Chapter 1680: Missile Prototype
These researchers all believe that this weapon may be another high-quality and high-price product, and it may only be able to be shelved after a certain amount of technological accumulation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info different from these researchers, Yang Yuanzhao was pleasantly surprised, the results of this research far exceeded his imagination, the current price of rockets is high, mainly electronic components and guidance department, which is also the fundamental reason for the high price of missiles in later generations, whether it is explosives, aviation kerosene, or missile shells, the price is not high, the excellent performance of the missile, are derived from the chipset, according to some external conditions, or wired, or wireless guidance, more in the semiconductor calculation and guidance.
The same is true for the missiles in the current embryonic state, because semiconductors are still in the embryonic state, and even many technologies have not been involved, in order to achieve initial control, semiconductor components are required to be very large, which almost accounts for more than 6 percent of the price of the entire missile, and even in the future, with the deepening and improvement of control, the proportion of semiconductors in all components will increase significantly.
The reason why the researchers are disappointed is because because of the increase in the accuracy of control, the crazy climb of the materials required for semiconductors will even reach an unbearable level, which will also cause a further surge in rocket prices, and this growth is even somewhat endless, but Yang Yuanzhao knows that the improvement speed of semiconductors is far more powerful than the growth in this area
This part can be gradually reduced through the processing and technology of semiconductors, no one knows better than Yang Yuanzhao, the reduction of semiconductor prices, semiconductors, because the cost of raw materials is almost zero, as long as the processing and technology are improved, the theory and technology accumulation in this area is sufficient, the reduction is very obvious, even if Yang Yuanzhao pulls out the seedlings to help grow, and the country has been promoted to the level of large-scale integrated circuits, except for the first 5 years, China needs to digest and absorb the results of large-scale integrated circuits, the semiconductor industry is developing slowly, after 1913, China basically digested and absorbed the results of the previous large-scale integrated circuits, the speed of development began to increase, from 1913 to 1916 between 3 years, basically in line with the Moore's law of later generations, every 18 months, the performance of semiconductors doubled, but the cost was doubled.
The semiconductor industry is developing rapidly, and it is also very popular with experts in semiconductors, but no one knows how long such development can last, after all, some industries, at the beginning, the speed of development will be very fast, so that people can not see where the end of the future is, but after the development to a certain extent, it will soon enter the plateau period, and then it will develop slowly, until it breaks through this plateau period, they are very natural artificial, semiconductors will also be like this, maybe now, even half a year later, there will be no plateau period, But a year later, two years later, it costs a lot of money and energy to invest in a project that is not very uncertain, which is bound to be uneconomical.
However, Yang Yuanzhao really knew that the semiconductor revolution from the seventies and eighties in later generations, Moore's law and even to the 21st century, can have a role, the development of twenty or thirty years, from the speed, earth-shaking changes, but still has not entered the plateau period, as if the development will never end, based on computers and semiconductors, not only the development of large-scale, very fast microcomputers, and finally, changed the world, let the world into the information age.
At present, the whole of China has entered the development speed of Moore's law, Yang Yuanzhao estimates that at most 4 and a half years, that is, according to Moore's law, every 18 months, the density of semiconductor materials doubles, but the corresponding price has doubled, when the performance of semiconductors is increased by 8 times, the price is reduced to the current one-eighth of the degree, the performance and price of this missile basically meet the needs, the missile during the embryonic period can even reach the technical level of the 50s and 60s in the future, in some performance, It may even be surpassed.
This is the most gratifying, the current controllable rocket, at most can only be through long-range radio signals, rough modifications, can not be as flexible as the missiles of later generations, at most in the case of large errors, fine-tuning, this process is quite fast, fortunately, the current level of automation is relatively high, as long as the program is written, the computer can be based on the program, automatic response, this speed is faster than the operation and use of the human brain, in this case the performance of the missile will be further improved. The general development direction of missiles in the future is to continuously strengthen the algorithm, strengthen the reaction speed, increase flexibility and prevent getting rid of the above, which requires rapid progress in semiconductor technology, and other aspects are secondary.
