If you have to choose one of the missiles that Arthur values the most, it should be the existing pigeon missile, and it is the ship-based version of the pigeon missile.

To be honest, among the three armed forces, the navy, the navy of Australasia is relatively weak.

Although the army is not large, it is already among the best in the world in terms of tanks, and it has excellent firepower, plus the two client states of the United Sultanate of Kalimantan and the Philippines, the army does not need to worry.

Naturally, the Air Force does not need to say much. If Australasia's air force dares to claim the second in the world, no country should dare to claim the first in the world. But the premise is that the air force of each country is on display, and not hidden like Australasia.

Only in the navy, Arthur is actually more worried. Although the design of the navy has also reached the world's first-class, after all, the size of the navy can only be said to be average.

If naval deterrence is not strengthened on all fronts, a country like Australasia, whose territory spans the entire continent and also spans several oceans, is a bit of a loophole in the war.

Australasia's greatest enemy in the Pacific Ocean is the island nation. For Arthur, the importance of the pigeon missile, which can effectively kill enemy warships, is naturally needless to say.

If he could effectively sink the enemy's warships after the start of the war, Australasia would be invincible, and Arthur would have the confidence to set his sights on the battlefields of Europe, rather than playing with the islanders.

It is precisely because of this emphasis that Arthur has reached a state of intentness for the test of the final pigeon missile.

Fortunately, the final test was worthy of Arthur's attention, and finally put Arthur at ease.

Although it is not as accurate as aiming at a moving target, it is not as accurate as a fixed target, but compared to the previous generation of missiles, the accuracy of the hit rate is not bad.

A total of 50 missiles were tested, and 3 of them happened to hit the tank-sized model, which also shows the improvement of the actual hit rate of the pigeon missile.

If it is a second-generation missile, if you want to hit a model the size of a tank, or when moving at full speed, not one out of 50 will not necessarily be able to hit.

After all, the error of the second-generation missile is still about a few hundred meters, and the maximum error can even reach more than one kilometer.

As for the new generation of pigeon missiles, the maximum error of 50 missiles is only 500 meters, and it is a relatively special situation.

Most of the missiles were within 300 meters of the tank, and more than 22 missiles landed in the designated bombing area, which also means that these 22 missiles are equivalent to hitting the target.

Depending on the situation, the real warship will be larger than the demarcated bombing zone. Moreover, the speed of the warship in the sea is slower than the speed of the tank on the ground.

Although it is only test data, this test data is quite recognized and very satisfied by Arthur and the top leaders of the military.

"Director Herman, what is the effective range of the pigeon missile?" After watching all the missile tests, Defense Secretary Thomas couldn't hold back any longer and looked at Herman expectantly.

Judging from the current test data, these missiles have a huge improvement over the previous generation, and they are very attractive to Minister Thomas.

If there had also been great progress in terms of effective range, then Minister Thomas, at the risk of being scolded by Arthur, would have to increase military spending by at least half this year.

Missiles with an effective increase in hit rate and range, which are not comparable to several aircraft and tanks.

If he could, Minister Thomas would even be willing to spend half of his military spending on missiles and wait until the war broke out.

"At present, our Tayster-3 missile, the air-to-air version, has an effective range of 5 kilometers, and the maximum missile flight speed has reached 580 kilometers per hour, which has exceeded the maximum speed of aircraft of various countries known to us." Herman said with a smile on his face: "

The air-to-ground version of the Taist-3 missile, although the maximum flight speed is only 450 kilometers per hour, the effective range has been increased to 25 kilometers.

As for the pigeon missile, the missile we have tested so far has a flight speed of about 480 kilometers per hour, a maximum flight altitude of 19.7 kilometers, and a maximum flight range of 320 kilometers. ”

Hearing all kinds of data that Herman broke out, even Arthur couldn't help but be a little moved.

Needless to say, the airborne version of the missile. This type of missile is not intended to pursue flight range, but to pursue greater speed.

The maximum flight range of the pigeon missile has been increased to 320 km, which is quite exaggerated.

And the maximum flight altitude reached 19.7 kilometers, which also means that all objects in the sky are within the strike range of the pigeon missile.

The speed of such a missile flight is no longer important. After all, at this time, the means of intercepting missiles in various countries were relatively simple, and it could even be said that there were none.

