The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can almost see that the entire shooting range simulates an aircraft carrier battle group mixed with some civilian ships.

It includes a comprehensive supply ship, a dock landing ship, a cruiser, three destroyers, and four civilian ships that are pure interference items and specially enhance the radar reflection intensity.

And the most important thing, an aircraft carrier located on the left side of the entire "fleet"——

Let other warships surround the aircraft carrier in the middle. That was an arrangement made for the effect of the program when shooting promotional photos.

In actual situations, formations generally have very clear sources of threats.

Most of the escort ships will be concentrated in this direction, protecting the highest-value targets on the other side.

And even though it's said to be concentrated, it's actually not as dense as in the photo.

Compared to the ever-changing air and land battles, the pace of naval battles is often so slow that it feels depressing.

The entire process from launch to hit is usually measured in minutes or even hours, and it may even take days to sail to the intended location.

In this case, even if the ships in the same formation are separated by one or two kilometers, it will not affect the tactical cooperation between them.

However, the shooting range is limited by area, and it is impossible to really disperse these targets over a wide area of ​​more than ten kilometers.

In addition, from a testing perspective, this is also to ensure that there are enough interference items within the SAR's field of view when the terminal seeker is activated, and to ensure that the aircraft carrier is as close to the edge of the detection range as possible, so that the entire system can be reflected more clearly. The role of guidance-control systems.

The results certainly did not disappoint.

In the processed photo, the trajectory of the warhead traced a fold line visible to the naked eye.

No need for any complicated numbers or charts.

Anyone can immediately understand what happened in those lightning-like seconds after seeing the picture.

Looking at the ferocious and terrifying mark on the ground that was like a brand, Chang Haonan's expression that had been tense all night finally relaxed slightly:

"It seems that it is at least technically feasible to integrate the target recognition algorithm on the Ocean series satellites into the radar guidance system."

As a guarantee, he still arranged a lowest-level logic when designing the program for the radar seeker.

That is, if a target with a high enough degree of fit cannot be found through the image segmentation and recognition algorithm within the predetermined search time, then directly choose a target with the largest radar reflection cross section from the field of view and penetrate it.

But last night's missile was not interfered by the corner reflector and accurately found the only correct one among the targets.

"Yes...and the target discrimination in this shooting range is much more difficult than in a real aircraft carrier formation."

Xing Muchun was sitting opposite Chang Haonan at this time. He also stretched his neck and looked at the situation on the ground through the porthole:

"The only pity is that we really can't sail on dry land, and time and cost do not allow us to restore a more accurate target shape... Otherwise, this verification bomb can even complete the test of attacking moving targets. "

The latter couldn't help but shake his head in laughter, thinking that Xing Muchun was a rather traditional conservative a year ago, but now he is more radical than himself.

I don't know what's going on...

At this time, Dai Pengxin, who was sitting on the other side of the cabin, continued:

“Actually, boating on dry land may not be impossible.”

Of course Chang Haonan had known their plan for a long time, so he just continued to observe the situation on the ground with his telescope.

But the other few people were still attracted by this sentence.

"We plan to lay a section of railway track at the new shooting range next to it, and then use a batch of old locomotives to mount the shells of large ships as movable simulated targets, so that we can simulate sailing warships."

"In addition, if the rails have curves, it can even simulate the target during high-speed avoidance..."

"..."

While everyone was talking, the helicopter had already circled the entire bomb drop area.

Then they landed on the four outer aprons one after another.

The person in charge of the shooting range is a colonel and has been waiting here for some time.

After seeing Chang Haonan coming out of the cabin, he quickly stepped forward in three steps and saluted him:

"Director of the Second Artillery Effect Test Range, Wang Hongrang, reports to you!"

Chang Haonan did not have a military rank, so it was naturally impossible for him to return the salute, so he had no choice but to shake hands with the other party.

Then he walked onto the jeep parked not far away and said with greetings:

"Director Wang, your voice seems a bit familiar to me?"

Speaking of what happened last night, Wang Hongrang, who was walking next to him, was inevitably a little embarrassed.

Subconsciously, he wanted to scratch his head, but he only touched his helmet, so he had to put down his hand in embarrassment:

"The scene last night... really shocked me."

