Following the command of the company commander, the 9m83 launch vehicle outside began to move.
With the quadruple missile launching tube, only a bang was heard, and a huge missile flew out from the launch port.
However, there was no flame in sight, the bang just now was just the sound of high-pressure air.
In the past, missiles were launched with the boom tilted. In this case, where the target is, the missile needs to turn in which direction first, otherwise, the missile will detour.
The boom needs to rotate, which delays time. Therefore, some people think of launching the missile vertically, so that wherever there is a threat, the missile can be turned wherever it is. Of course, it is also said that such a launch will delay time.
At the same time, with the development of technology, the vertical launch of missiles is already inevitable. Looking at later generations, you will know that almost all warships, the double boom launchers have disappeared, and they have become vertical launches.
When the boom is used, the missile is on the outside. The missile is prone to failure due to wind and sun. When launched vertically, the outside of the missile is directly wrapped with the integrated transport and launching cylinder. The missile is usually sealed inside. Greatly reduce the probability of failure.
At the same time, the boom launching device requires a fully automatic loading system at the back. After launching, it is reset and reloaded. The vertical launch is no longer necessary. It is directly a launch unit with a higher firepower density.
Therefore, the current s300 system has chosen a new generation of vertical launch system.
When launching vertically, there is still a problem. Does the missile ignite inside the launch tube, and is it still ignited outside the launch tube
The U.S. uses the method of igniting in the launch tube. This is thermal launch. In this launch method, as long as the firing command is issued, the missile will be ignited in the launch tube, flying away from the launch tube with a hot flame cylinder.
In this case, the missile’s launch tube needs to be specially designed for heat resistance. At the same time, it also needs to have a complicated diversion groove. The flames are all contained in the launch tube. The launch tube will definitely explode. Diversion to the outside is enough.
In contrast, the Soviets used the simplest method to solve this problem. Since the launch pad is troublesome inside the tube, then use a simple method to solve it and let it launch outside the tube!
The Soviet solution to the problem has always been simple and crude, as if it were to achieve three times the speed of sound. The Americans used expensive titanium alloys that were difficult to process, while the Soviets directly used stainless steel.
To launch a missile, in order to be simple and effective, people are inside, first use high-pressure air to eject it!
In addition, cold launch has another advantage. If the missile fails to ignite, it will explode. If hot launch is used, there are other missiles around. Once the failed launch explosion, it will definitely detonate others. The missile, as a result, the launch position was destroyed.
The 9m83 missile, after being discovered by the West, gained the nickname of "Fighter". This missile has a length of 7.8 meters, a projectile diameter of 0.8 meters, and a take-off mass of 2,318 kilograms.
Yes, this is a big guy with more than two tons. Are you afraid of such a surface-to-air missile
In order to increase the range, you need to load more fuel. With more fuel, the projectile body will be thicker and the resistance will be greater. Therefore, a larger engine is needed. If the engine consumes more fuel, more fuel is needed. fuel.
This is almost like an endless loop. It keeps rolling snowballs, and it becomes a terrible figure of two tons. Such a missile is abnormal enough, right
There is even more abnormal than it, another missile under development, with a length of 10 meters and a take-off mass of 4,690 kg!
If you want to eject a missile of more than two tons, ordinary compressed air in a gas cylinder is definitely not enough. Therefore, the Soviet Union specially developed a gas generator in the launch tube for this purpose. The missile ejects out of the barrel.
When it left the launch tube, its speed had reached 50 meters per second. Of course, this speed was far from the launch speed of the missile. The flight speed of this missile was 1,700 meters per second.
At this speed, the missile continues its upward inertial flight, about 50 meters to 80 meters high, the tail engine should be ignited, and as the hot flames emerge, the missile will quickly rush towards the target.
But now, after the missile flew out, it made a vertical throwing motion upwards, and its flight speed became slower and slower.
Not far from the missile launch vehicle, officers and soldiers were there waiting. Everything was automated and did not require their operations, but if an unexpected situation occurred, they had to go up.
Now, the missile flew upwards, and the speed was getting slower and slower, but there was no sign of ignition.
Although it didn't take long for the missiles to be equipped, the missile soldiers on the ground still reacted: "No, run away!"
The first person yelled and ran backwards while screaming. At the same time, the others also reacted and slammed their legs one by one, faster than anyone else.
Sure enough, the speed of the missile was getting slower and slower. Eventually, the speed was reduced to zero, and then it began to fall downward!
Using cold launch can avoid the problem of the stinky bomb exploding in the launch tube, but it also causes another problem. Once the missile is ejected and does not ignite, what will happen
The missile will definitely fall!
Therefore, on warships, the densely packed vertical silos are not completely vertical, but have a certain angle with the longitudinal axis of the warship. In this way, when the missile fails to ignite, it will fall, and it will not fall. On a warship.
But now, this vertical launch tube is not absolutely ninety degrees, with a small included angle, so even though the missile falls, there is still a safe distance of more than ten meters from the launch vehicle.
Is this distance of ten meters safe enough? It depends on the meaning of the missile. Under normal circumstances, a missile will explode when it falls, not only its warhead, but also its propellant, two-stage rocket engine, and the charge there will also be burned. .
Now, the missile failed to launch and fell down, and the rest of the people ran as far away as possible.
No one dared to look back, and they would not see this damn missile. When it fell, it happened to roll down the hillside!
The area on the top of the mountain is small, and the missile position is barely spread out. Now, the missile launcher is almost on the edge of the mountain top. Now, the missile fell down, and it happened to roll down the hillside!
"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded at the moment it touched the ground. The missile exploded, ignited a raging fire, and debris flew horizontally, but by chance, all were blocked by the hillside, and the launch vehicle was unharmed. (End of this chapter)