Chapter 339: Ballistic Missile (9)

Wesley was surprised to see that the test missile they developed disintegrated in the air. He did not understand why the missile they had worked so hard to develop was such a result.
"Wesley, there must be something wrong with the missile's warhead. Didn't you see that the missile's warhead caught fire first!"
After carefully recalling the scene just now, Jonis was sure that there was still a problem with the warhead of the test bomb.
"There is a problem with the warhead, how is this possible? Haven't we tested it before!" Wesley still didn't believe it. Although he had seen the warhead of the test bomb catch fire first, he didn't think it was a problem with the warhead.
"There may be a problem with the previous test." Jonis had already had a foreboding, and he felt that there might be a problem with the titanium warhead they developed last time.
"Teacher, how is this possible? What's wrong with the experiment we two did together." Wesley looked at the teacher in confusion.
"Go, go back and do another test to find out."
Jonis knew it was useless to say anything now, only to go back and do another experiment to know the result!
"Okay, let's go back and do another experiment!" Wesley can't argue with the teacher anymore, he can only go back with the teacher and do another experiment.
The two hurriedly returned to the test room, then took a titanium test bomb again, and tied it to the circular test device to start the test as before.
Jonis himself pressed the start button.
The circular device began to spin quickly.
About ten minutes later, the warhead suddenly caught fire.
Jonis quickly put the button down again and turned the switch off. The circular device stopped slowly.
Jonnis and Wesley watched in surprise at this time that the titanium bullet tied to the circular device had melted, and the pointed head was gone, only a dent was left.
"How about, Wesley, what else do you have to say." Jonis looked at the titanium warhead on the device that had been burnt by the high temperature, and he looked at his student Wesley somewhat gleefully.
"Teacher, what is going on? The last time we tested it, wasn't it good? Why didn't this test work anymore!"
Wesley saw that the titanium warhead tied to the circular device had collapsed. He felt very strange. The two completely different test results made him unacceptable.
"Wesley, I know what's going on now. When we did the experiment last time, it must be because the voltage was low, so the rotation speed of the circular device was not so high. In this way, the titanium warhead naturally did not let High temperature melting.
Because the speed is not fast enough, the friction force generated is not high enough, and the resulting high temperature is not high enough to reach the melting point of titanium metal. Therefore, this titanium warhead has not melted.
But when we were doing a test missile test just now, when the missile dived down in the air, the speed was more than ten times the speed of sound. This speed is enough to generate a high temperature of two to three thousand degrees above the warhead.
And the melting point of titanium is only more than 1,600 degrees! A high temperature of two to three thousand degrees has been generated on the titanium warhead just now, do you think the titanium warhead can not melt!
The warheads were on fire and melted, so the test missile hasn't tumbled and exploded in the air! Now, you should understand what is going on! "
Jonis saw that Wesley didn't quite understand why the missile test failed, so he explained to Wesley in detail.
"Teacher, what should we do then! Can we still successfully develop the ballistic missile!" When Wesley heard the teacher's words, he was a little discouraged.
"How can't it, isn't any new weapon successfully studied after a series of test failures! This ballistic missile is a new weapon, of course, it may have failed many times in the development process."
As a veteran military worker, Jonis has developed many kinds of weapons. He knows that researching every new weapon requires a series of failures before it can be successfully developed!
"Teacher, what should we do next!" Wesley was at a loss for a moment.
"What else, continue to develop missile warheads. The test of titanium warheads just failed, then we will test tungsten warheads to see if it works. If it doesn't work, then we will consider using some alloy warheads."
Jonis knew that now there was no other way, only one experiment for each metal. See how it is, if you don't, you can only use some alloy.
But what kind of alloy is better, he doesn't know! Anyway, this is what they will do next.
"Okay, let's go ahead and try it with a tungsten warhead!" Wesley is not awesome this time, and can only do as the teacher said.
Besides, Zhao Zhongyao also encountered a little problem! He made a test warhead with tungsten from the beginning.
But during the experiment just now, there was almost an accident.
That's why he designed this device.
Because the experimental device he designed is a bit too simple. There is not even a protective cover outside.
When he and Yan Mingcheng were experimenting with tungsten warheads just now, something went wrong!
Originally, Zhao Zhongyao tied the tungsten warhead to the test device, and he tied it very firmly.
But he didn't expect that the tungsten metal warhead would become soft after rotating and heating.
Once the metal becomes soft, it naturally cannot be firmly fixed to the device. In the case of high-speed rotation, it is naturally easy to fall off.
Zhao Zhongyao was still quick and fast, so he hurriedly turned the power switch off and cut off the power of the test device. So the test device quickly stopped.
At this time, the tungsten warhead also fell loosely to the ground.
Think about it if Zhao Zhongyao hadn't cut off the power supply just now, the consequences would be very serious.
At that time, Yan Mingcheng was standing next to the test device. If the tungsten warhead suddenly flew out of the test device, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Damn! Zhongyao, it's so risky! If you hadn't cut off the power in time, maybe I had been shot!"
Yan Mingcheng looked at the tungsten warhead that fell under his feet, still feeling scared for a while!
"Old Yan, I'm sorry, I didn't consider safety issues when designing this device!" Zhao Zhongyao knew this was his own cause, so he quickly apologized to Yan Mingcheng!
"Forget it, am I a soldier! This is nothing. Even if I am injured, is it a public injury? It is the same as being injured on the battlefield."
Yan Mingcheng is a cheerful person, and naturally he will not care about Zhao Zhongyao because of this.
"Anyway, this is also my problem, I have to apologize to you!" Zhao Zhongyao said politely again.
