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Volume Nine, Undercurrent, Chapter 64, No Choice

Yushu told the news about Asian newspapers three times, and Westwood blocked the hope that the power of the hope is Asians... The murderous official blocked the outside...

Duchwie's report was not cumbersome, and within a few hours, he could not write too complicated reports, but the president attached great importance to it and even regarded it as a top priority.

After reading the report, the cigar in Westwood's hand also burned to the end.

"Can you be willing to be rude?"

"Basically sure."

Westwood picked up another cigar and signaled Duchway to speak more in detail.

"As early as a few years ago, we received information that China has developed an unmanned technology verification aircraft equipped with electromagnetic propulsion systems and neural network operating systems, and its performance is far above ours. These two new systems, either can completely change the face of air force and trigger the most significant aviation technological revolution since the jet engine. Relatively speaking, the impact of electromagnetic propulsion systems is more profound. After the Japanese War, we and China both invested huge research and development funds in the field of "aerospace integration, and strived to build an air force integrated aerospace and occupy the commanding heights of future wars. The key to determining whether "aerospace integration can be achieved is the propulsion system. Although my country is more advanced than China in traditional propulsion systems, China is ahead of us in the electromagnetic propulsion systems representing the direction of future development, and may even be ten years ahead of us. The gap is very obvious."

Westwood frowned slightly.

"There is nothing to be surprised about. The theory of electromagnetic propulsion system is not complicated. The jet propulsion laboratory has already made a prototype. However, in order to make the electromagnetic propulsion system practical, it must rely on higher-level composite batteries and more advanced power recovery systems. According to the theoretical calculation results of the jet propulsion laboratory, at least force-level composite batteries are needed. We can only manufacture port-level composite batteries, and the laboratory can only synthesize old-level composite batteries, which is still very far from practicality. As early as a few years ago, China synthesized composite batteries above the knife level in the laboratory, and soon completed the preparations for industrial production. In terms of power recovery systems, China has mastered the basic principles by developing coil electromagnetic guns. Our coil electromagnetic guns are still in the theoretical research stage, and the gap is also very obvious."

"According to your opinion, we will never be able to catch up with China?"

"It's not impossible, it's just very difficult." Du Qiwei paused for a moment and said. "Relatively speaking, the gap in electromagnetic propulsion systems will not have a big impact in the next few years. After all, electromagnetic propulsion systems are in their infancy. The main technical performance is far less than that of traditional propulsion systems. They basically do not have practical combat capabilities. According to the most optimistic estimate, it will take China ten to fifteen years to complete technical accumulation, so that the efficiency of electromagnetic propulsion systems exceeds that of traditional engines. In other words, we can catch up during this period. China's "aerospace fighter jets, when they go to the sky, ours can almost test flights, and there is no essential difference in determining the outcome."

Westwood nodded without interrupting Duchway.

"I think the new generation of unmanned combat platforms controlled by neural network operating systems is more worthy of attention." Du Qiwei took out a cigarette, lit it and took a few sips before saying, "China's Brahma, the technical verification machine is mainly used to test the actual performance of neural network operating systems. Testing the electric bump propulsion system is only a secondary purpose. We all know that the intelligence of electronic computers is far from meeting the needs of war. Even if it can be unmanned, it must be remotely controlled by the operator at certain critical moments. With the large-scale investment of electromagnetic weapons into war, the risk of remote control operation is too great. An electromagnetic bomb can turn an unmanned combat platform within a radius of dozens of kilometers into scrap copper and iron. A real unmanned combat platform must be highly intelligent and can independently complete attack tasks without relying on the operator.

This is also the main development direction of the new generation of unmanned combat systems, and we and China have invested a lot of money."

"Can it prove that China has made a breakthrough?"

Duchway glanced at the documents in the president's hand, and Westwood immediately reacted.

"You only mentioned that there is possibility, but there is no exact statement."

"Because there was no exact information, no final judgment was made." Duqiwei's answer was very direct, "From the combat situation, China must have used a variety of new weapons and equipment on the battlefield, including "Brahma," which included "Brahma," last year we received intelligence, at least several "Brahma, with basic combat capabilities, conducted live-fire attack tests at test bases in northwest China. At the beginning of the battle, India's strategic air defense command center was first hit. According to the photos taken by the reconnaissance satellite, it can be concluded that at least one hypersonic cruise missile hit the target. Although China used land-based cruise missiles in the war, there was no evidence to prove that the land-based cruise missile hit the Indian strategic air defense command center. Before the bombing began, India's air defense alert system was in working state and could detect incoming targets in time. In the situation at that time, only the Chinese Air Force's "Brahma. Technical Verification Plane could break through the Indian air defense network and attack the strategic air defense command center."

