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Chapter 1010 Rattlesnake (First update, please subscribe)
The deep and thunderous roar of the jet engines echoed along the airport runway.

As the roar of the engine gradually increased, the silver-white fighter began to slide forward slowly. Its tires rubbed against the runway, and the fighter was getting faster and faster. At the moment when the fighter was about to leave the ground, a ball of hot flames suddenly spurted out of its tail. The flames were like burning wings, pushing the fighter into the blue sky.

At the moment the fighter plane took off, William McLean, who was standing in the distance, couldn't help but pick up the telescope.

"William, don't be so nervous. The previous test was very successful. The Air Force and the Navy purchased it half a year ago. This is just a normal target practice."

Listening to Wang Jialin's words, William McLean shook his head repeatedly.

"It's different. This time, the 'Rattlesnake' uses a refrigeration unit lead sulfide detector..."

As he spoke, William looked at Wang Jialin and asked in confusion.

"Jia Lin, wasn't it you who proposed using nitrogen to cool the single lead sulfide detector to improve its detection capability? Why don't you care about this experiment at all?"

Looking at Wang Jialin's calm expression, William McLean's face was full of confusion.

"If you fail, just start over. It's no big deal. William, when you were researching it yourself, did you ever think about what would happen if you failed?"

William McLean was stunned by his colleague's question. Ten years ago, he was working at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Station. He was free at the time, so he started a research project at home, called heat-seeking rocket, driven by his interest. The principle is very simple, that is, to measure the intensity of infrared radiation through the change of the electrical impedance value of lead sulfide, and control the flight of the missile according to the intensity.

San Dezi also conducted research in this area and achieved corresponding results. On this basis, he developed the Enzian infrared guided missile. After the war, the infrared guided missiles of the United States, the Soviet Union and Southeast Asia were basically developed on this basis.

At that time, no one knew about William McLean's private research, which lasted from 5000 to . He mainly used part of the equipment and facilities of the Naval Ordnance Station laboratory and a private investment of less than $.

The first prototype was made by William after tinkering in his garage for half a year. Except for the lack of warhead and rocket, this prototype is already a weapon that is very close to being practical. His design innovatively uses an infrared homing seeker, a mechanical gyro roller, and a stepper potentiometer and motor that are directly proportional to the cantilever servo. The entire system is extremely simple and looks low-cost and uncomplicated, and there are no components that affect reliability.

Just when his sample bullet was almost completed and was ready to be shown to Admiral Parsons, the head of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, a guest came to his home - Hedrick Gerard from a headhunting company, and offered him a job with a monthly salary of $650!
Faced with the opportunity to double his income, William McLean chose to retire and took his research results to the New York Desheng Research Institute - an overseas research center established by Li Yi'an, with the purpose of attracting American talents to serve scientific research in Southeast Asia. In the past ten years, according to the list drawn up by Li Yi'an, Desheng Research Institute has hired a large number of outstanding scientists, and William McLean's name was also provided by him.

After William presented his research, Nanyang Aerospace Industries immediately approved the project and decided to invest in its development, and gave the internal research code name "Rattlesnake" - this snake uses infrared sensing organs to capture warm-blooded prey, which naturally became its code name.

A few months later, for the convenience of research, William McLean, the inventor and project leader, went to Southeast Asia. In 25, he manufactured and assembled 13 missiles. The first 14 launches failed. After a series of improvements and explorations, he finally hit the target aircraft for the first time on the th time.

The "Sidewinder" air-to-air missile was born. After three years of research and improvement, five months ago, the Nanyang Air Force and Navy received the first batch of production-type "Sidewinder" air-to-air missiles.

Since it was put into service, the Air Force and Navy have conducted extensive tests on it and pointed out some of its shortcomings. Today's modification test is to improve its detection range and sensitivity.

"Well, you are right. Even if we fail, we can just start over again."

