Compared to missile launch vehicles. The advantages of strategic submarines in concealment, suddenness, and maneuverability are very prominent, and there are also fatal shortcomings.

Among the many disadvantages, the firing time was too long. Undoubtedly, the most prominent.

Take the example of an O-class strategic submarine loaded with old submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and it will take at least ugly minutes to shoot the old missiles, during which time. Submarines must not be highly maneuverable, but must also control the depth within Feng meters, not to mention the loud noise generated when firing. In this way, not to mention other anti-submarine means for the time being, as long as there is an enemy attack submarine within a kilometer of the neighborhood, it will be difficult for strategic submarines to survive. This is because the main task of attacking submarines of all countries is to destroy the strategic submarines of the hostile country after the outbreak of war, followed by the surface warships of the enemy country. So behind the strategic submarines of any country, there must be enemy attack submarines. It is precisely for this reason that the navies of several major powers have called the strategic counterattack launched by strategic submarines "Operation Doomsday." Since it is the end of the world, it is not so important whether the strategic submarines themselves can be spared.

It has to be said that luck is not entirely in favor of the Republic.

At least the strategic submarines of the "Arctic Storm" class of the Russian Navy do not have to worry about the republic's attack submarines nearby when firing submarines of the submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

If it was before the field, it was quietly before the knife. The strategic counterattack of the Russian Navy was enough to destroy the entire republic.

At the beginning of the century, even if the republic was able to deploy attack submarines to the Barents Sea and track Russian strategic submarines, it would have been impossible to sink Russian strategic submarines before they launched missiles, depending on the performance of submarine detection systems, anti-submarine torpedoes, and so on. Even if it's a ship. Six submarine-launched ballistic missiles launched by Israeli-class strategic submarines can also destroy the large city of Zhaoza. Hundreds of millions of casualties were inflicted, and the republic was completely incapacitated for war.

Even by the end of the ugly years of this century, that is, the republic already has a national strategic defense system. Because the potential of the system has not been tapped. The combat capability of the system is relatively limited, and even if it can intercept an incoming SLBM, it is unlikely to shoot down a real or false target thrown out by a submarine. As long as a third of the warheads are successful. And only a fifth of them are real warheads. It also means that the large cities will be destroyed, and two-thirds of the citizens of the republic will be wiped out in an instant.

As mentioned earlier, if the interception method is not changed. It is difficult to counter a strategic counterattack from a strategic submarine in view.

It is important that, no matter what method is taken, the purpose is the same, that is, not to allow the enemy's nuclear warheads to explode on the territory of the republic, or even to enter the airspace over the territory of the republic.

As with land-based ballistic missiles, SLBMs are best destroyed before they are fired.

Here's the key, how to destroy a SLBM before it is fired.

As mentioned earlier, no matter how fast the missile flies, if it cannot increase its intensity, it will still expose the missile-carrying submarine to the enemy's anti-submarine power for a long time. In fact, it is almost impossible to increase the range of SLBMs. Although compared with land-based ballistic missiles, SLBMs that undertake the "last" mission are almost all aimed at large and medium-sized cities of the enemy country, with the main purpose of killing and injuring the enemy's national living forces, so they are launched before they are fired. There is no need to do precise positioning, and you can rely on the position information provided by the high-precision laser gyroscope on the submarine, at most you can use the photoelectric periscope for positioning measurement. However, strategic submarines generally launch missiles under the surface, in order to ensure that the missiles can be smoothly launched out of the water and after they are out of the water. There are very high requirements for the navigation state of the submarine, such as depth, navigation and inclination. For example, when the first shot is required, the diving depth is between Tun and Momi, the navigation is not rainbow, and the longitudinal and lateral inclination are not too stiff.

If the state of the submarine itself can be constant, that is, it is not difficult to maintain such a navigation attitude under normal conditions. The problem is that when launching a submarine-launched ballistic missile, because the missile itself has mass, after the missile is launched. Equal to reducing the displacement of the submarine. In other words, even if the impact of the firing method on the navigation attitude of the submarine is not considered, the impact of the missile's own weight on the submarine must be considered. As a result, the missiles on the submarine can only be fired one after the other, and there must be a certain interval between them. In order to increase the missile power, it is necessary to shorten the interval.

Judging from the previous analysis, there are only two ways to shorten the interval, one is to use the firing method that has the least impact on the attitude of the submarine, and the other is to reduce the mass of the missile. There are not many ways to use the former, after all, there are only a few ways to shoot. Either way, it will have an impact on the submarine's sailing attitude, and it can only reduce the impact, not eliminate it. There are not many methods available for the latter, and the main thing is to try to use new technologies as new materials as new materials to make the missiles lighter. For example, the most advanced "Trident" submarine-launched ballistic missile at the beginning of the century had a projectile mass of up to one ton. After the blade year, the shooting mass of the mouth is reduced to the lead ton, and the total mass is reduced instantaneously when the range remains the same and the throwing ability only decreases the gills. This is evident in the trend towards miniaturization of missiles.

