In the past few days, the commander of the US Space Force has been hyping up the development of China's space-based satellite reconnaissance network, which will bring tremendous help to the ground forces in long-range strike weapons, and will have a far-reaching impact on the Sino-US military science and technology competition. At about the same time, China had just launched a high-resolution flat-panel radar-imaging satellite into space on the Arrow-1 launch vehicle, and a few days later released photos of the U.S. naval base. At Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia, a total of three aircraft carriers, two Ali Burke-class destroyers and four other ships are parked. The Norfolk base, located on the east coast of the United States, is one of the premier naval bases responsible for projecting power and operations in the Atlantic, as well as home to the U.S. Military Sealift Command and Atlantic Fleet submarines. Therefore, the live broadcast of the Chinese satellite to the US aircraft carrier not only shows the latest radar satellite technology, but also brings endless anxiety to the Americans.
Here we must pay attention to several news points: First, the US aircraft carrier is not an optical satellite, but a high-resolution synthetic aperture imaging satellite, which means that this kind of satellite is not affected by climatic conditions at all, and can carry out ground reconnaissance missions day and night; second, the resolution is as high as 0.5, which means that small targets such as the station, including fighter planes, can be photographed; The satellite's synthetic aperture radar uses artificial intelligence processors, which can quickly detect and identify targets at sea and at airports through real-time image transmission, which means that it can quickly capture tactical targets; fourth, its radar weighs only 230 kilograms, and can be launched in the form of multi-star stacking, that is to say, we can quickly establish a high-density synthetic aperture radar network in the sky by means of one arrow and multiple satellites; The observation width of this satellite can reach more than 10km, and it is also very adaptable when used to observe key targets.
Therefore, although the Taijing series of satellites operated by a private Chinese company is civilian in nature, it can also prove that China is fully capable of building a low-cost, high-resolution synthetic aperture radar earth observation system that can cover the world's major hot spots. If the scale of such a space-based reconnaissance network deploys satellites is large enough, theoretically speaking, it can even completely crack the threat posed to China by the vast majority of US combat platforms, including stealth fighters such as F-22 and B-21, whose stealth operations in the face of synthetic aperture radar are zero. We need to understand that optical satellites, even with higher resolution, cannot guide weapons, while radar satellites are completely different. Radar satellites using artificial intelligence technology can quickly obtain target data, complete data transmission to the ground in real time, and guide our combat platforms to carry out interception operations, and it is even entirely possible to carry out relay guidance for long-range weapons. Radar satellites are not affected by cloudy weather and dark nights, and are certainly a reconnaissance platform with more potential for military applications.
With the development of technology, the Chinese military will inevitably affect a whole set of specialized military satellites and surveillance systems that can be easily detected by the US Navy fleet a few days before it reaches its waters, and will also understand the actions of the US military combat platform in advance by observing the operations of military bases on the US mainland and island chains. What is even more exaggerated is that because of the observation of radar satellites, the only strategic bomber that the US military can pose a serious threat to China will also lose the suddenness of tactical strikes, which is why the Americans are bound to become more and more anxious.