The warship came to the vicinity of the battleship in about 40 minutes, which means that the error of the radar's calculation is already very small, at most only one or two hundred meters.

Such radars are already very important to the navy, army, and air forces, and can significantly change the existing combat methods and greatly enhance the combat capability of the armed forces.

Even if the range of the radar is only about 24 km, it still cannot mask the role of the existing radar.

Of course, it would be better if the range of the radar was longer, and the longer the range that could be measured, the greater the change in the combat effectiveness of the army.

Although the heart is already very excited, this test of the radar still has to continue. After all, the purpose of this test is to calculate the actual range and effectiveness of the radar, and it can only be said that it is half carried out so far.

In order to test the performance of the radar, the navy dispatched more than a dozen warships to the battleship at different positions and at different speeds.

More than ten minutes passed, and Tesla's assistant came with good news again: "There are two warships heading here at different speeds." ”

Tesla and his assistants hurriedly calculated that the two warships were located 18 nautical miles north and 24 nautical miles south, respectively, and were approaching at 15 and 21 knots, respectively.

Asking his assistant to write down the measured distance and speed, Tesla began to monitor the other warships.

The test also took more than three hours to complete, and was finally completed before dark, and it was returned to the Royal Dockyard without incident.

The results of the test can be seen in the excitement in the eyes of several generals. Whether it was Andrew the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy or Thomas the Secretary of State for Defense, they looked at Tesla with excitement in their eyes, like a seductive girl.

If Arthur hadn't been on the side, I'm afraid these guys would have surrounded Tesla and started a new round of scramble against the radar.

You must know that although the relationship between the navy, land and air force in Australasia is not so bad, the annual competition for military spending is an unavoidable topic.

The Ministry of National Defense has three commands: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and the annual competition for military spending is talked about.

At present, the navy still accounts for the lion's share, with the navy accounting for about 35 percent of military spending last year, the army at 33 percent, and the air force at only about 25 percent.

As for the remaining proportion of about 7%, it is naturally used for routine maintenance of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.

This is actually a lot of money, last year's military spending was close to 50 million Australian dollars, and the proportion of 4% is a full 350,000 Australian dollars.

It's no wonder that the final test results of the radar made these guys excited, even if Arthur had long understood the role of radar, and he was a little surprised to look at the final data of the radar test.

The final test results of R1 radar show that the effective monitoring distance is about 35 kilometers, and the maximum monitoring distance is 50 kilometers. All 15 warships participating in the test appeared on the display of the radar, and since their appearance they have remained on the display stably for the vast majority of the time, without losing any time.

More importantly, the distance and speed errors of these warships monitored by radar are not large, and the errors are all within 500 meters in terms of speed.

What does this test data mean? At least within 35 kilometers, the radar can detect the enemy's traces, and even calculate the enemy's distance, travel speed and direction accordingly, so that you can prepare in advance.

However, it is too difficult for the existing radar to be fully equipped in the navy, army, and air force, and at least it must undergo certain improvements before it can be equipped in the army and air force.

As can be seen from the existing radar size, this is not something that current aircraft can equip with.

If you want to equip an aircraft with a radar, you either have to reduce the frequency of the transmitter to reduce the size of the radar, or you can only improve it, in short, the radar must be small.

How to improve the radar and make it properly equipped with the army, navy and air force is an important factor in whether the radar can be used on a large scale and improve the combat effectiveness of the Australasian army.

Looking at the generals who couldn't wait, Arthur looked at Tesla and asked a more critical question: "Tesla, when will the current radar be able to fully equip the navy, land and air forces?" ”

Tesla replied unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the radar you see so far is specially prepared by the research center for the detection of large warships.

Such a radar is capable of detecting at a greater distance, but the disadvantage is that it is larger. It is obviously impossible to equip the army and air force, and at least the size of the radar must be reduced to less than half before it can be equipped on aircraft. ”

Arthur nodded, not surprised by Tesla's answer.

Like missiles, radars are actually divided into ship-to-ship, air-to-air, and ground-to-ground. Radar is used in the navy, land and air force, and the distance and objects that need to be detected are different.

Naturally, different radars need to be improved for different purposes, and it is simply impossible for one radar to be applied to three different branches of the military.

However, there are already effective radars, and on the basis of this, it is not difficult to improve them and develop anti-air and anti-ground respectively.

This is equivalent to having the missile body, and then developing anti-ship missiles, and it becomes easier to develop anti-aircraft missiles.

Tesla's answer seemed to pour cold water on several generals. In addition to the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Andrew who is still excited, several other guys, including Defense Secretary Thomas, are not so excited.

"Mr. Tesla, when will the radar that can be used in airplanes be developed?" The Air Force Commander asked with a little disappointment.

Seeing that such advanced radar technology cannot be equipped on an aircraft is the most uncomfortable for the commander of the Air Force.

What's more, the navy is clearly able to equip the current radar, which means that the importance of the navy will also increase, and the budget for the navy next year may be higher, and the gap with the army and air force will become wider and wider.

"Not sure yet, Your Excellency." Tesla shook his head helplessly and said: "In fact, equipment is the most difficult on the plane, even if I make every effort to improve it, I can't guarantee that it will be completed in a short time." ”

This is actually a question that you know the answer to before you ask it, and the Air Force Commander nodded in understanding.

Arthur smiled and said, "Now you understand the role of radar, right?" Isn't refusing to provide a test radar for warships without seeing the role of radar with their own eyes is tantamount to pushing such excellent technology as radar outward?

I hope that through this event I can make you understand that only constant change in science and technology can make us stronger.

I don't want to see anything like that in the next radar test, you have to cooperate with any radar test. ”

In fact, there is no need for Arthur to say that these generals will do the same, because at this moment they are the ones who want the radar to equip their army the most.

