A big country of aerospace with black technology

"The risk of heavy bomb-carrying drones flying at ultra-low altitudes is too great!"

After this year's red-blue confrontation exercise.

The Air Force finally recognized the next era of combat methods.

That is, intelligent and unmanned warfare.

Before this, many people were still skeptical about the participation of drones in combat.

It can be said that it was the unprecedented battle-loss ratio achieved under Bai Xuejun's command that dispelled their suspicions.

There had never been such a battle before.

Without any casualties on our own side, we wiped out an entire enemy brigade.

As for the loss of the unmanned attack aircraft, it was nothing.

As long as there are no pilots lost, it is not considered a casualty.

Therefore, faced with an extremely cost-effective unmanned attack aircraft.

The Air Force has more needs.

After all, it costs only 100 million per unit, but it can still achieve more than half of the performance of fourth-generation machines.

Especially considering the difficulties in training pilots for fourth-generation aircraft.

This price-performance ratio is simply higher than Mount Everest!

An ordinary fighter pilot is already worth his weight in gold.

Fourth-generation aircraft pilots are even rarer, comparable to those rare elements ranked after one hundred on the periodic table.

"If it can complete this mission, then we can save a lot of valuable strategic bombers."

The old leader who found Zhang Xingyang to talk complained.

“Our family’s financial foundation is poor.”

"There are only a few strategic bombers in total. It is impossible to fight against the enemy's sea fortress head-on!"

There are almost only a few H-6-Hs that have just been modified that can be called strategic bombers in China.

After completing the modification of aerial refueling, the range can reach more than 8,000 kilometers.

As for the sea fortress mentioned by the old leader, it is an entire complete aircraft carrier battle group.

Generally speaking, the detection range of an aircraft carrier covers 800 kilometers.

But this is based on the use of maritime early warning aircraft.

And early warning aircraft do not fly in the sky 24 hours a day.

During this period, the detection range of the aircraft carrier's radar was not that far.

Especially for low-altitude flying objects, the detection distance is even shorter.

This is determined by the curvature of the earth itself, which is difficult to change even with the most advanced technology.

If the bomber keeps flying at an altitude of 50 meters, the aircraft carrier's radar will not be able to detect the target until it is within 40 kilometers.

At such a short distance, the bomber has long been able to complete all operations of anti-ship missile strike and breakaway.

This tactic was actually first proposed by Yingjiang himself in the 1980s.

At that time, Mao Xiong's tactic was to use supersonic bombers to penetrate the enemy at high altitude and at high speed.

Prior to this, the high-altitude and high-speed penetration of massive "Backfire" bombers was a nightmare for almost every country around Maozi.

It was not until later that the radar system and air defense system were further upgraded that it was declared that the path of high-altitude and high-speed raids by supersonic bombers was unfeasible.

However, ultra-low-altitude penetration is not something everyone can accomplish.

It requires unique bomber operating skills and a fighting spirit that dares to sacrifice.

Only then can such an operation be completed.

During the training process, many casualties will occur.

(Especially the ejection system of the H-6, which basically has no chance of escape when faced with a low-altitude environment.)

"I can only say give it a try, but the success rate cannot be guaranteed."

Zhang Xingyang said it very conservatively.

Because of ultra-low altitude penetration, even if it is operated by pilots who have received long-term professional training, they may not be successful.

What's more, unmanned fighter jets are inferior to manned fighter jets in terms of response capabilities in all aspects.

"After all, you also understand how dangerous ultra-low-altitude flying is."

The old leader is also a professional pilot.

Zhang Xingyang said this, and he could understand it.

After all, the electromagnetic environment and waves in low-altitude environments will have a great impact on aircraft.

If it's just the slightest bit off, it's easy to plunge into the sea!

"In terms of missiles, the air-launched hypersonic anti-ship missile we just completed is just right for testing."

Missiles have always been one of Zhang Xingyang's projects.

In the past few years, there has been no shortage of various financial and technological investments.

Air-launched anti-ship missiles are the last of the three types of anti-ship missiles.

Not just because missile launch conditions are more difficult in an air-launch environment.

