Chapter 1115 - Cyclotron (2/2)

Time was like clockwork, and July pa.s.sed very quickly.

Perhaps the microwave weapon left an impressive impression on the pilots of the fighters on the aircraft carrier, the UA aircraft carrier battle group did not conduct any drastic exercises since it entered the Guam military base. Every day, the F-35s took off from the military base, but the route all avoided the air defense identification zone of Xin without exception.

Obviously, the UA didn’t want to cause more misunderstandings during this critical period.

On the other hand, the UA had resorted to its usual tactics, military high-profile actions combined with diplomatic offensives. Secretary of State Kerry frequently visited Asian countries, ostensibly to strengthen economic and trade cooperation, but in fact, was pointing to Xin and planning to blockade the Global Grid Plan.

Xia s.h.i.+yu was extremely stressed over this matter.

Although the irreplaceability of Celestial Trade’s product made it impossible for UA companies to take over, the UA diplomatic approach played a significant role and caused the expansion of the Global Grid Plan in West Asia and South American to almost completely stagnate.

However, Jiang Chen was not in a hurry. He could allow Kerry to create some chaos in Asia first. By the time the 2019 Asia-Pacific military exercise began, he prepared plenty of ways for UA to lose its face.

The Ange High-Tech Industrial Park, an industrial park that condensed the cutting-edge technology of the entire Xin, had more than doubled its size compared to six months ago.

Since Future Military became independent of Future Heavy Industries, CEO Ling Tao built new factories with the budget approved by the headquarters. They built a lab dedicated to weapon development upon Jiang Chen’s request.

At the moment, a giant turret, about 25 meters long and about 12 meters wide, was placed in an empty lab warehouse. The shape of the turret looked like a giant pot. The pot handle was embedded in the pot from the middle and flipped over on the ground.

Since the barrel was too heavy, it must be suspended by a mechanical arm on the ceiling.

From the huge volume, it was easy to guess the use of this weapon.

Other than the stars.h.i.+ps that flew in the air, it seemed that no wars.h.i.+p could carry this ma.s.sive turret.

Outside the protective gla.s.s of the warehouse, Ling Tao showed and explained to Jiang Chen the latest masterpieces of Future Military.

“Sirius X-1, a cyclotron-type electromagnetic pulse cannon prototype. The projectiles are launched in two acceleration stages. The first stage of acceleration is completed on the double circular magnetic tracks in the turret, while the barrel begins to charge. After the first stage of acceleration, the maximum speed of the projectile, in theory, can reach Mach 40. After entering the barrel, the projectile starts to accelerate at the second stage, and the theoretical exit speed can reach Mach 67, which is more than 35% of the third cosmic speed!”

Ling Tao showed heartfelt pride.

Since a year ago, scientists in Future Military began to study the cyclotron. After countless days and nights of experiments, they finally made a breakthrough, as they raised the speed of the electromagnetic pulse cannon by an order of magnitude. It was no exaggeration to say that this electromagnetic pulse cannon was the masterpiece of Future Military.

Different from the war in a traditional sense.

In the war within the stellar system, two crucial issues must be considered, namely the speed of gravity and relative motion.

Different tracks corresponded to different surrounding speeds. If the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p on track A wanted to hit the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p on track B, it was not as simple as aiming at the target. If the speed of the bullet was not fast enough, it may fly away and become a meteorite in the solar system or even a satellite of a certain planet.

In actual combat, even if the speed exceeded the third cosmic speed, it was not enough.

However, Earth civilization finally gained a fighting chance against the threat outside of the solar system. It was no longer helpless.

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