This is how black technology should be used

Chapter 201 The Freedom Federation's Response

"not yet."

"Not yet? Aren't there special agents in your strategic intelligence center watching over there? Why haven't you confirmed yet? Are they picking up girls every day? Take them down, replace them, and send the elite there!"

"Okay, that's the arrangement."

In the office of the General Commander of the Freedom Federation, a group of people are urgently discussing the authenticity of the aircraft in the practical technology video.

Now the commander-in-chief is developing a press conference outside. After all, the new year has arrived, and many things require the commander-in-chief to express his views. Now it is the reporter's questioning session.

And these people in the Grand Commander's Office had to figure out the problem roughly before the Grand Commander came over. It was best to figure out a solution and report directly when the Grand Commander came.

"In fact, there are already a lot of analyzes on the Internet. If that is the case, then there is a 90% possibility that the aircraft is real!"

"Indeed, if they can really combine those technologies together, they can still create an aerospace vehicle with superior performance."

"Even if certain technologies are not very good economically, technically speaking, it is indeed possible for them to create an aerospace vehicle with good performance."

"Yes, we think so too. From every engineering point of view, they already have this capability."

"We analyzed its aerodynamic shape. Although it may not be comprehensive due to the relationship of time, the situation should be similar. Assuming its power is strong, then it can indeed fly freely in and out of the atmosphere."

"We also have our own analysis here. It should not be a model made for the purpose of strategic deception. It should be real. It may be a technical verification machine..."

Professional analysis from multiple channels has given similar conclusions, that is, the aircraft is likely to be real, but there is too little direct certification information, so it cannot be 100% sure.

If that thing can really fly, it's not good news for the Freedom Federation.

The Freedom Federation just said that it will build a commercial space station in Earth orbit, in order to actually show the power of the Freedom Federation to people all over the world.

In the beginning, the commercial class docked with the International Space Station, and now the International Space Station can be photographed directly with a camera. After docking with the commercial class, the docking will be expanded again, and the photos can be taken more clearly.

The bigger it is, the more shocking it is!

"So...we assume it is a real aerospace plane, what impact will it have on us?"

asked the director of the General Office of the Grand Commander, Deng Zi's chief of staff.

As a government official, he doesn't know how powerful the aerospace plane is, he only knows that it is... very powerful.

This is a good question, and the aerospace consultants gave an answer right away.

"In fact, the aerospace plane can be regarded as a normal but super-performance aircraft!"

"If you compare it with the familiar federal space shuttle, it has even greater advantages."

"In terms of manufacturing, it does not require a super-high assembly building, and can be manufactured and maintained in the existing factory buildings and hangars. Moreover, as long as there is a runway for launch, there is no need to build a special launch system..."

It can be said that the space shuttle can freely travel between the sky and the earth, and it can do everything that the space shuttle can do.

And what the space shuttle can't do, it can still do!
It can send large satellites into the earth's orbit, and it is good at launching multiple small satellites at a time. It can also repair or recover satellites in orbit, and can also deliver or pick up astronauts to the space station. and various supplies.

Although the space shuttle has taken a big step forward compared with the one-time launch vehicle, it still has many shortcomings such as frequent failures, difficult maintenance, and high cost.

Unlike the space shuttle, the aerospace plane has simple ground facilities, easy maintenance and use, and low operating costs. It can take off and land horizontally on the runways of ordinary large airports, and has the flight frequency of general airlines.

The appearance of this kind of aircraft is similar to that of a normal aircraft. It has more advantages of an aircraft and can be reused hundreds of times, truly realizing the advantages of high efficiency and low cost.

It does not require a large-scale and complexly equipped space launch site. It only needs an airport. After completing a flight, it can take off again after a week or even less maintenance.

More reuse and simple operation mode can greatly reduce its use cost, which can reach one tenth of the cost of conventional space launch in the short term, and even one percent in the long term.

This makes the aerospace plane invincible in the upcoming space business competition!
And because of the rapid development of electronic technology, the size and weight of computers have been greatly reduced, so micro-satellites are becoming more and more mainstream.

据统计，20年前的时候100~300公斤级卫星的发射数量就减少了35%，相比之下，计划发射的1~100公斤级卫星的数量却增加了68%。

Ten years ago, satellites weighing 10 to 1 kilograms began to become the mainstream, and some small satellites could also achieve the functions of the previous large satellites.

At the same time, due to the rapid development of new technologies, the service life of satellites in orbit increases, and the number of launch vehicles required to launch decreases, so that the existing fixed launch system is extremely uneconomical from a commercial point of view.

In other words, the near-Earth space aerospace system with aerospace aircraft as a means has huge commercial potential in the future. If it can be developed, it may crowd out the status of pure aviation systems in 10 to 15 years!

At that time, people will be able to travel in the universe like taking an airplane. Even if they don't go to space, it will be very convenient and quick to take it to the other side of the ocean to visit friends.

The flying speed of the aerospace plane is very fast, which is convenient for fast passenger transportation around the world. The flight time between any two cities on the earth does not take more than 2 hours.

If these things are not enough to impress the chief of staff, then the military use of aerospace aircraft will shock the chief of staff.

Again, the flying speed of the aerospace plane is very fast, and the flight time between any two cities on the earth will take less than 2 hours, or even shorter.

For example, if you directly enter orbit and fly in orbit, you can circle the earth in 90 minutes!
This is a very fast way of passenger transportation.

If it can carry passengers, it can naturally carry other things, and then reach a certain city in a very short period of time.

Therefore, in the military, this aerospace aircraft can be used not only for global hypersonic transport, intercontinental bombing and strategic reconnaissance, but also as a space vehicle or space weapon. It is an "incomparable" attack and defense for ordinary bombers, fighter jets and missiles. strength.

