"Huh, it's just a subsonic anti-ship missile, and the warhead doesn't have much charge. It's nothing special." Sunil had an unconvinced expression on his face and looked at his men: "How about it?
Are you ready for the test launch?"
"Ready." Pi Lai, the head of BrahMos Aerospace Company, said with confidence: "This test launch is different from the previous one. This time it is a test launch after official installation. We will use the most advanced Delhi
-class destroyers are here to launch missiles to attack the target ship at sea. The target ship is a 100,000-ton oil tanker. If we can sink this oil tanker, it means we can sink a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier!"
Seeing that anti-ship missiles are being used to attack warships everywhere, Ah San couldn't hold back. In their eyes, their BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles were the most advanced in the world, but they were not recognized by the outside world.
Just know it.
Now, they have to take advantage of this popularity. After all, their aircraft carrier is stretched thin and their catapult is far away. They can only use this anti-ship missile to boost their morale.
"Unfortunately, the outfitting of the Calcutta class has not been completed yet." Sunil said with some regret.
The Delhi class is a destroyer that was in service in the 1990s. It has a rough old-fashioned appearance, with various radar antennas arranged in a messy manner. It looks disorganized and does not look modern at all.
Look at the modern warships. They all have a stealth appearance. It is best to add a four-sided phased array radar and a vertical launch system. This is enough. The first Asan warship with such advanced features was the Calcutta class. It is a pity.
Construction is slow and it will take a long time to launch the outfitting.
Therefore, we can only use the outdated Delhi class.
"Our Delhi-class is also a modern warship. Its overall combat effectiveness far exceeds that of Dongfang's 052C, and is comparable to their latest 052DL." After hearing Sunil's emotion, another senior official Mukherjie said.
"That's right!" Sunil's face brightened up again: "The combat effectiveness of our Asan Navy far exceeds that of the Orientals, and our experience in operating aircraft carriers is far greater than that of the Orientals. Our BrahMos anti-ship
The missiles are also the most advanced in the world! When will the target practice start?"
"We are waiting for you now. Do you want to board our Delhi-class destroyer and see it with your own eyes?"
"Of course." Sunil nodded: "Let's go now!"
Half an hour later, a Sea King helicopter landed on the Bombay. This is the third ship of the Delhi-class destroyer. It was only commissioned in 2001. It is considered the most advanced destroyer of the Asan Navy. The hull is wide and the appearance looks very good.
It is similar to the Kashin class in the Soviet era, but its wide flight deck represents its new identity, which is in sharp contrast to the narrow deck of the old Maozi warship.
On the bridge in front, various radar equipment are installed in a messy manner, all of which are products of Lao Maozi. This avoids the problem of radar integration. On the decks on both sides of the bridge, there are two sets of four-unit reflectors arranged on each side.
Ship missile launcher.
This layout is very strange, it is simply unique. Lao Maozi's is directly forward, while it is tilted outward. Almost all other countries are arranged in the middle and rear to guide the tail flame into the sea, while its tail is directly forward.
Facing the deck.
Originally, during the design, Lao Maozi's Rinzhi supersonic anti-ship missiles were to be housed here. However, during the construction process, Ah San didn't know what he thought and downgraded the supersonic Sunzhi anti-ship missiles to the KH-35.
, that is, the subsonic Uranus anti-ship missile, NATO codename SS-N-25. The performance of this missile is similar to the Harpoon, which can only be said to be mediocre.
Now, one of the launchers has been replaced by a brand new BrahMos anti-ship missile launcher. This missile is more than eight meters long, and the launch tube is nearly nine meters, making it a lot longer than the previous missile.
, the launcher also looks particularly special.
At this time, the cover of one of the launch tubes had been opened, revealing the warhead inside.
If it is an anti-aircraft missile, in order to ensure that the missile has good internal sealing, a fragile launch cover usually needs to be added to the front end, but this is not required for anti-ship missiles.
If you look from the front of the cover of the launch tube, you can see the unique pointed cone of the warhead. It feels like a MiG-21 fighter jet. It uses this unique way of air intake in the nose, and at the same time, the pointed cone is also
It can move forward and backward to adjust the size of the air inlet. This layout can be seen on the most powerful anti-ship missiles before the collapse of the Red Empire.
For example, P-500 and P-700 have this structure, which also explains the identity of this missile: Although Ah San has been emphasizing that it was jointly developed with Lao Maozi, in fact, it was Lao Maozi who passed archaeological research
, just moved the previous structure here.
In fact, it also inherited many shortcomings in the design. For example, the missile-borne radar can only be installed inside this pointed cone. Although the missile diameter is 0.67 meters, the most it can fit into this pointed cone is
For a radar antenna with a diameter of 300 mm, the search distance of the missile-borne radar will not exceed fifty kilometers, and there will also be a big problem of interference from the air inlet lip.
From a technical point of view, the four-sided beveled air inlet used by the Oriental Eagle-12 is the best solution. Of course, Asan will definitely not admit it, let alone use this layout.
