This is the first-generation air-to-air missile developed by Vegapunk according to Li Yan's Blue Star fighter development history, with a range of only more than ten kilometers.

But this can definitely be regarded as a major innovation in the world of pirates.

After confirming that the target was locked, Weber pressed the launch button without hesitation. More than ten seconds later...

boom!!!

"Old Bei, this missile is pretty good!"

"It's not good at all, but there are still many problems. The range is short and the maneuverability is poor. If it weren't for the fact that the drone can only fly levelly, it wouldn't be that easy to hit!"

Shaking his head, Vegapunk said.

What he said is also true.

The target drone used this time was simply the result of the pilot flying the Mustang fighter into the air, locking it in level flight and then breaking away.

But in actual combat, when a missile is discovered, the meeting must be excited to dodge, not to mention those individual combatants with the ability to fly, whose targets are smaller and their actions are more flexible.

Therefore, in Vegapunk's view, the missile this time is at best a technical proof and does not have much actual combat capability.

"By the way, Lao Bei, how is the progress of surface-to-surface missiles and anti-ship missiles?"

After putting down the telescope, Li Yan turned around and asked.

"Everything else is fine. The main issue is the precise strike at the end."

"If you want to attack a general range, it's easy. Just calculate the distance and launch it. But if you want to attack a certain target accurately, you need the guidance you mentioned before."

"Although I have considered the satellite navigation system you mentioned before, this thing is not realistic in the short term, so I plan to insert the intelligent system on the test machine into the missile, and the intelligence will perform terminal locking and guidance.

"

hiss...

Are you planning to put the pacifist system directly into the missile?

Vegapunk really dares to think.

In the original work, the pacifists have an intelligent system that, in addition to controlling physical combat, can also identify targets and even have facial recognition functions.

If this system is integrated into a missile, it can indeed achieve precision strikes without satellite guidance.

However, will the cost be too high?

After all, Li Yan could understand the system on the fighter plane, and the entire manufacturing cost directly reached 8 million Baileys.

If one is installed in every missile, then the cost of this missile must be at least tens of millions of beli. A dozen missiles can be worth the construction cost of a destroyer.

Thinking of this, Li Yan couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Don't worry, the intelligence used in the missile is not as complicated as that on the fighter plane. After all, it does not need so many functions. You only need to design a system that can perform target identification and missile attitude control."

"After mass production, the cost should not exceed 1 million Baileys."

Vegapunk on the side seemed to have seen through what Li Yan was currently thinking, and immediately spoke.

Hearing this, Li Yan also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, what Vegapunk said the next moment made Li Yan a little confused.

"Of course, this is just a temporary measure that has no other choice. If you really want to say it, I'm still interested in the satellite navigation you mentioned!"

"I already have some ideas for this project. After the second-generation fighter project is completed, I will focus most of my energy on this. I will also list the various things needed for you as soon as possible."

What, you are about to go to heaven... no, to the universe?

Suddenly, Li Yan felt that Levin's scientific research speed was not good enough.

Compared to this one, it's simply...

Even before the industrial system has been built, we have to build a rocket to go to the sky and deploy a global navigation system.

Who would believe this?

"Okay, I will prepare everything you need!"

After being confused for a while, Li Yan nodded and said.

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Soon, another month passed.

Come October 1519.

Today is a big day for Alabasta.

First, the First Bridge over the Santo River, which took two months to complete, was officially completed and opened to the public.

This 40-kilometer-long super bridge directly connects both ends of the Santo River in Alabasta, making domestic economic ties closer.

Secondly, the Ministry of Transportation of Alabasta was formally established. The first batch of passenger cars and freight trucks ordered from Donghai have been delivered and distributed to various cities in the kingdom.

And the oil produced in Yuba finally had a regular market for the first time except in the East China Sea Navy.

After all, cars are large consumers of oil, and as cars become more and more popular, the consumption of oil will also increase.

When more kingdoms have cars in the future, Alabasta will be able to export oil, bringing huge benefits to the entire country.

After all, the demand for Li Yan is not very high at the moment, so in the end, this thing still has to be decided by the private sector!

Of course, Alabasta's explosive recovery has also attracted the attention of many people, the most important of which is the pirate force.

Jealous of the increasingly wealthy kingdom, many pirates plan to come here to make a fortune.

But today's Alabasta is no longer the Alabasta it once was.

The naval base in Yuba, coupled with the elite navy soldiers from the East China Sea, directly surrounded Eruma and Yuba to provide strong protection. All pirates who wanted to cause trouble were, without exception, captured, and then

Sent to the undersea prison in the East China Sea.

On the other side of the Santo River, Rapeseed Port has no naval base and no protection from the East China Sea Navy.

However, a royal army of 100,000 people has been stationed here for a long time.

This is not an ordinary Kingdom Army, but one that has been trained by Weiwei for several months.

Although it is not as good as the results of the Donghai Marine Corps in the gravity training room, it is already very elite compared to the armies of other kingdoms.

In addition, Li Yan exported a large number of Corona Type 18s to Alabasta, as well as large-caliber coastal defense artillery.

This is really not a place where ordinary pirate groups can come to cause trouble.

Even if the super-nova-level pirate group in the first half wants to come here to cause trouble, they still have to weigh whether they have the strength.

but...

Although the defenses of Alabasta's two major ports are now fine, there are also areas that give Cobra a headache.

That is...

One is that coastal defense artillery sank so many pirate ships that a large number of shipwrecks in shallow waters within a few kilometers of the port posed a threat to the waterway.

Another is that after the pirates discovered that it was unrealistic to invade Alabasta, they no longer approached the attack range of the coastal defense guns, but instead robbed various passing ships from a safe distance.

Yes, Alabasta's army is very powerful, but the problem is...

Alabasta and other kingdoms in the pirate world have the same problem, that is...
Chapter completed!