Great warships

Chapter 1249 All Intercepted
The speed of the shells leaving the muzzle of the 1130 rapid-fire gun is 1250 meters per second, which means it flies more than a thousand meters per second. If it is used to intercept a target flying from three kilometers away, the shell will take three seconds to arrive. For an incoming target flying at a speed of Mach 3, it can move two to three kilometers in three seconds!

Of course, these two or three kilometers are mainly for rushing towards the warships, and the lateral movement distance may be only a few hundred meters, but even a few hundred meters will bring huge errors.

If the target position is not calculated in advance, even a firing rate of 2500 rounds per minute would not be enough! Moreover, there are only rounds of ammunition in reserve.

Putting the target closer before intercepting can reduce the target's maneuvering range, but at the same time, it also means greater danger: even if the interception is successful and the target is blown up, the fragments may surge towards the warship and hit the warship! Modern warships are built of thin steel plates and may not be able to withstand such attacks.

The fire control system was calculating rapidly, and in the next second, all preparations were completed.

"Fire!"

“Buzz…boom boom boom…boom!”

The 1130 close-in defense gun is a naval gun driven by external energy, so it must first be driven by a hydraulic motor to rotate, and then it can be fired. The sound of a 30mm gun firing is boom boom boom, but the rate of fire is too fast, and these sounds gather together and become an explosion.

The 11 gun barrels rotated at high speed, shells were fired from the muzzles, flames came out, and these flames gathered together, looking like an oversized lighter, and the 30mm shells were flying out at a speed of 183 rounds per second!

The 1130 gun has the highest firing rate in the world. After the barrel rotates, it can fire rounds per minute!

Only with such a high rate of fire can a sufficient barrage of bullets be created to intercept supersonic anti-ship missiles! Its rate of fire has far surpassed its opponents. The second-ranked close-in defense gun has a rate of fire of only 4,500 rounds per minute.

This terrifying firing rate also means a terrifying consumption rate. Once the 1130 gun is fired, it is absolutely worth a fortune. In order to pursue lethality, it does not use ordinary 30mm high-explosive bombs, but specially developed tail-stabilized tungsten alloy armor-piercing bombs!
The warhead of this shell is made of tungsten alloy, which ensures that it can penetrate all anti-ship missile warheads at a distance of 3,000 meters! You know, anti-ship missiles generally have semi-armor-piercing warheads, and the warheads are also very hard, so the shells of close-in defense guns must be harder!

The core has a tail fin at the back and a saddle-shaped support in the middle, which is processed using CNC technology. You can imagine the cost: one shell is worth two thousand yuan!
If dealing with subsonic targets, a short burst of 17 shells can successfully resolve the problem, which only costs tens of thousands of dollars. However, to deal with supersonic anti-ship missiles, more shells are used. Now, in order to achieve the killing effect, the firing lasted for two seconds, and more than shells flew towards the target.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars were burned just like that! This thing is not cheaper than the Hongqi 10, but its aura is very strong, which is definitely not comparable to the Hongqi 10. The scene of the firing alone is shocking enough, and the shells flying out are even more spectacular!
Dense shells flew towards the target, forming a barrage between the warship and the target. This scene could only be seen when bows and crossbows were fired in ancient times! It was like a dense swarm of locusts, which made people shudder.

The combat method of close-in weapon systems is to organize a barrage of bullets and block the target in front of it. If the target wants to fly over, it has to pass through this barrage of bullets and then be hit. This time, the Sunburn anti-ship missile is no exception!
This is the last Sunburn missile. Of course, it doesn't know what is blocking its way. When the barrage appears, its radar is interfered with. A large number of echoes fill its radar and are then transmitted to the onboard computer. After a moment, the onboard computer makes a judgment: platinum bar interference, keep flying forward!

To deal with infrared missiles, heat bombs are used. For radar-guided missiles, platinum strips must be used for interference, so that the radar receives countless echoes and cannot distinguish the target.

However, the Sunburn missile was not fooled. It decided to continue flying forward. As long as it passed through the platinum bar interference area, it would be able to hit the target hard!

At this moment, it is still three kilometers away from the target, which is just a matter of three or four seconds for it. During this period of time, even if the target is sailing at full speed, it can only sail a distance of dozens of meters. It is absolutely impossible for it to sail away half the length of the ship and still be within its attack range!
So, the Sunburn missile was still flying steadily, and then, the next second, it plunged into the barrage of 30mm armor-piercing shells.

The huge Sunburn missile had a large frontal projection area, so there was almost no suspense. An armor-piercing shell hit its body instantly, and the tungsten alloy warhead easily smashed through its titanium alloy shell, drilled into the equipment compartment inside the warhead, rolled inside, smashed all the electronic equipment to pieces, and then continued forward and hit the semi-armor-piercing warhead.

For a missile, the warhead is the warhead, which is the easiest part to attack the enemy. But at the same time, it also means that the guidance equipment cannot be placed. Whether it is the radar antenna of the radar guidance system or the infrared seeker of the infrared guidance, they all need to be placed in the front, so the warhead can only be moved back.

