Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 430 2 month
China is also facing similar difficulties.

In the past, they drew a line for the American people, and the American people never dared to cross that line.

But things are different now.

China has always been consistent in its support for North Vietnam.

Even with the breakdown in relations with the Soviet Union, China did not stop Soviet supplies from being transported to North Vietnam via Chinese railways.

So what China is struggling with now is whether or not to get involved themselves.

The Soviets were afraid of America, so they were too afraid to get involved, but the Chinese were not.

Similarly, if China were to intervene, it would also pay a heavy price.

First, there were the hard-won trade opportunities with the liberal camp. With Hong Kong and Finland as the fulcrum between East and West, China's consumer electronics products have been exported continuously.

Chinese officials have also accumulated considerable experience in international trade over the past five years.

That's why when facing the Soviet Union, their flagship products only accepted US dollars and not rubles.

They found that the US dollar was really useful.

The Freedom faction can purchase various facilities at a lower price and with better quality than the Eastern Bloc led by Soviet Russia.

Various large-scale machinery and equipment, factories, complete production lines, etc.

Once the fighting begins, all of these will be reduced to ashes.

Secondly, his relationship with America will also freeze quickly.

Even if you personally intervene, it's not certain that North Vietnam will listen to you or remain loyal to you.

This is like helping North Korea; they'll think you helped them because of the Soviet Union, and they'll remain loyal to the Soviet Union as well. Only then will it be your turn.

The burden of history is too heavy. The tributary system that China used to pay tribute to the whole of Asia in the past, coupled with modern history, has led to this situation.

China is hesitant.

But the situation deteriorated so badly that it soon became so dire that they had no choice but to intervene.

Therefore, the items Lin Ran gave were delivered to Area 51 at almost the fastest speed without stopping.

"I'm actually quite curious, haven't we investigated that office building at all?"

While waiting, Dean Qian asked curiously.

The man sitting opposite him said calmly, "No."

We do not wish to damage our partnership with White Horse.

Everyone has secrets, and not prying into each other's secrets is a prerequisite for maintaining a good cooperative relationship.

However, we have arranged for some employees to live nearby and to keep an eye out for any people coming and going from that office building.

Unfortunately, we didn't find anything.

Perhaps the Xu family was a conduit, but we didn't conduct any further investigation.

When facing the White Horse, China has always maintained the attitude of absolutely not prying into the other party's secrets, at most playing a casual game to gather as much information about the other party as possible.

They will not use special or specialized methods to spy on Lin Ran's secrets.

Because Lin Ran's position in the White House is too important and his identity too sensitive, it is difficult for them to determine how many eyes are watching Lin Ran in America. The more you do, the more likely you are to run into problems.

For example, Larry King, in Washington, never actively seeks out news about Lin Ran. Instead, he listens attentively when colleagues mention it and then takes notes.

That's the most we can do.

Therefore, in Washington, because of Zhang Lulin (Hanqing's son), one might even feel that Lin Ran and ROC are closer.

"That makes sense, riding a white horse is really not easy."

I wonder if this relates to the design philosophy and scheme of GPS.

"Probably not. Given White Horse's cautious nature, he wouldn't offer that to us."

After all, America's GPS had just proven its effectiveness on the front lines of the Vietnam War, and we developed a similar satellite system shortly afterward, which is highly suspicious.

Even if he does provide us with GPS technical data, for the sake of Baima's safety, we must postpone it.

When the suitcase arrived at the office in Area 51 through layers of concealed channels, Dean Qian took a look first.

The report focuses on the America laser-guided bomb technology and sketches illustrating its working principles, as well as technical data on GPS-guided missiles.

It will be roughly five years ahead of the current technology at America Labs.

Dean Qian's gaze was unusually calm.

He picked up the report and drew a simple geometric model on the blackboard.

"This should be the latest weapon being researched by America's military laboratory."

It is called a laser-guided bomb.

You may not understand the technical principles behind it, but I can give you a simple analogy.

In 1968, the prototype of the first-generation laser-guided missile was sent to the front lines of the Vietnam War for combat testing.

America's 8th Tactical Fighter Wing drops bombs using modified F-4 Phantom II fighters at Ubon Air Base in Tyrande.

In this test, Texas Instruments engineers used a handheld laser designator on an aircraft to illuminate the target. Despite the extreme difficulty of the operation, the bomb's hit rate still reached an astonishing 50%, far higher than that of conventional bombs.

However, these were not reported in the news, as they are top secret military technologies.

The Chinese side is unaware of its specific model and origin.

Dean Qian picked up a teacup from the table and took a flashlight out of his pocket.

“When we fought in the past, it was like this,” he said, placing his teacup on one corner of the table and then shining the beam of his flashlight into another corner of the room. “We knew the enemy was there, but our weapons, like this beam of light, could only roughly reach that area; most of the energy was wasted.”

He paused for a moment and adjusted the flashlight beam to its narrowest point.

