Chapter 212 Hypersonic Missiles! With this weapon, Daxia is invincible! (6K)

now.

Staring at the blank emails in the mailbox and the shocking email titles.

The whole room suddenly fell into silence. Only the increasingly heavy breathing sounds of Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing proved how shocking it was.

After a while.

"Hypersonic weapons?" Liu Zhixue, who had been standing at the back holding a cup of tea, asked in confusion, "President, this isn't a new concept, is it? As I recall, the Eagles and the Russians are all researching this type of weapon, aren't they?"

Liu Zhixue's research is more focused on theoretical physics, so he may not be clear about the differences in weapons, but he still recognizes most of the world's cutting-edge weapons.

Especially for the United States, the research and development of hypersonic weapons has taken not one or two years, but more than ten years.

Hear this.

"No, no, no, that's not the 'new concept' I mentioned." Zhang Yuli waved his hand and denied it directly: "Although the concept of 'hypersonic' has existed for some years, this technology is completely different."

The concept of "hypersonic weapons" was not unfamiliar to many people even in 09. On the contrary, the conceptual aspects of this weapon have been rumored for decades.

One is a concept proposed by many people in the last century, which is to use a "bomber" to carry out hypersonic bombing around the earth at extremely high speeds, which is the prototype concept of "hypersonic weapons".

However, after this idea was born, it was actually shelved "indefinitely" for decades in the last century.

It's not that this kind of "weapon" is difficult to use or anything, but it is completely useless.

After all, the speed of conventional ballistic missiles was enough to make them invincible in the past, and any air interception system was basically unable to intercept them. You could aim at someone with a howitzer and shoot them in seconds. It made no difference whether you hit the head or the chest, as it would kill them in one shot.

Why do we need to develop a weapon that is useless? Isn't that a waste of effort? Therefore, the main consideration in the development of weapons in that era was how to increase the power and how to accurately drop the missile on the head of others.

But the situation is completely different nowadays. After entering the 21st century, due to the development and upgrading of various air defense systems, radars, and electronic detection, the possibility of conventional ballistic missiles being intercepted is not small.

Even for some medium- and short-range tactical missiles, the air defense network composed of some top-level air defense systems is capable of achieving an interception rate of more than 90%.

At this time, the concept of hypersonic weapons once again surfaced on the tables of countries around the world, and they began to make specific changes.

Hypersonic weapons, as the name suggests, mean exceeding the conventional speed of sound to reach a new height.

The world currently defines this type of weapon in a broad sense: missiles or aircraft that can exceed Mach 5 are defined as hypersonic weapons.

"Even in the narrow sense of advanced weapons, there are huge differences among them." Zhang Yuli then described: "Whether it is the launch method, the critical space time in the atmosphere, or the terminal velocity, they can be distinguished."

This doesn't sound like a big deal, right? Although Mach 20 sounds huge, even if the J-1 equipped with a new engine tries its best, its top speed is less than half of that.
However, this is nothing for spacecraft that need to travel at the second cosmic velocity to break free from the Earth's gravity.

Otherwise, wouldn't every synchronous orbit satellite above our heads be a hypersonic weapon? After all, their linear speed relative to the earth is about 3 kilometers per second, which is more than 9 kilometers per hour, and almost Mach .

Or intercontinental ballistic missiles can also be called hypersonic weapons. Their hourly speed after leaving the atmosphere can easily exceed Mach 5. Can they also be considered hypersonic weapons?
Hypersonic weapons are not simply hypersonic if they exceed Mach 5. In a narrow sense, they are hypersonic weapons that mainly move within the atmosphere and can maneuver greatly.

Many countries have been developing this type of weapon.

"Look at this one." Zhang Yuli pointed to a certain technology and gave Liu Zhixue a rough explanation: "It is a land-based missile that uses a 'waverider' warhead structure, and it performs irregular motions of changing trajectory in the critical space throughout the entire process."

"It's not just about speed, exceeding Mach 5."

The reason why he said this was a new concept weapon was because it was completely different from the previous ones.

In the case of hypersonic speed, it also has to make irregular movements throughout the critical space of the atmosphere, making it impossible to intercept, rather than just following a traditional ballistic missile's established flight route.

He had only heard of this crazy idea occasionally, but now the entire technology was suddenly placed in front of him?
"I remember that the Eagle Sauce is developing a flying vehicle like the 'X-51A'?"

"Then it should be counted, right?" Liu Zhixue was like a curious student.

