81: Chapter 81 Technological Feedback: Quantum Navigation and Positioning
While the Pretty Country was still busy dealing with the financial and transportation chaos caused by the "Medusa" shadow, the Dragon Country's technological advancement did not pause for a second.
After easily resolving the external threat and delivering a precise counterattack, Lin Mo, in the "Candle Dragon" safe house, turned his attention to another field related to the nation's lifeline and future strategy—navigation and positioning.
For a long time, precise global navigation and positioning services, especially the dual-use Global Satellite Positioning System, had been monopolized by the Pretty Country's GPS.
Although the Dragon Country had long built and continuously improved its own "Beidou" system, breaking the exclusive monopoly of GPS, it still faced challenges in terms of extreme precision, anti-interference capability, and especially reliability in certain special environments.
Moreover, it had not essentially broken away from the traditional paradigm of relying on space satellites.
Lin Mo knew that whether it was to completely get rid of the final external dependence or to prepare for future deep space exploration and potential interstellar threats, a brand-new, revolutionary navigation and positioning system was crucial.
His consciousness sank into the system interface; the points were sufficient, and his authority was enough.
He did not hesitate at all, paid the corresponding points, and redeemed the [Core Theory and Key Technologies of Quantum Inertial Navigation and Positioning System].
Vast knowledge flooded into his mind; it was a world of principles completely different from satellite navigation.
It did not rely on any external signals.
Its core was based on ultra-high-precision atomic interferometers and laser gyroscopes, calculating position, velocity, and attitude in real-time and autonomously by measuring the extremely weak quantum phase changes caused by the carrier's own movement.
Theoretically, its precision could reach hundreds or even thousands of times that of traditional inertial navigation, and there was no cumulative error, nor could it be interfered with or deceived by any form of electromagnetic waves!
More importantly, the system data also contained a short-range absolute positioning technology based on local quantum entanglement effects.
Although its effective range was limited, in specific scenarios, it could provide positioning precision that was almost like a "miracle."
Lin Mo immediately threw himself into work, combining this era-surpassing technical theory with the Dragon Country's existing industrial foundation and the auxiliary design capabilities of "Fuxi" to convert it into feasible engineering design plans.
Northwest, a top-secret weapons testing ground.
A sci-fi looking, undisclosed new type of hypersonic aircraft was quietly parked on the launch pad.
Unlike previous times, the focus of this test was not its propulsion system, but its navigation system.
"Test start! Activate the 'Quantum Gyroscope' navigation core!" The ground command center issued the order.
Inside the aircraft, a core component protected by precision constant temperature and vibration isolation devices—a quantum inertial measurement unit based on cold atom interference technology—began to operate.
It did not receive any external GPS or Beidou signals, relying entirely on the precise measurement of the atomic wave function inside to perceive every tiny movement of itself.
The aircraft ignited and shot into the sky, shuttling and changing orbits at the edge of the atmosphere at a jaw-dropping speed and with a strange trajectory.
On the ground screen, the trajectory line representing its position was smooth and precise, perfectly overlapping with the preset route without any drift.
"Report! The aircraft has been maneuvering continuously for over 30 minutes, and the cumulative position error of the quantum navigation system is less than 0.1 meters! The velocity error is less than 0.01 meters/second!" The monitor's voice was filled with unbelievable excitement.
The military top brass and engineers present were silent, and then erupted into warm applause and cheers.
This meant that the Dragon Country's most cutting-edge strategic weapons would completely get rid of dependence on any external navigation system, and in any extreme environment, they could fly to the target with unparalleled precision, just like opening a "Heavenly Eye"!
The GPS interference and shielding methods that the Pretty Country prided itself on had completely become a joke in the face of this technology.
Southeast coast, a large container port.
The quay cranes were working busily, and a giant cargo ship was berthing.
In the past, even with differential GPS technology, the huge hull still required experienced pilots to carefully control it when docking, and there was still centimeter-level error.
Today, in the wheelhouse of the cargo ship, there was an extra inconspicuous new terminal.
When the cargo ship slowly approached the wharf, the 3D model on the terminal screen clearly showed the precise distance between the hull and the wharf, and other berthed ships, with an accuracy reaching an astonishing millimeter level!
"Port side is 3.21 meters from the quay wall, the horizontal distance between the bow and the No. 3 crane is 15.67 meters..." The system gave a clear voice prompt.
Guided by this precision down to the centimeter or even millimeter, the pilot easily parked this giant steadily and accurately at the predetermined position, significantly improving efficiency and safety.
This system applied to the port was exactly the short-range absolute positioning system based on quantum entanglement effects.
It had installed "beacons" in key areas of the port, and by performing entanglement correlation measurements with the quantum source in the ship's terminal, it achieved unparalleled positioning precision within a small range.
In the field of people's livelihood, changes were also quietly taking place.
Some special industries, such as large autonomous mining trucks in unmanned mining areas, precision surveying drones in deep mountains and forests, and even underground pipeline robots in future cities, had begun to test equipment equipped with miniaturized quantum inertial navigation modules.
They no longer worried about GPS signal loss caused by canyons or high-rise buildings, no longer feared bad weather or human interference, and could maintain stable and reliable navigation capabilities in complex environments.
The internet was boiling again.
"Damn! I heard our new missiles are equipped with 'Quantum Eyes'? They hit whatever they point at, and they aren't afraid of interference!"
"Our port tried out the new technology. The giant ships docked as easily as playing with toy cars, millimeter-level positioning!"
"The brothers from the geological team said their drones don't get lost in the deep mountains and forests anymore, awesome!"
Although the public did not understand the specific technical principles, they could clearly feel the increasingly powerful scientific and technological strength and control displayed by the country in every aspect.
That sense of security and pride from the bottom of their hearts became stronger.
Pretty Country, The Pentagon.
An emergency assessment report on the Dragon Country's suspected "breakthrough in revolutionary navigation technology" was placed on the desks of the top brass.
Looking at the navigation precision and anti-interference capability described in the report, which almost defied existing physical cognition, the faces of several generals were extremely ugly.
The advantage of GPS was being fundamentally dismantled.
They seemed to see that the "navigation lines" that were originally clearly visible and could be interfered with and cut off were being replaced on the Dragon Country's weapon platforms and key facilities with invisible, untouchable, yet absolutely precise "quantum beacons."
The power of technological feedback, like the most solid cornerstone, was reinforcing the foundation of the Dragon Country's rise layer by layer, and at the same time, it was pushing the old hegemony into an irreversible abyss little by little.
And in the "Candle Dragon" safe house, Lin Mo, looking at the report on the successful application of quantum navigation technology, knew that the Dragon Country's sharp sword had become sharper and more unstoppable.