"What are our missiles like?" Qin Guan asked.
If you want to launch a missile, you need to have a corresponding launch system. The launch tube may be universal, but the weapon interface needs to be modified. Specifically, there are so many missile launch tubes. Who will launch the launch, how to bind the data before launch, how to activate the missile, etc. these need to be changed. In order to launch these missiles, some guidance equipment needs to be improved, These are the main items of submarine refitting this time.
When refitting, the missile itself was not involved. Therefore, even Qin Guan was not sure whether there were missiles here for him to see.
"Over here." under the leadership of Captain Xu, Qin Guan walked along the maintenance base here, and then saw the missile still in the box in the closely guarded equipment warehouse.
The whole missile is in a long strip shape. In the middle of the missile body, there are folded wings. In the back, there is a cross shaped rudder surface and a small air inlet below. It looks very pocket. To become a cruise missile, the engine needs to work for a long time. Therefore, they use small turbine engines.
Now, Qin Guan looks at this missile. On the whole, it is very similar to Tomahawk missile. However, he always feels that something is wrong and the proportion seems to be uncoordinated!
"Its length is nearly eight meters?" Qin Guan asked.
Qin Guan finally found out why he thought this missile was weird. The body of this missile was too long!
The Tomahawk missile is six meters long, and the long sword-10 parallel to time and space is more than six meters, but now, the length of this missile is close to eight meters!
"Yes, there is also a cabin section of solid propulsion motor behind it, which is used as its booster. After adding it, the length is close to 10 meters." Captain Xu said: "this is just suitable for our launch tube."
Now, Qin Guan understood. Why did it take so long? This is naturally due to the problem of the launch tube of the 099 submarine. This launch tube launches the p-700 missile. The length of this missile is about 10 meters. Therefore, since it is used for it, of course, it should be suitable for its launch tube.
So, we got such a big guy.
Is that all right? Not very good, because it can't achieve the general effect. For example, plug it into your general vertical launch system!
The Navy's shipborne launch system now only launches air defense missiles, but in the future, this launch tube should have the ability to launch anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles, etc. all kinds of missiles can be plugged in, so as to improve the operational flexibility. When performing different tasks, it will be mixed with different missiles.
At the same time, this kind of missile is so long that it has completely lost the ability to be carried by fighters!
"What cruise missiles need is inertial guidance and digital map matching technology. Now these technologies are not a big problem for us. The technology of our aviation industry is enough to provide these equipment, but at a low cost. We have also added Beidou satellite navigation and positioning system to it to improve its strike accuracy against ground targets." When Captain Xu was there, he was still happily introducing the advanced performance of this missile to Qin Guan.
As a cruise missile, it must have advanced guidance system, and the biggest feature of Han country is advanced electronic technology, which just provides the foundation for these.
Not only in China, but also the cost is very cheap, which can be used in large quantities.
"Where's its engine?" Qin Guan asked.
The range of a cruise missile mainly depends on its engine. Under the same fuel reserve, the more fuel-efficient the engine, the longer the range.
"The cost of this missile is quite cheap. In terms of engine, it uses turbojet-6." Captain Xu said, "in this way, we can turn waste into treasure."
Hearing this, Qin Guan's heart suddenly felt cold. Up to now, the domestic aeroengine has reached the level of the third generation engine. However, there are still too many debts on the engine. Now, China can only concentrate all its energy on the research and development of the fourth generation engine, but it can't pay attention to other aspects for the time being, for example, A low thrust engine.
When the cruise missile takes off, it needs to reach the cruise speed quickly. At this time, it needs the help of booster solid rocket. After reaching the cruise speed, it only needs a small light engine.
Take Tomahawk for example. Its solid rocket motor has a thrust of 3110kg. After ignition, it will soon be pushed to cruise speed. Then, the main engine ignites and drives the missile to fly smoothly.
It uses the f-107-wr-450 turbofan engine with a thrust of only 267 kg, which can be said to be quite low. However, it is the most convenient for the missile to use, which is also the reason why it can reach two or three thousand kilometers.
In China, although it is easy to find other equipment, such as various navigation systems and even Beidou system, it is not easy in terms of engine. The tail of this missile is actually turbojet-6!
Turbojet-6 is the engine used by the J-6. It removes the afterburner and also has a thrust of 2600kg. It can be said that its thrust completely exceeds the demand. Therefore, it must fly with the lowest thrust on this missile. This is a waste. After all, this engine is heavy and the fuel consumption rate is quite high.
Fortunately, it is not turbojet-5. It is estimated that turbojet-5 is too thick. The thrust of this turbojet-6 is similar to that of turbojet-5, but the diameter is reduced by more than 40%, so it can reduce the windward area and realize the need of supersonic flight.
In China, the production of the J-6 is the largest, and there are also a considerable number of engine backups. In the process of continuous entry into service of the third generation aircraft, the J-6 is already on the edge of elimination. Therefore, the relevant units also turn waste into treasure and choose this engine as the power system of this missile.
Not only this kind of cruise missile, but also Han's own UAV, target aircraft, etc. there are many turbojet-6 engines, which is the smallest engine that can be found in China.
An advanced appearance, a smart brain, but an aging heart, is really uncoordinated. Such a huge missile has a range of just over 1000 kilometers.
Where does it need such a large engine? It needs a small thrust engine. The maximum thrust is 500 kg. However, it must be a small turbofan engine. Its service life does not need to be high, but its fuel consumption must be low!