"Heavy bomb-carrying drones fly at ultra-low altitudes, and the danger is too great!"

After the end of this year's red-blue confrontation exercise.

The Air Force, for its part, has finally recognized the way of warfare for the next era.

That is, intelligent and unmanned warfare.

Before this, many people were still skeptical about drones participating in the battle.

It can be said that it was the unprecedented battle loss ratio achieved under the command of Bai Xuejun that dispelled their suspicions.

There had never been such a battle before.

Without a single casualty on their own side, they completely annihilated the combat strength of an entire brigade of the enemy.

As for the loss of the unmanned attack aircraft, it is nothing.

As long as there are no pilot losses, it is not called a casualty.

Therefore, in the face of an extremely cost-effective unmanned attack aircraft.

There is more demand on the part of the Air Force.

After all, it costs only 100 million yuan per unit, but it can also achieve more than half of the performance of the fourth-generation aircraft.

Especially considering the difficulties in training pilots of fourth-generation aircraft.

This kind of cost performance is even higher than Mount Everest!

Ordinary fighter pilots, already comparable to the same weight of gold.

Fourth-generation pilots are even rarer, comparable to those rare elements ranked after 100 on the periodic table.

"If it can accomplish this task, then we can save a lot of valuable strategic bombers."

The old leader who found Zhang Xingyang to talk complained bitterly.

"Our family is thin."

"There are only a few strategic bombers in total, and it is impossible to fight hard with the enemy's sea fortresses!"

There are almost only a few H-6-Hs that have just completed the modification of strategic bombers in China.

After completing the modification of in-flight refueling, the range can reach more than 8,000 kilometers.

As for the sea fortress mentioned by the old leader, it is the entire complete aircraft carrier battle group.

In general, the detection range of aircraft carriers covers 800 km.

But this is on the basis of the use of maritime AWACS aircraft.

AWACS aircraft do not fly in the sky 24 hours a day.

During this period, the detection range of the carrier's shipborne radar was not so far.

Especially for low-flying flying objects, the detection range is even shorter.

This is determined by the curvature of the earth itself, which is difficult to change even with the most advanced technology.

If the bomber maintains an altitude of 50 meters, the carrier's radar will not be able to detect the target until it is within 40 kilometers.

At such a short distance, the bomber would have been able to complete the entire operation of the anti-ship missile strike and disengage.

This tactic was first proposed by Eagle Sauce himself in the 80s.

At that time, the tactics of the woolly bear were still supersonic bombers, high-altitude and high-speed penetration.

Prior to this, the high-altitude and high-speed penetration of a large number of "Backfire" bombers was a nightmare for almost every country around Maozi.

It was only later that the radar system and air defense system were further upgraded that the path of high-altitude and high-speed raids by supersonic bombers was declared unworkable.

However, ultra-low-altitude penetration is not something that anyone can complete.

It requires the unique bomber operation technology and the fighting spirit of daring to sacrifice.

to be able to do this.

In the process of training, there will be many casualties.

(In particular, the ejection system of the H-6 basically has no chance of escape in the face of a low-altitude environment.) ）

"I can only say give it a try, as for the success rate, there is no guarantee."

Zhang Xingyang is very conservative.

Because of the ultra-low-altitude penetration, even if it is operated by pilots who have been professionally trained for a long time, it may not be successful.

Not to mention the fact that there are unmanned fighters that are inferior to manned fighters in all respects.

"After all, you also understand how dangerous flying at ultra-low altitudes really is."

The old leader is also a professional pilot.

Zhang Xingyang said this, and he could understand.

After all, the electromagnetic environment and ocean waves in a low-altitude environment will have a great impact on the aircraft.

The slightest deviation is easy to plunge into the sea!

"In terms of missiles, the air-launched hypersonic anti-ship missile that we have just completed can be tested."

Missiles have always been one of the projects that Zhang Xingyang has vigorously promoted.

In the past few years, there has been no shortage of various capital and technology investments.

The air-launched anti-ship missile is the last of the three types of anti-ship missiles.

It's not just that the conditions for launching missiles are more difficult in the air-launched environment.

Also because, there is no particularly good launch platform for air-launched missiles.

