For civilizations that can travel interstellarly, fusion reactors should only be regarded as basic technology, and indeed can only be regarded as conventional power, while fission power should have been eliminated......

In the category of astronautics, without the ability to transcend time and space, it cannot travel at the speed of light, and of course it can only be regarded as conventional power.

Chen Chen saw that everyone's emotions stabilized, and then continued to explain the power system of the spacecraft:

"There are five sets of such reactors on patrol ships, but only one set is used as a power source on a daily basis, and the maximum speed in this case can reach 0.8 times the speed of sound.

"Of the remaining four reactors, one is the shipboard weapon energy source, and the other is the basic shield energy source.

"The last two groups are redundant, which can be replaced in the event of a failure of other reactors, or they can be temporarily used to strengthen power or shields.

"If two sets of spare reactors are used as flight power, the patrol ship can reach speeds of up to 2.5 times the speed of sound......"

After Chen Chen finished saying this, the scene once again sounded the sound of gasping cold air.

Although it is said that twice the speed of sonic cruise is also a capability that can be done for Earth technology.

But that's only the capabilities of the latest fighter jets, and they can only be achieved in a short period of time, and when cruising at supersonic speeds, the fuel consumption is unusually large.

Those fighters are generally only a dozen tons, and the maximum take-off weight is only about 40 tons.

And now the so-called patrol ship in front of me weighs "100,000" tons!

How much thrust does it take for such a big thing to fly?

With such a large volume, how much power is needed for supersonic cruise?

If it's a conventional power, how much oil do you burn?

No, no matter how much oil you burn, you can't achieve it!

It is estimated that such a feat will only be possible if fuel oil is abandoned and nuclear power is used, and it is a fully fledged fusion power.

The bigwigs sitting in the seat looked stunned, and they didn't slow down for a while, and Chen Chen in front continued to explain:

"Now let's take a look at the ship's ship's ship's weapons systems...... Let's take a look at the schematic diagram ......"

After listening to Chen Chen's words, Xingchen immediately opened the corresponding picture.

Chen Chen pointed at the screen with a telescopic stick: "The shipboard weapon system of the patrol ship, first of all, is the main gun, and on the belly and top of the hull, there are 2 groups of double-mounted main guns, a total of 8 guns, and the caliber is 800 mm.

"On both sides of the hull, there are two groups of quadruple secondary guns, a total of 16 guns, which can be turned at will, and the caliber is 400 mm.

"Although its main gun and secondary cannon can be regarded as energy cannons, its combat mode is not a mode of 'charging - release'.

"Because its main task is to patrol the atmosphere with arms, it is another way of fighting in the atmosphere, which is more suitable for fighting in the atmosphere.

"We know that this kind of metal seed can grow on its own, so it can also consume metal at any time to form the props you need.

Its main and secondary guns, the shells used, are a kind of improvised, one-time high-intensity magnetic field generator, which forms a magnetic field that can restrain and sustain the nuclear fusion reaction.

"Then, every time the main and secondary guns are fired, they are shells, that is, magnetic field generators.

"Then, the magnetic field of the shell kicks in, filling it with nuclear material and igniting nuclear fusion at the same time.

Then, using the energy of the weapon's reactor, the artillery shells that are reacting inside, that is, the magnetic field generator that is carrying out nuclear fusion inside, are launched.

"So in fact, the shells fired by the main and secondary guns are nuclear bombs that have been activated one by one.

"After the shell hits the target, the magnetic field constraint disappears, and the energy generated by the nuclear fusion, which is already underway, directly explodes, produces the same destructive power as the nuclear bomb.

"Because it is pure nuclear fusion, there is no fission reaction involved, so what is released is pure energy, so it is very clean and there is no nuclear contamination."

When Chen Chen said this, he paused slightly, because Chen Chen felt that at this time, someone should be able to ask questions.

Sure enough, a high-level person Chen Chen didn't know couldn't help but speak:

"I'm sorry Mr. Chen Chen, I have a question I want to confirm, you said that the shells fired by this kind of main gun and secondary gun are actually makeshift nuclear bombs, so what is their power?"

Chen Chen nodded slightly and said, "That's the case, there is no clear data on the power of the energy cannon, and it can only be estimated through principles and data for the time being."

"According to the principle of the main and secondary guns, their power depends on the amount of nuclear material that is filled before launch.

"The amount of nuclear material that can be filled depends on the strength of the magnetic field generator.

"According to the data that has been obtained, the nuclear reaction that can be maintained by the secondary artillery shells should start at 10,000 tons of yield, and the maximum yield should reach 200,000 tons.

"The power of the main gun starts at 100,000 tons of equivalent, and the maximum can be ...... million tons of equivalent."

With Chen Chen's explanation, the on-site and remote executives fell silent one by one, thinking about the impact of this thing.

In fact, building a nuclear bomb is not a new technology for several major powers in the world today.

But the key point is that the production, storage, maintenance, and maintenance of nuclear bombs are quite complicated.

In particular, almost no country has a standing hydrogen bomb because of the characteristics of one of its main raw materials, "tritium".

The reserves of tritium in nature are almost zero, and it can only be prepared by nuclear reactions.

And the half-life of "tritium" is only 12.43 years, that is, the shelf life of the hydrogen bomb is 12.43 years, and if it is not used, it will not be used after the expiration date.

The cost of possessing a large number of nuclear weapons is very high, so the number of standing nuclear weapons in Donghua has not been high.

And this thing in front of you, the nuclear bomb that is released, is formed in time, it does not need to be produced in advance, it does not need to be maintained on time, and it is too convenient to use it as you go.

Even if each cannon can only be fired once a day, it is of great strategic significance.

The most dangerous time for the sword is before it is unsheathed, and the most important meaning of nuclear weapons is deterrence, not really used to kill the enemy, which is something that the top brass knows very well.

On Earth, except for the two that were dropped on neon heads at the end of World War II, no country has ever used nuclear weapons in actual combat.

Thinking of this, a high-level official couldn't help but ask again: "Then Mr. Chen Chen, how often can they launch these nuclear shells?" ”

Chen Chen thought for a moment: "There is no physical data for this, but according to the estimate, the secondary gun has ten rounds per minute, and the range main gun has one round per minute......

"Hiss......" Everyone gasped when they heard it, although it can be said that this speed, in modern naval artillery, can be said to be quite low.

But you know, this thing, it's all nuclear bombs! This thing is a strategic weapon, okay!

Strategic weapons are delivered at the same speed as conventional weapons, which is against the sky!

There are a total of 16 secondary guns, which are 160 rounds per minute, which is to use the speed of a machine gun to throw nuclear bombs out.

As long as I think about that kind of past, I can't help but feel a tingling in my scalp.

This thing is not a weapon to deal with the earth at all.