The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 860 - 643: Antiair, Antiship, Ground Radar_2

"Mr. Tesla, when can we develop a radar that can be applied to airplanes?" the Air Force Commander asked with a hint of disappointment.

Seeing such advanced radar technology unable to be equipped on airplanes was most distressing for the Air Force Commander.

More importantly, the navy could clearly equip the current radar, signifying a potential boost in its significance. Perhaps next year’s budget for the navy would be even higher, increasingly widening the gap with the army and the Air Force.

"It’s still uncertain, Your Excellency the General," Tesla said helplessly, shaking his head, "In fact, equipping it on airplanes is the most difficult task. Even if we push for improvements with all our might, I can’t guarantee completion in a short time."

This was actually a question to which the answer was known before it was asked. The Air Force Commander nodded, indicating his understanding.

Arthur smiled and said, "Now you understand the importance of radar, don’t you? To reject the offer to test radar on warships without witnessing its capabilities is akin to pushing away such excellent technology.

I hope that through this incident, you understand that we can only become stronger by continuously updating our scientific technologies.

I do not want to see such incidents in the upcoming radar tests; you must cooperate fully with any radar tests."

In truth, Arthur needn’t have mentioned this, as the generals were already the ones most eager to have radar equipped in their military forces.

Because it was already night, it was too late to return to Saint Arthur Castle, so Arthur had no choice but to stay at Sydney Palace, the palace he had left just a few months ago.

Early the next morning, Arthur visited the radar research center again. On one hand, it was to reward Tesla, his assistants, and all the personnel at the radar research center; on the other, it was to discuss with Tesla the future directions for radar improvement, including various areas of development.

The rewards for the research staff at the radar research center were quite high due to the importance of radar.

They were certainly due their honors, and in addition, they received financial rewards ranging from 200 to 1000 Australian dollars based on their merit, as well as a variety of supplies, even land rewards.

And Tesla, who had the greatest merit in the development of radar, not only received a large amount of land and funds, but his achievements took him a step closer to the title of Viscount.

In Australasia, there is no Marquess among the aristocratic levels. The aristocracy system in Australasia is composed of five levels: Sir, Baron, Viscount, Earl, and Duke.

Of course, Arthur, the King, naturally holds the highest position in the aristocracy system and has the power of life and death.

But one has to admit, the progress in rocket development by other countries is not null. According to the rate of rocket research and development in Europe, they are very likely to catch up with us within ten years and develop such a thing as rockets.

In light of this, we need to prepare in advance and strive to detect the flight trajectory of rockets with radar, to defend against the threat of enemy missiles to us.

Of course, as I said, this is just an idea. Even if it can be realized, it definitely won’t happen in a short time.

I have great expectations for it, but the current focus of the research center remains equipping the navy, army, and air force with radar, and deploying large radars along the coastline."

Arthur was merely proposing a research direction for radar, urging Tesla to start scientific research in the field of missiles ahead of time.

But in reality, it would be simply impossible for European nations to catch up with Australasia’s progress in rockets and missiles without ten to twenty years of effort.

Even the simplest Testet-1 rocket could not be developed by any country, including Britain, without three to five years.

Arthur’s strategy, which began twenty years ago, was not without effect; a significant part of the talent in rockets and aviation had already congregated in Australasia, with the remainder scattered across European and American countries, already weakening Europe and the United States’ ability to develop rockets.

Even if rockets and missiles were exposed in the future and European countries and the United States started to develop missiles in response, they were doomed not to keep up with Australasia’s pace.

Unless a country could gather aerospace power experts on a scale comparable to that of Australasia, who could achieve that?

With a significant portion of talent already gathered in Australasia, to amass a scale of talent comparable to Australasia’s would be to practically drain other countries’ reserves of rocket and aviation experts, wouldn’t it?

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Such an action was practically impossible to execute because other countries would react swiftly. Even if they did not know the purpose of these excavations of rocket and aviation talent, they would do their best to protect these individuals to prevent the harm of losses to foreign lands.

The reason Australasia could attract these talents before other countries reacted was twofold: one was the influence of the Victoria Award on the scientific community, and the second was that at the time, rocket and aviation specialties were not well-known, nor did they have such significant influence.

One should know that before practical military aircraft were developed, Arthur had already begun laying out plans for rocket and aviation talent.

Who else would catch onto such early planning? Unless someone else had prescience like Arthur, just the choice between airships and airplanes was enough to distract the vision of most countries.