Great Power Technology.

Chapter 284 Lasers Are Not Just Lasers, They Also Have a Global Data Link System

Inner Mongolia, Zhurihe training base.

This is the third day of the launch of the space-based laser anti-missile system. The laser generator has been charged, the data link system is running well, and the conditions for the first test are fully met.

Ye Zhou was invited to this place again, and he wanted to refuse, but Chen Hao threw out a formal order bluntly.

"This is an order from your superiors. According to your work log, you have not rested for more than 8 days. If you don't want to rest yourself, then we will help you rest."

In desperation, Ye Zhou had no choice but to fly to Inner Mongolia, where he quietly waited for the test to start in this yellow sandy land.

Standing beside him is Liu Yudong, the chief designer of the laser anti-missile project. Unlike the Ma Weiming that Ye Zhou met before, although this person also made great contributions and is of a high level, he doesn't look like the older generation at all. Scientist's temperament - even the hair is very lush.

After meeting Ye Zhou, the first thing he did was not to shake hands or exchange pleasantries, but to grab the computer from Ye Zhou and hand it to the staff beside him, and then he said:

"You little comrade, come here and take a good look at our demonstration. Don't rush to work all day long. No matter how urgent the project is, it is not your business alone, let alone solve the problem in a few hours. of."

"We have been talking since ancient times, there is a limit to relaxation! You are now a tight bow, if you continue like this, it may break one day."

"It won't work like this. You're only in your 20s, and you still have plenty of time to make contributions in the future. It's not worth killing the chicken to get the egg."

Ye Zhou smiled helplessly at Liu Yudong, and replied:

"Mr. Liu, it's not that I have to be busy at this time, the main thing is to wait for you, so I can take care of the work when I have nothing to do."

"Oh, I didn't expect you to come so fast. Just now, you were adjusting the data link in the main control room. Come on, let's not talk, let's go directly to the scene to see."

"go to the scene?"

Ye Zhou asked confusedly, he didn't understand what the other party meant.

For him, the scene of laser anti-missile defense is the sky, so is it possible to fly up to see it?

Liu Yudong seemed to see his doubts, so he explained:

"Go to the headquarters, just take this opportunity to show you our latest data link system-this is our treasure at the bottom of the box."

As he spoke, Liu Yudong pulled Ye Zhou towards the command center. It was a permanent fortification buried deep in the ground. As soon as he entered the gate, Ye Zhou was shocked by what he saw.

Contrary to what he had imagined, this headquarters was not at all a temporary headquarters with a telephone, a radio, and a few screens in the traditional sense, but a huge spherical space with a height of more than ten meters.

The inner wall of this spherical space is covered with screens, and each screen represents a troop, and the combination of the positions of these troops just happens to be China's global military layout.

Of course, the core point of this layout is still in China, but just from the design concept of the headquarters, it is actually enough to see the ambition of this rabbit.

"How's it going, isn't it?"

Liu Yudong said proudly.

In fact, he is not only the chief designer of this laser anti-missile project, but also played an important role in the army's informatization construction. This latest command system has condensed his painstaking efforts for more than ten years.

"It's great, but I don't quite understand it."

Ye Zhou replied honestly.

"It's okay if you don't understand, I can introduce you."

With that said, Liu Yudong pulled Ye Zhou to sit down on the nearest seat, and then operated on the operating table. After hiding some information that was not suitable for Ye Zhou to understand, he turned back and said to him:
"Xiaoye, it's not that I don't want you to see it. In fact, with your authority, you can understand 99% of the information here, but our army's information control is still carried out in accordance with the principle of minimization, so unless you actively apply, otherwise I still won’t show you unnecessary things.”

"Understood, I understand."

Ye Zhou nodded.

Liu Yudong smiled gently, and then began to point to the large screens surrounding it to give Ye Zhou a popular science.

"Let's still talk about laser anti-missile."

"Actually, the most important functional module of the laser anti-missile system is not the laser, but the radar. Think about it, to track a hypersonic missile, and then use the laser to continuously illuminate it from tens of thousands of kilometers in the sky, and The error of the irradiation range cannot be greater than 20% of the diameter of the laser itself, and this kind of tracking accuracy is actually far beyond what can be achieved with the small laser generator we throw in space.”

"The generator itself is just a weapon, or in other words, it's just a gun equipped with a remote control system, and the remote control system is in the sky survey experiment module of the Tiangong space station."

"Where does the data of the remote control system come from? Data link. It's what you see now."

"We put all the radars, satellites, high-altitude balloons, magnetic field detection and other monitoring systems around the world into one network. In this network, all the information of these devices can be calibrated and transmitted with each other. "

"In this way, we have obtained a complete set of data, and based on this complete set of data, we can extract the parts we need in real time."

"For example, when we find a missile intruding into the airspace, the nearest ground radar will first issue an early warning, then the radar of the early warning aircraft will follow up, and the shipboard fire control radar will start tracking. After the computer, the central computer passes the real-time strike coordinates to the laser generator in the air to realize the laser strike."

"This process sounds complicated, but in reality, it happens very quickly. Like now."

With that said, he clicked on the operation interface, selected an area, selected a certain ground-based radar, and then selected one of the targets identified by the ground-based radar, and said to Ye Zhou:
"Look, this is the J-[-] that we just took off from Rongcheng Airport—the one with the Longbo lens on it. Its position, altitude, and speed information have now been integrated into the central computer in real time."

"I only need to quickly enter the operation code in the operation bar --- or use the selection box behind to perform the operation on it."

"Now, I'm going to choose space-based anti-missile system tracking."

