The three indicators of the missile are mutually constrained and closely related.
Missile design is a systematic project that requires the coordinated arrangement of various indicators.
Generally speaking, increasing the range will lead to a decrease in hit accuracy. The more powerful the warhead, the lower the requirement for hit accuracy. Increasing the range requires more fuel, which will compress the warhead volume and reduce the power of the warhead.
Wu Tong's new system of miniaturized air-to-air missiles lies in Wu Tong's innovation in fuel and engine energy efficiency, and in making an ultimate breakthrough solution under limited conditions.
With more efficient fuels and engines, there is no need to increase fuel to increase range.
At the same time, thanks to Lu Xiao's innovative guidance system, the PL-15's precision targeting and strike capabilities have been further enhanced. Coupled with the new high-energy ammunition, the smaller warhead does not reduce its power.
However, the design was based on Wu Tong's existing knowledge. A year later, Wu Tong felt she had the skills to further enhance that design and consider adding a new weapon. Technology always needs innovation, and the PL-15 is currently in service, so two new killer features could be added to it.
To formulate a direction, Wu Tong began to collect information, especially information on intercontinental cruise missiles. Wu Tong is not a beginner in this area, but if she wants to go deeper, she will definitely not be able to compare with scholars who have been researching on this front for many years. If she wants to make new research and development on the existing basis, Wu Tong feels that she still needs to learn more.
The missile family, in addition to air-to-air missiles and cruise missiles, also includes ballistic missiles...
Modern missiles, aside from guns and artillery, are the most important weapon. From individual air defense missiles to anti-tank missiles, artillery-launched missiles, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, fighter jet-mounted air-to-air missiles, and anti-ship missiles for ships, missiles are incredibly diverse. However, they can generally be divided into two main categories: cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.
The Dongfeng series she considered is a family of ballistic missiles, but at the same time, scientific researchers are trying to combine the advantages of cruise missiles and make a powerful combination. This is a good path. Wu Tong wants to start from this perspective and conduct in-depth exploration and optimization.
More extended knowledge about cruise missiles and ballistic missiles are the areas that Wu Tong needs to review.
A missile that relies on the thrust of an air jet engine and the aerodynamic lift of its wings to fly mainly in the atmosphere in a cruising state is called a cruise missile. It can be launched from the ground, air, surface or underwater to attack fixed or moving targets.
It can be used as both a tactical and a strategic weapon. According to combat use, it is divided into strategic cruise missiles and tactical cruise missiles; according to different carriers, it is divided into vehicle-mounted cruise missiles, aircraft-mounted cruise missiles, ship (submarine)-mounted cruise missiles... These all belong to the range of cruise missiles.
A ballistic missile is a missile that flies according to a predetermined program under the thrust of a rocket engine and flies along a free parabolic trajectory after being shut down.
Its flight trajectory is generally divided into active and passive segments: the active segment, also known as the powered flight segment or the boost segment, is the flight path of the missile from the launch point to the shutdown of the rocket engine under the action of the rocket engine thrust and guidance system; the passive segment includes the free flight segment and the re-entry segment, which is the path of the missile flying by inertia according to the given speed and ballistic angle obtained at the end of the active segment to the detonation of the warhead.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles are long-range ballistic missiles with a range generally greater than 8,000 kilometers. They have a longer range, faster speed, and greater strike power, but at the same time, the preparation work is more complicated. This is an important reserve force that China already has, and this has laid the strategic foundation for China's rise as a powerful country.
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Wu Tong believes that the direction of breakthrough still lies in Qian's ballistics, a new ballistic concept of boost-glide ballistics, which integrates the trajectories of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, so that they have both the penetration capability of ballistic missiles and the flexibility of cruise missiles, thus breaking through the design of existing technology and increasing the power of missiles to the maximum range of current capabilities.
However, there are still many obstacles that constrain scientific researchers, which need to be overcome one by one. Wu Tong is always patient and does not expect to achieve a breakthrough immediately. He makes thorough preparations. Breakthroughs are a natural process, and being too impatient will only make things worse.
Wu Tong likes to roughly list the design goals she wants before doing specific research. Only when she clearly knows what her desired goal is can she further determine the direction of the path to the goal!
Without a clear goal, problems will only persist and never be achieved. Just like in life, you must always know what you want and pursue it correctly, so you won't go astray.
The range must reach at least 2,000 kilometers, it must be capable of hypersonic speed, solid fuel propulsion, and be able to break through the current advanced anti-missile system... Wu Tong listed the goals she wanted to break through one by one.
Knowing that Wu Tong had returned to school, Pan Wenhua called him and said, "I finally have some free time. Why don't you take a few days off? There's no rush to return to school after the Lantern Festival!"
"Come over to the research institute and sort out your recent work arrangements!" Wu Tong put down his pen and answered seriously. Research and learning have become an inseparable part of Wu Tong's life, just like eating and drinking water. It comes naturally and has never been a burden to Wu Tong.
After New Year's Day, the higher-ups transferred their own funds for the new year into the institute's account, leaving them for Wu Tong to withdraw and use for research and development and operation.
"New year, new atmosphere. The school wants to ask for your opinion. Logically, you have won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, so the school should arrange a celebration ceremony for you, as well as arrangements for receiving the award. How do you plan to arrange it?" Pan Wenhua thought about the call he had just received from the school, and asked Wu Tong for his opinion in a practical way.
No matter what the school planned, it would not compromise Wu Tong's wishes. They would respect Wu Tong's decision. Given Wu Tong's current academic standing, the school wouldn't take any small matter lightly.
It is better to make more preparations than to do nothing when encountering problems. Otherwise, it will become the focus of public criticism. The school does not want to be famous for this. The most important thing is that it cannot neglect top talents like Wu Tong.
How many people were watching Peking University, waiting for it to make some mistake, so they would rush to apply to Wu Tong. Wu Tong, a Peking University graduate, had chosen to stay, but how many people were secretly frustrated, almost wanting to bite the university to vent their anger, full of envy and jealousy!
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