The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1099: Haze Anti-Laser Weapons

As early as the 1960s, China became interested in laser weapons.

Laser weapon research was part of China's early anti-ballistic missile Project 640.

The laser sub-engineering '640-3 project' is led by the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The '640-3' project aims to develop a high-power laser generator to intercept ballistic missiles and high-altitude spacecraft.

Later, Project 640 was cancelled, but in 1979, the laser weapon development project was restarted and incorporated into the 863 high-tech development project.

In the 20s, China began to study high-energy lasers (HEL) and made two major advances: free electron lasers (FEL) and chemical oxygen iodine lasers (COLL). At the same time, China was also developing lower-power laser systems, but these laser systems were unable to intercept exoatmospheric objects.

In 1985, the research project of free electron laser emitter was launched at the China Academy of Engineering Physics. The first free electron laser in China, Shuguang 1993, was successfully developed in 1995, and the Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics of the China Academy of Engineering Physics was responsible for the design work. The University of Science and Technology of China, which once led the research on linear accelerators, also started the research on free electron lasers in .

But at the same time, laser weapons are still a long way from being practical, and there is still a big gap as for laser anti-missile and laser anti-satellite.

Laser weapons do not have only advantages but also disadvantages. The disadvantage of laser weapons is that they cannot operate in all weather conditions and are limited by heavy fog, heavy snow, and heavy rain. In addition, the laser launch system is a precision optical system and is also seriously affected by the atmosphere, such as the absorption of energy by the atmosphere, energy attenuation caused by atmospheric disturbances, thermal bloom effect, turbulence, and attenuation caused by beam jitter.

Chief Zhang's "smog-proof laser weapon" once seemed incredible and attracted a lot of criticism. However, with subsequent developments, no one questioned his views anymore, and everyone discovered that what he said was not nonsense, but the truth.

Liu Tao did not intend to develop laser guns or laser cannons. Since laser weapons require a large amount of electricity, laser guns and laser cannons are difficult to achieve large-scale application before the problem of miniaturization of energy storage devices (such as high-energy batteries) is solved.

But strategic laser weapons can!

Because strategic laser weapons target intercontinental missiles, satellites, and space-based weapons!
Although strategic laser weapons require more electricity, it does not mean that the entire defense system should be built with strategic laser weapons. In the short term, air defense missiles will still be the main focus, with strategic laser weapons as a supplement.

After the meeting, Liu Tao and others discussed the idea of ​​developing strategic laser weapons to supplement the Aegis air defense missile system.

Because strategic laser weapons require huge amounts of electrical energy, this also means that under the current circumstances, even if strategic laser weapons are deployed, it is impossible to deploy too many of them.

"I think, while Comrade Liu Tao is developing strategic laser weapons, we should fire a shot to see the effect, and use ours to shoot down a satellite." The leader said in a deep voice.

The others nodded slightly, knowing why the leader said that.

Recently, there have been hawks in the United States shouting about how many missiles they have, how many nuclear warheads they have, how many intercontinental ballistic missiles they have, how many fighter jets and bombers they have, and how many satellites they have in space. Their arrogant faces make people quite angry.

A week later, the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Australia, which had received the notice, began to monitor using various methods.

The reconnaissance satellites in the sky changed their orbits. The early warning aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft in the air, the observation stations on land, and the reconnaissance ships and scientific research ships at sea were all ready.

All ships in the entire sea area have already been notified to leave this area, so that there is no ship in this area.

This is the second time an intercontinental missile has been launched into high seas in 22 years.

During this period, military experts in Europe and the United States have been constantly questioning whether Dongfeng Express can really accomplish its mission. After all, in terms of testing, Dongfeng Express has the least number of tests.

This time, the DF-31AG missile is an intercontinental missile that has never been displayed. The outside world is speculating that the DF-31AG missile should be an improved version of the DF-31A.

But what is the DF-31A intercontinental missile? They have never heard of it, let alone seen it. They can only guess that the DF-31A intercontinental missile is an improved version of the DF-31 intercontinental missile. As for the DF-31 intercontinental missile, it once appeared in the century military parade. Everyone knows that it is a solid-fuel long-range missile, which is used to replace the DF-4 liquid-fuel long-range missile.

Now that the DF-31AG missile has appeared, they all feel confused and have all kinds of speculations.

In fact, they don’t know that the Dongfeng-31A solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully developed and equipped a few years ago. It has a long firepower range, strong maneuverability, and a high degree of informatization. It can effectively carry out nuclear deterrence and nuclear counterattack combat missions. It is a strategic force to maintain national security and the world.

The DF-31AG is the latest upgraded version of the DF-31A missile in the millennium. It not only inherits the excellent performance of the DF-31A, but also achieves major breakthroughs in many aspects. Its range reaches 12000 kilometers, enabling it to have a global strike capability.

Furthermore, the penetration capability of the DF-31AG has been significantly improved compared to the DF-31A intercontinental missile, effectively reducing the probability of being intercepted by the enemy.

In addition, it also uses more advanced guidance technology, which significantly improves the hitting accuracy.

What’s even more terrifying is that the DF-31AG is also capable of carrying multiple warheads, which can deliver devastating blows to important enemy targets.

It can be said that as a representative of Dongfang's third-generation strategic missiles, the DF-31AG is not inferior to the world's top strategic nuclear missiles. Its powerful strike capability and precision guidance system have enabled it to reach the international advanced level in strategic deterrence.

This time, it was the first time that the DF-31AG launched an intercontinental missile into high seas waters.

On a certain grassland, a 16-wheel heavy-duty transport vehicle was carrying a long, large missile. It was very beautiful. "DF-31AG" was written on the camouflage missile body.

With an order, the missile began to be erected. It was erected very quickly and was successfully erected soon.

In the air, there was a "Ray Eagle" helicopter hovering, and there were three identical missile vehicles around it, indicating that there was more than one Dongfeng-31AG.

"emission!"

At 8:44, with the launch command, the DF-31AG was officially ignited and launched. The rocket rose rapidly, and the roar of the missile engine instantly resounded through the sky.

In this sunny weather, firing a cannon is really wonderful and spectacular!
This time, cameras in various directions are filming.

The missile entered the ascent phase, its altitude continued to rise, forming a parabola.

When it reaches a certain height, the missile separates from the first-stage booster and begins to pass through the atmosphere. Soon the missile reaches a speed of Mach 8, and accompanied by a huge sonic boom, the missile rushes out of the atmosphere.

The second stage engine shuts down in preparation for the reentry phase.

The missile began to re-enter and slowly adjusted its attitude at an extremely fast speed, so fast that it was unbelievable.

Then it entered the atmosphere, followed the predetermined trajectory, passed over the Australian continent, and steadily hit a 10-ton target ship in the preset sea area. This 10-ton target ship had reached the abandoned stage and was serving as a shooting range this time.

"boom!"

The target ship was hit steadily and the entire target ship was sunk directly.

(End of this chapter)