Yao Ziliang was also stunned when he heard Zhao Yi's words. He didn't understand why his tone was so certain. Just now he was still assuming, with an uncertain tone.
Zhao Yi saw Yao Ziliang stunned on the spot and said with a smile: "I just suddenly thought of a super aircraft structure, which I call a waverider. The speed of an aircraft using the waverider structure can reach Mach 5 to Mach 20.
Not only that, the aircraft using the waverider design can fly to a height of more than 30,000 meters, which is a height that is difficult for current aircraft to reach.
Think about it, where should this technology be used? "
When Yao Ziliang heard Zhao Yi's rhetorical question, he blurted out instantly: "Long-range missiles mainly design long-range missile warheads as waveriders. Then they can achieve ultra-high altitude and ultra-high speed operation. Then it can be declared that all current anti-missile systems will be ineffective." .”
Hearing Yao Ziliang's words, Zhao nodded and said, "You are right. The most suitable use scenario for this structure is on long-range ballistic missiles. It is the most effective technical means to deal with anti-missile systems.
We all know that with current missile technology, if you want to break through the enemy's anti-missile system, you usually use covert technologies, such as ultra-low altitude flight, stealth technology, etc.
These are all tricks. As radar technology becomes more and more advanced, especially the development of active phased array radar technology, this penetration mode becomes increasingly inadequate.
Moreover, the ground environment is complex, and ultra-low-altitude flight requires real-time calculation of terrain and landforms. The flight speed cannot be too fast. As long as it is discovered, it will mark the failure of the mission.
However, the waverider structure missile technology can defeat ten enemies with one force. Due to its characteristics of high altitude, high speed, and changeable ballistics, even if the opponent discovers this kind of missile, it will be of no avail. It will be difficult for them to intercept it.
If the anti-missile system is a shield, then the missile with a waverider structure is the most advantageous spear. As long as the spear is sharp enough, no matter how strong the shield is, it can be penetrated instantly. "
"Mr. Zhao is right. If the parameter requirements you mentioned can really be achieved, then this missile technology will become the sharpest spear to break through any anti-missile system.
However, if you want to achieve the characteristics of high altitude, high speed and variable trajectory, it cannot be achieved by just an appearance design. This requires a very powerful power system.
The power system currently installed on the rocket is already the largest, but it still cannot reach such a high speed in a short time, at least not with the current engine technology.
If the speed of the waverider cannot be increased to the maximum in a short period of time, the real effect will be greatly reduced. Now that satellite technology is quite mature, such long-range missiles can easily be captured by military satellites once launched.
The enemy can use anti-missile missiles to intercept the missile when its speed has not reached its maximum, which is an effective interception method. Especially in wartime, the sky above the country must be full of military satellites, and the probability of being discovered in advance is greatly increased. "
In such a short period of time, Yao Ziliang analyzed that the power system required to achieve such speed is very demanding. Currently, no engine can provide such a large power.
This shows that he has not been dazzled by the bright future described by Zhao Yi. It is also a reflection of his own excellent military skills. At least as the person in charge of a military industrial enterprise, his analytical ability is qualified.
As he said, the rocket engines currently provided by Star Power Company to Future Space Technology Company are already the most advanced rocket engines in the world.
Don't look at it. Future Space Technology launches rockets just to send satellites into space. It is not like the United States, either strolling on the moon or exploring Mars.
It’s not that Future Space Technology Company’s rockets can’t do it, but it’s just that there is no need for it at present. As a private enterprise, the most important thing is to maintain a good financial situation of the company, rather than trying to make money with others.
Especially in the current international environment, we only need to lay a solid foundation at home with peace of mind and consolidate basic space theory and related technologies. There will always be a time to soar into the sky in the future.
In other words, ordinary rocket engine technology cannot meet the power requirements of this waverider missile. Yao Ziliangyi cannot think of any other engine technology that can achieve this goal.