The field of missiles is a long-term vision, just like China's focus on nuclear science and technology, and even in a certain sense, nuclear weapons and missiles are the standard configuration, nuclear weapons represent this power, and missiles represent this range, and under the premise that the two are completely integrated, it is the nuclear intimidation that envelops the whole world, and the real world has finally reached a more delicate balance under the premise of turmoil.
Missiles are expensive weapons, especially long-range missiles above 500 kilometers, such an expensive price, and the power of the missile itself, has not been able to become proportional, conventional missiles rarely exceed 300 kilometers of the reason is so, to take into account the range and power, cost and power of the problem, fortunately, China has embarked on the right path, four and a half years later, there is a rocket with a prototype of missiles, it is about to come out, in the future, China's semiconductors will be plugged in the wings of the same rapid development, maybe 20 years, It will catch up with the advanced level of the 21st century, after all, China's starting point is much higher than that of the US military in World War II.
The U.S. military in World War II, the electronic computer made in order to crack the code, his running speed was only 5,000 times per second, which was enough to be called a big killer by the U.S. military, but China's ultra-large-scale integrated circuit-based computer, the speed per second was at least more than 10 million, which was more than 200 times that of the U.S. military in World War IIIf China is really given 20 years to concentrate on development, when all projects have climbed to the level of the 21st century, the final result is terrible.
After all, the vision is a vision, you can only think about it, what can really solve the current problem is the rocket artillery project, which will replace part of the strategic artillery fire, become a real killer weapon, in the unit time, the intensity of the firepower, rocket artillery and heavy artillery are on par, and even to a certain extent, in a short time, it is best to use rocket artillery, and if it is intensive for a long time, it is best to use long-range artillery fire, as long as you recognize its characteristics, you can, and the future will focus on missiles, but for now, you can only put it aside, As a technical reserve for the future, we will continue to study it.
China's huge productive forces, as well as the industrial strength accumulated by this, quickly decomposed the rocket artillery, the most basic 45 kilometers, the combat part is only 30 kilograms, but the price is not low, again and again consumption, again and again improvement, at least 17 research institutes, 52 test sites at the same time experimental research, very soon, under the premise of intensive experiments, finally after 17,000 experiments, spent about 400 million yuan in the northwest, the preliminary rocket artillery has been finalized,
In the end, the rocket artillery is divided into different calibers, the largest combat part is unified 55 kg, the total weight reaches about 500 kg, plus the launch canister, no more than 570 kg, after all, the rocket is a continuous acceleration weapon, the initial velocity of flying out of the rocket artillery vehicle, does not need to be as high as the artillery, and the requirements for the conditions of the launcher are not high, the general material is enough, as long as it can play his role smoothly.
Sometimes, it is not even fully enclosed, so that it is easy to load, and the simplified rocket artillery looks very simple, but it is the shell of ordinary synthetic steel, when the primer is launched, the rocket engine will start with a side spin, and then push the rocket forward quickly, so that the barrel or something, there is not much effect, and there is no need to orient, as long as the position is good, the rocket itself can be oriented.
Cost is the biggest problem, rocket artillery uses inertial guidance, there is no appropriate amount of adjustment and radio adjustment, in this case, the rocket engine has become one of the rocket artillery shells, the highest price, in order to reduce the price of rocket artillery shells, in addition to the shell and aerodynamic form, the most cost savings are the rocket engine.
Considering the direct use of this rocket engine, it is for prevention and self-use, after the rocket is sent out, unless it is not exploded intact, it is impossible to apply to the parts of it, as much as possible to save the situation, the rocket engine also adopts the most rudimentary, as long as it lasts for 10 minutes, which abounds in China's materials, and changes the construction method as much as possible, with the construction of semi-finished products and finishing methods, reducing costs. The final cost is reduced to one-fifteenth of the previous level, and the accuracy is not significantly reduced.
After all, better quality materials are mainly reflected in the thrust and long range, but if it is reduced to a certain extent, it is not reduced according to the reduction of the price, but maintains a smooth curve, and finally reduces to the extent that the artillery of the same caliber is twice as large, but the power of the rocket shell is greater than that of the ordinary artillery of the same caliber, if it is not the best range, it will even add the explosion of fuel, and the final power is greater. (To be continued.) )