Changkong Fighter

Chapter 83: Tokyo University's Countermeasures

War, what a distant word it is to the people of Todai. After so many years of peace, everyone has long been accustomed to the current life. If possible, the old leader does not want a war to break out with alien civilizations.

War is always the last resort, especially between two different civilizations. The other party is also a civilization and must have its own civilizational wisdom. If the cost of war is greater than the gains, the probability of war will be greatly reduced.

"The Chinese Academy of Sciences and USTC are currently discussing this, and they've already made some progress. Their optical technology is very advanced, and it's very likely that they are very sensitive to light, meaning they can communicate optically."

Two months may sound like a long time, but for intelligence gathering, it is just a blink of an eye. Currently, the University of Tokyo only knows about two types of aircraft and tiankengs of alien civilizations, and has obtained their wreckage for testing and analysis.

Similarly, if alien civilizations came to collect intelligence during these two months, they would only know what human aircraft look like, the weapons used, and warships. They would know nothing about the army, human air defense system (if some countries have such a thing), human manufacturing and industrial system, economic population, life forms, including human's trump card nuclear weapons.

“When will the plan be implemented?”

"A Yuhengxing (815A, hull number 798) is being modified to be equipped with the latest laser communication system. The Navy has already made contingency plans."

Hearing this, the old leader looked up at his students. The reality was cruel. Someone had to do this dangerous thing. If it succeeded, it would be easy, but if it failed, whether he could get away with it safely was a problem.

The main reason why the navy did not suffer much loss during the several encounters was that it had no direct conflict with alien civilizations. Except for carrier-based aircraft and 815A, no main battleship had close combat with the enemy, and it was all the Americans who were injured.

The Americans did not suffer as heavy losses as imagined, and at least they still have the ability to fight again.

"Be fully prepared, as we still have the fifth-generation aircraft to test."

The current main aircraft model of the University of International Science and Technology is the fourth-generation aircraft, but the fifth-generation aircraft is being put into service as planned. Due to the pursuit of the ultimate stealth design, the bomb load of the fifth-generation aircraft has been compressed. In terms of the number of bombs alone, the J20 is inferior to the J16.

It is necessary to test the combat effectiveness of the fifth-generation aircraft when facing the enemy. If it is not satisfactory, the service of the fifth-generation aircraft will have to be slowed down, production capacity will be allocated to the fourth-generation aircraft, and the sixth-generation aircraft will be improved, directly leapfrogging the fifth-generation aircraft.

Weapons should be adjusted according to the enemy you are facing.

"Teacher Zhou, Shen Fei is already doing it."
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Northern scenery, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting
The heavy snow that fell just after the New Year decorated the entire city, but also increased the workload of sanitation workers.

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), also known as Shenhuoyi, has been deeply involved in research on the Russian Flanker fighter jet for years, achieving a state of mastery. Most of its aircraft bear traces of Soviet technology, a legacy that remains to this day. Furthermore, SAC is the cradle of Dongda University's carrier-based aircraft, and all of its aircraft are manufactured by SAC.

In an office in this huge aircraft manufacturing plant, a chief engineer and a deputy chief engineer are discussing how to improve the existing aircraft and increase the combat effectiveness of the J15 as quickly as possible. At Dongda, they say they know the Flying Shark best, and no one dares to say they know it second to none.

"The weapon the enemy used was a laser."

This gave the designers a headache, because all the fighter jets' defenses were designed to defend against missiles and cannons, and laser weapons were deployed in very small numbers, so they hadn't considered them. Perhaps they would consider it in the future, but at this stage, there was no direct means to counter laser weapons.

"As for jammers, they can be converted into aerosol jammers, using aerosols to absorb laser energy."

Smog can prevent lasers, and kelp can wrap around submarines. These are not just words, they are great wisdom and the old man is not lying about this.

There are currently two types of jamming bombs on fighter jets, heat decoy bombs and chaff. Heat decoy bombs interfere with the missile's infrared seeker by generating high temperatures after combustion, while chaff is used to interfere with radar.

However, the current method used by alien civilizations to search for enemies is still unclear. It is very likely that they use optoelectronics to search for enemies. In this case, heat-seeking bombs and foil strips used to counter human weapons would be ineffective.

"If something like aerosol is accidentally sucked into the engine, the engine will surge or even stall."

The chief designer was thinking about how to solve the problem of the new type of jamming bomb. After all, the chaff of fighter jets is fired upwards, downwards, diagonally or backwards, but never forwards, and aerosols cannot be made flammable, otherwise they will become laser-ignited thermobaric bombs.

Dealing with this kind of enemy that has never been encountered before can be said to have directly subverted the design concept of human weapons.

"We need to transfer EODAS to the Flying Shark." The chief engineer thought of one of the most advantageous weapons currently in the hands of the University of Tokyo.

The electromagnetic clutter of alien civilizations is very large, and the radar will be severely interfered at close range. On the contrary, the optoelectronic system and IRST are more useful, especially the optoelectronic distributed aperture radar, which will greatly enhance the Flying Shark's situational awareness when facing the Sentinel.

EODAS and laser communications have become a necessity when facing extraterrestrial civilizations. The EODAS system forms a spherical 6° field of view through six infrared sensors distributed throughout the fuselage.

The pilot can see all the scenes within 360° of the fighter through the helmet in the cockpit. During landing, the Flying Shark can also observe the position of the aircraft's belly relative to the aircraft carrier, thereby adjusting the aircraft's attitude and reducing the probability of accidents.

The system also automatically identifies incoming targets and provides high-resolution early warning imaging, significantly enhancing the pilot's battlefield situational awareness. If conspicuous sentinels or enemies without optical camouflage appear, their three-dimensional coordinates are immediately displayed to the Flying Shark, allowing the pilot to maneuver to easily evade tracking or increase the AOA in advance to make an attack more difficult. The electro-optical distributed aperture radar also maximizes imaging detail, enabling long-range detection of sentinels.

As long as it is fully equipped with optoelectronic distributed aperture radar, the Dongda carrier-based aircraft will be able to break free from the extremely dangerous dogfight of [energy warfare] when facing the enemy, and with the help of improved missiles, it will be able to pull the battlefield back to the field where humans are good at, turning it into a situational warfare or even into an era of cognitive maneuver to win against aliens.

"The cannon here also needs to be strengthened. The parts inside the fuselage can't be moved, so we can only install a cannon pod."

The design of fighter jets is very demanding. The J15 Flying Shark was designed with its center of gravity and aerodynamic center based on the weight and volume of the GSH-30-1 cannon. Squeezing more cannons into the aircraft would not fit, and forcing them in would affect the overall performance of the aircraft and create other risks. Therefore, mounting a cannon pod is a faster and more efficient option.

(End of this chapter)