Hypersonic drone and ammunition for the destruction of electronic devices: China sums up the results of the year in the field of arms development

The end of December, according to the good old tradition, is the time to take stock. It is worth noting here that not only our country has achieved tangible success in 2021.

Summing up the results of the year in the development of weapons, China spoke about their achievements in one of the most attractive areas today - the development of a hypersonic weapons.

So, an engineer from the PRC Sun Zheng, together with his colleagues, proposed the concept of a hypersonic ammunition capable of moving at a speed of Mach 6 and hitting targets at a distance of 3000 km. This is comparable to the distance from the east coast of China to American Guam.

At the same time, the "highlight" of the aforementioned ammunition is that it does not carry a nuclear charge, but a special chemical explosive, upon detonation of which a powerful electromagnetic pulse is generated that can "burn" key enemy electronic devices within a radius of 2 km. Electronics are destroyed in seconds.

The warhead will detonate over the target area without physically damaging ground infrastructure, resulting in no loss of life. At the same time, intercepting such a munition will become an extremely difficult task, since it flies within the earth's atmosphere, remaining invisible to space-based early detection systems, and uses active stealth technology.

By the way about the "invisible". Another Chinese promising development in the field of hypersound is the latest drone. In May of this year, the PRC announced that a new installation, capable of simulating flight at an incredible speed of 30 times the speed of sound, will be ready “soon”. Potentially, such a UAV could be used against American stealth aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35, depriving the United States of air superiority.

In addition, it is worth recalling that earlier it was reported about the tests of the Celestial hypersonic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and which allegedly flew around the entire globe before gliding to the target.

Among other promising developments this year, Chinese military experts noted an artificial intelligence-based system capable of effectively tracking unidentified flying objects in China's airspace.

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[Hiroo Onoda]

In the upcoming celestial Empire it will be more difficult)
The collapse of the real estate giants will be a domino effect on the economy.

[Yarik]

It won't be in 2022, but in 2023

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Hiroo Onoda

In the upcoming celestial Empire it will be more difficult)
The collapse of the real estate giants will be a domino effect on the economy.

And real estate, as it were, is not the whale on which the Chinese economy rests. It seems like in the Middle Kingdom for several years in a row there has been a turn to stimulate the domestic market, so that it would be easier to survive the problems that may be arranged on the external circuit. Not?

[Hiroo Onoda]

Quote: Nyrobsky

real estate is not that whale

Of course it is not, and indeed, in no country is it such a whale, it is a consequence, not a cause, in the economy.
The US economy does not hold on to real estate, but the 2009 crisis from which the whole world was barely okay - was provoked precisely by the real estate market

[Seafood]

The only thing in common between the mortgage crisis of 2008 and the bankruptcy of Evergrande is that they have something to do with the real estate market. In the first case, banks like Lehman Brothers took loans (the leverage was ~ 30x real capital) for the subsequent lending of real estate that was becoming more expensive, so when the market collapsed, they simply could not pay off the bills and went bankrupt, and there was also nothing special to take from them, so in fact, most of the money "burned out". The same thing happened with other banks, except for those that were pulled out by the state. Evergrande is not a bank, but a developer with a large amount of property that he can mortgage or sell, or they will be taken away from him in payment in case of bankruptcy.

[Hiroo Onoda]

That's right, you said. But I think that only time will judge us. Let's wait.

[businessv]

Quote: Hiroo Onoda

the 2009 crisis from which the whole world barely got better - was provoked precisely by the real estate market

A bit wrong. The crisis was triggered by an overheated stock market and crazy, unsupported dividends. Real estate simply allowed ordinary citizens to feel the full extent of the crisis.

[businessv]

Quote: Nyrobsky

In the Middle Kingdom, for several years in a row, there has been a turn to stimulate the domestic market, so that it would be easier to survive the problems that may be arranged on the external circuit. Not?

This is exactly what it is. Abolished VAT on gold in any form within the country, which protects savings and saves citizens money. In addition, it ensures the regular flow of big money into the treasury.

[victor_47]

The degree of planning and directive management in the economy will simply increase. China's directive market economy will not digest anything like that!

[Hiroo Onoda]

Quote: viktor_47

The degree of planning and directive management in the economy will simply increase. China's directive market economy will not digest anything like that!

Yes you are right. And the more planning and directiveness grows, the more it grows well ... ah, sorry for my French. Stocking up on popcorn.

[Amateur]

In this case, the "highlight" of the aforementioned ammunition is that it does not carry a nuclear charge, but a special chemical explosive, upon detonation of which a powerful electromagnetic pulse is generated,

Actually, the explosive magnetic generator was invented by A.D. Sakharov in 1965. So there is nothing new.

[ja-ja-vw]

Quote: Amateur

Actually, the explosive magnetic generator was invented by A.D. Sakharov in 1965.

