Chapter 337: The Ideal Electromagnetic Cannon and the Realistic Electromagnetic Cannon
The test work of the Air Carrier-2 has aroused major international attention and heated public opinion.
Because of the excellent performance shown by the Airship-2, all relevant people can be sure that the anti-gravity aircraft is the direction of the future development of aviation science and technology.
This has also made the international community pay more attention to the high-end technologies involved in the air-ship-2, especially the superconducting battery technology and anti-gravity technology, and do not hesitate to invest heavily in research and development.
Domestically, it is a pride and boiling.
The test of the Air-2 was a complete success, and the next step is to continuously improve it.
The current Air-Ship-2 can already be regarded as an aircraft with perfect performance, and what is inferior to the 'service' is only the improvement of equipment and weapon systems.
That's a big project, too.
If the normal process is followed, the air force and the military can start to make plans, purchase the bare metal of the Air Carrier-2, and then transport it to a special department to assemble the equipment, and then it can enter the service stage.
When this has been reached, it is certain that the Airship-2 will appear on display in October.
Of course, follow-up testing is still needed, and the air-force plan procurement must also consider the cost issue, the air-ship-2 is still very expensive, and the manufacturing cost of the prototype is as high as 2.3 billion yuan.
Even if it is manufactured later, the cost can only be reduced to 1.5 billion coins at most in a short time.
This is also the result of procuring superconducting materials at low prices.
If measured by the normal market price, the minimum cost of the air-2 is more than 2.5 billion coins, and the patents, technologies and high-end materials involved in it are even more incalculable.
Of course, air and military procurement naturally does not need to be counted as the 'market price,' and the market is not allowed to sell them at all.
So it's good to just count the cost of 1.5 billion for subsequent manufacturing.
1.5 billion, not too much, converted into US dollars is only more than 200 million, considering the practicality of the Air Carrier-2, the cost can of course be regarded as very low, if compared with some military aircraft, it can be clearly seen.
For example, Amriken's famous Aifu 22 Mengfowl still costs more than $150 million even now.
Other top-notch heavy fighters are similar, and the high cost of fifth-generation heavy fighters is something that cannot be avoided at all.
The purchase price of Ameriken's B2 bomber reached a staggering $2.4 billion, which can definitely be described as astronomical.
In comparison, the technical performance is so excellent that the empty ship-2, which is considered to be 'invincible', only costs just over 200 million US dollars in bare metal, which is of course very cheap.
The number of bombs hung by the air-2 is more than 100 in the norm, and even more than 300 in the highest, and the performance used in 'bombing' is definitely not weaker than that of the B2.
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After completing the work related to the empty ship-2, Wang Hao also had a good rest for a week.
He is no longer alone.
Su Yingxue accompanied him, sometimes, they would go out for a walk together, take a look everywhere, the holiday life is also very rich, Wang Hao belongs to the kind of person who can't stay.
Even when he had time off, he occasionally went to Seohai University, visited the Mason Number Lab, and went back to the Mathematics Center to pay attention to other people's research.
For example, Kachel-Birkall, Zhang He, Tian Hong and others have done very interesting mathematical research.
Of course, it's all obscure.
Wang Hao generally only pays attention to the content and does not directly participate in it, but occasionally knows the right direction, and will also mention a few sentences on the side, and I also hope that everyone's research can do better.
He is still more interested in the research of Paul Phil-Jones, Helen and Chen Mengmeng, because they are doing research on annihilation theory and have been refining the theory of strong annihilation.
This aspect is also what Wang Hao attaches the most importance to, and he also hopes that there will be more breakthroughs in theory.
However, recently, everyone seems to have no intention of researching, they are all talking about the content related to the air ship-2, and when they see Wang Hao, they will immediately talk about the air ship-2, "Academician Wang, the flying saucer you studied is too powerful, I watched the video, and it fell vertically in a straight line!" ”
"Yes, it's full of science and technology, and you can put it directly into a science fiction movie!"
"There are crews filming sci-fi movies about aliens coming to Earth, and they can directly use the footage you tested."
"The empty ship series, it's really invincible......"
"It is said that it can hang nearly 50,000 meters in the air? Isn't it? I read that foreign websites say that they can't be shot down at all. ”
Others just said it with excitement, and talked more about people who were familiar with Wang Hao.
For example, Zhang Zhiqiang.
Zhang Zhiqiang and Wang Hao are very good friends, and their speech is naturally different, he directly asked Wang Hao's plans, "Wang Hao, will you study other high-tech in the future?" ”
"For example?" Wang Hao was a little puzzled.
"Too many!"
