Chapter 354: Ballistic Missiles (12)
In this way, Joannis quickly reported the matter to his military leaders. Naturally, his leaders immediately agreed.
Soon some personnel from the military equipment unit were sent to use the new tungsten carbide material purchased from his old classmate's company in the missile warhead he developed.
When the first warhead was developed, he and Wesley eagerly took the new warhead to the ring lab.
"Teacher, there shouldn't be any problems this time!" Wesley was now confident, thinking that since this material was developed by a high-tech company, there would definitely be no problems.
"I hope so!" Although Jonnis also believed in the strength of his old classmate, his previous defeat had already scared him. I don't want to see myself fail again this time. But no matter what, he doesn't have much confidence now!
You must know that the materials developed by his old classmates are only used in ordinary civil airliners. Even the fastest airplane in the world is far below the speed of sound.
And the ballistic missile they developed can reach more than ten times the speed of sound when attacking the target, what kind of concept is this, it is simply the speed of an asteroid hitting the earth!
But no matter what, Jonnis finally found this new material from his old classmates, and whether it can succeed or not is a matter of one move.
Jonnis and Wesley attached the new missile warhead to the ring device, and then had Wesley press the start button.
The ring is now spinning rapidly.
"One minute, two minutes, ten minutes—"
Both Jonnis and Wesley were a little nervous! I'm afraid that the missile warhead will soon catch fire and burn again, just like the alloy warheads they developed before!
"Half an hour, an hour—"
An hour later, the new material tungsten carbide missile warhead was still spinning intact on the annular device. There was no sign of a melt or a fire.
"Haha! Haha! Great, great, we finally made it. ”
Jonnis saw that an hour later, the warhead of the new material missile was still spinning rapidly on the annular device, and there was no sign of fire. He immediately burst out laughing and dancing like a child!
Wesley was also pleased, but he seemed more poised and didn't dance like Jonis!
"Teacher, can you cut off the power supply!" Wesley has been looking at it for an hour, the missile warhead has not changed, and he also knows that the experiment is successful, and he can turn off the power.
"Of course, turn it off right away!" said Jonnis, still looking at Wesley with an excited expression.
Wesley went right away. Turn off the power to the ring experimental setup.
The annular device soon stopped.
Joannis went over and took a closer look at the missile warhead. Seeing that the warhead did not show any signs of deformation, everything was normal. It's the same as when I first tied it up.
"Teacher, it seems that this new type of material is possible! This thing is really sturdy! Our missile warhead has finally been developed!" Wesley also looked very excited at this time, looking at the black missile warhead in front of him, and also looked at it curiously!
"Haha, immediately equip this warhead with an experimental missile, and our ballistic missile experimental missile will soon be successfully developed. ”
Jonnis looked at the new material missile warhead in front of him. He was so excited that he felt like he was going to be done. He wanted to develop an advanced missile. It didn't take long for the research to be successful.
"Okay, I'll call a few GIs over right away and ask them to equip this missile with a test missile. ”
Wesley listened to Jonnis and immediately went out again.
Soon a few GIs were called over and the warhead was taken away.
They arrived at the workshop and quickly assembled the new material warhead on the missile test missile.
It's the same as before. Jonnis and Wesley are back at the launch site.
"Five, four, three, two, one. Launch!"
Joannis counted the numbers himself, and then pressed the launch button of the missile test bomb himself.
This experimental missile, like the previous missile, flew vertically into the air with a roar.
After reaching an altitude of several tens of kilometers, it began to fly horizontally again, and after a few minutes of flying, it began to fly at an almost vertical angle towards a false target on the sea.
"Haha, that's amazing, I'm sure I'll be able to destroy this fake target now. ”
In order to check the power of the experimental bomb, Joannis and the others also placed a broken fish ship in the target sea area of the missile.
If the test bomb hits the target, it will completely destroy the broken fish ship.
However, the previous two experiments failed, and their experimental bombs caught fire and exploded at a height of several tens of meters from the target.
So, now the broken fish boat is still swaying in that area. It seems to be deliberately teasing Jonnis and Wesley, just like them.
"Haha, this broken fish ship must destroy this this time. Look at it and it's still dangling before our eyes. Jonnis looked at the broken fish boat on the sea not far away, and he thought that this time this experimental bomb would definitely destroy the broken fish boat.
"Yes, teacher, we're sure we'll succeed this time!" Wesley felt like he was 100 percent successful this time. Because the reason for the last two failures is that the warhead of the missile cannot withstand the high temperatures generated at high speeds!
Since they have solved this problem, this missile test should be successful!
However, it turned out not to be what Jonnis and Wesley had imagined.
This experimental bomb, which was full of hope for Jonnis and Wesley, turned out to be the same as the previous two experimental bombs, dozens of meters above the target, suddenly tumbling and bursting into flames.
"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the experimental bomb rolled over the target again and exploded.
"Ahh It's pretty much the same as before.
"Teacher!—what the hell is going on!!" Wesley couldn't believe his eyes. The third experimental missile, which they had painstakingly developed, once again exploded above the target.
"This-this-what the hell is going on!"
Of course, Jonnis didn't know what was going on, and he could only look at the smoke from the missile explosion that was still drifting in the sky, and repeat Wesley's words.
