Chapter 1663 1665 [Continue to work hard]

  Chapter 1665

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   In 1959, China made persistent efforts and successfully tested the first medium-range ballistic missile with a range of up to 2,000 kilometers.

  In the same year, China successfully launched the first domestically-made artificial satellite—Dongfanghong-1, becoming the third country in the world capable of launching artificial satellites.

  The satellite was launched with a Long March-1 rocket. The Long March 1 rocket has a thrust of up to 500 kilograms, and it can also rank among the top launch vehicles in the world. Of course, at that time, apart from the United States and the Soviet Union, no other country had launch vehicles.

  The news of the launch of Dongfanghong-1 satellite shocked the whole world again.

  Especially the United States and the Soviet Union, they did not expect that China's space technology would develop so fast and be so successful, which really made them feel incredible.

  Third world countries are encouraged. For a long time, like China, they are poor and backward, with underdeveloped science and technology, and they are always discriminated against and bullied.

   Now that China has just been established for a few years, cutting-edge technology has already been at the forefront of the world. This made them very encouraged and full of expectations for the future.

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   In 1962, China built a second nuclear power plant with an installed capacity of 3 million kilowatts, making it one of the largest nuclear power plants in the world.

  After the completion of the nuclear power plant, the electricity generated is enough to supply the production and living needs of the three northeastern provinces. This will greatly promote the industrial development of the three northeastern provinces.

   Moreover, the completion of this nuclear power plant can also save hundreds of millions of coal. Low carbon, environmental protection, less pollution, much better than thermal power stations.

   In 1963, China successfully developed its own air-to-air missile and named it the Thunderbolt 2, ending the history of fighter jets having no bombs.

  Pili 2 was developed based on the Sidewinder missile.

  In 1958, Chinese fishermen fished out an unexploded Sidewinder missile in the sea and handed it over to the country.

   Subsequently, the Chinese scientific research team successfully disassembled and imitated it through reverse engineering.

   This type of missile uses infrared guidance. After launching, you can ignore it. It can be said to be very advanced. Therefore, it can effectively protect the security of our country's airspace.

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   In the next few years, China's high-tech weapons and technologies continued to come out.

  In 1964, China launched its first satellite in geosynchronous orbit, only one year later than the United States, and even half a year earlier than the Soviet Union.

   In 1965, the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge was completed and opened to traffic. The bridge was entirely designed and built by the Chinese, and the steel, cement, rails, etc. used were all made by themselves.

  The completion and opening of the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge not only has extremely high symbolic significance, indicating that China's bridge construction has reached the world's advanced level, but also has extremely high economic significance.

  The bridge was completed, making Tianzhu a thoroughfare. Since then, crossing the Yangtze River no longer needs to take a ferry, which takes more than an hour. If you drive, you can pass in two minutes.

   Therefore, it quickly became the lifeline of transportation connecting the north and south of the Yangtze River, creating direct economic benefits as high as 6 billion yuan. You know, this was 6 billion yuan in the 1960s, which is much more expensive than the current 600 billion yuan.

   It can be seen that this bridge is really worth building.

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   In 1966, China successfully tested the first long-range missile with a range of more than 4,000 kilometers. This missile is also the first missile to use solid fuel.

   Compared with liquid fuel, solid fuel is safer, faster, more flexible, and has greater thrust. The advantages are quite obvious.

  In the same year, China's first helicopter also successfully tested and flew. This helicopter is a single-engine, five-blade single-rotor light helicopter, which is imitated from the Soviet Mi-8 helicopter.

  The take-off weight is three tons, it can carry ten passengers, and it is equipped with a machine gun, two air-to-air missiles, and two air-to-surface missiles. The firepower is quite good.

  The successful development of helicopters has also made China one of the few countries in the world that can develop and manufacture helicopters. Moreover, helicopters are not only used in the military, but also in the civilian field.

  Earthquake relief, terrain survey, enemy reconnaissance, armed escort, anti-submarine early warning, etc., can be said to be quite practical. So it can be regarded as a major breakthrough.

  In 1967, China's first self-developed nuclear submarine was successfully launched into the water for sea trials, becoming the fourth country in the world to have nuclear submarines. The advent of nuclear submarines can effectively protect the security of our country's territorial waters.

  In 1968, the third nuclear power plant was successfully completed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with a total installed capacity of 5 million kilowatts, which can meet the power needs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and bring great convenience to industrial production and residents' lives.

  In 1969, China successfully tested the first intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of more than 8,000 kilometers. This has greatly increased China's voice in the world.

  In 1970, China successfully launched two satellites, one for military and one for weather. The launch of the two satellites is of great benefit to national defense security, weather monitoring, and disaster prevention and mitigation.

  In 1971, the second-generation nuclear power plant with more advanced technology was successfully built in the southeast, which is enough to supply the electricity needs of Fujian and Guangxi. And it's safer, cleaner, and more efficient.

   In 1972, the neutron bomb was successfully tested. This is the world's first neutron bomb successfully detonated. Compared with hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs, it is not as powerful. It has only a few thousand tons of TNT equivalent, and its killing radius is less than two kilometers.

  However, its advantage is that it causes little damage to buildings and facilities, and it will not cause long-term radioactive pollution. Therefore, if it is used, the post-war city will not be in ruins, and it will not be reduced to a wasteland due to nuclear pollution, so it is more practical.

  In 1973, the third-generation fighter jet was successfully tested and named J-9. The previous J-7 and J-8 were mainly improved versions of the J-6, which can be regarded as second-and-a-half-generation fighter jets.

  The launch of the third-generation fighter jets is so fast, only later than the Soviet Union and the United States, and much earlier than the United Kingdom and France, which can not help but greatly improve the level of China's weapons and equipment.

  In 1974, the third-generation air-to-air missile was successfully developed, and it was named Thunderbolt 4. The Thunderbolt 4 is more accurate, has a longer range, and is more powerful.

   More importantly, it can also automatically track the target and turn by itself. Mobility and intelligence have also been greatly increased, and the national defense force has also been greatly enhanced.

  In the same year, China successfully launched the first geosynchronous orbit satellite.

  Geostationary satellites have obvious advantages over other communication satellites. Because its position in the air is fixed and stationary, ground communication equipment only needs to aim at it to realize communication without real-time tracking.

   Therefore, the coverage area is wider, and 24-hour, uninterrupted communication is also possible. The communication efficiency and communication quality are greatly improved.

  (end of this chapter)