Zhang Zhiqiang pointed to his fingers and said, "Take the aircraft as an example, have you heard of the 'Nantianmen' plan?" Among them, many high-tech technologies have not yet been realized, such as large strategic air-space carrier aircraft platforms, air-space unmanned fighters, and unmanned tactical mechas......"
Wang Hao's face turned black when he heard this.
He had indeed heard of the 'Nantianmen' project, some of which were possible in the future, and some of which were simply imaginative and fundamentally inconsistent with real technology.
Zhang Zhiqiang was talking about 'weapons or weapons platforms after implementation', and did not talk about any technical issues at all.
Research, one step at a time!
Finally, Zhang Zhiqiang stopped with some unfinished thinking, and then finally talked about a scientific and technological problem, "Of course, if you want to achieve this, you must have technical support." ”
"Like a strategic aerospace aircraft platform, it definitely needs energy power support, so ...... Would you go to study nuclear fusion? ”
"This ......"
Wang Hao suddenly hesitated.
Zhang Zhiqiang didn't seem to care about Wang Hao's expression, he continued, "It's not just nuclear fusion, but also electromagnetic cannons, anti-gravity space shuttles, civilian high-performance superconducting electric power aircraft, anti-gravity flying cars, ......"
“——?”
Wang Hao covered his forehead vigorously and couldn't help but interrupt, "Where did you see these things?" ”
"It's online!"
Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly said excitedly, "There are a lot of them on the Internet!" You've built anti-gravity vehicles, and a lot of people say you're going to be able to work out other high-end tech products. ”
"Anti-gravity vehicles can only be used in military affairs, and civilian use is also very important, if there can be an anti-gravity flying car...... Just think about it......"
As he spoke, he suddenly changed the subject, "I've always wanted to buy a new car, and Yanzi also said that I want to change it, my car is too small, and it's not a luxury configuration, and there are no functions such as seat heating and automatic driving." ”
"I was just thinking......"
"If you want to study a civilian anti-gravity flying car, I don't plan to change the car for the time being, and when you research it, you will definitely sell me one cheaply!"
"The relationship between the two of us...... Right! ”
“……”
The corners of Wang Hao's mouth tugged, "Brother Zhang, you're thinking a little too far." ”
"Haha~~ Just think about it."
Wang Hao shook his head and said, "At least for the time being, there is no intention of studying in this direction." ”
He said seriously, "Actually, the high-tech you mentioned is very interesting, but to be honest, I don't like to study those things, including anti-gravity vehicles, I don't like it." ”
"Why?" Zhang Zhiqiang was immediately puzzled.
Wang Hao said as a matter of course, "Because there is no difficulty", he shook his head helplessly, "The anti-gravity aircraft is just a use of technology, that is, the use of existing technology, that's all." ”
"I still like research that is challenging, where you might discover something new and bring new surprises, so my main direction is strong annihilation."
This is from the heart.
Whether it's doing research on superconducting batteries, high-end bearings or superconducting motors, his job is to rely on system feedback to help find the right direction and make the right decisions.
That's all.
Compared with the direction of strong annihilation, the research in the direction of scientific and technological application is not difficult at all, and it is far from surprising.
Of course, Wang Hao will not say this to others, that is, with Zhang Zhiqiang, a familiar friend, he will say what is in his heart.
Zhang Zhiqiang's feeling is different.
His face darkened.
Is there no difficulty in the study of anti-gravity vehicles? Listen, is this human talk?
Now I don't know how many people in the world are interested in anti-gravity aircraft, but they can't study the high-end technology involved in it, let alone create an aerial vehicle.
Many related aviation organizations and aviation manufacturing companies have shouted the slogan of 'high investment, grasp the core technology research, and strive to catch up with and surpass the air carrier-2'.
What they can't seek......
Wang Hao said simply?
Not difficult?
Zhang Zhiqiang didn't know what to react to for a while.
Wang Hao continued, "It is science that can change the world, and science supports the development of technology, but there are many people who can do technical research, and if they are limited by science, technology will not be able to produce revolutionary progress." ”
"Brother Zhang, you should understand this truth."
"The current Airship-2 can be said to have applied the technology to the apex, and further it will only apply anti-gravity technology to aerospace or other fields, but it is relatively high-end, and it cannot make a qualitative change in science and technology."
"Therefore, it is the most valuable to explore the direction of the strong annihilation power of the empty ship!"
This is Wang Hao's true thoughts.
He also plans to devote himself to the next stage of research related to strong annihilation.
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Wang Hao still has a lot of work to do before moving on to the next stage of research.
He took a plane to Wucheng.
This time, I joined the expert group to visit the 701 Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd.
The 701 Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. in Wucheng is responsible for the design of new aircraft carriers.
If we go back three years, the design of the new aircraft carrier has attracted great attention, because it has been determined that the next new aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered, and it will also become the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be independently developed.
