Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 673 T10 Ground-Based Smart Weapon Terminal
Xu Shenxue's main purpose in promoting the use of the ARE78 drug within the group was to enable older, senior scientists to regain better physical function and continue their technological research and development.

Both research scientists and management scientists are very important, but such high-level talents are scarce and cannot be hired simply by having money; they require long-term training and accumulation.

At the same time, considering the high cost of ARE78, even if it is purchased at near cost price, the pressure will be enormous if the number of people involved is large.

Therefore, the number of people in the first batch was actually very limited; only a little over one hundred qualified individuals were selected to use the drug.

Deng Feiyue was one of them.

After Galaxy Life's staff collected their genetic information, a week later, staff from Liuhe Investment's health and medical office brought him the prepared medication and instructed him to take it regularly and in the prescribed amounts according to the instructions.

During the first week of taking the medication, Deng Feiyue didn't feel anything unusual; his body seemed no different from before.

But after a week, he had some subtle feelings, and felt that his physical strength was better... This was not his imagination. After undergoing a special medical equipment test, the staff told him that his muscle tissue had begun to improve compared to a week ago.

If you continue to use it, your overall bodily functions will gradually improve. This rapid improvement process will last for about two to three months. After three months, your bodily functions may recover to the level of a normal person around sixty years old.

If you continue taking medication at this time, along with appropriate nutritional supplements and physical exercise, your bodily functions can continue to improve... As for how much they can improve, that depends on the individual's situation.

Some people have no underlying diseases, eat a healthy and nutritious diet, and engage in scientific physical exercise. In such cases, a 68-year-old like him can even restore his physical functions to the level of a 50-year-old.

Deng Feiyue found this very amazing and was very excited!
This drug, whose name we don't even know, is truly amazing... To maintain secrecy and prevent the news from spreading widely, Galaxy Life didn't tell Deng Feiyue and others the code name for the ARE78 project, simply referring to it as 'health and nutrition supplement capsules'... Even the drugs taken by different batches of people were given different code names.

Project ARE78 remains a secret project... It is not suitable for large-scale announcement at this stage, nor is it suitable for the general public to know about it.

It is not appropriate for the general public to know about the ARE78 project until the manufacturing cost drops significantly and it is commercially available on a large scale.

However, with the maturity of technology and the continuous decline in computing power costs, the ARE78 project may be able to further reduce costs to a level that ordinary people can afford. At that time, Xu Shenxue will promote this technology so that ordinary people can also enjoy the benefits of progress in life sciences.

It's too early now!
Not only Deng Feiyue found it amazing, but other scientists who used the ARE78 drug with him also gradually felt the drug's amazing properties.

My health has really improved!

At the same time, many people are even more curious about this drug and about Galaxy Bio Group... Galaxy Bio Group actually produced such a good product.

Because of the need for secrecy, they have no way to ask, let alone tell the outside world.

Even when others are curious about why their health has improved, they simply say it's because they eat well, sleep well, and exercise...

But they themselves were still curious; this Galaxy Bio Group was truly remarkable!

Most of the senior management at Galaxy Biotech Group were unaware of this project...

Although Galaxy Life Group is very large and its revenue and profits have become the world's number one, it is still just a front company under Galaxy Life. Not many senior executives know this, only a dozen or so top executives.

Others, at most, know that their own company is very powerful and has many projects under development, including many projects overseas. They may even speculate that some of the company's projects in certain overseas regions are not entirely legal!

However, this is the norm for multinational pharmaceutical companies... Other multinational pharmaceutical companies also go to all sorts of random places like India, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America to conduct various research projects. The reason is simple: there are not many regulations and the cost of clinical trials is low!
Galaxy Biotech has also established a branch in India, where it is conducting a large number of clinical trials for new drugs...

This is how large multinational pharmaceutical companies operate!

Galaxy Bio Group is even more special; it's merely a front for Galaxy Life... Galaxy Life has many similar fronts.

As for Galactic Life, that's even more special... a pharmaceutical company that everyone in Earth's top circles knows about, but everyone tacitly keeps it a secret from ordinary people, while they themselves are donating large sums of money.

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While Galaxy Life began small-scale use of the ARE78 drug, Xu Shenxue himself did not continue to pay attention to these matters. He simply approved the corresponding plans, and the specific plans were naturally carried out by professional personnel.