Also because air-launched missiles do not have a particularly good launch platform.

Therefore, various designs are changed again and again.

The most critical range is also being cut again and again.

The original target was 2,500 kilometers.

But after the design was completed, it was discovered that the missile designed for such a target had a big problem.

That’s overweight!

The overall weight of the missile has reached 4.5 tons.

The bomber's bomb load limit was reached.

The latest H-6H can only carry one maximum.

Therefore, continuous improvements were made in the future.

In the end, the missile's range was fixed at 800 kilometers.

The weight has been reduced to 1.5 tons.

Cutting off more than half of the range.

The weight has also been reduced to one-third of its original size.

However, weakening it to this extent also allows the H-6H to carry several weapons at once.

From a war perspective, there are still some advantages.

But this also makes another thing possible.

That is the non-attack series of drones, carrying anti-ship missiles.

Launch a missile sea covering strike against the enemy!

The bomb load of a single non-attack drone is actually not as large as that of other fighter jets.

Because their size is actually much smaller than the J-20.

About half the size.

A WS-10 engine was used.

There are no overly complex electronic devices inside.

Because it is mainly controlled through the internal automatic control program and the weapons officer on the manned fighter jet.

It just needs to accept instructions.

"If we want to achieve your vision, then we still need to modify the drone to a certain extent."

"It will probably take a month or two."

"No problem, we can afford to wait for such a short time."

"But is there anything else that needs to be improved?"

Although the old leader is a professional pilot, he has been away from the front line for a long time.

Insufficient understanding of professional and technical aspects.

"The current series of non-attack drones are mainly used in conjunction with the J-20."

Zhang Xingyang explained a little bit.

"The combat scenarios are mainly in high-altitude and high-speed areas, and ultra-low-altitude penetration was not its original mission."

“Especially for the maritime environment, a wave of characteristic enhancements must be carried out.”

In fact, there are not many modifications that need to be made in the WuGong series.

Because it is a stealth fighter itself.

No matter how it lags behind the J-20 in other aspects.

In terms of stealth performance, it is still better.

Because it is an unmanned fighter jet.

In terms of stealth structure design, it is almost approaching the limit.

In particular, unmanned fighter jets have one less cockpit than various stealth fighters.

The cockpit on the fighter plane actually occupies the entire aircraft head-on RCS.

Without various stealth measures, the cockpit can account for more than 20% of the entire fighter's head-on RCS.

To compensate, the cockpit is generally coated with a metal film.

But even so, it still has an impact that cannot be ignored.

Unmanned stealth fighters can completely avoid this.

The machine head design adopts a fully flat design.

The head-on RCS of the entire aircraft is even about 30% smaller than that of the J-20.

The maximum detection range of radar in free space is proportional to the fourth root of the target's radar cross-section (RCS).

A 10-dB reduction in the target's radar scattering cross-section can shorten the radar detection range by approximately 44%.

This means that the non-attack series stealth fighter can get closer to the enemy and then launch a fatal blow to the enemy!

The transformation of unmanned combat aircraft is rapid.

After all, the structure does not need to be modified.

The focus of the transformation is actually the weapon rack.

The original non-attack series drones used built-in magazines.

The magazine well is shallow.

After all, even the largest air-to-air missile, the PL-15, is only 210 mm in diameter.

But the diameter of the hypersonic anti-ship missile is 750 mm.

It is more than three times the original diameter.

The built-in magazine doesn't fit at all.

After careful study, everyone found that it was almost impossible to stuff such a large missile into the built-in magazine.

Therefore, we can only settle for the next best thing.

Under the unmanned attack aircraft, an external pylon was modified.

However, in this way, the radar reflection area of ​​the unmanned attack aircraft will be reduced. It can almost reach 150% of the original value.

Although the head-on RCS of the entire machine is still less than 0.1 square meters, it is within the effective stealth range.

But it is still a bit larger than before, and the radar found that the distance has increased by at least 20%!

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The sea breeze in the South China Sea seems to be always so warm.

On the experimental site, a modified non-attack drone has been equipped with the latest hypersonic anti-ship missile.

