Chapter 536: Good News Next
Duke knows in his heart, he is very confident in the target recognition technology used on this UAV, and directly uses the radar system on the original fighter in long-range identification, for larger targets such as aircraft, the original radar system can be identified when the weather conditions are good, and it can be identified from a distance of twenty or thirty kilometers. Of course, this radar did not perform so satisfactorily in harsh breath conditions.
After all, from the bottom up, the J-7 of the early model was not designed for all-weather combat conditions.
If the radar recognition fails, the Destroyer also has the image recognition system designed by Duke, which was born out of the drone project, and in the previous tests, the recognition rate of suspicious military targets has reached almost 100%, so it can be said that as long as the Destroyer can shoot the relevant pictures that can be seen by the naked eye, the system will be able to recognize them.
The weakness of this powerful image-based object recognition system is that its effective range is simply too short and it is also heavily dependent on external meteorological conditions, after all, it works with visible light. Weather conditions like today's are actually very unfavorable for the Destroyer's operations.
Sure enough, when the destroyer approached the target position less than 20 kilometers and the altitude was about 5,000 meters, the radar identification system did not respond to the target near the specified geographical location, indicating that the radar long-range identification failed.
The Destroyer automatically continues to reduce its altitude, descending to about 3000 meters and swooping down to the target, because in the automatic attack combat mode, if the target recognition system fails, the Destroyer will attack according to the provided geographical coordinates, regardless of whether there is a suitable target for this geographical coordinate, in this case, the Destroyer's attack method is actually no different from the same missile.
This also means that the exercise has only partially completed its projects, and has failed seriously in the most important autonomous attack.
The flight speed of the Destroyer quickly decreased to more than 400 kilometers per hour, and even then, the distance of ten kilometers was flashing, and it entered within ten kilometers of the target position, but the radar identification system still did not respond!
If it is a sunny climate, at this distance, even if the radar recognition fails, the TV image recognition system should come into play, but the TV image transmitted back today shows that it is still a white snowflake flying, and it is almost impossible to see the withered yellow scenery covered with snow on the grassland below.
Xiao Qianguang couldn't sit still, if this continues, today's exercise will be messed up, at this flight speed, there will be only about a minute left in the next minute, will the destroyer be able to find and destroy the target in this minute or so?
As things stand, it's really difficult today.
Of course, it is not him who is most anxious, on the side of the Inner Mongolia base, Dong Feng, who can already vaguely hear the roar of the plane, is in a hurry, in this snowflake field, his forehead is so anxious that he sweats, he stares at the monitoring screen in front of him, looking forward to suddenly showing a wonderful hint of finding the target and locking the target.
This is the first heavyweight product launched by DSM, compared to the previous UAVs, the Pterodactyl and Jingwei-class UAVs are just an assistant for battlefield observation, and the Destroyer is really the first fist product with direct strike power, which can allow DSM to enter the field of offensive military products in one fell swoop.
Although in today's position, wealth is no longer much stimulating for Dong Feng, but after stepping into the military industry, Dong Feng really found his dream, that is, to continuously launch powerful weapons to defeat any competitor.
Especially in the blue sky, Dong Feng's greatest wish is to be able to compete with giants like Loma and Boeing in his lifetime, and produce blue sky war eagles that are as good as them or even better.
The Destroyer is an important cornerstone of DSM before leading to this somewhat illusory goal, and Dong Feng has a strong desire to get off to a good start, not a major setback.
"Why haven't you found a target yet?" Deputy Director Lu Haiqing frowned, this result is not what he wants to see, the previous exercises can be described as perfect, and now the situation is too different from the previous one, which makes people even more dissatisfied.
"Deputy Chief Lu, due to cost reasons, the destroyer tried to use the original equipment of J-7, this time the destroyer 1 and 2 are early models, the radar system function is indeed very outdated, in this complex climatic conditions, it is very susceptible to indirect reflection, multiple reflections, secondary scanning false echoes and shadow fan, etc., so this long-range recognition effect is not good is expected, I estimate that after entering the 5 km range, it should be able to find.
Of course, in our planning, the destroyer is mainly responsible for terminal identification targets, and the early target identification will be handed over to AWACS aircraft or our other long-range early warning systems. ”
As if to confirm the words of Major General Wang Rong, when everyone was waiting and losing patience, the monitoring system finally prompted that a threatening target had been found, but because the target area was not large, the radar system could not finally confirm it.
