Babylonian Empire

These 5 minutes are the key to victory or defeat!

The Ticonderoga-class battleship USS Hilo is using its own four-sided phased array radar.Search the surrounding sky.

They already knew that the Iraqis were eight hundred nautical miles away.The war may start at any time, and they must use their own four-sided phased array radar.to protect the safety of their fleet.

At this time, the E2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft has not found the target yet.

At this moment, they received a notification from the rear headquarters that more than 50 ballistic missiles were suddenly launched in the desert area in southern Saudi Arabia!

After receiving this news, the three cruisers already equipped with standard 3 missiles knew that it was time to test themselves.

"Anti-ballistic missile mode, ready to launch Standard 3." Said the captain of the Hilo.

Standard 3 missiles are the anti-ballistic missile system of the U.S. Navy. This system, they have always advertised, has far better performance than land-based anti-missile systems. There are only more than 50 ballistic missiles, and they can handle it!

Each cruiser is equipped with forty missiles of this type. If two missiles are aimed at one target, some missiles can be left over.

At a distance of [-] kilometers, they detected these incoming ballistic missiles, and the combat system automatically assigned targets to each warship. At the same time, the interception had entered the final stage.

"Boom! Boom!" In a loud voice, the first thruster of Standard 3 ignited and pushed it out of the launch box. From a distance, it looked like fireworks on the festival day, and the thick smoke had already The entire battleship was surrounded.

Each warship fired more than 30 standard 3 missiles. This is indeed a test of the Aegis combat system. However, the test is not the four-sided phased array radar, but its data processing.

Simultaneously track more than a dozen ballistic missile targets, and at the same time calculate the interception point of its own missiles. Since the distance exceeds [-] kilometers, it cannot choose to intercept on the ascent stage, but can only intercept the opponent's missiles on the landing stage.

Even at the time of the original test, it was never tried to intercept so many targets at the same time.

The location where the missile was launched was also immediately captured by the U.S. Navy. The escorting Burke-class destroyer did not carry Standard 3, but it was equipped with a third of the Tomahawk missiles. For that target, they immediately fired again. More than 20 Tomahawk missiles were fired, and if they dare to launch ballistic missiles, they must blow it up!

The battle has officially begun.

The ballistic missile that entered the atmosphere began to fall at a very high speed. At the same time, it received the data from the satellite for the last time to correct its target information.

At this time, the third-stage engine of the standard 3 missile has been ignited, and it flies towards its own target at a very high speed. The collision-type kinetic energy warhead in front begins the final target acquisition process.

For ballistic missiles flying at extremely high speeds, receiving target data after re-entry into the atmosphere is a difficult problem. Therefore, although the system in Iraq is mature, half of the missiles still have not received information. However, according to the pre-arrangement , They all conjured up three warheads.

The first two missiles fired hit their first target accurately. However, the subsequent missiles became three warheads, which made them immediately feel the pressure.

It was originally intended that two missiles would shoot down one target, which would ensure a higher probability, but now, they were separated, attacking one target, and one target slipped through the net.

The combat system constantly recalculates and reassigns targets. At the same time, the new Standard 3 missiles are also quickly launched into the air.

At this time, the early warning plane has observed Iraqi naval fighter planes flying at ultra-low altitude and high speed over the sea, and there are as many as [-] of them!

The escorting F14 fighter jets rushed forward immediately, and the remaining F14 fighter jets were ejected from the aircraft carrier behind.

In later generations, because the power of their aircraft carrier formations was too powerful, the Americans could hardly meet decent opponents, so they gradually phased out the Tomcat fighters they equipped, but now, with the strength of the Middle East, the pressure on the US Navy remains It is very large, so the Tomcat fighters were only partially eliminated. On the Kitty Hawk and the Washington, they both maintained an F14 wing with a scale of [-] fighters.

No matter how the F18 is improved, the combat effectiveness of air control cannot reach the level of the F14.

In this regard, the Americans are actually somewhat envious of the Iraqi aircraft carrier, the Su-27K, which can already undertake various tasks.

All the energy of the Aegis cruisers was used to intercept ballistic missiles. Several Burke-class destroyers took on the task of mid-level air defense, ready to intercept missiles that slipped through the net at any time.

At a distance of [-] kilometers from the US aircraft carrier, the Iraqi Naval Air Force, and the US Naval Air Force, contacted.

The F14 fighter wrote about Phoenix missiles, which have a range of more than 100 kilometers and were the magic weapon for defeating the enemy.

