Zhu Guoxiong did not come here today specifically for these electromagnetic experts. His main task was to hand over a batch of electronic components for radar upgrades newly purchased by the military to Wan Feng.
China's previous old-fashioned Su-type radars have reached the stage of upgrading.
Wan Feng told him that he could let his subordinates do this kind of task, but he still came.
He was probably bored of staying in the military compound, so he took this opportunity to run out for some fresh air and listen to Wan Feng's nonsense.
The list of components was so densely packed that it filled several pages, with a price tag of hundreds of millions of yuan. It was clear that the radars upgraded by the military this time were massive.
In fact, these components are very common components and are everywhere in the market. There is no secret at all. But the reason why they were handed over to Huaguang is that the military felt at ease and the quality was excellent.
In their eyes, Huaguang Enterprise is already their own company.
Does anyone know whether the gadgets on the market are of qualified quality and whether there are any backdoors?
After explaining the main tasks, it’s time to talk about the secondary tasks.
"When I was trying to trick the Russians in Heihe, I actually had some conversations with a few Soviet electromagnetic experts in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Of course, these people weren't experts; they only knew the general uses of electromagnetic research. Today, I'll tell you what I know for free."
Wan Feng can't say that he knows about electromagnetism and other things. He can't understand everything.
Then we can only find someone to take the blame. Anyway, it is impossible for Zhu Guoxiong to go to the Russians to investigate these Soviet people who were fabricated out of thin air.
"You didn't tell me for free and you want to ask me for money? Then you have to wait."
"Tsk! Your pockets are cleaner than your face. I wouldn't want any money from you."
"Let's get down to business and stop talking nonsense."
"Those Russians said they're studying electromagnetics for three main uses: electromagnetic attack, electromagnetic interference, and electromagnetic catapults. Of these three, I assume you know a little about electromagnetic interference, but you're probably a little less familiar with electromagnetic attack and electromagnetic catapults."
"I've heard of all this, but I don't know the details," Zhu Guoxiong told the truth.
He is at least a general, and he must have seen internal reference films on foreign military developments.
"Then let's pick a field you're least familiar with, starting with electromagnetic catapults. Electromagnetic catapults are primarily used on aircraft carriers, for takeoff and landing. Everyone knows that the US Kitty Hawk and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently use steam catapults, which are wasteful and inefficient. That's why the US is secretly researching electromagnetic catapults. The Soviet Union's current aircraft carriers are all ski-jump, requiring no catapults, but they will need catapult-powered carriers in the future, if the Soviet Union doesn't disintegrate."
"Fortunately, they..." Zhu Guoxiong said subconsciously, but he didn't finish it and stopped halfway.
There's nothing to be afraid of, luckily it disintegrated.
"Of course, if you have an electromagnetic catapult, you also need an electromagnetic arrester. You can't use the electromagnetic catapult to launch the plane, but then use steam arrester for landing. Wouldn't that be like two chairs and two water?"
"So do you think the US can succeed in this research?"
Wan Feng shook his head: "Their research was unsuccessful."
"Are you so sure?"
What is there to be sure of? Wan Feng knows that the US has not succeeded in the research at all, and the Ford-class electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier it built is just a showpiece.
The reason why the United States has not successfully researched electromagnetic catapults is because they chose the wrong technology tree.
They believe in AC and have been using it for electromagnetic catapults.
On the contrary, China successfully adopted direct current research. By the time the US realized it and went back to research direct current, it had already fallen behind China by at least ten years.
The genius master's heroic words "If we are ahead, we are ahead of the United States" have become a popular saying among military fans.
There is no need to tell this to Zhu Guoxiong.
"The remaining uses of electromagnetics are in the radar field, electromagnetic interference and attack."
"I know about electromagnetic interference, which is to make your radar completely covered in snow and unable to see anything, but what about this battery attack?"
"Let me give you an analogy. Imagine you're a radar operator. One day, you turn on the radar as usual, but you're surprised to find hundreds of planes flying towards you. What would you do?"
"Of course, we immediately informed our superiors, who then dispatched fighter jets to intercept."
"Correct! But when the pilot flew into the blue sky, he saw only a cloudless sky and an enemy electronic warfare aircraft."
Zhu Guoxiong pondered for a moment. "Are you saying that the hundreds of enemy planes shown on the radar are fake?"
Wan Feng nodded: "Yes, this is what the enemy electronic warfare aircraft simulated on the radar."
Wan Feng is not talking nonsense. The Americans have staged such farces several times along the coast of China in the past.
The Air Force suffered a lot of losses.
However, it is a good thing to have the United States as a sparring partner. Twenty years later, the Chinese Air Force also used the same tricks as the United States to fool Japan and Taiwan, and it was also very effective.
"Strictly speaking, this type of electromagnetic attack falls under the category of electromagnetic interference. A true electromagnetic attack involves emitting various electromagnetic waves to destroy your ground equipment or even the electronic components on an aircraft in the air, rendering your equipment inoperable and causing you to lose control of your aircraft. This is the most powerful aspect of an electromagnetic attack."
Zhu Guoxiong was a little confused: "Can it reach that level? Isn't this like a myth?"
There will be no point in fighting wars in the future. The enemy will launch an electromagnetic attack from thousands of miles away, and the planes will not be able to fly and the missiles will not be able to fire. What's the point?
"Grandpa! It's not as bad as you think. At least you and I can't catch up. As for the future, I think everything has two sides. If there is a means of attack, there must be a means of defense. Don't worry about that."
"That's true."
"Grandpa! Let's continue talking about electromagnetic interference. You said the enemy released electromagnetic interference. How do the troops communicate?"
"What on earth? Can you rely on yelling?"
Zhu Guoxiong's words made Wan Feng laugh.
"It's true. Except for the landline telephones, all other radios and telegraphs are out of order. How are the troops supposed to communicate?"
"What do you want to say, kid?"
"The future is a world of mobile phones. If I create a mobile phone that is resistant to electromagnetic interference, will the military adopt it?"
"Can you really build it?"
Of course it can’t be produced. Mobile phone signals are very weak and cannot withstand electromagnetic interference at all.
A mobile phone is just a device for sending and receiving signals, so how can it control the signals?
But he had to say this even though he couldn't make it, otherwise how could he fool Zhu Guoxiong.
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