But it doesn't matter. Once the target is hit and the front part is smashed, the warhead at the back will naturally be exposed.

Almost all anti-ship missiles have semi-armor-piercing warheads, which are made of hard metal on the outside and explosives on the inside.

How strong is this layer of hard metal? There is no specific data on the supersonic Sunburn missile, but the Eagle Strike-8 anti-ship missile exported domestically and abroad can penetrate the 60 mm thick No. 120 steel plate even if it hits a warship at a 52-degree angle, and then continue to drill forward for a few meters before exploding.

As for the Sunburn missile, this data will be even stronger. After all, once it hits a warship, it can smash a big hole in the target at a speed of 2.3 Mach. Its warhead is definitely strong. Of the -kilogram warhead, I'm afraid that more than kilograms is the weight of this piece of metal.

Therefore, even a 30mm tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullet cannot penetrate its warhead.

However, the interception mission was accomplished by destroying the electronic equipment in front of the missile. The missile no longer had any accuracy and could not even maintain normal flight. Its head tilted and it began to fall downwards.

Just as it lowered its head, a second armor-piercing discarding sabot shell flew over and hit the center of its body.

There was no obstruction from the warhead here, so the armor-piercing bullet successfully smashed in and then smashed out from the opposite side, piercing through it. The next second, white smoke came out of the hole.

The missile hit the fuel tank exactly!
In fact, all anti-ship missiles are the same. After the warhead, the fuel tank will naturally be the next step.

The first generation of anti-ship missiles are all liquid fuels and use rocket engines. The fuel is also toxic and corrosive, so it needs to be refueled before launch, resulting in a long combat preparation time for this type of missile, which is not conducive to rapid response.

Therefore, the second-generation anti-ship missiles all use solid rocket engines. Although they have a range of only 30 to 40 kilometers, they do not need to be refueled, so the preparation time is very short and they can be launched quickly.

However, in order to increase the range, anti-ship missiles have evolved to use turbojet or turbofan engines, which again require liquid fuel. However, this is already aviation fuel, which can be stored for a long time and is not as complicated as the first generation of liquid fuel.

As for the supersonic anti-ship missile such as Sunburn, it uses a ramjet engine, so the fuel is also aviation fuel, which is easy to store and also easy to burn.

When the liquid fuel evaporated and emitted white smoke, the next second, the entire missile turned into a fireball, and then, puff!
At a height of seven meters, falling only takes one or two seconds. It is absolutely fast, and the entire interception process is completed in an instant.

However, the distance was too close, it was intercepted at a distance of three kilometers. When the missile was hit and fell into the water, it was only about one kilometer away from the Onayzai!
Watching the missile fall into the sea, Kayani breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was finally shot down. Otherwise...

If it fails to hit the target, the missile will explode according to the pre-arrangement. However, it is still dangerous after all. If the detonation time is too late, the fragments can still hit.

However, since they dare to conduct this kind of exercise, it means they are confident!

All four missiles were shot down, and in different ways!

When Americans saw these performances, they were silent.

So far, the Americans have no good way to intercept supersonic anti-ship missiles. Although their Aegis system is very advanced and standard missiles can complete the interception mission, what if there are some that slip through the net?

Their Phalanx cannot be stopped, and their RAM missiles are not 100% reliable. At least they dare not do such an experiment like those guys below.

The defensive power of the Aegis battleship is so strong!
Ah San was even more silent.

What else can the Indians say? Their BrahMos anti-ship missiles are indestructible and can destroy the Oriental aircraft carriers? Not to mention aircraft carriers, even Aegis ships can't be destroyed!
Long-range, medium-range, and short-range, it all has airtight interception capabilities!
Although the missile used for long-range interception is Mach 2.3, at this time the missile flies in a straight line, and there is no difference between Mach 2.3 and Mach 3. At close range, even Mach 3 with serpentine maneuvers can be intercepted by the Aegis battleship!
"If we were the ones being attacked, would we be able to intercept them?" Sunil asked.

No one answered.

"Mukherjee, what do you say?"

"No, even our Calcutta-class, equipped with four-sided phased array radars and Barak air defense missiles, cannot intercept supersonic missiles."

"why?"

"The Barak missile is too slow to respond effectively. I think we should develop a completely new type of air defense missile..."

What do you mean brand new? Their Barak anti-aircraft missiles are brand new! Sunil wanted to vomit blood.

In fact, if India can calm down and develop steadily, and improve on the basis of the Shikiri air defense missiles they imported from the Russians, perhaps their performance will continue to improve like the Hongqi-16 from the East, and eventually become a regional air defense missile.

However, if one can really calm down, he will no longer be an Asan. Can an Asan who does not aim too high still be a normal Asan?
Because of their blind faith in the Davidic technology, they decided to introduce the Barak missile from the Davidic country. However, India has always been too ambitious and demanded that the range of this missile should reach 70 kilometers. You know, Barak was originally a short-range missile, and the original Barak-1 had a range of only ten kilometers.

