Chapter 951 Remote Acupuncture

By the way, we also brought back a batch of cruise missiles. This matter can actually be a big deal or a small one.

To put it simply, since they have even got the strategic bombers, then these KH55s, which have the same technical level as the Tomahawk, seem to be just a bonus at most.

But in a broader sense...

No matter how nuclear-related it is, it is important.

After all, Figure 160 is written in black and white in the denuclearization agreement, and no one can find anything wrong with it.

But missiles are, after all, an unexpected incident.

Even if you say that the KH55 equipped with nuclear warheads and conventional warheads are two different types of equipment, after all, they cannot be distinguished from each other in terms of appearance and inscriptions on the missile body.

As for the Soviet Union's incredibly complicated serial numbering system...

At this moment, I’m afraid even the few Russians who have separated from the family don’t quite understand what’s going on.

After all, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Thinking of this, Qiao Chenqing waved to Li Dewen who was about to leave:

"Captain Li, wait a moment."

"To!"

The latter immediately stopped and turned to face Qiao Chenqing.

“This magazine…”

Qiao Chenqing pointed to the top of his head and said:

"Can it be closed without starting the plane?"

The huge ammunition bay door can actually block all views from the side, and the entire rotating launcher is also buried deep inside the fuselage, so unless someone comes to the position directly below their plane, they can't see what's going on inside at all.

But he still felt it was safest to close it quietly.

"This one……"

Li Dewen hesitated:

"The Il-76 aircraft transporting ground equipment do not have sufficient range and speed. In order to ensure flight safety, they will rest in Russia tonight and are expected to be delivered tomorrow afternoon..."

"Then..."

Just when Qiao Chenqing was about to say forget it, Li Dewen's eyes suddenly lit up:

"However, there is a crank in the cockpit for emergency use. It can be used to manually close the magazine."

"..."

Hearing this, almost everyone around looked at the two cabin doors of rather exaggerated size.

The reason why the handle saves effort is ultimately due to the principle of leverage. The effort saved must be recovered by the number of turns. If you want to close these two things, it may take some effort...

"Let's get a few more comrades here. It's safer to keep it closed."

Qiao Chenqing slightly adjusted the cotton hat on his head and said to Li Dewen:

"Please work harder these few days. I will contact the comrades from the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation as soon as possible and come to pick up these rounds of ammunition. They should be interested."

Li Dewen immediately saluted and left.

Watching his gradually receding back, Qiao Chenqing, in a good mood, turned around and wanted to pat the open magazine door in excitement.

I had already stretched out my hand, only to realize that I couldn’t reach it…

I had no choice but to punch the front wheel of the plane.

This set of actions was a little funny, but given Qiao Chenqing's identity, it was really difficult for everyone to laugh.

This caused the situation to be somewhat awkward for a while.

"Cough-cough-"

Qiao Chenqing also felt that he had lost some dignity just now, so he coughed twice and quickly changed the subject:

"Speaking of which, Comrade Haonan."

"I just saw that there are three rounds in the magazine. The Third Academy of Aerospace Engineering should only need one or two at most. Can you see if there is any demand from your aviation industry system?"

Although Aviation Power and Aviation Industry Corporation of China have completed the group restructuring for several years, the older generation like Qiao Chenqing are still accustomed to the old names and it is difficult to change them all at once.

In fact, since the two parties do not directly compete at the business level and are even mainly cooperative, their relationship is indeed much closer than that of the other old rivals.

"The value of these Kh55s lies mainly in their overall structure and ballistic control system. As for the aerodynamics and structure... they are just average. For our aviation department... there is nothing worth referring to."

Chang Haonan followed Qiao Chenqing towards hangars 3 and 4 and replied:

"The only bright spot is the small turbofan engine. But our current problem is not that we don't have the technology, but that we lack funds and manpower. So even if we can disassemble one or two samples, it won't be of much use."

"but……"

Originally, he wanted to tell the other party something that he had been thinking about for a long time but never had the chance to do.

As a result, he was interrupted by Qiao Chenqing who suddenly stopped walking just as he said the transition conjunction:

"Small turbofan... do you have a ready-made model?"

Chang Haonan quickly shook his head:

"Having the technology and having the model are two different things. Right now, the WS-10 is in the critical stage of production finalization. The results of the training through this project are still being accumulated. It is not appropriate to expand the stall too much in a short period of time."

"Therefore, the group still plans to focus on key models and train the team's capabilities in recent years."

Hearing this answer, Qiao Chenqing showed some regret on his face:

"That's a pity indeed."

Chang Haonan didn't say anything, but just looked at the other person with some curiosity.

