What is a Supersonic Missile?

A supersonic cruise missile is a type of cruise missile. That is, missiles flying mainly at supersonic speed in a dense atmosphere in the cruise state, formerly known as flying missiles. After the cruise state guidance bomb accelerates, the thrust and resistance of the main engine are balanced, and the lift and gravity of the wing are balanced. In this state, the fuel consumption per voyage is the least. Its flight trajectory usually consists of a take-off climb section, a cruise (horizontal flight) section and a dive section. It relies on the thrust of the jet engine and the aerodynamic lift of the wing.

Supersonic cruise missile

A supersonic cruise missile is a type of cruise missile. That is, missiles flying mainly at supersonic speed in a dense atmosphere in the cruise state, formerly known as flying missiles. After the cruise state guidance bomb accelerates, the thrust and resistance of the main engine are balanced, and the lift and gravity of the wing are balanced, and they are flying at a constant speed and at the same height. In this state, the fuel consumption per voyage is the least. Its flight trajectory usually consists of a take-off climb section, a cruise (horizontal flight) section and a dive section. It relies on the thrust of the jet engine and the aerodynamic lift of the wing.

Chinese name

Supersonic cruise missile

long

11.7 meters

weight

4.8 tons

Flying speed

Mach 2.5

It is mainly composed of missile body, propulsion system, guidance system and warhead.

The outer shape of the missile is similar to that of an aircraft. It includes a shell, a wing, a stabilizer surface, and a control surface, and is usually made of aluminum alloy or a composite material. The wing includes a main wing and a tail wing, and is fixed and folded. In order to make the missile easy to store and launch, a folding wing is used, that is, it is folded or stowed before the missile is launched. After launch, the main wing and the tail wing are deployed one after the other. The propulsion system includes a booster and a main engine. Boosters are usually solid or liquid

The Eagle Strike-12 new anti-ship missile is called the Sea-Air Thunderbolt, and it is more popular and touted by foreign media. The missiles used by the Chinese Navy, including ship-to-air missiles, air-to-ship missiles, and ship-to-ship missiles, are among the best in the world, with technology similar to that of the United States, Russia, Britain, and France. But is it possible that our Eagle Strike-12 missile is so well-spoken by foreign media, I personally think it is worth rethinking.

First of all, we need to know that some foreign media report on some of our stuff, and they often like to kill them. Sesame can be said to be a watermelon, creating a Chinese threat theory. For example, they said that the missile has been installed on the destroyer, it has been installed on the submarine, and it has been installed on the JH-7. In theory, our type of anti-ship missile must implement all three platforms. Yes, this is also called generalization. You can't say that light energy can't be mounted on a ship, nor can it be said that light energy can't be put on a ship. Realizing the universalization of various platforms is a development direction, but is it now universal? This is still a problem.

Secondly, the Eagle Strike-12 is a very new missile. It has not been widely promoted and its performance is not as good as what they blow. For example, if he blows us at eagle strike -12 can reach Mach 4, Mach 5, Mach 5 and above belong to hypersonic missiles, can we eagle strike -12 can reach Mach 4? Can it reach Mach 5? Anti-ship missiles from all over the world, whether launched from the air, from a ship, or from the sea, are basically not capable of supersonic speeds. Only Russian and Indian anti-ship missiles can be supersonic. India is holding Russian technology, but their supersonic speed is Mach 2. If we can make Mach 2 as a whole, it is the level of Russia. If we can make it as Mach 3, it is the world No.1. In addition, why does the air launch say that it can reach Mach 3 and Mach 4? Because at altitudes of 1,000 meters and 2,000 meters, the atmosphere is getting thinner and the resistance is small, so you can fly faster, right? The trajectory at sea is relatively low. If you can fly Mach 3 and Mach 4 when you are close to the sea, you are considered a bull.

Then he said that at such a high speed, Eagle Strike-12 can hit 400 kilometers, and Mach 4 can hit 400 kilometers? !! The higher the speed, the closer you can play, the higher the speed, the farther you can't. For example, like that car, if you add a tank of gas at 80 km / h, you may still run 400 km, but if you drive 160 km / h, you may only run 300 km. Although our eagle strike -12 is good enough, it is not so good. I personally feel that it should be no problem to hit two or three hundred kilometers. It is said that the warhead of the Eagle Strike-12 can reach 800 kg. What is the concept of 800 kg? The largest bomb in the United States is 460 kilograms. The warhead of the world's largest Tomahawk missile is 454 kilograms. Cooperating with my Eagle-12 is twice as large as that? Where are 800 kilograms of stuff loaded? It also said that a guy would sink an aircraft carrier, which has a little imagination factor in it.