"Forget it, Zhongyao, hurry up and say how to get this device! Now that I have time to with these useless things." Yan Mingcheng said nonchalantly.
"It seems that our device needs to be improved! This won't work, it's too dangerous." Zhao Zhongyao also saw the hidden danger.
"How to change that, I will let the workers start to work immediately." Yan Mingcheng said, looking at the test device in front of him.
"You need to add a protective cover to the outside, so even if the warhead falls off the track, isn't it no problem!" Zhao Zhongyao has already thought of how to improve.
"Are you talking about adding another iron cage outside!" Yan Mingcheng already understood what Zhao Zhongyao meant.
"Yes, that's what it means. Of course, the iron cage should be made more compact, otherwise the warhead will not be easy to get out of the gap." Zhao Zhongyao pointed to the test device and gave Yan Ming a gesture while telling. He wants to make such a protective device quickly.
"Okay, I will do it right away. There is no difficulty in this." When Yan Mingcheng heard Zhao Zhongyao's words, he felt that this problem was easy to handle.
"Okay, the experiment just failed again! It seems that using the highest melting point metal'tungsten' as a warhead is still not strong enough! I have to think about other methods!" Zhao Zhongyao took a look just now. With tungsten, the metal with the highest melting point, it is still melted by the high temperature of high-speed rotation, and I feel that this matter may be a bit troublesome.
"Then all do things differently! You go design a new warhead! I will design the protective cover." Although Yan Mingcheng is not a military expert, he needs to design an iron cage. I am afraid it can still be done. Anyhow, are you also a college graduate from a regular military academy!
"Okay, that's it, you go to design the protective cover, I go to design a new warhead."
After the two divided the work, they started working again.
Zhao Zhongyao returned to his temporary office. He sat at his desk, thinking what to do!
He was thinking about it, and he thought of seeing a military magazine once in his lifetime and talking about a very powerful alloy warhead.
At that time, that kind of warhead was an alloy warhead made of tungsten carbide. Such a warhead is very hard and can be used as an armor-piercing projectile.
"Yes, I will use tungsten carbide as the warhead of the ballistic missile. In this way, it will not be destroyed by the high temperature during high-speed flight."
Zhao Zhongyao is a reborn person. When he develops weapons, he naturally doesn't have to make too many detours. After all, he has a lot of experience from previous lives to learn from!
But Jonis and Wesley, the two masters and apprentices, can't do it. They don't have any previous experience to learn from. To say that there is experience, it is just some experience of the old military industry in the development of weapons in the past.
But compared with the military technology of the 21st century that Zhao Zhongyao has mastered, these experiences seem a little insignificant.
With this idea, Zhao Zhongyao quickly designed a new missile warhead. And they asked the workers to quickly produce this new type of tungsten carbide warhead.
At this time, Yan Mingcheng had already produced the protective cover of the test device. It is also installed on the test device.
"Zhongyao, how about it? Have your new missiles been developed!"
After Yan Mingcheng installed his device, he went to Zhao Zhongyao's office and called him.
"I have developed it, have you finished the protective cover of the test device!" Zhao Zhongyao also asked about the development of Yan Mingcheng.
"It's all installed, just waiting for your new missile!" Yan Mingcheng said while looking at Zhao Zhongyao happily.
"Well, we will continue to experiment with the new warhead."
As they said, they came to the laboratory again.
"Zhongyao, what kind of metal is the warhead you developed this time! Why does it look a little black!" Yan Mingcheng asked very curiously when he saw that Zhao Zhongyao took out a black and shiny warhead from the workshop.
"This is called a carbon and tungsten alloy warhead." Zhao Zhongyao said as he fixed the warhead on the circular orbit of the test device.
"Tungsten carbide warhead! Interesting, can this warhead be able to withstand higher temperatures than pure'tungsten' metal missiles!" Yan Mingcheng looked at the new warhead with some curiosity.
"Yes, theoretically, this tungsten carbide warhead can withstand high temperatures of four to five thousand degrees. Such high temperatures are difficult to generate even when a ballistic missile dives. So, in theory, this kind of warhead, It is an ideal ballistic missile warhead."
Zhao Zhongyao fixed the warhead, then looked back at Yan Mingcheng, and told him about the performance of this warhead.
"Oh, it turned out to be like this! Well, let's test it now! If the test is successful, we will have taken a big step towards the successful development of ballistic missiles!"
Yan Mingcheng also knows that the biggest problem encountered by the ballistic missile they are developing now is the high temperature resistance of the warhead.
If this problem is solved, it will be much easier to develop the body of the ballistic missile itself.
"Yeah! This is a crucial step! It depends on whether this test can be successful." Zhao Zhongyao also knows that this test is very important and is the key to the successful development of ballistic missiles.
"Okay, let's get started!" Yan Mingcheng couldn't wait.
"Hmm! Let's start!" Zhao Zhongyao said while pressing the start button of the test device.
"Huhuhu!" The test device began to spin quickly.
"One minute, two minutes------ten minutes------half an hour------one hour."
One hour later, the test device was still spinning fast, and the tungsten carbide warhead was still spinning at high speed on the orbit, and there was no sign of fire at all.
"Haha, well, Zhongyao, we finally succeeded." Yan Mingcheng saw the situation, he jumped up happily.
"Yes! It finally succeeded." Zhao Zhongyao went to turn off the power of the test device.
Together, the two watched carefully at the circular track on the test device and slowly stopped.
After Zhao Zhongyao waited for the circular orbit to stop, he saw that the tungsten carbide warhead was still fixed on the orbit without any deformation.