Qiao Chenqing paused for a moment, then started again:

"At the end of last month, we held a precision-guided weapons seminar involving the entire army based on the use of weapons and ammunition by the US military in Aiwuhan."

"At that time, the comrades from the Third Academy of Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation told us that in order to ensure the timely commissioning of the Donghai-10 long-range cruise missile, they planned to install the same turbojet engine as the KD63 on it, but the range would be shortened from the originally planned 2500 kilometers to about 1500 kilometers."

"Of course, this should be the main concern of the Navy and the Second Artillery. I just remembered this when you mentioned the small turbofan on the KH-55..."

Chang Haonan showed an expression of understanding.

The so-called Donghai 10 is actually the later Changjian 10.

However, China does not yet have the technology to allow cruise missiles to accurately strike ground targets, so the plan is to use the same missile body to create a long-range anti-ship missile to deter aircraft carrier battle groups outside the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft.

However, it was soon discovered that the target of anti-ship missiles was moving warships, and it took almost an hour for a subsonic missile to fly more than a thousand kilometers. The problems involved in target search and relay guidance could not be solved either.

So it was left unresolved.

"Boss Qiao, actually, the small turbofan or turbojet engines used in cruise missiles are disposable, so the technical difficulty is not really high. CASIC should also have a certain technical foundation."

After thinking for a moment, Chang Haonan said:

"If there is a real need for this, they will take the lead and we will provide assistance. It won't take too long to build a turbofan based on the old turbojet."

"But to be honest, based on my country's actual needs, there may not be a qualitative difference between a range of 1500 kilometers and a range of 2500 kilometers. The key technology of cruise missiles, especially land-attack cruise missiles, is still mid-course route planning and target screening and identification at the end."

"Oh?"

After listening to Chang Haonan's clear and logical explanation, Qiao Chenqing became interested:

"Your Aviation Power Group also has research on these?"

"Well... Strictly speaking, it's not something our group has researched."

Chang Haonan raised his hand and gently touched his chin:

"I have some research."

"..."

"..."

The air around seemed quiet for a moment.

Seeing that no one answered, Chang Haonan had to continue explaining:

"When I was doing theoretical derivation before, I accidentally developed a series of algorithms that can be used for the classification and processing of image data. I am currently trying to use this as a basis and combine it with some other technologies to complete image segmentation and contour tracking."

"If the technology is tested and found to be OK, it should be able to be used as an effective terminal guidance method, which is equivalent to allowing the missile to automatically identify and track the target through images like the human eye."

"Combining terrain matching tracking with satellite guidance can improve the ultimate accuracy of the weapon... um... by an order of magnitude."

This time, it’s not just Qiao Chenqing.

Other people around also pricked up their ears.

It is now the beginning of the 21st century, and a full 10 years have passed since Operation Desert Storm.

The myth of precision-guided weapons has been dispelled, at least within the military.

Due to the inherent deficiencies of satellites in altitude measurement, the accuracy of missiles guided solely by GPS or similar means can only be considered unsatisfactory.

Specifically at the moment, it can probably reach 20-30 meters.

The worse ones may be up to 50 meters.

And it is also susceptible to interference -

This point in particular has now taken root in almost everyone's mind due to someone's reasons.

In short, if you want to achieve more sophisticated operations, you will need means such as laser guidance or television guidance.

But the former requires something to continuously illuminate the target and is significantly affected by weather.

The latter is restricted by the fact that people are on the loop the entire time, and the maximum distance of effective control is only two to three hundred kilometers.

Therefore, the “remote acupressure” thing is actually not as magical as imagined or as advertised by Americans.

It's very difficult.

However, Chang Haonan's words just now once again attracted everyone's attention -

What if missiles could identify their targets themselves like humans?

Wouldn't that be equivalent to removing the control distance limit for TV guidance?

Improve the accuracy by one order of magnitude, that is 2-3 meters.

In other words, even at a distance of one thousand kilometers, two thousand kilometers or even more, there is no need to risk providing any laser irradiation. With just a rough coordinate data and the target's outline, the missile can be sent to the target.

It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was accurate to a window.

But to the precision of a floor, or a car...

It doesn't seem completely impossible.

"There is still... is there such technology?"

I don't know who asked this question first among the crowd.

"Well...theoretically, there must be."

Chang Haonan answered confidently:

"However, binary computers cannot completely imitate the operation of the human brain... Of course, in fact, we don't really understand the operating logic of the human brain..."

"In short, the current research focus is still on processing static images, that is, photos. If you want to recognize dynamic images, especially those with complex angles, it may take a long time..."

Not sure if it was an illusion, but when he said this, Chang Haonan seemed to hear someone sighing in relief...