He has a lot to do on a daily basis, and he pays more attention to the emergence of new technologies and products.

In early July, Xu Shenxue participated in a rather special new product test!
The name "New Generation Artificial Intelligence Ground Tracked Weapon Terminal" clearly indicates the role of Zhiyun Group: providing a complete set of artificial intelligence technologies, including underlying algorithms, computing hardware, sensors, and other equipment!
Many years ago, after Zhuyun Group made a major breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence technology, it was quickly introduced into the defense field for application.

A typical project is the 'X System', which includes the X1 AI fighter jet and the X3 AI fighter jet. For these two projects, Zhiyun Group provides the complete AI system, while its research and development institute is responsible for the development of the airframe, radar, weapons, and other components.

In addition, there are small AI stealth drones and swarm drones developed by Dongning Technology... The underlying technology of the AI ​​system in this whole system was also provided by Zhiyun Group.

Then, through its secret subsidiaries, Zhiyun Group also develops and provides intelligent armed robots, including multiple platforms such as bipedal, multi-legged, wheeled, and tracked robots.

Previously, Galaxy Security used multi-rotor drones carrying robotic dogs in Africa, which were actually used for secret combat testing in Africa.

Then there's Zhiyun Satellite, a satellite operator jointly owned by Zhiyun Group and Nanmen Aerospace. Its low-Earth orbit satellite network also has dedicated military channels...

It provides high-bandwidth, low-latency military communication services, as well as ultra-high-precision positioning services and global low-orbit satellite reconnaissance services!

Zhiyun Satellite has over 20,000 satellites of various types flying in the sky. Nobody would believe that these satellites aren't used for military purposes!

Putting aside everything else, the normal operation of the X1 and X3 fighter jets alone requires the use of this Zhiyun satellite network.

Therefore, although Zhiyun Group's main business is civilian high-tech products, it is also a defense contractor!
This is an inevitable outcome for a large, high-tech enterprise in a country... Once the technology reaches a certain level, it is unavoidable to participate in various national defense projects, and Zhiyun Group is no exception!

However, no one has ever criticized it, and the United States has never even sanctioned it for its involvement in defense business.

Because there's no way to impose sanctions... If you impose sanctions, will we still buy superconducting quantum computers? Will we still buy APO graphics cards? Will we still buy solid-state batteries?

So, let's just pretend we don't know!
When you're powerful, you can slap him and he'll smile and say "Good job!"

When you are weak, even if you try your best to please him, he will still slap you!

This is the reality of relations between countries—realistic and brutal!
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The 'new generation of artificial intelligence ground tracked weapon terminal' that Xu Shenxue came to see this time is codenamed 'Project T' within the Zhiyun Group. Project T aims to provide a complete artificial intelligence system solution for medium and large-sized ground mobile intelligent weapon terminals.

Incidentally, Hailan Automotive Group also participated in this project... The autonomous driving module was provided by Hailan Automotive Group.

The entire T project is not simply about providing support for a single weapon, but rather about providing support for all medium and large-sized ground mobile weapon terminals.

The T10 project that Xu Shenxue is seeing now is the first product to be adapted to this project!

As for why, despite both being AI projects, the X1 has been in service for several years, the X3 has entered intensive flight testing, while the T10 project has just conducted its first test... this involves the issue of funding allocation.

In modern warfare, the air plays an extremely important role, so funding for it must be prioritized.

Secondly, there is the power on the sea, which involves the competition for and protection of interests in the open ocean, and therefore will also be protected.

As for ground forces... it can't be said that they are unimportant, but it is undeniable that in modern high-tech warfare they have become secondary and auxiliary forces.

Even if the attacking side doesn't occupy the territory and just beats people up, the war might be over before the ground forces have any involvement...

As a result, the funding guarantee is naturally somewhat lacking, and it is not enough to cover all aspects.

Returning to Project T, while the T system developed by Zhiyun Group is progressing smoothly, the progress of other R&D companies that are cooperating with it is slow...

After many years of waiting, and after they finally developed the vehicle body, and then combined it with the T system developed by Zhiyun Group, the T10 project finally came into being.

This is the equipment that Xu Shenxue is seeing now:
A tank that can't really be considered a tank.

