Chapter 463: The Eagle-12 Missile Nicknamed the Pony Bullet
"Hello everyone, our Zhang Zhong Talks About Aircraft Carriers program has ended. The new program is Zhang Zhong Talking About Cruisers." On the TV, Zhang Zhong hosted the program with a smile: "Recently, let all our countrymen
One of the most exciting things is that the fourth ship of the Glorious class cruiser we purchased from Ermao is about to return to China! We know that in the past, the modern class with a displacement of 8,000 tons was the most powerful warship in our navy.
, but now, this record is about to be rewritten, and our navy is about to obtain a cruiser with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons!"
This is also one of the most talked about things in the domestic military fan circle recently. The domestic navy will soon have more advanced cruisers and 10,000-ton battleships!
"To this end, we specially invited Mr. Pan, a domestic warship designer. He once presided over the development of the first-generation 051 destroyer. Now, let us welcome Mr. Pan!"
The TV camera turned to Pan Lao, with the same smile on his face at this time: "Yes, this incident made us very emotional. In the past, when we built the 051 destroyer, we were completely poor, and even
We can’t even produce steel plates for warships ourselves, but now we already have a large number of advanced warships, and for the first time, we will also obtain a 10,000-ton main warship. This represents that the strength of our navy has reached a new level.
.”
"However, many people say that what we bought is just a shell." Zhang Zhong said: "Please analyze it for us."
"This warship is different from the Hyundai-class warship. It has not completed outfitting. We can see photos of it sailing. There are still many equipments on it that have not been installed and are in a semi-finished state. Moreover, we also know that many military industrial companies in China do not
Boom and related equipment are not necessarily produced by factories, so it is not wrong to say that it is a shell. In fact, what is most useful to us is this shell."
Pan Lao analyzed: "What we currently lack most in the country is naval gas turbines. Without gas turbines, we cannot build more advanced warships. As you can see, the warship project we are still under construction is the 054
, it uses four diesel engines and does not use gas turbines. We are now in a very embarrassing situation. If we cannot obtain advanced gas turbines from abroad, we will not be able to build warships with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons. And this glorious ship
The fourth ship of the class uses the world's most advanced full-combustion power. It can be said that we have obtained a 10,000-ton warship platform."
"So, how will we modify it on this platform?" Zhang Zhong asked.
"In this regard, we should follow the modification plan of the arsenal ship, which is most suitable." Mr. Pan said: "The arsenal ship is a genius idea. It solves a big problem in the current warship development."
"what is the problem?"
"It's a matter of money." Mr. Pan said with a smile: "A penny can't help a hero. The navy is a money-burning service. A warship can easily cost hundreds of millions. What makes it expensive? Of course it's the one above.
Electronic equipment!"
"Times have changed. In the previous battleship era, as long as there were cannons, it was enough. But now, that kind of battleship can only become a living target at sea. The world has moved toward electronics and informatization. Without modern electronic equipment, it will not be possible."
It is possible to win high-tech wars. However, this thing is very expensive. Take the Aegis system as an example, the cost is very high, and the four-sided phased array radar will consume a lot of money, and in formation operations, each
A warship carrying Aegis is a bit redundant. Only one or two Aegis systems can be turned on. The remaining warships can obtain information through data links and finally launch an attack."
Pan Lao explained this idea: "Moreover, in a formation, there must be a brain to assign combat targets to each warship. This avoids waste and can cope with saturation attacks. It is the most appropriate choice.
"
"A brain?"
"That's right, one brain can coordinate and avoid the situation of fighting each other. This idea proposed by Mr. Qin is really genius!"
In front of the TV, Qin Tao looked at Mr. Pan's praise and felt a little ashamed: "I'm so sorry. I didn't expect Mr. Pan to cover me."
Mr. Pan is the designer of 051 and is well-known in China. It is really embarrassing to ask him to be a guest for Zhang Zhong and later become a member of the War Ignorance Bureau!
Wu Shengli smiled: "This way we can fool people. It would be interesting if the Americans also went to study arsenal ships and took this wrong path."
After staying in Mingzhou for a few days, Qin Tao returned to Huating. His father-in-law happened to be there, so he and his father-in-law watched TV together.
"Our navy has already demonstrated this plan?" Qin Tao looked at his father-in-law curiously.
Wu Shengli nodded: "The idea of an arsenal ship sounds wonderful, but it is absolutely impractical for us. We must still firmly follow the path of independent warships. After all, our electromagnetic power on the battlefield cannot match others.
If we build this kind of arsenal ship, it will be a living target."
Qin Tao nodded: "Fortunately, I didn't fool you."