The U.S. Department of Defense also has a report on Chinese military strength, saying that the Eagle Strike-12 is the most dangerous anti-ship missile, even exceeding the Dongfeng-21D. There must be an exaggerated component in it, so our Eagle Strike-12 combat capabilities how is it? From a combat perspective, we can roughly divide it into three situations. One is a high-threat state, that is, there is an aircraft carrier, like the US aircraft carrier, is a high-threat; the second is that there is no aircraft carrier, and it is facing a Aegis system, one destroyer formation is Aegis; third, there is no Aegis. We eagle strike -12. If we want to fight the low-threat without Aegis, then they basically wait to die. There is no room for resistance because their ship-to-air radar is 100 kilometers and 200 kilometers. , Looking at this missile died. Medium threats, such as the Japanese Vajra class, are Aegis. The Aegis has a range of 300 kilometers and 400 kilometers. Basically, I can see my aircraft. For example, it can see the JH-7, and it can also see us launch missiles. The question now is whether we can intercept them after launch It is theoretically possible, but this also involves some tactical changes on both sides, and some changes in trajectory. I personally think that if the Eagle strikes -12 against an Aegis formation without an aircraft carrier, the possibility of winning is very high. The theoretical calculation is that sinking a destroyer requires 4 to 7 missiles. Attacking from left to right and up and down can be done at once .

The high-level threat is that if you hit an aircraft carrier, you won't know for sure. The early warning aircraft taking off from the aircraft carrier has a combat radius of 1,000 kilometers from the aircraft carrier. This early warning aircraft can see 600 kilometers in the air, which means that it can see you from a distance of 1600 kilometers, and your missile range can reach a maximum of 400 kilometers. It is still not enough to reach the aircraft carrier, and after its early warning aircraft sees you, the fighter will immediately go out to intercept it, so it is a very big problem to hit the aircraft carrier, there is no way to penetrate. However, if in the future my missile will be able to be mounted on a submarine, then the United States will be afraid. It will be very dangerous if it is installed on a submarine.

No matter how touted by foreign media, what we have to face squarely is that our Eagle Strike-12 has a lot of room for development. For example, the Canadian media said that our missile launch platform is the JH-7 Flying Leopard fighter. The Flying Leopard basically belongs to the third generation aircraft, does not have stealth capabilities, short arms, and a maximum range of 400 kilometers. What should I do if I find you JH-7? If the other party comes to hit our launch platform, the threat to us will still be very great. Eagle Strike-12 itself is fast and has strong penetration, but who fires you? You are a terrible bee, and you bite when you catch someone. I ca nt catch the bees one by one. Is nt it enough to get your honeycomb down? This is a reason. The mission of the JH-7 Flying Leopard fighter is basically to fire 4 missiles. In this process, escort forces are also needed. Because you want to strike the target, but you cannot hide yourself, and you are afraid that others will find you, you need a fighter escort. After the escort, if the other party comes to intercept you, you will kill it in advance.

However, if we can develop a stealth launch platform equipped with Eagle Strike-12 in the future, it is even better. Look at a big guy like the J-20. If you install the Eagle Strike-12 missile in the belly of this guy in the future, there will be no problem. Now I do nt know if it can be installed, but in theory, when designing all kinds of things, China will consider a universal solution. There is no such thing as an aircraft coming out. It s 10 if you ca nt fit the weapon. This problem does not exist in centimeters. If it can be installed in the fourth generation of stealth fighters in the future, it will be very powerful.

In addition, can this Hawk Strike-12 missile reach Mach 4 and Mach 5, or can it strike a wider range, or have a longer range and greater power? These developments are endless. In the process of developing missiles, no one can help us. We think about it ourselves, slowly from nothing, from weak to strong, from small to large, from immature to mature, but it is quite powerful, but you have to It is said that the Eagle -12 launched on the submarine will be very difficult to reach Mach 3 or higher in the future. It is not necessary. The United States is all subsonic. What do we do so fast? Mach 2 and Mach 3 are enough. On the one hand, as we said above, there are various restrictions. On the other hand, you have to consider everything. If you insist on speed, you will sacrifice the range to a certain extent. . ^[1-2]