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568 The Role of Missiles in Space

For Xiong Antai's statement, most people in the conference room still agree, but there are still many people who are not able to accept this idea.

"I don’t understand the role of the guided missiles in space, which Director Xiong said. In my impression, most of the power of missiles is caused by shock waves.

But in space, there is no air to spread, the missile's lethality seems to be very small, right?Just to be a launch vehicle, I don't think it would be cost-effective to invest huge amounts of money in research?"Tian Mingli asked his question.

This is also the question of most people in the conference room. After all, this kind of knowledge is everyone’s knowledge. How effective a slow weapon such as a missile can be in space is not visible to everyone, so everyone is curious. Xiong Antai, see how he, an industry insider, explains.

If the explanation does not work, everyone must suspect that this guy is looking for an excuse to fund research in his rocket laboratory. Although the company has always fully supported the investment in research and development funds at the request of Lei Tiantang, the funds That approval also requires a valid reason or R&D direction, and most people in the conference room have such doubts.

Seeing everyone, including the boss, have such doubts, Xiong Antai was not surprised. He confidently said with a smile: "I know everyone's doubts. Perhaps in your understanding, weapons like missiles can only be found in Earth can have a good lethality, but when it comes to space, its lethality will not work!

This is mainly because everyone thinks that the most important shock wave of missile damage is not in space, but this is only a limited view. On the one hand, the lethality of modern missiles is completed by shock waves, but there are still skin damage and heat. Radiation damage and other killing modes.

Take nuclear bombs for example. Its power comes mainly from the shock wave during the explosion, but its radiation lethality is not small. Of course, the radiation in the cosmic environment is already very strong, so the radiation protection effect of the space battleship can be guaranteed. Yes, this leads to the role of radiation killing in space is not very large.

But don’t forget that the nuclear bomb also has one of the most lethal properties, that is, temperature. The temperature generated when it explodes is more than 100 million degrees, and the temperature of the hydrogen bomb and three-phase bomb explosion is higher!

So even if their maximum shock wave lethality in space is gone, as long as their high-temperature lethality is still there, they will not be eliminated, because as long as the nuclear bomb carried by the guided missile hits, it is basically finished, because there is no It is incorrect to say that the protective layer of a warship can survive such high temperatures.

Even if our guided missiles are not loaded with nuclear bombs, then we can also load impact weapons and use the terminal acceleration capabilities of the guided missiles. The armor-piercing bombs still have a certain lethality!

It can also carry warheads such as electromagnetic bombs and corrosion bombs, flexibility is its most important feature!

In the space age, ordinary weapon launches are limited by the detection distance, and they cannot be hit if they are not aimed correctly, but guided missiles are different. You only need to enter a rough target and then launch the missile, and it will use it on its own. Your own detection device will automatically aim and attack after flying near the target!

Moreover, weapons such as electromagnetic railguns can only perform linear attacks, which is much worse in flexibility, and it is also difficult to attack important parts of the opposing space battleship. Only intelligent guidance can be used in places like engines. The missile came to attack.

In particular, the concealment of the guided missile is also very important. It can be launched cold, using the inertial spacecraft to ignite after a distance from the spacecraft, so that it will not easily expose the position of our own spaceship.

It can also be disguised as space junk and make a sudden approach attack when the other ship is approaching. This advantage is not available in other weapons.

Of course, the speed of response of guided missiles is also an advantage. It is necessary to know that no matter what kind of energy weapon is used, it needs to be charged before launch. This leads to the reaction speed of energy weapons in case of an attack during space operations. It will be very slow.

The advantages of guided missiles that can be launched immediately when they encounter an attack are manifested at this time. They can become the vanguard of the rapid defense and counterattack of warships, so that the energy weapons will not be destroyed before they are shipped.

There are other advantages that I will not explain one by one. The advantages I mentioned now can prove that the guided missile is an indispensable weapon in the future space, so it is very necessary to develop it!

The above is my point of view, and I thought about it in my usual work. Before we initially discussed what weapons should be installed on the spaceship, I have paid attention. I hope that my point of view can be agreed by everyone!"

"Okay! Director Xiong's idea really shines!" Lei Tiantang said happily while applauding.

There was also a warm applause in the meeting room. After listening to Xiong Antai's explanation, everyone now expressed support for his listing of the guided missile as a weapon in the company's future spacecraft.

"Then, the R&D work on missiles will be left to your Rocket Lab! Your lab will set up an independent missile R&D lab to conduct research and development on various missiles. Anyway, this is what you are good at!

Rockets, turning heads, and missiles are all professional. Just years ago, those countries and media who were unhappy with our company also said that we want to engage in ballistic missile research, saying that we are a threat, and now we are really threatening to show them !"Lei Tiantang said with a smile.

Everyone laughed when they heard the boss say this, and they were also very unhappy about this matter for some time. Now let’s turn those people’s worries into reality, and see what you can do!

"Boss, since Director Xiong said that our space weapons can't walk on one leg, and also added guided missiles, then I also propose to add laser weapons!

I think everyone knows the power of laser weapons. Its launch speed is very important for future space operations. It is important to know that no matter whether it is an electromagnetic rail gun or a guided missile, their speed cannot be obtained for a long time. Too big a breakthrough.

However, the speed of light is the speed of light when the laser weapon is launched. The attack speed is not comparable to those of the two weapons, so it should also be one of the main weapons of our company's spaceship in the future!Zhang Hanxiu, the director of the Deep Space Laboratory, also spoke his own ideas at this time.