So the various designs have also been changed again and again.

The most critical range is also cut again and again.

The initial target was 2,500 km.

However, after the design was completed, it was found that there was a big problem with the missile designed under such a target.

That's being overweight!

The overall weight of the missile has come to 4.5 tons.

The bomb load limit of the bomber was reached.

The latest H-6H can only carry one to the limit.

Therefore, continuous improvements have been made in the future.

In the end, the missile's range was fixed at 800 km.

The weight has been reduced to 1.5 tons.

Half of the range was cut in half.

The weight has also been reduced to one-third of its original size.

However, it has been weakened to such an extent that the H-6H can carry several pieces at once.

From the point of view of war, there are still some advantages.

But it also makes another thing possible.

That is, the unattacked series of UAVs, carrying anti-ship missiles.

Launch a covered strike on the enemy with a sea of missiles!

The bomb load of a single non-attack drone is actually not as large as that of other fighters.

Because of their size, they are actually much smaller than the J-20.

It's about half the size.

One WS-10 engine was adopted.

There are no overly complicated electronic devices inside.

Because it is mainly controlled by an internal automatic control program and a weapons officer on a manned fighter.

It just needs to take instructions.

"If we want to achieve your vision, then we need to modify the drone to a certain extent."

"It's going to take a month or two."

"No problem, we can afford to wait for such a little time."

"But is there anything else that needs to be transformed?"

Although the old leader is a professional pilot, he has been away from the front line for a long time after all.

Lack of technical knowledge.

"The current non-attack series of UAVs is mainly used with the J-20."

Zhang Xingyang explained a little.

"The combat scenario is mainly in the high-altitude and high-speed field, and ultra-low-altitude penetration was not its task in the first place."

"In particular, a wave of feature enhancement should be carried out for the maritime environment."

In fact, there are not many transformations to be made in the non-attack series.

Because it is a stealth fighter in its own right.

No matter how it is otherwise lagging behind the J-20.

In terms of stealth performance, it is still stronger.

Because it's an unmanned fighter.

In terms of stealth structure design, it is almost close to the limit.

In particular, unmanned fighters have one less cockpit than various stealth fighters.

The cockpit on the fighter plane is actually very occupying the head of the whole aircraft RCS.

Without various stealth measures, the cockpit can account for more than 20 percent of the entire fighter's head-on RCS.

To compensate, the cockpit is generally coated with a metal film.

But even so, it still has an impact that cannot be ignored.

Unmanned stealth fighters can avoid this entirely.

In terms of head design, it adopts a fully flat design.

The head-on RCS of the whole aircraft is even about 30 percent smaller than that of the J-20.

The maximum detection range of the radar in free space is proportional to the fourth root of the radar cross section (RCS) of the target.

A 10 dB reduction in the radar cross section of the target can shorten the radar detection range by about 44%.

This means that the Attackless Series stealth fighters can get closer to the enemy and launch a fatal blow against the enemy!

The retrofit of unmanned fighters is fast.

After all, the structure does not need to be modified.

The focus of the transformation is actually on the weapon pylons.

The original non-attack series UAVs used built-in magazines.

The magazine is shallow.

After all, even the largest air-to-air missile, the Thunderbolt-15, has a diameter of only 210 mm.

But the diameter of the hypersonic anti-ship missile, is 750 mm.

It is more than three times the original diameter.

The built-in magazine simply can't be stuffed.

After careful study, everyone found that it was almost impossible to cram such a large missile into the built-in magazine.

Therefore, we can only settle for the next best.

Under the unmanned attack aircraft, an external pylons were transformed.

However, in this way, the radar reflection area of the unmanned attack aircraft. It can almost reach 15 percent of the original amount.

Although the head-on RCS of the whole machine is still less than 0.1 square meters, it is within the effective stealth range.

But compared to the original, it is still a little larger, and the radar detection distance has increased by at least 20 percent!

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The sea breeze in the South China Sea seems to be so hot all the time.

Above the test site, a modified non-attack drone has been hung with the latest hypersonic anti-ship missile.

Next to it, there's a whole support team working on it.