"What you said is correct. The current engine technology cannot meet this requirement. Even if it is built, it may still be intercepted by the enemy's anti-missile system due to its relatively slow speed.
The number of such strategic long-range missiles is generally not very large, and it is impossible to launch them in swarms like rockets to carry out saturation attacks. Therefore, the penetration success rate must be very high to be a deterrent.
Therefore, what works with the waverider missile is the scramjet engine technology. This kind of engine can easily achieve speeds more than 4 times faster than the rocket engine. It is simply born for the waverider missile. "Zhao Yi said with a smile.
When Yao Ziliang heard Zhao Yi mention that scramjet technology has such powerful capabilities, he couldn't help but want to ask about the implementation principle, but he still held back.
Just like when Zhao Yi talked about the wave riding body earlier, Yao Ziliang also resisted asking for specific details.
First, this place is not suitable for asking such detailed questions. Although it also has very strict security protection capabilities, it will not become a key target of hostile forces.
However, according to the confidentiality requirements of Huaxia Military Industrial Company, it is not suitable to discuss relevant technical details here. If you want to discuss technical details, you must go to a special conference room, or the entire site needs to be searched.
Although there were only two of them at the scene, they still had to be vigilant and adhere to the confidentiality principles, even if one of them was the boss and the other was the president.
The second is his absolute admiration for Zhao Yi's skills. If someone else told Yao Ziliang these things, he would first think about whether he could achieve this goal based on his own knowledge and experience.
If he cannot think of the possibility of implementation based on his own knowledge and experience, then he will definitely be skeptical and ask the other party to provide more detailed implementation principles.
But Zhao Yi is different. The technology flowing out of Zhao Yi's hands is countless. Although most of the technologies are one level higher than the world's advanced level, they are not considered black technologies and are an extension of the development of existing technologies.
But occasionally one or two black technologies will come out of his hands, such as artificial intelligence technology. China Military Industrial Company also has an abridged version of artificial intelligence provided by Zhao Yi.
Although the military equipment they provide currently does not use artificial intelligence technology, their next-generation military equipment may use artificial intelligence technology.
Because of the next generation of military equipment, in addition to upgrading and developing manually operated military equipment, the other is to research unmanned equipment. At this time, artificial intelligence technology is necessary.
Of course, primary unmanned military equipment does not necessarily require artificial intelligence technology, but only advanced communication technology, which can be remotely operated by humans to carry out military reconnaissance and military strikes against targets.
However, this mode of unmanned military equipment is easy to be interfered with. As long as it interferes with the other party's communications, it will be difficult for the unmanned military equipment to exert its intended effect.
Moreover, manual operation must require that the speed of unmanned military equipment cannot be too fast. If the speed is too fast, it cannot be controlled remotely in real time, and it is very prone to problems.
Moreover, this kind of unmanned military equipment cannot carry out complex military tasks. If it is an asymmetric war, fortunately, if both the enemy and ourselves have strong military forces, the effect will be greatly reduced.
However, although Yao Ziliang did not ask about the technical details on the spot, he still couldn't help but said to Zhao Yi: "If the information is sorted out and you can give us a copy, our next generation equipment may be able to use it."
Although what he said was vague, Zhao Yi understood what he meant. This kind of ultra-high-speed aircraft cannot be operated manually, so it can only be used on unmanned aircraft.
Among the next-generation military equipment of China Military Industrial Company, unmanned military equipment will be a very important research and development project. If combined with artificial intelligence, it does have many technical advantages that manned aircraft cannot achieve.
Of course, Zhao Yi agreed to Yao Ziliang's request. Although this technology was intended for exchange, he would definitely keep a copy for himself.
The rest was much simpler. Yao Ziliang led Zhao Yi to inspect various places of Huaxia Military Industrial Company, especially the completed military equipment line and their research and development center.
In their army equipment testing ground, Zhao Yi had a lot of fun. If their military aircraft were just the same, then the army equipment was relatively complete.
