Chapter 190 The Boss’ Question

Author: September Sauce

Chapter 190 The Boss’ Question

DF-17, one of the most powerful weapons of the country in Chen Nian’s impression.

If the DF-15's so-called "aircraft carrier killer" reputation is exaggerated, then the DF-17 is worthy of its name.

After all, it would be extremely easy for a missile that combines the three capabilities of hypersonic penetration, terminal change maneuvering, and Qian Xuesen ballistics and has an accuracy within 50 meters to completely sink an aircraft carrier.

It couldn't be easier.

No matter how awesome your shield ship is, I have my own way of playing.

If one round is not enough, use two rounds; if two rounds are not enough, use three rounds.

Only a very small number is needed to break through the upper limit of the aircraft carrier formation's air defense system, so that saturation attacks no longer need to be truly "saturated."

Therefore, spending a certain amount of resources to accelerate the development process of DF-17 is definitely the right choice.

The reason is very simple, there is only one reason:

The United States has accelerated its confrontation, so we have to accelerate our own asymmetric countermeasures.

However, how to maximize returns from such a strategy is another topic.

After returning to his residence, Chen Nian first checked the system's analytical source point requirements for DF-17.

As he expected, the analysis requirements of this equipment are not low. When packaged, a total of 3.2 source points are needed.

Although it is not too many compared to Chen Nian's existing 7.7 source points, it is not necessary to spend it like this.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Nian recalled the memory of DF-17 in his mind.

According to his understanding of this weapon, the DF-17 has three core technologies:

The first one is the shape of the waverider.

The second is the scramjet engine in the booster rocket.

The third is a comprehensive heat-resistant system with the warhead's high-temperature resistant materials, integrated thermal structure design, and heat insulation and heat dissipation materials as the main modules.

The first two items have clear analysis targets. If analyzed separately, only 1.2 source points are needed.

But the third one is a bit troublesome

Because he has no idea what the high-temperature resistant materials used in DF-17 are, nor the performance parameters it needs to achieve, nor how to design the system under unknown performance.

He could only try to package various keywords into the system for analysis, but the final result was unsatisfactory.

A total of 1.6 source points are still needed, which is a bit cheaper than its DF-17 overall analysis, but not much cheaper.

Seeing this result, Chen Nian couldn't help but frowned.

How about discussing it with other people first?

But soon, he reacted again:

Currently, DF-17 is still in the pre-research stage. If you don’t have the information, it is impossible for anyone in the country to have it.

There is no use looking for experts, it is better to rely on yourself than relying on anyone.

In the final analysis, isn’t it just the three pillars of heat-resistant materials + structural design + ablative heat dissipation coating?

Do it!

Let’s first solve the problem of heat-resistant materials. This thing has the previous foundation. It is estimated that it will take at most one day to find the direction.

If new materials are involved, throw them directly to the system.

In terms of structural design, the core is nothing more than a fuel circulation cooling system. Similarly, it takes a certain amount of time to debug and find out the appropriate direction, and then the system takes over the specific parameter design and the scheme design is done.

As for the ablative heat dissipation coating, first use the TBC coating from the previous J-22. If it is not enough, then find a way to get the Materials Research Institute to cooperate and find new directions with you.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian's idea suddenly became clear.

He picked up the phone and dialed a number that he had gradually become familiar with.

"Hello, Professor Guo, I am Chen Nian."

"It's like this. I want to make an appointment at the laboratory of the Institute of Materials Science and Technology tomorrow. Please see if you can spare some time there. I'll go over there."

"Yes, there are some plans for new materials, but I don't have any ideas so far, so I want to go to the laboratory to have a look first."

"Okay, I understand, I'll call you when the time comes."

The person on the other end of the phone is Guo Qi.

He naturally agreed to Chen Nian's request, which made Chen Nian feel relieved.

He took a deep breath, threw himself on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

On the other side, Chen Guo is busy gathering people from all walks of life to prepare for the DF-17 project.

The most critical role involved is Zhu Xuejun of the Launch Vehicle Technology Research Institute, also known as CALT.

In fact, before today, Chen Guo had almost never heard of this name.

Because, although aerospace has always been inseparable, in fact, the two directions are very different in terms of technological development and division of work, and staff members have few opportunities to contact each other.

It wasn't until Chen Nian mentioned this name that he went to the intranet to check the information and found out that Zhu Xuejun was really a big shot.

When she was only 30 years old, she had already served as the chief engineer of a project, and in 1999 she served as the chief engineer of a long-range ballistic missile project.

The project is still ongoing, and she herself has become one of the candidates for academician of the Academy of Sciences.

The reason why her reputation is not known is because the strategic significance of the work she is engaged in is too important, and the official has deliberately downplayed and kept it confidential.

If Chen Nian hadn't called her name, he probably wouldn't have known about this person for a long time in the future.

Because, regardless of his position in the Spark Team, his level is very different from others.

Even if you want to climb high, you can't find a ladder.

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But here comes the question, how did Chen Nian know?

Chen Guo was too lazy to dig deeper and dialed Zhu Xuejun's number.

As soon as the call was connected, he revealed his identity. Zhu Xuejun's confidentiality level was high enough. According to the confidentiality principle of the Spark Team, he had nothing to hide in front of her.

Zhu Xuejun had obviously heard rumors about Xinghuo from various channels. She did not show too much doubts about this, but revealed a hint of curiosity in her words:

"So, you called me today because of the Spark Team's new project? Is it related to my major?"

"Yes, or to put it more directly, this should have been your CALT project."

Chen Guo answered calmly.

He secretly thought to himself that it would be easier to deal with such a strong woman. There would be no need to beat around the bush, and people would immediately guess your intentions.

"Our project? Are you talking about the DF series? Will there be any changes to the project at hand?"

"There are no changes. What we want to do is start a new project."

"New project?"

Zhu Xuejun on the other end of the phone became more and more curious.

There is obviously already a project in the institute, why is there a new one now?

Moreover, looking at the situation, this so-called new project still needs to be handed over to myself?

This is a bit nonsense.

Don’t talk about whether you can keep up with your experience. Even if you can keep up, all the burden will be placed on yourself, which is not in line with the rules of talent cultivation.

Thinking of this, she continued to speak without waiting for Chen Guo to explain:

"It's a good thing to have new projects. I heard that you will also provide funds and resources. In fact, everyone wants to do it."

"But the problem is. I actually already have a project in hand, so it's not reasonable to take on new projects."

After hearing Zhu Xuejun's words, Chen Guo explained:

"This does not meet your project management requirements, but there is nothing we can do."

"The project time is very tight, only two months."

"So, we need a strong leader to complete this project, and you are the best candidate."

"As for the question of whether it is reasonable or not, don't worry, we will take care of your superiors."

On the other end of the phone, Zhu Xuejun was silent for a moment, then sighed and said:

"Okay, tell me about the specifics of the project?"

In fact, after hearing the words "the time is only two months", she was already worried about this project.

Because from her perspective, the time that is compressed to this extent is either a small improvement project or some formalistic project with great success.

No matter which one it is, it is actually disrespectful to one's ability, and can even be said to be an insult.
To be continued...