"Last night, a meteorite with a mass of about 2,000 tons fell 200 kilometers west of Dome 3, generating an explosion energy equivalent to 2 million tons of T-NT, causing a shock wave equivalent to a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, and minor damage to Dome 3 and nearby pioneer buildings. In terms of personnel, 3 people were slightly injured and 15 people were frightened. ”

Li Ping, the head of the Development Bureau, reported to Tianming.

"It's a meteorite again, why are there so many meteorites that often hit near our base?"

"Commander, around the red giant, there are a large number of meteorites, the density is very large, if you compare the earth, the density is 71 times that of the earth, and because the atmosphere of the red giant star is thinner than the earth, the energy and material consumption effect of meteorites is limited, and the number of meteorites falling to the ground every day is more than 100,000."

Astronomer Wen Jichudao.

He continued: "Not only that, but if the meteorites are divided into three levels, small, medium and large, according to the threat process. The larger the size of the meteorite and the lower the orbit, the greater the threat to us, and there are many such big threat meteorites. Probability-wise, as long as we move more than 100,000 square kilometers, we will be hit by a meteorite once a week. ”

"What's a good way to fix this?" Tianming frowned, "Didn't we deploy some missile defense systems around the base?" ”

"The speed of meteorites is generally above 20 times the speed of sound, and the fastest of our anti-aircraft missiles is only 7 times the speed of sound, and unless it is head-on, it will not be able to catch up with the meteorite at all. In addition, our missiles are loaded with a height of 25kg. Explosives have a certain destructive effect on small meteorites, but when encountering large meteorites, this power is not enough. ”

The head of the anti-aircraft missile regiment, Guo Congming, said.

in the military sphere. The anti-missile system is a system with a very high degree of technical integration, which can intercept missiles in the middle and terminal flight states from all directions, but it is also suspected of being mythologized, as if its interception ability is omnipotent, in fact, it is not so simple, just like a famous saying in martial arts novels: The world's martial arts, only fast is not broken! As long as it is faster, any means of interception are useless.

What to do if the missile interception effect is limited, and it is not yet able to intercept large meteorites?

"Commander. The most pressing task at the moment is to first develop a high-power laser defense system to strike meteorites with lasers, which is much more efficient than missiles. ”

"The laser cannon has already begun to be developed, the energy system has not yet been solved, and the artificial sun will not be able to come over until the country's experts are busy."

This laser cannon has a power of 5,000 megawatts, and one such weapon consumes more energy than the entire base.

"Commander, then only the missile defense system can be improved. Increase the range, change the engine, and equip the defense system with a more powerful warhead to make your defenses more effective! ”

The head of the regiment, Guo Congming, said.

Tianming nodded, "That's all there is to it for now." ”

Five days later, a fundamentally new missile defense system. Successfully developed.

System Name: Dome Guardian

Maximum firing range: 1100 km

Powertrain: Plasma engine

Maximum interception speed: Mach 30

It can be loaded with two types of warheads -

Ordinary warhead: 500-ton T-NT nuclear warhead (against small meteorites)

Special warhead: 5000 ton T-NT nuclear warhead (against large meteorites)

After the successful improvement of the missile system, the original X-band radar system has a maximum detection range of only 800 kilometers, which was sufficient before. However, now that the range of the missile has been greatly increased, the detection range is naturally insufficient, so Tianming has also improved the radar system. The radar performance has been improved, so that its maximum detection range has been increased to 1600 kilometers, which is enough to ensure accurate use within the range of the missile.

Of course, the missile defense system is still a kind of passive defense. According to Professor Wen, "Around this planet, there are some super meteorites with a diameter of more than 100 kilometers, and once this meteorite is smashed, it will cause a super disaster no less than the extinction of the dinosaurs, which is very easy." Even if we are thousands of kilometers away, we still can't avoid being affected. ”

To avoid this, the best thing to do is to be proactive.

Last time, experts mentioned the idea of a space-based platform, on which a laser cannon is set up to fire high-power lasers to burn meteorites, but the space-based platform also needs to use a nuclear fusion power generation system, but this will have to wait for a while, and wait for Lian Haochu's group of experts to come.

"Didn't the commander solve the technical problems of plasma engines and nuclear batteries? We can build a batch of aerospace fighters with nuclear bombs on them, let pilots go to space to carry out the mission of destroying meteorites, and give priority to cleaning up a number of meteorites that pose a big threat, so that it is much safer. An officer said.

"This is a good idea!"

Tianming returned to Blue Mercury and brought a group of aerospace planes and pilots over to begin the development of a new type of aerospace aircraft.

In terms of aircraft development, from the silver dragon to the demon dragon, Tianming has very rich experience, and his understanding of the aircraft is no worse than that of some top experts, and the new aerospace aircraft has naturally been developed extremely smoothly, and even in time, it only took 5 days.