I will correct: I described the principes, and not one
Sakharov A.D., Lyudaev R.Z., Smirnov E.N. et al. Magnetic cumulation // DAN SSSR. 1965.
there everything went head to head (fusion))
Heinz Knoepfel "Pulsed high magnetic fields Physical effects and generation methods concerning pulsed fields up to the megaoersted level"
/ Laboratorio Gas Ionizzati (Euratom-CNKN) Frascati

[Amateur]

But do you agree that you are not Chinese in 2021?

[ja-ja-vw]

Well, of course.
they have priority only in paper.
holiday greetings

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Amateur

In this case, the "highlight" of the aforementioned ammunition is that it does not carry a nuclear charge, but a special chemical explosive, upon detonation of which a powerful electromagnetic pulse is generated,

Actually, the explosive magnetic generator was invented by A.D. Sakharov in 1965. So there is nothing new.

In principle, there may be nothing new or not, but in the delivery means, as it were, YES.

[rocket757]

a special chemical explosive, when detonated, a powerful electromagnetic pulse is generated,

... Is it there or is it a joke?
EMP, this is not a purely chemical process .... maybe an electric eel was "decoded", but even there, just electricity, a potential difference, nothing more.
In short, it is interesting that they invented or again a repetition of something previously invented ???

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: rocket757

In short, it is interesting that they invented or again a repetition of something previously invented ???

They compose fairy tales ... The paper tiger. The power of EMP from a nuclear weapon they want surpassed it is not clear what. They will not be able to break the law of conservation of energy. No explosion generators will give EMP in the long wavelength range and the power needed to burn out electronics in a wide area. The wavelength is determined by the dimensions of the ammunition. And the affected area is power.

[ja-ja-vw]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

The power of EMP from a nuclear weapon they want surpassed it is not clear what. They will not be able to break the law of conservation of energy. No explosion generators will give EMP in the long-wavelength range and the power needed to burn out electronics in a wide area

1.And is it always possible (do you need a nuclear loaf? And if the enemy crawled into your territory? - do not mind? You can burn your microcircuits
2. YABCH is a piece goods and expensive. It is stupid to apply it locally
3. EMR in a nuclear explosion is a different principle of occurrence.
It is impossible to control the process, to localize and direct too. The duration of this EMP is from 100 ns to 20 μs, with a peak from 10 to 60 nanoseconds, the frequency is 10 MHz-100 MHz.
The principle of EMP formation is different: Gamma radiation (high-energy photons) are quickly released in all directions from the explosion. Gamma radiation interacts with air molecules in the earth's atmosphere, ionizing it and releasing electromagnetic energy. This interaction process is called the "Compton effect".
in VMGCH

the gain can reach about 1000, and at an initial current of 3 ... 5 A, the current in the antenna at the end of the process is 3 ... 5 kA. In addition, the compression of the magnetic field in the tube causes (in accordance with the law of electromagnetic induction) the appearance of additional harmonics in the current oscillations increasing in frequency and amplitude, which significantly expands the spectrum of radiated electromagnetic interference. It becomes ultra-wideband (UWB) - the ratio of the center frequency to the band of radiated frequencies is close to 1. As you know, UWB signals have a uniform spatial distribution (circular radiation pattern)

The explosive magnetic generator emits not one pulse, but a packet - a wave train with a duration of ~ 10 μs with a continuously varying frequency. The radiation power for the first 3 μs is ~ 240 MW, for the remaining 7 μs - 6 GW.

Quote: rocket757

EMP, this is not a purely chemical process ...

this is a disturbance of the electromagnetic field, has nothing to do with "chemistry"
The principle of operation of the VMGCH based on direct conversion of chemical energy explosives (explosives) into electromagnetic radiation.

Today (among non-nuclear ones) it is chemical explosives that have a maximum energy storage density of ~ 10000 J / cc. This value is 4 orders of magnitude higher than the energy density in a charged alkaline battery and 5 orders of magnitude higher than in a high-voltage capacitor. In addition, the last two types of sources do not allow the accumulated energy to be converted into radiation in a few microseconds.

HMGCh consists of a copper tube equipped with an explosive, coaxial to a spiral winding tube with an inductance of 5 ... 10 μH, to which a high-voltage, pre-charged capacitor is connected, having a capacity of the order of 0,01 ... 0,1 μF. The winding is variable density to maximize the current in the LC circuit. An antenna is connected to the capacitor, which can become a piece of thick copper cable. The explosion expands the pipe, forming a converging cone, which connects the charged capacitor and further, movingrunning along the turns of the spiral, it sequentially short-circuits them. The current oscillating in the alternating LC-circuit is amplified according to the law [1] I = (Lo / L) ∙ Io, where I and Io are the current and initial values ​​of the current; L and Lo - current and initial values ​​of inductance, respectively (units of nH… units of μH).

[rocket757]

Thank you, of course ... I already found something to read, by the way I remembered what was shown in a feature film and a documentary, what it is ...
It can be assumed that such devices / ammunition have serious armies in their arsenal. Those who do not have it, they will.

