Chapter 323 Aerial Ion Cannon! A Super Weapon That Subverts the Situation!
The aerospace department has already had a plan to “develop aerospace technology based on gravity technology.”

During the development of the Tengyun-1 spacecraft, they considered starting formal research, and after holding several internal meetings, they decided to wait.

Experts in the aerospace sector believe that spacecraft research should be allowed to explore, and they can use the opportunity to gain experience and reduce unnecessary research and development expenses.

There is some truth to this statement.

It turns out that aviation and aerospace are two different fields, regardless of whether they are power or energy. The power of aerospace is the development of rockets, satellites or other aerospace equipment to launch them into space, and most of the applications are solar energy.

The energy used for aviation is fossil fuel, and the power is aircraft engines.

The principle of flight in the aviation field is to rely on pushing the air to maintain flight, while aerospace has to face the space environment where the air is extremely thin.

The needs of the two are fundamentally different.

With gravity technology and hydrogen bomb batteries, aviation and aerospace have become consistent. Both can rely on gravity technology to propel them, and hydrogen bomb batteries can be used as the main energy source.

When gravity technology was technologically innovated, the aerospace department believed that aerospace technology had ushered in an opportunity for great development.

According to the aerospace department’s plan, knowing the spacecraft is the first step, the next step is to use the spacecraft to explore the moon, and the next step is to break out of the Earth-Moon system.

Jiang Xuebin is the second-in-command for the corresponding technology research and development. He hopes to understand gravity and hydrogen bomb battery technology.

After introducing the space development plan, he asked about the gravity technology, mainly how many times the gravity can be produced and how large the coverage area is.

He said he did not mention specific data, but only estimated the intensity figure. “We just did the experiment and determined the technology. How far we can go still depends on the research.”

“I estimate that twice (Earth’s gravity) should be no problem.”

Jiang Xuebin is still very satisfied with the data.

In fact, the demand for gravity strength in the aerospace field cannot catch up with that in the aviation field, mainly because aerospace does not need to consider the flexibility of the spacecraft.

The acceleration is not important.

For example, from the earth to the moon, it is enough to have acceleration all the time. Even if the acceleration is only 1m/s, the accumulated speed in one hour will reach 3600 meters per second.

If it lasts for a day, it can exceed 80 kilometers per second, which is quite fast.

The advantage of gravity technology is that there is no need to consider the so-called first cosmic velocity, because the spacecraft can ignore the gravity of the earth and can slowly leave the earth even if it only flies one meter per second.

1m/s, with continuous acceleration and accumulation, the speed will become very fast.

For example, it takes more than a week for a conventional spacecraft to launch from the Earth, enter the Earth’s orbit, and then go through a series of adjustments and accelerations before finally reaching the moon.

If we continue to accelerate at an acceleration of 1m/s, even with the deceleration process, it will take less than three days to safely reach the moon.

Not to mention, twice the Earth’s gravity brings more than ten times the acceleration.

It only takes a few hours to get from the Earth to the Moon.

Another advantage of gravity spacecraft is that it is flexible, simple, and has a constant source of power. It does not need to consider the earth’s gravity or the earth’s orbit, so there is no need to make complex calculations. It is even simpler than flying an airplane.

After discussing the technical requirements, Jiang Xuebin and Zhang Shuo talked about the difficulties in aerospace technology.

The two biggest challenges in aerospace technology are energy and materials.

The hydrogen bomb battery solved the energy problem.

However, materials are more difficult to solve than energy. The development of aerospace technology requires all kinds of materials that can withstand the complex cosmic environment.

The materials used today will be discarded after being sent into space once.

This is also the reason why the space shuttle was abandoned.

As the two were talking, Zhu Gui from the Institute of Aeronautical Materials came over. Zhang Shuo immediately pointed at Zhu Gui and said, “Academician Jiang, you can talk to Academician Zhu about the materials issue.”

“Oh?”

“Academician Zhu has a project that may produce many new materials.”

Zhang Shuo explained with a smile.

The project in Zhu Gui’s hands is the study of gravitational barriers. Barriers will form at the edge of periodic gravitational fields, and the barriers will have molecular-level effects on matter.

