Posted on 11/16/2022 5:01:33 AM PST by FarCenter
China may start developing so-called “cross-medium” weapons that are capable of traveling through different domains in one attack to bypass and defeat missile defenses.
This week, The Eurasian Times reported that Chinese researchers from Harbin Engineering University had unveiled two cross-medium prototype submarine drones that can both swim and fly.
The drones, named Longbow 1 and Longbow 2, can each carry a 1-kilogram payload and dive to 100 meters underwater. Longbow 1 is a fixed-wing drone while Longbow 2 features a folding wing design, the Eurasian Times report said.
Tests conducted at Longfengshan Reservoir in Wuchang in October had the flying submarine drones navigate underwater for 40 seconds, after which they surfaced and flew entirely autonomously, the same report said.
The researchers claimed to have achieved several technical solutions to allow the drones to overcome the challenges of operating in air and water, including the use of carbon fiber composites to replace metal and weight reduction measures.
They also noted that the Longbow 2’s folding wing design was intended to improve cross-medium ability but presented flight stability issues, necessitating nine design modifications to achieve stable flight.
The Longbow drones are just some of the cross-medium weapons China has developed. This September, Asia Times reported on China’s anti-ship supersonic missile-torpedo, a cross-medium weapon that can fly at Mach 2.5 for 200 kilometers, enter a sea-skimming mode for 20 kilometers, and then at the final 10 kilometers to its target shift into supercavitating torpedo mode traveling at 100 meters per second.
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I will never understand why countries spend billions working on ways to kill each other rather than taking care of their people.
With China, the answer to that is easy. The commies never run out of ways to kill their own people. They figure, why not extend that to everyone else.
Drones are now, and will continue to be, an important part of military offensive weaponry.
But I’m sure our woke military is right on that.
Why do people beg or steal instead of working? It’s easier to take other peoples stuff.
China will have to rename it - the US Army already has the name “Longbow” trademarked!
Absolutely brilliant.
They’ll (DOD) allocate billions to defeat this non-threat.
I like peace but I carry a .45 every day because in the real world there are people who want to kill you because it’s fun to see other people suffer. Such people need killing.
Bill Clinton used to shoot those off when there were bimbo eruptions....
Will Garland sue the Chicoms for copyright/trademark infringement?
223 mph underwater?
In 2006, German weapons manufacturer Diehl BGT Defence announced their “own” supercavitating torpedo, the Barracuda, now officially named Superkavitierender Unterwasserlaufkörper (English: supercavitating underwater projectile). According to Diehl, it reaches speeds greater than 400 kilometres per hour (250 mph).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercavitation
to stop other people from killing you
it’s called Guns and Butter, and it’s EC101...
It must have some serious propulsion system. How far can it travel at full speed with that fuel burn rate?
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