The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 1052

Chapter 1052 This is the real battle test

The other side.

Of course, Chang Haonan didn't know that Ocean One had already captured some incredible things.

After all, although he is the person in charge of the satellite software part, he has no direct relationship with the operation and use of the satellite.

Including subsequent satellite-related equipment tests, they are still being carried out on the ground -

In fact, the reason why he joined the Air Police 2000 project was because he wanted to test the principles and technologies of the low-orbit communication satellite network.

It's just like many projects he has participated in in the past.

As I kept doing it, the side tasks became the main line.

In addition, according to regulations, sensitive images captured by Ocean One cannot be copied and disseminated at will.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the space agency regularly sends a copy of the sorted and refined situation to the aerospace power group.

Since Chang Haonan himself was not in the capital, he naturally couldn't see it.

However, this is not very important.

Because he had already anticipated the US military's "shock and awe" operation in 2003.

On the one hand, it is the innate foresight of the reborn person.

On the other hand, it is also more important.

As early as 2001, Lao Wu made it clear that the Americans were probably preparing to do big things in the Kurdish region.

That was even before the attacks in September.

With the two facts confirmed, the conclusion is self-evident.

As for Chang Haonan's attitude…

He wasn't going to do anything.

Compared to Aiwuhan, which was closer to an accident and even had to borrow passage from China and Russia before the war, the Americans' layout in the Mesopotamia is much more complete.

Moreover, the huge benefits hidden in the areas around the Persian Gulf are not comparable to those in the poor ravines of Central Asia where food cannot be grown.

There, for the first time, the U.S. military will experience the pleasure of being a warlord with soldiers, food, and money, and will be out of control on Fela's unbearable road.

Therefore, it is definitely a great thing for China.

Of course, this is also for image reasons -

Chang Haonan has always felt that superior leaders, especially military leaders, misunderstood him too deeply.

The source of this is probably that during the Allied Forces operation, General Zhang thought that the precise "accidental bombing" was calculated by him in advance.

At that time, Chang Haonan felt that it was too troublesome to explain, and it involved too many technical details that were difficult to understand, so he did not explain it.

Unexpectedly, in 2001, someone picked up the matter again, and based on this, they suspected that he was also behind the shocking attack in September.

This hat is a bit scary.

So that time, Chang Haonan spent a lot of time saying that these two things had nothing to do with him.

It's all accidental.

It's a coincidence.

But the consequences of not refuting the rumors at the first opportunity soon became apparent.

The effect of explanation can only be said to be better than nothing.

Everyone thought he was a bit humble.

And if the upcoming deterrence operation in 2003 can still be related to Chang Haonan...

Then even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he wouldn't be able to clean himself.

And this is also regular.

Once every two years, the performance is quite stable, right?

Therefore, in the recent period, Chang Haonan has been following the plan, working with technicians from the 14th Institute of Electrical Engineering and Haofei Group to continue testing various airborne equipment of the Air Police 2000.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will spend the entire March and even the entire first half of 2003 in a low-key manner.

However…

Backfired.

Sometimes, even if a person avoids something, the thing will find him...

March 15th.

Prototype No. 2000-01, which had just completed system upgrade, took off from Yanliang Airport as usual and headed to the predetermined airspace in the northwest to perform a test mission—

At present, every fighter plane capable of firing missiles is a valuable asset of the aviation force. Naturally, it is impossible for those dozen aircraft to stay in Haojing to accompany the prince to study.

Most of them transitioned at the speed of light after the test was successful.

Only one J-10AS and one J-11BS that were originally in Yanliang were left.

However, these two aircraft themselves also have other subjects that need to be tested, and they are not specifically designed to serve the Air Police 2000.

However, a living person cannot be choked to death by urinating.

Chang Haonan set up some ground stations with the simplest signal response function in a relatively remote place in the northwest.

Used to simulate other nodes in the system.

The effect is definitely far inferior to that of a real airplane.

But it is still enough for some non-critical subjects.

Just like today

In this upgrade, the maximum number of nodes included in the command system has just been increased from 20 to 50.

Therefore, today's test is mainly to determine whether the system can handle so many response signals at the same time.

As for the carrier aircraft itself, it also happened to take advantage of the opportunity to travel to the target airspace in Xinjiang Province to test its long-distance flight capabilities.

Technically speaking, it's not a complicated subject—

Check status, start engines, taxi, take off, climb...

Everything was unfolding step by step as usual.

If there is any difference, it is that the waiting time is particularly long.

After all, after converting most of the luggage compartment into fuel tanks, the available range of the Air Police 2000 even exceeded the 8,000 mark.

Long-distance flight tests are difficult to complete without seven or eight hours.

About three hours later, Captain Lin Hai's voice finally came over the radio:

"Unit No. 01 reports that it has entered the scheduled airspace, the flight is in good condition, and the airborne equipment has been checked correctly. Request to start testing!"

There is a little more noise than before.

But considering that the number of relays is almost twice as high as before, it seems normal.

Chang Haonan looked at the time and then replied:

"The test can begin, please note that the target aircraft will take off in 10 minutes."

In 2003, the average annual flying time of Air Force pilots was only fifty or sixty hours.

This is still driven up by key areas in the east and southeast.

