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"From being far ahead, to losing."
The rising rate of joining the field of fighter aircraft has risen vertically, and even once occupied an advantage in the world's combined fleet with its own unique technology and application, but it is such a team that can turn back the crisis, but after the defeat in World War II, it also came to the brink of collapse with the defeat of Japan.
In order to allow the fighter to have better survivability in the process of assault, so as to complete the battle in a very short time and have an impact on the battlefield, Japan began to frantically introduce the technology that it lacked, and suppressed the local technology and continued to develop new aircraft.
However, Japan has gone into a misunderstanding in the development and application of aircraft, although it is said to be the introduction of technology, but for a period of time in the future, Japan's aviation industry is inseparable from the support of the United States, so that Japan's technological development has been restricted.
Now, less than a year before the official retirement of the F2 support fighter developed by Japan in 2020, the Japanese side said that the maintenance cost of the F2 is too high, and the original intention of its research and development has not been realized, which just exposes the problems of the Japanese aviation industry.
So what is the problem?
And what new challenges will China's aviation industry bring to Japan?
The development of the aviation industry.
In the 60s of the 19th century, after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, they began to gradually reform, and while introducing Western technology, they also began to comprehensively learn Western technical knowledge, and in 1889, Japan's first aircraft research institute "Official Newspaper Flight Institute" was formally established.
Then the official launch of aircraft development also made Japan's aviation industry gradually stand on the right track, and in the 20s of the 20th century, due to the end of the First World War, Japan launched a wide range of explorations in the application of aircraft.
The aviation industry also continued to develop in exploration, until 1931, when Japan brought in an aviation manufacturing company from the United States, which was also the first aircraft manufacturing company officially introduced by Japan.
Two years later, Japan consolidated it and became the official manufacturing agency of Japan, and in those two years, the number of aircraft developed by it was also the number of domestically manufactured aircraft.
After the introduction of American manufacturing technology, Japan's independent research and development is also gradually growing, and after World War II, Japan's aviation industry is also facing a heavy setback, whether it is aircraft development or technical knowledge, Japan has fallen on the United States.
In 1969, the U.S. initially abandoned its F2 technology to Japan because it was worried that after the technical data was handed over to Japan, Japan would produce its own technology and steal secrets.
However, in 1971, the United States began to gradually relax restrictions on Japan, and the equipment provided to it was also extremely advanced, but the United States also strictly adhered to the principle that these technical materials could not be transferred, and the Japanese side could only study these materials and develop them on its own, and could not transfer them at will.
Japan also complied with this restriction, but to say that Japan's behavior is more like finding someone else's principle and then conducting research and development on its own, it is also a response plan for Japan itself, but in 1996, the two countries signed a military information protection agreement, which means that technical data is no longer restricted.
In 1995, the F2 support fighter was officially put into service and installed in Japan's defense forces, but in 2000, the F2 support fighter began to be put into use, and the fighter was officially retired after completing the mission.
The aviation industry of Japan and China.
As we said before, the first aviation manufacturing company introduced in Japan was the United States, and this aviation manufacturing company was also the beginning of Japan's aviation industry, and it was also the manufacturer of the American F16 fighter jet, and later the United States handed over the technical data of the F16 to Japan.
Japan also began to develop the F16, then this is the beginning of Japan's aviation industry, independent research and development and introduction combined, but Japan introduced the same American technology, just continue to study the American technology, and on the basis of research to produce new technology, so that a few years later, its own technology has a real breakthrough.
In fact, in terms of the aviation industry, Japan has taken a research and development path based on American technology, and in 2003, the mainland also introduced its own technology and weapons and equipment in the aircraft model represented by the CJ-5, which shocked and surprised.
It can be said that the good development of the mainland's aviation industry is an indisputable fact because of the efforts of the mainland's aviation industry itself, and on the other hand, it is a manifestation of the mainland's advantages.
This advantage is that in the process of developing the continental aviation industry, the mainland can introduce foreign advanced technology and equipment according to its own actual situation, and then digest and absorb it, and finally carry out its own innovation, such as in the development process of the continental aviation industry, the continent's large aircraft C919 once became a pride of China.
This is not only a technological progress, but also another embodiment of the advantages of the mainland's aviation industry, and Japan's aviation industry has been restricted by the United States in the development of its aviation industry, so that Japan's aviation industry has been restricted, so now Japan's aviation industry is inseparable from the support of the United States, which is the disadvantage of Japan's aviation industry.
At the same time, the development of China's aviation industry is also in the continuous growth, from "following" to "parallel", the proud existence of the Japanese aviation industry, but also China's aviation industry gradually broken, such as the success of C919, but also China's aviation industry a kind of growth, and to a certain extent show the mainland's technical capabilities and strength.
We can also see the gap between the development of Japan's aviation industry and the mainland, and we have to say that this gap also exists in the development of the mainland's aviation industry, and the mainland is also breaking through this gap to a certain extent, and the mainland's aviation industry has also completed one new challenge after another on the basis of breakthroughs.
Future challenges for Japan's aviation industry.
In this environment, Japan's aviation industry is also under the guidance of others, constantly moving forward, while the mainland is constantly moving forward in its own exploration, we are more about comparison, that is, under the drive of others, we compare what we can do, and then continue to try, so that we continue to improve.
As mentioned earlier, in 2003, Japan was shocked and surprised by the introduction of the American aircraft model CJ-5 by the mainland, and at the same time triggered a series of discussions.
For Japan, the future challenges will occur from the technological perspective, and they need to continue to make breakthroughs in their own research, and in the process of continuous development, they will continue to move forward, so that their own technology will have new breakthroughs.
At the same time, the challenge that Japan's aviation industry needs to overcome is not only in technology, but also in strategy; in the face of the current international situation, what Japan's aviation industry needs to do is not only to get rid of its dependence on the United States, but also to deeply understand its own shortcomings, and to expand the development of the mainland's aviation industry based on the actual situation.
At the same time, what Japan needs to do in the field of aviation industry is to make strategic adjustments, and at the same time to find its own position, which is not an empty word, but also a major issue facing Japan.
When we realize this, we should also think about the factors that make the mainland successful, because the mainland has also achieved continuous success through independent innovation, and all kinds of different ways require us to seriously think and learn.
Perhaps we don't always need to pursue perfection, balance between technology and market, to go further, this is not only a strategic choice, and we are more to summarize and continue to learn from the predecessors, and we can go further for the future development.
epilogue
When we think about the future of Japan's aviation industry, we also face unknowns, but it is precisely this uncertainty that allows us to continue to move forward, which is a new path of exploration and a new challenge.
I believe that on the road of the development of Japan's aviation industry, they will have their own breakthrough, which is also the trend of the future, for the continental aviation industry, we will continue to remember the spirit of our predecessors, and continue to explore a new path of the aviation industry, but also maintain a respect for it.