The heavy tanks, light tanks, and armored personnel carriers they developed all use conventional artillery shells. Even if they are special artillery shells, the size specifications will basically not differ much.
For these things, their army combat vehicles provide corresponding solutions. There is no need to replace the equipment inside, and various types of artillery shells can be used directly on them.
So Zhao Yi got on a tank and drove the tank for a ride himself. However, since it was on flat ground, apart from being more refreshing, it was not as enjoyable as driving in mud, mountains or water.
But this was enough. He didn't know what the tanks developed by other military industrial companies were like, but he had a good experience riding in his own tank. It was not as bumpy as he had imagined before.
After inspecting this place, Zhao Yi planned to go to the shipyard to have a look. When Yao Ziliang heard that he planned to go to the shipyard to see the manufacturing status of warships, he said he wanted to go together.
Just like that, the two of them took a special plane and headed to Dalian together. Their current warship manufacturing base was arranged here, and it was also the headquarters of Haiyan Shipping Company.
Compared with their aviation military equipment and land military equipment, which need to be manufactured by themselves, the naval equipment can be said to be the result of cooperation with Haiyan Shipping Company.
Huaxia Military Industrial Company provides warship technology and drawings, and Haiyan Shipbuilding Company is responsible for the construction, because now Haiyan Shipbuilding Company has accumulated a lot of technology and skilled workers in ship construction.
However, according to Zhao Yi's thinking, this situation will not last long. In the future, these workers and related personnel who manufacture warships will be transferred to China Military Industrial Company.
The first purpose of doing this is to separate Haiyan Shipping Company from military projects so that there is no overlap between the two, because according to the experience of the previous life, if this kind of business group is involved in the military industry, it is easy to be sanctioned by others.
In the final analysis, Haiyan Shipping Company mainly focuses on the manufacturing of merchant ships, which is also their main source of profit. If it is implicated, the losses in this area will be very large, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
However, if China Military Industrial Company is sanctioned, it will basically not have much impact. Anyway, their products are sold to the country. Even if they are exported, it depends on whether the other party is a friendly country to us.
This is completely different from the logic in the business field. With advanced military equipment and technology, people can only beg you to buy it, and you have to decide whether to sell it to them or not depending on your mood.
This is the gap. Military equipment, especially advanced military equipment, is too weak in substitutability. Basically, there is no place to buy it except your home.
He separated the military equipment research departments that were originally distributed in various enterprises and established the Huaxia Military Industrial Company. It was also based on this consideration that he wanted to return civilian enterprises to business and allow military industrial enterprises to focus more on military industry.
When Zhao Yi and Yao Ziliang arrived at the shipyard in Dalian, the dock was still empty because their warship manufacturing adopted a segmented modular manufacturing model, and each component is still being manufactured in various factories.
After the components used in each warship are manufactured in the factory, they will be transported to the dock for overall assembly and welding. Compared with the one-piece construction model, it is much faster.
However, if we want to ensure that the warships manufactured in segmented modularization can achieve the same strength and performance as the warships manufactured in one piece, welding technology must be solved.
As the world's largest merchant ship manufacturer, Haiyan Shipping Company already possesses high-level technology in hull welding. Through targeted training in the early stage, relevant technical workers have also met the technical requirements.
However, there are still some differences between warship welding technology and civilian ship welding technology. This is mainly reflected in the difference in welding materials, and different welding materials also require the use of different welding technologies.
For example, titanium alloy welding technology cannot be achieved by ordinary merchant ship welding technology, so this technology is still provided by Huaxia Military Industrial Company, and Haiyan Shipbuilding Company is responsible for providing high-tech workers.
Zhao Yi turned around and followed Yao Ziliang, accompanied by the person in charge, to inspect the operation of each component factory and the current manufacturing progress of the warship.