[rocket757]

The idea has been developed for a long time and real ammunition should be in some, fans of such broads.
If they have not used it, this does not mean anything.
To me, too, from what the journalist wrote, it seemed that this was a fantasy ... but no, about something like that, even in the film the moment of using such a thing was shown, then I remembered that in the documentary they talked about this ... i.e. there is no smoke without fire.
I have not heard of such a real application.

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: rocket757

I have not heard about the real application of this

Read Prischepenko. "The rustle of a grenade." Be amazed at how deeply this question has been worked out. And it was realized.

[Vitaly gusin]

Quote: rocket757

To me, too, from what the journalist wrote, it seemed that this was a fantasy ... but no,

Quote: rocket757

To me, too, from what the journalist wrote, it seemed that this was a fantasy ... but no,

Happy New Year 2022!
I wish we would discuss such articles in theory, but not in practice!
You can find it here:
https://militaryarms.ru/boepripasy/bomby/elektromagnitnaya/

[rocket757]

Happy new year!
Better not to start something that can be fatal for everyone.

[Vitaly gusin]

Quote: rocket757

Better not to start something that can be fatal for everyone.

I agree, but the Pandora's box was opened in 1945 and today it can be fatal.
EMP, this is a slightly different type of weapon, not lethal.

[rocket757]

Yes, there is no such WEAPON, the use of which is absolutely safe ...
And as weapons that damage the infrastructure of the various, incl. and vital services for ensuring the safety and life of a person, only a complete cynic or id / I / po can be called "humane" ....
I will not list, such services, spheres, not one .... many more.

[Vitaly gusin]

Quote: rocket757

Yes, there is no such WEAPON, the use of which is absolutely safe ...

I cannot argue with you
But in a war (if God forbid it happened) all means are good to achieve victory.
Of all the EMR means at the first stage, it is the most humane. no injured or killed. Well, then, it all depends on what conditions the hostilities will end. If the losers are woodpeckers (the rules prohibit), then the people are out of luck. And if they care about the people, they will help to restore, but not in a military fashion.

[rocket757]

Quote: Vitaly Gusin

Of all the EMR means at the first stage, it is the most humane. no injured or killed.

Well, yes, especially when such garbage falls on the hospital / hospital! No sick, injured .... only corpses in intensive care and cardiology. There are a bunch of other places I can imagine where dead ends will appear relatively quickly ...
it will probably be safer on the front lines, in the trenches.

[Sergey BM]

Maybe a crooked translation.
Cesium iodide is most likely there.

[rocket757]

The method is known, and who and how will improve such devices, for sure, they will not say.

[Mountain shooter]

And a drone with such aerodynamics is very doubtful to be even strongly supersonic ... The wings are clearly great ...

[ja-ja-vw]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

... The wings are clearly great ...

no. even more happened

winglet sharklets at a strange angle to the longitudinal axis, and very large - should slow down a lot

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: ja-ja-vw

no. even more happened

Is this a hypersonic plane?

[ja-ja-vw]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Is this a hypersonic plane?

and I'm on

Quote: Mountain Shooter

And the drone with such aerodynamics it is very doubtful that even strongly supersonic.

Was the post about hypersound?
AND...
So for general development:
1.This iron

entered the 1 space 923-24M) into the atmosphere, many times, over the years, and his side maneuver, without thrust, was under 2500 km (if not confusing).
2. If there is no angle of attack (tends to 0) - the size of the THIN wing has little effect on the aerodynamic drag, compared to the midsection of the hull

[KCA]

"Valktria" was still very far from hypersound, 3.08 is not> 5M

[decimalegio]

Happy new year to all of you

[Jora bayramow]

If all this is true, then the Chinese have turned fiction into reality. A hypersonic drone, the speed of about 40 thousand km / h, is simply incomprehensible to the mind. Bravo, take an example! Now imagine a military alliance between the two powers.

[Kostadinov]

it carries not a nuclear charge, but a special chemical explosive, when detonated, a powerful electromagnetic pulse is generated that can "burn" key enemy electronic devices within a radius of 2 km. Electronics are destroyed in seconds.

1. If the efficiency of energy conversion is 100 percent (which never hits) and the chemical in the charge is 1 ton, then the energy in the pulse will be 1 ton.
In a nuclear charge of 10 kilotons at 1 percent efficiency, the energy in a pulse will be 100 tons.
2. At 2 km from 1 ton of energy to the target, it will reach very little if it is not concentrated in the desired direction, but this means greater accuracy and directionality of the blast, which will already equate this ammunition with leap-focus ones. But with a high-current ammunition of 1 tone, you can destroy not only the electronics of the target, but also the target itself.
3. With a similar impulse from the ground (which is much easier to do), you can burn the electronics of the ammunition itself, which means its complete loss, at the same time, for the target on the ground, the loss of electronics is only temporary and far from complete loss.