From 20 tons to 11 tons, the weight has been reduced by almost half, this is the first application of this radar named Doppler, the previous aircraft based on the radar modification can no longer be used, the second aircraft is in the midst of intense modification, the previous one was not abandoned, but turned to flight tests. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The aerial performance of the radar, which is completely different from the two concepts on the ground, the main purpose before is to reduce weight, now in the program and theory of weight reduction, has reached a certain level, and then the weight reduction, that is, with different materials to replace, this can be done on the ground, the experiment in the sky, naturally, turned to some tests of the radar itself, such as where the performance is the best, in that direction, and how to design the position of the radar antenna, in order to achieve the best performance.

In the air project, the most critical is to determine the detection range of the radar, there is a precise and farthest distinction here, any one that can transmit radio, is a radio transmitter, the world's research radio, the earliest can be traced back to a few decades ago, but really make a reliable radio, there is only one China, other countries have just scratched the surface, radar as a more high-end application of radio, it is the same, a range of determination, especially the accurate range, For the use of radar is very critical.

Fortunately, the previously modified aircraft can still fly, using his uninterrupted testing, especially the accurate range, and finally decided to put the radar at an altitude of about 10,000 meters, and the detection range was determined to be 85 kilometers, which is enough for the aircraft. Even if the aircraft is at a speed of 600 kilometers per hour, 80 kilometers will take eight or nine minutes, which is enough for an aircraft of this era to react and deal with it accordingly.

The height of 10,000 meters is the main detection height of the radar in the future, with the current radar can only be loaded in the take-off weight of more than 50 tons of aircraft, this aircraft equipped with radar, not suitable for combat, then the choice of flight altitude is quite important, for the time being, 10,000 meters for other countries in the world, is still an impossible data, the future will be accompanied by the opponent's technology leading, the flight altitude, finally determined at 1.3, or even more than 15,000 meters.

The air project is carried out in an orderly manner, there are many projects in the air, and it is also very important, but the focus of the entire radar research has naturally shifted, and the ground has become the focus, the current space-based radar ranging range has been reduced to less than 85 kilometers, which is still in the air ranging range, the ground is probably less than 30 kilometers, under the premise that the radar measurement distance does not change dramatically, the previously determined radar elements cannot produce huge changes, unless there is a large-scale change in the entire design concept.

In the case of the overall design unchanged, to reduce the total amount, it is necessary to take other paths, with some other materials, to replace the existing materials, to put it bluntly, is to use a lighter specific gravity of materials, instead of existing materials, as long as the specific gravity of the radar is reduced by half, this is OK, from 11 tons to about 5 tons, or heavier than expected, basically enough, some of the more powerful medium-sized transport aircraft, can be installed with radar.

Yang Yuanzhao almost single-handedly promoted the radar project, from the establishment of the project to today, although, in terms of his heart, he also hopes that the radar can make a breakthrough and make a radar like the future generations, which is not big in weight but powerful, it is almost impossible, from hundreds of tons to dozens of tons, to less than ten tons now, all the paths that can be thought of have been completed, and replacing them with materials is the last way, because the core materials cannot be replaced, plastic materials are used, and there are other light metals, The final weight may be 5 tons, but further down, it is almost impossible.

This basically eliminates the possibility of attaching radar to fighter jets, most of the fighters are single-wing single-engine aircraft in pursuit of performance, such aircraft, the take-off weight can not be too high, can be two or three tons, which is already good, five tons of weight, the pressure also collapses the fighter.

However, as long as the radar can be installed on medium-sized transport aircraft and bombers, it can be regarded as achieving Yang Yuanzhao's expectations, these two aircraft can take off on aircraft carriers, and there is no need for land-based aircraft as support. Radar, especially the airborne radar in the embryonic stage, plays a huge role in the entire aircraft carrier, and even at the moment of World War II, it is impossible for the aircraft carrier to use radar to detect the sneak attack of carrier-based aircraft, and a single reconnaissance plane cannot find out part of the situation.

However, in order to detect the opposing side's ships, it is necessary to dispatch reconnaissance planes, and in most cases, from the naked eye, in World War II, in the confrontation between the United States and Japan, there were countless appearances, and carrier-based planes rubbed shoulders with aircraft carrier formations, and sometimes, if this reconnaissance plane arrived a little earlier or a little late, or if it deviated slightly from the course at a slight angle, the situation of the entire war would have been completely different.

