Chapter 1362 Abandon Fantasy and Prepare Early

"Electromagnetic prism..."

Wang Hongrang thought about this name which sounded very impressive.

But unfortunately, due to the lack of artistic talent, I really couldn't savor anything.

More like a random...

So I simply gave up and asked about topics related to my business:

"You just said that it's impossible to deceive for too long... Then roughly how long of a window can you leave for us?"

He had seen the impact of a hypersonic warhead a few years ago, and according to his superiors, the model tested this time, although also without a warhead, was faster and more massive.

After hitting the target, it will inevitably leave a very eye-catching mark.

If you want to fully recover, it will take at least a week. Considering that it is inconvenient to work during the day, it will basically take half a month.

Besides, the frequent movement of large-scale construction machinery will always leave many traces that cannot be completely erased.

Even at night, infrared imaging satellites can always capture some anomalies.

So the more realistic way is definitely to hide it.

But whether to cover a layer of camouflage cloth or directly build a shed depends on how much operating time is available.

"About 6-8 hours is not a problem. If it's longer... it depends on luck."

Chang Haonan raised the telescope in his hand and looked at several workers who were digging holes and driving piles in the distance.

Of course, there are many kinds of mechanical equipment that can assist in completing this type of work, but if you want to minimize the traces of work, it still has to be done manually.

After a pause of a few seconds, he continued to explain:

"After all, the US intelligence agencies are not ordinary people. After being deceived for a while, they will most likely detect some abnormalities and then adjust the characteristic parameters of the synthetic aperture radar... The working principle of the electromagnetic prism is actually similar to the deceptive interference of ordinary radars, so it is highly dependent on the reception and analysis of active signals. In addition, there are too many calculations to be done, so it is difficult to keep up with the opponent's rhythm in real time."

Wang Hongrang lowered his head and thought for a moment:

"With 6-8 hours, I'm afraid we'll only have time to simply mask the area that was hit, but recovery will be impossible."

This sentence made Chang Haonan stunned, and then he immediately realized that the other party had misunderstood his meaning:

"We don't need to restore it completely... We don't need to cover it up either. We just need to clean up the main features left by the impact and make the bullet hole look like that left by an ordinary bunker-buster. This way, the enemy will probably misjudge our research and development direction for quite a long time, or at least be wavering between the two possibilities."

Wang Hongrang was surprised:

"So that's it?"

"It is better to unblock than to block. Moreover, there have been so many actions during this period, and the scope involved is so wide..."

Chang Haonan replied:

"Even if there are no problems with the core links we are directly responsible for, some information about peripheral projects and personnel will leak out. In this case, no matter how well you hide, you will inevitably be exposed. It would be better to guide the other party to draw the wrong conclusion they want."

Wang Hongrang first showed a thoughtful expression, but soon turned to confusion:

"But I remember... about half a year ago, the United States hyped up the threat of our hypersonic weapons and threatened to impose sanctions on our related organizations and individuals. Will anyone connect this incident with the bullet marks left on the shooting range and infer the real situation?"

Chang Haonan burst out laughing and immediately asked:

"Look, it's been half a year, have they imposed sanctions?"

Wang Hongrang shook his head decisively and blurted out:

"How would I know that? I'm not a key person..."

Having said that, he stopped abruptly.

He raised his head and glanced at Chang Haonan who was not far in front of him——

Obviously, when it comes to "relevant individuals", there is probably no one more relevant than the person in front of me.

So I immediately changed my words:

"I think it should be... No?"

"That's it."

Chang Haonan explained:

"The American mentality is actually much simpler than that of the Europeans. I have studied it a little bit... They hype up the threat of our hypersonic weapons just to ensure that HTV2, the gliding hypersonic weapon with a similar principle to Xuanniao, can obtain development funds smoothly."

"But the reason why they dare to hype it up like this is that deep down in their subconscious, they don't think we can really develop a hypersonic aircraft... or at least not before them."

The doubt on Wang Hongrang's face did not disappear much, and it was obvious that he still didn't understand the cause and effect relationship here.

"There's a joke I don't know if you've heard of it."

Chang Haonan simply changed his approach:

"It is said that a reporter asked the Pentagon spokesperson why so many resources were spent on sending troops to the Mesopotamian region. The spokesperson said that it was because they suspected that there were weapons of mass destruction there. The reporter then asked why they did not send troops directly to Moscow. The spokesperson had no choice but to answer that it was because the Russians really had weapons of mass destruction..."

After hearing this, Wang Hongrang couldn't hold back his laughter and burst out laughing.

There was a happy atmosphere in the Gobi Desert...

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Of course, the jokes and merriment were short-lived.

Even with the successful experience of the past double-cone verification missiles and the large amount of data provided by the JF14 hypersonic wind tunnel, the gliding high-speed wind tunnel test is still a major event that requires careful preparation and seriousness.

Moreover, according to the general logic of the development of military science, after the spear was invented, people would naturally start to consider the issue of the shield.

In fact, as early as 2005, when Chang Haonan used the Dongfeng-3 missile to test the feasibility of hypersonic reentry with a double-cone warhead, the ground-to-air missile force had already confirmed that conventional long-range early warning radars could only barely capture some intermittent signals and could not provide sufficiently long early warning preparation time.

Fire control radars designed for aerodynamic targets are simply unable to stably track targets flying at hypersonic speeds, let alone launch missiles to intercept them.

Later, the verification missile launched by Tu-160 basically verified this conclusion.

Previously, when monitoring the X51A's first flight, a strategy was also used to outsmart it through a multi-base radar solution.

The speed of the "Xuanniao" hypersonic verification platform is faster, almost twice that of the previous three. It can already generate a plasma absorption layer of a certain intensity around the flying body, and it adopts an extremely flexible gliding trajectory.

Not to mention interception, even early warning of incoming missiles is difficult to achieve.

Twenty years ago, this situation might have been acceptable.

After all, during the Cold War, the main threats to the two superpowers came from each other. As long as China had a passing level of strategic deterrence capabilities, it would be enough to maintain basic security.

But now, China has firmly established itself as the second largest country and is still maintaining an outrageous double-digit growth rate.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if they continue on this path, they will sooner or later become the main rival on the other side of the ocean.

In this situation, if the party that is already at a disadvantage lets the opponent make the first move, it will only become more passive.

You can only abandon your fantasies and make preparations early.

Therefore, the construction of a new strategic early warning and even missile defense system was put on the agenda almost at the same time as the "Xuanniao" entered the formal research and development.

The first action related to this is the Maodao radar station located in the western part of GS Province——

Of course, this does not mean that China Electronics Technology Group has found a way to deal with the threat of hypersonic weapons in just a few months.

But before that, they need to first have a clearer understanding of the capabilities of both the offensive and defensive sides.

According to the plan, the Air Force will rebuild the Maodao radar station and install an L-band phased array radar using the latest technology on the base prepared for the 7010 radar, and track and monitor the test launch process of the hypersonic aircraft without prior preparation.

Then, based on the data from this test, consider whether to upgrade the existing model or develop a completely new strategic early warning radar.

As for the Maodao radar station itself, it can continue to serve as a training and tactical research facility.

In fact, the reason why the first test launch of "Xuanniao" was scheduled in the second quarter was also largely due to waiting for the radar to be completely completed...