The United States proposed the "Global Rapid Strike Plan" a long time ago, which is to develop weapons that can strike anywhere in the world within an hour. The most important part of it is a new weapon technology that can reach any place in the world in an instant.

Among them, the 'X-51A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle' is the most important one. It uses the structural characteristics of a waverider, and as an unmanned aerial vehicle it can even achieve full-course trajectory changes.

Hearing this, Zheng Lixing, who was still in a daze, spoke up: "There is absolutely no comparison between the two."

"The X-51A unmanned aircraft of the United States uses a scramjet engine. Even if it can reach the lower limit of hypersonic speed, I am not optimistic about its effectiveness."

"A hypersonic weapon that merely meets the requirements has little practical use and is extremely difficult to develop."

In Zheng Lixing's opinion, the X-51A is a project with a beautiful concept but a complete mess in terms of development.

After all, where in the world can you find such a good thing as an aircraft that can fly at speeds of over Mach 5 in the atmosphere and has to be unmanned throughout the entire process?
If this thing breaks down all the time, let alone five or six years of development, even if it were developed for another ten years, I don't think the Americans would be able to figure it out.

When combined with a full-range air-breathing engine such as a scramjet, the current best technology can only maintain it for two hundred seconds. Its range means that it can only be used for air-launched missions, which severely limits its own development.

"And this third-generation 'waverider' hypersonic missile." Zhang Yuli exclaimed in amazement: "It can reach speeds of more than Mach 10 while being able to perform terminal irregular trajectory changes. This is within the atmosphere!"

This kind of irregular movement is inherently uninterceptable, and combined with the terminal speed it is even more invincible. He can almost judge that there will be no opponent who can intercept it in the next twenty years at least.

In other words, as long as Daxia can acquire this technology, it will be able to stand tall within 20 years without fear of any threats.

With this weapon, Daxia will be invincible in the world.

This is Zhang Yuli’s general evaluation of this technology.

read this.

"Old Zheng, what do you think of this technology?" Zhang Yuli looked at the old man who was still in a daze next to him: "How feasible is it?"

What he wanted to ask was naturally not such nonsense questions as "Is this technology reliable?" If the technology sent by the "Great Wall Watch" organization is not reliable, then what are the "Wasp-class amphibious assault ship" and "Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine" in their hands?
What Zhang Yuxiang wants to ask is whether Daxia can develop this technology? Is it possible to realize it?
In terms of professionalism, who in the entire Xiake Institute can match Zheng Lixing?
He is one of the leading figures in this field and the most qualified person to make conclusions in the entire Academy of Sciences.

however.

"I can't comment on it." Zheng Lixing just looked at the brief technical drawings and took a long breath, saying, "This technology is simply the ultimate in perfection under the current existing framework."

As a top scholar and pioneer in ballistic missile technology, he was naturally able to recognize the ingenuity of this technology.

Whether it is the land-based version or the ship-borne version, it is almost the most perfect "hypersonic weapon" he imagined.

Even compared to the land-based version, he prefers an anti-ship hypersonic missile that is not a "waverider" structure. How awesome would it be if it were equipped on a missile destroyer?

"But... our 052C seems to be unable to fit it?" Zheng Lixing muttered inwardly.

This kind of anti-ship missile has to be deployed on board ships no matter what. If its various parameters are used to attack aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, wouldn't a missile destroyer be able to single-handedly take on an entire aircraft carrier battle group?

After all, your anti-ship missiles are "hypersonic", and as long as they enter the range, they are almost dead.

At worst, the guided missile destroyer can be built bigger. If the Eagle Sauce dares to come and show off its might as before, we will break its legs.

Thinking of this, he quickly looked at Zhang Yuli and said, "We must develop this technology no matter what, whether it is land-based or anti-ship missiles."

If any of these is missing, it will be a huge loss for Daxia.

"I know." Zhang Yuli nodded in agreement and quickly typed a line of words.

[Daxia has received this technology and is extremely satisfied and grateful for it. ]

[I don't know what your organization requires as a 'reward', we will pay all the costs for it. ]

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This technology was not a gift from the "Great Wall Watch" organization, so he naturally had to ask how to give the "technical reward".

Even if it was really sent by this organization, Daxia would never accept gifts from others, but must give reasonable "rewards" of various kinds.

After all, there is always an accurate limit to goodwill in "interactions", and maintaining the common interests of both parties is the way to seek a long-term relationship.