After this defeat, Jonnis and Wesley were at a loss.
Because no matter what I said before. They still felt that it was a missile warhead problem, but now they finally solved this problem, but the result is still the same, how can this not make Jonnis and Wesley very puzzled!
"Teacher, what the hell is going on! Why is the missile still exploding!" Wesley was puzzled, and asked Jonnis again!
Jonnis is a little hot right now.
"You ask me, I ask who goes. I know what's going on! We've made a high-temperature missile warhead, but the result is still the same. That's too wicked!" Jonnis looked at Wesley with great displeasure.
Wesley wasn't saying anything at the moment.
These days, Jonnis and Wesley barely talked.
Both were thinking about it. Just wondering what the hell is going on. Why an advanced warhead was developed. Still can't let the missile hit the target. Isn't it a very evil thing that missiles still have to explode in the air!
Jonnis thought about it, but couldn't figure it out.
But Wesley thought about it, and it seemed that another question had come to mind.
"Teacher, I feel that the cause of the missile explosion is not because of the warhead. Wesley said as he looked at the teacher carefully.
"It's not the warhead, what could it be!" Jonnis listened to Wesley's words and looked at him curiously.
"I wonder if it's because the missiles themselves can't keep their balance at high speeds!" Wesley thought to him.
"You can't keep your balance. What do you mean, our missiles are not able to keep balance. That's not long before it fell. How is it possible to fly all the way to an altitude of several tens of kilometers and then fly down to attack the target. And then in the last few tens of meters, I can't keep my balance!"
Jonnis listened to Wesley's words, and he was a little unconvinced. It doesn't make sense for Wesley's words. If the missiles are not balanced. Then it should crash as soon as it is launched!
"Teacher, I think so. It must be within a certain velocity, the missile can maintain balance, but once it exceeds this velocity, it may not be able to maintain balance. ”
Wesley was sometimes a little more flexible in his thinking than Jonice. After all. He is a young man, and he doesn't think about problems like an old military worker like Jonis, just thinking about what he has experienced before. For some new problems encountered, he is not as easy as a young person to think about the reasons for things.
"Well, there's some truth to that. But how can we prove this? How can we prove that what you say makes sense? Jonnis listened to Wesley's words and felt that there was some truth, but he just didn't know how to prove it!
Whether a theory is true or not can only be known through verification!
"I think we can make a model, that is to say, a model of an experimental missile, and then fix this model on the annular device, so that we can verify whether it is a problem with the missile itself. ”
Wesley thought of the previous method of experimenting with missile warheads, and wanted to use the ring device to experiment with a missile model as well!
"Oh, I see, you're going to use the ring device to test whether the missile will have balance problems when flying at high speeds. ”
Jonnis listened to Wesley, and he understood what was going on.
"Yes, Teacher, only in this way can we find the root cause of the missile explosion! As you have seen before, our missiles all explode when they are about to reach their target. And it was the same before the explosion, there was a tumbling phenomenon. This means that there must be something wrong with the balance system of the missile!" Wesley looked at Jonnis and said what he thought.
"Well, it must be so. Let's make a model!"
Jonnis listened to Wesley's words and naturally agreed.
In this way, the two of them quickly made a model missile.
Then another experiment was carried out on that ring device.
Sure enough, everything was as Wesley had guessed. At first, nothing changed at all about the missiles. However, when the rotation speed of the annular device became faster and faster, the missile began to shake on the annular device, and finally fell off the annular orbit.
With a 'bang' of the missile, it hit the barbed wire shield next to it. And a lot of sparks were knocked out on top of the barbed wire shield. It's a pretty amazing scene! If it weren't for this shield. Then Jonnis and Wesley must be injured.
"Teacher, what's the matter, it's a matter of the balance of the missile itself!" Seeing this scene, Wesley was sure that it was the balance of the missile itself.
"Yes! It is a matter of the balance of the missile itself, and now we have found the reason! It seems that the advanced warhead we developed before seems to be useless! It turns out that it is not the cause of the warhead at all!"
As soon as Joannis looked at the missile model, he felt that everything they had worked on to develop the warhead had been in vain.
"No, teacher, we are also right to develop advanced warheads. You know, in the previous second missile launch, we all saw that the warhead was on fire! This time, our missile's warhead did not catch fire.
This is also very important! Even if we solve the problem of balancing the missile now, if the warhead is still like before, it will catch fire at the last critical moment. That's not the same as it will explode. ”
Wesley listened to Jonice, and he spoke against it. After all, the reason for the missile to explode on its own is not only a matter of balance, but also whether the warhead of the missile can withstand high temperatures, but also because of one aspect!
"Wesley, but what should we do now! The warhead of the missile has already been developed, but how can we solve this balance problem! The shape of this missile is the standard shape of a missile, and there has never been a balance problem with this missile shape before!"
Jonnis listened to Wesley's words, and he also felt a little overwhelmed. You know, the shape of this missile, but he designed it before. is a basic shape of a missile. At the time of missile launch, there was never a question of balance.
Now suddenly there is a problem with the balance of the missile itself, which makes Joannis a little overwhelmed. He doesn't know how to solve this problem! )