This is iconic.
Aircraft carriers need continuous energy to carry out ocean-going operations, while conventionally powered aircraft carriers are simply unable to support long-distance operations due to fuel constraints.
It's like a car, you have to refuel after driving a certain distance.
However, for now, the research work of the new aircraft carrier is somewhat embarrassing, especially after the Air-2 test, the new aircraft carrier is even less concerned.
The reason is simple.
International public opinion has admitted that the Air-Carrier-2 is already invincible, and as long as the Air-Tank-2 is suspended at high altitude, no matter what kind of power aircraft carrier it is, it is no different from a live target.
If the air-ship-2 performs the task of striking an aircraft carrier, it will not even be able to run at the speed of the aircraft carrier.
So what's the point of making an aircraft carrier in a big way?
Because of this, many people from the expert group only came to pay attention to the content of the core technology, and the most concerned was naturally the nuclear power technology of the aircraft carrier.
The reason why aircraft carrier nuclear power technology has received a lot of attention is that no other country other than American has been able to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on its own.
If a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can be built, it will naturally prove that the relevant field has reached the top in the world.
China has long had nuclear power technology, such as being able to build nuclear-powered submarines, but just because the performance of the relevant nuclear reactors is not up to standard, it cannot support the drive of large aircraft carriers.
To create a nuclear-powered aircraft now, it needs to be technologically sophisticated.
"Technology, it's already there."
Li Hongshuo sat down and introduced to the expert group, "The relevant team has conducted many experiments, and to a certain extent, the output of the nuclear reactor can be guaranteed, and the power is sufficient." ”
"To a certain extent?" There are experts who have caught the keyword.
Li Hongshuo was suddenly a little embarrassed, "The news we got is like this. ”
The implication is that they are not responsible for research on nuclear reactors.
In fact, everyone knows that there must be relevant technologies, but whether the high power, high conversion rate and stability of the relevant nuclear reactors can be guaranteed still needs a lot of experiments, and even practical tests.
Wang Hao is also a little interested in key nuclear reactor technology.
Hearing Li Hongshuo's question, he suddenly had other ideas, and he thought of the issue of strong annihilation.
When the annihilation force increases to a certain extent, the simple meson will be annihilated, and even the energy transfer will be isolated, but the activity of particles with mass will be greatly enhanced, and it can even be increased by several times or dozens of times.
So here's the problem.
Does a strong annihilation force field increase the speed of nuclear fission reactions?
Wang Hao followed the expert group to visit along the way, and kept thinking about this question in his mind, and he felt that the answer was 'yes', but the intensity of the annihilation force must be controlled, and it needs to be controlled within a certain range.
Otherwise, it can backfire.
He was not interested in the subsequent visit, but embellished at the end of the team, and continued the previous topic with Li Hongshuo, asking about the technology related to electromagnetic guns.
When Li Hongshuo talked about superconducting batteries, he said that they could be used to drive electromagnetic guns, but the related issues were not discussed in detail.
Now he began to speak in earnest.
When the electromagnetic cannon technology was really introduced, Wang Hao suddenly became uninterested again, because the superconducting battery only plays a role in providing energy for the electromagnetic gun, rather than a key technology.
In addition, the electromagnetic cannon is completely different from what you imagined.
In the imagination of ordinary people, the electromagnetic cannon is to shoot 'electromagnetic matter' or 'electromagnetic ray', like a game or science fiction movie, to instantly hit and destroy the target.
As a matter of fact......
The electromagnetic cannon only uses the principle of 'electromagnetic induction', and the ampere force generated by the electromagnetic field can accelerate the metal cannonball to the kinetic energy required to hit the target.
Compared with traditional gunpowder-propelled guns, the advantage of electromagnetic guns is that the speed and range of the projectile are greatly increased.
Anyway, it's just regular shells!
Wang Hao only felt, "It's such a boring technology", and then interrupted Li Hongshuo's introduction with 'excitement', and asked, "There is no real electromagnetic cannon?" ”
"I'm referring to the kind of technology that fires super-powerful 'electromagnetic cannonballs' directly and destroys the target's electronics at the speed of light?"
He asked questions from the perspective of an ordinary person's understanding of the 'electromagnetic cannon'.
Li Hongshuo was directly stunned by the question, and it took a long time before he muttered, "Academician Wang, if you have this kind of high-end technology, wouldn't you be able to shoot down the satellite in an instant?" ”
"yes." Wang Hao nodded and asked, "I'm not asking for it to be manufactured, it's okay to have technical theories!" ”
“…… No. ”
Li Hongshuo added, "I'm very sure that there isn't, and there won't be one in the future!" ”