Chapter 1145: 1146 Various new weapons
Chapter 1145 1146 Various new weapons
Within the weapons design department of Datang Group, several young engineers are studying the design drawings of a brand-new weapon obtained from the mysterious senior department.
They have encountered this kind of thing several times. It is said that the design department led by His Majesty the Emperor himself leads the entire world's weapon design.
I heard that the emperor is the real reincarnation of a god. He controls technology and war, and represents wisdom and happiness. He is the greatest **** in the world, superior to other gods.
As for why the indescribable attributes of happiness, wisdom, technology, and war can be gathered into one god, this is not something they should think about.
Because His Majesty the Emperor has indeed brought happiness to the people of Tang Dynasty. He is full of wisdom and possesses powerful technology, making him invincible and invincible. Therefore, he represents these gods, a great god!
"I heard that the aerospace department is thinking of ways to use satellites to provide positioning functions for weapons! If successful, future weapons will have terrifying strike accuracy." A staff member looked at the design drawings of the new missile in front of him and said to himself said the companion.
What was in front of him was the famous Tomahawk cruise missile. Its technology is not actually that advanced. It is basically a cheap replacement version of the ballistic missile.
Whether it is Scud missiles or other tactical ballistic missiles, their cost is too expensive. The high price limits the number of missiles deployed, which will seriously affect the use of weapons in war.
The Tang Empire, with its deep pockets, could naturally purchase hundreds of Scud ballistic missiles, but the purchases by other countries were obviously less.
In addition, this missile only has a range of about 300 kilometers and its accuracy is really poor. Therefore, Tang State itself also hopes to obtain a replacement product for ballistic missiles as soon as possible.
As a result, the cheap Tomahawk cruise missile came into being: its technology is actually cheaper, sacrificing flight speed and ballistics to achieve lower price and attack accuracy.
To use an inappropriate metaphor, this is probably equivalent to replacing a rocket with an airplane, and the price will naturally be reduced a lot.
As long as the Beidou navigation system is built, the aircraft and missiles of the Tang Empire will become more powerful. This is not one plus one equals two, but one plus one equals one hundred!
Another engineer also nodded and said: "Yes, once the coordinates of the target are fixed and the weapon itself can determine its position, then it will truly have precision strike capabilities!"
Regrettably, the Beidou navigation project has not yet been fully established, and the GPS system of the Datang Empire is still far away.
However, it is not that there are no other alternatives. Another weapons research and development department of Datang Group is developing a new type of bomb that can provide more precise strike capabilities for the A-6 attack aircraft.
This precise strike capability comes from lasers. As long as there is laser guidance from the ground, bombs dropped from aircraft can accurately hit the target.
In the experiment, the effect of this guidance method is quite amazing. The bomb can easily hit the target, eliminating the dangerous steps of aircraft dive bombing.
The new bomb can even be dropped ten kilometers away from the target area, which can completely ensure the safety of the aircraft.
The problem is that this new technology is not impeccable: its biggest problem is that it has relatively high environmental requirements on the battlefield: soldiers must first illuminate the target with guided lasers, and there cannot be too dense a cover near the target.
To put it bluntly, the laser seeker on the bomb is to be able to "see" the end of the beam, which is more demanding in a complex battlefield environment.
Another point is that the troops of the Tang Empire are accustomed to using various smoke on the battlefield, and these smokes will also block similar laser beams... Therefore, the tactics of the Datang Empire will also need to be changed in the future.
At this stage, technical issues are no longer a problem. The main problem with this new guided bomb is still its high price: the price of the laser guidance device is still high. Datang Group needs to develop processing technology to turn this device into a price down.
Although it seems that the Tang Empire is entering the missile age in an all-round and rapid manner, due to the immaturity of the technology itself, everything does not look as good as imagined.
The "infrared guided combat missile" project has high hopes, because the enemy's aircraft heat source is too small to be installed. The originally advanced missiles became spare ammunition that could only be kept in the warehouse.
This is a typical case of moving too fast and suffocating one's own advanced weapons: because the opponent does not have jet fighters, air-to-air missiles have been delayed in being installed...
The Beidou navigation system can only be deployed slowly due to insufficient numbers and technical limitations. It currently has no way to provide navigation for weapons, but it has a bright future in civil aviation.
The price of laser-guided bombs remains high, but the Tang Empire has money and has purchased a batch to equip A-6 attack aircraft. The problem is that the A-6 attack aircraft is still on the production line, and the aircraft carrier that catapults the A-6 attack aircraft is still in the dock. The guided bomb matter cannot be accelerated no matter how fast it is.
