Chapter 729 Tester 2 Missile (33 More)

Chapter 729 Tester-2 Missile (33 more)

As time entered April 1929, several kingdoms to be established in the United States were already in urgent preparation.

The British implemented military control over New York, which barely suppressed the continuous demonstrations in New York.

Of course, the state of military control could not last too long, which also meant that the establishment of several kingdoms must be carried out in a short time.

Compared with the British's anxiety, Australasia was not so anxious. Progress must be rushed, but if you can catch up with the progress while watching various problems erupt on the British side, it can be regarded as a good pastime.

Arthur was also very busy during this period, constantly imparting the knowledge he had learned to the two little guys.

How much they can learn depends on the efforts of the two little guys. After all, some things can only be understood by themselves, and no matter how much you say, it is useless.

On a very ordinary Sunday, the missile research and development project team had good news that excited Arthur.

It has been several years since the earliest Tester rocket test flight. The missile development project team has long developed the latest Tester-2 missile based on the most basic Tester-1 rocket.

There are two versions of this missile, one is the ground-launched version, and the other is the bomber-carried and dropped version.

Let's talk about the first conventional ground-launched version first. This is a more advanced missile after a comprehensive modification of the Tester-1 rocket.

In terms of missile power, there is an extremely advanced air jet engine as the basis of missile power.

The ground-launched version of the missile is 8.7 meters long and weighs 7.9 tons. It can be loaded with nearly one ton of gunpowder.

In view of the missile's power system, the maximum flight altitude of the ground-launched version of the missile can reach 17.5 kilometers, and the maximum flight distance can reach 240 kilometers. It can remotely strike targets within all ranges of sea, land and air.

Of course, due to the underdeveloped technology, such missiles do not have much aiming ability, and the final explosion site and destination will have a deviation of several hundred meters to several kilometers.

Yes, the deviation is so outrageous.

If the weather is good and there are no accidents during the missile launch, the deviation may be within one kilometer.

But if any accident occurs, the deviation of the missile will basically exceed one kilometer.

This also means that this version of the missile is more likely to attack large targets such as ground forces, cities and important areas. Although small aircraft and warships are within the strike range, the hit rate is worrying.

But there is no way to do this. It is indeed the limitation of technology that makes the current missiles not have a very high accuracy hit rate.

However, when more accurate fire control systems, gyroscope equipment, and various electronic technologies are developed in the future, the effective hit rate of missiles will definitely increase.

What Arthur is most looking forward to at present is the development of nuclear weapons. If the existing missiles can be equipped with nuclear warheads, the error of several kilometers is actually within the acceptable range.

After all, the effective strike range of nuclear weapons is at least tens of kilometers. This error is completely within the strike range. It is nothing more than the severity of the damage.

Compared with the ground-launched version, the version that can be carried by bombers is smaller and its power is actually much lower.

The version that can be carried on a bomber is called Tester-2A. The length of the missile is reduced to 3.7 meters and the weight is reduced to about 2.2 tons.

Because of this, the amount of gunpowder loaded in the entire missile is reduced to 220 kilograms.

Compared with the larger ground version, this small missile can effectively hit aircraft in the air.

Because the flight speed reaches 450 kilometers per hour, the flight speed of this missile is far faster than that of the aircraft, which also creates opportunities for more accurate hits on aircraft.

If the hit rate of the ground version of the missile depends on the weather and other factors, then the hit rate of the missile carried on the bomber basically depends on the operation of the aircraft pilot.

If the aim is accurate, it is still no problem to hit the aircraft and airship in the air. But if the aim is not accurate, no one knows where the missile will fall and whether it will explode in the crowd.

Arthur is still very interested in these two different versions of the missile.

In order to personally feel the power and hit rate of the two missiles, Arthur decided to test and test the two missiles in the mountains of Australasia.

The two missiles simulate different targets, but the number of missiles involved in the test is the same.

After communicating with the missile research project team, 100 missiles of each type will be produced for testing.

The ground-launched missiles target simulated ground troops and enemy industrial areas, while the bomber-launched missiles target aircraft in the air and enemy warships.

Because it takes some time to make missiles, the final missile test was scheduled for June, and the location was the Great Desert in Western Australia.

Anyway, there are no satellites now, so you only need to choose sparsely populated areas, and basically you won’t be discovered by foreign spies.

