Chapter 301: Incident
At this time, Chen Nian was still enjoying his holiday time, and he did not know that the Huaxia radar system would face the biggest test in decades.
But by coincidence, in the process of technical deduction, he had anticipated such a risk, and even started a discussion with Chen Guo.
Walking on the beach of Wuzhizhou Island, Chen Nian casually kicked a conch that he turned out, and said to Chen Guo:
Therefore, the war of the future must be a war dominated by electronic warfare."
"There have been several weapons in human history that can be called dimensionality reduction strikes, from the first stone tools, to the later iron weapons, to heavy crossbows, to artillery, and then to nuclear bombs."
"Every time such a weapon appears, it will bring great changes to the world pattern."
"But as technology proliferates and counterbalances, the role of these weapons will gradually fade."
"And now, even including the nuclear bomb, the power of the 'dimensionality reduction strike' it originally possessed has gradually decreased."
"All countries are desperately looking for the next breakthrough point, and in my opinion, that breakthrough point is in radar and electronic systems."
Chen Guo was holding a coconut in his hand, wearing a floral shirt and a straw hat on his head.
This is a great contrast to his status as a top research scholar and the executive leader of the Spark team, but what he said undoubtedly showed his level.
"Yes, this is also the judgment of most scholars in the military field at present."
"In fact, in the field of electronic warfare, especially in the field of radar, the competition between the major powers has been around for a long time."
"We used to call it the 'Electromagnetic Gun Race.'"
"In the beginning, the radar only needs to emit the simplest electromagnetic waves, and then determine the target location based on the echoes."
"But the technology was too simplistic, and the opponent quickly figured out how to deal with it."
"I only need to find an antenna, measure your electromagnetic wavelength, and then actively emit electromagnetic waves of the same wavelength to the radar, and then I can block the receiver with a signal and completely blind the radar."
"It's like."
Chen Guo couldn't find a suitable metaphor for a while, so Chen Nian said for him:
"Threw a flash."
"That's right! Or, more appropriately, a constant glare of the eyes. ”
"So to avoid that, radar technology is updated one at a time."
"First there was the radar with variable wavelength, then the pulsed radar that emitted high-frequency radar waves regularly, then the phased array radar formed by the superposition of hundreds of small radars, and then the digital array radar that we now use without a phase-shifter and pure digital synthesis."
"In the final analysis, these leaps in radar technology are all aimed at the same goal: to avoid enemy identification and interference, and to strengthen reconnaissance capabilities."
"Of course, most of the technical investment is still in the direction of anti-interference."
"Now your idea is that the technical difficulty involved in creating a more advanced electronic warfare system capable of full-band jamming of all existing radars will be even more difficult than continuing to develop a new generation of radars."
"However, if we can really figure it out, then in the field of electronic warfare, we are likely to occupy a relatively 'dominant' position for a long time."
Hearing his words, Chen Nian nodded slightly.
In fact, the so-called new electronic warfare system is not his personal vision.
In the previous life, Lao Mei once developed an ARES system named after the "God of War" Ares.
The power of this system is amazing, after identifying radar waves, a large number of jamming signals can be injected directly from the radar side lobes, causing radar misjudgment, luring other enemy radars to turn on, thus exposing the pulse characteristics of all radars and the location of the radar.
However, at the point in time that Chen Nian crossed over, Lao Mei had not yet used this system in actual combat.
It's not because the technology is not up to standard, but because the technology is too much ahead of the times.
Back in 1982, they used the ALX-18 on the EF-99G to achieve full-scale interference in Syria and in a very short time mastered the position of the opposing position.
After the information was transmitted back to the E-2C early warning aircraft, hundreds of fighters carrying anti-radiation missiles took off, and in just six minutes, all the radar positions that Syria had painstakingly operated for decades were destroyed.
……
Now, with the blessing of the technology provided by Chen Nian, Huaxia's radar technology is progressing faster.
It should be said that it should be impossible to interfere with the Huaxia radar again.
What we have to do is find a way to interfere with others.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Nian spoke:
"Now that the digital array radar is available, and the electronic jamming pod has been iterated for two generations, the conditions are ripe for us to develop the next generation of electronic jamming equipment."
"I suggest that the 14 institutes be given a task as soon as possible to start organizing the development of electronic jamming pods."
"Strive to come up with a set of equipment that can meet the application requirements within a few months."
"This not only ensures the leading edge of technology, but also allows us to have more means available for our operations overseas."
"Understood."
Chen Guo nodded and replied:
"I will arrange it after I go back today, and the technology accumulation of the 14 institutes has been there, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"Okay, then as soon as possible."
Chen Nian replied briefly, without a trace of fluctuation in the expression on his face.
New electronic jamming equipment is only the first step, in fact, in order to establish absolute superiority in the field of electronic warfare, it is necessary to rely on intelligence.
Perhaps, the project of quantum computing will also be put on the agenda as soon as possible
On the other side, the Jiangnan Shipyard completed the outfitting of the 055 ship at an unprecedented high speed.
In just over two months, this 10,000-ton giant ship has evolved from a "broken version" when it was first launched to a complete body.
The equipment has been installed, the electronic systems have been adjusted in place, the mooring experiment has been successfully passed, and the next step is to officially conduct sea trials.
On April 23, on the day of the Navy's Army Day, 055 officially sailed out of the port, ready to begin a two-month sea trial.
The main engine was turned on for the first time, the comprehensive power system was started smoothly, and the Jiujiang ship, which had not yet been brushed on the broadboard, split the waves and sailed all the way forward.
In the bridge command room of the Jiujiang ship, Zhou Minghui stared at the display screen tightly, for fear that an alarm message would jump out of nowhere.