Aircraft Model: Evil Dragon (Mighty Evil Gate)

Size: 14.8 (length) * 10.8 (width) * 4.7 (height)

Empty weight: 9.9 tons

Full weight: 17.6 tons

Weapon systems -

Built-in weapons: 4 250kg class missiles

External hardpoints: 6 (can be attached to 6 500kg missiles)

Under the nose: there is a laser cannon with a power of 80KW, and the power of striking meteorites in space is very considerable.

Radar system: phased array radar with a maximum detection range of 600 km

Energy system: nuclear power, plasma engine, a tank of ionization medium, can be used in space for more than 9 hours, and the atmosphere can obtain electrolytes from the air, so it has unlimited cruise capability.

Looking at the silver-gray painted fighter in front of him, with large delta wings, shaped like a space shuttle, Lin Mo's mouth opened, "This is the evil dragon fighter?" ”

Lin Mo rushed over from home immediately after hearing that the commander was developing a new fighter, and complained about why Tianming didn't tell him the news.

Tianming nodded, "The evil dragon has just made a little change in the appearance of the demon dragon, and the technology has not changed in essence, en." With the addition of more laser cannons, the radar system has been improved a bit, and the overall performance should be a little more advanced than the demon dragon. ”

After listening to Tianming's introduction, Lin Mo said excitedly: "Where is this a little bit!" It's a big leap! Brother Xu, leave the test flight task to me, I can fly the performance of this aerospace aircraft. ”

"Brother Lin, your wife has just given birth, you can rest at home for two more days, and the test flight work will be handed over to Captain Chen Ning and Ling Fei."

Tianming knew Lin Mo's temperament. He loves fighters like his life, and suddenly sees such an advanced aerospace plane that can be described as a "star destroyer", his hands are itchy, and he immediately drives this aerospace plane around, which is what he wants to do the most.

However, Lin Mo is a father for the first time, and it is better to let others complete the high-risk work of test flights, which is a kind of care for him by Tianming.

"Commander!" Lin Mo is no longer commensurate with the Tianming brothers. He saluted and said, "Commander, Lin Mo asked to be the first to fly this plane for a test flight, and I guarantee with my technology that there will be no problems." Fly perfectly out of the performance of this type of fighter! ”

Seeing the extremely eager look in Lin Mo's eyes, Tianming was embarrassed, "This-"

"Commander, my skills are just as good. I request the first test flight! Pilot Ling Fei stood up, a little unconvinced in his eyes.

"Commander, I'm the captain of the flight team. As a leader, I should take the lead. Captain Chen Ning saluted, and the reasons he said in his mouth made it impossible to refute and refuse.

"Commander, such an advanced aircraft, I also want to be the first to test fly!" The other pilots surrounding the plane did not hide it and said what was in their hearts.

A total of three prototypes of the Evil Dragon Fighter have been produced, all of which are single-seaters, so it is naturally impossible for all pilots to experience what it is like to fly the Evil Dragon. Tianming had to suppress the wishes of some people, and selected the captain Chen Ning, the pilot Ling Fei, and a pilot with good skills, and let the three of them fly out of the air base with three evil dragons for a test flight.

As for Lin Mo, after the three evil dragons flew out of the cave one after another along the runway, Tianming said to him: "Brother Lin, when they come back, you can go up and try it again." ”

Lin Mo nodded helplessly, and sighed in his heart, alas, although he promised his wife not to play dangerous moves in the future, and Brother Xu also heard it, but he can't be so distrustful, right? With his skills, could something else happen?

Two hours later, the three dragon fighters returned to the base one after another.

"Cool! The evil dragon is much cooler than the demon dragon! As soon as he got off the plane, Ling Fei shouted excitedly after taking off his spacesuit.

"The mobility has been greatly improved, the power system is strong, the operating system is more advanced, and the weapon system is not known how, it has not been tested." Chen Ning opened his mouth and said very professionally.

"The scenery of outer space is so beautiful, it's just that there are a lot of meteorites, and we have passed by meteorites many times."

"Lin Mo—"

Several logistics technicians inspected the three Evil Dragon fighters, and after filling the oxygen system with oxygen and the fuel tank with electrolyte, Lin Mo, who had changed into a spacesuit, couldn't wait to rush to an Evil Dragon fighter, and after quickly climbing into one of them, he immediately applied to the air traffic control department for a test flight, and after getting approval, he accelerated and drove out of the base.

"Woo-!"

In a certain airspace, Lin Mo made a number of tactical actions with an overload of more than 10G, turning over the barrel, pulling the rod, accelerating, and vertical diving, and flew out at an exaggerated speed of more than 5 times the speed of sound many times in the atmosphere.

Perhaps thinking that it was more fun in space, Lin Mo flew straight towards the deep space, keeping the speed steady, through the cockpit, looking at the undulating mountains and countless craters of the planet below, and then looking at the huge red stars on the side of the cockpit, a sense of pride rose from the bottom of his heart, no matter how big the world is, if it is bigger than this vast universe?

No matter how big the universe is, how can it be bigger than your own heart?

Infinite unknowns, distant stars, and dense meteorites will all be his targets for conquest.

…… (To be continued......)