Chapter 745 Electromagnetic Catapult Missile Technology

On the sea surface of the Persian Gulf, there are two target drones painted with yellow appearance, one is located in the air of 3,000 meters, and the other is in the attitude of flying over the sea at an ultra-low altitude.

One of the two target drones went from east to west, and the other from west to east, with a multi-purpose destroyer in the middle.

The radar system of the combat situation center immediately locked on to these two signal sources. On the high mast, it can detect ultra-low-altitude targets within a range of 100 kilometers.

The combat alarm sounded immediately on the multi-purpose destroyer, and all personnel immediately entered the combat positions.

Cai Ruichen, who was standing in the combat situation center, had a good experience of the combat mode of the Red Police Navy.

The whole process of locking, analyzing, and obtaining threat data was very fast. Even before he found the two target drones on the radar screen, the radar had already locked the two target drones, and then highlighted them on the projection screen. .

Immediately, on the central platform of the combat situation center, on the multifunctional destroyer, in the vertical launch system located at the bow and stern of the ship, the covers of the two missile launchers were instantly opened, revealing a layer of protective film underneath.

This layer of protective film is to protect the dryness of the missile in the launch tube, so that the normal use of the missile will not be affected due to the high humidity and high salt environment of the ship in high winds and waves at sea or under normal long-term sailing.

At the moment when the covers of the two launching tubes were opened, the two missiles were ejected by electricity, and the warheads of the missiles broke through the protective film in an instant. meters, two V-2FK air defense missiles ignited at the same time.

When the two missiles were ignited over the warship, when the base was powered, the short wings on the missiles also began to adjust the flight direction of the missiles.

One headed east and the other headed west. Under the white wake, the two missiles quickly disappeared over the fleet.

The intruding missiles were launched, and almost every one of the small fishing boats in the distance quickly came to the deck of the fishing boat. They didn't even know what happened.

But the missiles were actually launched, and they were two at a time.

Obviously, it was a cold-launched missile, which was also the missile with the highest safety factor. This news was quickly recorded by the people on the small fishing boat.

At present, there are only two launch methods in the vertical missile launch system in the world. One is to ignite the fire in the launch tube at the moment, and the missile uses its own power system to leave the launch tube. This is thermal launch.

There is also a cold launch, which is the first to use other means to eject the missile from the launch tube, and then the missile is ignited.

At present, all Western countries use thermal launch, because this launch method is more efficient than cold launch, but it is more dangerous.

After all, if the fire is ignited in the launch tube, once the missile has an accident, it is very likely to affect the missiles in other launch tubes.

Cold launch is much safer, but its efficiency is a little lower than that of hot launch. Such a gap is not visible in normal times, but in a high-intensity war environment, the gap will appear.

Because the current cold launch technology all uses high-pressure gas to launch the missile from the launch tube, just like the neat ejection on the aircraft carrier, the steam cannot be controlled in size, and the accumulated steam can only be released once.

Even if there are multiple separate neat storage spaces, continuous missile launches also involve a process of filling with steam.

So the efficiency is naturally not as fast as the thermal launch, but in normal times, it is not necessary for the warship to launch a large number of missiles, so it has no effect.

And the multifunctional destroyer that seems to use the cold launch mode,

In fact, it is not using gas to eject the missile, but using electromagnetic energy.

Under the all-electric propulsion system, all the power of the entire warship can be distributed reasonably, and the power consumed by ejecting the missile at the moment of going out does not need a lot. It is enough to eject the missile tens of meters.

Under the advanced power system of the multi-functional destroyer, the power of the whole ship is completely sufficient. After having the characteristics of cold launch safety, it also has the efficiency of hot launch.

This is the characteristic of the base's vertical missile launch system. Just because every warship starts with all-electric propulsion, it has reached the world's leading level.

In the U.S. Navy, only the Zumwalt, Ford-class, and Littoral Combat Ships use all-electric propulsion technology. The two British conventionally powered aircraft carriers of more than 60,000 tons, the Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales, also use all-electric propulsion technology. advance.

However, using all-electric propulsion technology and low-power electromagnetic ejection technology for vertical launch system, this is definitely the first original creation of the Red Police Corps.

If this technology is exposed in the future, the benefits will naturally be obtained by Future Technology Group again.

However, it is impossible for Cai Ruichen to take the initiative to disclose such military technology to the public. After all, this can be regarded as an advantage of the Red Police Navy.

Letting the outside world guess can also make the outside world misunderstand some information. Maybe in the future, because of such wrong information, they will get wrong analysis results and make wrong orders and decisions.

Just like the people on the small fishing boat, the information recorded is the destroyer of the Future Technology Group, and the only missile launch method used is the cold launch mode.

Regardless of the outside world, the two missiles leaving the warship at this moment flew directly towards the two target drones after performing multiple orbital maneuvers in the air.

The missile was launched successfully and the target was locked, but until now, it can only be said to be so-so, because it can only be considered a success if it intercepts two target drones.

The two missiles did not disappoint. The two target drones were successfully intercepted when they were still 70 kilometers away from the warship.

Especially for the target drone that flies over the sea at ultra-low altitude, the simulated flight trajectory is exactly the same as that of an anti-ship missile.

Being able to lock and intercept such a target aircraft at the first time fully shows that this warship has the ability to efficiently intercept anti-ship missiles.

However, such a capability is nothing to be proud of, because at present, the real threats to warships are all those sea-skimming supersonic anti-ship missiles.

Just like the v-2fj supersonic anti-ship missiles on the multi-functional destroyer at the moment, approaching the sea target with a supersonic flying attitude at ultra-low altitude, even if it is developed, it is not easy to intercept, and there are certain interception failures Probability, in actual combat, the success rate of interception may not be higher than 70%.

Especially when faced with the attack of multiple supersonic anti-ship missiles, it is difficult to intercept them all. Once hit by one of them, even a 10,000-ton large-scale drive will be finished. Thousands of tons of warships have no possibility of resisting.