Nearby, someone was introducing this rather special tank:
"Our T10 project adopts a new era of design concepts and is mainly responsible for short-range air defense, long-range artillery fire, providing medium- and short-range fire support for infantry, and serving as a local information command center."

"The vehicle can perform a series of functions such as fully autonomous driving, automatic target acquisition, automatic attack planning, automatic firing, and automatic defense. All actions are controlled by the onboard artificial intelligence system, without the need for manual operation. The driver only needs to issue commands!"

"In order to provide sufficient computing power resources for the vehicle, a combined computing power array of second-generation defense-specific chips and defense-specific neuromorphic chips was adopted."

"To power the computing center and various operational and weapon systems, it is equipped with diesel engines and high-power generators, as well as solid-state batteries to serve as emergency backup power!"

"In terms of sensors, it is equipped with a new generation of high-precision phased array radar, lidar, high-definition camera, infrared camera and other radar and optoelectronic sensing devices, which can efficiently search for supersonic targets, small and slow targets, and even high-speed projectile targets!"

"The automatic defense system consists of multiple systems, including a fully automatic high-rate-of-fire machine gun on the top of the turret. It uses our newly developed, customized 7.62 caliber shotgun shells. After firing, the numerous small steel balls inside the shell will form an effective dispersion, increasing the kill radius. It is specifically designed to defend against various small drone targets."

"The automatic machine gun system uses integrated sensor information from miniature phased array radar, lidar, high-definition camera, and infrared camera. After analysis and decision-making by the corresponding analysis module of the T system, it guides automatic firing!"

"In theory, its strike range can be extended to within 500 meters, and it can simultaneously track more than 30 targets, formulate strategies for the targets, and guide the strikes according to the degree of threat!"

"This is a live-fire test of the automatic machine gun defense system!"

As the narrator finished speaking, Xu Shenxue saw several multi-rotor drones flying out from the front and both sides of the test vehicle ahead.

These drones were extremely fast, at least 100-200 kilometers per hour, and they attacked from multiple different directions and altitudes. At that moment, the automatic machine gun on top of the turret of the test vehicle started moving… rotating at an extremely high speed. Once in position, it immediately opened fire with long bursts of fire, then quickly adjusted its direction and fired again!
In Xu Shenxue's view, he only saw the automatic machine gun moving around and firing from time to time... The whole process only lasted three or four seconds, but the attacking drones were already hit and destroyed.

Seeing this, he was reminded of the swarm drones developed by Dongning Technology... Although those swarm drones are also very powerful, they would probably be difficult to penetrate defenses if there are only a few of them.

Sure enough, the commentator continued, "What attacked just now were four racing drones. Now, a group of five AI swarm spring-wing high-speed drones are taking the stage!"

Xu Shenxue continued watching. A group of drones resembling loitering munitions flew over at treetop height ahead. They were extremely fast, and as soon as they appeared, they began to disperse, taking different routes at different angles and heights.

At this moment, the automatic machine gun defense system opened fire... Short and frequent gunshots rang out continuously, and a few seconds later, all the swarms of spring-wing drones had been destroyed.

The narration continued: "In addition, the system can also defend against some low-speed and easily damaged missile targets."

Then, a missile flew in from somewhere. It wasn't a supersonic missile, so it didn't seem to be going very fast. As soon as the missile crossed the hills and came into view, the automatic machine gun on the T-10 vehicle quickly took position and opened fire, firing a relatively long burst of fire that caused the missile to explode in mid-air.

The narrator continued: "Now, we're increasing the scale of our drone swarm attack to two groups, a total of ten drones, coming from two directions!"

Then, everyone saw drones being shot down one after another. Although the most recent one was shot down when it came within ten meters, the T10 vehicle remained intact!

"After multiple rounds of live-fire tests, our automatic machine gun defense system is sufficient to deal with current drone and slow-moving small missile attacks, even if the target performs high-frequency terminal maneuvers."

"For some low-speed, large-sized drone targets, such as reconnaissance drones, we also have a miniature missile automatic defense system as a supplement!"

"The system carries 24 miniature anti-aircraft missiles, each 56 centimeters long and 6.5 centimeters in diameter, which can effectively strike various types of large drone targets!"

"This standard for drones and slow-moving missiles refers to our existing technological standards, while potential external adversaries are not as advanced as us in the field of drones and slow-moving missiles!"

