Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

The entire "Star Wars Plan" is divided into two parts: the "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Defense Plan" and the "Anti-Satellite Plan". The "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Defense Plan" consists of space-based reconnaissance satellites and space-based anti-missile satellites as the first line of defense. Conventional warheads or directional weapons attack strategic missiles in the stages of launch and passage through the atmosphere; land-based or ship-borne laser weapons destroy separation warheads that have penetrated the atmosphere; space-based directional weapons, electromagnetic kinetic energy weapons, or land-based or ship-borne lasers Weapons attack nuclear warheads flying before re-entering the atmosphere; use anti-missile missiles, kinetic energy weapons, particle beams and other weapons to destroy "fish that slip through the net" after re-entering the atmosphere.

Even the United States in 2100 may not be able to build such a dazzling and luxurious defense line. However, the Americans began to officially develop the "Star Wars Project" in 1985, and the ambitious plan began to be deployed in 1994. At least it must have combat effectiveness before the advent of the 21st century.

As a result, after the Soviet Union was wiped out, the United States disbanded the "Star Wars Project". This led the spectators to speculate that the entire "Star Wars Project" was simply a way to lure the Soviets into throwing money into the fire pit. It's a scam, and the United States doesn't take it seriously at all.

But that's not the case. The "Star Wars Project" is by no means an empty shell. It has many real things. After all, the Soviets are not stupid. If the United States does not come up with something genuine, how can it convince the other side?

In 1991, the Bush administration conducted a comprehensive and detailed evaluation of the "Star Wars Project." Many US military experts believe that many parts of the plan are too advanced (electromagnetic kinetic energy weapons, laser and microwave weapons, high-energy particle beams) and are even difficult to implement. Now that the Soviet Union no longer exists, there is no way to provide a solution for these. It's really stupid to spend a lot of money on nothing.

Subsequently, the Bush administration launched the "Smart Pebble" program. The goal of this program was to develop and equip missiles capable of intercepting missile attacks that directly attack important U.S. military targets, instead of tightly surrounding the entire U.S. territory and allies. The "Smart Pebble Project" seems to be a new plan, but it is actually a scaled-down version of the "Star Wars Project".

In addition, emerging industries such as space technology, information technology, and microelectronics that were once included in the "Star Wars Plan" and purely served the national defense strategy have also been separated from them and have achieved considerable development.

After hearing about the anti-missile system planned by Yannick, Dr. Braun had a look of admiration on his face. "Your Highness is really far-sighted. However, it may take some time to establish such a defense system."

Yannick smiled in his heart. What he was talking about was only the most primitive missile defense system. If I told you about the Americans' "Star Wars Plan", you would be frightened to death. "Of course, I don't intend to become fat in one go. This defense system will take ten years anyway."

After Dr. Braun left, Yannick continued to review the documents, one of which was the document on the successful development of the 105mm L/56 tank gun by Krupp. After taking a look, Yannick picked up the phone and called Krupp. "Little Alfred, has the 105mm tank gun been successfully developed? Well done. Have you heard of the electromagnetic rail gun?"

Electromagnetic railguns are nothing new. As early as 1920, Frenchman Fortune Villepleur published the article "Electric Artillery" and received three patents in the same year. Afterwards, Yugoslavia, the United States and other countries also conducted related research work. By the eve of World War II, there were as many as 45 patents on various electric guns.

The physics of an electromagnetic railgun are simple, but the math is complex. Railguns use electromagnetism to propel a conductive armature, which holds the projectile inside and fires it outward. Two parallel rails are connected to a power source. The two rails can be thought of as gun barrels. When current passes through the rails, it creates a magnetic field. The interaction of these perpendicular currents in the magnetic field creates the Lorentz force. This force Pushing the projectile outward through the barrel. The beauty of the Lorentz force is that it does not decay, which means the longer the barrel the higher the muzzle velocity.

The muzzle velocity of the electromagnetic railgun developed by the U.S. Navy in later generations was twice that of ordinary naval artillery, and the speed could reach Mach 6. If it weren't for the greatly increased air resistance at Mach 6 speed, it would have performed even more amazingly, and its range was super long, able to fly 200 nautical miles in 6 minutes. This advantage is unmatched by other chemical energy weapons. There is a limit to the speed that chemical energy weapons can reach. To reach higher speeds, it can only be pushed through multiple stages, such as a rocket with a multi-stage body.

Germany also developed electromagnetic rail guns during World War II in the original time and space. At the end of World War II, the German army continued to search for and actively develop various new weapons, trying to use new weapons to save the defeat, and the electromagnetic rail gun was also one of them. Dr. Yahim Hansler, who is in charge of the experimental project, has achieved outstanding results. In 1944, he used a 2-meter-long guide rail to accelerate a 10-gram cylindrical aluminum projectile to 0.8 kilometers per second, which is almost three times the speed of sound. In 1945, he connected two rail guns in series to achieve an initial velocity of 21 kilometers/second.

Technologically speaking, this was a remarkable achievement, but in terms of military practicality it was quite pitiful. The Germans tried very hard to accelerate the metal equivalent of a bullet warhead to the bullet's muzzle velocity. In other words, the lethality of this complex rail gun was only equal to that of an ordinary rifle.

After World War II, Hansler's electromagnetic railgun data fell into the hands of the US military. In 1946, the U.S. Army Equipment Department commissioned the Armor Research Foundation to specifically evaluate Hansler's technology and concluded that the energy supply problem could not be solved, and the track material problem was not easy to solve.

Each launch of a railgun consumes a huge amount of electrical energy. Just overcoming the static friction in the barrel of a miniature railgun requires considerable energy and generates considerable heat. It is no exaggeration to say that every time the rail gun is fired, it feels like it is being torn apart, and the huge heat generated will even melt the rail. This is an inevitable side effect, so the rail gun needs to rest for a long time after firing a few times to wait for the rail. heat dissipation. In order for it to have sufficient power, it must be equipped with a power supply capable of providing 25 megawatts of power. Even if a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has this capability, after providing power to the shipboard system and propulsion system, the remaining power is not enough to ensure the normal use of the rail gun. This is why the rail gun has not been put into actual combat.

Little Alfred asked respectfully. "I heard a little bit that His Highness asked us to build an electromagnetic gun?"

"This thing is not something that can be built just by making it. Let's start a project and study it slowly." If something can be done in 20 years, it will be considered very soon.