Specifically for the inland areas of the central and western regions, it is even lower. Therefore, it is not always possible to coordinate a real aircraft as a test target.

After receiving the news from Chang Haonan, Lin Hai immediately switched the radio to the in-camera channel:

"Prepare to turn on the radar and command system, and adjust the C-band array to the 110 direction."

As his order was issued, the huge disc-shaped radome on the back of the aircraft slowly rotated.

The other test pilot in the co-pilot position used a camera installed on the back of the aircraft to observe the entire process on the multi-function display -

The camera was installed during the first flight to observe the vibration of the radome. Later, I found that the effect was very good and did not affect the flight, so it was never removed.

"Although it's not the first time I've seen it... it still feels spectacular."

The first officer said with some emotion:

"If it could be seen from the outside, I'm afraid the effect would be better."

"I heard that when the command system was tested for the first time, the weapons control officer of a two-seat aircraft took photos. I don't know if that's true."

The flight engineer, who was sitting slightly back, said next.

This part of the test has little to do with the person in charge of flying them, so the atmosphere in the cockpit is relatively relaxed.

At this time, the intercom rang again:

"Report, the radar was successfully activated and has not been found yet..."

The target is not expected to take off until 10 minutes, and there are not many civilian aircraft in the northwest airspace, so it is normal for the radar to not see anything.

This time, however, the radar operator's report came to an abrupt end.

About half a second later, just when Lin Hai was about to ask if something happened, the other party's voice sounded again:

"Report, a large number of low-altitude targets were found in the 300 direction and 550 kilometers away!"

This sentence almost made everyone on the plane a little unresponsive.

The first officer subconsciously raised his head and looked to the left.

Now the C-band array of the early warning aircraft is aimed at the 110 direction in the southeast, so the 300 direction is...

"What is the detection range of L-band radar?"

As he spoke, he had switched the image on the multi-function display from the external camera to the shared radar image.

Sure enough, almost at the edge of the L-band radar detection, a large area of dense echo signals appeared.

Although it's a bit blurry, the exact amount can't be discerned.

But definitely a lot.

"550 kilometers...this is already outside the country."

The flight engineer also followed suit and judged:

"Probably in... Kyrgyz territory."

“Kyrgyzstan…”

Lin Hai realized the seriousness of the problem in an instant.

Kyrgyzstan does not have a large-scale air force.

There are not many civil aviation aircraft taking off and landing in such a small country with a backward economy and a sparse population.

Therefore, we have to talk about "large-volume" and "low-altitude" targets.

Then there is only one possibility.

U.S. Air Force at Manas Base.

The atmosphere in the cockpit, which had been peaceful and peaceful just a few seconds ago, suddenly became tense.

Lin Hai switched the radio to the HF band as quickly as possible in his life.

"Reporting that our aircraft found a large number of..." in Kyrgyzstan in the 300 direction and 550 kilometers away.

But before he could finish his report, he was interrupted by Chang Haonan on the other side:

"We saw it."

At this time, Lin Hai remembered that he had just ordered to open the data link and command system.

In other words, the ground can see the radar detection results of the early warning aircraft in almost real time.

This gave him a little relief—

In this case, the situation must have been reported.

And listening to Mr. Chang's tone, he didn't seem very surprised.

Sure enough, after a short period of silence, Chang Haonan's voice came again:

"Don't be too nervous. The situation has been reported to the Jincheng Military Region and they have received it."

"And... the problem won't be too big. Just treat it as a training with a relatively high degree of actual combat..."

On the other side of the radio, Chang Haonan was staring helplessly at the laptop in front of him.

At this moment, there was only one sentence echoing in his mind:

It's over, it can't be cleaned completely.

The Americans want to cause trouble in the Mesopotamia. This is something everyone understands.

But when exactly it will start, few people can guess.

After all, it is March 15th.

The ultimatum has not been given yet.

Everything still seems to be redeemable.

But Chang Haonan knew that if no major changes occurred, the deterrence operation would officially begin on March 20.

As for himself, he once again "predicted" everything accurately less than a week before the incident happened.

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However, Liang Shaoxiu next to him was still a little worried:

"Mr. Chang, could it be that the Americans are taking risks and want to make a sneak attack..."

This conjecture is a bit unrealistic, but it is indeed something that many people were widely worried about at the beginning of the 21st century until around 2010.

"Won't…"

Chang Haonan waved his hand helplessly.

"Uh... why?"

Liang Shaoxiu's in-depth questioning made him roll his eyes and said to himself, I can't tell you that in two days the US military will launch a large-scale military operation, and the Central Command responsible for West and Central Asia will temporarily move to Kyrgyzstan. , so a large number of planes are taking off and landing, right?

So Chang Haonan had no choice but to organize his language and then replied:

"Even L-band radar is unlikely to see a target the size of a fighter jet at a low altitude 550 kilometers away."

"So these things must be transport planes or passenger planes, transporting logistical supplies to the US military in Kyrgyzstan..."

The explanation was reasonable and well-founded. Liang Shaoxiu thought for a moment and did not continue to dwell on the issue just now.

He just touched his chin, looked at the screen and muttered in a low voice:

"But...if it's a transport plane, that's a bit too much, right?"

This time.

Chang Haonan did not answer...

(End of chapter)

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