In the 1990s, due to military considerations, Yingjiang deployed its own satellite navigation system, GPS.
Including Da Mao, who has inherited the legacy of the woolly bear, these are the only two countries in the world that actually have global navigation systems.
As an auxiliary system that can accurately guide the most advanced ballistic missiles, all countries in the world that possess large-scale weapons want to develop their own navigation systems.
Naturally, Longguo is no exception. Since the 1980s, it has been exploring a development path for satellite navigation systems suitable for its national conditions.
In the 1990s, the construction of the Beidou-1 system was launched two years ago, and it was planned to launch two geostationary satellites before the millennium to initially form the Beidou-1 system.
Launch the third geostationary orbit satellite before 2003 to further enhance system performance.
Now the task of manufacturing supporting rockets for the three Beidou-1 satellites has fallen to the Rocket Research Institute.
"Mr. Chen, the military value of satellite navigation systems is huge. I feel that China still doesn't pay enough attention to this aspect."
Zhang Xingyang described his views to the old leader in charge of the entire project.
At this time, various countries did not pay much attention to satellite navigation systems. They were mainly used on ballistic missiles equipped with nuclear weapons. As for some conventional weapons, the utilization rate was still relatively low.
It will have to wait until a few years later for the world to pay attention to the satellite navigation system when the Yingjiang armed forces invade Siludamu.
At that time, Yingjiang's army was able to use GPS precise positioning to carry out precision-guided strikes against various important military targets in Shadamu.
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"Tell me what you think."
Although Chen Zhongyan is old, he still understands the mainstream concepts in the world. Nowadays, everyone mainly believes that satellite navigation systems have no other major role except for guiding ballistic missiles.
"Mr. Chen, you are actually aware of the current situation in the world."
"We must realize that because of the balance of nuclear deterrence, it is actually unlikely that a world war or even a nuclear war will break out in the world."
"In the future, the main forms of war around the world will still be local conflict wars."
"In local wars, most of the weapons used are conventional weapons from various countries."
"Future weapons development has essentially moved in a more precise direction."
"Forty years ago, airborne missiles were almost nothing more than toys, and fighter jets were still dominated by cannons in aerial battles. But now, if you want to achieve results in air combat, cannons are almost impossible and must be used. Rely on more accurate missiles."
"In the previous Gulf War, everyone has actually seen that informatization is the trend of future wars."
"The most critical aspect of informatization is various combat instructions, especially location information."
"Especially now that various guided weapons are booming. Laser guidance, image guidance, etc. all require someone to guide the weapons, and satellite guidance has more advantages than these guidance methods."
"Smaller guidance volume, and larger guidance range."
Looking at Zhang Xingyang who was enthusiastic about giving advice, Chen Zhongyan sighed with emotion. With such talents, there is no need to worry about failing to succeed in domestic business!
And Zhang Xingyang is still elaborating on the war applications of satellite navigation systems.
"For example, aircraft equipped with satellite navigation system receivers can not only greatly improve flight navigation accuracy, but also help improve bomb delivery accuracy."
"Using the satellite navigation function, the flight and bomb delivery of fighter jets are not affected by day or night and visual distance. They can avoid enemy radar visual range, fly across at low altitudes, and severely damage the enemy."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Xingyang frowned with some worry. These were actually things that people in the country only discovered seven years later during the Yingjiang invasion of Siludamu War.
And as a result, many adjustments have been made to the second phase of the Beidou satellite construction so that it can better play its military role.
But now that Zhang Xingyang has come to this era, why do we have to take the detour again? We can go directly to the end of the best option.
As for Mr. Chen, he also had some clues. Since the Gulf War, China has actually been conducting various studies on the performance of hawk sauce.
It can be said that the Gulf War awakened all military-related personnel in the country.
Among them, some people discovered that the combination of data link technology and satellite navigation coefficients used by Eagle Sauce in the war has great strategic significance.
It's just that few people outside the military field have such a vision, and Zhang Xingyang is the first one Chen Zhongyan knows.
"In fact, many seminars have been held to study it, but everyone still pays more attention to his role in command."
"Very few people have seen his use in weapons, especially guided weapons, like you have."
"It is generally believed that with the combination of satellite navigation systems and digital communication systems, in complex and ever-changing battlefield environments, the command center can quickly and accurately grasp each unit, every aircraft, and every tank. Even the position of each individual soldier.”
After saying this, Chen Zhongyan leaned back slightly and leaned on his backrest.
"In fact, the country is also very aware of the importance of satellite navigation systems, but at present, everyone feels that its application prospects are still not clear enough."
"If we invest huge manpower and material resources now, if the research and development fails, the price will be very heavy."
"And now many people in China think that we can use Yingjiang's GPS or Maozi's GLONASS."
Looking at Chen Zhongyan who was staring closely at him, Zhang Xingyang felt helpless.
Many people during this period had relatively simple and naive ideas.
"Mr. Chen, those people's ideas are still too naive. Satellite navigation systems will definitely have a profound impact on each of us in the future. If such a thing is not in your own hands, the consequences will be terrible. !”
"If our weapons generally use GPS, then during the war, Eagle Sauce turns off their authorization for GPS, then our weapons don't even have eyes?!"
Zhang Xingyang complained a little helplessly about the opinions of some people in China.
But Chen Zhongyan is really not particularly worried, because he knows that they are only a small number of people, and they cannot really speak.
Chen Zhongyan stood up, patted Zhang Xingyang on the shoulder and said:
"Xingyang, what you said makes sense. I will convey your opinions to the higher authorities."
