China's new weapon attracts people's attention: surfing "anti-ship missiles"

Will China's new weapons stand out? Wave anti-ship missile.

The research team of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics tested a small UAV that can sneak underwater. Many netizens said that this is an "anti-ship missile" that can surf, and the participation of this weapon in future naval battles will add more variables. Let's talk about the technology of this submersible plane and its possible positioning in the war.

Possibility of anti-ship of submersible

As far as the small diving UAV tested by the research team of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is concerned, it is difficult to become an "anti-ship missile" because of its small size.

From the performance point of view, its wingspan and length are not more than 1 m, so there is no room for installing power, navigation and other equipment in this volume. If fitted with an explosive warhead, it may be as powerful as a Grenade. This kind of power kills people at most, and it is impossible to want to fight against ships.

So can this submersible drone be bigger?

Taking the human science and technology tree as an example, it is difficult to enlarge it when its parameters can meet the military needs. If diving and flying want to meet enough performance parameters, the technical direction is opposite. In order to swim fast, the submersible needs to be close to streamline, that is, drop shape. But if an airplane wants to fly fast, it must be thin and have enough wingspan.

In history, apart from the airship filled with hydrogen and helium, there has never been a drop-shaped aircraft or a flat submersible. The submersible manufactured by the research team of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been the best direction to meet the military needs, that is, miniaturization. Small enough means that it will suffer less resistance under water and water, which can ensure its faster speed. If it is made large enough, it may be as fast as a tram on land.

In fact, even if the submersible is small enough, its speed is still very slow. The flying speed of the submersible aircraft manufactured by the research team of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is120km per hour, which is almost 0. 1 Mach.

The cruising speed of modern normal jet aircraft is basically Mach 0.7~0.8, and the fifth generation aircraft can realize supersonic cruising. As for anti-ship missiles, the speed of Mach 2~3 is already very slow, and it is basically impossible to guarantee that the enemy fleet's air defense firepower can be broken below this speed. 0. 1 mach, which is similar to tortoise crawling in front of modern fleet air defense system, not to mention that it is almost impossible for this submarine drone to be equipped with warheads.

Therefore, it is impossible to use this submersible as an anti-ship weapon, at least at the current level of human science and technology.

Soviet and American diving planes

In fact, this kind of submersible plane is not an idea put forward by China. As early as the 1930s, the Soviet Union had related projects. At that time, the Soviet Military Scientific Research Inspection Committee set up the LPL project, and in 1938, a prototype of this submarine plane was built.

In the Soviet union's vision, this weapon can approach the enemy from underwater and ambush the enemy with its high superiority and maneuverability after flying out of the water. However, after the Soviet Union made samples, it was found that with the current level of human science and technology, the positioning of LPL could only be PPT left on the drawings.

The speed of this Soviet submersible plane in the sky is quite satisfactory, reaching 200 kilometers per hour, but the underwater speed is only 2-3 knots, which is 3.7-5.55 kilometers per hour. The voyage is only 5~6 nautical miles, that is, 9.26 ~1.11km. In terms of weapons, LPL can only carry two 457 mm torpedoes and two close-range machine guns.

Regardless of this weapon, this voyage and speed are far from meeting military needs. This voyage of 10 km basically has no ability to fight independently at sea and can only be delivered by warships or planes. However, the warship or plane has approached the place about 0/0 km away from the enemy ship/KLOC-0, so it is obviously a better choice to bring two more missiles.

In terms of speed, it is impossible to catch up with enemy ships at this speed of 2~3 knots. Even if you fire a torpedo at an enemy ship, you can't run away at its speed. Therefore, the Soviet LPL diving plane only has a prototype, and various discussions circulating on the Internet have never been listed. Decades later, the United States also proposed to engage in diving aircraft.

In 2008, the United States also proposed related projects, but no new news came out, which shows that there are many technical problems in this kind of thing that are difficult to solve.

Possible positioning of China submersible

The submersible developed by China may have three orientations, the first is special operations, the second is reconnaissance, and the third is information warfare.

Special operations are easy to understand. Although our country's submersible can't be used as a Grenade when it is mounted on a warhead. In some special operations in special war scenes, it is possible to exert miraculous effects. As for reconnaissance, it is easier to understand. It can't blow up warships. Mounted reconnaissance equipment is sonar or radar that can move by itself.

Like anti-submarine warfare, many warships will drop towed sonar. If sonar can be installed on this submersible, warships can cast sonar in the form of "casting nets" during anti-submarine. As for information warfare, it is mainly information fraud.

For example, before the Gulf War officially broke out, the United States used electronic fighters to simulate the signals of American fighters every day and flew around the Iraqi border, making the Iraqi military mistakenly think that the US military had fully attacked.

After the U.S. military has done it several times, the Iraqi military has no response to these signals from the U.S. military, and its vigilance will begin to relax.

When the Gulf War officially broke out, the US air force fleet really flew over, and the Iraqi air defense forces were crushed and destroyed because they were unprepared.

If China's submarine drones can achieve information warfare, they can also achieve similar results in naval battles. These submersible drones can simulate the signals of a large number of submarines. If their production cost is low enough, they can be destroyed by enemy anti-submarine forces. The enemy will also start to slack off, which is a very effective tactic in the long war of attrition.