Since the birth of nuclear weapons, it has been regarded as a doomsday weapon capable of destroying the world and feared by all countries. In addition to the destruction of heaven and earth by force, the subsequent secondary damage is also inestimable, and the destruction of the ecological environment cannot be repaired for a long time. However, under the pressure of the current international anti-nuclear wave, it has gradually become a decoration for powerful countries to decorate their own national strength. New weapons, such as laser lasers, electromagnetic railguns and other high-energy weapons, were born in their place, as well as science fiction weapons such as the rod of god.

The rod of god, also known as the pestle of god, is a ground-based kinetic energy weapon system that was first conceived in the U.S. military's Star Wars program in the 1980s. This new space-based weapon is fast in reaction and accurate in hit, making it impossible for the enemy to defend. The ability to easily destroy large buildings and underground bunkers hundreds of metres deep after a space launch is a "killer" against strategic targets and does not produce radiation.

Light to hear name must be a great advantage of high-tech weapons, actually otherwise, the principle is very simple, adopt the method of vertical attack, like a meteorite hit the earth, so it is the kinetic energy of the huge, with 11 km/SEC is about 4000 hit the ground at a speed of Mach resulting damage is quite large, its power is equivalent to a small nuclear weapon. It takes only 11 minutes to get out of orbit and hit the ground, less than a third of the time for an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Since the development of the rod of god, some problems may have been solved to a certain extent, but there are still many bottleneck problems that cannot make breakthrough. One is how to launch into position, two is high temperature loss, three is precision guidance. In addition, the effect is unknown, since there has never been a simulation experiment, the attack effect is only a theoretical assumption. And the us military plans to complete the deployment of the staff of god by 2025.

       Not only that, China is developing a new strategic deterrent weapon called the rod of god to counter the us anti-missile system, according to Hong Kong's Ming pao newspaper. If the research and development is successful, it will undoubtedly be another sharp edge for China.

A cutting-edge technology has made China less afraid of nuclear bombs: Russia cannot build them

How complex is the technology to spot a newly launched intercontinental missile in space? Previously, only the United States and the former Soviet union had this top technology. Since the Soviet union, Russia has been unable to develop and maintain the world's top technology.

The core component of this technology is the infrared space-based early warning satellite. Now, in addition to the United States, there is another country in the world that can build and launch such a satellite.

In march, the China science and technology daily reported that China now has "vanguard" reconnaissance satellites and "outpost" infrared warning satellites, two types of military remote sensing satellites. It is the first time China has confirmed that it has begun building a global early-warning satellite network that would provide China with an invisible nuclear missile shield.

Currently, only China and the United States have space-based infrared early-warning satellites in orbit around the world. The Soviet union used to have them, but since the Russian era, Russia has been unable to maintain and develop new satellites, so Russia's actual space-based infrared early-warning capability is missing. Although Russia knows the design of the principle, it cannot make it.

What's amazing about the infrared space-based early warning satellite is that it can detect and track intercontinental missiles within seconds of their launch. When a large ballistic missile is launched, it will produce a thousandth degree of tail flame in the rear, which will form a very obvious thermal channel from the ground to the air. The sky - based infrared satellite looks like a shining line.

Space-based infrared early warning satellite using high-speed scanning infrared detector and dual sensor model and narrow field of gaze tracking detector, can to 24-hour tracking of fixed area, the area scanned for generalization of 5-6 times/min, found the goal the first time to switch to the narrow field of gaze tracking detector, 10 seconds will be able to confirm whether a ballistic missile, related parameters for 90 seconds back to the ground, launched by the ground to confirm whether the global warning.

This will give people at least 10 minutes to counter their ballistic missiles. It will be left to the final decision whether to use the interceptor system for multi-layered interceptions, or to launch their own intercontinental missiles to fight back.

Such powerful high-tech equipment is bound to be expensive. Because most infrared early warning satellites in geosynchronous orbit or the far orbit around for a long time running, the required satellite platform is a kind of high load for a long time use to bear a very large platform, and to carry large amounts of star high sensitivity infrared sensor and high-performance on-board processing chip, the equipment cost is expensive.

The average cost of developing a space-based infrared early-warning satellite, measured by America's early-warning satellites, is about 20 billion yuan, or about 28 billion yuan, including the cost of a launch. It would take about 2 billion yuan to launch a civilian satellite that would also be used for broadcasting from space. The big difference is not hard to see how rare the equipment is.

Although China's satellite launch costs are generally lower than those of other countries, China's space industry has historically been able to charge up to 30% less than those of the United States, according to international quotations. In this way, about 20 billion yuan will be needed to launch one, and at least three long-term satellites will be in orbit around the world. Therefore, the system, including the ground supporting construction and the replenishment of the network star, will almost stop at 100 billion yuan. This is by far the most expensive piece of equipment currently in use in China, and even if you look back at China's "two bombs and one star" project, a single atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb would not be so expensive.

But it's also worth it. Without such a global warning system, americans would never have recognized your anti-missile capabilities. Recently, foreign media have announced the successful intercept of China's "hongq-19" anti-missile intercepting test "4-f4", which is the best demonstration of the effectiveness of China's space-based infrared system.

Therefore, it is quite necessary to establish a space-based global icbm early-warning system in order to prevent the situation of launching icbm directly against other countries. That's what China, the most expensive satellite in history, is all about, being able to hold a nuclear umbrella over your head, a spear and a shield so that you don't have to worry about people Shouting about a nuclear strike.