Of course, the transportation of missiles still has to be carried out quietly. After all, no one knows how many spies there are among the more than 30 million people in Australasia, and any exposure may lead to accidents.

Fortunately, a lot of missiles were made when they were originally tested, so it only takes more than a month to make up for the shortage.

After more than a month of emergency construction and preparation, on June 11, 1929, the Western Desert of Australia officially began testing two types of missiles.

The first to start was the ground missile. This attack simulated a large enemy industrial area 210 kilometers away and an enemy division 140 kilometers away.

There were 50 missiles in each of the two attacks, and they were quickly launched by the catapult. The power system of the missile was also quickly started and headed towards the predetermined target.

Although it was known that the hit rate of the missile might not be high, the actual test results still disappointed Arthur.

There were 50 missiles each for bombing the industrial area and the enemy army, and the total number of missiles that actually hit the target was even less than 20.

You know, the simulated large industrial area and the area where the enemy army was stationed were still very large, which also meant that the error of the missile might be more serious than expected.

Only 17 of the 100 missiles hit the target, 21 of which hit within three kilometers outside the target, and all the others were three kilometers outside the target.

There were even more than ten missiles that fell directly into the desert more than ten kilometers away from the target. If the soldiers had not searched for a long time along the trajectory of the missile, the missile might have been buried in the desert.

Although the destructive power of the missile is still very good, the 17% hit rate means that if you want to effectively destroy the enemy's industrial area and ground forces, you must use a large number of missiles.

To put it bluntly, quality is not enough and quantity is needed. Hundreds of missiles are launched in each round of missile bombing, and there will always be dozens of missiles that will hit the target.

The disadvantage of doing this is the pressure of funds. The missile has an air jet engine, plus gunpowder and various other parts. The manufacturing cost of each missile is close to 12,000 Australian dollars.

In order to have at least hundreds of missiles hit the enemy's target, at least 600 missiles must be launched, which is a cost of 7.2 million Australian dollars.

But think about it, if you can really destroy the enemy's industrial base or kill a large number of enemy ground forces, then millions of Australian dollars will not be a problem.

It can only be said that war is indeed too costly. Whether it is the current war or the war 100 years later, it is a huge financial burden for the country.

Although there are no large-scale high-tech weapons in the current war, the funds required for the current war are also not small.

The military expenditures of the major powers in World War I were tens of billions of dollars. Even though Britain and France had vast colonies, they could only last for a few years.

At present, tanks and aircraft have become one of the mainstream weapons of various countries. The next large-scale war will cost more money. For countries without colonies and reserve markets, war is a choice that will only be carried out when they are forced to do so.

Although the hit rate of the missile is somewhat disappointing, it is a super weapon with an effective strike distance of nearly 240 kilometers after all. Even in World War II, it is definitely the most advanced.

Imagine that the range of artillery in other countries is only a few kilometers, and the effective range of Australasia is about 100 times that of theirs.

This huge gap in range has destined the two armies to have completely different casualties and performances in the war.

After calming down his thoughts, Arthur focused his attention on the missiles carried by the next bomber.

This smaller missile costs much less than the large ground missiles. The average cost of each small missile is less than 7,000 Australian dollars, which is a missile that can be manufactured in large quantities with confidence.

The number of each type of enemy aircraft and warships simulated by the small missile is also 50.

Because the target is smaller, the actual hit rate of the missile is lower, only about 11%.

This is because the simulated target will not move, and the pilots are prepared.

If it is placed on a real battlefield, the 11% hit rate will be at least reduced by half, which also means that it is very difficult to destroy enemy warships and aircraft with missiles.

Think about it another way. If such a small missile can destroy the enemy's warships, it is worth it even if more missiles are consumed.

The cost of a main warship is as high as millions of Australian dollars, which is equivalent to nearly 1,000 missiles.

This does not include the cost of training naval soldiers and daily maintenance of warships.

If 1,000 small missiles are exchanged for a main battleship of the enemy, it is undoubtedly worth it from a strategic point of view.

After all, missiles are much simpler to manufacture than warships, and they can be put into use at any time after they are manufactured.

It takes at least more than a year or almost two years to build a main battleship. The time investment of both sides is completely unequal, and in war, time is the most important.

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