Chapter 316 New Thoughts

After sending New Year red envelopes to all members of the institute, Wu Tong carefully learned about the recent research and development progress of the members of each department. He carefully analyzed and sorted out the problems they had accumulated one by one. He cultivated his own research team and would patiently answer any motivated team members who asked questions.

The good teachers she met had a positive influence on her.

By the way, Wu Tong inspected the current operation of the institute after she was away for several months.

She had developed three to five feasible material research and development plans. She had also completed all the lithium battery data collection and repeated experiments she had previously instructed. The entire team had compiled a list of solid existing information and detailed experimental data.

Tao Ran and Ruan Chengxu also tried experiments in new possible directions, although they basically failed. They basically couldn't go on in the initial stages, and the rest were not able to go very far.

But for scientific research, it is a normal state. Although it is something that researchers do not want to encounter but cannot avoid, on the other hand, it is also a different kind of exclusion. It cannot be said to be a complete failure, but it can only be said that it is still on the road to success. The experience of failure can also help Wu Tong spend less time on delaying, and perhaps he can be on the road to success faster.

It has been almost a year since she came up with the idea for this project.

However, during this year, with one topic after another, one project after another, there were always other projects that pushed this topic to the side, and Wu Tong really did not find the time to devote himself to studying it.

Even now, Wu Tong felt that she might have to put this project on hold temporarily and not make it the first research and development topic after the new year.

Sitting behind her desk on the fifth floor, Wu Tong was sorting out her plans for the beginning of the year, including the follow-up on the research and development of the J-35's conventional take-off and landing and carrier-based aircraft forms, the arrangements for academic affairs in the new semester, and the optimization of several feasible projects in the institute... When she counted them up, there were still many topics and projects on hand that needed to be solved.

During the New Year holidays, she felt quite free and at ease, but it was just a slightly false sense of ease.

Moreover, after watching the test flights of the Canglong J-35 and the H-20, Wu Tong had a new idea, which was to continue to optimize the air-to-air missiles and increase the beyond-visual-range long-range attack capability. This was equivalent to her actually taking on another project that had not yet been finalized.

Three hundred kilometers, for combat records, at top speed, a fighter with the performance of the J-20 can reach the target in just a few minutes. Internationally, there are still many missiles that can achieve this strike capability.

Three hundred kilometers is far from enough, what about eight hundred kilometers? Even the best fighter planes at present have to run for a while, and the range is doubled.

To achieve such a powerful range with an air-to-air missile, it is important to optimize it, which is not something that can be done in a few steps.

Wu Tong also needs some time to get it done. She even wants to expand on this topic and upgrade the DF series of missiles as well.

It is not enough to just continuously improve air-to-air missiles. The power of land-based intercontinental cruise missiles must also keep up. The positioning of PL-15 is very clear. Its combat targets are mainly high-maneuverability fighters. The large-kilometer air-to-air missiles that have been added again can supplement the focus on attacking large and high-value air targets such as enemy early warning aircraft, tankers, bombers, etc.

Wu Tong's goal is to develop a new type of air-to-air missile again, and she is going to focus on the PL-17. She will do research and development on a more advanced generation. If there is any progress on the part of President Hua, she can just leave the 16 model to him.

Advanced active radar guidance seeker and advanced infrared sensor with strong anti-interference capability and smaller size and weight...these are all things that need to be considered for new air-to-air missiles.

Otherwise, its size and weight are too large to be mounted on the powerful J-20 and J-35. It would be a waste of powerful air control research and development results if it only operates on the J-20.

Her goal is still to increase the range and strike area so that the ammunition can be loaded into the internal magazines of the J-20 stealth fighters and J-35, which can serve as a guarantee for their dominance over the world!

An inch longer, an inch stronger. The farther a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile can be fired, the greater the preemptive advantage it can gain in an air combat. However, it is limited by the upper limit of the fighter's carrying capacity due to the size of the fighter's body and the need to take into account the maneuverability of the missile.

If a small, ultra-long-range air-to-air missile, the PL-17, could be developed, with the PL-17 air-to-air missile, it would become a missile that poses a strong threat to any air target.

The range is longer, and they can be launched beyond visual range, which can better protect aircraft such as fighters and bombers. The ultra-long strike capability can also bring oppression to enemy aircraft at a longer distance, which will greatly restrict its flexibility in combat.

This will make combat more predictable because the enemy cannot avoid engagements at will; the PL-21 is a powerful air-to-air missile and its appearance has a significant impact on China's air strike capability.

With the plan in hand, Wu Tong could not stop deducing, and began to deduce the prerequisites for the success of PL-17 on a new basis. Having led an entire missile development project, Wu Tong was familiar with the entire missile development sector, which was considered her strong reserve area.

Is there any technology that can increase the beyond-visual-range strike capability? Can it increase the new air-to-air missile PL-17? Wu Tong's mind once again emerged with information. After more and more complex elimination and screening, Wu Tong recorded some inspiration. Supersonic gliding warheads and inertial guidance technology may be able to shoot down any maneuverable aircraft...

Wu Tong hoped more than anyone else that the domestic aerospace sector could have such a great guardian of the mountains to firmly suppress those who have evil intentions. For ultra-long-range strikes, whoever has a longer range will have the ability to suppress first.

Wu Tong still remembers clearly the most important indicators of the missile: hit accuracy, range, and power!

Missiles with high hit accuracy can greatly save combat costs and improve the efficiency of single combat; the greater the range, the farther away from the enemy you can launch an attack, defeat the enemy first, and reduce your own losses, especially beyond-visual-range missiles, which can kill people thousands of miles away, and the enemy will not even understand who did it until he dies; whoever has a long enough range will control the priority!

A powerful warhead can cause a large killing radius. Whether the missile can achieve its combat objective ultimately depends on the warhead, which is equivalent to the finishing kick in football. This is one of the most important parts!

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