Of course, any long-range anti-ship missile cannot always use its own radar to find the target. It must use other technical means. Asan is simple and straightforward, and installs the satellite navigation system. In this way, as long as the target is locked, it relies on inertia in the early stage.
Autonomous flight with systems and satellite navigation is enough to solve the problem.
After all, as an anti-ship missile with a maximum flight speed of Mach 2.8, it can fly more than 900 meters in one second. Its maximum range is about 300 kilometers, and it only takes five or six minutes. During this time, the target
Even if it speeds at 30 knots, it can only travel five or six nautical miles. When it flies to the distance where the missile-borne radar can detect the target, the target will never leave its search range.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As a supersonic anti-ship missile, the most important technology is of course its engine. According to Asan, this small integrated ramjet engine is their own HAL company
Research and development, but the technology ultimately comes from Lao Maozi. Even if Ah San makes it himself, there will be many quality problems, let alone designing it himself.
But Ah San is still very proud. After all, this is their most advanced anti-ship missile. In their eyes, this kind of missile can kill an aircraft carrier!
"Your Excellency Sunil, welcome to the guided missile destroyer Bombay!" The captain led the team in greeting: "We are ready to launch missiles at any time. Do you need to see the missile first?"
"No need, start the test as soon as possible. Has the sea area around the target ship been cleared?"
"Yes, with the target ship as the center, everything within fifty kilometers has been cleared."
"What about other than that?"
"There is a powerful tugboat," the captain said.
It was a 100,000-ton oil tanker. It would be a waste to sink it directly. Therefore, the tugboat was ready aside. When the target practice was completed, they quickly went over to salvage it, and then towed the ship back to dismantle it, and the scrap metal was dismantled.
Maybe even build a few motorcycles!
"It won't be an accidental attack, right?"
"How is it possible?" Mukherjie said: "How is it possible that our anti-ship missiles have an error of fifty kilometers?"
It is understandable that an anti-ship missile with a range of about 300 kilometers will have an error of a few kilometers when it flies to the destination. When it flies in front of the target, it may not be able to distinguish the one it should attack because of the large number of targets.
At this time, the target with the largest echo will be selected. These are also the settings for anti-ship missiles.
After all, after flying over, the opponent's fleet is mixed together. Unless the missile uses a TV camera and an AI to distinguish which is which, otherwise, you have to fight according to the biggest one. In the fleet, the biggest one is
It is definitely the most powerful one, and it is definitely a good thing to fight a large destroyer or even an aircraft carrier.
Occasionally, if there is accidental damage, it will be a supply ship, but hitting a supply ship can also cause the opponent to lose its combat capability.
In short, there is an error, and an error of fifty kilometers is impossible!
Sunil nodded.
"Let's go to the bridge."
The preparations were going on in an orderly manner, and calls were heard from time to time.
"Early warning aircraft call, target bearing, east longitude..."
If you want to attack long-range targets, you must have air power to provide target data. This responsibility falls squarely on the A-50EI early warning aircraft. Asan currently only has three such early warning aircraft. The body of the IL-76 is equipped with the top
He bought a big plate, and inside it was the radar system developed by the Davidians. It was quite advanced overall, but... there was no data link!
Because there is no data link, we can only rely on voice calls. This method is very backward on the modern battlefield. Not only is it easy to be interfered, but the number of command aircraft will also be much smaller. However, this will not affect Asan's heart.
Proud, they have always believed that the performance of this early warning aircraft is the strongest and number one in the world.
"Input the target coordinates into the missile! Confirm shooting Zhu Yuan for the last time!"
"Attention, prepare to launch!"
The atmosphere on the bridge was a little tense.
"All preparations have been completed!"
"emission!"
Following the order, a ball of flame suddenly appeared on the left side of the bridge. Thick smoke was billowing there, as if it was on fire. In the blazing flames, a slender projectile left the launch tube, dragging the thick smoke and continuing.
Fly forward.
"The ramjet engine cannot start on its own, and it needs a booster behind it to give it a certain speed." Pi Lai introduced at the side: "Also, almost all ship-based missiles will have solid launchers. Some smoke is normal, but when the ramjet engine
Once the engine starts, there won't be such a big noise."
"Report!" At this moment, someone hurriedly ran up: "There is a fire under the bridge!"
"what happened?"
"The airflow of the missile's solid rocket booster was so strong that it blew away the baffle we placed there! There is an area at the rear made of composite materials..."
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
Under the bridge, countless people held fire hoses and began to put out the fire. Fortunately, it did not cause a major disaster.
Almost at the same time, somewhere.
"Attention, hack into GPS satellites and modify time signals!"
"We have successfully obtained control of the GPS and are modifying the time! However, we can only modify it for a few minutes at most, and they will react soon."
"A few minutes is enough."
Blocking the GPS signal and then releasing the false signal prepared by one's own side can also be used, but there are many problems. For example, it is impossible to get close to the target to do this.
So we decided to use another method, directly invading the satellite and forcibly modifying the time signal. As long as the time difference is only a few microseconds, we can get wrong coordinate data. It is normal to deviate by forty or fifty kilometers.
The Bombay was busy for a while, and the launched missile had already thrown away its booster and started its ramjet engine.