"In a few days, we will go to Mingzhou together."
"Why, are you going to Mingzhou again?" Qin Tao was a little frightened by his father-in-law's words. Didn't we just go there? Why are we going again?
"You kid, what's going on? You're always so resistant. Why can't we go? We have to go meet the Glory-class No. 4 ship!"
Welcome the fourth ship of the Glorious class?
Only then did Qin Tao realize that he was wrong to worry.
"Okay, welcome, welcome." Qin Tao said repeatedly: "By the way, has the ownership of this warship been confirmed?"
Belong?
Wu Shengli nodded: "The superior leadership has decided to deploy this warship in the eastern fleet, with hull number 138."
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Qin Tao had a meaningful smile on his face.
"why are you laughing?"
"This is the three-digit hull number of our destroyer. Why not use the cruiser's number? Let's give it a two-digit number. That would be so domineering."
The numbering of the Eastern Fleet starts from 130, and reaches 136 and 137, which are the two modern-class destroyers purchased from Damao. The next hull number is 138. This number sounds good, but it changes the number of the destroyer.
The hull number is used on cruisers.
"The superiors agree with your point of view. There is no cruiser class in our navy. Regardless of the displacement, they are all called destroyers."
Qin Tao nodded: "Well, the superior's decision is too wise. There are two 051Cs and two 052s. The strength of the northern fleet is almost the same. This old Maozi-style cruiser, no, destroyer, is deployed in our eastern fleet. Do this
It’s the most suitable. They are both from the Soviet system, and the data links and the like can be used in common, which is an unexpected gain.”
Wu Shengli nodded: "We have also considered this. The Southern Fleet is the most aggrieved, but it will have to be aggrieved for a while longer. Fortunately, we have filled out Shuangsha Island and built an airstrip on Shuangsha Island.
It will be easier to deal with the situation there.”
"Shuangsha Island is out?" Qin Tao's face was filled with excitement: "It seems that I have to take the time to go there and have a look. After all, it is our Mingzhou Group's industry."
Qin Tao did not leave immediately. After all, he had to wait for the destroyer No. 138 to return home. He also had many other things in Huating, such as coordinating the production of propellers for the aircraft carrier, monitoring the research and development progress of electromagnetic propulsion, spending time with his wife and children, etc.
However, Wu Shengli will still find many things for Qin Tao.
"During the meeting a few days ago, you mentioned pony bullets. Do you want to go and see them together?"
Hearing Wu Shengli's words, Qin Tao also became interested: "To what extent have they developed it?"
After obtaining the Sandfly anti-ship missile, the country will naturally have to thoroughly understand the technology of this anti-ship missile and then improve it. This project is the responsibility of the Third Aerospace Academy of China.
Qin Tao, the chief shipbuilder, cannot personally handle the relevant supporting facilities. He can just leave it to the relevant departments. He doesn't have to worry about it himself. Since Zhao Ling is in charge of the anti-aircraft missiles, he is more concerned about it. The rest can be done later.
Just the news.
Now, when Wu Shengli mentioned this, of course Qin Tao wanted to go take a look.
"At present, the overall design of the missile has been completed. The engine used by the missile has also been successfully ignited on the test bench." Wu Shengli said.
"Really? Great, we can go take a look! If the shape of the missile has been determined, then the missile launcher can also be determined. When our No. 138 is modified, we can also directly launch the anti-ship missile
The launch tube is installed! By the way, who is the designer?"
Of course Qin Tao knew that the chief designer of this missile was Huang Song and the deputy chief designer was Cai Hua, but of course he couldn't say it directly to avoid appearing to know everything.
Who would have thought that when he heard him ask this, Wu Shengli actually asked: "What do you think? Don't you guess right every time?"
"Let me guess? Okay, let me guess, the chief designer should be named Huang." Qin Tao bent his fingers back and forth, like a Taoist priest doing calculations.
Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao in surprise, and he guessed it right again?
Qin Tao smiled and said nothing, this is what you asked me to say.
The next day, the Third Aerospace Academy.
"Actually, we have been considering supersonic anti-ship missiles for a long time." When the chief designer Huang Song heard that Qin Tao was coming, he immediately ran out to greet him, even more enthusiastically than he received Wu Shengli.
"As early as the 1960s, we had just successfully copied the Shangyou-1 anti-ship missile. At that time, we realized that this large subsonic anti-ship missile had inherent shortcomings in facing the enemy's air defense system.
We must develop advanced supersonic anti-ship missiles."
The fast flight speed of supersonic missiles means that the reaction time of the opponent's air defense system is short, which improves the penetration capability.