The turbofan engine technology and guidance issues in cruise missiles are immature, making it impossible for such cruise missiles to be fielded in a short period of time. However, because Tang Mo was confident, some missile parts had already begun to be produced: this kind of time-saving operation is probably only possible by the Datang Group.
The most urgent thing for the Air Force is actually the "Future Attack Aircraft" plan. The performance of the Stuka and IL attack aircraft was lagging behind, but they could not find an alternative, which made the Air Force anxious.
Their requirements are also very simple: they can carry future advanced ammunition, have a powerful aircraft gun land-sweeping function, and use jet engines at the same time...
These requirements are basically in line with the Navy's A-6 attack aircraft, except that they cannot carry anti-ship missiles! In addition, the Air Force also has its own glorious tradition, and they also have their own stubbornness and persistence.
That's right, they require that the new attack aircraft must have close support capabilities: dive and fire, suppress the ground, sweep everything... This is the requirement of the army generals for the attack aircraft. They feel that this can improve the morale of the Army of the Datang Empire.
In terms of performance, Tang Mo actually still has a lot of choices: he can definitely achieve the top five, but the tactical performance indicators of the top five are really not very good.
It is basically a fighter jet that is too fast to effectively suppress ground targets. Therefore, Tang Mo prefers two other famous attack aircraft: A-10 and SU-25 attack aircraft.
Both aircraft have their own merits, and both seem to be good choices. Looking at the service time of the two, the SU-25 was born more than ten years later than the A-10. But in terms of technical indicators...it's not much different.
Since the army generals hoped to have an aircraft that could dive and attack, use cannons to clear the ground, and at least the visual effect would be very morale-boosting, Tang Mo decided to give the A-10 attack aircraft a chance.
When the Warthog is attacking the ground, the 30mm cannon is so shocking. It can be said to be the perfect substitute for Stuka dive bombing.
The heart-rending howl was replaced by the roar of the terrifying 30mm cannon, and the enemy could still only live in fear and trembling.
However, after taking out the A-10 attack aircraft, the Datang Air Force became a bit different: its fighters and bombers were both Soviet-style, but the attack aircraft followed the American route.
In terms of technology, the J-6 and J-7, which were born in the 1950s and 1960s, seem to be much older than the Warthog A-10, which was born in the 1970s.
Using the J-6 and the J-7 in mass production to cover the future Warthog attack aircraft... looks quite magical.
In fact, the other side is equally magical: the Air Force of the Tang Empire will use A-10 attack aircraft to cover main battle tanks such as 59 and 64 to attack the enemy in the future.
That's right, the tank designers of the Tang Empire did not regard the 59 tank as the end of the tank. They began to try to install more updated technologies on the tank to make it look more powerful.
The Lighthouse Air Force covers the Soviet revisionist steel torrent. This can be regarded as the strongest configuration of Zhu Rihe in the Tang Empire version.
In short, in the eyes of Datang Group’s technology research and development team, which is gradually entering the Cold War level, future wars have completely changed.
This was an era of Cold War hegemony between the Soviet Union and the United States. During this period, technology developed at an unprecedented rate. Soon a series of advanced weapons will be put into use, and the Tang Empire's tactical changes will once again shock the world.
“The new project is called Tomahawk? It sounds really good.” After seeing the name on the design drawings, both technicians were very interested in the name.
After all, the name of this thing sounds much better than the name of a laser-guided bomb such as "Paveway". They don’t know yet that the future second-generation cruise missile will have a better name: Long Sword!
“The maximum flight speed is 1,000 kilometers per hour? The range is 1,500 kilometers? What a guy! Is it similar to the Dongfeng missile?” When they saw the specific performance of this missile, both of them were shocked by the advancement of technology.
The two of them are related professionals themselves, and of course they know how rapidly the missile technology of the Tang Empire has progressed in the past two years: the earlier secret weapon Dongfeng 3 missile had a range of only about 2,000 kilometers, but now a cheap missile can actually hit 1500 kilometers.
Even though they know that the properties of the two are completely different and the difficulty of interception is not at the same level,... the new missiles are really too cheap.
When a weapon is cheap enough to be installed in large quantities and 10,000 pieces can be purchased at once, all its shortcomings are basically no longer shortcomings! Its advantages will be infinitely magnified, and it will become the brightest star on the battlefield!
(End of this chapter)