The runway is still a test flight, but the test flight this time is different from the last time.

Chen Xin has passed the airplane now. Although there has been no major modification, it is obvious that some of the problems exposed during the last test flight have been adjusted during this upgrade, and the shield device has also been installed.

In addition to further testing the ultimate performance of the aerospace plane, this test flight requires testing the shield device to test whether this shield device can operate normally at an altitude of 40,000 meters.

Because I have already flown once, this time my takeoff is not as nervous as last time.

"Academician Chen, what do you think of this test flight?" A scientific researcher from Europe asked Chen Xin in English.

These scientific researchers from Europe have become familiar with the working environment of Yan Country during this period, and have more contact with Chen Xin, the general manager, and have gradually become familiar with them.

While waiting for the aerospace plane to complete the take-off inspection, I couldn't help chatting with Chen Xin.

"This test flight? I don't have any opinion. The plane has already flown once. There is no problem with the design in all aspects. In theory, it can meet the design requirements. I don't think there will be any problems with this test flight unless an accident occurs." Chen Xin did not say much when facing this problem, but just showed his confidence in this test flight.

In fact, the same is true. After all, this aerospace plane had already flew once before and was optimized by him using the system. There is no possibility of any problem in terms of performance or quality.

Although there is still a possibility of an accident, theoretically speaking, it is very safe to win this test flight.

Hearing Chen Xin say this, the European scientific researcher raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised by Chen Xin's confidence in this test flight.

But he didn't say anything more, just nodded and said, "I hope God will bless you, everything goes as smoothly as Academician Chen, you said."

"This is in China, you have to say God's blessing." Chen Xin joked, but did not make fun of other people's beliefs.

Although this apocalyptic disaster has caused the entire world to suffer profound suffering and the religions of countries around the world have been seriously affected, there are still a large number of devout believers who believe more firmly in this situation.

They believe that this disaster is just a test given to mankind by gods, and mankind needs to abandon bad habits and sins, and purify himself and regain the favor of gods.

Chen Xin has always scoffed at this statement. When he was in Europe, he had conflicts with religious groups in a certain city and eventually had to end up violently suppressing.

But he still respects people who truly believe in, and are willing to be strict with themselves and do not force others to believe in.

The foreign scientific researcher in front of him is obviously not a person with a special belief in devout faith. The so-called God's blessing is nothing more than a mantra developed over the years.

So in the face of Chen Xin's teasing, he just shrugged and made an indifferent expression.

While the two were chatting, the plane also completed the preparations before the test flight, entered the runway, and soared into the sky with the roar of the engine.

Watching the aerospace plane climb, Chen Xin suddenly asked the researchers beside him: "Do you have any ideas about the weapons of the aerospace plane?"

"There is no good idea at the moment. It is probably not very meaningful to install missiles on aerospace planes. After all, the flight speed of an aerospace plane can reach Mach 10, which is faster than the speed of many missiles." The researchers shook their heads, obviously there is no good answer to Chen Xin's question.

In fact, the same is true. Even though the supersonic missile DF-17 that Yan Kingdom is now equipped with, the maximum flight speed is Mach 10, it is still a ballistic missile, which is not the same as the missiles equipped on ordinary fighter jets.

So what weapons should be installed in the space planes now make the project team feel a headache.

If we want to develop missiles for use in hypersonic environments, it is undoubtedly another new project that will increase the investment cost of aerospace fighter jets.

But it is obviously impossible to say not to do it. After all, aerospace planes are used for wars. It is impossible to say that the plane has no weapons and can only be used as high-speed reconnaissance planes.

However, it is obviously not easy to develop a hypersonic air-to-air missile or air-to-ground missile that did not exist before.

First of all, the engine of a missile is a big problem. After all, not all missiles can reach flight speeds of Mach 10 or above.

DF-17 is a ballistic missile, and related design experience cannot be directly used to install air-to-air missiles or air-to-ground missiles.

"How about laser weapons?" Chen Xin proposed an idea.

In super-sonic environments, lasers are indeed much more ideal than missiles. After all, no matter how fast the aircraft is, they are not as fast as the speed of light.

"Laser weapons are indeed feasible, but under current technical conditions, high-power laser weapons will have large optical lenses, which will easily be damaged in ultra-high-sonic environments. If this problem cannot be solved, laser weapons will still not be used on ultra-high-sonic aircraft." The researchers nodded in agreement with Chen Xin's idea, but also pointed out the problem.

With the current scientific and technological level of mankind, the most practical laser weapons created are those created by Chen Xin's scientific research center. However, even those laser weapons that have been tested in practice want to be applied to ultra-high-sonic aerospace fighter jets, there are still many technical problems to overcome.

With Chen Xin not intervening, it is obvious that humans cannot make such technological breakthroughs in a short period of time.

Chen Xin nodded in understanding. He naturally knew about this kind of thing. After all, he had also participated in the research and development and manufacturing of laser weapons.

It’s just that the difficulties are difficult. If there is no good solution to the problem, whether it is laser weapons, hypersonic air-to-air missiles and air-to-ground missiles, they all need to be done.

But at this moment, another scientific researcher on the side suddenly spoke and said, "I wonder if a high-energy particle beam weapon is feasible? Since we can build a magnetic beam device to confine high-energy charged particles into shields, can we also launch it and turn it into a weapon?"

"High-energy particle beam? Are you talking about using a magnetic field to accelerate charged particles and then using the kinetic energy carried by the particle beam to cause damage?" Chen Xin couldn't help but feel his eyes lit up when he heard the scientific researcher's proposal.

This is indeed a very feasible idea. After all, the energy shield has been created. The technical principles used between the two are the same, just changing the application method of the electromagnetic field.
Chapter completed!