"However, if we want to increase the speed, we need an advanced ramjet engine, so the 31st Institute under our Third Academy developed our first domestic ramjet engine. In 1971, this project was officially launched and was named
Eagle Strike-1."
The previous anti-ship missile was the liquid rocket engine equipped on the 051. It was called Shangyou-1. It was a successful anti-ship missile. After that, it was the YJ-8. In the past, it was called the Haiying-8.
Then, there will be a question, where are the other anti-ship missiles?
Of course they are all unsuccessful or immature.
The Seahawk series, now called the Eagle Strike series, has been around since the Eagle Strike-1, and it is a type of supersonic anti-ship missile!
"After the establishment of our YJ-1 missile project, the project to develop the YJ-3 supersonic anti-ship missile based on the YJ-2 subsonic missile and combined with our ramjet engine technology was also approved. This kind of
The biggest feature of the missile is that the range has been increased to 130 kilometers, and the modified version has been increased to 180 kilometers." Huang Song continued to introduce, anyway, they are all discontinued projects, and the technology is not advanced. Now talking about it, it is more like remembering
Same as before.
"After 1979, we began to develop the economy, and a large number of military projects were cancelled, including these two anti-ship missiles." Speaking of this, Huang Song said with emotion: "However, the performance of these missiles themselves is not very advanced.
For example, the Haiying-3 missile is nearly ten meters long and weighs up to 3.4 tons."
"Have all the research and development of these missile projects been completed?" Qin Tao asked.
Huang Song shook his head: "They are all at the critical stage of successful research and development, and have been tested many times."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "In this case, we may be able to push them to the international market. What if someone takes a fancy to them internationally?" Qin Tao said: "Yes.
With these funds, we can also continue to improve our missiles."
Huang Song's eyes lit up.
"It would be great if it could be sold. However, although these have been transferred to technical reserves, we have accumulated valuable experience and technology in these projects. Therefore, now we are developing the YJ-12 anti-ship missile.
It makes us more relaxed."
When they said this, everyone had already entered the research and development site. On the right side of the main entrance, there was a full-size missile model.
"The model is out? I haven't seen it when I came here last time!" Wu Shengli was also very emotional.
"Well, it's out. We have designed this shape and will not change it. This is our best choice."
Qin Tao looked at the model and his heart was filled with excitement.
It has a cylindrical missile body, a pointed conical warhead, and four rectangular beveled air inlets, extending all the way back. The two groups of X-shaped missile wings at the back are all on the fairing of this air inlet. If you look at it from the appearance
From the looks of it, you would never associate it with the 3M80 Sandfly anti-ship missile, but rather it looks like an air-to-air missile!
That's right, it's more like the long-range air-to-air missiles of later generations! The missile body is slender, which is in sharp contrast to previous missiles.
The former Upstream-1 anti-ship missile and its corresponding air-launched missile were nicknamed Silkworm Baby because its huge and bloated body looked like an overfed silkworm.
The Sandfly anti-ship missiles imported from Lao Maozi are also thick and long, with five big and three thick shapes, and they look rough.
And now?
Nowadays, the slender anti-ship missiles give people a sense of exquisite beauty.
"The length of this missile is six meters and a half, not including the diameter of the air inlet, which is 0.5 meters." Huang Song continued: "In terms of the design of the aerodynamic shape, we followed some of the opinions given by 601 and 611.
, the shape has also been blown in our domestic large-scale supersonic wind tunnel.”
Qin Tao nodded.
Wu Shengli looked at the appearance of the missile, and his eyes stayed on the air inlet: "Compared with the missiles we import from Lao Maozi, this air inlet seems to be very special."
"Yes, Lao Maozi's anti-ship missile has cone-shaped protrusions on the four air inlets, similar to fighter jets such as the MiG-21. The scientific name is a circular shock cone inlet. This kind of air inlet
The efficiency of the air duct is high, but the structure is complex and the cost is high." Huang Song said: "Now, we have replaced it with this rectangular beveled air inlet, which has a simple structure. Although the air intake efficiency is lower, but
It should be a compromise between performance and cost.”
"Yes, future supersonic ramjet missiles will use this kind of air inlet. Our technical route is fine," Qin Tao said.
Hearing Qin Tao's words, Huang Song showed a smile on his face: "Since Mr. Qin said there is no problem with the technical route, then there must be no problem!"
Qin Tao has become a myth in the system.
Faced with this kind of blind worship, Qin Tao also felt dumbfounded: "What if I say it's not good? Will you change it?"
"No." Huang Song shook his head firmly.
Wu Shengli smiled: "Come on, let's take a look at the engine again!"
