The missile is the most classic weapon in modern weapons. It has a long range, high power, and accurate strike. It can be said that it completely rewrites the situation of war. In response to these outstanding advantages, experts have also begun to use new technologies to transform existing missiles.
Since the 1990s, military scientists have begun to develop a completely new type of missile- the fiber-optic guided missile. At present, fiber-optic missiles are still a relatively new type of missile in the world. The main types of service are Israeli spiked missiles, German white-eyed giants, and our Chinese Red Arrow-10.
The Red Arrow-10 anti-tank missile is an anti-tank missile independently developed by China. The entire launch equipment system weighs about 150 kg, of which the warhead weighs 43 kg. The range of the Red Arrow-10 anti-tank missile is very amazing, reaching 12 kilometers. Not only the range, but also the power of the Red Arrow-10 was very strong. It was exposed that the target was hit at a distance of four kilometers during the exercise, and the target was completely blown up in one hit.
As a fiber-guided anti-tank missile or even a multi-purpose missile, the Red Arrow-10 missile can choose different types of maneuvering trajectories after launching. It can use straight trajectories to hit targets like ordinary missiles, and can also perform airborne requirements, maneuver, adjusted strike plan and own posture. It is precisely because of this feature that not only makes the interception of the Red Arrow-10 missile much more difficult, but also makes it capable of hitting low-altitude flying units, such as armed helicopters and other equipment.
The Red Arrow-10 missile carried a fiber optic spool weighing approximately 2 kg. Fiber-optic guided missiles each carry a roll of optical fiber. The bobbin of the optical fiber is at the tail of the bomb and flutters while flying. The length is the same as the maximum range. For example, the Red Arrow-10 missile has a range of 12 kilometers, so the missile has 12 kilometers of optical fiber. Speaking of this, many small friends questioned: What if the optical fiber breaks during the missile flight?
In fact, the optical fiber of the fiber-guided missile is a special optical fiber. On the basis of the ordinary optical fiber, a special composite material is added to increase the material strength of the optical fiber, so that the optical fiber is not easily broken during missile flight. In actual combat. So far, the fiber has not shown insufficient strength. Therefore, such concerns are actually unnecessary.
But the weight of fiber per kilometer is 150 grams, and the range of Red Arrow-10 is 1.8 kilograms. In addition to the pay-off device, the total weight of the guidance transmission system must exceed 2 kilograms, which can not reduce the dead weight. Increasing the range of the missile has an adverse effect, so the maximum range of the fiber-optic missile generally does not exceed 12 kilometers. Israel’s spiked missiles, when developing long-range spikes with a range of 25 kilometers, cancelled the original fiber guidance mode and switched to a radio encrypted data link to transmit signals due to the weight of the fiber.
