In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 393: The wasteful interception, 100% interception success rate, the interception test viewing fee is going to increase?
"Your Highness, please move to the monitoring center. The outer defense positions are connected to the distant air force monitoring center via a closed-circuit television network, and you can see everything happening here on the closed-circuit television in the monitoring center..."

Shevchenko said to the impatient Prince Sultan.

He dared not let Prince Sultan get so close to the anti-aircraft missile positions.

If a rocket or missile fails to intercept it, even if it doesn't injure the top seller, it could still frighten him and affect his subsequent sales plans.

"Don't you have any confidence in your air defense system?"

The prince looked very dissatisfied.

Can closed-circuit television footage be as visually clear as this?

Upon hearing this, Long Yaohua and the others immediately turned their gazes to Xie Wei.

They also didn't know if it was really reliable.

This is the first time that a short-range ballistic missile interception test has never been conducted before.

What is theoretically possible may not be practically feasible. Even though we have conducted tests with telemetry missiles and target drones before, the results have far exceeded expectations.

"Of course I'm confident!"

Xie Wei said calmly, "We have an old saying that a wise man does not stand under a crumbling wall. Although we are very confident, we cannot guarantee that everything will go smoothly. Your Highness's status is so noble that we cannot allow any accidents to happen!"

If this person gets scared, who will he swing his razor-sharp knife at?

Who will the school ask for funding for all the projects that are lacking?

Seeing that the other party was still unwilling to leave, Xie Wei spoke up:
"Your Highness, the air force monitoring center next door not only has closed-circuit television for the air defense positions, but it is also connected to the surrounding radar stations, so it can see the ballistic trajectories of the missiles and rockets used for testing in real time."

This is the Air Force's most advanced firing range.

Originally, it wasn't at its current advanced level. Harbin Institute of Technology had many military technologies that needed testing, so it built them at this air force base deep in the northwestern desert: the most advanced communication system, the most advanced network system, the most advanced radar monitoring system, and so on...

If it weren't for Harbin Institute of Technology providing so much advanced technology, and Prince Sultan directly purchasing 35 Dongfeng-3 missiles at a price of $2 million each, Xie Wei would have been preparing to sell air defense systems, long-range rocket artillery, and tactical missiles to the other side.

This base cannot be opened to the public.

Even the experimental base of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Upon hearing Xie Wei's words, Prince Sultan was immediately intrigued.

When he arrived at the so-called Air Force monitoring center, he immediately felt cheated: apart from a simple runway, there were only a few low houses around, and on one side of the runway, there was even a dense cluster of dugouts!
Is this what the most advanced air force monitoring center looks like?
What a fuss!

Do you think that just because you admire their outdated ballistic missile, the Dongfeng-3, you're ignorant and don't know what advanced technology is?
But when the prince's two entourage entered a dugout, a sloping road wound downwards, and the jeep had traveled a long distance before taking an elevator for several minutes to reach a place where the surrounding walls were covered with densely packed closed-circuit television screens and the central area contained several rows of microcomputers, they were completely dumbfounded.

"This……"

Has this entered a science fiction world?
Even the most advanced command center in the United States is probably like this, right?

"Your Highness, these displays show real-time images of the external air defense missile sites, while these blank screens are connected to the radar network of the command center. Once an aerial target enters the radar's monitoring range, data such as altitude and speed will be displayed on these screens. Due to the use of state-of-the-art digital signal transmission technology, the data delay is approximately 120 milliseconds..."

Xie Wei gave a detailed introduction to the entire system.

The actual monitoring system is far more advanced than he described, but he couldn't explain it.

What he was introducing was what he was going to sell.

Taking advantage of the export of the Dongfeng-3, selling other monitoring systems and air defense early warning systems that major customers have historically not purchased will only be a one-off deal for the next few years or even ten or twenty years.

This is your only chance to snag a bargain.

We must harvest more.

I don't know when the next one will be.

In a few years, the Gulf War will break out, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union, leaving the United States as the sole superpower. Major powers will have no choice but to pay protection money to the United States and purchase American weapons and equipment—the kind that cost tens or hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

The prince stared blankly at the display screen on the front wall.

Farahleman and Garcia Abdullah, standing behind him, exchanged a glance, both seeing shock and joy in each other's eyes.

The Chinese have such advanced technology!
If the enemy's air defense missile system is really that advanced, then we must also purchase such a monitoring system!
Fortunately, His Highness the Prince was wise and did not directly refuse the other party.

"When does it begin?"

The prince was now even more eager to see the true capabilities of the entire system. A voice inside him was screaming: Take it! We must take it! The Dongfeng-3 could only be used to deter potential enemies from attacking them; this system could directly add a layer of protection to their deterrent power, and could even protect the entire capital from attack!

