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Some interior shots of the 8x8 self-propelled artillery vehicle...

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By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/2 19:58:39

China's unprecedented innovation of electromagnetic catapult rocket artillery technology will render the weapon more powerful than most conventional artillery, especially in Qinghai-Tibet plateau areas, Chinese experts said on Thursday.

Han Junli, a research fellow at a Beijing-based research center under the People's Liberation Army (PLA), is leading the development of the electromagnetic rocket artillery, inspired by Ma Weiming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering dubbed "the father of the Chinese electromagnetic catapult," Science and Technology Daily reported.

Han reportedly mentioned a military incident that occurred in a border region on a plateau in Southwest China, where he saw the potential necessity of deploying rocket artillery.

China has large plateau and mountainous areas where rocket artillery could destroy invading forces from hundreds of kilometers away without soldiers crossing mountains, Han said, according to the newspaper.

"Conventional artillery that uses powder may suffer from lack of oxygen on plateaus," Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Thursday.

"Artillery that uses an electromagnetic catapult will not need to face the same problem. This makes it very valuable in warfare on plateaus."

When using electromagnetic force for the initial boost instead of an explosive powder, shells fly smoother and hit targets more accurately, Song said.

Electromagnetic rocket artillery can easily reach targets beyond 200 kilometers at a relatively lower cost than conventional artillery, Song said.

Han's research has made an important technological breakthrough and the development plan is becoming a reality, the Beijing-based newspaper said.

Using an electromagnetic catapult for rocket artillery is an unprecedented innovation, Science and Technology said.

"China needs to not only develop weapon concepts that are already available to the world, but also explore new, not-yet-present weapons to lead the frontier of technology development," Song said.

Electromagnetic rocket artillery is not the only Chinese military equipment using electromagnetic technology.

Another is the electromagnetic railgun, which can fire projectiles via electromagnetic force at an incredible destructive velocity.

It is expected to be mounted on China's first domestically developed 10,000-ton class missile destroyer 055 in the future.

Another example is the electromagnetic catapult system widely expected to be used on China's future aircraft carriers.

An electromagnetic catapult will allow more fighter jets to take off in a shorter time and boost the carrier's combat capabilities.

The catapult can also launch heavier fixed-wing planes including airborne early warning and control aircraft. They can gather more battlefield information in the sky and act as an airborne command center by coordinating vessels into a stronger strike force, say experts.


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Holography breakthrough boosts accuracy of China’s artillery
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Researchers at a university in North China's Tianjin Municipality made a breakthrough in holography based on optical metasurfaces, with an expert saying the technology could improve the accuracy of military reconnaissance.

A research team from the Center for Terahertz Waves of Tianjin University has greatly advanced holographic imaging technology and realized reflective chiral holography for the first time, Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday.

"Using the metasurfaces material and terahertz waves, the updated holographic plate could exhibit an image with essential features and very accurate status of location, which would greatly improve military reconnaissance," Song Zhongping, a military expert, told the Global Times on Thursday.

Holographic plates with metasurfaces could also record more data and better reproduce the images than ordinary plates, Song added.

A terahertz wave is a kind of electromagnetic wave, which has strong penetrability with good directionality. The waves are safe for humans. They are currently the least understood and least developed electromagnetic spectral band, according to the report.

The metasurfaces plate can recognize different polarization states of light. This enables it to store more information and make fully independent holographic imaging, the newspaper reported.

"Such holography technology must pass various engineering tests under a battlefield environment to confirm its functioning before it is eventually adopted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA)," Song noted.

If fully developed, the technology would bring a sharp advance for artillery units of the PLA, allowing the units to achieve global leadership in artillery technology, Song said.

The ability to convert a good idea into combat capability as soon as possible is important to the PLA, as it also would allow units to have a quick reaction in future battles, Song added.
 
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More screen captures of the 8x8 wheeled recon vehicle... Judging by these and previous photos, It seems to have at least two terminals, both of which are located just aft of the turret and on the left side (or starboard, if you would). At least some space on the port side is devoted to storage, but there could be space for another terminal or two.

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