12dz Chapter 393 What is formation control?
Chapter 393 What is formation control?
"Don't even think about defending against an air raid. The early warning radar is out of order. They won't even know a plane is coming at them!"
"This technology is absolutely leading and truly world-class!" The general who said this was so full of national pride that it almost overflowed.
God have mercy on us! After experiencing countless hardships, the descendants of Yan and Huang are so eager to have something world-first to boost their morale.
This is also the reason why Zhang Chi called these most loyal generals to visit. He wanted to give these people who followed him a shot of confidence!
Looking at the excited crowd around him, Zhang Chi nodded secretly. This powerful jamming equipment is not only aimed at search radars.
Coming from an era of missiles, he knew full well that after the Cold War began, both the East and the West would rapidly introduce a variety of radar-guided missiles. This jammer could also disrupt the radar seekers of these missiles, preventing them from finding their targets. Large ships, in particular, would find such jamming equipment far more effective against anti-ship missiles than simply distributing aluminum foil.
(In 88, the Rabbit's Eagle Strike-6 anti-ship missile was also successfully jammed by the escorting White Eagle Ticonderoga with a jammer, but our radar seeker still found the largest ship and went straight for the tanker.)
Director Qian added with a smile, "Of course, the device's size and power consumption limit its use to large platforms. Only a four-engine, long-endurance aircraft like the PB4Y can afford it. Future developments in lighter equipment will depend on progress in transistor miniaturization."
The transition from large electron tubes, the thickness of a forearm, to the tiny transistors the size of a fingernail used by the Anmin Army today was a significant breakthrough. However, Zhang Chi had shown Director Qian another future, a bright future filled with large-scale integrated circuits and chips.
Unfortunately, Director Qian also knows that at his age, he will most likely not be able to see that future. He can only try his best to pass on what he has learned throughout his life and let his students witness that future on his behalf.
Several Air Force generals immediately realized the role of the large four-engine aircraft.
Long range, large payload, long hovering time, sufficient modification space and potential are all unique capabilities of large four-engine aircraft.
"As long as one or two of these devices are installed on the modified 'Nanyang Military Police' PB4Y-2, and a radio jammer is added, the enemy's radio communications and radar will be completely suppressed. The enemy will be unable to hear or see, and will only be drooling fools."
Director Qian nodded. "That's right. Although the overall equipment of the Fubo-3 is expensive and the production volume is low, if you can gather enough and modify a dozen aircraft, you can ensure that there are several such electronic warfare aircraft patrolling over the main combat areas at all times. The enemy won't even need to fight, they can just surrender directly."
The Air Force general nodded. Having been forcibly brought into the era of electromagnetic dominance by Zhang Chi, countless fantastic ideas instantly flooded his mind:
"Even better, this equipment has an effective range of dozens of kilometers. Our planes are flying in the sky, and the enemy's radar is jammed and can't find it. Sending planes to conduct a blanket search is like looking for a needle in a haystack. We are inherently invincible."
An army general said, "Not only that, after the last battle in Chittagong, the Johns were not convinced. We can definitely send this kind of aircraft over to disrupt their garrison and scare them."
"That's bad. This is a strategic deterrent weapon. Equipment like this should be kept as a trump card. Using it directly like this won't just alert the Johns. I think we should wait until the next time we teach the Johns a lesson, then conduct a full-power jamming attack beforehand, then launch a surprise attack with our entire army, give them a hard time, and defeat them once and for all."
The general who said this is obviously a radical hawk.
The person next to him immediately whispered, "Hey, be careful with your words. When to strike and who to strike are decisions that only Commander-in-Chief Zhang can make. Don't interfere."
After being elbowed by another, the hawkish general immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Ah, look at my broken mouth, all that nonsense."
Next is the second round of testing, the test target is the latest "Qionghaojing-2" automatic frequency-variable early warning radar.
This radar has been in service for less than a month. Its automatic frequency hopping system is designed to circumvent traditional interference methods and represents the most advanced level of the People's Security Army's radar system.
"Everyone, please look." Director Qian waved his hand and the technicians began to operate calmly.
Typical interference spots began to appear on the screen of the Qionghaojing radar, first flashing intermittently, and then the entire screen was covered with snow again. All tracks disappeared instantly, and it was completely paralyzed.
The generals only saw the technicians press some buttons, and the interference spots and snowflakes on the radar screen disappeared instantly, returning to normal.
A few impatient soldiers were about to applaud, but the next moment, the radar screen was covered with snow again.
After several rounds of attack and defense, the Qionghaojing-2 radar has been unable to maintain normal operation, and it is obvious that it has been severely affected by the Fubo-2 radar jammer.
"Everyone, it seems that the devil is always one step ahead of the good!" Zhang Chi was the first to applaud, and then the hall erupted in loud applause.
After the applause, Chief of the General Staff Tan Zhijie spoke up: "Even our most advanced radar can't defend against such a device? Is it possible that the White Eagles can develop such a device?"
Zhang Chi fell into deep thought after hearing this. In order to allow Yegorov to gain a foothold in White Eagle as soon as possible, he had instructed him to establish the Texas Microcomputer Company and registered a full set of patents for silicon transistors before Bell Labs.
Although it was only the most primitive large transistor, rather than the small tube technology of the 60s used by the Security Army, doing so also helped Yegorov make a lot of money and even established a relationship with the Pentagon.
But it did indirectly improve White Eagle's development in the field of electronics. Historically, Bell Labs did not develop the germanium transistor until 47, and Texas Instruments did not develop a commercial germanium transistor radio until 54. In the same year, Bell Labs demonstrated a fully transistorized computer.
After comprehensive consideration, Zhang Chi made a judgment in his mind that this time, John's people might be able to develop a roughly usable jammer in about 50 years, but it would take at least 55 years to reach the level of the Security Army.
Considering that he was also supplying goods to Russia, even if they were disguised as silicon transistors smuggled from White Eagle, Russia would also have sufficient anti-interference capabilities. Zhang Chi did not think that his actions would disrupt the balance of the Cold War.
"It will take the White Eagles at least several years to develop this. Furthermore, our current Qionghaojing-2 radar has mechanical automatic frequency hopping technology, so ordinary jammers can't interfere with it. As for the future, if we want to be completely immune to interference from devices based on this principle, we will still need phased array radars."
"What kind of formation?"
Naturally, many generals present did not understand this technical term.
A young engineer quickly stepped forward to explain, "Generals, current radars rely on mechanically rotating antennas for scanning, and can only make a dozen or so revolutions per minute. Phased array radars, on the other hand, are non-rotating and rely on thousands of antenna elements for electronic scanning, making them a hundred times faster."
Zhang Chi also added: "Future missiles may have a range of thousands of kilometers. Only with phased array radars that can 'see' thousands of kilometers can we immediately detect missiles launched from a distance."
"Thousands of kilometers? My goodness, doesn't that mean that from now on, with just a snap of a finger, we can wipe out the enemy from thousands of kilometers away?"
Zhang Chi looked at the pairs of shining eyes and excited faces in the hall, but his heart was calmer than anyone else.
This race of electronic confrontation has just begun and will reach its peak during the Cold War, and the People's Army must always be at the forefront!