Chapter 352

Department Four is the Aerospace Department, and building missiles is the Aerospace Department's work!

Whether it's an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of flying halfway around the Earth, or an air-defense missile mounted on a warship, it's all the work of aerospace personnel; their tasks are actually just two: one is to send people to the Western Heaven, the other is to send people to the blue sky.

However, Ha Gong Da has never before researched these weapons; if we suddenly took them on, it would still be a hassle, but… fortunately we were prepared, anyway we had already promised the Air Force last time in the Aircraft Building.

"Comrades, this air-defense missile— isn't Modu already developing the Red Flag-61?"

"That's right, it's being independently researched, but there are too many problems..."

"We at Ha Gong Da can provide advanced electronic technology, replacing all the electronic components on the missile, greatly improving reliability; even sea-skimming missiles could be intercepted."

"Good, we've been waiting for you to say that!"

"Right, I heard you promised the Air Force, so you're not considering the Navy— we really..."

It turns out these people all knew we were developing for the Air Force, so they were unhappy and came to ask our side for help in development.

Moreover, they were embarrassed to say it directly, using the excuse that the Sheffield was sunk by a Flying Fish missile… Do you really need to do that? I'm not refusing you.

Qin Miao felt somewhat helpless.

"Comrades, rest assured, Ha Gong Da will absolutely not disappoint the Navy."

"Not disappointed? What interception rate can you achieve?"

"I dare not say 100%, but 95% is no problem."

"In other words, we won't have to worry about the threat of anti-ship missiles anymore? But… wouldn't our own anti-ship missiles then be useless?"

"Yes, Comrade Qin Miao, what ideas do you have regarding anti-ship missiles?"

Qin Miao realized these people weren't actually worried about air-defense missiles; they wanted him to equip the Navy with new weapons, especially anti-ship missiles!

In this era, the Navy mainly relies on high-angle guns for air defense; this air-defense problem is actually already very difficult, but as long as Ha Gong Da steps in, it's no problem— it can definitely be solved!

What the Navy values most is still offensive capability! The aging 051 may have only high-angle gun air defense, but it never lacks anti-ship missiles!

Now, seeing that existing anti-ship missiles are about to become scrap iron, the Navy naturally wants to update its arsenal; even the advanced Yingji-8 under development is not enough!

"Regarding anti-ship missiles, a missile similar to the Flying Fish is still necessary; if we equip it with modern electronics and perform serpentine maneuvers after approaching the target, we can easily destroy it." Qin Miao introduced: "However, just this one is definitely not enough; we need an advanced supersonic anti-ship missile."

Look at the old Maozi (Russians); they have nothing but supersonic anti-ship missiles, tailor-made killers for US aircraft carriers!

Although we may not encounter such opponents now, we will in the future, so we must have this kind of weapon equipment!

"Supersonic… using a ramjet engine?"

Rocket engine thrust is limited; to achieve supersonic speed, a ramjet engine is best— the rocket booster ignites, and after reaching Mach 1, it switches to ramjet mode; the modern-class ships introduced later use this design for their anti-ship missiles, and they even integrated it.

But… after the Eastern bloc obtained it, they didn't copy that anti-ship missile; instead they became very interested in its air-defense missile, and with this warship, the Red Flag-16 air-defense missile progressed rapidly and was soon successfully developed.

"Ramjet engines have many problems; I know we have domestic units researching them, but I personally think a subsonic-supersonic combination is the way to go."

What?

Everyone was quite surprised; they'd never heard of this before!

"This anti-ship missile has a submunitions structure: it first flies at subsonic speed, then near the target a small missile separates from inside and flies supersonic, thus achieving both range and power."

The later famous Yingji-18 is of this layout. It belongs to our big killer against carrier groups, and another kind…

Since we've brought it up, we might as well lay it all out!

"Of course, something even more powerful is a ballistic anti-ship missile; descending from the sky, even at only Mach 10, it can send an aircraft carrier to the seabed."

Everyone felt… as if they were hearing heavenly scriptures!

This ballistic missile is for fixed targets; can it still hit a carrier?

"We need to develop an advanced guidance head, and also need mid-course maneuvering technology for ballistic missiles; these technologies are all difficult…"

"Leave it to you, Ha Gong Da, we'll rest assured!" The Navy leader immediately gave the go-ahead.

"That's right, once you launch the project R&D, the Navy will cooperate!"

"Comrades, these projects are not simple; one could say they require a system of warfare, from space reconnaissance and communication satellites to missiles, ground stations, etc. — this is indeed a system…"

"All of these are things Ha Gong Da can produce; there's no difficulty!"

Qin Miao… could only nod and agree.

"By the way, with Ha Gong Da's help, the indigenization of the Dolphin Helicopter is progressing quickly; the Navy has decided to procure a large number of these aircraft as its shipborne helicopters."

Without Qin Miao's help, the Dolphin Helicopter wouldn't have completed indigenization so quickly, let alone undergone improvements!

After upgrading the engine, it can carry an extra ton externally; thus one helicopter can now carry both sonar and torpedoes! Mission efficiency is greatly increased!

"However, the Navy's warships are still too old; if Ha Gong Da could help…"

"We really can't do that; hand it over to other sister units."

Qin Miao dared not take on more work for Ha Gong Da; otherwise Ha Gong Da would stop teaching and just become a research institute!

"Alright, I heard Ha Gong Da plans to set up a branch campus in other cities, specializing in maritime studies; the Navy also intended to help, but since you don't currently have that idea, let's forget it."

Qin Miao was even more speechless.

In 1985, Ha Gong Da's Weihai campus was approved, mainly for maritime studies; since approval normally takes several years, this means Ha Gong Da's application has already begun, or Ha Gong Da intends to apply for a new campus, and the news has leaked…

Actually, if we're talking about building a new campus, it would be better to go all the way and locate it in the southern port city; in later times, among Ha Gong Da's three campuses, the one in the port city has the highest admission scores, even exceeding the main campus, showing the students' preferences.

Well, I'll have to go back and discuss with the school leadership; this way my own affairs will increase again!