The flight time of supersonic anti-ship missiles is short, so the electronic system must respond quickly. However, these are not difficult for technicians. After all, previous experience can be used, or it can be combined with Lao Maozi's missile technology.
The engine is the most critical.
"We combined Lao Maozi's engine design ideas and made some improvements to create this rocket ramjet integral engine. The current test run proves that the performance has met the requirements. Of course, we have to thank Mr. Qin for this."
Huang Song walked with everyone while continuing to introduce.
"No need to thank me, the warship was bought by the Navy." Qin Tao said, "I just played a small part in it."
Huang Song shook his head: "No, that's not it. What I'm talking about is that this engine uses a lot of titanium alloy parts, and many of these parts come from Huating's 3D printer."
What?
Qin Tao was surprised: "Have you cooperated with them?"
"Yeah, it's so convenient!" Huang Song said: "If we follow the previous method, we need to open molds, and the cost of manufacturing parts is very high, and because it is in the design stage, parts need to be changed at any time. Thanks to 3D printing
Technology, we can get these parts at low cost."
While he was talking, the guy had already arrived in front of the engine.
The diameter of the engine and the missile body are the same, so it doesn't look big, but the technology of this engine is quite advanced.
"When we built the Eagle Strike 3 before, we still used a split rocket ramjet engine, which was too bloated and cumbersome. This integrated engine is really an innovation. There are quite a few technical experts at Lao Maozi."
Huang Song said with emotion.
At different speeds, aircraft require different engine operating conditions.
Take an airplane as an example. It uses a turbojet engine with a compressor in the front. Air is blown into it through multiple sets of fan blades. When the airflow reaches a certain level, the fuel is injected and burned to form high-temperature and high-pressure gas, which blows the turbine blades behind.
The turbine drives the compressor in front, thus forming a perfect combination, and the exhaust gas sprayed out propels the aircraft forward.
What happens when the plane speeds up?
Generally speaking, when it exceeds Mach 1.6, the speed is already very fast. The airflow in front will continue to hit it and enter the inside of the engine. There is no need for a compressor because the air has been pre-compressed.
Therefore, low-speed fighter jets use fixed air intakes, such as the F-16. When the speed exceeds 1.6, the oncoming air hits the compressor, causing resistance, so the aircraft continues to speed up very slowly, and can only barely do so a little bit.
Accelerate to Mach 2.
High-end fighter jets, such as the F-15, have air intake adjustment devices. At high speeds, the air intake volume will be reduced to allow the engine to operate normally.
When the aircraft reaches a certain speed, there is no need for a compressor, and fuel can be sprayed directly into the combustion chamber, and then burned to propel the aircraft forward. In this way, the structure of the engine will be quite simple.
This kind of engine, called a ramjet engine, is an inevitable choice for high-speed flight.
However, the ramjet engine cannot be started from zero, because at low speed, there is not enough air to hit it, so the ramjet engine cannot work alone.
The YJ-3 uses a split rocket ramjet engine, which is bundled with four solid rocket boosters and two ramjet engines like a launch vehicle, making its appearance further bloated.
The rocket booster is started first, accelerating the missile from standstill to a speed of Mach 1.8. Then the two ramjet engines as the main engines are ignited, further accelerating the missile to Mach 2 and continuing to cruise at this speed. The speed in the final sprint stage can reach 2.2
Mach.
Although supersonic cruise was also achieved, it was too cumbersome and the technology was backward, so it was normal for the project to be canceled in the end.
As for the engine in front of me, it is much more advanced. It is directly inserted into the tail of the missile body. It is a combination of rocket and ramjet engine!
"With its drive, what kind of performance can our missiles achieve?" Qin Tao is most concerned about this.
"If it flies at high altitude, the range can reach about 400 kilometers. If it flies at low altitude, it can reach about 150 kilometers, and the final speed can reach Mach 4." Huang Song said: "We believe that this kind of anti-ship missile
A real aircraft carrier killer."
Aircraft carrier killer?
Compared with the Sandfly missile, which can only fly more than a hundred kilometers, this missile is indeed much more advanced. However, if compared with the aircraft carrier's air defense firepower network, this range is still not enough.
Moreover, flying high-altitude ballistics can be detected very early, and the opponent's interception capability is still very strong. This is why the YJ-12 and the YJ-18 are developed. The latter has been in the market for a long time.
They were all traveling at subsonic speeds at ultra-low altitudes, and were discovered even later.
Of course, this is something for the future. At least for now, this weapon is still a killer.
"Yes, we are also looking forward to this anti-ship missile. We hope you can complete the research and development as soon as possible. When our No. 138 ship is refitted, the launch tube can be directly installed in place."