No matter how much miniaturization is done

Of course, it's not that there is no way to solve this problem, it's just that the cost is very high. This particular solution is to minimize the bomb load of the submarine if a submarine carries only one ballistic missile, since there is no re-firing. There is no interval between shots. The problem is that the amount of money required to do so is not only unaffordable for the navy, but also for no other country. Not to mention that a submarine only carries one ballistic missile, in an era when the cost of strategic submarines is based on 100 billion yuan as the basic unit of calculation. Even if the bomb load is halved and the number of submarines is doubled, the cost of personnel, bases, routine maintenance, supporting attack submarines, etc., is enough to discourage any navy.

As mentioned earlier, the number of SLBMs carried by a strategic submarine is the optimal value derived from a combination of various factors. It wasn't a decision made by any general patting his head.

In this way, shortening the interval between shots is still the main means of shortening the time between shots.

Under normal conditions, "Arctic storms." The interval between the defeat of boron is a blade second, that is, a missile is fired every two and a half minutes, and it takes a knife and a half minutes to shoot all the missiles, which is about half an hour. In an emergency, the interval between the first six missiles can be shortened to enough seconds in the wrong shot, and the interval between the last six missiles is still a second, but before the next six missiles are fired, it takes the old minutes to adjust the submarine navigation state. Which type of shooting is used? Generally, the decision is made by the submersible micro-length according to the actual situation.

According to the relevant regulations of the Russian Navy, if it is determined that there are no enemy attack submarines around, it should launch all SLBMs in an orderly manner according to the former method. If it is certain that there are enemy attack submarines in the vicinity and are not covered by your own attack submarines, you must use the latter method to shoot half of the guides as soon as possible.

Obviously, the first scenario is met at this time.

There is no doubt that if the Russian Governor had known the full combat power of the national strategic defense system of the republic, at least the commander of the Russian Navy would have regretted it.

You know, when the Russian submarines operating in the Barents Sea received the order to launch missiles, they were about ugly above their heads. At a distance of several kilometers, several strategic warning satellites have widened their eyes and activated the inter-satellite data link, which can send location information to several neighboring interceptor satellites within a minute of the current target, and several interception satellites specially prepared for Russia's strategic submarines.

It has already been mentioned that back in the 4o years, Russia sent strategic submarines to the Northern Fleet.

In response to this situation, the Navy of the Republic first proposed to use "forward deployment" to deal with it. To put it simply, there are only three countries to choose from when deploying attack submarines in allies in the North Atlantic: Greece, Cuba and Venezuela. Greece is located in the southeastern Mediterranean, and attack submarines leaving Greek ports have to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar to enter the Atlantic, which is obviously not very much

True.

Cuba is under the nose of the United States, and when the Soviet Union deployed a few missiles to Cuba, the United States made a big move, and if it really wanted to deploy attack submarines to Cuba, the reaction of the United States can be imagined, so it is not very realistic. Venezuela is ideally located, but the Latin American country has good relations with Russia and is unlikely to agree to allow the republic to deploy attack submarines in its ports to counter Russia. It was precisely because of this that the Navy's proposal was quickly rejected.

The problem is that we have to find a way to meet new challenges.

Faced with this problem, Pei Chengyi, who was already the Minister of Defense at the time, handed over the burden to Liu Xiaobin. That is, to counter enhanced strategic threats by expanding the capabilities of the national strategic defense system.

The solution is not complicated: by improving the system's responsiveness and enhancing its strike capabilities, it is possible to destroy Russia's strategic submarine before it fires a second SLBM. In this way, the threat is minimized. With the capabilities of the national strategic defense system of the republic, if each Russian strategic submarine can only fire one submarine-launched ballistic missile, the threat is not very great. In fact. According to the results of scientific calculations, the launch of three submarine-launched ballistic missiles by each Russian strategic submarine will not put too much pressure on the national strategic defense system, and the probability of intercepting all missiles and warheads is still close to 100 percent.

Of course, there is only one key: "that is, how to prevent the Russian strategic submarine from continuing to fire missiles."

For this, two conditions must be met. One is the rapid appearance and positioning, and the other is the rapid attack.

In the first condition, it is not difficult now, and strategic early warning satellites can do it, and the key is positioning. Although the strategic early warning satellite can roughly locate the missile in the air, the radiation signal will only be detected by the strategic early warning satellite after the missile's active aircraft is ignited. In view of this situation, the latest-generation submarine-launched strategic ballistic missiles of several major countries have adopted corresponding countermeasures, such as using high-pressure air or high-pressure water flow to push the missile out of the launch canister, using a low-temperature primary booster motor to raise the missile to an altitude of several thousand kilometers, and then starting the active aircraft, thus greatly delaying the time for the strategic early warning satellite to present the missile. Of course, as long as it is a ballistic missile, it will emit an extremely obvious radiation signal during the ascent stage, which will be detected by strategic early warning satellites.

In fact, in this way, the positioning problem is solved.

To put it simply, when it is impossible to determine exactly the firing position of the missile, too

In this way, when attacking, in addition to being swift, it is also necessary to expand the scope of the attack, that is, to replace the precision strike with a covering strike.