At this moment, an expert from Dongning Technology who had come with Xu Shenxue hummed twice and muttered a few words: "We'll improve the algorithm of the swarm system later and give it a high-speed, high-maneuverability flight. Let's see how you defend against that."

"Besides, my swarm drones are so cheap. If one set isn't enough, then I'll send two, three, ten sets. How will you defend against a saturation attack?"

Xu Shenxue pretended not to hear. This was a competition between spear and shield... Dongning Technology, which was in charge of drones, naturally had a competitive spirit towards the T10 project.

In fact, he also knew that the automatic defense system of the T10 project was specifically designed to target Dongning Technology's swarm drones: it was designed to take down your swarm drones... As for foreign competitors, their drone technology was far inferior to Dongning Technology's, and they didn't have any AI drones.

Even if it's a remote-controlled drone, there's no need for the automatic machine gun defense system to take action; the T10's built-in high-power electronic jamming can solve the problem.

If it is a fiber optic remote-controlled drone, it is also difficult to form a swarm. A single fiber optic remote-controlled multi-rotor drone that attacks is easily hit by an automatic machine gun defense system.

At this point, the project narrator continued, "For high-speed incoming targets, we also have another active defense system. It also combines integrated sensor information and is guided by the T system, which can effectively defend against incoming supersonic missiles, rockets, artillery shells and other targets!"

Then, a live-fire test was conducted. This time, a high-speed missile was used. It was so fast that Xu Shenxue couldn't even see what the missile looked like. However, when the missile was within 20 meters of the T10, it was destroyed by a defensive missile launched by the T10's automatic missile defense system.

The entire scene was so blurry that it was impossible to see clearly with the naked eye; it required high-speed camera footage and playback on a large screen to make it more visible.

This high-speed target automatic defense system is also very technologically advanced.

Xu Shenxue looked at the T10 in front of him. This thing's automatic defense system was specifically designed to target drones, loitering munitions, and anti-tank missiles... and it was somewhat similar to a scaled-down version of an air defense destroyer.

As a ground weapon terminal, it naturally also has a strike weapon system.

"Our T-10's main strike weapon is a 100mm cannon. This cannon has a relatively high elevation angle and can be guided by information from friendly units to effectively fire grenades to attack long-range targets. At the same time, it can also use its own various reconnaissance equipment to guide and engage targets!"

"The T10 also carries a drone reconnaissance and strike system, consisting of two multi-rotor reconnaissance drones and two swarm drones. The reconnaissance drones can provide aerial reconnaissance of the surrounding area at close to medium range and launch information to guide the T10's main gun to fire, or guide the swarm drones to carry out drone strikes against enemy targets, especially heavily armored targets!"

"At the same time, our automatic machine gun defense system can also use conventional ammunition to engage ground targets at close to medium range!"

"Our T10 is not only a firepower and defense system, but also an important information command center on the local battlefield!"

"The T10 is equipped with a low-Earth orbit satellite communication system and other ground communication systems, which can effectively communicate with friendly units such as low-Earth orbit satellites, early warning aircraft, drones, and tanks."

"The data processing module in the computing system can analyze, label, and make decisions on various types of sensor information in real time, and also provide feedback and transmission of the information!"

"It can be transmitted to nearby friendly units, including infantry units!"

"Infantry units can carry portable smartwatches and AR glasses to obtain information transmitted by the T10 in real time, such as the location of enemy infantry, enemy armored vehicles, and drone tracks. At the same time, they can also use this infantry smart terminal to feed back various enemy target information to the vehicle-mounted T system for reference!"

"According to our tests, a single T10 system can efficiently support and guide the operations of an infantry squad, forming a highly efficient integration of information and command!"

At this point, the commentator paused briefly, then said, "You can refer to the map guidance and command modules of some team shooting games. Our T system, combined with personal portable smart terminals, can play a similar role!"

"In addition, the T system can also serve as an information node at the front line, exchanging information with the large-scale battlefield command system at the rear, feeding back information, receiving information, providing decision-making references for the battlefield command system at the rear, and receiving commands at the same time!"

"When necessary, multiple T10 vehicles can be combined and wired together to enhance computing power and form a relatively large artificial intelligence information processing center, serving as the front-line command center."

"Our T10 project is not a tank or fire support vehicle in the traditional sense; it is more of a front-line information exchange node and command node!"