Next to it, there is a whole support team working on it.

In addition, a J-20 has already taken off in advance and is ready to provide technical support for it.

The entire drone strike process is like this.

The first is the shore-based early warning radar, which provides the location coordinates of enemy ships to unmanned attack aircraft.

The drone then took off, and after approaching the enemy for 1,000 kilometers, it lowered its altitude and flew.

During this process, the J-20 will maintain a data link with the unmanned attack aircraft.

Make sure it doesn't accidentally fall into the sea.

When approaching the enemy 500 kilometers away, it launches hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

This project is mainly to test the performance of hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

Under the operation of the weapons officer, the unmanned attack aircraft began to take off from the ground.

Because there is no need to consider the physical factors of the pilot, the take-off speed reaches the maximum in the shortest time.

The weapons officer skillfully operated the drone and flew south.

Thousands of kilometers away, an uninhabited island is the target of today's simulation.

On the islands and reefs, there are several large Doppler radars.

Although many ships today have begun to use phased array radars.

Especially Yingjiang's "Aegis" ship.

However, today's test cannot be so extravagant. It really requires several large phased array radars to be used as targets.

No one can bear it!

However, the detection range of these Doppler radars has also reached the range of 500 kilometers.

It can fully support today's test.

The drone painted in dark gray looks very cool.

It looks like an alien creature in a science fiction story.

Because an altimeter is used to measure height continuously.

This enables UAVs to fly at very extreme altitudes for long periods of time.

During the flight of hundreds of kilometers, the altitude was maintained at 10 meters almost the entire way.

This height can only be regarded as the height of a pinhead for a fighter jet!

Because the electromagnetic environment at sea is very complex, at such a low altitude, the probability of problems can reach 30%!

That is, this time it is an unmanned attack aircraft, so everyone dares to play such a big role.

If it were a manned fighter jet, no one would dare to let the pilot take such a big risk of death!

The tail flame of the drone even kept blowing away the sea behind it, forming a long white wave.

For this experiment, a high-definition camera was specially placed under the belly of the drone.

Images can be continuously transmitted from the sea through data links.

Everyone at the airport can even feel the moisture when looking at the waves transmitted back by the drone.

Wait until the drone rushes to a distance of 500 kilometers from the radar.

Launched its own hypersonic anti-ship missile.

The missile uses the latest scramjet engine.

Able to push speed to extremely high levels.

It is almost the fastest missile Zhang Xingyang has ever completed except for intercontinental ballistic missiles.

If the premise is limited to the speed within the atmosphere.

Then it is the fastest one.

The average speed reached an unprecedented Mach 9!

More than 3000 meters per second!

The terminal attack speed even reached Mach 12!

Like a sharp sword on the sea, it rushes towards the target point!

It only takes 150 seconds to cross a distance of 500 kilometers and strike the target!

The missile contains 650 kilograms of total nitrogen explosives!

The power is comparable to a small nuclear explosion!

However, for experimental safety reasons, this hypersonic anti-ship missile did not have a charge.

If the radar is blown up as soon as it comes up, subsequent experiments will not be possible.

The live-fire test session will be conducted after all tests are completed.

During the drone's advance, the Doppler radar kept working at high intensity.

But according to tests, the drone was not detected by radar until it flew 18 kilometers, which is close to visual detection!

This distance is not to mention a long-range anti-ship missile.

Drones are almost able to drop bombs directly onto the deck of an aircraft carrier!

"It seems that our vision is indeed possible!"

Everyone at the experimental site was enthusiastically discussing the possibility of using a sea of ​​drones and missiles to confront the enemy's aircraft carrier battle group.

The cost of both drones and anti-ship missiles will not exceed US$25 million.

Even in the worst case scenario, an exchange ratio of ten to one is still acceptable.

The construction cost of an aircraft carrier is more than enough to buy a hundred drones.

As long as it can hit, it’s not a loss!

This is only the loss of the aircraft carrier, not counting the many carrier-based aircraft above.

And the most critical loss of personnel.

After all, the most critical thing in a war is all kinds of technical personnel!

Without so many operators, even weapons cannot be effective in war!