What he feared didn't happen, though.
One by one, they are all reports that the self-inspection has been completed and everything is normal.
"The radar system boot self-test is complete, and everything is normal."
"The powertrain is normal."
"The weapon system is normal, the fire control radar is working normally."
"The fire self-inspection is complete, normal."
"The communication is normal, the data link is normal."
After nearly two hours of self-inspection, all systems were working normally, and Zhou Minghui finally put his mind at ease.
In fact, the past two months can be said to be the most stressful two months of his life.
He not only hoped that the 055 would complete the outfitting and launch the sea trials as soon as possible, but he was also worried that too fast would lead to errors and omissions in the work, which would affect the performance of the ship's first sea trial.
Therefore, he has to go to the dock almost every day to have a look, even if he doesn't know much about technology, he has to talk to Wen Xingdong to learn about the latest progress.
Now, he is finally on the ship, and he has finally sailed to sea.
Next, as long as all the sea trial subjects can be successfully completed, this sea blade of the republic can really be used on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, he breathed a long sigh of relief, then turned to the engineer who was accompanying the team and asked:
"All the self-tests are done, do you have any problems over there?"
"No problem."
The Engineer shook his head and replied:
"The system is working well, the engine is working stably, and the data feedback of each module is normal."
"It should be said that the preparations for today's test subjects have been made."
"The next step is to wait for the notification, and after the airspace is cleared, you can start the radar work test."
Zhou Minghui nodded, as an experienced navy man who has experienced no less than five sea trials, he is actually very familiar with this set of sea trial procedures.
The reason why the radar test is carried out after determining the airspace clearance is to protect 055 from leaking its radar signature.
This preparatory work generally does not take much time, after all, at this time the Jiujiang ship is still within the territorial waters of China, and there will basically be no long-sighted flying objects that will intrude into the designated exercise area at this time to touch the navy's brow.
So, he also relaxed a little and quietly waited for the instructions of his superiors.
Today, however, the situation seems to be a little different.
After waiting for twenty minutes, the announcement of airspace clearance has not yet come.
Zhou Minghui couldn't wait any longer, he directly picked up the communicator and called through the headquarters.
"I am the Jiujiang ship, the self-inspection work has been completed, our ship is ready, whether to carry out the radar work test, please instruct!"
After a brief murmur, a response from Command was heard over the communicator.
"Please keep your current position and continue to wait for instructions, over."
"Understood, keep your current position and continue to wait for instructions. Is the sea maneuver test conducted first? Please instruct. ”
"Agreed to conduct sea maneuver tests, keep the radar off, done."
"Understood, keep the radar off."
Zhou Minghui put down the communicator with a puzzled face, he vaguely realized that something seemed to be happening, but he couldn't guess what was going on for the time being.
However, since the command did not terminate the sea trial process, it should not be too much of a problem.
If you can't measure the radar, the power system will be tested first.
Anyway, the whole process of sea trials is very long, and it does not necessarily have to be in a fixed order.
As a result, Zhou Minghui pushed the control stick and gave orders, and the sailing speed of the Jiujiang ship increased sharply, and it began to carry out various high-speed maneuvers with amazing strength on the sea surface.
During this process, the engineers accompanying the team constantly monitored the working status of the giant ship, for fear that the load would exceed the safe range.
But in reality, with two AGT110 gas turbines and a state-of-the-art all-electric drive system, the overall load of the ship is only 30% of the ship's load, even at full speed.
That is, in a state of high maneuverability, the load of the Jiujiang ship is still able to support the use of all other equipment and weapons on the ship, and it is more than enough.
Seeing this result, Zhou Minghui's face couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.
However, what he didn't know was that at this time, most of the people in the land command headquarters had a somewhat serious face.
"Have you found out? Is it a malfunction of the radar system, or is it due to electromagnetic interference? ”
A man stood in the center of the command and asked the soldier in front of him.
The latter pointed to the command screen and replied in a very fast voice:
"The parties have been contacted to determine that they have been subjected to the same interference."
"In addition, the northern region has also received early warning information."
"At present, we have ordered two Air Police-500 to take off, four J-22 escorts, according to the data link information fed back by the Air Police-500, the latest model of airborne digital array radar has not detected abnormal intrusion targets."
"At the same time, the Lingnan side also reported that they had not received an early warning, but they confirmed that they had been subjected to electromagnetic interference."
"They have completed most of the radar system replacement in August last year, using the latest model of radar, which has strong anti-jamming capabilities."
"Judging from the existing situation, this early warning should be caused by the enemy's active electromagnetic interference."
"At present, all combat units are ready and ready to enter combat readiness at any time, please instruct!"
After listening to his words, the man nodded solemnly.
Just half an hour ago, a part of the radar of his military district identified a large number of abnormal targets and immediately issued an early warning.
It stands to reason that in such an emergency, the entire military region should immediately enter a state of combat readiness.
But with his rich experience, he immediately judged that this matter was not ordinary.
Therefore, instead of immediately carrying out combat readiness, he called up the results of different models of radars in all other areas for comparison.
And this comparison really made him catch the flaw.
There is no "hundreds of planes coming" at all, there is just a whole bunch of disorganized interference electromagnetic waves!
The man's heart couldn't help but surge with anger.
us in '94, us in '01, us in '03, and now it's 07 years, you still want to us?
Dream!
Times have long since changed!
Since you want to provoke, then bear the consequences of the provocation yourself!
He took a deep breath and gave the order.
"Air Police-500 continue to go out, scan the entire airspace, and catch those rats!"
"Jiujiang continues to carry out sea trial missions!"
"Aren't they just trying to give us a kick? I'd like to see who can stop us! ”
(End of chapter)