Free Web NovelChapter 1216: Chapter 589 Significant Advances in Material Manufacturing Technology_1
The space strike experiment of the Z-Wave Satellite Weapon was quite successful, but there was still much room for improvement. The most important aspect was increasing the service lifespan of the weapon.
The drawbacks of the Z-Wave Satellite Weapon were obvious because maintaining the magnetic field for the Z-wave generator consumed a lot of energy, and the power provided by the solar panels was far from sufficient. This directly affected the service time, which could only last for a year in theory. In reality, under normal circumstances, the service lifespan would not exceed ten months.
This duration was simply too short.
The Z-wave team held a major research and development meeting with other relevant personnel to discuss the service issue of the Z-wave weapons and talked about a series of technical improvements. Ultimately, they found that because they could not be self-sufficient in energy, there was no possible solution.
If they wanted a longer service time, there were only two auxiliary plans:
One was to build a certain number of Z-Wave Satellite Weapons, along with the matching launch propulsors, but not to activate the weapons. Instead, they were to be kept in storage, ready for launch and use when actually needed.
This was a viable plan.
The Z-wave was significant not only for active strikes on targets in space but also for air defense. There were already plans to build many ground-based Z-wave generators, and adding some that could be launched into space seemed feasible. It was also a good option to launch them when needed.
The other plan was to wait for anti-gravity technology to be applied in the aerospace field and build a large space base. With such a facility, batches of Z-Wave Weapons could be stationed at the space base, ready to be launched to perform various predetermined tasks, like fighter jets in a space base.
Of course, this plan required waiting. They couldn’t predict the requirements for the space base at the current stage.
The R&D meeting eventually made a decision, opting for the first plan to build an initial batch of twenty Z-Wave Satellite Weapons. Increasing production numbers could enhance batch capabilities, with more to be added gradually as needed.
The second decision was to start the research, development, and construction of ground-based Z-wave Generators.
Ground-based Z-wave Generators, which could be constructed on a larger scale and emit Z-waves with greater energy intensity, would have a minimum coverage range exceeding 30,000 kilometers, capable of directly striking space targets.
Of course.
The notion of ’striking space targets’ was for the time being just that—a notion. Existing detection technology made it extremely difficult to lock onto satellites in space unless one’s own satellites were tracking and calculating the target’s position continuously; otherwise, achieving target lock was too challenging.
Therefore, the ground-based Z-wave Generators built were, for now, only applicable in the conventional air defense field.
Ground-based Z-wave Generators had far superior performance, not only in terms of increased range. With sufficient energy supply, they could fire as often as every five minutes. In addition, each Z-Wave Weapon System could be used continuously without any component wear and tear beyond the regular energy consumption.
Furthermore, the cost of building ground-based Z-wave Generators was very low. The estimated manufacturing cost for each system was less than 20 million RMB, and the energy cost for each Z-wave launch was only about 100,000 RMB.
This price point was astonishingly low.
By comparison, internationally renowned Patriot Air Defense Missiles cost about five million USD to launch once, with the cost of a single launch exceeding the entire cost of a Z-wave Generator. freeweɓnøvel.com
Because of the low cost and remarkable effectiveness, the meeting quickly decided to manufacture an initial two hundred ground-based Z-wave Generator devices to be integrated into the air defense system and put into active service. They also planned to ramp up related technological research to strive for even more advanced ground-based Z-wave Generators.
While progress was being made in the technological development of Z-wave Generators, the highly anticipated controlled nuclear fusion technology with anti-gravity finally advanced.
Controlled nuclear fusion technology with anti-gravity had always been the utmost priority in research and development, even more, important than all other technologies combined, because controlled nuclear fusion technology represented an infinite energy source. freёwebnovel.com
Energy was the ultimate resource.
The difficulty in nuclear fusion technology lay in ’control.’ The discovery of spatial shields and the environment of spatial barriers provided new methods for controlling nuclear fusion. Following the initiation of the research project and the concentrated efforts of many technical personnel, one breakthrough after another was achieved. Finally, the first anti-gravity nuclear fusion device was constructed.
The news reported by the nuclear institute and the anti-gravity team immediately garnered everyone’s attention.
The person in charge of the anti-gravity nuclear fusion project, Academician Chen Zeshu, said regarding the first anti-gravity nuclear fusion device, "This device is still just an experimental apparatus, theoretically capable of sustaining a nuclear fusion reaction for up to seven hours continuously."
"The current technical challenge is that during the internal reaction process, the energy is uneven. We need to keep experimenting to make corrections."
"We have already calculated the optimal anti-gravity environment with the anti-gravity team, but maintaining stability is a big issue. Any slight deviation in any part of the device can greatly impact the whole. Many times, we have had to stop the experiments because of some small errors."
