Military Technology

Chapter 2382 The future battlefield will belong to drones

Do you mean that the size of the sub-attack drones carried by our intelligent cluster attack drone is still too small, resulting in too few numbers? Their size should be reduced and their number should be increased. Lin Jiaming asked thoughtfully.

Wu Hao, on the other hand, shook his head: "I'm not dissatisfied with the two smart cluster attack drones you are currently experimenting with, but I think there should be one with smaller attack drones and a larger number. Intelligent cluster attack drones are used to target specific battlefield environments."

Understood, we will conduct a special discussion on this suggestion you made later to see where to start. Zhou Yonghui smiled and nodded.

When Wu Hao heard the other party's answer, he smiled and nodded. Then he looked at the burning and smoking target on the shooting range below, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart.

The battlefield for a long time to come will belong to drones.

After hearing Wu Hao's words, the two of them couldn't help but nodded. They are engaged in drone technology research and naturally know the power of drones. Fortunately, these technologies are within our own grasp. If foreign countries mastered them before us, how much pressure would we face?

However, the bottleneck in drone technology is very small. To be precise, the lower threshold is very low and the upper limit is very high. Some militants use civilian drones for reconnaissance, or put grenades on drones and fly them over enemy positions to drop them. Or stick a badminton on the end of the grenade and use it as a bomb to blow up the opponent. Others directly strap ammunition to the drone and then collide with the enemy target to detonate.

The upper limit is very high, such as some medium and large UAVs integrating surveillance and attack, and some high-altitude and long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of strategic reconnaissance. As well as some stealth drones that undertake strategic strike missions, or "loyal wingmen" that assist in combat operations.

And these drones are not only used for reconnaissance and ground strikes, but can also undertake air combat missions. A typical representative is the Fuji smart attack drone they dropped bombs before.

In addition, these drones can also be used in a series of cutting-edge fields such as air surveillance, early warning, refueling, relay communications, electronic warfare, etc. Because of their long time in the air, unmanned operation, and low cost, they can undertake various arduous combat tasks and enter dangerous airspace. In this regard, it is difficult for conventional special aircraft to achieve this.

However, precisely because they know more about drone technology, they are full of worries about future wars dominated by drones. They can come up with advanced drone technology and drone weapons and equipment. Then can't the enemy develop drones that are equally or even more advanced than them?

If at that time, how should they deal with the drones flying all over the sky?

"As the people who know UAVs best, you also know the shortcomings and shortcomings of these UAVs, so I ask you to start researching anti-UAV weapons at the same time. Especially when UAVs are rampant on various battlefields. Under such circumstances, research on weapons and equipment technology for anti-UAVs becomes even more urgent.

Although we have developed several anti-drone weapons and equipment, I think this is not enough. We should pay more attention to the actual combat background of drones and develop more targeted weapons based on the characteristics of drone combat. Defensive weaponry comes out. "

After hearing Wu Hao's words, Zhou Yonghui and Lin Jiaming couldn't help but nodded. Research on technical equipment for anti-UAVs has never stopped, but because they have not paid enough attention, the results in this area have been relatively limited. That's why Wu Hao is experiencing turmoil now. It seems that they will pay more attention and invest in this aspect in the future.

"The best anti-UAV weapon, apart from laser weapons, is the UAV itself. Laser weapons are affected by weather conditions, and their role is relatively limited. So I think our focus in the next step is still Put it on a drone and develop an anti-drone drone." Lin Jiaming suggested to Wu Hao and Zhou Yonghui after hearing this.

After hearing Lin Jiaming's words, Zhou Yonghui shook his head and said: "We have developed an air defense drone a long time ago. It also has very good air defense performance, and the defense and interception experiments for drones are also very good. If it is successful, why should we start over again and develop an anti-drone drone from a young age?”

In this regard, Lin Jiaming shook his head: "Air defense drones are a bit too comprehensive. I think it is still necessary to develop one specifically for drones, especially for suicide attack drones. Weapons and equipment, and drones are obviously the most suitable choice.

Looking at various battlefields in recent years, there seems to be a trend of proliferation of small drones. There are even drones broadcasting live broadcasts of battlefields and battles, and every move on the ground on the entire battlefield can be seen very clearly. However, The two warring parties didn't notice it at all.

There is also a swarm attack. Although the current scale is still too small, traditional air defense weapons and equipment are no longer adequate for drones attacking in a swarm manner.

Even our air defense drones are somewhat difficult to deal with such a large-scale swarm of attack drones. Therefore, there must be such a drone equipped that can handle swarm attacks with ease to change this situation. "

Hearing Lin Jiaming's words, Wu Hao nodded slightly to express his appreciation, and then asked him, "If you have any specific ideas, please tell us."

Seeing Wu Hao asking, Lin Jiaming nodded, then sorted out his thoughts, and then said slowly: "My idea is actually very simple. It is to develop an intelligent anti-drone air defense system. Its general shape can be the same as ours." The regional light air defense system is similar, also using containers. This can not only facilitate transportation, but also facilitate deployment.

However, compared with the regional light air defense system, this intelligent anti-drone air defense system is more intelligent, responds faster, and has more fierce firepower.

It must be able to launch and release a sufficient number of small drones in the shortest time to intercept and attack incoming drones and drone swarms.

In my imagination, this intelligent anti-drone air defense system can be divided into four types: light, medium, heavy, and man-portable. As the name suggests, the individual soldier type can be carried by a single soldier and used for air defense by some infantry squads.

When necessary, it can be deployed on a position or near a temporary camp to conduct air defense and intercept suicide attack drones that suddenly attack. "