Chapter 920 The Era of Precision Guidance
Faced with the high-walled power grid many years later, these members of the Sleeping Grass Party will recall that distant afternoon when they were suddenly dug out of the grass by a team of military dogs— —
Until they were pointed at by a row of black guns, they could not figure out how the other party found this place.
It took decades before one of them saw the relevant description in a certain memoir -
Very fortunately, or very unfortunately.
They became the first batch of "victory results" of the Chinese Air Force's first laser targeting pod.
Unfortunately, this record was not included in the history of the war.
However, the first officially recognized achievement of the Condor 1 pod was not much better than the night of September 2001.
Of course, this is all a story for later.
Especially for those unlucky ones who were caught.
In fact, in 2001, the security department's attitude towards groups such as the Wall Climbing Party and the Grass-covering Party was basically not to take the initiative to deal with them unless they went too far.
Therefore, this group of people should have been criticized and educated, detained by security for a few days at most, and then released.
However, one of them was so frightened that he confessed and admitted that he had contacts with overseas intelligence agencies.
At this time, not to mention the other accomplices, even the police comrades responsible for routine interrogation were shocked.
Overseas intelligence agencies.
A shining third-class merit.
The nature of the matter immediately changed.
Although these people met online, there were not many offline contacts in the past, so the other people most likely have nothing to do with it.
But there are some things that cannot be stopped even if they are not weighed by four ounces or weighed by a thousand catties.
Although it will not be counted as an accomplice, secretly photographing classified military areas is a crime in itself.
As a result, they became negative examples and experienced firsthand what it means to "point the camera at the airport and walk into a prison cell in life."
For a time, even the candid photography teams in Shengjing, Rongcheng and other places were in turmoil, and they quickly fell into mutual suspicion.
After all, whether they are climbing walls or lying on grass, most of them are just curious in nature and do not really want to use the information for anything.
He is not in the same camp as the real spy who was bribed.
Eventually, almost all of these small groups disintegrated one after another, and the security department also entered a period of relative purity...
Naturally, this is something to talk about later.
As for the laser targeting pod test on September 6th, after such an incident, it naturally ended successfully.
Prototype No. 1007 successfully achieved stable tracking and targeting of 14 moving targets of category 3 at a shooting range southwest of Hokyong.
It’s just that the J-10AS itself has not yet reached the stage of weapons testing, and the few laser-guided bombs currently equipped in the country are imported, so we really can’t bear to throw them away casually, so the actual bomb test still has to wait. Domestic ammunition of the same type.
Fortunately, Norinco's "Tiange" series of laser-guided bombs have entered the middle and later stages of the research and development cycle. After the laser coding of the pod is determined, it should soon enter the live-fire test stage.
When the Aviation Industry Corporation was split up, Luoyi 613 Institute was won over to the Aviation Power Group. In addition, the introduction of the Shenying 1 was a project that Chang Haonan advocated, so the test results were naturally sent quickly. In the hands of Chang Haonan.
“Mr. Chang, judging from the test results, the adaptation relationship between our domestic data bus and the pod provided by Thales is good. The fire control system can operate normally and aim at the pod for full-function operation. The next step is to localize the pod hardware based on the technical information provided by the French side.”
Lu Guangshun, the chief designer of the Shenying 1 project and the deputy director of the 613 Institute, reported to Chang Haonan. road.
“The introduction schedule of the Damocles pod is related to the upgrade schedule of the M88-3 and M88-4.”
Chang Haonan turned the page to the end One-page report set aside:
"Within this year, we should be able to obtain relevant information on the high-precision two-axis gyro-stabilized platform. By then, you can take down this most critical technology as soon as possible, so that at least we can target the most basic functions of the pod. Not controlled by others. ”
“As for the non-cooled thermal imaging equipment, Thales is very keen on it. I am afraid that I will have to wait until the M88-4 plan is released in the future to get it. I have asked the 606 Institute to try their best. The progress has been accelerated, but this kind of thing cannot be completed overnight."
Hearing that Chang Haonan can guarantee that a core technology will be in place within the year, Lu Guangshun breathed a sigh of relief:
"It doesn't matter, Chang. In general, we..." At this point, he smiled bitterly:
"Our progress should not be as fast as you think. After all, there are many projects at hand and our strength is somewhat scattered..."
"I have an idea of the size and scope of your 613 personnel."
Chang Haonan waved his hand to interrupt the other party's explanation, and then continued:
" Therefore, I did not say that I would set a specific research and development timetable for you.”
“However, you must also be aware that high-precision gyro stabilization related technologies are particularly important for other projects in your hands. The development of inertial navigation systems for long-range missiles will be very helpful.”
Having said this, he stretched out his hand and tapped the report in front of him to emphasize:
"So, you cannot regard Condor 1 as a task of the same level as other projects, but should focus on Strength should be given priority, at least the digestion and absorption of inertial stability control technology should be given priority. "
Although 613 Institute is called the Electro-Optical Equipment Research Institute, its business scope is not limited to the research and development of photoelectric detection or laser TV equipment in traditional concepts. .
In fact, for most of the past time, their main job was to develop inertial navigation equipment such as gyroscopes for various missiles and rocket weapons.
After all, no matter how sophisticated the guidance form is, it must rely on motion-sensing stability control to achieve it.
For a long time in the past, this was the main shortcoming that restricted the accuracy of our country's long-range weapons.
Lu Guangshun nodded and wiped the sweat from his forehead:
"Yes...I understand."
Chang Haonan also took the management position of the Aviation Power Group. It's been almost two years.
Although most of them are responsible for front-line research and development work, if they are really serious, they can still give people a sense of oppression.
Seeing that the other party was already tensed, Chang Haonan did not continue to increase the pressure, but changed his tone to a relaxed tone:
"As for the specific production form, you can talk to the aviation force, listen. Listen to the opinions of users.”
At the turn of the century, the People’s Liberation Army was still in a stage of “whatever it is useful for”.
Although this situation has changed a lot due to Chang Haonan's efforts, the change in the way of thinking still takes time. A considerable number of technical staff still hold a self-centered equipment development idea and are not interested in solving the problem. The issue of user pain points is not positive.
It also became the main contradiction between Party A and Party B during this period.
As a reborn person, Chang Haonan not only has advantages in the technical field, but also has more advanced commercialization ideas.
Only in the past, this brilliance was often overshadowed by his other advantages.
Anyway, Lu Guangshun next to him had already taken out his notebook from his pocket and looked like he was listening carefully.
“If their budget is not enough, you can actually consider producing a targeting pod with white light alone, or white light plus a low-light night vision channel, which is more controllable in terms of technology and cost, at least It can be used during the day or at night when the lighting conditions are not that bad. "
"And if the aviation force really needs night use and training, it can also consider importing some finished uncooled thermal imaging equipment from Thales. , solve the most urgent problems of the army, and wait until conditions are met in the future to carry out domestic replacement..."
"..."
In fact, the current training level of the People's Liberation Army aviation unit is indeed difficult to describe.
Not to mention night fighting, night flying is a skill that is not practiced often for many units.
As for air-to-ground precision guided munitions...
It is probably similar to the medium-range missiles of 1996.
There may not be a few crews in the entire army who have fought.
So, for Chang Haonan, it is better to let the aviation generally enter the era of precision guidance before considering further matters.
Fighting rockets is a fine tradition of our army and can certainly be retained.
But a modern air force cannot rely solely on rockets for air-to-ground combat...
(End of this chapter)