After looking through it, Zhao Yi almost understood the situation here. Although there are already precedents for using segmented construction of warships internationally, this is indeed the first time it has been used in our country.
Because using this construction mode requires very high welding technology, the performance difference between the welded part and the main part needs to be about 3%. Previously, our technology in this area was not up to par, and there was no way to use the segmented mode to build warships.
As the first warship built using this model in China, workers and technicians in various factories are also learning and groping for manufacturing, so the progress is still a bit slow.
However, Zhao Yi is not in a hurry. After the first warship is built, it will be much simpler. By then, these workers will have been trained, and with the use of modern advanced tools, the speed will be much faster.
When this assembly line construction model matures and a complete system is established, the speed of building warships will be as fast as making dumplings.
The main work in the shipyard is final assembly and welding. Other equipment and parts are transported from various factories. Even in peacetime, as long as the parts and components of each factory can keep up, it is more than enough to launch 4 to 5 ships a year. of.
However, they are also facing the same dilemma as military aircraft. Currently, their firepower system has not been finalized. Although several plans have been provided, as long as they are not finalized, it will be impossible for the warships here to complete it.
In addition to the firepower system, various radar technologies such as passive sonar, fire control radar, active phased array radar, etc. all belong to China Military Industrial Company, and these equipment are also being manufactured intensively in various other factories. among.
In particular, the active phased array radar technology used inside can be said to be the most advanced technology in the world, and is much more advanced than passive phased array radar technology.
In addition, there is the supporting fire control system. China Military Industrial Company also has a very good foundation in this regard, but the actual situation is not yet certain, because the fire control system needs to be used in conjunction with firepower.
Previously, China Military Industrial Company only conducted relevant simulation experiments on supercomputers. It remains to be seen what the real situation will be, especially when third-party firepower equipment is used.
After all, I don’t know what the parameters of my own products are. As for third-party firepower equipment, Huaxia Military Industries has limited data and cannot produce more accurate simulation data.
It should be said that this company has been established for a short time, and the types and quantities of equipment it manufactured for the first time are too many. If it develops slowly, the specific parameters of domestic third-party firepower equipment will basically be eliminated as long as they cooperate once. Clear.
As long as you survive the first cooperation, the difficulties you will face later will be much smaller, but Zhao Yi has now set his goal to produce his own firepower system.
This is not only because of the huge interests involved, but also because he does not want to be so controlled by others in subsequent equipment research and development. After inspecting it in the past few days, he feels that it is "uncomfortable".
This is the trouble caused by not being able to decide on many things by oneself. This is why Zhao Yi likes to do everything by himself. In addition to having excellent capital and technology, the most important thing is that he can carry out various research and development work as he pleases, so that he does not have to be controlled by others.
This is not only the military field, but also the civilian field. For example, the tablet computer developed by Polaris Company. If many things were not produced by itself, then this product would not be available in this era.
In the case of the entire industry chain, Polaris only needs to propose a concept and come up with an overall design. After each company evaluates the commercial prospects of this product, it will immediately invest resources in research and development.
Since they are all brother companies and are fully owned by the same boss, there are not so many wrangling things happening, and all work progresses much faster.
This is why Polaris attaches great importance to developing products that far exceed the technological level of this era. If the relevant industrial chain cannot be independent, then many things will not be promoted.
The reason is simple. It is impossible for others to risk investing heavily in R&D technology for your R&D plan. If it fails, the losses will be huge and even lead to the bankruptcy of the company.
After inspecting the manufacturing situation of warships here, Zhao Yi and Yao Ziliang separated and went to the headquarters of Haiyan Shipping Company to have a detailed understanding of the situation on their side.
It seems that the last time I came here was a long time ago. Since I came here this time, I need to take a closer look at the situation here, especially communicate with their R&D department.
As for the business plan, it was already mentioned at the annual meeting. There is nothing more to say in this regard now. The main thing is to implement it well. (End of chapter)