Speaking in somewhat stiff Mandarin, William put down the telescope in his hand, but he couldn't help but stare at the sky. Air Force Colonel Hartman, who was standing next to him, smiled when he saw this.

"Mr. McLean, it's no big deal, it's just a few thousand dollars." In Hartman's opinion, the Sidewinder missile is a genius design, especially the gyro rudder used to prevent the missile from spinning. It uses the simplest method to prevent the missile from spinning. And the simple design makes it extremely cheap, only 5000 yuan!
Such a cheap missile...even if the launch fails, I won’t feel sad at all.

"Failure doesn't necessarily mean failure, it's just a matter of how much the effect will increase. The infrared probe is a heat-sensitive element. The lower the temperature, the higher its sensitivity. Using nitrogen to cool it down can effectively increase the sensitivity..."

As the inventor of this concept, Wang Jialin seemed very calm. He had been studying missiles with William for five years and, like other colleagues, he had been taking "missile design" classes. He also mastered the secret to improving the combat effectiveness of Sidewinder - replacing the missile with a more sensitive new seeker, a new cooling system and a new solid rocket engine.

"So the new guidance head uses a nitrogen-cooled infrared detector. Because the missile is small in size, liquid nitrogen can only be stored in the matching rack. A 6L high-pressure nitrogen bottle is installed in the rack. It can provide 2.6 hours of cooling for the missile guidance head during the flight of the fighter. This naturally improves its sensitivity. In addition, the material of the detector fairing has been changed from the original quartz glass to magnesium fluoride material, which can transmit infrared radiation with a longer wavelength, making it more sensitive; the missile's tracking angular velocity is higher..."

Is this a theory?
No, this is science!

Wang Jialin took a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it, took a puff, and silently stared at the plane in the air. At this time, the target aircraft mounted on the bomber had been released. The Super Thunder quickly approached the target aircraft and occupied the 6 o'clock position. The pilot did not launch all the missiles at once.

Even from the ground, one could see a flash of hot fire under the wing, and the missile flew towards the target aircraft with a trail of white smoke. First, one missile was fired, and then it paused for a while before launching the next one.

Seeing this, Hartman smiled.

"This is a naval tactic. Although it is a naval tactic, it is really good!"

Although the Sidewinder missile has only been in service for less than half a year, after several months of training, the naval aviation force has changed its weapon thinking and developed new missile tactics based on its hit rate during tests. Pilots should give priority to obtaining a position suitable for the Sidewinder missile, observe the results after launching one, and then launch the next one, unlike in the past when using air-to-air rockets, where they would fire all the missiles at once after obtaining a combat position.

This attack method had a higher hit rate and better effect, and was soon promoted in the military.

Under the control of the radio operator, the target aircraft constantly maneuvered to avoid the missile attack, but everything seemed so powerless.

More than ten seconds later, with a deafening explosion, at the moment the missile approached the target aircraft, the warhead exploded under the action of the proximity fuze, blowing the target aircraft into pieces.

Fire and debris scattered in the air, forming a gorgeous firework, short but dazzling.

At the moment the target aircraft was hit, applause broke out on the ground. Amid the applause, Wang Jialin looked up at the planes flying in the sky and the wreckage of the target aircraft falling into the sea, but he was thinking about another question in his mind - can infrared manufacturing be applied to ground-based air defense?
When this thought flashed through his mind, several Air Force and Navy flight officers nearby had already started discussing it. In addition to the performance of the missiles, the topic they were discussing was more about the modification of the aircraft. In addition, there was also the issue of to whom the first batch of new pylons and new Sidewinder missiles should be delivered first.

"Let's give the first batch to the navy first,"

As the representative of the Air Force, Hartmann was very generous and said directly:

"The navy now has more missions and needs new missiles."

Hartmann's words naturally brought laughter from the navy representatives, and Wang Jialin raised his brows and thought... Navy, the navy's mission?
Do you mean cooperating with the US military's actions?
Thinking of this, his heart sank.

(End of this chapter)