The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 525 Long-range Air Defense Missile System
Panshan Machinery Factory.

Production workshop.

Liu Tao is developing a long-range air defense missile.

Ever since the introduction of the 'Aegis-0' short-range air defense missile and the 'Aegis-1' and 'Aegis-2' medium-range air defense missiles, the troops have hoped to have a long-range air defense missile.

Later, Liu Tao developed an 'Aegis-1' air defense missile system based on the 'Aegis-2' and 'Aegis-3', and named it the Long-Range Air Defense Missile System.

But to be precise, it should belong to the medium and long-range air defense missile system!
What he wants to develop now is a truly long-range air defense missile system.

The definition of this long-range air defense missile is to deal with operational and tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets, airborne early warning aircraft, special aircraft, etc., to protect the security of the airspace.

In today's world, the country with the most powerful missile technology is not the United States, but the Soviet Union!

The Soviet Union's missile technology leads the world trend.

The missiles developed by the Soviet Union often make people's scalps tingle.

The development of missile technology is often closely linked to the development of rocket technology. Whoever has the best rocket technology will have the best missile technology.

The rocket technology of the Soviet Union and the United States is very advanced. They are the world leaders in aviation and are the best in the world. Therefore, the missile technology of the Soviet Union and the United States is also the strongest in the world.

China's missile technology, under Liu Tao's golden finger, has become unique.

There are killer features, and there are also some that are eye-catching.

The long-range air defense missile that Liu Tao wanted to develop at this time naturally had to meet high standards.

The materials used are all the best, and even the radar vehicles, command vehicles, etc. will be upgraded on the original basis.

Moreover, Liu Tao has never thought about exporting this long-range air defense missile, or it can be said that there is no possibility of exporting it in the short term.

Because this can already be considered a truly powerful weapon of a great power.

In the past, China was extremely poor, as poor as a ghost, so naturally it exported and earned foreign exchange wherever it could.

It is different now. Some weapons and equipment can be exported, but some cannot. Some weapons and equipment can be exported to this country, but not to that country.

There needs to be a lever here, which is why Panshan Group conducts research on various aspects overseas!
Currently, Panshan Group exports a lot of its civilian products overseas, with Europe, the United States and Japan being the main markets, especially the European and American markets.

So for many things, you have to take it easy.

Just like this time, after the United States launched the "Operation Prairie Fire" against Libya, Panshan Group never exported any weapons to Libya again.

Even later, Libya took the initiative to approach Liu Tao and wanted to purchase more "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles and "Aegis" air defense missiles, but Liu Tao still refused.

Because this time point is too sensitive and the United States is still angry.

The United States is now imposing all-round sanctions on Libya and is now exporting "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles and "Aegis" air defense missiles. Isn't this provoking the sensitive nerves of the United States?

If it were in the past, Liu Tao wouldn’t care and would just make the money first.

Liu Tao will not think about exporting this long-range air defense missile system for at least ten years, but will provide it all for domestic use. Although the military procurement does not make much money, even under the current situation, Panshan Group has to let the military pay in installments or even on credit.

But this is also a way to strengthen national defense, isn’t it?

According to Liu Tao's idea, such a long-range air defense missile can deal with various combat aircraft, airborne early warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, electronic jammers, aerial refueling aircraft, bombers, operational and tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles and other precision-guided weapons. It can not only undertake traditional air defense tasks, but also perform non-strategic missile defense tasks.

In terms of organizational structure, the regiment should be the basic tactical unit. The equipment system of a tactical unit is composed of an automated command system and a firepower unit of up to 1 surface-to-air missile battalions. The battalion is the basic firepower unit, and each air defense missile battalion is equipped with 8 guidance radar, 1 low-altitude search radar, and 1 or 12 missile launchers.

The automated command system equipped by each regimental unit includes a search and indication radar vehicle and a command and control vehicle, which consists of a phased array radar, a regimental command post, a large fire control computer and a new phased array over-the-horizon radar with a detection range of 1 to 1 kilometers. It can command eight air defense missile battalions at the same time, improving the system's multi-target engagement capability. Each system can guide 500 missiles to shoot 570 targets at the same time, thus forming a positional or mobile air defense firepower cluster centered on the regiment.

To achieve such a missile defense system, it is naturally not enough to rely solely on a missile body.

So he developed different projectiles corresponding to different ranges.

The minimum range is 200 kilometers, the maximum range is 400 kilometers, and the maximum speed is greater than Mach 10.

Otherwise, the speed is too low to hit targets that are moving too fast, let alone intercept short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles.

Medium-range ballistic missiles like the DF-3 have a maximum speed of over Mach 2.

To be honest, the United States' "Operation Prairie Fire" and "Operation El Dorado Canyon" this time gave Liu Tao a great shock.

He did not expect that the US military had such bloodiness and resilience, and could continue fighting resolutely despite such heavy losses.

In his mind, he naturally had to plan according to the worst-case scenario.

The long-range air defense missile system can greatly enhance the air defense capability.

Especially if the long-range air defense missile system is combined with a destroyer, we can build a real Great Wall on the sea in the future.

Instead of launching air strikes on Libya like the United States did this time, three aircraft carrier formations directly took off their carrier-based aircraft to fight in a show of force 10 nautical miles away from the Libyan coastline.

Even though Liu Tao did not go to Libya in person, he could see the tragic situation in Libya just by watching the news reports.

Many buildings were bombed into ruins.

Looking at Libya now, it is absolutely hard to imagine that Libya was one of the richest developed countries in the world, and its high social welfare was the envy of Europe and the United States.

Liu Tao absolutely does not want the current scene in Libya to happen in China.

Therefore, not only the troops are eager to have a long-range air defense missile system, but Liu Tao also hopes to develop a long-range air defense missile system to keep weapons out!
Anyone who wants to take over China must consider the price he is willing to pay.

Liu Tao is immersed in the development of the 'Aegis-4' long-range air defense missile system. He does not need to start from scratch like the missile development team. He participates in the manufacturing of 'Aegis-0', 'Aegis-1', and 'Aegis-2', earns upgrade points, and then upgrades using the upgrade points.

There is no need for so many developers or scientific researchers, he can do it all by himself.

It only takes a little time.

Liu Tao stayed in Panshan Machinery Factory for a period of time and finally developed the "Aegis-4" long-range air defense missile system.

(End of this chapter)