What type of weapon is the Blue Sky Divine Sword?

People often give certain military units a commendable title. The Missile Soldier is known as the Blue Sky Sword.

Missile troops are a branch or unit equipped with surface-to-air missile weapon systems and performing air defense missions. The United States, Britain, France, Japan, Germany, etc. are called air defense missile forces. It belongs to the Air Force, Air Defense Force, Army and Navy, and is generally composed of firepower detachments, command detachments, technical support detachments and other service detachments.

It can fight against aircraft and airborne air-to-ground missiles flying from low altitude to high altitude, from low speed to high speed in day, night and complex weather conditions. It is mainly responsible for the air defense of important national areas and the air defense of military groups, and participates in the struggle to seize air supremacy. They usually perform air defense missions together with fighter aviation and anti-aircraft artillery units, or they can operate alone. They are an important force for homeland air defense and field air defense.

Main tasks

Protect the country’s political and economic center, military locations, transportation hubs, military groups and other important targets, and participate in the struggle for air supremacy. If necessary, it can also be used to destroy enemy ground and surface targets. It usually performs combat missions together with fighter aviation and anti-aircraft artillery units, and can also conduct air defense operations alone.

Surface-to-air missile troops play an important role in modern air defense operations. The deployment of surface-to-air missile forces mainly depends on the importance of the target being defended, the size of the enemy's air strike force, and the possible tactical means. Due to the long range and high speed of modern air strike weapons, they can attack the opponent's defense targets from any direction.

Therefore, for important defense targets, circular deployment is generally adopted to form a circular air defense firepower distribution system; for more important defense targets or coastal defense targets, it can also be deployed in the main direction of the enemy's attack Carry out fan-shaped deployment; in order to increase the depth of firepower, group deployment or wide-frontal front-line troops can also be carried out in the main direction of important defense targets.