1536. Grand Duke Dawn (13) [Navy Chapter]
In addition to the Cobalt Alloy class, the Roughhead class and the Spear class, the Pulse star frigates have also been completely withdrawn from active service. Moreover, due to design problems, the pulse star frigate is a slow medium-range fire support ship. After this kind of frigate is decommissioned, it is not worth joining the escort fleet, so all of them are sold on the black market.
However, the reasons for the retirement of the Manghan-class and Spear-class light frigates are somewhat different. The reason for the retirement of these two light frigates is that they can no longer find opponents.
In the past, the Dawn Territory relied on these two types of light frigates to supplement the performance and firepower of its own fighter jets. They were mainly used to fight against the fighter clusters of the Galactic Republic.
But now, with a large number of new fighter jets entering active service, the Dawn Territory's fighter fleet has the strength to compete head-on with the Galactic Republic's fighter fleet, so there is no need for these two types of light frigates to continue serving. Also a light frigate of about 30 meters, the Valkyrie missile frigate is much more lethal to fighter jets.
Dawn Territory's fighter jets are still based on ghost fighters. However, the Ghost fighter has now made radical progress due to continuous improvements. Whether it is the avionics system, fire control system, weapon system, energy transmission system, engine system, as well as the shield system and stealth system, all have been replaced. Equipped with the most advanced equipment, its combat capabilities are completely the same as those of the original model.
In fact, the current ghost fighters are also invisible, and the Galactic Republic's detection radar still needs to operate at extremely high power to detect them. Although the Republic is constantly improving its anti-invisibility methods, the one who takes the initiative is still the Phantom fighter.
The latest CF/A-17-G Phantom fighter, in terms of actual air combat effects, its overall performance is indeed not as good as the latest V-wing fighter of the Galaxy Republic. However, with the help of the stealth system, the V-wing fighter can In the battle with the ghost fighter, he was also tied up. If he was not careful, he would lose the opponent's trace and be massacred unilaterally.
In fact, it was precisely for this reason that the Dawn Command headquarters did not promote the replacement of Phantom fighters.
However, this does not mean that Dawn Leader has stopped developing in the field of fighter jets. After the new Viking fighter jets entered active service, the firepower of Dawn Leader's fighter fleet directly increased to a higher level. In addition to being slightly less flexible, the Viking fighter has far greater speed and firepower than the Phantom fighter, and it also has stealth capabilities. To put it more vividly, the Phantom fighter is a dog-fighting fighter, while the Viking fighter is a long-distance strike fighter.
After being incorporated into active service, although Viking fighters did not participate in many battles, they achieved good results every time.
And now the army led by Liming is also pursuing the idea of Viking fighters, because the current naval Viking fighters have removed the deformation function, but Army Lieutenant General Cheng Shitao hopes to order a batch of Viking fighters with deformation functions to meet his needs. Their need to fight within the atmosphere.
After all, who wouldn’t like a piece of equipment that can be used for air combat when it flies, and can transform into a mecha for land combat when it lands?
However, in the future, in the field of fighter jets, Halo Weapon Systems Group will also join the competition. They have proposed the F-41 Broadsword fighter plan and prototype, which is currently being evaluated by the military.
In addition to these two air superiority fighters, Dawn Leader is also equipped with a large number of vulture robot fighters to supplement its lack of fighter jets. These fighter jets were purchased through the Trade Alliance at low prices and in large quantities. Of course, in actual combat, they were shot down in droves by Republic fighter jets flown by clone pilots.
As for the new triple robot fighters, although Liming Ling also purchased them, the number was not large because the headquarters felt that the introduction of triple robot fighters was not cost-effective. As for the Coyote robot bombers, it is also because the missions they perform are actually competent for Viking fighters, so the Dawn Territory also only introduces them in small quantities.
Of course, the Vulture Robot Fighters will also be eliminated. According to the plan of the Dawn Leader High Command, the Vulture Robot Fighters will also be replaced by drones.
At present, Salary Industrial Group has come up with two drones
The design plans are respectively a light UAV Acolyte type and a medium UAV Infiltrator type.
Similarly, the ambitious Halo Weapon Systems Group has also come up with its own drone solution-the F-99 Kangaroo.
However, in the field of drones, a new competitor suddenly appeared, and no one expected this opponent - it turned out to be the Protoss!
Anyway, I don’t know what the current leader of the Protoss, Zelakas, the leader of the Silak tribe, thinks. He also provided the Protoss’s drone-the Swarm Unmanned Interceptor to the Dawn Territory High Command!
This unmanned interceptor aircraft has good performance both in the air and on the ground, and its body diameter does not exceed two meters. It really lives up to its name, just like a swarm of bees! This kind of drone was originally equipped on the protoss aircraft carrier. Although the protoss does not have the ability to produce aircraft carriers now, it is not a big problem to build interceptors.
However, in the past, the Protoss would not take the initiative to hand over their equipment to the Dawn Leader, including their transport aircraft and a series of probe robots and sentinel robots, which were all for their own use. Taking the initiative to take out the swarm interceptor this time is indeed a good thing.
At present, the upgrading of fighter jets, especially drones, is proceeding rapidly, and Vulture robot fighters with certain intelligence have begun to be handed over to the security forces on the planet, and these robot fighters have also proven that their performance in public security is also very good. outstanding.
And finally, there is another fleet of the Dawn Navy that is low-key, but still very important - the escort fleet!
Now when conducting trade and material transportation within the Dawn Territory and with other galaxies in the Milky Way, sufficient power is needed to escort. Especially now that many trades in the Dawn Territory have to pass through the Hutt space, it is even more chaotic in that place.
Putting aside the destruction of the Galactic Republic's infiltration fleet, the interstellar pirates that can be seen everywhere will be eyeing these transport fleets. They don't care what you do with the Dawn Territory or the Confederation of Independent Systems. They just grab a few and disappear, find a place with a mixed bag of good and bad people to sell the stolen goods, and then live in peace for a while, and then continue after the limelight has passed.
However, it is impossible to waste the resources of front-line battleships when escorting, so the cost-effectiveness of these escort fleets is very important.