Must win!

Soon, the CCTV footage changed.

"All units, commence operations immediately..."

"Radar activated!"

"Missile powered up!"

A series of orders were issued directly from the mouth of a base commander.

In a desert about 180 kilometers from the air defense missile site, three launchers, each with two silver-white missiles pointed diagonally into the sky, stood ready.

Each launcher is similar to the HQ-2 air defense missile launcher.

However, the HQ-2 air defense missile launcher only has one missile, while the launcher in front of us is combined with the launch vehicle, and there are two missiles on the launcher.

The missile's shape is similar to the HQ-2, but it is longer.

"Guidance system is functioning normally!"

"Weather radar is functioning normally!"

"..."

As the launch system was activated, the technicians inside the missile launcher reported the preparation status to the commander via radio.

"Missile powered up!"

"Target engaged, bearing northwest, XXX.XX... Ready to launch!"

"3, 2, 1... Ignition!"

As the commander waved the command flag, the technicians in the launch vehicle quickly pressed the launch button on the left.

"Boom~"

The massive missile engine on the left side of the launch pad ignited instantly, spewing out a tail flame over twenty meters long, generating tremendous thrust that propelled the missile rapidly tilting upwards into the sky. The tail flame in the air turned into a bright ball of light, then gradually diminished until it disappeared completely.

Deep in the northwestern desert.

The once quiet underground monitoring center.

Suddenly, the red alarm light began to flash, and the buzzer emitted a rapid, brief alarm sound.

"Drip! Drip! Drip!"

On a display screen on the wall, the black screen suddenly changed. Circles of green light continued to expand, and with each expansion, a red dot flashed and shrank. Several rapidly changing data appeared in the upper right corner of the screen.

"Missile detected! Southeast bearing, distance 180, altitude 28974, speed 897..."

"Missile detected! Southeast bearing, distance 172, altitude 32102, speed 957..."

"Missile detected..."

"Immediately conduct ballistic analysis! Calculate the interception point! Prepare anti-aircraft missiles!"

The test commander, Long Yaohua, issued the order.

Xie Wei kept translating everything to the prince and the others.

"this?"

Hearing the continuous stream of data, his eyes were glued to the display screen. Hearing Xie Wei report the data, he began to doubt its authenticity.

But the closed-circuit television cameras monitoring the air defense positions transmitted live footage from there.

The radar antenna, which was originally rotating slowly, suddenly increased its rotation speed.

He remembered Xie Wei saying that the detection range of the medium-range air defense radar was 110 kilometers.

The target was spotted after only 180 kilometers?

"Your Highness, the detection radar of the counter-air defense missile system has a detection range of 110 kilometers, and this is for other radars..."

Xie Wei didn't hide anything at all.

“What if we can’t detect it from a greater distance?” Garcia Abdullah frowned.

They can't integrate the radars sold to them by the US and the West into the radar system they purchased from China.

"A detection range of 110 kilometers is theoretically sufficient."

Xie Wei did not provide an explanation.

M7弹道导弹由于是直接改的红旗-2防空导弹，最大的末端速度只有3.8马赫，平均速度3.38马赫，最大200公里的射程飞行时间长达174秒。

The counterattack air defense missile system was built using data from Fang Pengju's team and other missile research units in the aerospace industry, along with the ballistic model developed by Xie Rou. The calculation speed is very fast, and it only takes 21 seconds to calculate the trajectory of the ballistic missile. The more data obtained and the longer the calculation time, the more accurate the trajectory will be.

The maximum range of the Counterattack-2 air defense missile, which has a maximum flight speed of Mach 3.8, is less than 39 seconds.

The actual interception time was between 21 and 27 seconds!
The remaining area is within the interception range of Counterattack No. 1.

"emission!"

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

With a command given, three missiles were launched in quick succession from the rear launch box of the Counterattack No. 2 launch vehicle, which had been poised to fire from the previously quiet launch site, at three-second intervals.

Three green dots quickly appeared on the radar screen, rapidly moving towards the approaching red dot.

Each green dot has a dotted line in front of it.

When the first green dot collides with the red dot, the green dot disappears, while the red dot representing the incoming missile remains.

The dashed lines of the second and third green dots changed instantly.

When the second green dot collides with the red dot, the green dot disappears, but the red dot remains.

The atmosphere in the entire monitoring and command center instantly became tense.

Both Counterattack 2 missiles failed to intercept!

Keep in mind that this is only a ballistic missile with a relatively low speed. What if it were to intercept a long-range rocket with an even more unstable trajectory?

What about intercepting medium-range ballistic missiles that fly at higher altitudes?

"Disappeared!"

