Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 934 Cruise Missiles and Air-to-Surface Missiles

But the achievements and glory are here, and the work of the entire R&D team has come to a standstill.The anti-aircraft missile research and development team also has the Wind Chaser C, and there may be a Wind Chaser D in the future, and it may even go on forever.And this also corresponds to a change in the use of air defense missiles from small to large, from near to far.At present, Jiang Chen and the others have only produced short-range low-altitude air defense missiles. In the future, there will be medium-range air defense missiles, long-range high-altitude air defense missiles, and even the last anti-satellite and anti-missile missiles.As long as the R&D team can go forward step by step, they are not afraid of not being able to achieve results.But what about the anti-tank missile research and development team, what will they do next? This has become a worry for the entire research and development team.

Of course, Jiang Chen was also pondering. Where is the way out for this research and development team? Could it be that they were cut off here, and then gave up directly, and incorporated the team into the air defense missile research and development team?Jiang Chen shook his head, this is too wasteful, this research and development team has finally achieved such a result, if it is broken, if you want to pick it up in the future, you have to start from scratch.But where should it start?

To attack ground targets, in addition to anti-tank missiles, of course there are rocket launchers, and the rest are rockets. Of course, this is divided into short-range and long-range, guided and unguided.But Jiang Chen doesn't want to intervene when it comes to rocket launchers, because our country seems to be very good in this regard, and Jiang Chen's intervention can't change anything. It's better to let him develop along the original track.So in terms of missiles, ballistic missiles should be the first thing that comes to mind for ground attack.Ballistic missiles, this Jiang Chen must not be able to touch, this is a national weapon that not just anyone can touch, and Jiang Chen does not have the ability in this area, and he does not want to get into the trouble of Dao. Not a good thing, let alone this ultimate killer.

So what's left? Jiang Chen focused his attention on these two nouns. The first is called anti-ship missiles, and the second is called cruise missiles.In fact, the principle of anti-ship missiles is similar to that of anti-tank missiles, except that one is large in size and the other is small in size. One attacks ships and the other attacks tanks and armored vehicles.But it cannot be said that this anti-ship missile is simple. You must know that the increase in volume is several times, and the difficulty is dozens of times higher, whether it is in terms of materials or related technologies.In addition, there are many differences in this guidance aspect.It seems that this is not something that Jiang Chen and the others can relate to now, but there will definitely be in the future, because Jiang Chen has already set his sights on an advanced anti-ship missile in the north. It gets it back, and then develops our own advanced anti-ship missiles.

Cruise missile, Jiang Chen thought about it, but still shook his head.This missile has higher requirements. It can be said to be a system engineering, not just the missile.Among other things, let’s talk about the attack distance of the missile. According to the definitions and requirements of cruise missiles in various countries, the range of this missile must be more than [-] kilometers. .So such a long range means that the flight time of the missile is prolonged, which makes the material of the missile body must meet the standard.There are also missile engines, which must not only increase the thrust of the engine, but also withstand the severe high temperature in the engine combustion chamber.This technical difficulty is even more difficult than the launch vehicle for launching satellites.

Also in the guidance technology, the guidance technology of cruise missiles includes inertial guidance, which is a very traditional guidance method, and it is also the most reliable and anti-interference guidance method.But this inertial guidance method also has its disadvantages. First of all, the preparation time is too long, because the inertial guidance is to input various data into the missile through mathematical calculations, and then the missile is controlled along the set course program. flight.Therefore, the launch money needs to be calculated responsibly, and then input into the missile, which takes too long to prepare and delays the fighter.Moreover, this method is easily affected by various reasons, such as changes in missile speed, wind speed, humidity, and other sudden variability factors, so the accuracy is not high.

Next is the TV remote control guidance.The missile is controlled by the personnel in the rear, so as to control the missile to strike the target precisely.However, cruise missiles do not have a wire connection than anti-tank missiles. The control of cruise missiles mainly relies on radio waves to transmit command control, so the anti-interference is very poor.It is precisely because of these shortcomings that scientific researchers from various countries have added a terrain matching guidance system on this basis, and use the difference in terrain under the missile's flight path to locate the missile.It sounds very grand, but in fact, to put it bluntly, the missile emits electromagnetic waves to the terrain below, scans the terrain fluctuations, and then matches with the terrain change information stored in the missile body to determine and modify the orientation.Of course, this is just a terrain matching modification guidance system, which needs to be used in conjunction with inertial guidance.And some countries without global satellite positioning systems usually use cruise missiles with this guidance method.In order for the missile to be accurately positioned, it is necessary to master the terrain and ground data of the missile flight area in advance.Due to the uncontrollable nature of the war, who would know where the war broke out in which area.Therefore, in order to use this guided cruise missile to attack in a war, it is necessary to do a good job in mapping the relevant terrain in advance.This is a very complicated and heavy work, the amount of engineering is even all the terrain data on the surface of the earth.

Then the next step is the satellite positioning system, which is the most advanced positioning method.Of course, the most advanced must be Laomei, which has started global networking since the 60s.After entering the new century, our development is not slow, and we also have our own satellite positioning and navigation system.The cruise missile using this navigation method has greatly improved its hit accuracy.There is even a joke in later generations, saying that you remember to close the windows, otherwise missiles will fly in through the windows.This guidance method can even be accurate to the meter level, so it is unmatched by any other guidance method.But this is a huge project, a national strategic project, far beyond what Jiang Chen can possess.And now that the country is in a period of development, it is impossible to develop its own positioning system immediately.Maybe in the future, Jiang Chen can participate in it, offer advice and suggestions, and let our navigation system be implemented a few years in advance, but at this time, Jiang Chen can only be YY.

So it is not feasible to combine so many points.Jiang Chen fell into chaos for a while, and everything he should think of has been rejected by him, so what to do.After thinking about it for several days, Jiang Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Why didn't he think that he could start with this air-to-surface missile.He suddenly remembered that they had introduced the old American Little Bird helicopter, and all the work was going on smoothly, and mass production would begin soon.So why doesn't Jiang Chen ask the R&D team to develop an air-to-ground missile mounted on a helicopter to attack ground targets.This is currently the closest to reality, and it is also a project with relatively easy technical difficulty.It can fully adapt to the development needs of the current anti-tank missile research and development team, and open up new design and development ideas for the entire research and development team.And in the future, it can also be exported together with the Little Bird helicopter, forming a complete set of weapons and equipment system with anti-tank missiles, so as to increase the competitiveness of the market.Thinking of these, Jiang Chen immediately became excited. He couldn't control the excitement in his heart, so he couldn't wait to explain the plan in his mind.

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