At this time, the main domestic warship is still the Type 052 destroyer, and there is a big gap between it and the world's advanced warships.
The main equipment is the "Eagle Strike" 8 anti-ship missile. As a light and small subsonic ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming multi-purpose general anti-ship missile, the performance of the "Eagle Strike" 8 is compared with other anti-ship missiles at this time.
For example, there is still a big gap between the "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles equipped by Yingjiang.
However, at this time, the Type 052 destroyer can be considered very good if it can use such weapons.
At least there is a weapon that can cause enough damage to the enemy.
Compared with putting artillery on the ship, the "Eagle Strike" 8 anti-ship missile is already a good choice!
"Are you really going to put this thing on a destroyer?"
Zhang Xingyang looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was almost twice his age in surprise and questioned.
On a military dock on the seaside, there were several rocket launcher vehicles painted in Army camouflage green parked very inconsistently.
What Zhang Xingyang was pointing at just now was one of the 300mm long-range heavy rocket launchers.
If you want to put this thing on the more than 4,000-ton warship in front of you, it feels very inconsistent no matter how you look at it.
In fact, domestic rockets have been loaded on the Type 053H2 frigate before, and it was a five-seat double-group 25-tube 122mm rocket launcher.
It can instantly launch 250 122mm rockets, creating a sea of fire in an instant when supporting ground and landing on the beach!
But the 300-nautical-meter long-range heavy rocket in front of us is different. It is very difficult to get it onto the ship.
The first is its size. As a heavy rocket, its size is basically the same as the YJ-8 anti-ship missile.
If you want to put such a big guy on a warship, if you don't remove the torpedo tubes or anti-ship missile launchers, there will basically be no place to put it.
Of course, it is also a way to drive the rocket launcher vehicle directly onto the helicopter platform behind the destroyer to directly serve as fire support.
Recently, Mao used this method on his frigate Vasily Bekov. In order to make up for the frigate's lack of air defense capabilities, he directly drove an army's Doyle anti-aircraft missile vehicle to the helicopter receipt on the frigate as a receipt. Supplementary to air defense capabilities.
"Yes, we have such a plan." The officer opposite, wearing a white navy uniform, responded to Zhang Xingyang's doubts very simply.
"You should be more aware that there is no way to guarantee the accuracy of this thing after it is put on the ship, right?"
Zhang Xingyang thought that they should know about this matter, but out of caution, he asked again.
"Yes, we also know that the rocket itself has little accuracy. Coupled with the wind and waves at sea and the shaking of the ship itself, after the rocket is put on the ship, the error will definitely be much larger than the land-based version."
The naval officer was also very aware of the problem here, but his next words still moved Zhang Xingyang.
"But what can we do?!"
"The Navy lacks weapons with a long enough range and powerful enough power!"
"This is also a last resort!"
Indeed, it is not easy for the navy these days, especially last year when it faced the powerful sea and air superiority of the enemy's Seventh Fleet.
The artillery had to be moved to the deck of the civilian ship and used as a fire support ship.
Zhang Xingyang also felt the navy's helplessness at this time.
It's not that they don't know the various problems they will encounter after the rocket launcher is put on the ship.
But the most pressing problem now is that the navy has no other weapons that can truly threaten the enemy.
The total range of the Eagle Strike 8 is less than fifty kilometers.
Facing an enemy with strong sea and air superiority, there is no way to conduct a close attack!
This is also the reason why the Navy is interested in the ultra-long-range rocket launcher produced by the Second Machinery Factory in Western Henan.
Although it has the disadvantages of low accuracy and inability to maneuver at the end, it only has a super long range of up to 600 kilometers and a super speed of Mach 7.
It was enough to make the navy, who was considered extremely poor at this time, have red eyes.
"It's not easy for you either." Zhang Xingyang sighed and then continued:
"But it's not realistic to put the rocket launcher directly on the ship. Let's give it a little modification."
"At least the terminal guidance problem has been solved."
"Now it still uses inertial guidance, which requires you to input a series of parameters before launching. This is still relatively difficult at sea."
"At present, our Beidou network has just been successfully established. Although the accuracy is not very high, if two-way navigation is adopted, the accuracy can reach 20 meters."
"This accuracy should be almost enough for you."
The naval officer frowned and asked worriedly:
"How long will the renovation work approximately take?"
"We don't have much time to wait, we urgently need it now to improve our combat effectiveness!"
The navy really can't wait for almost a day. They can't even think about the days when they can't see or defeat the enemy like in the past!
"It won't take too long. It can be completed within a month."
This expected time is actually relatively conservative, mainly considering the time required for processing.
In fact, the technical difficulty is not that great. It has been possible to do it on the land-based version before. The main reason why it was not done was because of cost issues.
At this time, the Beidou system had just been put into use.
The manufacturing cost of terminals is still relatively high.
The single-shot cost of a 300mm rocket already exceeds 1.5 million. If the Beidou guidance system is added, the cost is likely to be very close to 2 million.
"But the cost will increase a bit. You have to be mentally prepared. The ex-factory price may reach two million!"
Zhang Xingyang couldn't help but remind the naval officer.
After all, if one fires six rounds per salvo, each salvo would cost twelve million!
"This is not a big problem. You don't have to worry. Compared with the Eagle missile, which costs more than five million per shot, your rockets can only be considered cheap!"
In fact, the cost mentioned by the naval officer is just a trivial matter. The key is that at the same price, it is almost the price of three rockets to be comparable to one Eagle Strike missile.
However, judging from the performance of previous experiments in the South China Sea, a 300mm long-range rocket only needs four rounds to completely destroy a warship of about 3,000 tons, but it is difficult for the Eagle Strike missile of the same price to do this.
You must know that all kinds of weapons, equipment and ammunition depots were actually dismantled on that warship at that time, so there would be no explosion!
The lack of suicide means that the warship's ability to withstand losses has actually increased!
Of course, putting rocket launchers on the ship is actually a helpless move.
However, after the hypersonic wind tunnel planned by Zhang Xingyang and others is completed, the hypersonic anti-ship missile will truly enter the actual testing stage.
At that time, it would not be far away from the Navy using ultra-long-range hypersonic anti-ship missiles!
(End of chapter)
