The Rise Of Australasia

After a journey of about two and a half hours, the group finally arrived at their destination, the missile and rocket experimental base located in the suburbs of the Capital Region.

Yes, both the missile and rocket experimental bases are here, simply as two separate research projects and teams, adjacent to each other yet not interfering with one another.

Of course, the initial theories of rockets and missiles are the same, and many of their principles and concepts can be referred to each other, hence there is some exchange between the two experimental bases.

However, compared to the more civilian-oriented rockets, Arthur placed greater emphasis on the military-oriented missiles.

Still, both bases receive substantial research budgets annually, and Arthur had not been deprived by this.

Fortunately, neither the missile nor rocket experiments require nuclear weapons, which is why they could be built in the suburbs of the Capital Region, rather than, like the nuclear weapon development project teams, having to relocate to the heart of the Great Desert in Australasia.

The nuclear weapon development experimental group is located in Carnegie, surrounded by the Great Desert in the north and south, and desolate highland mountain areas in the east and west, with hundreds of miles of desert nearby.

Such terrain is ideal for the development and testing of nuclear weapons, and in the absence of other countries' satellites, it is entirely possible to conduct nuclear tests hidden from all nations.

This trip was much more formal than the last. In addition to dozens of royal guards, there were about ten upper echelons of the military accompanying the group.

After all, this was the new generation of missile technology, and the name "cruise missile" sounded so sophisticated that it was no surprise that it drew the attention of these senior military officials.

However, unlike last time, the Chief of General Staff Malong did not attend, as the General Staff had to plan the entire war and really could not spare the time.

But at least Defense Minister Thomas was present, being the uppermost tier of the military, he fully represented the military's emphasis on missiles.

Upon entering the missile research base, the chief missile development designer, Hermann, respectfully introduced to everyone, ""

Your Majesty, gentlemen. This is our newly developed next-generation cruise missile, equipped with our most advanced radar technology, capable of achieving accuracy surpassing that of dove-style missiles without the need for any pigeons.

Our current cruise missiles are divided into land-based, air-based, and sea-based missiles, corresponding to ground launch, air launch, and sea launch,respectively.

The warheads of cruise missiles are detachable, and can be replaced with any type of special warhead we desire. Currently, there are two more common types of warheads, explosive and fragmenting warheads.

Of course, if nuclear weapons could be fashioned into the shape of warheads, such nuclear warheads could also be installed on cruise missiles."

Since the lowest rank among those visiting the missile development base was major general, who in Australasia belong entirely to the top tier of the military, there was no need to conceal the news about nuclear weapons.

In the light of their rank, information related to nuclear weapons was not considered overly secretive.

Of course, Arthur also trusted these subordinates of his. After all, the three intelligence bureaus were not to be taken lightly; should there be any traitors amongst his ranks, they would certainly not escape the mutual oversight of the intelligence agencies.

"Mr. Hermann, what's the hit rate of such a missile? Can it achieve an effective hit rate similar to that of the dove-style missiles?" Major General Marne, the army's Logistics Minister, asked eagerly.

From Hermann's introduction thus far, the new generation of cruise missiles seemed to be an immense improvement over the previous generation of dove-style missiles in terms of utility and power.

What the military is most concerned with at the moment is the precision of the cruise missiles. After all, not all cruise missiles can be equipped with the same nuclear warhead; most will be used as conventional weapons, which means precision is indeed very important.

"It certainly can, Major General." Hermann nodded, smiling and said, "Please trust our most advanced technology, which is far beyond what animals could ever replace. According to our calculations, in the worst-case scenario, our next-generation cruise missiles can achieve an accuracy akin to that of dove-style missiles."

Marne nodded, quite satisfied with Hermann's response.

The minimum precision of the next-generation cruise missiles being equivalent to dove-style missiles implied that, compared to dove-style missiles, cruise missiles had pretty much improved across the board.

"As you all know, in the absence of any weather factors, the dove-style missiles can achieve a maximum hit rate of about 60%, which is already an extremely high number.

But according to our calculations of the new generation cruise missiles, under the premise of no external influences,the maximum hit rate of the next-generation cruise missiles can reach around 65%, a full five percentage points higher." Herman said proudly, and without hiding anything further, he revealed the effective hit rate of the current new generation missiles.

While an increase from 60% to 65% may seem like only a 5% improvement, such an enhancement for missiles requires the accumulation of a great deal of technology.

Even without exaggeration, this 5% gap from 60% to 65% is harder to achieve than a 10% gap from 50% to 60%.

The maximum possible hit rate is only 100%, and with an increasingly high hit rate, achieving even a slight improvement requires extensive time and the accumulation of technology.

Because of this, even though Hermann mentioned the hit rate improvement of the next-generation cruise missiles was only 5%, there were no objections from the military, and in fact, most officers exhibited pleased expressions on their faces.