At present, the latest Barak missile weighs only 275 kilograms, is 4.5 meters long and has a diameter of only 22.5 centimeters. At first glance, it is a short-range missile. Take a look at the Hongqi 5.7 missile, which is 40 meters long, 720 centimeters in diameter and weighs kilograms.

The missile body is light and the range is long, so the Davids can only reduce the speed of the missile. After all, the lower the speed, the smaller the resistance. The maximum speed is only Mach 2, which is impossible to intercept supersonic anti-ship missiles.

Asan felt a surge of uneasiness deep in his heart. They were falling behind again. They needed to catch up. They absolutely could not let the East's technology surpass them!
Laoba Navy Command Hall.

"All four Sunburn missiles were shot down!"

At this moment, the entire command hall cheered excitedly.

"Success!"

"Our Jubail-class destroyers are the strongest!"

“Thanks to Eastern Technology!”

Everyone's face was filled with pride and everyone was excited.

Salman looked at Qin Tao and said, "Boss Qin, your Eastern technology is the best in the world. We can easily intercept Mach 3 anti-ship missiles!"

"This is also due to good user operation." Qin Tao had a smile on his face: "Of course, we will continue to work hard to further improve the performance of our weapons. There is no best, only better."

"Further improvement? We think it's already perfect."

"No, there is still room for improvement. For example, this close-in defense gun can be improved." Qin Tao began to introduce.

Before the 1990s, Eastern navies were almost blank in terms of air defense, and ship-borne close-in defense guns were only concepts but no products.

However, at that time, the Noodle Country Navy proposed the theory of future airspace windows, believing that close-in defense guns should not simply fire at the target prediction point to create a large barrage of bullets, but should create an evenly distributed artillery scatter area centered on the target prediction point to improve interception efficiency.

Whether it is 730 or 1130, it looks chaotic and direct firing, but in fact there are some rules to follow.

As the target's flying speed continues to increase, the firing rate of the close-in defense gun will need to increase. To deal with a Mach 3 target, a high firing rate of rounds per minute is required. What if the incoming anti-ship missile is even faster?
If the missile speed is increased to Mach 3.5, the firing rate needs to reach 20 rounds per minute! Will we need a -barrel machine gun in the future?

Of course not! This requires improving technology!
"Take the close-in weapon system for example. We currently have two directions for improvement. One is precision guidance. We will give the shells guidance capabilities so that they can easily fly to the target. Only a dozen shells are needed to kill the target."

The development direction of artillery shells must be precision-guided. Now large-caliber artillery already has precision-guided shells, but the price is relatively expensive. With the development of miniaturization of electronic equipment, 30mm caliber artillery shells will also have precision-guided capabilities!
"The other is the electromagnetic gun. We have made brilliant progress in the field of electromagnetic guns. When they mature, close-in defense guns can also use electromagnetic guns. The shells can fly out at high speeds, so they can hit the target more accurately..."

Everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation. What Boss Qin said sounded really good! If it was fully developed in the future, the defense of the warship would be even better.

"Boss Qin, can our warships intercept ballistic missiles?"

Finally someone has made higher demands!

It is quite difficult to intercept ballistic missiles, which has already entered the realm of anti-missile!

"Of course, no problem." Qin Tao nodded. "For now, our Hongqi-9 missiles can easily intercept Scud-like missiles. As for ballistic missiles with longer ranges, you probably won't encounter them in actual combat. In fact, at sea, no one can hit you with ballistic missiles."

The only country in the world that has anti-ship ballistic missiles is Dongfang, so the big dogs don’t have to worry about anyone attacking them with ballistic missiles!

As for using warships as mid-course anti-missile equipment? Today's dog owners don't have this concern. No one will aim ballistic missiles at them. Even if they do, they can hide in the desert. With such a large land area, big cities can be easily destroyed, but their country is not so easy to perish.

"Everyone, to celebrate this successful interception, we are going to hold a grand banquet!" Salman announced excitedly: "When the soldiers return triumphantly, we will celebrate with them!"

Xu Zhengyang frowned. This was not planned. Would it increase the danger? However, seeing Qin Tao's enthusiastic look and thinking that it was not easy for Qin Tao to come out once, Xu Zhengyang was embarrassed to object.

"I think it would be more appropriate to hold the banquet on the warship." Qin Tao said, "We can celebrate with the soldiers."

"That's right!" Salman nodded.

Is there enough space on the warship?

If it is just the canteen on the warship, it is certainly not enough. After all, the warship operates in three shifts, and the canteen is enough to meet the dining needs of one-third of the sailors. However, if other space is freed up, there will be a lot of space.

For example, the hangar and the helicopter deck.

Warships over 6,000 tons all have double hangars. The Jubail-class, which is specially designed for wealthy people, has one hangar that can accommodate private jets. When the hangar door is opened, it can be connected to the helicopter landing platform at the back. This space is enough to organize banquets for hundreds of people.

Therefore, when the Unayzah was on its way back, the two ship-borne helicopters flew to the land airport. By the time the Unayzah docked at the port, the hangar and helicopter landing platform had been vacated!
(End of this chapter)