Whatever can fly on land belongs to the Air Force.

The Air Force is so domineering, the most domineering of which is the US Air Force, the US Air Force was originally an army air force, which was separated from the army, but after going out, the army is absolutely resentful of repaying morality, they bullied the army very badly, the army wants to have a reconnaissance plane that can fly, and finally the US Army is so aggrieved that it procures a propeller aircraft, yes, when the air force has entered modernization and has the ability to strike precision, the US Army is actually only equipped with a propeller aircraft.

This is still the air force's mercy, otherwise, the propeller of the World War II aircraft will not work.

Of course, unlike the US Air Force, the domestic Air Force obeys orders and listens to commands, and when the superior gives an order, the Air Force will transfer a large number of its helicopters to the Army and set up a special Army Aviation Corps.

The current cruise missiles, of course, are also under the management of the Air Force, because this thing can fly, at least now everyone thinks so.

In China, the first development is ballistic missiles, the flight trajectory of this missile, is a parabolic ballistic, just like artillery shells, from the very beginning of the Dongfeng-1, to the current development of the Dongfeng 21, are ballistic missiles, because of the high flight trajectory, landing speed, so it is difficult to be intercepted, now in the Gulf War, the United States ground air defense missile system, can only intercept short-range ballistic missiles such as Scud missiles, more medium-range, even intercontinental ballistic missiles, that is absolutely impossible to intercept, Combined with a weapon of mass destruction such as a nuclear warhead, it is a heavy weapon of a great power.

The technological progress of domestic ballistic missiles is very fast, especially the current Dongfeng 21, which is a solid ballistic missile developed from Julang-2, and domestic ballistic missiles have developed towards solidification.

However, in terms of cruise missiles, there is a gap in the country.

Compared with the high-throw trajectory of a ballistic missile, a cruise missile is an unmanned aerial vehicle like an airplane, which flies horizontally throughout the entire range, so it is called a cruise missile.

So, what are the benefits of cruise missiles?

Because of the low flight altitude, it is difficult to be detected, unless there is an AWACS aircraft, otherwise, it is estimated that this weapon can only be detected when it flies in front of it, and at this time, interception is no longer possible.

At the same time, another characteristic of cruise missiles, that is, high precision, ballistic missiles after launch, there is no ability to change the trajectory, the kind of can change the trajectory of another said, when landing, the accuracy is determined by the basic technology, such as the position detection at the time of launch, the computer's orbit calculation, the accuracy of the missile gyroscope, and so on, however, in general, the accuracy of this missile is not high, such as the Scud missile, when the range is 300 kilometers, the error may be one or two kilometers away, if it is a conventional warhead, That's almost off target.

Cruise missiles are not, in the process of flight, it can constantly adjust its course, first of all, the gyroscope in the body to navigate, followed by the digital map, in the process of flight, it can constantly look for buildings of different heights around itself or mountainous areas, etc., draw a map like a contour line, and compare with the benchmark map, you can adjust your course, to achieve higher technology.

When it comes to the final attack, you can also compare it with the stored target photos, etc., in short, using various advanced technologies, after flying thousands of kilometers, the accuracy of cruise missiles still reaches the meter level, which is an advanced precision-guided weapon!

When the United States and the Soviet Union were negotiating on intermediate-range missiles, the Soviet Union asked the Americans to destroy their Tomahawk cruise missiles, but the Americans insisted on destroying ballistic missiles and did not agree to destroy such weapons.

"Actually, if you classify it, our current anti-ship missiles belong to a type of cruise missile, but compared with the American Tomahawk missile, our missiles still have great flaws." Qin Feng continued to start the introduction.

"Our anti-ship missiles have a range of only a few tens of kilometers, even if it is an Eagle Strike 82, the range is only 100 kilometers, and the Tomahawk missile, with a range of several thousand kilometers, is a long-range attack weapon, and the guidance system is also very different, for us, there are a lot of brand new equipment, however, I personally think that the most difficult thing is the engine."

If the country were to engage in such similar weapons, where would it be contained? Engine, of course!

There is a lack of advanced high-thrust turbofan engines in China, and at the same time, there is a lack of engines for small cruise missiles in China!

Compared with the engines of fighters with a thrust of more than a dozen tons, the F-107-WR-450 turbofan engine used on the Tomahawk missile has a thrust of only 267 kilograms, and it is also very small.

Don't think it's very simple, although the sparrow is small, it is not easy to make the engine bigger, and it is not easy to make it small, and this kind of engine is not only small, but also cheap and fuel-efficient, cheap to a large number of equipment, fuel-saving to fly far, of course, the life of this indicator can be reduced, after all, it is a one-time use of equipment.

If the country wants to develop similar cruise missiles, it will need to make more efforts, but this weapon must be had, this is a must in the new era!

"Well, we can join forces with the Navy." General Lin spoke: "Most of the cruise missiles in this American attack were launched from the ships of the Navy. ”

This is true, cruise missiles, like ballistic missiles, are common to multiple services, which can also greatly reduce the cost of research and development and procurement. However, this project must be considered at home, which is a necessity for future wars.

"Also, it's their Patriot missile system." Qin Feng continued to the next report.

In the Gulf War, the United States' aerial bombardment was very powerful, but on the other hand, the interception of Scud missiles by Patriot missiles was even more eye-catching, and almost every day the news would say how many Scud missiles Iraq had launched and how many Patriot systems had intercepted.

The Patriot missile system was developed by the US Army over a period of 18 years, and its performance has been tested in this actual battle.