"The east wind is raging, and the fire is raging. The thunderbolts of the strings swayed every day, and the waves of the ocean shook. Mo Dao was born with a lot of difficulties, and he likes to climb dangerously. Today's carved bow full moon, dare to flat Huma wolf smoke. ”
On May 18, 1980, China's first intercontinental missile launched into the predetermined waters of the Pacific Ocean was a complete success. General Zhang Aiping, then director of the Science and Technology Commission for National Defense, wrote this poem "QingPing Le" with a wave of his hand.
Xu Xuesong, a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences, said in an interview that since the 1960s, intercontinental missiles have become a very important chip in the military and political games of various major powers with their ultra-long-range nuclear strike capabilities.
In March 1965, China decided to develop an intercontinental missile and named it "Dongfeng" No. 5. Subsequently, Qian Xuesen presided over the formulation of the "Development Plan for Surface-to-Surface Missiles," which clearly proposed to develop medium- and short-range ballistic missiles, medium-range missiles, medium- and long-range missiles, and intercontinental missiles from 1965 to 1972. This is the famous "eight-year four-bomb plan" in the history of China's military industry.
In September 1977, China concentrated its efforts on vigorously grasping the development and testing of intercontinental missiles, submarine-surface missiles, and communication satellites. Among them, the 1980 long-range launch vehicle mission into the Pacific Ocean was listed first.
In January 1980, important progress was made in the development and test preparations for the INTERCONTINENTAL surface missile, with the first land zone having the conditions for launch tests and the sea landing zone being selected.
In the early morning of May 18, 1980, China's first intercontinental missile "Dongfeng" No. 5 stood at the launch site of Jiuquan Test Base. At 10 o'clock, in the roar, "Dongfeng" No. 5 rose from the ground and went straight up to the clouds. After 30 minutes, the "Dongfeng" No. 5 missile crossed the northern and southern hemispheres, crossed 6 time zones, and fell from the sky with a thunderous momentum, and the whole flight test was a complete success.
Xu Xuesong held that the complete success of China's first full-course launch test of intercontinental missiles marks that China possesses the first generation of intercontinental missiles and also marks that the development of China's strategic missiles has reached a new level.
【Original title: Shocking String Thunderbolt Zhou Tiandang】