Great Power Technology.

Chapter 431 How many nuclear bombs are needed for 37.8 square kilometers?
After hanging up Lin Ling's phone call, Ye Zhou picked up a pen and crossed out a "recent task" in his notebook, and then updated a new task:
Regularly track the progress of the quantum perturbation monitoring project.

On top of this task, there is also a dense list of a series of things he has to do, including "assisting the Sanchi Laboratory to solve the problem of photon darkening materials", "complete the first coherent coupling experiment", "complete the new fusion Projectile Design", "Tracking the AES Technology Application Experiment", "Tracking the Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Air Test Run", etc., most of the tasks were followed by a time limit for completion, and those without deadlines were not urgent. Instead, do it every day.

After reading his mission, Ye Zhou sighed deeply.

There is too little time, and there are too many things to do. Now he can't wait to push all the simulations of "Mystery of Life" at once, and then clone himself, and let him help him share part of the work.

Unfortunately, this idea can only remain a fantasy. In fact, judging from the current situation, the difficulty of realizing biology and advanced artificial intelligence is only higher than that of nuclear fusion.

Even nuclear fusion hasn't been done yet, so there's no need to expect extravagant things in the future.

The most important thing now is to put the technology at hand into practical use one by one, further expand the advantages of technology and strength, and completely widen the distance from Ugly Country.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou called Chen Hao and began to ask him about the progress of several current projects.

"You are familiar with the Nantianmen project, so I won't go into details. In the short term, we still have two major breakthroughs."

"The first is the successful test run of the nuclear-powered aviation engine, and the second is the full replacement of the H-20. After that, the number of H-20 engines will be reduced from four to two, and the space saved will be divided into two parts. Part of it, part of it was changed to a magazine to increase the load capacity, and part of it was changed to a fuel tank to increase the range."

"After the replacement is completed, the maximum range of the H-20 is expected to reach 29000 kilometers, which is more than 2% higher than the range of the B-50."

"At the same time, the number of nuclear missiles that can be carried by the H-20 will also increase by one level. The specific number is not yet known, but the current news is that it can carry about 16 nuclear bombs with a million-yield equivalent."

"Besides the Nantianmen project, the one that has made the most progress so far is..."

"Wait a minute!"

Ye Zhou interrupted Chen Hao's words, and then asked:
"Again, how many nuclear bombs can the H-20 carry? What is the yield?"

"16 million equivalents, what's the matter?"

Hearing this data again, Ye Zhou couldn't help but gasp.

In fact, the B-2 bomber currently in service in the Ugly country can also carry a million-equivalent nuclear bomb, and the B-83 nuclear bomb it carries is currently the strongest nuclear bomb in the world. It is only more than three meters long and explodes. The power is equivalent to nearly 50 Hiroshima atomic bombs.

However, the number of nuclear bombs that the B-2 bomber can carry is limited. Considering the full load, the maximum number of nuclear bombs it can carry is 8, and now, the number of nuclear bombs that the H-20 can carry is 16.

It's doubled!
Such data does not seem very shocking, but if you give a small example, you will know that the H-20's nuclear strike force is terrible.

For example, now there is a country with a land area of ​​37.8 square kilometers. It brazenly launched a series of wars, threatening the safety of people all over the world. After discussion by the United Nations, it was decided to destroy this country humanitarianally. So, how much will it take? Nuke?
Historically, nuclear bombs have only been used in real combat twice, the first of which was in an island country, where the bomb was dropped with an explosive equivalent of 1.5 tons of TNT.

The second time was also in an island country, and the nuclear bomb was dropped with an explosive equivalent of 2.2 tons of TNT.

According to statistics, the two nuclear strikes wiped out a total of 29.6 living forces and left more than 80 local people homeless. The post-war reconstruction work cycle lasted for decades-and this is still not affected in other parts of the country. Nuclear strikes, when productivity is not fundamentally destroyed.

Calculated based on the total area of ​​900 square kilometers in this second nuclear strike, does it mean that only 400 nuclear bombs of the 2.2-ton level are needed to destroy the entire country?
The answer is not so simple. In fact, the destruction area of ​​a nuclear bomb increases gradually with the yield. When the explosion yield is 100 million tons, the destruction area of ​​a nuclear explosion can reach 150 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a great circle close to 6 kilometers.

According to this data, more than 37.8 nuclear bombs with a million-equivalent yield are needed if a full-coverage strike on 3000 square kilometers of land is to be carried out. This is a difficult task for any country in the world.

However, it cannot be ignored that the damage caused by nuclear bomb explosions definitely does not only come from light radiation, heat radiation, and shock waves, but also from more terrifying radiation clouds and nuclear radiation pollution.

Therefore, after taking these factors into account, the calculation of nuclear bomb lethality should introduce the concept of "ultimate lethality". Under this concept, relevant experts generally believe that only about 15 million-yield nuclear bombs are needed to Ensure that the number of survivors in the hit area is reduced to less than 20%.

Now, the number of million-yield nuclear bombs that the H-20 can carry is 16.

This also means that one flight of the H-20 can send this country of 37.8 square kilometers directly to hell.

This kind of nuclear deterrence capability has probably reached an extremely terrifying level in the entire world.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou suddenly realized.

No wonder they all behaved so honestly during this time, it turned out that they really saw the messenger from heaven.
After a moment of silence, Ye Zhou continued to speak:

"Will this information be made public in the future?"

".I have already guessed what you want to ask. It will definitely be made public. After all, the purpose of strategic bombers is not to kill, but to deter."

"The stronger what other people see, the safer we are. However, out of an abundance of caution, we keep the voyage data private - mainly to avoid touching someone's sensitive nerves."

Ye Zhou nodded slightly, he fully understood what Chen Hao meant by sensitive nerves.

Destroying 37.8 kilometers requires an H-20, so what about destroying 937 million square kilometers?

That's just 30.

The number of H-20s in active service has reached 12.

If the number is further expanded in the future, this issue cannot be considered carefully.

Ye Zhou shook his head, dispelled some radical thoughts in his mind, and then said:
"You said just now that apart from the Nantianmen project, what has been the most advanced?"

"AES technology. Zhejiang University has completed the first phase of testing, and the AVS equipment will soon enter the practical testing phase."

Hearing this, Ye Zhou frowned.

Immediately in his mind, he recalled the torment he suffered during the AVS technology test he experienced in the simulator, which made him feel intensely uneasy.

Even he almost lost his mind under such torture, and now it has only been less than three months since he provided the AVS technology to the Chief Technical Office. Are you really not afraid of problems if you conduct experiments in such a haste?

"How was the first experiment arranged? How far has the technology progressed? Can you suspend the experiment and let me be the first tester?"

Chen Hao felt the worry in Ye Zhou's tone, and he immediately understood that Ye Zhou's request was definitely not out of curiosity like the exoskeleton last time, so he asked directly:
"Do you think the AVS technology test would be risky?"

Ye Zhou shook his head slightly, and replied:

"I'm not sure. This technology is too new, and it is an area we have never set foot in. If we rush into the test, it may bring some uncontrollable consequences."

"But experiments are always going to be carried out. Do you have any other way?"

"No."

Ye Zhou answered decisively, and continued after a pause:
"It's okay."

"The only solution is, let me come first. I am the inventor of this technology, and I should go to this mine."

(End of this chapter)