Undoubtedly, the ideal strike weapon is definitely nuclear weapons.

The problem is that the London Treaty clearly states that nuclear weapons can only be deployed in the atmosphere and not in outer space. If you want to attack a target thousands of kilometers away, whether it is a ballistic missile or a cruise missile, it is beyond the reach of the whip. Although "regional laser interception system." The degree of reactivity can meet the requirements. And the energy travels in light. But strategic submarines hid under the surface of the sea. Above is dozens of meters thick seawater, and seawater is an ideal medium for heat dissipation, and no matter how powerful an energy weapon is, it is impossible to pose a threat to submarines hiding in the sea.

Obviously, one can only pin one's hopes on kinetic weapons.

A kinetic energy projectile with a blade kilogram level can have the power equivalent to a mouth stew, that is, equivalent to a tactical nuclear warhead, and the kinetic energy projectiles will not interfere with each other when attacking, if dozens or even hundreds of kinetic energy bombs can be dropped into the sea area where the enemy's strategic submarine is located at reasonable intervals. Even if you can't hit the submarine directly. Destroying submarines is no problem. It is important to know that seawater is also an ideal medium for transferring pressure, and the shock wave generated by the explosion is thousands of times more efficient in seawater than in air. A single kinetic energy bomb can destroy a missile vehicle within a radius of several kilometers, and even if a submarine is much stronger than a missile vehicle, as long as the kinetic energy bomb falls within a few hundred meters, the submarine will not be spared.

Of course, the deployment of satellites carrying kinetic bombs will not arouse suspicion among enemy countries.

It is precisely for this reason that as early as the end of the decade, the Military Intelligence Agency used the secret funds allocated by the Ministry of Defense to purchase a number of "kinetic interception satellites" specially designed to deal with Russian strategic nuclear submarines. "These satellites all have kinetic energy bombs of the kilogram level, and all satellites are deployed in the same orbit, ensuring that there are more than one satellite over the Arctic Ocean at any time, and can maneuver through orbit change to concentrate more than one old satellite in an important sea area of the Arctic Ocean, such as the Barents Sea, within two hours.

Because these satellites exist to deal with Russian strategic submarines, when they are used, the central computer of the strategic defense system will not consider a second attack, and there will be no leeway. To put it bluntly, if the first attack is unsuccessful, allowing Russian strategic submarines to shoot all SLBMs, and then making a second interception, it will not be possible to prevent the missiles from flying into the air towards the republic.

As mentioned earlier, kinetic interception satellites are deployed in low-Earth orbit, i.e. only a few hundred kilometers above the ground.

It takes a maximum of 100 seconds for a kinetic energy projectile to go from being launched to falling to the surface of the sea. Although seawater is liquid. It is fluid, but the passive energy projectile hits at a degree of more than kilometers per second, and the result can be imagined.

According to the recollections of the pilots on a base expedition-type private plane that flew over the Barents Sea at the time, hundreds of flashes of light fell from the sky as if the sky had been pierced by sharp javelins; Before the sky changed color, a column of water rose on the surface of the sea that was thousands of meters high. It was as if the whole sea was boiling; Then came the thunderous explosions and lightning and thunder. It was as if the sea and the sky were completely blended together. The world is back in a state of chaos; The last thing that fell was a pour that had just been steamed, re-condensed during the ascent, and still had a hint of heat.

This description is not an exaggeration at all.

You know, each satellite drops a kinetic energy bomb, and every 2 satellites attack a target. Therefore, there are as many kinetic energy bombs that fall in the same sea area. According to the calculation that the energy brought by a kinetic energy bomb is equivalent to that of stewed steel, the energy generated by an attack is as high as 10,000 tons, which is equivalent to the explosive power of a strategic nuclear warhead!

Fortunately, with such great power, there is no radioactive contamination.

Otherwise, the pilot of the small plane would not have been able to tell anyone about the horror he had witnessed.

In fact, for the officers and men who looked inside the Russian submarine, death was not painful at all. Because the attack of kinetic energy bombs mainly relies on the huge pressure generated after the explosion to be transmitted to the submarine, the Pengrussian strategic submarines were all crushed into a discus in an instant, and the officers and men in the submarine may be finished before they understand what is going on.

Of course, the attack on Russia's new strategic submarine failed to destroy the submarine-launched ballistic missiles that Mao Jing had launched into the air.

In any case, after the submarine ballistic missile lifts off, it only takes tens of seconds to leave the troposphere. And it reaches the top of the stratosphere in a hundred seconds, and the impact of the explosion of a kinetic energy bomb at sea can only have an impact on a missile at an altitude of one or two thousand meters.

It is precisely in this way that when attacking the Russian strategic submarines, the battle to intercept submarine-launched ballistic missiles also began.

However, compared with the earth-shattering key strikes, the interception operations carried out by laser interceptor satellites and the missiles detonated by high-energy lasers are too small to attract attention at all.

When millions of tons of seawater fall back to the surface, the strike and interdiction operations against Russian strategic forces officially come to an end.

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