Chapter 107: IC Defeats Steel
"During a long-range attack on a power station in Iraq, two Slam missiles, the first of which accurately hit the frontal wall of a selected power station. A large hole was blown open, and a second one followed. Pierced through and entered the power station and exploded inside. I wonder why this kind of missile, which can be launched outside the defensive fire zone (can accurately attack ground targets or ships at sea from a distance of 100 kilometers), is it so accurate?" Yu Zixian looked very puzzled.
Well, Yu Zixian felt a little awkward about pretending to be stunned and cute, but he still put on the appearance of a curious baby and continued: "After that, I checked a lot of information, only to find that it uses the magic power of military satellites operating in space - the United States GPS global satellite positioning system. ”
"At the moment, I have only found that the Slam missile is equipped with a Navigation Satellite Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite receiver. According to public information, the GPS system is a new generation of military navigation satellite system approved by the US Department of Defense in December 1973. It is expected that the deployment of the entire system will be completed by the following year, when 21 satellites and 3 backup satellites will orbit the Earth in 6 different orbital planes, ensuring that 4 satellites will be 'watching' anywhere in the world or in near-Earth space and at any time, including our ......"
Speaking of this, Yu Zixian saw that the chief's eyebrows jumped obviously.
When the entire system is built, it can provide all-weather, continuous, real-time, high-precision three-dimensional position, speed and precise time information for all kinds of users around the world, including military and civilian users.
Currently, there are 16 GPS satellites in orbit. Although it is not yet possible to provide a service with global coverage throughout the day. But unprecedented military potential has been shown, such as in this war.
According to some information, the United States is manufacturing small GPS receivers for aircraft, chips or printed circuit boards with receiver and processor functions, and integrating them with other electronic equipment, such as installing GPS chips into aircraft inertial navigation system computers......
"Tomahawk cruise missiles and Slam missiles, which have a hit rate of up to 90% in the war, all use advanced electronic guidance systems, such as Z8002 processor chips, and even more advanced missiles also use various IC chips such as time delayers and scanners...... The application in the fighter is even more significant, each system uses a large number of chips, high-performance CPU processors, power management chips, digital signal processing DSP chips, communication chips and so on. ”
"This is a war between computer IC chips and steel cannons! In front of chips the size of fingernails, the former king of the land and the god of war have been defeated!"
Although he has done a very good job in the manufacture of chips, and has provided more than half of the chips for the Americans, the Americans say that the integrated circuit chips are second in military applications, and no one dares to say that they are the first.
Because the Americans originally supported integrated circuit technology, it was itself for military application. They have never been cut off from financial support in this regard, so at present, the Americans are the most advanced countries in the world in the military application of IC technology!
Yu Zixian babbled a lot, almost all of which emphasized the profound impact of integrated circuit technology on weapons and equipment and war mode under the new situation. However, the specific details are actually ambiguous.
One is that there are some details that he really doesn't remember. Thanks to the fact that he visited forums and military websites at that time, and read some analysis and introduction of many US military applications of integrated circuits in military equipment, otherwise he would not have been able to connect the current process of the Gulf War and several well-known weapons materials.
In one case, he really couldn't say in detail, and even if he could remember some details, he couldn't say them.
With just a few foreign military magazines found in Xiangjiang, you can't explain the source.
This is because many details of the war and details of weapons that have been made public in later generations are now confidential and involve military information.
So he can only pick and choose, and it is something that can find a little clue on the military miscellaneous.
Listening to Yu Zixian's words, the chief's face sometimes stretched, and sometimes his brows furrowed.
As far as he knows and sees the video footage of the Gulf War, it is more detailed than Yu Zixian's introduction, and the shocking scene in the video in which a precision-guided bomb can be pointed at from a distance of thousands of miles has aroused a strong sense of crisis among the top officials, including himself.
"People sit at home, bullets come from the sky", this strong sense of déjà vu, as well as a sense of powerlessness, completely inspired the sense of honor and disgrace of JUN people.
If such a situation really happens, how should we deal with it? This is a new issue that the JUN people have to face and think about in the new mode of war.
At present, various military systems are stepping up their search and analysis of information and intelligence on the application of high technology by the US military during the Gulf War.
However, the information searched is very limited, and some of the technical parameters are similar to the analysis of Qing Bao and some public technical parameters in public magazines, as for the slightly detailed details and the path of technical implementation, it is impossible to know!
After all, these weapons and equipment that appeared for the first time are all secret weapons.
