The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Prior to this, the development of missiles was mainly in the field of multiple warheads.

Missiles and anti-missiles, like spears and shields, are both improving their technology in a spiral manner.

As the United States, the Soviet Union, and China continue to make breakthroughs in air defense missile technology, the technology in air defense missiles has reached a relatively high level and can intercept most missiles.

As for how to break through the air defense missile system and enhance the breakthrough capability, the development in this regard has previously been mainly towards multiple warheads.

That is, a missile carrying multiple warheads!
The capabilities of each country vary.

Of course, the development of multiple warheads is only one direction. Another direction is hypersonic weapons.

When talking about hypersonic weapons, we have to mention Qian Xuesen!
When Qian Xuesen was in the United States, he proposed a new type of missile concept, namely the "boost-glide" trajectory.

The characteristic of this trajectory is that it combines the trajectories of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, giving it both the penetration capability of ballistic missiles and the flexibility of cruise missiles.

During the Soviet era, the "Military Encyclopedia Dictionary" published on "Rocket (i.e. missile) trajectory" pointed out five forms, namely ballistic missile trajectory, anti-aircraft missile trajectory, gliding missile trajectory, cruise missile trajectory and composite missile trajectory.

The glide trajectory is a combination of a ballistic trajectory and a glide phase that relies on the lift of the aerodynamic surface in the dense atmosphere to increase the range. Missiles participating in the glide trajectory usually have a small aerodynamic surface and an autonomous or composite control system. This form of trajectory is unique to some ship-to-ship missiles, surface-to-ship missiles, and air-to-surface missiles.

It’s just that this aspect has been ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

Until these years, faced with increasingly advanced air defense missiles, hypersonic weapons have become popular among countries due to their long range, high speed, simple structure and excellent performance.

Qian Xuesen's ballistics was also dug out from the pile of data. This ballistics, which helps to penetrate defenses and makes it difficult for air defense missiles to defend, also received attention.

The current international definition of a hypersonic missile is that it has a maximum speed exceeding Mach 5, usually flies within the atmosphere, and has high maneuverability.

The characteristics of hypersonic missiles are high speed, high maneuverability and high precision. The high speed is reflected in the maximum speed exceeding Mach 5 or even reaching over Mach 10; the high maneuverability is reflected in the large-scale maneuvers during flight, which increases the difficulty of interception; and the high precision is achieved through complex flight trajectories and terminal maneuverability to achieve high-precision strikes.

Hypersonic aircraft are cutting-edge technology in today's aerospace field. Their high speed and high maneuverability can break through any missile defense system, posing an unprecedented threat to the existing missile defense system.

The development of hypersonic weapons is unprecedented in human war history. The reason why major military powers and major countries pay close attention to this weapon is that their current missile defense systems are difficult to locate, detect, track, capture and intercept such missiles, which greatly weakens the effectiveness of their air defense and anti-missile systems.

The DF-17 is a hypersonic glide vehicle with a flight speed of up to Mach 10.

As for the range, the maximum range can reach 2500 kilometers!

As the launch vehicle was launching, Liu Tao stared at the missile trajectory on the screen, which was captured by various observation stations and satellites and drawn through coordinate observation.

Later, the missile glided like a skipping stone on the water, which was very beautiful.

When the missile hit the target accurately, Liu Tao couldn't help but smile.

According to the rules demonstrated by the DF-17, no air defense missile in the world so far can defend against it.

Even the Aegis air defense missile system can't stop it.

There is no way, Qian Xuesen’s trajectory here is too abnormal.

According to the trajectory data, it is impossible to intercept it. Others are already applauding.

This was the first test of the DF-17 and it was a complete success. It can be said to be a great victory.

Liu Tao was also very happy because the Dongfeng missile was a sharp spear in the hands of China, used to break through numerous obstacles and deal a fatal blow to the enemy.

The existence of such a medium-range ballistic missile means that all air defense missile systems within its range are ineffective.

Moreover, this technology can be applied to medium-range and short-range ballistic missiles, as well as strategic ballistic missiles!
Liu Tao couldn't help but think of the Dongfeng-41 missile that was successfully developed not long ago. The Dongfeng-41 missile is an intercontinental strategic nuclear missile. The name is enough to make any opponent feel awe.

As the leader of intercontinental ballistic missiles, it has an amazing range of 14000 kilometers, enough to cover any corner of the world. Its flight speed of Mach 25 allows it to penetrate enemy air defense systems with ease. And the multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle technology doubles its strike effect.

It can be said that as a new generation of intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles, it is the "stabilizing force" of China's national defense.

The entire DF-41 missile is 16.5 meters long and weighs more than 60 tons. It can carry independently targetable nuclear warheads and has a strike accuracy of 100 meters. In addition, the DF-41 is also flexible and can be launched on highways or even basketball courts.

The accuracy is 100 meters, which seems to be a large error.

But you have to know that the DF-41 missile is extremely powerful, with destructive power reaching hundreds of square kilometers. An error of 100 meters makes no difference in the face of such destructive power.

As China's fourth-generation strategic nuclear missile, the deterrent power of DF-41 can be imagined.

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Coupled with the JL-2, the second-generation intercontinental submarine-launched ballistic missile, it can be said that China's three-pronged nuclear strike capability has been very complete.

If there is anything lacking, it is only the number of nuclear warheads.

However, although the number of nuclear warheads is not as high as that of the United States and Russia, we must know that the more nuclear warheads the better, but enough is enough!

When he returned to Beijing, Liu Tao went to visit Qian Xuesen.

Qian Xuesen is already 96 years old. He has been in poor health in recent years and has appeared less and less in public.

Liu Tao told Qian the good news of the successful development of the Dongfeng-17 missile, and also told Qian that China had built a new generation of wind tunnels.

Pushing the cart and basking in the sun.

Mr. Qian was smiling. His mind was no longer sharp, but he could still express himself clearly.

After going through untold hardships, he left the United States and returned to his motherland to participate in the construction of his motherland. From the ruins after the war, he built China into a modern industrial country. He personally participated in and witnessed the great rejuvenation of his motherland.

To be honest, asking him to work on rockets, manned space flight and the like is actually a bit of a misstep, because his strongest area is actually aerodynamics!

But when the motherland needed him, he resolutely took up the responsibility.

During his decades of work, he helped China build a wind tunnel, left the most important success and all the scientific research results of the second half of his life to the motherland, and trained many outstanding students.

Only after experiencing China's difficult times can one understand that everything China has today was not easy to come by. (End of this chapter)