The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The same is true for drones.

China's UAV development was relatively rapid, also starting in the mid-to-late 80s.

However, it was not until the 90s that China truly entered the fast lane of development.

After entering the millennium, the development of drones has been very rapid, and more and more drones have been developed.

Both military and civilian drones are experiencing explosive growth.

In the army, drone technicians have at least a college degree, and most have a bachelor's degree, and there are even postgraduates and doctoral students!

These are the top forces in military drone applications!
Moreover, because military drones are still in the exploratory and experimental stage and have not been deployed on a large scale, more commanders and fighters know about drones but do not have a clear understanding of them.

In the exercises in recent years, drones have appeared more and more frequently in exercises.

But this time, it was the first time that so many drones participated in the war.

Reconnaissance aircraft, ground attack drones, jamming drones, communication drones, suicide drones
The number and types of drones involved in this operation set a new record.

When I saw an entire infantry battalion being destroyed by drones, the shock was enormous.

The shock was very strong when seeing the rebel militants firing rifles at drones in the air but failing to hit them, fleeing in panic, and even making desperate cries of fear, and then being killed directly as the "Bee" drone exploded.

Even those commanders and fighters who were interested in drones but were not in the drone field were surprised to find that China's drones had developed to this level.

When seeing a drone launching a missile and destroying an artillery position, many people realized that drones have developed to a point that cannot be ignored.

The war mode has undergone new changes without us realizing it. With the development of drones, the battlefield will become more complicated and bloody.

If it is between major powers, it would probably be difficult to carry out large-scale military operations as before.

Trench warfare and the like will also become more difficult.

The party with technological advantages will have a greater advantage over the party with relatively backward technology.

Think about it, even if you dig a trench and hide in it, the trench can protect you from artillery shells, but a suicide drone can fly into the trench and explode.

There are also reconnaissance drones on the battlefield, which will greatly enhance the battlefield reconnaissance capabilities.

Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat!
This principle still applies even now.

Whoever has stronger battlefield reconnaissance capabilities will have greater initiative and greater battlefield advantages.

The enemy's troop deployment and troop mobilization are simply impossible to hide in front of drones.

Even the night battles that used to be a headache no longer require soldiers wearing night vision goggles to fight, but can be completely handed over to drones, which can launch attacks at night.

Whether it is killing or tiring the enemy, it can play a huge role.

But if it is an enemy drone, how can we defend against it? !
Hisssssssss~~
Many commanders and fighters couldn't help but gasp.

They found that the only thing they could think of was to use anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons to shoot down drones.

But leaving aside the issue of efficiency, this conversion ratio doesn't seem worth it.

I'm afraid that the anti-aircraft machine gun bullets and anti-aircraft artillery bullets fired are much more expensive than the drone shot down. As for anti-aircraft missiles, don't even think about it.

Even the cheapest anti-aircraft missiles cost at least hundreds of thousands of RMB each, but this "Bee-style" drone doesn't look like one that costs hundreds of thousands of RMB. It even seems that the price is probably less than 100,000 RMB.

Sure enough, when some officers and soldiers asked about the cost of this "Bee-style" UAV and were told that the current cost was 2 RMB per unit, all of them looked bitter.

If this drone were mass-produced, the price would probably drop to 1 RMB or even lower.

Two or three "Bee" drones can kill an enemy soldier, and there is money to be made in this kind of thing.

If there were hundreds of thousands or even millions of "Bee" drones on the battlefield, the commanders and fighters would feel their scalps tingling just thinking about the scene.

How can we fight this war?

Using anti-aircraft guns to shoot down the "Bee" drone is like using anti-aircraft guns to shoot down mosquitoes.

Using anti-aircraft missiles, the hit rate for such a small target would probably drop a lot, and even if two anti-aircraft missiles shot down a drone, it would be a huge loss.

"Do we have any defensive facilities now?" asked an officer.

"Next, please look at the big screen!" said the seminar host.

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A video appeared on the big screen. In the video, a camouflaged vehicle appeared. The shape of the vehicle was very strange because this military vehicle had no guns or cannons, only a large flat plate that could be moved.

Then a video appeared, which showed drones flying over, and then one drone after another falling to the ground, and everyone couldn't help but look confused.

"This is a highly mobile high-power microwave weapon system that can rotate and release high-energy microwaves into the air over a large area," said the seminar host. "We know that the components of small and medium-sized drones, especially micro drones, are completely unable to resist high-energy microwave attacks."

"That is to say, as long as we drive this highly mobile high-power microwave weapon to the battlefield, we can form a golden bell-like microwave protection net on the wide front, and any drone will be unable to fly in like flies and mosquitoes."

The seminar host said: "In addition, there are vehicle-mounted laser weapons that are specifically designed to target small and micro drones."

In the video, we can see a camouflaged vehicle equipped with a laser weapon, and then a small drone in the air, which directly started to smoke and burn.

This type of vehicle-mounted laser weapon can only be used to defend against small drones at low altitudes. If it is used against higher targets, there is no way to deal with it.

Because power limits the power of vehicle-mounted laser weapons.

Everyone who saw these two videos couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, as a major and powerful country in drone technology, China not only has sharp spears, but also solid shields.

Otherwise, future wars will really be a headache.

The three-day seminar that followed was very intense, with everyone conducting research and discussions on the application and defense of drones on the battlefield.

Some commanders and fighters suggested that since drones can present images through infrared, can we use hot packs to disguise infrared heat sources to consume drones?

After all, as long as you stick the hot packs on dummies, in the woods, or in the grass, disguised as infrared heat sources to guide enemy drone attacks, you can consume the enemy drones.

This is a bit like the ancient story of borrowing arrows by using a straw boat.

And how much does a warm baby cost? (End of this chapter)