The United States military has packed up all kinds of Iraqi troops in Kuwait with a new weapon and combat mode that has never been seen before, and it can be said that it is in a state of devastation.
If we are in Iraq's position, how should we deal with and break the situation in the face of the high-tech armed US military? This is what we should think about.
Yesterday, he saw a little bit of content from a report material involving min sentiments. So, in the case of an urgent lack of information related to the Gulf War, Yu Zixian was pushed here.
And according to the current preliminary investigation, Yu Zixian is also the key disposer of the February 2 case that just happened a few days ago.
This came as a great surprise to the chief.
Now, the 2.2 case has also been investigated clearly, and Yu Zixian's identity background is also "root red and seedling", which is very clear.
In addition, a few days ago, Yu Zixian made a bold speech at the Municipal Industrial System Award Meeting, what donkey chases planes, tens of billions of investments worth trillions, etc., which stimulated his strong interest in Yu Zixian.
This is a young man who dares to think and dare to do!
The names of many systems or weapons such as "GPS", "Tomahawk missiles", "Slam missiles" and so on that Yu Zixian just said have been heard in previous reports, but some are still the first time I have heard them!
But he understood that one of the most critical common points was the massive application of integrated circuit chips, which built and supported the high-tech warfare of the US military.
Combined with the information obtained so far and what Yu Zixian said, the most shocking thing is not only the high-tech military application of these integrated circuits, but the huge changes in the war mode, war system and concept that have been brought about - it turns out that the war can still be fought like this?!
In fact, there are no research projects similar to integrated circuits in China. However, more of them are the legacy of the previous tube era, and although there are new integrated circuit applications, there are relatively few applications.
However, has the seriously backward integrated circuit industry become an obstacle to achieving this goal?
However, for the time being, the gap between China and the developed countries in various types of weapons and equipment is very obvious, and now there is only one more type. However, there is already a consensus on one point, that is, after the application of integrated circuits to weapons and equipment, the information-based automatic command and control formed can cause qualitative changes in the weapon system, and the multiplier of full combat power is very crucial.
Therefore, the integrated circuit industry must be developed! This time further proves the urgency of the 908 project that is being launched.
"Comrade Yu Zixian, in fact, you have said so much, I can hear it, the most critical of which is the application of integrated circuits in JUN, in fact, we also pay attention to this aspect. You mentioned this aspect at the last award ceremony, but it is not clear, I still want to hear what specific suggestions you have for us to develop the integrated circuit industry. ”
"......" Yu Zixian pursed his lips tightly and did not continue.
He was afraid that he would be out of control as soon as he said it, and when it came to excitement, don't scold his mother!
"Haha, didn't you say anything? Okay, that's it today, Comrade Yu Zixian has worked hard for you, you have said so much, I deeply feel your patriotic heart as a young person, the times need such a good young man! Jin Cheng, you have also worked hard today......
"Ah, really go, this is the end?" Yu Zixian was anxious, and he jumped up suddenly.
"Hahaha......" Hearing Yu Zixian say this, the chief laughed, and Li Jincheng also snickered quietly on the side.
Suddenly, Yu Zixian laughed embarrassedly. This is the chief joking with him, no one has gotten up, how can there be no reason to send off guests.
"Uh...... So, sir, I might be thinking a little too much. ”
"It's okay, you boldly say that it's been a long time since I've heard criticism, not to mention, there are indeed some things in our work that are not taken into account or underconsidered. ”
"Then I said it. In fact, I also looked at the development of other countries in the integrated circuit industry and concluded by myself, and there must be something wrong with what I said......"
At present, there is a gap between China and the international level in terms of integrated circuit production technology by three stages of development, which is about 15 years behind. At present, we are mass-producing integrated circuits with 3~5 micron technology. Since the 80s, the international is basically a new generation every 3 years, and the integration degree is increased by 4 times every 3 years, at present, the processing line width of 0.8 microns, the integration of 10 million 4MDRAM has been put into production in large quantities, the 0.6 micron integration of 40 million 16MDRAM is being transferred to mass production, 0.35 micron integration of 140 million 64DRAM has been successfully developed by many companies!
As far as the domestic market is concerned, it is difficult to purchase special circuits of less than 1.5 microns for national defense and military industry, communications, industrial control and high-end consumer electronic products, even if it is imported, but because of the large volume and high price, it will cost more than 1 billion US dollars in foreign exchange every year, and with the sharp rise in domestic IC consumption, this figure will also skyrocket.