Chapter 704 Missile Technology

When he left the naval headquarters, Li Mo's mood was heavy and comforting.

Due to the current economic situation and diplomatic environment in Somalia, it is difficult for Somalia to form a modern blue-water navy. Somalia is 'eye-catching' in the world. If it is bankrupt to establish a navy, it will undoubtedly declare Somalia's ambition to the world, which is a serious threat to those old new naval powers.

Unlike the army and air force, although the modern air force has made people realize that its use in war is irreplaceable and important, the navy, as an ancient service, is still a strategic armed force valued by military powers and naval powers.

In this earth with a large ocean area, the role of the navy is far beyond imagination. It is an important feature of measuring a country's economic strength, scientific research and technology, and the comprehensive strength of military armed forces. Whether a country is strong or not, the navy occupies a considerable proportion of it.

In Li Mo's heart, he also hopes that Somalia can have a strong navy, but rationally tells him that it is unrealistic. The important surnames in the Middle East and the Arabian Sea are becoming more and more important with the depletion of oil resources. Americans will never want to see this, and there is another powerful navy, threatening the interests of the United States and other countries.

However, to Li Mo's satisfaction is that Somalia is poor and the people are weak, but there are still some people who are full of expectations and confidence in the strength of the motherland. These people work in various positions and devote themselves to only one thing. Somalia is strong and is based on the world's strong people.

"Qingqing, record it. I want to meet Ding Huiqiang later." On the helicopter, Li Mo looked at the great rivers and mountains flying out of the window and said heavily in his heart.

Ding Huiqiang's current identity is no longer one of the heads of the contact group in the dark, but an open and upright military attaché of the Chinese Embassy in Somalia. The same is true of Lei Zhen. The communication between Huaxia and Li Mo is basically carried out with the two people as a transit point.

"Okay!" Fan Qingqing opened the laptop on his knee and recorded Li Mo's words.

Baidoa, a large number of state-owned, Star Group and other Somali private heavy industries have been stationed here because of the definition of a heavy industrial base set by the Somali political axe.

The three companies of Star Group have branches in Baidoa, the most important of which are the Missile Research Center and the Aerodynamic Research Institute.

Li Mo came this time to inspect the progress of the missile research center. Since obtaining the meteor missile technology provided by Iran, with the help of Iranian engineers, Star Trace Group Airlines has established an aerospace industrial park in Baidoa, which is built in the Somali National Defense Force Engineering Corps and Fang Sihai. Under the overtime of the construction company, a number of simple factories have been built, and the industrial park is still under construction, which is a two-storey formal factory building on the ground and underground with stricter protection and stronger protection ability.

In a simple factory, Li Mo saw a group of technicians from the airline research department debugging the equipment with the help of Iranian experts. Li Mo did not disturb these people. He just looked around and listened to Colonel An Li, the general manager of the airline, and Abick, the deputy general manager in charge of the scientific research department. The report.

Standing on a hillside with a sentry post, Abick pointed to a factory below and said happily, "Boss, you see, these are factories specializing in the production of missiles, and over there, where the construction is initiating is a formal factory. We listened to the military minister. The relevant department suggested that the formal factory building should be built according to the mountain, and the core assembly workshop should be placed in the belly of the mountain, which increased the resistance of the missile area factory.

Following Abick's eyes, Li Mo saw a bare mountain not far from the industrial park, and there were countless construction machinery equipment and trucks working back and forth at the foot of the mountainside.

"Someone seems to be working on the top of the mountain?" Li Mo's eyes were very sharp, and he could see some ant-like figures on the bare top of the mountain.

Abic was no longer surprised by the boss. He laughed and said, "That's afforestation, increasing the vegetation on the mountain, and preventing soil erosion from causing serious impacts and losses to the factories in the belly of the mountain. And the increased vegetation is also a promotion to the hidden surname here.

"Have you done any research on the technology provided by Iran? Are there any problems and difficulties? Li Mo asked after inspecting one side.

Abick understood what the boss meant and laughed, "Boss, the Iranians are still very practical. They not only provide complete technology, but also provide a separate Meteor 3 ballistic missile. We have formed a group of experts who are studying technical data and missiles. At present, some results have been achieved, and it will take some time to fully master the missile technology.

The Meteor 3 missile is a medium-range ballistic missile with a range of 1,800 kilometers and a warhead weight of 600 kg. At present, this missile cannot be equipped with a nuclear warhead made of enriched uranium as a nuclear material, and can only be used as a conventional ground-to-ground missile to attack important military facilities and targets of the enemy.

As far as Li Mo knows, the Iranians have developed a meteor 3M missile with a longer range and a larger warhead weight, but the Iranians have obviously left a hand here and did not give Li Mo the most advanced technology.

