Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle.

Chapter 186: Unexpected Air-to-Air Missile Concept (Subscription Request)
After listening to Mr. Qian's explanation, Yang Ning suddenly realized that the present is different from the past, and electronic technology has made great progress.

With the emergence and development of satellite navigation, laser guidance, radar technology, remote sensing technology, and computer technology, future ballistic missiles have a range of tens of thousands of kilometers and can accurately hit targets without even tail fins.

Current technical conditions are simply unable to meet these needs, so Mr. Guo’s proposal is indeed very forward-looking, but it cannot be realized at all now.

"I mean, there is no need to remove the tail fin. We only need to add a small tail fin to the missile's combat area to stabilize the missile's flight attitude at the final range after the engine is shut down. I wonder if this will work?"

The design of the new missile has not yet begun, and Mr. Guo has only put forward some of his own suggestions and assumptions about the missile, so it only requires knowledge of aerodynamics and he can say whatever he wants.

As to whether it will work, we will have to wait until the new missile undergoes technical demonstration.

When Mr. Guo was in Eagle Sauce, he learned about Mr. Qian's experience after he wanted to return to China. He then turned to studying theory and no longer engaged in applied research. Therefore, missile technology was also a brand new field for him.

"Hiss~" Mr. Qian thought for a while, then said to Mr. Guo and Yang Ning seriously: "Let's not discuss this issue for now. Let's talk about it later in the evening."

When Yang Ning saw Mr. Qian's expression, he guessed that Mr. Guo's proposal was feasible to a certain extent, otherwise Mr. Qian's expression would not be so serious.

So the three of them didn't talk about the previous topic anymore.

In the afternoon, the assembly of the missile engine was finally completed before dark.

"Okay, we'll do another engine test tomorrow. Are the fuel and oxidizer ready?"

Mr. Qian looked at the engine in front of him and asked an officer.

"According to the guidance of the technicians from Big Brother, we have already produced qualified pigments. As for the liquid oxygen used as an oxidant, it will be delivered by the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant tomorrow morning."

"That's good, as long as it doesn't delay tomorrow's experiment." Mr. Qian nodded after hearing the officer's words.

After arranging the engine test for tomorrow, Mr. Qian took Yang Ning and Mr. Guo back to the special building.

After eating at home, Yang Ning said something to Hu Yinghong and went to Mr. Qian's house.

When Yang Ning arrived, Mr. Qian and Mr. Guo had already taken out paper and pen to start discussing in the study.

"Yang Ning, please calculate whether this design will work?"

Seeing Yang Ning coming in, Mr. Guo handed him a piece of rough paper and asked him to do the calculation.

Mr. Qian also put down his pen and explained the model formula on the paper to Yang Ning.

There was no way. If Yang Ning looked at it himself, he might not understand it and would not know which formula to plug these data into.

Based on their instructions, Yang Ning quickly calculated the result. Not only that, he also drew a sketch of the missile on paper based on their theoretical ideas.

However, when the blueprint was drawn, Yang Ning was stunned. This missile did not look like a ballistic missile at all. Instead, the more he looked at it, the more it looked like the Sidewinder air-to-air missile currently equipped by the Eagle Sauce.

"How is it, is this idea feasible?" Mr. Guo saw Yang Ning was in deep thought and didn't say anything, so he hurried forward and asked. Mr. Qian took the results and sketches Yang Ning had calculated and looked at them for a while, then looked at Mr. Guo and said regretfully: "Theoretically there should be no problem, but the requirements for controlling the flight attitude of the missile are too high now."

"Indeed!" After hearing what Mr. Qian said, Yang Ning thought about our existing technology and shook his head and said, "If we want to meet the design requirements, we need to adjust the posture of the combat part after the engine is detached. This requires higher requirements than remote control technology, and our current technology cannot meet such requirements."

Yang Ning thought of his previous life, when Big Brother and the Eagle Sauce competed to research long-range intercontinental missiles in order to expand their nuclear deterrence. When the electronic technology and guidance technology did not meet the requirements, they tried without saying a word.

It was not until the electronic technology and guidance technology reached the required level that they dared to conduct experiments openly.

The so-called success they had previously claimed was all self-proclaimed, and it was said that the error could reach more than ten kilometers or even nearly a hundred kilometers.

In this era when guidance technology is underdeveloped, there is no need to design a missile with a range of one thousand kilometers to be so complicated.

"Oh! It seems that I took it for granted!" Mr. Guo sighed after listening to the two people's explanation.

"Not really!" Just when everyone looked disappointed, Yang Ning suddenly said.

"Oh, what do you think?" Hearing Yang Ning's words, Mr. Guo and Mr. Qian looked up at him at the same time and asked.

"It's just a guess, I wonder if it's correct?" Yang Ning said embarrassedly when he saw the looks in their eyes.

"Tell it out loud first, don't be afraid of making mistakes. We can only know whether it is right or wrong after we discuss it." Mr. Qian looked at Mr. Qian and said with a smile.

"Yes, tell us and we'll discuss it. It's better than putting it aside!" Mr. Guo also said at this time.

"The idea proposed by Mr. Guo is difficult to implement on ballistic missiles because our current electronic survey equipment cannot remotely control such a long distance."

"But what if the missiles don't need to have such a long range and we can monitor them at all times using existing technology?"

After listening to Yang Ning's words, Mr. Guo and Mr. Qian's eyes also lit up: "You mean the airborne missiles?"

A few months ago, the Eagle Sauce's Sidewinder AIM9 had begun to equip the troops, and the big brother also developed its own air-to-air missile, so we also knew the news about this missile at this time.

Unfortunately, the Eagle Sauce's Sidewinder AIM9 is only known by name but not by sight, and the air-to-air missiles that Big Brother is equipped with at this time...

Well, let's not talk about it! Not only is the range only four kilometers, but the fire control radar must be used all the time.

You have to know that this is a missile launched by a jet aircraft with a range of only four kilometers. If the aircraft is a little faster, it can blow itself up. Even Big Brother himself is unwilling to use it.

"Yes, that's the kind of missile!" Yang Ning nodded and said, "The range of this missile is at most ten kilometers. Within this distance, there is no need to abandon the engine at the rear of the missile. All you need to do is turn the warhead tail fins that Mr. Guo mentioned into adjustable control wings."

Then, according to the information he saw on the Internet in his previous life and combined with our current technology, Yang Ning drew the structural diagram of the PL-9, which we improved on the basis of the Eagle Sauce Sidewinder AIM3, and introduced the infrared guidance technology used in this missile.

"Interesting!" Mr. Qian said as he listened to Yang Ning's explanation and stared at the drawing he had drawn.

(End of this chapter)