Seeing that the radar identification system finally played a role at the last moment, Dong Feng was relieved, let go of his hands that had pinched the knuckles of his fingers white, and wiped the sweat on his forehead. He is all about this, and he is naturally more sensitive to these things than others.
As soon as he saw this difference, Dong Feng's mood that had just relaxed immediately tightened again.
"Commander Bai, there is no problem with the target location information you reported, right?" Dong Feng asked in a somewhat trembling voice. "Why does there seem to be a discrepancy between the location of the suspicious target identified by the radar and the position given?"
Commander Bai, who remained serious throughout the exercise, had a smile on his face at this moment, "Congratulations, Mr. Dong, this destroyer you have developed is really amazing." His words without a beginning or end made Dong Feng confused, how can there be a difference with the target address or a good thing? This White Commander won't make fun of himself, right? But he and Commander Bai had no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, so the other party shouldn't be guilty of doing this?
"Commander Bai, the target was not accurately identified, why didn't I see that this was a good thing." Thinking of this, Dong Feng replied a little coldly.
"The target has been accurately identified by the destroyer, in order to truly reflect the ability of the destroyer, the real target is placed in a position about 20 meters next to the reported target, from the current radar display target position, the destroyer has found the tank target for today's exercise." Commander Bai said with a smile.
"How can you make such a ......" Dong Feng couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard Commander Bai say this, isn't this bullying?
"Don't be angry, Mr. Dong, it's not that we don't trust you, but the battlefield has never been preset, and our exercises must be set according to the mode closest to the battlefield, otherwise it will be acting, and a small mistake on the battlefield may kill thousands of people, and we really can't make any mistakes." Commander Bai said to Dong Feng solemnly.
That's right, what I'm developing now is a military product that is related to the life and death of thousands of people, not a car that can be repaired when it breaks, and it is not a TV that can be replaced at any time, Dong Feng was shocked, and his heart was stirred up by Commander Bai's words, and since then Dong Feng can never forget what Commander Bai said today, and has been in accordance with this standard in DSM's future R&D and production.
"Commander Bai, Dong Feng has been taught, and in the future, I hope that Commander Bai must be accepted in the strictest way. DSM can't let products go out with defects. Dong Feng's face turned pale, he saluted Commander Bai and said solemnly.
This episode, as if the waves passed quickly, even Commander Bai himself did not expect that his words would lead to Dong Feng's strict requirements for product quality in the future, making the military products produced by DSM the most satisfactory products for the military in the future, because the quality of DSM's products is the best among all kinds of weapons at home and abroad that they have used.
Sure enough, when the Destroyer 1 approached the target about 700 meters, the image recognition system finally confirmed that the target was a tank, and the fire control system immediately opened fire without hesitation, launching the anti-tank missile carried by the Destroyer 1, and the anti-tank missile hit the target accurately.
After launching a missile over the target, the Destroyer 1 made a beautiful maneuver, turned around and photographed its own results, and then flew to the designated airport to land.
In the end, this fatal blow was delivered in one go, and it was almost too late to react if it was confirmed manually, because at a distance of several hundred meters, the plane with a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour almost passed by in a flash.
Seeing that the target was accurately destroyed, the military personnel who watched the exercise in the three places couldn't help but boil, although most people still don't know that the exercise base has actually deviated the target from the given geographical parameter position, and if the destroyer attacks according to this geographical parameter position, it will be 100 percent on the empty snow.
However, the surveillance footage fully shows the process of the destroyer identifying the target and firing in front of everyone, and these senior officers are all knowledgeable experts, of course, it can be seen that there is no possibility of a preset target, especially in this harsh climate, it is even more rare.
A few minutes later, The Destroyer II also arrived, destroying one of the preset vehicles with the same flawlessness. The wonderful performance of the two prototypes made the senior officers of the General Assembly proud, while the staff officers of the General Staff left with excitement and countless questions, they will have a lot to do, how to use this new weapon in the future, what tactics are prepared to be adopted, and where is it most valuable? A series of other problems need to be discussed and resolved with the major military regions and come up with concrete plans.
Undoubtedly, this is another major piece of good news this year, following the equipping of the Navy with the Lotus reactor.