Chapter 920 The Era of Precision Guidance

Many years later, facing the high wall and power grid, 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 a row of black guns, they couldn't figure out how the other party found this place.

It took several 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 got 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 public 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.

Now, not to mention several 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 there is a high probability that the other people have nothing to do with it.

But there are some things that cannot be weighed even if they are not weighed four ounces, and they cannot be weighed even if they are weighed a thousand kilograms.

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 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 spies who were 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 6, 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 it is really reluctant to throw them away casually, so the real bomb test still has to wait for the same type of domestically produced ammunition.

Fortunately, Norinco's "Tiange" series of laser-guided bombs have entered the middle and late stages of the research and development cycle. After the laser coding of the pod is determined, it should soon enter the live-fire testing stage.

When the Aviation Industry Corporation split up, Luoyi 613 Institute was won over to the Aviation Power Group. In addition, the introduction of Shenying 1 was a project promoted by Chang Haonan, 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 implement it based on the law." We have used the technical information provided by the party to localize the pod hardware.”

Lu Guangshun, the chief designer of the Shenying 1 project and also the deputy director of the 613 Institute, reported to Chang Haonan.

"The introduction schedule of the Damocles pod is related to the upgrade schedule of the M88-3 and M88-4."

Chang Haonan put aside the report that had been turned to the last page:

"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 serious about 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 speed up the progress as much as possible, but this kind of thing is not possible after all. It can be done overnight.”

Lu Guangshun was relieved when he heard that Chang Haonan could guarantee that a core technology would be in place within the year:

"It's okay, Mr. Chang, we..."

Having said this, 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 a rough idea of ​​the size and capabilities of your 613 personnel."

Chang Haonan waved his hand to interrupt the other party's explanation, and then continued:

"So, I didn't say I would set a specific research and development timetable for you."

"However, you must also realize that high-precision gyro stabilization related technologies will be very helpful for other projects in your hands, especially the development of inertial navigation systems for long-range missiles."

Having said this, he stretched out his hand and tapped the report in front of him to emphasize:

"So, you can't regard Shenying 1 as a task of the same level as other projects, but should focus on completing it first, at least giving priority to the digestion and absorption of inertial stability control technology."

Although the 613th Institute is called the Institute of Electro-Optical Equipment, its business scope is not limited to the development of traditional optoelectronic detection or laser TV equipment.

In fact, for most of the past, their main work was to develop inertial navigation equipment such as gyroscopes for various missiles and rocket weapons.

After all, no matter how high-end the guidance form is, it must rely on motion perception and stability control to achieve it.

For a long time in the past, the main shortcoming that restricted the accuracy of our country's long-range weapons was precisely this.

Lu Guangshun nodded and wiped the sweat from his forehead:

"Yes... I understand."

Chang Haonan has been in the management position of the Aviation Power Group for almost two years.

Although most of the time he was responsible for front-line research and development, if he really got serious, he could still give people a lot of pressure.

Seeing that the other party was already tense, Chang Haonan did not continue to add pressure, but changed to a relaxed tone:

"As for the specific production form, you can talk to the aviation side and listen to the opinions of users."

At the turn of the century, the People's Liberation Army was generally still in a stage of "using what is available".

Although this situation has changed a lot due to Chang Haonan's efforts, it still takes time to change the way of thinking. A considerable number of technical personnel still hold the equipment development idea centered on themselves, and are not active in solving user pain points.

It also became the main contradiction between Party A and Party B during this period.

As a reborn, Chang Haonan not only has advantages in the field of technology, but also has more advanced commercial ideas.

It's just that in the past, this brilliance was often overshadowed by his other advantages.

In short, Lu Guangshun next to him had taken out a notebook from his pocket and pretended to listen carefully.

"If their budget is not enough, you can actually consider producing a single white light, or white light plus low-light night vision channel targeting pod, which is more controllable in terms of technology and cost, and can at least be used during the day, or at night when the lighting conditions are not so bad."

"And if the air force really has the need for night use and training, you can also consider importing some finished non-cooling thermal imaging equipment from Thales to solve the most urgent problems of the troops, and then replace them with domestic products when conditions are met in the future..."

"..."

In fact, the current training level of the PLA Air Force is indeed difficult to describe.

Let alone night combat, even night flight is a skill that is not practiced so often for many units.

As for air-to-ground precision-guided munitions...

It is probably similar to the medium-range missiles in 1996.

There may not be many crews in the entire army who have fired them.

Therefore, for Chang Haonan, it is still necessary to let the air force enter the era of precision guidance as a whole before considering further things.

As a fine tradition of our army, firing rockets can certainly be retained.

But a modern air force cannot rely solely on rockets for air-to-ground combat...