The Deep Space Laboratory also has deep accumulation in the optical field. Like Xiong Antai, Zhang Hanxiu has also considered space weapons. His idea is laser weapons. Whether in science fiction movies or in reality, laser weapons are big killers. .

　　

　　"Like the electromagnetic railgun that the boss said, laser weapons can also be classified as energy weapons, and our company's technical advantage is that nuclear fusion reactors can provide stable and continuous energy.

　　

　　 And our company also has a very outstanding performance in the field of materials science. We are leading the world in the fields of superconducting materials and other materials and high-energy batteries. This provides a solid foundation for our agreement on the research and development of laser weapons!

　　

　　Laser weapons in space have no restrictions in the atmospheric environment, so there is no awkward situation in which they can only be used on earth and cannot be used in all-weather combat. They can attack at any time!

　　

　　 ‘Origin’, let us briefly introduce the laser weapon related situation! "Zhang Hanxiu started to be lazy again while continuing to introduce.

　　

　　 His words also made everyone laugh. This guy is so lazy and upright, "Origin" is the company's artificial intelligence, and it is in charge of a large number of tasks for the company.

　　

For example, the company’s various meeting records and related paperwork are all done by it. When meeting various company-related problems, everyone will call it to introduce it to everyone when they are not clear, and Zhang Han repairs The task given to it is too simple for it, so of course it will not refuse such work.

　　

　　 "Good Director Zhang! The popular science mission begins.

　　

　　 Laser weapons (English: LaserWeapon) are weapons that use high-energy lasers to accurately shoot long-distance targets or to defend missiles. They are divided into two categories: tactical laser weapons (THEL) and strategic laser weapons.

　　

　　 has excellent performance such as fast, flexible, precise and anti-electromagnetic interference, and can play a unique role in photoelectric countermeasures, air defense and strategic defense.

　　

The disadvantage of laser weapons is that they cannot fight all-weather and are limited by heavy fog, heavy snow, and heavy rain. The laser emission system is a precision optical system and is also severely affected by the atmosphere, such as the absorption of energy by the atmosphere, energy attenuation caused by atmospheric disturbance, and thermal halo. Effects, turbulence, and attenuation caused by beam jitter.

　　

　　Because laser weapons require a large amount of electric energy, it is difficult to realize large-scale applications until the problem of difficult miniaturization of energy storage equipment (such as high-energy batteries) is solved.

　　

　　 Of course, the above two issues are just like what Director Zhang said. They basically have no effect on the laser weapons that our company will develop.

　　

　　 Because our company's requirements for laser weapons are to be used in space operations, that is, they tend to use strategic laser weapons. There are no such interference systems in space.

　　

　　 As long as our company's nuclear fusion reactor technology can go one step further and can be miniaturized and mobile, the energy problem will not be a problem, and our company's high-energy battery level can also initially support strategic laser weapons.

　　

　　 The so-called tactical laser weapon uses laser as energy. It directly kills enemy personnel, destroys tanks, aircraft, etc., like conventional weapons. The strike distance is generally up to 20 kilometers. The main representatives of this weapon are laser guns and laser cannons, which can emit strong laser beams to hit the enemy.

　　

The strategic laser weapon is a kind of laser weapon used to attack strategic missiles or satellites. It has a range of several hundred to several kilometers and a laser power of more than ten million watts. This is the direction of our company's research and development, which is as large as the universe. Under the environment, the higher the range and power of laser weapons, the better!

　　

　　 If it can develop to be like the main laser weapon of the Death Star in the Star Wars movie, then our company can have enough confidence in the face of danger!

　　

　　 There are two aspects to the laser to destroy the target: one is perforation and the other is spallation.

　　

　　 The so-called perforation is that the high-power density laser beam melts the surface of the target material sharply, and then vaporizes and evaporates. The vaporized material is ejected outward, and the recoil force forms a shock wave, which pierces a hole in the target material.

　　

　　The so-called spallation means that after the surface of the target material absorbs laser energy, atoms are ionized to form a plasma "cloud". The "cloud" expands and jets outward to form a stress wave that propagates to the depths. The reflection of the stress wave causes the target to be pulled off, forming a "spall" damage.

　　

　　 In addition, plasma "clouds" can also radiate ultraviolet rays or X-rays, destroying target structures and electronic components.

　　

　　The destruction mechanism of laser weapons is:

　　

　　 1. Thermal destruction. When the target is irradiated by a strong laser, the surface material absorbs heat and is heated to soften, melt, vaporize and then ionize. When the target material's deep layer temperature is higher than the surface temperature to accelerate vaporization, the internal pressure increases and an explosion occurs.

　　

　　 2. Mechanical failure. When the object is irradiated by the laser, the plasma formed by gasification and ionization is jetted outward at a high speed, and the formed recoil force will deform the target.

　　

　　 3. Radiation damage. Plasma can radiate ultraviolet or X-rays, destroying electronic components inside the target.

　　

　　The characteristics of laser weapons are: concentrated energy, fast transmission speed, high hit accuracy, fast transfer of firepower, anti-electromagnetic interference, can be reused many times, and high combat efficiency.

　　

　　Laser weapons are mainly composed of a laser that generates a light source and a beam director with tracking, aiming and launching functions.

　　

　　Highly concentrated laser, the energy is also very concentrated. For example, in daily life we ​​think that the sun is very bright, but the laser light emitted by a giant pulse ruby ​​laser is 20 billion times brighter than the sun.

　　

Of course, the laser is brighter than the sun, not because its total energy is greater than the sun, but because its energy is very concentrated ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ For example, the laser beam emitted by a ruby ​​laser can penetrate a piece 3 cm thick steel plate, but the total energy is not enough to cook an egg.

　　

　　As a weapon, laser has many unique advantages. First of all, it can fly at the speed of light, 300,000 kilometers per second, no weapon at this high speed. Once it takes aim, it hits the target almost in no time, regardless of the amount of advance.

　　

　　 In addition, it can concentrate more than 1 million times the energy of a nuclear weapon in a very short time on a very small area, and it can also change direction flexibly without any radioactive pollution.

　　

　　 With so many advantages, I think Director Zhang’s suggestion is correct!

　　

However, its research and development tasks will not be very easy. The charging speed determines the launch speed of the laser weapon, the high temperature resistant material determines the number of shots of the barrel, and the performance requirements of the aiming detection equipment are also very high. These problems are all Need to be solved!

　　

　　 Only when these shortcomings are resolved, the laser weapon can be regarded as a mature space weapon when used on our company's future spacecraft!

　　

　　 My introduction is complete, thank you all! "