Chapter 102 Derivative Technology

With sufficient resources and a relatively stable environment, humans have rarely entered the fast lane of development since the disaster.

Day after day, year after year, the accumulation of science and technology has finally advanced from quantitative change to qualitative change.

In the fourth year after the interruption of communication with the Mok people, controlled nuclear fusion was finally declared successful. Since then, humans have entered the nuclear fusion engine experiment phase that lasted for several years.

The nuclear fusion reaction test reactor was also included in the plan under such an environment.

As the Mok people said, the use of nuclear fusion energy is a sign of first-level civilization. After thousands of years of vicissitudes after the disaster, humans have finally reached the minimum standard for space travel.

First-level civilization is a subdivision. Generally speaking, from level one to level three all belong to aerospace civilization.

In order to master controlled nuclear fusion, humans have accumulated enough technology in materials, particle physics, engineering mechanics and other applications, and at this time these accumulations are strung together by controlled nuclear fusion. The role of the connection of science and technology at this moment deeply tells humans that no technology is independent.

People found that the particle physics that was previously studied to achieve controlled nuclear fusion, after nuclear fusion was used as an energy source, humans could create more powerful laser weapons.

And the materials developed to meet the requirements of controlled nuclear fusion have enabled humans to have the ability to manufacture higher strength alloys.

At this time, engineers analyzed various materials and found that with the progress of a series of application technologies, humans could actually design larger warships.

In terms of weapons, military technology experts also proposed a possibility of using magnetic confinement arrays as a new type of particle weapon confinement component based on the magnetic confinement structure of controlled nuclear fusion.

As soon as the design outline of this new weapon came out, it attracted close attention from Yue Yuan.

In the minds of military technology experts, this is a charging weapon. Because the warhead is a positron, they named this weapon, which is still in the design stage, "positron cannon".

The principle is to use the magnetic confinement array as a pressurized storage chamber, use the powerful energy of the fusion reactor to stimulate a large number of short-pulse lasers, and then use countless gold and platinum sheets as catalysts to produce a large number of positive and negative electrons.

Then, a suitable magnetic confinement array device is used to generate the core of the positrons and electrons, so that the produced positrons and electrons can be separated before they annihilate themselves.

After separation, the positrons are guided by the magnetic field into the pressurized storage chamber of the magnetic confinement array for circulation and accumulation. After there are enough positrons, the positrons are fired fiercely toward the muzzle through the magnetic confinement device array.

It sounds brief, but the design of this new weapon is very complicated.

Because positrons are antiparticles of electrons, humans at this stage have no ability to store positrons for a long time. Whenever they encounter conventional materials, they will immediately annihilate with the electrons in conventional materials.

Therefore, scientists have to accurately calculate the number and time of electrons that can be bound by human magnetic field technology, as well as a series of parameters such as the critical point of charging.

It can be imagined that this is a weapon that cannot be turned back once the bow is opened. As long as the charging starts, it must be fired. After all, positrons in the charging state cannot flow back, and if they are not fired, the magnetic confinement array must always be in working state.

In this state, if there is any error in the weapon core, it is very likely to cause magnetic field turbulence and cause a large number of positrons to go out of control, and then evolve into a super explosion.

Of course, because it is an antiparticle weapon, its lethality is also sufficient. As long as it is a substance, it can react with the electrons in it and then destroy the target structure.

However, relatively speaking, the space required for the positron cannon is also very large. The previous human warship, which was only 712 meters long, 400 meters wide, and 305 meters high, could not accommodate a cannon at all. It’s not that its muzzle is large, but that its various components occupy a large space.

Engineers realized this during the design stage, that is, if you want to equip a positron cannon, you must build a larger warship.

This kind of weapon that appeared due to technological connection does not need to be asked to aliens at all, so that people can understand that the positron cannon should be the main weapon with the strongest penetrating power that a first-level civilization can have. Oh, no, it should be the most penetrating energy weapon.

As for the most penetrating kinetic weapon, it is still the electromagnetic cannon, but because of the upgrade of the energy system, the electromagnetic cannon is also much more powerful than before.

In addition to this iconic weapon, many derivative technologies based on controlled nuclear fusion are also used in weapon design by the military industry, such as the subsonic hydrogen bomb.

It has to be said that human beings seem to be born with a talent for weapons and equipment. Once new technology appears, it can always be used in weapons.

Yue Yuan is very pleased with this.

In his opinion, other things can be a little worse, but weapons and equipment must be given priority. This has nothing to do with the realization of the dangers of the universe, but is purely because of the four words "forget war and be in danger".

"Positron cannons and subsonic hydrogen bombs, as we have just stepped into the first-level civilization, we can peek at them from the technological connection. I believe that other first-level civilizations must also have these weapons, so in the future warship design, you have to take these factors into consideration." At a military science and technology report meeting, Yue Yuan said to the military research department.

Since ancient times, contradictions have been inseparable. If there is such a spear, there will be a corresponding defensive shield. Yue Yuan hopes that the future warship design must also take into account the shields to defend these weapons.

"Yue Shuai, of course we know this. Infrasonic hydrogen bombs are easy to deal with. As long as the air on the battleship is drained, the crew members can wear spacesuits on board. However, so far, we have not seen any relevant technology that can defend against positron cannons. Shield." A weapons design expert shook his head, with helplessness written on his face. It seemed that he had already discussed it with relevant scientists.

"Since positrons can be bound and stored by magnetic constraints, they should also be able to use magnetic fields for defense! Why, is it difficult?" Yue Yuan thought that this should be easy to figure out.

"That's the theory, but with our current technology, there is no way to generate a magnetic field strong enough to cover the entire battleship. The key is that the magnetic field must be strong enough to distort the trajectory of positrons."

Although the new warship is still in the conception stage, these military and technical personnel already have some basic structural data in mind.

I heard this military expert say with some helplessness: "Even if it is possible, the influence of the external magnetic field on the internal magnetic field of the positron cannon must be considered. If another layer of magnetic repellent material is covered on each component of the positron cannon, then the warship will have to be built. Generally speaking, we currently do not have the ability to develop a magnetic field shield."

"So, the defense relies entirely on battleship armor?" Manyuemei asked this question for other people in the Armed Forces Department.

"Yes, this will be the case for a long time in the future. Maybe it will be enough when we fully master nuclear fusion." Another military industry expert replied: "So we believe that for a long time to come, the military industry will The focus should be on alloy materials.”