Very early on, the Federation proposed two "aeroplane" plans.

One is a hypersonic transport aircraft intended to fly across the Pacific Ocean, called the "Orient Express", which can cruise at an altitude of 5 meters at 6 to 3 times the speed of sound, and it only takes two hours to fly from the federal east coast airport to the departure point. The capital of Cloud Kingdom.

The other is a "transatmospheric vehicle", which can fly in orbit or perform aerodynamic maneuvers in sub-orbits, and then travel at orbital speeds after returning to orbit.

40 years ago, the Federation officially began to implement the long-term development plan of aerospace aircraft. The total cost is estimated to be 200 billion federal currency, and the Federal Ministry of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration jointly conduct technical research.

In order to solve the problem of continuous hypersonic flight in the atmosphere, relevant research institutes and power laboratories have carried out research on hydrogen-fueled air turbine ramjet and supersonic combustion ramjet, and some breakthroughs have been made.

And the later timeline was also very precise. They accelerated the development of key technologies such as airframe design and power plant, and began to develop a test prototype and conduct flight tests.

if successful, it could serve as both a fast-response and inexpensive transport aircraft for transatmospheric flight, a reconnaissance vehicle equipped with computers and advanced detection equipment, and possibly an inexpensive, flexible and reusable space launch platform.

In future space battles, you can take part in combat as an aviation soldier, or join the ranks of the space army.

On the space battlefield, aerospace aircraft can also destroy enemy spacecraft, capture enemy satellites, and fight with enemy satellites. Its deterrence is comparable to nuclear weapons.

You can also launch more military satellites for your own troops, and deliver a large amount of military materials and supplies to your own troops.

It can even help one's own troops seize the absolute advantage on the electromagnetic battlefield and seize the dominance of the sky, cut off the enemy's communication, destroy various satellites of the enemy, and make the enemy's satellites unable to work for the enemy.

It is a new concept space weapon that is more flexible, faster, more powerful and has more functions than the space shuttle.

pity……

Because of technical problems, these are just assumptions, and the test machine failed.

However, the Federation did not give up, so there was a second-generation space shuttle project.

The civilian field is the Dream Chaser space shuttle, and the military field is the X-37B unmanned aerospace fighter. However, they all require rocket boosting for launch, so the preliminary preparation and launch process are still very complicated, and they are not real aerospace aircraft.

But I didn't expect that Fanxing would make a real aerospace plane first.

Although it is different from the aerospace plane in the traditional sense, the aerospace vehicle does not use the super engine as the breakthrough point, but the super fuel as the breakthrough point, but the function is not bad, so it can be regarded as an aerospace plane.

In fact, this is not the first time. There have been several times when the Freedom Federation has put forward very awesome ideas, but some of them have not been developed due to technical reasons, and some are purely strategic.

But after a period of time, I can always come up with something with a similar purpose, and then ask doubtfully: "Then what is this thing I made??"

In this case, how awesome they imagined at the beginning, how scared they are now!
"Where is the X-37B of the Aerospace Forces?"

the chief of staff asked.

"It just returned to the ground a month ago and is undergoing maintenance. It should be officially equipped after the next lift-off test is OK."

"There is no rush for formal equipment, but we must let it go into the air as soon as possible and equip it with laser weapons."

"Especially before the test flight of that space vehicle," the chief of staff instructed.

"Although the launch procedure of the X-37B is more complicated, as long as it enters orbit first, the results are actually similar."

"Okay, I'll arrange an expedited procedure right now."

"Ah."

Everyone here understands the meaning of the chief of staff, and the X-37B also has this strength. As a drone, it can stay in orbit for a long time, and it used to stay for more than two years.

It weighs about 5 tons, is 8.8 meters long, has a wingspan of about 4.6 meters, and is 2.9 meters high, so its size is much smaller than the space shuttle, but larger than ordinary orbiting satellites.

However, its fuselage layout is like a space shuttle. There is a 3-meter-long space in the middle of the fuselage, which is regarded as a cargo compartment, which can carry about 2 tons of cargo.

The built-in cargo compartment can be equipped with a small robotic arm, which can carry out orbital operations after reaching the orbit, such as grabbing enemy satellites in orbit, destroying spacecraft, releasing small payloads, and so on.

In order to meet the X-37B's on-orbit energy needs, folded solar panels are also carried in the cargo compartment, which can provide uninterrupted power supply after unfolding.

It is precisely because of its small carrying space that the current general view is that the X-37B's main function is to undertake reconnaissance, navigation, control, infrared detection and other relatively auxiliary functions.

Although the mechanical arm can be used as a weapon, the attack distance is too short.

But regardless of its small cargo compartment, it is still possible to carry some missiles, because the length of the magazine of the stealth fighter is slightly larger than this, and it is no problem to install a laser launcher. It can carry out long-range precision strikes and has great combat potential. .

Therefore, although the X-37B is not an aerospace plane, as long as it is lifted into the air, it has the same function. Even if it takes off one step earlier, it can get the first opportunity, and if something goes wrong, it can be the first to attack.

Since the X-37B needs to conduct reconnaissance and attack on enemy spacecraft, it needs to constantly change its orbit and have orbital maneuverability at different altitudes.

Moreover, the X-37B does need to constantly change orbits for defense, because there are too many orbital junks, and it may be hit by space debris if you are not careful.

High mobility combined with high aggressiveness, that's why the Chief of Staff wants it to go into the air as soon as possible
And now the analysis belongs to the analysis. It is not certain whether the aircraft in the video is an aerospace plane.

Fly if you have the ability!

(End of this chapter)