This has been verified.

Although the research was kept strictly confidential, in fact, many people in the national academic circles knew about Zhu Gui’s project, and it was no longer a secret at such a conference.

Zhu Gui will give a research report at this meeting.

When Zhu Gui heard Zhang Shuo talking about him, he also briefly talked about the research and development progress. “The equipment has been built, and the experiment has been carried out once. A special door was made.”

“Very strange…”

Zhang Shuo was very interested, “What happened?”

“The molecules were broken down and we extracted elemental iron directly.”

“Iron compounds?”

“Correct.”

“How high is the intensity? I mean the frequency.”

“More than five hundred per second.”

“It’s really high…”

Zhu Gui smiled and said, “We have technical support from the National Center for Ionized Matter Research. They provide the technology for ultra-high accelerated ions.”

“We have measured that high-strength steel only takes 0.3 seconds to fatigue.”

“In addition, we also found that single substances would also be affected, resulting in some changes in physical manifestations.”

Zhang Shuo’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked, “Have you ever tried elemental carbon? Can you turn it into diamonds?”

“Uh~~~”

Zhu Gui smiled awkwardly, “It’s hard to say. The research has just begun, and there will definitely be many new discoveries in the future.”

Jiang Xuebin heard it a little vaguely.

He did understand one thing: Zhu Gui was conducting research on a new technology that was directly related to materials science.

Then it may be possible to develop some completely new materials.

This is indeed good news.

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Amid many people’s discussions, the teachers’ group has arrived, marking the official start of the meeting.

First, I gave a speech on behalf of the teachers, explaining the main content of the conference, including breakthroughs and applications in gravitational technology, as well as the research and development of several new physical technologies.

Most of the scholars present were there to listen, to learn about the new physics technologies and to discuss whether they could be applied to their own fields.

The protagonists are Zhang Shuo, Zhu Gui, Liu Chengwen and others.

Xue Baikun, on behalf of the team, came to the stage to explain the breakthrough in gravity technology, mainly talking about the improvement in the intensity and coverage of gravity.

Improvement is not about data, but a feasible technical method. So after Xue Baikun stepped down, the teacher said that he would set up a new R&D team to study the technology to expand the strength and range of gravity.

Then, it’s Liu Zhiwen.

Over the past week, Liu Zhiwen and his team have been busy. They have made a lot of preparations for the meeting, with the main focus being to complete the design of the second-generation spacecraft.

After the breakthrough in gravity technology, the development of second-generation spacecraft has become easier.

It took them just one week to come up with a plan.

In fact, the teachers just wanted Liu Zhiwen to give a short report on the stage to explain the research and development direction of the second-generation spacecraft, but they didn’t expect him to come up with a plan.

When the design of the spacecraft was put on the screen, the venue became noisy.

On the screen is an image of an AI-made spaceship. The spaceship is in the shape of a shuttle, looking like a “dolphin”. With the background of white clouds and blue sky, the design can be described as “cool” and it looks like “future technology”.

“The second generation spacecraft, we temporarily named it the ‘Flying Dolphin Project’!”

“Relying on the latest gravity and energy technology, our design is to place the energy system at the rear and the gravity system in front of the energy system…”

“Various types of equipment…”

“Externally, we need to adapt to the complex air flow environment caused by the special gravitational field…”

“The existence of the gravitational field itself will affect the flow of air around it, and the flight of the spacecraft will also cause…”

“So we added a tail fin to the spacecraft…”

Flying Pig Project.

The second-generation spacecraft looks like a dolphin. The pointed mouth in front is a high-end radar system, above the dolphin’s mouth is the cockpit, and the head is the gravity system.

Further back in the belly are the hydrogen bomb batteries and other equipment.

At the rear of the spacecraft, there is a straight tail fin that looks like a dolphin’s tail.

Second, it has flexible fins.

Various wing designs are designed to maintain stability during fast flight.

The design proposal that Liu Zhiwen came up with was indeed amazing, and many people were amazed by its appearance alone.

He also seemed very excited.

Although it was only the team’s result of one week, his team includes many aviation experts. They worked together for a week, and the main design and appearance are very good.

From a technical point of view, there are no omissions.