"To be honest, I, Lao Wang, have been working in the Second Artillery for almost 20 years, and I have never seen such a posture. It is just like the thunder described in the mythical novel..."

For general ballistic missiles, a terminal speed of about Mach 7.5 can only be achieved by a mid-range or above model.

In the past few decades, China has actually not conducted many missile tests of this level.

Even fewer have direct witness conditions.

Wang Hongrang didn't have a chance to see him, which was normal.

However, Chang Haonan didn't really care about the dozens of seconds that the other party was stunned for last night, so he didn't continue immediately, but looked at the yellow sand sky outside through the car window for a while.

It wasn't until the convoy entered the target area and stopped again that it suddenly spoke again:

"Director Wang, how long has it been since this effect testing range was built?"

"About a year and a half..."

Wang Hongrang said almost without thinking:

"It was formally established in the fall of 2004. Yesterday was the second official mission."

Chang Haonan roughly estimated the other party's age, and then said:

"Then you should have many opportunities in the future."

"a lot of……"

Wang Hongrang still didn't react:

"But I think this missile test went well... shouldn't there be many more test launches?"

This effect range is a bit like a weapons testing center. It will only be used when new models, new technologies, or new tactics are involved.

Mature equipment that has been finalized and put into service is rarely launched here.

Chang Haonan smiled and patted the other party's shoulder:

"Just wait, there will be something better than this..."

After saying that, he put on his hat again and jumped out of the car first.

…

"Reporting to the leader, the warhead excavation work has been completed. Please give your instructions!"

A man wearing heavy bomb-proof clothing stood next to the jeep.

Due to the equipment he was wearing, he couldn't even raise his arms to complete the salute.

"Academician Chang, this is Sheng Jianhua, the ace EOD expert at our shooting range. He is a sixth-term non-commissioned officer and has a longer military service than the commander of our base."

Wang Hongrang also came around from the other side and introduced Chang Haonan.

Under normal circumstances, EOD operators actually need to come into play only when there is a dud.

A high-explosive warhead that detonates normally will basically shatter into pieces, and there are no conditions to exclude it.

However, the verification bomb did not have a warhead, and the superiors were worried about the risks to the solid fuel in the accelerating engine, so they were asked to dig out the warhead before Chang Haonan and others arrived.

The equipment next to it that looks a bit like a drilling machine is used for this purpose.

After briefly listening to the report from the shooting range, Chang Haonan and his team finally arrived at the bullet drop point last night under the leadership of Wang Hongrang.

When I looked down from mid-air just now, due to the distance, I could only see a circle of charred blackness and bulges around it.

But now, by observing closely, we can intuitively realize the astonishing impact the warhead had on the ground.

"Oh my god..."

Xing Muchun has a background in rocket science, but he has never seen a missile hit:

"It must be more than ten meters deep, right?"

Because it is a cement surface, the opening that was actually smashed was not that big.

When he was looking down and talking, he could even hear a faint echo.

Just outrageous.

"To be precise, it's 12.7 meters."

Wang Hongrang added next to him.

After saying that, he stamped his feet on the ground again:

"Without this relatively strong concrete slab to block it, it would probably have reached 20 meters, or even further down... In that case, our equipment would not be able to reach directly, and we would have to use an excavator to dig up the area, and then Only then can we take out the remains of the warhead.”

Today, these simulated targets are all flat targets and do not have the exaggerated thickness of real aircraft carriers.

But it is also much stronger than the foundation.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk—”

Although Chang Haonan had already told the chief about the ground-penetrating warhead, he had been working on aircraft and aviation engines before and had no specific idea about the penetration of ammunition.

Nowadays, just an ordinary warhead can produce such an effect, but if it is replaced with an earth-penetrating warhead...

Some rebels are really lucky if they lose their party.

Thinking of this, Chang Haonan straightened up and waved to Wang Hongrang behind him:

"Director Wang, get a strong flashlight... No, get a searchlight and make it brighter inside!"

"searchlight?"

The latter had a look of confusion on his face.

"This afternoon, I'm going to the capital to give a report. Let's take a nice photo of the crater so that the chief can feel the destructive power of this thing..."