And another main reason is that if this gift is given again, Zhang Yuli really can't think of anything else to give in return!
the other side.

In the LLNL laboratory, Lu Ze was lying on the sofa, looking at Da Xia, who had just replied to his email after a long time.

"How should I pay the reward?" he muttered to himself.

He currently has no shortage of things. Even his daily expenses mostly come from going out to eat with Lucy, and they often go AA when it comes to dining.

If you want to donate, Daxia is also carrying out the "100 billion relief plan", "1,000 schools plan", "love lunch plan" and so on, and it is too busy to carry out other plans.

"Let Daxia provide some funds." Lu Ze touched his chin and thought: "This is not bad, but it seems that there is not enough time."

The funds are not used for him personally, but for the organization's expenses. In particular, Buhler's progress in Africa will definitely require a large amount of financial support, and Parker's activities in the Eagle Sauce also require financial support.

If he gets more and more props in the future, he also plans to continue to expand the organization and build a real "Great Wall Watch" organization on the dark side.

"But I don't have time to go back during this period. Reception is a problem."

During this period, the puppet not only has to go to Ermao and Damao to select various things for him to copy later, but also wait for him to have the chance to copy them later.

After finishing all these, they also have to go to Africa to transport the purchased arms and weapons and to explain some things. The puppet has no time at all.

The next time he would go back would be during the Spring Festival, which would be in February next year. "That's not urgent." Lu Ze thought about it and replied to the email.

【The reply has been received. 】

[We still need to discuss the specific content of the 'remuneration' for the time being, and we can settle it together later. ]

"It would be great if I could replicate remotely." Lu Ze touched his chin and muttered.

The remote sharing feature is really good, as it reduces the important problem of the puppet needing to return to the owner every time he does something for him.

It can even be made into a completely independent entity that does not need to have any contact with Lu Ze at all, so even if it is exposed, no one will associate it with Lu Ze in the slightest.

But this is not enough.

As an employee of the LLNL laboratory, not even an unknown employee, Lu Ze would be prone to risks if he wanted to escape and copy these things far away.

These are Da Mao and Er Mao. If you go to such a place, the Eagle Sauce will find out everything about you.

"Let's see if there is such a thing after unlocking the 'permissions'." Lu Ze muttered.

If functions like remote sharing can be extracted, then remote replication will definitely be available as well, but it just does not meet the requirements at present.

After sending the email, he looked at Lucy, who was secretly delighted, and then thought of another thing: "Lucy, how did you communicate with my mother?"

"Don't you know how to speak Chinese?"

When Lu Ze talked about this extremely outrageous thing, his face was full of disbelief.

Lucy has started preparing to go to Daxia. She even made a long-distance call to Lujia Village in Northwest Province and told Lu's mother Lin Xiaqin in advance that she missed some of the Northwest Province's delicacies.

So last night, my mother spent two dollars to make him a long-distance call of just a few seconds, telling him to bring Lucy back safely to celebrate the Spring Festival.

He didn't know how his mother communicated with Lucy, a Taiwanese who couldn't even speak Chinese clearly.

"I said, 'Mom'... 'It's delicious'. 'Go back'." A few words came out of Lucy's mouth, but it seemed that she couldn't even form a complete Chinese sentence, and she had a weird Sichuan accent.

"You are really smart." Lu Ze curled his lips.

This might not have been taught to her by the "Laozi Shudaoshan" couple. It was incredible that her mother could understand it.

I guess my mother understood what I meant by "Mom". No wonder she was so happy.

However, he could already imagine that when he and Lucy returned home, only the dog at home would be happy, and the rest of the small animals would probably be in disaster.

Yanjing.

It is not far from Xia Academy of Sciences, inside the Daxia Aerospace Science and Industry Rocket Research Institute.

This is not just an aerospace company, nor is it just a research site for developing satellites. It is also the research and development fortress of ballistic missile technology in the entire Daxia.

A tightly protected car slowly stopped in front of the main building. Zheng Lixing walked quickly into the corridor of the building with a box in his hand.

This is where Zheng Lixing has worked for decades, how could he not be familiar with it? He found the "old room" in no time.
"Old Pei, come out quickly." Zheng Lixing shouted loudly, with a strong sense of joy: "I have something good to say to you."

Hear this.

Inside the office, a man in his sixties with a small tuft of white beard walked out, stroking his thick hair and asking, "Why are you here instead of staying at your academy?"

