At this Zhuhai Air Show, the PLA's various active military equipment was dazzling and became the biggest highlight of this air show. Compared with previous years, China's active equipment adopted a concealment approach, adopting models and non-static display approaches. The Chinese Air Force's J-20, J-16, Oil Transport-20 and other military aircraft conducted static displays, and announced that the J-20 fighter aircraft was equipped with the domestic Taihang engine , with better overall performance than Russian engines. At the air show, China sold a complete army synthetic brigade equipment plan to the outside world for the first time, and 11 modules created a new type of informatization and intelligent army brigade.
Compared with Russian military enterprise , the model used to participate in the Zhuhai Air Show, all the elite Chinese active celebrity equipment was produced, and in terms of cost-effectiveness, the same type of equipment in Russia, and the quality was comparable to European and American weapons. The total contract amount during the entire air show period exceeded US$39.8 billion (about RMB 283 billion), and some people called the "Double 11" (shopping day). At the same time, China's full airspace air defense system also appeared at the air show. The medium- and long-range air defense missile systems include HQ-9BE and FD-2000; the medium-range air defense missile weapon systems such as the FM-3000, and the short-range and end-range air defense missile weapon systems are HQ-17AE and FL-1000.
portable air defense missile weapon system that performed well in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. China has also launched air defense systems such as QW-2 and QW-12. It is worth noting that it is the HQ-17AE short-range air defense missile weapon system. It is the core of China's anti-unmanned aerial system construction. Relying on the "low-altitude hunter", it will accurately hunt down the drone that operates at low altitude on the battlefield in the future, and it also attracts favor from countries facing low-altitude targets and drone threats.
According to the "Tactical Report" website, Egypt is negotiating with China to purchase the HQ-17AE mobile air defense missile system. It is PLA Army equipped with the HQ-17A foreign trade version and is a mobile air defense missile system. At the beginning of 2022, Saudi Arabia purchased the "Red Flag"-17AE air defense missile system from China to avoid being sanctioned by the United States for the purchase of Russian S-400 long-range air defense system. The People's Liberation Army is currently equipped with 180 sets of HQ-17A short-range air defense missile weapon systems, which can be deployed manually with mechanized troops .
Since China established diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1960, the two countries have always strengthened cooperation in the military field. In the 1970s, China provided Egypt with advanced weapons and equipment to imitate the Soviet Union, including samples and information of improved Scud C missiles. During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, China and Egypt reached a climax, and Egypt gradually became China's largest arms exporter in the Middle East.
Egypt imported 44 44 J-6 fighter jets and 6 J-6 fighter jets to China, and at the same time exported 60 J-7 fighter jets to Egypt. China exported various fighter jets to Egypt and provided after-sales service, winning US$500 million. In 1984, China exported two 053HE frigates, four 033 conventional submarines, four 024 missile boats to Egypt, plus eight 037 hunting submarines.
In 199, Egypt purchased 120 K-8E advanced trainer aircraft from China. The overall performance was very good at that time and was responsible for the training needs of Egypt's fourth-generation fighter jets. During wartime, you can carry the missile for combat missions. The single aircraft price is US$10 million, which is very attractive to Egypt. The K-8E trainer is introduced and assembled. Subsequently, China and Egypt suspended military cooperation and exchanges, but China has made rapid development in the field of drones. Egypt purchased 64 Winghound series drones from China, and also purchased new Rainbow-5 drones to realize countries that are equipped with Winghound drones and Rainbow drones at the same time.
With the increasing importance of drones in the future battlefield, Armenian and Azerbaijan broke out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and Azerbaijan dispatched drones to eventually win a great victory. This is also the first large-scale application of drones in local wars. The performance of drones is very eye-catching, and it has gradually changed from performing integrated reconnaissance to rewriting the war method.
In the early stages of the war, Azerbaijan purchased drones from Turkey and Israel, including TB-2 reconnaissance and strike drones and Harlop suicide drones. At the same time, in the Russian-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine also dispatched TB-2 reconnaissance and strike drones to carry out air strikes. Azerbaijan organically combined a large number of drones with tanks and artillery to undertake attacks on Armenian tank armored vehicles, seize local air supremacy on the battlefield, and destroyed nearly 100 T-72B main battle tanks in total, plus strategic equipment such as S-300PT/PMU2 regional air defense system.
"Swarm" suppression, full-depth strike will be a new model of drone combat in the future. Low cost is the most important advantage, and it is the most ideal to deal with tanks and armored vehicles . Egypt has taken advantage of the HQ-17AE short-range air defense missile weapon system, which values its combat potential against drones, has the ability to intercept high-value drone targets, has strong anti-saturation attack capabilities, uses a wheeled off-road chassis, can perform concealed operations, and its maneuverability is also very strong.
HQ-17AE carrier is a high-motorized wheeled off-road chassis, with a travel speed of up to 90 kilometers per hour, and can conduct air defense operations while maintaining relatively low speed. This benefit can avoid being hit by the guided bomb carried by the drone, increasing its survivability on the battlefield, and can adopt bicycle combat in combat, or multi-vehicle cooperation combat. In order to increase the ability to detect short-range targets, China is integrating and optimizing the Russian Doyle short-range air defense system, equipped with all-solid-state phased array radar, and adopting vertical cold launch. Under the networking of multiple HQ-17AEs, the overall combat effect can reach the armed helicopter , tactical air-to-ground missiles, and anti-radiation air-to-ground missiles.
HQ-17AE is equipped with a full solid-state phased array radar, which has supersonic cruise missile , which detects stealth targets and low-altitude flight. Each HQ-17AE is equipped with 8 missiles, which can guide 4 missiles to intercept 4 targets at the same time. The overall interception effect is very obvious, with a maximum interception range of 15 kilometers, and can launch missiles in a very short time. Egypt's procurement of HQ-17AE can protect important military facilities, such as air defense , and cover command posts in combat areas.
At the Zhuhai Air Show, China has introduced its anti-UAV defense system to the international market for the first time. The HQ-17AE is the core "magic weapon" for building an anti-UAV system. It can interfere in the complex electromagnetic environment of , undertake short-range low-altitude target interception, and cooperate with the China Sky "anti-UAV combat system and LW-30 laser defense weapon systems, and will exert air defense or field air defense to achieve soft and hard-to-kill capabilities of drones.
Egypt purchases HQ-17AE and will intercept its own low-altitude targets and intercept targets such as drones to avoid frequent sneak attacks by drones on future battlefields. HQ-17AE can be integrated into Egypt's traditional air defense weapon system, cooperate with near-defense guns, air defense missiles, etc., and can also cover Egypt's strategic air defense system to ensure the safety of tanks and armored vehicles. It is not unreasonable for Egypt to participate in the HQ-17AE. The most important thing is that the role of HQ-17AE in the anti-drone defense system is becoming more and more popular.
