Meanwhile, Great Han had arrived at almost the same answer.
Luoyang's proposal used different terminology but followed the same overall logic: add directional energy barriers to conventional aircraft and KMFs, and use multinode distributed shields for major large-scale platforms. Sakuradite superconducting networks would handle instantaneous power allocation, IS Cores would handle threat prediction and barrier reconfiguration, and radiation fluctuation devices would create short-term ionized layers and thermal halos within the atmosphere to further disperse the beams' focal spots.
Without any prior coordination, two superpowers still competing against each other had taken their technology trees in the same direction.
Put shields on aircraft.
Put shields on KMFs.
Put shields on transport aircraft, early-warning aircraft, and floating warships.
At that moment, Britannia's efficiency was almost terrifying.
Seventy-two hours after Charles issued his general mobilization order, seventeen major military-industrial zones across the empire adjusted their production plans simultaneously. Area 11 handled sakuradite and KMF components, Area 18 supplied battlefield samples and combat data, the Imperial Research Institute in the homeland completed generator miniaturization, and the African areas expanded production lines for heat-resistant ceramics and high-temperature composites. With roughly two billion people and a state apparatus long geared toward world conquest, the nation barely hesitated to change direction once it had identified its enemy.
Before the first batch of partial-shield components for the Sutherland had even finished durability testing, the second batch of directional aircraft barriers had already entered wind-tunnel testing.
Floating battleships, previously found only in a handful of future plans, were also brought into reality ahead of schedule.
They would have more powerful sakuradite energy systems than ordinary floating warships, multilayer luminous barriers, long-range missiles, swarms of unmanned decoys, and large directional defensive fields capable of covering friendly airspace. The imperial military was no longer satisfied with transporting KMFs to the battlefield.