When the last green dot collided with the red dot, both dots disappeared simultaneously.

Someone in the command center shouted excitedly.

"Interception successful!"

Xie Wei's heart, which had been in his throat, finally settled down.

After watching two consecutive interceptions fail, he clenched his fists so tightly that his fingernails dug deep into his skin.

Normally, a failed interception is forgivable; it can be improved.

Unfortunately, this was something I was about to sell to a customer!

It wasn't that he hadn't considered it before: the lack of supporting infrastructure severely hampered the research and development progress, resulting in the fact that no live-fire interception had ever been conducted before!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen to intercept the newly modified 8610 tactical missile, which has a slow flight speed, as well as the Dongfeng-2 ballistic missile, which has a range of only 1300 kilometers and was retired a few years ago.

Technology still needs to be developed.

For products that can be sold, the more outdated they are, the better.

"The green dots represent missiles equipped with IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) technology, which prevents them from mistakenly attacking friendly missiles and aircraft..."

Xie Wei explained to the prince and the others.

"This is good! This is good!"

The prince nodded hastily.

Farahleman wanted to remind the prince that their fighter jets and such were all Western-made, and it was impossible to allow them to install Chinese IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) systems... Chinese air defense missile systems plus Western IFF systems? That would require the West to provide the codes and technical parameters!

That's impossible.

"Is this the end of the test?"

The prince, still somewhat unsatisfied, looked at Xie Wei with displeasure.

I need to pay $3000 million myself!
Such a huge sum of money, and you're just showing it to this?

One short-range ballistic missile and three anti-aircraft missiles, according to international prices, would cost no more than 200 million US dollars!

"No, Your Highness, please look at the screen..."

Only then did the prince realize that the red alarm lights in the entire monitoring and command center, which had stopped flashing after the missile attack was intercepted, had started flashing again at some point.

“Two!”

Farahleman exclaimed in surprise.

"The next wave of interceptions will consist of three missiles! After testing the short-range ballistic missile, it will be the Dongfeng-2 medium-range ballistic missile with a range of 1300 kilometers... and finally, a rocket artillery system with a range of 300 kilometers..."

Xie Wei explained with a smile.

This time, there were a total of 8 dots on the screen, making them even more visible.

One of the missiles was successfully intercepted on the first attempt, while the second missile was intercepted on the second attempt.

In the third experiment, the screen was covered with a dense array of bright dots. Eventually, the red dots disappeared, leaving more than five green dots.

"What a waste!"

Garcia Abdullah looked at the remaining green dot on the screen and murmured.

One of these anti-aircraft missiles must cost at least $65, right?

Even though they are wealthy, they still feel a pang of regret seeing so many missiles wasted on a single interception.

What a waste of money!
What happened to the saying that Chinese people are poor?

"Sir, we don't want to waste resources either... Because our technology in this area is not advanced enough, we can't guarantee a 100% interception success rate with a single missile. To ensure a successful interception, we use a three-shot salvo interception method, similar to the SAM air defense missile..."

Xie Wei explained with a helpless expression.

Long Yaohua, who was standing to the side, almost couldn't help but curse Xie Wei, saying that he had not only learned Li Rui's shamelessness perfectly, but had even surpassed him.

Damn it!
The real intention is to sell more anti-aircraft missiles and make the enemy consume more of them.

He was certain that Xie Wei had tampered with the computer model by the design team; otherwise, given the ability of the Counterattack series of air defense missiles to receive target signals transmitted from the ground command center during flight and change their trajectory, they could have intercepted the target with a single shot.

"That's normal! It reflects China's technological backwardness and insufficient industrial support."

The prince and his companions breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the explanation.

"What about intercepting medium-range ballistic missiles?"

The prince was eager to know how effective this air defense system was at intercepting medium-range ballistic missiles.

The Jericho-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile, a troublemaker, has a range of 1300 to 1500 kilometers; Saddam Hussein's Abbas missile has a maximum range of 900 kilometers!

If they can intercept these two medium-range ballistic missiles, their defense will truly be impregnable.

Then the royal family can rest easy and focus on making money by drilling for oil.

"Your Highness, intermediate-range ballistic missiles are a bit expensive..."

Xie Wei began, "As you can see, we intercepted six M7 short-range ballistic missiles with a range of 200 kilometers. Each of these ballistic missiles costs over $6; while the Counterattack-65 air defense missiles used for interception cost $48 each..."

"That's only $1254 million! Thanks, we paid $3000 million!"

Farahleman is furious!

It only cost $1254 million, and half of the $3000 million paid has not been recovered.

The other side refused to show us the interception of the medium-range ballistic missile.

unacceptable!

(End of this chapter)