"There will be a second confirmation screen here, because the computer has recognized that this is our own aircraft. In order to avoid misjudgment, manual confirmation is required."

As Liu Yudong tapped his finger, the screens in front of the two of them switched immediately.

This is a space perspective, photographing the top of the J-[-] in flight.

"This is the optical imaging picture taken by our telemetry satellite. The telemetry satellite and the Beidou system form a fire control system for space-based laser weapons."

Ye Zhou nodded in shock. This shock did not come from the laser weapon itself at all, but from the extremely complex and sophisticated monitoring and tracking system behind the weapon.

so horrible.

From a road-based radar station, to telemetry satellites, to laser weapons, this series of data transmissions has almost no delay, and the operation of the entire system is so simple that even he can understand it at a glance.

Ye Zhou has no doubts that even if he is allowed to sit in this headquarters to conduct overall mobilization of various troops across the country, he will not have any difficulties or obstacles.

Because this entire command system has undergone an extremely precise and comprehensive human-computer interaction design, even like the interface of a large RTS game!
To achieve this level, the accumulation of technology behind it is probably like an iceberg.

The space-based laser anti-missile system is simply the tip of the iceberg above the water.

"So, according to the working logic of this system, even if we are an ordinary soldier, as long as we are equipped with a corresponding positioning system, we can call for support from the air or even space at any time?"

Ye Zhou asked.

"That's right, this has always been the goal we have been pursuing. However, to fully realize this goal to the individual dimension, we still have to rely on mechanical exoskeleton technology, because the volume and weight of a precision positioning system are not small now, although It can barely be memorized, but after memorizing it, other combat equipment must be reduced.”

"However, after your mechanical exoskeleton comes out, this problem will be solved."

Ye Zhou shook his head involuntarily. During his contact with the Huaxia Army, he was shocked by their fear of insufficient firepower almost every time. This time, what Liu Yudong said broke through his recognition once again. Know.

Individual soldiers call for space weapon support?

It's really a bit too exaggerated.
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But having said that, if a complete laser strike system can be built in the future, instead of just a lonely laser satellite like now, it seems that individual laser strikes are not so incomprehensible?
Especially when encountering high-value targets, let alone lasers, it is not too much to throw a courier there.

In fact, this cannot be regarded as a lack of firepower phobia, but should be a new sense of decentralization of command.

Let an ordinary soldier have the right to dispatch and use key weapons to achieve the highest strike efficiency on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou suddenly realized.

As expected, a rabbit is still a rabbit. In the use of light infantry, it will always be an era higher than the world's highest level.

In the future, with the continuous improvement of soldiers' cultural level and military literacy, individual soldiers' judgment on the battlefield situation will also continue to improve. Let these people who can really see the smoke of gunpowder and hear the sound of gunfire apply for the deployment of key equipment. It is an optimal choice, because it can eliminate the information difference between the front and the rear to the greatest extent.

The global data link system solves the core problem of command confusion in this plan.

Anyone can apply instantly, but the command remains with the leadership core.

Soldiers, equipment, and command are trinity, and this basic unit is integrated with a larger command phalanx.

This is the three-three system of Xinshida.

Ye Zhou nodded slightly, retracted his thoughts and asked:
"Then how do we carry out laser strikes now? Direct launch? How many anti-missile strikes can a satellite sustain?"

"If it is against high-altitude supersonic missiles, it can maintain 10-15 strikes. If it is conventional missiles and cruise missiles, it can reach about 40 strikes. However, this is also affected by various conditions, such as the atmosphere, clouds and the like. "

"But here lies the advantage of coherent combination. Our laser beam is very thin and has a high degree of aggregation, so the output energy is also high, and it can penetrate the shell of the missile in a very short time."

"However, in order to truly achieve comprehensive defense against missiles, it depends on air-ground integration and coordination. Road-based and ship-based laser anti-missile systems are also essential."

"The current space-based system can be regarded as a test of the water. When the distributed defense system is formed in the future, we dare to speak loudly."

While speaking, Liu Yudong quickly clicked on the screen, and Ye Zhou watched him step by step select the J-[-] that was still in flight, and then pressed the operation button.

I saw a flash of flames on the belly of the J-[-] aircraft on the screen, and then a medium-range bomb escaped.

The tracking screen then turned to the missile flying forward.

"This is our PL-15 air-to-air missile, which claims to be one of the most advanced medium-range missiles in the world, with a flight speed of Mach 6 and a range of 145 kilometers."

"Now the laser anti-missile system has completed tracking, and it will start immediately."

As he spoke, Liu Yudong pressed the start button, but the screen did not change.

A few seconds later, the missile that was still in flight exploded without warning. According to the time calculation, the missile flew less than 60 kilometers.

Before approaching the target, it exploded directly.

Liu Yudong looked at Ye Zhou's surprised expression proudly, and said as if showing off:

"How is it, is it great?"

"Great!"

Ye Zhou nodded solemnly.

"Actually, it's fake that it's so powerful. Because it's our own plane, we've already completed the tracking and identified the radar signature of the missile in advance, and this launch took place in a high-altitude area with a thin atmosphere. It can be tracked and destroyed immediately after launching, but if it is really facing the enemy on the battlefield, it is not so easy to do."

"However, this is a beneficial attempt after all. With the continuous advancement of technology, maybe one day, we can really make it impossible for a missile to fly in?"

"If that day really comes, our sixth-generation aircraft will be truly invincible."

"Okay, the system operation is finished, next, let's go to the scene to take a look, and let's experience the power of laser weapons with our own eyes!"

(End of this chapter)