"How long will it take for us to produce the missile ourselves?" Li Mo is most concerned about whether the missile can be produced by itself. After all, the missile is a kind of consumable weapon, and the cost is relatively expensive. If it cannot be produced by itself, the financial pressure is very high.

Abik's face also became solemn and said solemnly, "We have organized several expert discussions on this issue and concluded that it is completely 100% localized, and it will take 1-2 years. If some missile electronic equipment is ordered directly from Iran, we can achieve 70% localization, and it will take time. It takes three months. This is mainly because we have not fully mastered the ** rocket engine, and it will take several months to master it.

"I remember that now [***] tactical missiles are all solid fuel engines? ** Although the fuel engine is technically mature and easy to control for long working hours, it is not conducive to military use. After all, ** fuel is a strong oxidizer and a strong reducing agent, which is not conducive to storage. Missiles with ** fuel rocket engines cannot be loaded into the fuel tank before the missile is launched, and it needs to be stored separately. In this way, the preparation time for missile launch will be longer, even a few hours, which is very easy to delay the fighters. Does your scientific research department have a detailed plan to study our own solid fuel propellants and solid rocket engines? Li Mo has a lot of knowledge of military technology these days. From Abic's words, he found a problem that has been ignored.

Single-stage ** engine missiles, if you start the war first, it doesn't matter if the preparation time is longer, but what if you fight back at war? It takes a few hours to prepare for modern means of information acquisition, which is likely to be destroyed on the launch pad before the missile is launched.

"Boss, you're right. The benefits of solid propellants in military use are more obvious than **. ** engines from all over the world are basically used in rockets and aerospace. However, the technical requirements of solid boosters are relatively high, and we are afraid that we will not be able to produce results in the short term. I heard that North Korea has this technology, and the Iranians themselves have obtained relevant technology from North Korea and studied it for many years. Are we asking these two countries for help? Abik said with some embarrassment that he didn't know much about missile technology. He let him serve as the deputy general manager in charge of the scientific research department because of his status as an old man in the organization.

Li Mo frowned slightly when he heard the words and waved his hand and said, "Iran doesn't have to think about it. The price they paid this time is also high enough. We can't be too greedy. North Korea can consider it, but you also need to set up relevant personnel for research, and I will find a way to get some information for you.

Several people know that Li Mo's so-called getting some information made the intelligence department and the meteor commando dispatched again. Whether it's stealing or robbing, as long as you get the technology, it's really impossible to kidnap two experts. Li Mo didn't do this kind of thing twice.

"If it is really difficult, I can allow you to study the two remaining sword missiles in the world. Because it is a solid rocket engine, maybe you can get some useful technology on the knife. Although Li Mo has confidence in the scientific research department and the meteor commando, this kind of thing is not only to have confidence, but at least let the scientific research department master more technology. Researching and imitating Meteor 3 missiles is not the purpose. Researching and developing our own missile family is the fundamental purpose. From small to anti-tank missiles to intercontinental missiles and launch vehicles, we need our own technology to be fundamental.

"Really? Boss, you have to keep your word!" Abick was overjoyed and said quickly. He knew how much the boss attached to and loved the two nuclear warheaded missiles of the strategic missile battalion. Once he and some researchers did not propose to take apart the knife to study, but Li Mo denied it and even scolded everyone. Since then, no one has dared to mention this idea.

This time, the boss took the initiative to take the initiative to take the 'sword' apart to study, which made Abick very happy. He felt that with the landmark 'swords' in the medium-range ballistic missiles, it was undoubtedly the strongest and most representative white mouse for the researchers of the Missile Research Center.

"When did I not keep my word!" Li Mo stared at Abike and pretended to be angry. Although he was distressed when he said that sentence, in order to master more and more critical missile technologies as soon as possible, he had to bear the pain and regard the 'knife' as a mouse.

Abik smiled, turned his eyes, and said with a smile, "Boss, I remember that the 'sword' was purchased from Ukraine. The machine factory in southern Ukraine must have this technology. Do you think you can ask the intelligence department to try it? It's better to buy complete technology.

Li Mo's heart moved, which is also a good idea. As one of the world's largest strategic missile factories, the missile technology of the Southern Machine Factory is second to none in the world. Although the Southern Machine Factory no longer produces strategic missiles in the past two years, but turns to rockets and various spacecraft, missiles and rockets are almost the same. The technical difference between the two is not very big, and the Southern Machine Factory must have inherited the missile technology of the former Soviet Union. With the strength of the organization behind Nazyrov, it may really be able to get out the missile technology that once put great pressure on NATO.

(to be continued)