weight around thanks to their powerful mariti hegemony."
"If we can break their mariti dominance, there’s no fear that their economy won’t regress."
For Grand Xia at present, looking at the global landscape, there’s only one country that can counter it.
As the two finished speaking, others also began putting forth their ideas.
Although everyone spoke grandly as if it were for the nation and the people, in reality, they all had their own selfish motives at heart, which was to snatch up more vector engines for their own departnts.
The only reason the Air Force departnt head wasn’t here was because if he were, the place would likely quickly turn into a bargaining market.
Everyone, even if it ant spending money, wanted to buy and equip their own units with it.
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