The airflow in front of the warhead is forced into the interior of the projectile, and enters the engine behind it along the channel. At high speeds, the airflow has been compressed without the need for a compressor, and then enters the combustion chamber. After helping the fuel to burn, it forms
High temperature and high pressure gas is ejected.
Whoosh! As if excited, the missile accelerated again. Just now it was only Mach 1, now, Mach 2, Mach 2.8... it quickly reached its top speed.
But at this time, the computer inside the missile was confused.
what happened?
The data provided by the inertial navigation is not consistent with the data obtained by the GPS receiver!
The inertial navigation system is internal and relies on its own gyro operation integral to obtain its own trajectory and then its own position information, while the GPS receiver is external and obtains position information through external signals.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In various weapons and equipment, these navigation methods are very common. Generally speaking, inertial navigation is the main method, and satellite navigation is used for correction.
That’s right, it’s for correction!
Inertial navigation will increase the error as time and distance increase, but satellite navigation will not and will always ensure high enough accuracy. Even if it is a civilian signal, the accuracy of ten meters is higher than that of inertial navigation.
The error is much smaller.
This means that once there is a conflict between the two navigation information, it must be based on satellite navigation. After all, satellite navigation is used to correct inertial navigation errors.
However, just after flying less than fifty kilometers, huge errors began to appear, which made the missile computer somewhat incomprehensible. Although it did not understand it, it did not force it. If there were errors, it would correct them and correct the errors!
So, it modified its course according to the satellite navigation data and embarked on a new route.
In the sky, the A-50EI early warning aircraft was still monitoring the target practice. Soon, the radar officer discovered that something was wrong. The flight trajectory of the missile seemed to be a little off?
However, he might have made a mistake. He rubbed his eyes and continued to look at the screen. At this time, the missile had flown hundreds of kilometers and the deviations were increasing.
"Early warning aircraft reported that the missile yawed!"
What?
When they got the news, everyone on the Bombay was stunned.
"How is it possible to yaw? This is absolutely impossible. The early warning aircraft must have made a mistake!" Pi Lai said: "Our missiles have very high accuracy within three hundred kilometers!"
The entire flight only lasted five or six minutes, which meant that in a few words, the missile had flown half the distance.
"Where did it yaw?" Sunil asked.
"The early warning aircraft reported that it had deviated to the right side of the track. It has now deviated about thirty kilometers."
On the right, it's already thirty kilometers off?
Sunil's eyelids suddenly jumped violently: "Did it fly towards our tugboat?"
"Yes, it is indeed heading towards the tugboat. Quick, quick, tell the tugboat to avoid it immediately!"
At this moment, everyone felt the cold sweat on their backs. It was a target ship! In fact, even if the tugboat was twenty kilometers away, there would be nothing.
Dangerous, the accuracy of anti-ship missiles is still very high.
Who would have thought that after the missile flew out, it lost its accuracy and flew in another direction!
Tugboat, run!
When they got the news, everyone on the tugboat was stunned. The captain was the first to react: "Quick, full speed, full speed!"
In order to demonstrate the performance of this missile, they were launched at the maximum range, so as long as they left a certain distance, the missile could not catch up.
But, it's too late!
At this time, the missile had flown fifty kilometers away, and its yaw had reached more than forty kilometers. At this time, it climbed to about a hundred meters in the sky, turned on its radar, and searched the sea surface.
A target came clearly into its sights, and this was it!
The missile adjusted its direction for the last time, dived to a height of ten meters on the sea, and headed towards the tugboat!
On the early warning aircraft, the radar officer looked at the bright spots on the screen and murmured: "Impossible, impossible, how could this happen?"
"Poor guys, the best way now is to jump off the ship quickly, they can't escape."
On the tugboat, there was already a lookout who saw the missile flying close to the sea. It smoothly performed an S maneuver, as if to show off its maneuverability. Its missile body flew on the waves, showing off its maneuverability.
Those skilled flying skills.
However, everyone on the tugboat was terrified. For them, this was the arrival of death!
"Oh, damn!" The captain looked pale. Just as he was about to give the order to jump off the ship, he heard a terrible buzzing.
Boom!
The BrahMos missile hit the target ship at a speed of Mach 2.8, directly deforming the target ship. The next second, a huge explosion sounded.
boom!
The 300-kilogram warhead exploded! The BrahMos anti-ship missile is designed to deal with large warships. Therefore, its charge is the same as that of the C602. The power of this missile is also quite powerful.
The small tugboat simply cannot withstand its blow.
At this time, on the other side, the relevant departments were also in chaos.
"What's going on? Why is there a clock signal deviation in our satellite?"
"Quick, reset the time immediately and calibrate it to the standard time! Damn it! If I know that someone is deliberately causing trouble, we will twist his head off!"
Nowadays, various activities around the world rely on satellite navigation systems. GPS has always had problems recently, which has made many users dissatisfied. Beidou Navigation will gain more market share. This happened again today. Fortunately, it is only in the Indian Ocean.
The satellite error in the sky did not cause major problems to Europe.