In addition to this, there is already a J-20 that has been lifted into the air ahead of schedule, ready to provide technical support for it.

The whole drone strike process is like this.

The first is a shore-based early warning radar, which provides the coordinates of the position of enemy ships to unmanned attack aircraft.

Then the drone rises into the air and, after approaching the enemy for 1000 km, flies at a reduced altitude.

During this process, the J-20 will maintain a data link with the unmanned attack aircraft.

It is guaranteed that it will not fall into the sea due to accidents.

At an approach of 500 km to the enemy, a hypersonic anti-ship missile is launched.

This is mainly to test the performance of hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

The unmanned attack aircraft, under the operation of the weapons officer, began to take off from the ground.

Because there is no need to take into account the physical factors of the pilot, the take-off speed reaches the maximum in the shortest possible time.

The weapons officer skillfully operated the drone and flew south.

Thousands of kilometers away, an uninhabited reef is the target of today's simulation.

On the reef, several large Doppler radars are erected.

Although many ships have begun to use phased array radar.

Especially the "Aegis" ship of Eagle sauce.

However, today's test cannot be so extravagant, and it is really necessary to come up with several large phased array radars as targets.

No one is reluctant!

However, the detection range of these Doppler radars has also reached the range of 500 kilometers.

It's more than enough to support today's testing.

The drone with gray and dark paint looks very cool.

It's like an alien creature in a science fiction story.

This is because an altimeter is used to measure the height uninterruptedly.

This allows the drone to travel for long periods of time at very extreme altitudes.

During the flight of hundreds of kilometers, it is maintained at an altitude of 10 meters almost the entire time.

This height can only be regarded as a pinpoint height for a fighter!

Because the electromagnetic environment at sea is very complex, at such a low altitude, the probability of problems can reach 30%!

That is, this time it is an unmanned attack aircraft, and everyone dares to play so big.

If it was a manned fighter, no one would dare to let the pilot risk such a big death!

The tail flame of the drone even kept blowing away the sea behind it, forming a long white wave.

For this experiment, a high-definition camera was specially placed under the belly of the drone.

Images can be continuously transmitted from the sea through a data link.

Everyone in the airport can even feel the humidity when they look at the waves transmitted by the drone.

Wait until the drone breaks through to a distance of five hundred kilometers from the radar.

Launched its own carried hypersonic anti-ship missile.

The missile uses the latest scramjet engine.

Able to push the speed to an extremely high degree.

It is almost the fastest missile that Zhang Xingyang has completed except for ICBMs.

If the premise is limited to the velocity in the atmosphere.

Then it's the fastest one.

The average speed reached an unprecedented Mach 9!

More than 3000 meters per second!

The terminal attack speed even reached Mach 12!

Like a sword on the sea, galloping towards the target point!

It only takes 150 seconds to cross a distance of 500 kilometers and complete the strike on the target!

The missile has 650 kg of all-nitrogen explosives inside!

It's as powerful as a small nuclear explosion!

However, for the sake of experimental safety, this hypersonic anti-ship missile does not have a charge.

If the radar is blown up as soon as it comes up, the follow-up experiments will not be able to be carried out.

The live-fire test session will take place after all the tests have been completed.

During the UAV rush process, although the Doppler radar has been working at high intensity.

But according to the tests, it was not detected by radar until the drone flew to a distance of almost 18 kilometers that it could be detected visually!

This distance is not to mention long-range anti-ship missiles.

Drones are almost ready to drop bombs directly on the deck of the aircraft carrier!

"It seems that our vision is indeed possible!"

At the test site, everyone enthusiastically discussed the possibility of drone missiles and a confrontation with the enemy's aircraft carrier battle group.

UAVs plus anti-ship missiles, the cost of both will not exceed 25 million US dollars.

Even the worst-case scenario, a 10-to-1 exchange ratio is still acceptable.

The cost of building an aircraft carrier can buy more than a hundred drones.

As long as it can hit, it's not a loss!

And that's just the loss of the aircraft carrier, not counting the numerous carrier-based aircraft above.

and, most critically, human losses.

After all, the most critical thing in the war is all kinds of technicians!

Without so many operators, even with weapons, they can't be useful in war!

(End of chapter)