“It’s just a possibility

"There are more possibilities." Duqiwei seemed to expect that the president would not immediately believe his analysis. He said, "After the attack began, the Indian Air Force immediately took off to fight. At this time, three early warning aircraft far away from the front were attacked and shot down by missiles without exception. The thugs prepared by the Indian Air Force were shot down by the latest air-to-air missiles with passive anti-radiation guidance capabilities developed by the Chinese Air Force. However, the one patrolling over Bhopal was not only impossible to detect early warning aircraft in advance, but also could not attack early warning aircraft quietly. There is only one possibility, that is, it is not ordinary fighter aircraft that attacked the Indian early warning aircraft. But "Brahma, technical verification aircraft."

Westwood frowned, and believed Duchwit's analysis.

"The most important thing is that according to the information we have, there are four "Brahmatians, equipped with power systems, and only four sudden attacks that determine the outcome of the battle. In other words, the four "Brahmatians, technical verification aircraft of the Chinese Air Force completed the most difficult, most dangerous and most important strike missions." Du Qiwei paused for a moment and said, "Of course, "Brahmatians, are technical verification aircrafts, not active fighters. Before the battle began, the Chinese Air Force was definitely not sure. Therefore, all fighters were dispatched, and strategic bombers were even used. After the fighter jets of the Indian Air Force took off, they were immediately intercepted by the Chinese Air Force fighter jets, and suffered heavy losses. The local air supremacy was lost within more than ten minutes.

"How advanced is that kind of technical verification machine?"

"No one can say it, I'm afraid the Chinese Air Force will not know what it means." Du Qiwei picked up a cigarette, lit it and took two sips, and said, "Relatively speaking, the biggest advantage of Yuan-manned fighter jets is that we don't have to worry about the death of the pilot. Our original intention of developing unmanned fighters with China is to carry out the most dangerous combat missions to avoid letting human fighters enter dangerous airspace. "Brahma, the same is true for technical verification aircraft, so the Chinese Air Force let "Brahma, perform the most dangerous combat mission. As long as the support point of the Indian Air Force is destroyed, you can use the Pulp

The fighter can prove one problem, that is, with advanced unmanned fighter jets, the battle planners can be more bold and do not have to worry too much about combat casualties. For combat operations, it means that some targets that were unable to be attacked or dared not be attacked, such as India's strategic air defense command center and early warning aircraft that are hundreds of kilometers away. If ordinary fighters perform strike missions, the losses will be so great that the commander cannot accept, so naturally they can only give up."

"In other words, "Brahma, the technical verification machine is very advanced?"

Du Qiwei nodded and said, "It can be basically said that. "Brahma.'s development is much higher than our non-knife, and the design takes into account practical needs. Of course, "Brahma is far from having large-scale equipment capabilities. Whether it is technical or cost issues, the Chinese Air Force must find another shortcut."

“What does this mean to us?”

"At least there is a possibility of catching up with China."

Westwood was a little confused and signaled Duchway to say more details.

"Neural network computers are developing very fast. If their intelligence level can meet military needs, unmanned combat platforms will quickly replace all the main combat weapons platforms now." Du Qiwei sighed and said, "I have to admit that China's development is faster than us. The prospects are better than us. Fortunately, it takes years, or even decades for any technology to go from birth to maturity. Unmanned combat platforms cannot replace other weapon systems overnight, and China does not have the ability to change the army overnight. If we can catch up, we may still be able to catch up with China in the near future. At least in terms of key technologies, we are not worse than China."

"This means huge military investment."

Duqiwei nodded and said, "There is no other choice. If we want to catch up with China, we must increase investment. In fact, even if we do not increase investment, China will accelerate the speed of military reform based on the results of this battle. The Sino-Indian conflict has not been concluded because of the end of the conflict. India can only rely on us. If we cannot catch up with China in major technical fields as soon as possible, what India loses in a few years will not be a border conflict."

Westwood smiled bitterly, indicating that he understood what Duchwie said.

"The arms race has already begun and will not end until one side falls."

Although Duchewei did not say the most critical sentence, his meaning was expressed very clearly. The contradiction between China and India was only a secondary contradiction, and the contradiction with the United States was the main contradiction. If India loses, at most it would be to devote itself from the embrace of the United States to the embrace of China. If the United States loses, it would lose everything!
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