For aircraft carriers, carrier-based aircraft is life, but for aircraft carrier operations, the first to find the opponent, is the key, as long as the opponent is found first, the probability of victory will be greatly increased, if the carrier-based aircraft can be guaranteed to take off, and close to the opponent's aircraft carrier formation, the other side has not found itself, then the probability of victory in this naval battle is more than 9 percent. The only one is that the other side has taken **** luck, and it may be that after an air attack, the remaining carrier-based aircraft, or the carrier-based aircraft that have taken off, will make a desperate attack, and finally there is an unexpected possibility of victory.

In World War II, reconnaissance planes had to fly near aircraft carriers, and the nearest ones would even fly overhead, even if they discovered the opponent first, as long as the opponent saw these sea-based reconnaissance planes, he would know that there were aircraft carriers nearby, and the combat range of aircraft carriers was limited.

However, if the carrier-based aircraft solves the problem of radar, even if it can only search within a range of 50 kilometers, it can also greatly save the difficulty of discovering the enemy, the sea is vast, once it enters the sea, to find the opponent, it cannot be said that it is looking for a needle in a haystack, but it can only be regarded as requiring a certain amount of luck, and if the opponent is found, the opponent may not necessarily find this side, which greatly strengthens the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier, not to mention 85 kilometers, 50 kilometers, are not the range that can be observed by optics, and it is easy to be clouded by the air, obscured by the background.

In any case, as long as the radar can be installed on the carrier-based aircraft, it will greatly save the time for discovering the aircraft carrier, and the aircraft carrier will be able to find the opponent faster, even if the strength is not as good as the opponent's, it will also be able to achieve a huge advantage, unless the generation gap between the two sides has reached an extent that is difficult to make up, otherwise, it is enough to lay the opportunity to discover the opponent first. China's carrier-based aircraft, of course, cannot have a huge generation gap with the enemy, but this point also needs to be achieved, China needs an all-round advantage, especially in the case of aircraft carriers dominance, the slightest chance is not willing to give the opponent, China and the United States are going to fight in the Pacific Ocean, any omission will cause devastating consequences, the Pacific Ocean is too big, if the United States breaks the kettle and sends an elite fleet to secretly infiltrate China's maritime frontiers, even if it is only to harass Taiwan and remote places in Southeast Asia, China has a larger industrial aggregate than the United States, and has spared no effort in the construction of the entire country.

Yang Yuanzhao developed the radar in order to improve the combat capability of the aircraft carrier, and when there was no way to reduce the weight of the radar, he retreated to the strategic bomber, which was not the first choice, but the biggest choice after the last resort.

China's strategic bombers have a combat radius of 5,500 kilometers, and as long as the number of these aircraft is sufficient, in principle, they can cover all aircraft carrier battle groups, and as long as they are within the range of 3,000 kilometers of land-based aircraft, they can be supported by land-based aircraft. In this way, it is too inconvenient, the combat radius of the aircraft carrier battle group is the entire ocean, and if China and the United States compete in the Pacific Ocean, at the beginning, the Americans will definitely not realize how terrible it will become to build an island with an airfield, and they may feel that it is more feasible here, and attack the southwest Pacific Ocean first, in this case, at the very beginning, the Americans will definitely suffer a big loss, but what about after the loss? Even the United States in this era is unlikely to be defeated by a Chinese war.

How much China has done to the United States before, dealing with it financially, and also risking to send a fantasy class, turning the East Coast of the United States upside down, destroying the Statue of Liberty in the United States, completely destroying the entire Wall Street, and attacking all the way along the way, destroying the confidence of Americans, causing panic to form an abnormal economic crisis, and even the Panama Canal was destroyed and impassable, such an attack looks terrible, and it should make the United States suffer a big loss.

Not to mention anything else, Wall Street's direct losses exceeded billions, and indirect losses exceeded 10 billion, and the annual gross domestic product of the United States was only 40 or 50 billion yuan in 1916, and this time, it was destroyed by more than one-third, which is not insignificant.

The United States suffered a big loss, but unfortunately the Americans did not give in, they not only supported the Entente in the European war, but also in the most difficult environment, gradually recovered the situation, regained confidence and played better, which also made people in China except Yang Yuanzhao understand that the war against the United States will not be fought in one or two battles, this will be a protracted war, and the industrialized countries, if they want to distinguish the victory or defeat, must be a long-term, like the Entente and the Allied countries in Europe, fight for two or three years, even for four years, can only win if the other party is completely destroyed economically. (To be continued.) )