Because it was already evening, it was too late to return to Fort St. Arthur, and Arthur could only live in the Sydney Palace, a palace that had been away for only a few months.

Early the next morning, Arthur went to the Radar Research Center again. On the one hand, it is to reward Tesla, his assistants and all the personnel of the radar R&D center, and on the other hand, to discuss with Tesla the next direction of radar improvement, including some areas of research and development.

Because of the importance of radar, these researchers in the radar R&D center have received relatively high rewards.

In addition to the merit that is deserved, rewards ranging from $200 to $1,000 are distributed according to merit, as well as a variety of material and even land awards.

And Tesla, who has contributed the most to the research and development of radar, has not only received a lot of land and funds, but his credit has also gone further, and it is not far from the viscount.

There is no marquis in the Australasian aristocratic hierarchy, and the five ranks of knights, barons, viscounts, earls, and dukes constitute the Australasian aristocratic system.

Of course, Arthur's king is naturally the highest rank of the aristocratic system, and he is also the one who controls the power of life and death.

The power and status of the Australasian aristocracy came entirely from Arthur, and under this new aristocratic system, the nobility had no power to resist the monarch.

However, the monarch will not take the initiative to deprive the nobles of their titles or even endanger the lives of the nobles. After all, to put it bluntly, the interests of the monarch and the nobility are basically the same, and the nobility is also the biggest supporter of the monarch.

Although the minimum reward is only 200 Australian dollars, 200 Australian dollars is equivalent to the income of ordinary people for more than three years, which is still attractive to those at the lowest level.

What's more, the rewards are basically given according to the contribution of the research and development of radar, and those who have merit will naturally get more rewards, such as Tesla's assistant, who received a reward of up to 3,000 Australian dollars.

The fact that anyone who didn't have much credit could get a share of the $200 reward was a testament to Arthur's kindness and generosity.

In addition to the on-site distribution of financial awards, other awards, including land and materials, are registered first, and these researchers go to the government to redeem them.

However, they did not have to worry about the government cheating, the aristocratic system and the meritorious knighthood system were the most inviolable in Australasia, and no one would risk losing their heads to embezzle their rewards.

After the rewards are distributed, the next most important thing is naturally to discuss the direction of radar research and development.

After entering the conference room with Tesla and listening to Tesla's plan for radar improvement, Arthur asked with a smile: "Baron Tesla, have you ever thought about using radar to detect rockets?" ”

"Rockets?" Tesla was stunned.

Australasia's Tester rocket Tesla naturally knew that even he himself was involved in the development of the Tester rocket.

But the idea of using radar to detect rockets is a bit surprising, isn't that the equivalent of looking at a bullet with the naked eye? Who can do that?

You know, while the rocket attacks at a long distance, its speed is also very fast.

The existing first-generation Tester rocket in Australasia has a maximum flight range of 75.3 kilometers, which is far greater than the existing detection range of the R1 radar.

What's more, the maximum flight altitude of the Tester rocket has reached 11.2 kilometers, and if you want the current R1 radar to detect the Tester rocket, not to mention whether it can be detected, even if it can be detected, I am afraid that the rocket will soon fly to its destination.

In this way, it is not effective to detect or not, after all, it is impossible to deal with the enemy's rockets, or missiles converted from rockets.

"It's just an idea, Baron Tesla." Arthur explained with a smile: "Of course, the current rocket is only the first generation, which means that the idea of using radar to detect rockets will become more difficult.

But I have to admit that the rockets of various countries are not without progress. Judging by the progress of rocket research and development in Europe, it is very likely that they will catch up with us in ten years and develop such a thing as a rocket.

In this regard, we must take precautions in advance and strive to be able to detect the flight trajectory of the rocket with radar to guard against the threat of the enemy's missiles.

Of course, I also said that this is just a thought. Even if it can be achieved, it will definitely not be achieved in a short period of time.

I have high expectations for that, but the R&D center is still focused on equipping the radar on the land, sea and air forces, as well as deploying large radars on the coast. ”

Arthur also only proposed a research and development direction for radar, allowing Tesla to conduct scientific research on missiles in advance.

But in fact, if European countries want to catch up with Australasia's progress in rockets and missiles, it is simply impossible without ten or twenty years of effort.

Even the simplest Tayster-1 rocket at the moment will not be developed in 3 to 5 years, including the United Kingdom.

Arthur's layout that began as early as 20 years ago is not useless, a considerable part of the talent in rocket and aviation has been gathered in Australasia, and the rest are scattered in Europe and the United States, which has weakened the ability of Europe and the United States to develop rockets.

Even if rockets and missiles are exposed in the future, European countries and the United States react and start developing missiles, they are destined to fail to catch up with Australasia.

Unless there is one country that can gather the same rocket and aerodynamic talent as Australasia, but who will?

On the premise that Australasia has gathered a considerable number of talents, but also to gather a talent scale comparable to Australasia, isn't it equivalent to hollowing out the rocket and aviation talent reserves of other countries?

Such an action would be almost impossible to do, because other countries would react quickly. Even if they don't know what the purpose of these rocket and aviation talents is being tapped, they will try their best to protect these talents and avoid the harm caused by the flow of talents abroad.

The reason why Australasia was able to attract these talents before the countries reacted was that one was the influence of the Victoria Prize on the scientific community, and the other was that the rocket and aviation professions at that time were not well-known and had no great influence at all.

You must know that before the development of practical military aircraft, Arthur was already laying out talents in rocket and aviation.

Who will react to such an advance layout? Unless he has the same eyes as Arthur, the choice of airships and airplanes alone will be enough to disturb the sight of most countries.

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