The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1102 Laser Weapon Development

Panshan.

The entire production base is running smoothly.

Even now, this area of ​​100 square kilometers still remains relatively independent.

There are only two roads leading into the entire area, both of which have checkpoints that are easy to defend but difficult to attack. Apart from that, there is only one railway in and out.

In the entire area, the working area and the living area are clearly defined. It is like a small society with everything you need.

There are even fish raised in the river here, and together with the fish in the reservoir, they are enough to meet the needs of the entire factory.

It's still like spring here at this time, not hot.

Flowers bloom everywhere.

Employees in every position are working hard.

In one area, a large factory building has been converted into a laboratory.

The laboratory was in a mess, with all kinds of electronic components and electronic equipment piled everywhere.

The scattered wires of different thicknesses and colors were tangled into a ball.

In the middle of the laboratory, there is a cable made up of countless wires, about 30 centimeters thick, which is particularly conspicuous.

This thickest cable extends all the way forward.

It connected all the way to an electronic device with a strange shape, which seemed to come from alien technology.

It's just that the front part looks a bit like a cannon barrel, with various cables exposed outside the electronic equipment, as if it is still a semi-finished product.

Liu Tao is busy.

There were also technicians guiding him in the assembly.

This is none other than a laser weapon.

Behind the electronic panel in front of him, there were countless complicated wires. These wires were connected to a laser weapon not far away, a laser cannon!

The laser cannon is placed next to the window. There is an open space outside with a movable steel plate, which is used to test the power of the laser cannon.

Strategic laser weapons are very complex, at least they are very complex now!

However, tactical laser weapons such as laser guns and laser cannons are currently limited in power due to the limitations of high-energy batteries.

Liu Tao is not in a hurry to develop tactical laser weapons, because China is at the world's advanced level in firearms and there is no urgency.

What he wants to develop is strategic laser weapons to enhance anti-missile and anti-satellite capabilities!

With the development of missiles, how to counter missiles has become a major issue.

When the "Aegis" air defense missile system had almost reached its ceiling, Liu Tao chose to develop laser weapons and use them for anti-missile purposes.

Instead of developing laser weapons at the Panshan Group headquarters, he came to the Panshan base to develop laser weapons.

Panshan Base has a very special position in the entire Panshan Group, because Panshan Group came out of Panshan Base, and there are too many marks of Panshan Group here.

Even in Liu Tao's heart, Panshan Base has a very special status. He comes to Panshan Base at least two or three times a year to inspect the Panshan Base.

By evening, the entire laser weapon was finally assembled.

Liu Tao's secretary brought dinner over, and Liu Tao had dinner with four technicians.

The four technicians are all technicians in laser weapons.

Liu Tao did not ask them to assemble the laser weapons, but did it himself.

After eating, they continued to work.

Around 9 o'clock in the evening.

"Didi dididi——"

At this moment, the countdown on the electronic panel ended, and a series of bright prompt sounds were emitted.

A huge ball of bright red light, accompanied by a loud bang, burst out from the laser cannon!

"Pfft-"

The light was only for a moment, and then it went out.

A puff of green smoke accompanied by a burnt smell also diffused in the air.

Liu Tao frowned slightly.

Failed!
He wasn't depressed either.

If laser weapons were so easy to develop, the entire world wouldn't have been unable to develop them yet.

Currently, all laser weapons are in the laboratory development stage, and even a few of them are experimental in nature.

"The energy conversion rate is not enough, only 1%!" Liu Tao shook his head.

The energy conversion rate also restricts the development and application of laser weapons.

Liu Tao glanced at the pump source beside him.

The role of the pump source is to excite the laser working material and pump the activated particles from the ground state to a high energy level to achieve particle number inversion.

Depending on the working material and the operating conditions of the laser, different excitation methods and excitation devices can be adopted. There are four common types: optical excitation (optical pumping), gas discharge excitation, chemical excitation and nuclear energy excitation.

The main purpose of using a light source for a pump source laser is to efficiently convert electrical energy into radiation energy and produce a high radiation flux in a given spectral band. The most efficient laser pump lamp will cause the laser material to produce maximum emission at the wavelength that excites fluorescence and minimum emission in all spectral ranges outside the effective absorption band.

Commonly used pump sources include neon lamps, krypton lamps, and semiconductor lasers.

It can be understood that the pump source is the electrical power source of the laser weapon, which can play the role of electrical energy conversion efficiency.

Liu Tao looked at the electric energy stimulator again. To put it simply, it can amplify the power of the power supply itself to meet the high power required by the laser weapon.

If you want to solve the problem of laser weapons, then the pump source and power exciter need to be solved.

Countries that are currently researching laser weapons are stuck with the huge amount of energy and conversion efficiency required by laser weapons.

After reorganizing and letting the four technicians go down to rest, Liu Tao began to upgrade the pump source.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

Liu Tao finally solved the bottleneck of laser weapons by continuously upgrading the pump source and power exciter.

Liu Tao pressed a small red controller button in his hand.

"Zizzi-"

A beam of high-energy laser was instantly fired from one end of the laser cannon through the ytterbium laser glass.

The laser shot directly into the middle of a 50-centimeter-thick steel plate in front!
Almost instantly.

A dazzling white light appeared in the middle of the steel plate, and the molten red steel flowed and dripped down.

At the same time, the computer nearby continued to record the test data.

Afterwards, Liu Tao continued to make adjustments and tests!
Constantly upgrade each component!

One technical problem after another was solved by Liu Tao!
The development of laser weapons is advancing at a terrifying pace.

The technical difficulties that have troubled laser weapon development experts from all over the world seem to be non-existent for Liu Tao.

Liu Tao's advantages in scientific research are fully demonstrated!
Just by developing this one laser weapon, Liu Tao has saved the country at least more than 300 billion yuan in scientific research funds.

Once this laser weapon is successfully developed, it can be foreseen that in the future, based on the combined missile and artillery air defense weapon system, there will be an air defense system that combines new air defense missiles, anti-aircraft guns and laser weapons.

In the short term, laser weapons play an auxiliary role, mainly intercepting close-range targets that suddenly attack from low and ultra-low altitudes. This will greatly improve the interception rate of precision weapons, solve the current medium and short-range air defense problems, and be used to defend important targets such as important institutions, command centers, communications and power centers.

In addition, there is anti-satellite and anti-missile, especially intercontinental missiles!

(End of this chapter)