Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 249 [Continue to increase the intensity of A-Mei]

After a week, 2023 officially came to an end.

Although this year encountered many twists and turns, it ended perfectly. Xiao Yu was very satisfied with the development of both AVIC Linfei and Lingjing Technology this year.

Lingjing Technology's long-term value investors are also quite satisfied. Although the company's stock price has fluctuated sharply this year, and the annual stock price line once turned green to a low of 121.03 yuan, it closed at 205.29 yuan on the last trading day of the year, and closed at 127.27 yuan on the first trading day of the year. The total increase for the whole year was +61.30%, and the market value was fixed at 17.82 trillion yuan.

Needless to say, the advent of room-temperature superconducting materials by AVIC Linfei became a major event of the year, and the year ended perfectly with the successful maiden flight of the "Shenlong Fighter".

Until now, the popularity of the sixth-generation aircraft remains high.

In comparison, Amelia had a terrible Christmas.

But then, even worse things happened, because Dongda gave A-Mei the first wave of intensity just after entering the new year of 2024.

Monday, January 1nd, after the three-day New Year’s Day holiday.

As soon as Xiao Yu arrived at AVIC Linfei Company, CEO Chen Zaiqing found him.

In the office, Chen Zaiqing came in with a document and handed it to Xiao Yu with a look of delight, saying, "Mr. Xiao, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement today, listing 30 Laomei entities on the export control list."

Chen Zaiqing smiled and added: "Export of dual-use items to General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, etc. is prohibited. Special exports require applications. The announcement will be implemented from today."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu was slightly surprised for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh: "Is that true? I was wondering why you seem to be gloating over other people's misfortunes."

He took the document handed to him by Chen Zaiqing and took a look at it.

According to the measures taken in the announcement, the export of dual-use items to the 30 North Korean entities on the list is prohibited, and the related export activities currently being carried out should be stopped immediately; if export is really necessary under special circumstances, the export operator should apply to the Ministry of Commerce.

Chen Zaiqing looked at Xiao Yu and smiled, "The Ministry of Commerce's move is a bit of a murderous move. It doesn't even give the old man time to catch his breath. Our sixth-generation aircraft just made its maiden flight last week, and the old man is now clamoring to speed up the development of the sixth-generation aircraft. This export control move can be said to be fast, accurate and ruthless."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu was also pleased to say: "There is nothing much to say, well done, let Lao Mei also have a taste of this, and experience it personally to understand how the companies in our country that were suppressed by it have survived in the past few years."

Chen Zaiqing continued smiling and said, "Anyway, this feeling must be unpleasant, haha."

Judging from the 30 companies listed by the Ministry of Commerce, most of them are military-industrial enterprises of America, including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing Defense, Javelin and so on.

With the successful maiden flight of the "Shenlong Fighter" last week, Ameritrade has become more anxious than ever and is eager to develop its own sixth-generation aircraft and upgrade the F22 fighter.

This time, the Ministry of Commerce acted decisively. Once its latest export control measures were implemented, it can be said that the key materials needed by Amerikar's military-industrial enterprises to manufacture sixth-generation aircraft were basically cut off.

The radars of the sixth-generation aircraft are basically gallium nitride radars, and "gallium" is indispensable in the manufacturing process of gallium nitride radars. The export control of dual-use items lists this material as a controlled item, which basically cuts off the possibility of the sixth-generation aircraft of Argentina using gallium nitride radars.

The artificial intelligence chip of the sixth-generation aircraft, taking the "Shenlong Fighter" as an example, the standard of the sixth-generation aircraft is to have a highly intelligent artificial intelligence system, which inevitably requires the use of AI chips. "Dysprosium" is listed as a controlled item in the export control list of dual-use items.

This is one of the main materials for chips, and plays a key role in advanced semiconductors and AI chips in particular.

More than 99% of the world's dysprosium is produced by Dongda, and as a key material essential to the chip manufacturing process, it is controlled, which basically cuts off the possibility of the sixth-generation aircraft of AMG obtaining advanced AI chips. In addition, germanium, an essential material for the engine of the sixth-generation aircraft, is also included. The sixth-generation aircraft has now been set an extremely high standard by the "Shenlong Fighter" that has emerged out of nowhere, and one of the key indicators is hypersonic flight.

Engines that want to fly at hypersonic speeds need to use "germanium" as a key alloy material. Now that it is included in export controls, the possibility of using "germanium" in the engines of the old magnesium sixth-generation aircraft has been basically cut off.

There are also super-hard materials and flame-retardant materials that are indispensable for the sixth-generation aircraft. If China Mei wants to design and produce the sixth-generation aircraft, it cannot avoid this. The key "antimony" in the production of super-hard materials and flame-retardant materials is also on the controlled export list.

In addition to the above, there are also the most critical export control measures, which are the room-temperature superconducting materials under AVIC Linfei and the graphene batteries under Lingjing Technology.

The inclusion of these two key products in export controls has basically eliminated the possibility for China to develop a fully electric sixth-generation aircraft. These two key products can also be said to be the two most important material products in this export control.

The national military is now extremely convinced that whether it is a fighter jet or a transport aircraft, full electric drive will inevitably become a major trend and mainstream technology route in the future.

Because the "Shenlong Fighter" has proved that all-electric drive is ahead of traditional aircraft that use aviation fuel in all aspects. Facts speak louder than words. The electric propulsion engine has more powerful power, and major breakthroughs in graphene battery technology and room-temperature superconducting materials have also brought more powerful endurance.

In short, the all-electric drive system represents the future, so at this level, more attention is paid to the export control of old magnesium.

That's good now. Last year, AmeriKa took the initiative to restart its suppression of Lingjing Technology. Now even if it wants to go back on its word and purchase graphene materials from Lingjing Technology again, it is impossible.

You want to buy it, but I won't sell it to you. Now I have no choice but to swallow my anger.

A-mei did it first on the first day of the new year, and now Dongda is doing it on the fifteenth day. They both are right.

The export control imposed on 30 North China military industrial enterprises is equivalent to cutting off the possibility for North China to design, manufacture and produce sixth-generation aircraft while it already has its own sixth-generation aircraft.

This is not just a heart-breaking act, it is killing the sixth-generation aircraft of the old magnesium in the cradle before it is even born.

Finally, Chen Zaiqing couldn't help but smile and said, "I guess that after the graphene batteries of our sister company Lingjing Technology are included in the export control, Lao Mei may very likely dismantle the graphene batteries installed in new energy vehicles."

When Xiao Yu heard this, he also smiled happily: "Don't think about it, they will definitely do it secretly."

Whether it is the "Shenlong Fighter", M9 or SU7, they all use Lingjing Technology's graphene batteries, but the energy density of the graphene batteries used in new energy vehicles is about 65% lower than that of the "Shenlong Fighter".

In other words, the graphene batteries used in new energy vehicles are a more secondary technology. They are fully sufficient to meet the endurance requirements of new energy vehicles, and even exceed them, but they are not enough for airplanes.

The most advanced technology, which pushes the energy density of graphene batteries to the upper limit, is not currently open to the commercial market. It is a national key confidential technology and can only be used for military purposes.

The graphene batteries used in new energy vehicles will inevitably be greatly discounted when used in airplanes. You must know that the "Shenlong Fighter" solves the energy endurance problem, in addition to the support of graphene battery technology, it also includes the ultimate power saving effect brought about by the application of room-temperature superconducting materials.

It is with the support of these two technologies that the "Shenlong Fighter" can achieve a maximum range of 12700 kilometers and a maximum combat radius of 4550 kilometers. Without any one of them, its performance will be greatly reduced.

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(End of this chapter)