“But this new weapon, it’s like this,” he said, fixing the beam of his flashlight tightly onto the teacup, “this beam of light, just like the laser we’re firing.”

It will remain locked on the teacup, and our weapon, as if it has eyes, will follow the beam of light until it hits the target.

In the past, it would take hundreds or even thousands of bombs to destroy a bridge. But now, they only need a few, or even just one, bombs to accomplish the task.

Similar to GPS, America's judgment on the future form of warfare is accurate.

Whether it's GPS directly transmitting location data or laser-guided missiles, both are making warfare more precise.

Intelligence from the front lines of the Vietnam War would be simultaneously sent to Moscow, and of course, to Beijing as well.

With Western media extensively publicizing GPS, Beijing was naturally aware of its existence.

After Dean Qian finished speaking, he said quietly:

"This thing is good, but it's not suitable for the predicament we're facing right now."

"Those North Vietnamese comrades are not suitable for us."

The man sitting opposite immediately understood Qian's meaning:
"That's right, it's more suitable for the attacking side, while our North Vietnamese comrades are the defending side."

What they need more is weapons capable of threatening America's aircraft.

This thing was useful to North Vietnam, but its applications were limited.

Using this to bomb South Vietnam's infrastructure and supply routes is completely useless.

Their supplies came from the sea.

If someone's infrastructure is destroyed, America's current engineering capabilities will allow for rapid repairs, but the cost you'll have to pay will be staggering.

Therefore, it was not practical for North Vietnam.

What would have an immediate effect on North Vietnam is a missile capable of effectively striking America's aircraft; only then could it truly have an immediate impact.

To disrupt America's air superiority.

This demonstrates Lin Ran's lack of war experience.

He only knew that this thing was very effective during the Vietnam War, but he didn't expect that America's success would not mean it would work on North Vietnam.

Dean Qian walked to another blackboard and picked up the chalk again:
"However, that doesn't mean this information is useless; it provides us with very valuable inspiration."

"Our current surface-to-air missile guidance system is like a nearsighted eye; it is easy for it to 'not see' the target clearly in complex environments."

But this information gave our missiles a new pair of eyes.

He pointed to the optical guidance principle diagram on the blackboard.

"We don't have to completely copy them."

We can leverage our own strengths to mount these eyes on our surface-to-air missiles, enabling them to autonomously identify and lock onto targets, no longer relying on easily jammed radars.

Our real enemy is the American bombers.

They drop bombs from high altitudes, making them difficult to hit with anti-aircraft guns.

What we need is a weapon that can threaten them.

In the past, we have been researching surface-to-air missiles, but our guidance accuracy is not enough.

We are unable to precisely lock onto targets in complex electromagnetic environments.

The Vietnam War lasted a long time, and China always knew that what North Vietnam needed was air superiority and protection of their airspace.

China also provided North Vietnam with a considerable number of anti-aircraft guns.

But that's not enough, far from enough.

Therefore, Area 51 has always had a surface-to-air missile project underway, and it has been continuously progressing.

Dean Qian found inspiration in an accompanying picture in the materials.

That was a sketch depicting the optical path of a laser-guided bomb.

This sketch details how the laser beam is captured by the optical sensor, processed by the semiconductor circuit, and ultimately converted into servo commands.

The principle of laser guidance is to use semiconductor sensors to capture the pulsed laser signal reflected by the target, calculate the relative positional deviation between the bomb and the target through logic circuits, and then use aerodynamic control surfaces for correction.

"The Americana applied semiconductor technology to optical sensors, enabling the sensors to accurately capture laser signals and perform high-speed calculations."

This is exactly what we lack.

We have been focusing on improving radar power and anti-jamming capabilities, but we have neglected another direction: optical guidance.

Similarly, in the field of semiconductors, our technological strength is at least no weaker than that of the Americans.

"What if we could apply this optical guidance technology to surface-to-air missiles?" Dean Qian asked excitedly.

A completely new missile model had already been sketched out in his mind.

This model will no longer rely on radar, which is easily jammed, but on optics, which is more difficult to jam.

Although optical guidance has its limitations, it will be a perfect complement to radar guidance in short- and medium-range air defense.

From Area 51's perspective, America's technology was simply heaven-defying; who knows what alien technology they had acquired.

After GPS was introduced, such misjudgments became even more serious.

In fact, after acquiring optical instruments from East Germany, China's technological strength and reserves in the semiconductor field were essentially no different from America's.

“Time, I need you to give me a specific time,” the middle-aged man asked.

Dean Qian held up two fingers: "Two months."

However, the goal is not to complete the entire system, but rather to complete a prototype that can be used in actual combat.

This system will incorporate our latest optical guidance and semiconductor technologies.

Unlike our past surface-to-air missiles, which relied on cumbersome radar guidance, it will autonomously lock onto targets.

The other party said decisively, "Fine, I need to see our surface-to-air missiles teach America a lesson two months from now."

Let's thoroughly blunt their arrogance!

(End of this chapter)