In fact, the reason why a plan was produced in a week was mainly because more advanced technology made the design simpler.

When gravity technology is improved, various technical limitations will disappear, and the spacecraft manufactured can even be operated like airplanes, allowing pilots to adapt more quickly.

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The plan proposed by Liu Chengwen was not finalized at the meeting because the meeting was very short and further professional discussions and research were needed.

The second half of the meeting identified the issue of applying gravity technology to the aerospace field.

The main thing is to determine the direction rather than finalize the content.

The meeting is over.

Zhang Shuo’s work was not over yet. After resting for a night, he went to attend the meeting the next day.

This meeting is more important as it concerns issues related to military development.

All the participants in the conference were scholars and top teachers in the military field. The topics of military technology were discussed, including the application of ion cannon technology.

The first topic is to install hydrogen bomb batteries and ion cannons on the latest nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

Zhang Shuo’s job was to go on stage and give a technical explanation of the hydrogen bomb battery. The ion cannon-related research team also sent representatives to explain the ion cannon technology.

Today’s ion cannon technology is already very stable. The most advanced equipment developed by the military can fire once every six seconds. If several are put together, the rate can be increased to one shot per second.

This kind of high-frequency emission can last for a long time, and can be said to be a “war machine”.

With the advent of ion cannon technology and aircraft, the existence of aircraft carriers has actually become somewhat useless. Sailing on the sea is like a large target. Facing the attacks of ion cannons or future aircraft, there is no possibility of dodging.

But the technology only exists domestic.

There is no relevant technology in the world yet, so the existence of aircraft carriers still makes sense.

After the ion cannon is installed on the aircraft carrier, its defense becomes impeccable and it is also very deterrent against the air. It can directly strike all kinds of fighter jets within 300 kilometers and pose a threat to satellites in the sky.

Such an aircraft carrier can sail freely around the world.

The next topic is the use of ion cannons in the air, specifically the creation of a spacecraft that can fire ion cannons.

Before the advancement of gravity technology, it would have been impossible to install an ion cannon on a spacecraft because the equipment was too large and required too much electrical energy, which was not supported by two hydrogen bomb batteries.

Now we can discuss it.

After integrating the parameters of hydrogen bomb batteries and gravity technology, we can start the ‘high-altitude ion cannon spacecraft plan’. The spacecraft equipped with ion cannons is a real ‘deterrent weapon’. It does not require high flexibility, but requires high-altitude flight and the ability to release ion cannons.

High-altitude flight, specifically above 50,000 meters.

This height is enough to ensure safety. Even if there is no flexibility, it is impossible to be shot down because it flies high enough and has its own protective weapon system.

Then the spacecraft only needs to fly to a high altitude and fire the ion cannon to hit all targets.

This type of spacecraft is specially designed to deal with aircraft carriers.

All aircraft carriers would appear pale and powerless when dealing with ion cannon weapons in the air, and would be directly turned into huge targets, with no ability to fight back at all.

By then, the aircraft carriers of other countries will become useless.

Not only aircraft carriers, but even fighter jets or other aircraft will become moving targets because they do not fly high enough and no matter how fast they are, they cannot catch up with the ion cannon and will become moving targets.

The strategic significance of a spacecraft equipped with an ion cannon is too great.

After it was proposed at the meeting, it was immediately passed unanimously. Everyone couldn’t help but discuss it excitedly. The relevant teachers also defined the plan as the “most important direction”.

Liu Chengwen’s second-generation spacecraft is less important.

Second-generation aircraft, no matter how flexible they are, are just “super high-end” fighter jets.

Aerial ion cannon weapons will directly overturn the existing military structure, turning all aircraft carriers of major aircraft carrier countries across the ocean into targets that can be destroyed at any time.

By then, the world order will be completely overturned.

At the end of the meeting, some experts proposed the concept of “space ion cannon” weapon.

From a technical perspective, with hydrogen bomb batteries supporting the ion cannon system, the “space ion cannon” weapon can also be manufactured. At that time, the weapon can be continuously hung in space and can strike the ground at any time.

This idea was also approved, but it is still just a plan for now because the space environment is too complex.

(End of this chapter)