He glanced at Zheng Lixing with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

This guy has obviously taken a job at the Academy of Sciences, so why does he come here every day?

"Good stuff, absolutely good stuff." Zheng Lixing pulled him into the office, as if this place was more familiar to him than his own home: "I brought you a treasure!!"

“What the hell?” Pei Tian frowned.

"You'll know once you take a look." Zheng Lixing sat down on the office chair without any hesitation and handed over the brief technical information in his hand.

The person in front of him is his companion who has been through life and death with him for many years, and is also the one who has eaten sand in the Gobi Desert with him for more than ten years.

He has been away from the front line for many years and is not very suitable for developing this kind of technology. If there is anyone who can develop this thing well, the person he would trust most would be this old friend in front of him.

"So mysterious," Pei Tian muttered, and looked at the first line of words displayed on it.

Third generation hypersonic weapons?

When did we have the third generation of hypersonic weapons? How come he doesn't know? There's no sign of the first generation yet. Are you kidding me by giving me the third generation of 'waverider' technology?
"I say, old man, when did you become so frivolous?" Pei Tian glared at Zheng Lixing and said, "You are using this thing to make fun of our Rocket Academy, right? Aren't you also a member of the Rocket Academy?"

Zheng Lixing, this old naughty boy, how come he still has the temper of a child even though he is in his sixties or seventies and even likes to play pranks?

"Just keep reading and you'll find out." Zheng Lixing's face was calm, not at all anxious.

however.

When Pei Tian looked down, his originally relaxed expression suddenly changed into one of intense doubt and seriousness.

This technical document is very short, so short that it can be printed on only about ten pages, and it hardly mentions any core technical research and development information.

All that was there were various arguments and theories telling Pei Tian an astonishing fact.

That is, this information is by no means a joke. In fact, based on what is said above, Daxia can completely take a different path for hypersonic weapons.

“Where does this theory and argument come from?”

"Eagle sauce? Aren't they developing unmanned aerial vehicles like the X-51A?" Pei Tian asked with a puzzled look on his face.

He did not doubt the credibility of the information. After all, since Zheng Lixing came to find him, it must have been verified.

This old friend's level is even slightly higher than mine, but he didn't notice any problems, so there probably won't be too many omissions.

However, this theory is so ingenious. How many countries in the world are developing this kind of thing? I'm afraid there are only two or three of them among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Hear this.

"No" Zheng Lixing shook his head decisively.

What the hell!

No? What does that mean?
"What the hell is this? Did you come up with this?" Pei Tian immediately laughed and scolded, "You old man, you have this kind of technical idea, why didn't you say so earlier?"

This old man Zheng is still as sharp as ever. Although this information is mostly based on theoretical support, it is very impressive in terms of foresight into the future. Even Pei Tian feels that this theory can be used as a project plan for research and development.

If Zheng Lixing had proposed this theory and demonstrated it when he was at the Rocket Academy a few years ago, perhaps Daxia’s first hypersonic weapon would have been tested by now.

however.

"What if I say that what we have on hand is a complete set of technical information?"

"What you see in your hand is just a catalog." Zheng Lixing knocked on the table seriously.

moment.

The smile on Pei Tian's face froze: "Are you here to make me happy?"

at the same time.

Under Lu Ze's surveillance, the puppet was negotiating the final signing of the contract with the man named Vladimir Kraf.

Under the temptation of 1% commission, the director of 'Antonov Design Bureau' tried his best to complete the required weapons and equipment in the fastest time and at the fastest speed.

Even though the original purchase price was supposed to be 1.2 million US dollars, he did not increase the price for the sake of a small profit, but negotiated a price reduction on his own, and the total purchase amount became million US dollars.

Because he believed that a person who could purchase 100 million US dollars worth of arms and weapons at the first contact would never purchase just that little.

"Wish us happy cooperation."

"It's a pleasure working with you." The puppet stretched out a finger, touched him lightly, and then retracted it.

All weapons will be transported by Ermao, and the An-225 will be leased to her for one week, on the condition that she pays for the fuel herself.

The puppet took a sip of red wine and decisively asked Lu Ze's urgent question: "Mr. Clave, I want to know when I can go and see your country's most powerful weapon?"

The most powerful weapon she mentioned was naturally the inheritance obtained by Ermao, which came from the 19 Tu-160 "White Swans" left by the former Soviet Union.

Where did Ermao hide these things? Lu Ze was very curious.

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