"It can effectively communicate with various frontline drones, small and medium-sized mechanical dogs, as well as infantry or other armored units, and provide computing power support!"

"Traditional armored vehicles can also receive and transmit information after being equipped with smart terminals, enabling them to conduct joint operations!"

As Xu Shenxue listened to the explanation and watched the T10 test vehicle conducting various firepower tests ahead, he couldn't help but exclaim: This is what modern ground warfare is all about.

With this, along with various small and medium-sized drones, air defense vehicles, armored vehicles, and mechanical dogs developed in conjunction with it, an independent combat unit can be formed that possesses traditional air defense and anti-drone capabilities, as well as anti-armor and anti-infantry capabilities.

However, this involves upgrading the entire system, so we won't see such large-scale collaborative operations anytime soon.

It can only be said that it represents the future direction of development, but it is still a bit difficult to popularize it on a large scale... especially when ground forces are not valued.

On the contrary, the development of air power is very fast. The X1 fighter jet has been in mass service for several years and has formed an effective joint combat mode with the two-seat fifth-generation fighter jet, becoming a loyal wingman in the eyes of outsiders... Although in reality, the X1 fighter jet does not need the command and cooperation of manned fighter jets and can be commanded by the rear command center to independently carry out various missions.

For now, no one dares to do that...

Therefore, the primary mode of use for the X1 fighter jet is currently to pair it with a five-generation two-seat version as a loyal wingman.

At the same time, it can also be used as a loyal wingman for manned sixth-generation fighters in the future. In terms of stealth performance, the X1 fighter is actually more suitable to be paired with a sixth-generation fighter that also has all-aspect stealth capabilities, rather than a fifth-generation fighter with weaker stealth capabilities.

The X3 fighter jet has also entered high-frequency flight testing, and it is not far from being fully finalized.

The X3 fighter jet is a heavy AI fighter jet powered by two engines. It has a longer range, higher speed, larger payload, and even a more powerful radar and a more powerful onboard computing center!
If the X3 fighter jet is combined with a sixth-generation manned fighter jet, it will be a powerful weapon capable of silently traveling thousands of kilometers to strike enemy strategic targets.

Similarly, the X3 fighter jet can perform missions independently, but no one dares to allow it to do so or grant it the freedom to fire...

After reviewing the T10 project, Xu Shenxue spoke with some other project managers who had also come to inspect the project, mainly discussing the progress of some collaborative projects.

Among them, the heads of some organizations are particularly concerned about the progress of the third-generation defense computing chip.

They are very satisfied with the second-generation defense computing chip that went into production last year, which is a defense-specific computing chip manufactured using an equivalent three-nanometer process, and the computing power has been greatly improved.

The secret department at Zhiyun Semiconductor is also continuously improving the chip, preparing to design a third-generation computing chip for defense purposes.

This chip is scheduled to be manufactured using an equivalent two-nanometer process.

Although the equivalent two-nanometer process at Zhiyun Microelectronics is not yet going smoothly, resulting in a very low yield, the defense computing chip industry doesn't care much about the yield. As long as the yield is in the teens, they dare to purchase and use it on a large scale.

The main cost of this type of chip is the design and tape-out costs; the actual manufacturing cost after tape-out is very low, given the limited production volume.

Just like the second-generation defense computing chip, when Zhiyun Microelectronics' three-nanometer yield was only about 20%, it had already started producing this second-generation defense computing chip.

At that time, Zhiyun Microelectronics' 3-nanometer process was not yet mature and had not been put into commercial use.

Zhiyun Microelectronics' equivalent 3-nanometer process officially began large-scale commercial use in April of this year... but other companies have been using their second-generation defense computing chips for over a year.

However, the design of third-generation defense computing chips also takes time, especially for such high-performance defense computing chips that have extremely demanding requirements in all aspects. The design and upgrade of these chips are also very difficult.

Xu Shenxue also said that he would urge his subordinates to work harder and get it done as soon as possible!

But there's no point in urging him on this kind of thing... Rushing him will only lead to more mistakes and slow down the project even more.

After inspecting the T10 project and having a brief chat with several people, Xu Shenxue left the test site and boarded a private jet.

However, it's not going back to Shenzhen; instead, I'm planning a trip to Beijing to attend a high-tech forum summit!

(End of this chapter)