In what way are interceptor missiles used? To put it bluntly, it is a very simple principle, so that the missile explodes earlier, so as not to hurt the buildings and people on the ground.

This means that there has to be a faster missile to intercept it, and it has to have a high hit rate, and it can effectively hit a missile that is very fast in the sky and is very small.

Not to mention now, even if time advances by another 10 years, there may not be any country that will be able to develop a relatively complete missile interception device.

This also means that the pigeon missile, before the advent of nuclear weapons, is the strongest weapon with the longest hit range and almost impossible to intercept.

In the case of the superiority of the air force, it is easy to obtain information about the enemy's ground forces.

With the help of this kind of intelligence, it is easy to kill the enemy hundreds of kilometers away. If Australasia could have a large number of pigeon missiles, future wars would be very simple.

After determining that the pigeon missile was excellent in all respects, Minister Thomas was a little worried.

After all, the cost of the previous generation of missiles is not low, not to mention the new generation of missiles that have been upgraded in almost all aspects.

"Director Herman, how much do these missiles cost? Will the Missile Research Institute be able to undertake the task of building large-scale missiles? "Secretary Thomas raised his primary concern, which is the cost of these missiles.

The second-generation missile cost nearly $12,000 to manufacture, which is already quite a high number.

According to the missile order agreed between the Ministry of Defense and Arthur, a total of 1,700 missiles of various types cost the Ministry of Defense 18 million Australian dollars of military budget.

If the cost of a new generation of missiles reaches a new high, it will not be good news for the defense sector.

If thousands of missiles are still purchased, it will be a very heavy burden for the military spending of the Ministry of Defense.

"Because we abandoned the sighting system of the previous missile and adopted the new pigeon missile. As a result, the cost of the combined version of the Pigeon missile, which costs about $15,700 per missile, is not too much of an increase. Herman, director of the Missile Research Institute, said: "

As for the Tayster-3 missile, the cost is much lower than that of the second generation. The air-to-air version of the missile costs about $7,500, and the air-to-surface version costs about $9,700. ”

Herman was actually right when he said that the cost of missiles had not increased as much as expected.

Although it seems like a lot, it is also necessary to take into account the depreciation of the currency in recent years.

Even if it is a pigeon missile, the actual manufacturing cost is not much improved compared to the strongest missile of the previous generation.

After all, the missile's sighting system is only three pigeons and the corresponding sensing system, and the cost is not as expensive as imagined.

What is expensive is actually the power system of the missile, that is, the engine that has been improved in many ways.

The fact that such an engine can propel a heavy missile at a very fast speed and fly at a very long distance is enough to prove that the engine is excellent.

After all, in addition to the relatively conventional power, hit rate, and range, the missile must also ensure its stability and safety.

After all, no one wants to see a missile fall shortly after launch, which is not only difficult to face, but also poses a huge security risk to the people in the country.

When Minister Thomas heard Herman's proposed cost, most of his worries were finally dispelled.

Although the cost is still not low, and the price of the military must have increased compared to the cost, after all, the missile research institute also needs corresponding research funds.

After the missile was successfully developed and procured by the military, Arthur told Herman that most of the research funds of the Missile Research Institute would come from the profits from the sale of missiles.

According to the agreement between the Missile Research Institute and the military, the Missile Research Institute will increase the cost of missiles by 5 percent as a profit to be used as research and development funds for the Missile Research Institute.

According to the current cost of missiles, for every missile sold, the Missile Institute can make a profit of at least 500 Australian dollars, which is the source of the Missile Institute's funding.

Of course, it is not easy to feed the entire missile research institute by relying on orders from the military alone.

After all, in addition to the various specialists in the development of missiles, the missile research institute also has a production workshop, and many workers in the workshop also have a huge monthly expense.

Even if the missile performance of the Missile Research Institute is good enough, Arthur still has to subsidize at least hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars a year.

This also proves that it is not easy to develop military science and technology. As in Australasia, Arthur's royal family was responsible for almost all of the military weapons development.

The royal family invests tens of millions of dollars a year in these military factories. Without the involvement of the royal family and large investments, it would have been almost impossible for Australasia to achieve the results it has achieved in military technology.

This is also the gap between large countries and small countries. The revenues of small countries already dictate that their budgets for military scientific and technological research and development will not be too large.

Unless there are a few super-geniuses in related fields in China, the progress of military science and technology will be much slower than that of major countries.

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