However, by now, it is already old. The Phoenix missile was originally designed to intercept bombers. At the beginning, it achieved good results, but later, as Iraq gradually became familiar with this missile, how to To avoid such missiles, there are already countermeasures.

The most difficult thing is to find out that being shot down by the opponent without any precautions is the saddest situation.

The early warning plane urgently notified that the American fighter jets had launched Phoenix missiles, and all the planes began to turn according to the warning plane's notification to get rid of the opponent's lock.At the same time, the jamming pod carried on one side of the wing also started working.

Relying on the long-range phoenix missile, the F14 interception temporarily had the upper hand in the first round of confrontation. A Su-27K fighter that failed to dodge was hit, and a pilot blood spilled into the sky.

But then, the distance between the two sides was shortened to within [-] kilometers.

"Prepare to launch medium-range bombs." Reyer calmly shouted on the radio. He was the commander-in-chief of the carrier's air force for this attack.

The forty Su-27Ks escorting them are already ready for launch. The advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles mounted under their wings are no worse than the American AIM120. In terms of launch range, they still have an advantage.

This kind of missile was developed by Iraq by combining the common characteristics of the original active sky flash and the R77 missile. The active sky flash has always used the original sparrow body, which resulted in no increase in its maneuverability, while the R77 The advanced design of the missile's body, especially the unique tail rudder, led to an increase in maneuverability, and the main circuits and electronic equipment on the missile were all improved from the active sky flash.

Iraq invested in the continuous improvement of the active sky flash, which is the Meteor project of later generations. However, this project was later added to other European countries. Out of certain strategic considerations, the Iraqi side also agreed. This project became international projects.But the progress was greatly delayed.

Under such circumstances, in addition to self-developed advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, Iraq has continued to develop advanced long-range air-to-air missiles that use ramjet engines and have a range of more than [-] kilometers.

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Still two salvos, the tactical target assigned by the rear anti-warning aircraft, the fire flashed continuously under the wings, and the missile flew out.

As for the Su-27K fighter jets on the attack mission, they continued to fly at ultra-low altitude. As long as they got close to a distance of [-] kilometers, they could launch the missiles under their wings.

For the pilots of the F14 fighters, they are now faced with a choice. If they attack the opponent's escort fighters first, then those attacking aircraft groups will break through their own defense lines. When they took off, they only mounted two Phoenix missiles , and the rest are replaced by AIM120 missiles. After all, Phoenix missiles have a low hit rate when attacking high-mobility targets, and sparrows are already outdated. ..

In the 90s, the Phoenix missile underwent a mid-term improvement and replaced the solid circuit. However, its design was outdated after all, and its huge size and weight made it impossible for the carrier aircraft to perform high-overload maneuvers. Moreover, the phoenix can only be carried by a tomcat.Therefore, the United States is more inclined to improve the AIM120 so that it can reach a longer range.Moreover, although the phoenix has a longer range, various problems such as identification of friend and foe have prevented the performance of this long-range missile from being fully utilized.

The American Tomcat fighter squadron has forgotten a very important thing. In air combat, attacking the opponent's early warning aircraft is always the most important thing. However, the Iraqi carrier-based early warning aircraft is [-] kilometers behind. , and the Saudi early warning plane is [-] kilometers away. They cannot surpass the Iraqi fighter planes and directly attack the early warning plane.

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The Su-27K fighter jet flying at an ultra-low altitude avoided the first round of strikes from the Tomcat fighter jet.Although one was shot down, it continued to fly forward.At this moment, they seem to be parameciums who are not afraid of death.Without consciousness, what they need now is this kind of fearless spirit.

Two E2 early warning planes were constantly monitoring, and at the same time, mobilized their own fighter planes to intercept, but the Tomcat fighter jets had already flown within the attack range of the fighter jets escorted by the other side, once the two sides started to fight.It's not easy to get out.

The covering Su-27K fighters commanded by Reyel pounced on the Tomcat fighters, and started firing their own medium-range bombs one after another.

Suddenly, the two Su-27K fighters flying at ultra-low altitude below turned on the afterburner and began to climb rapidly.

Are the Iraqis about to attack?At this time, they are nearly 27 kilometers away from their own aircraft carrier formation!When did they have anti-ship missiles with such a long range?Could it be some kind of Soviet weapon again?but.Such a long distance, only granite missiles can reach it?It's just that that kind of missile cannot be mounted on a Su-[-]K fighter, to be exact.That kind of missile does not have an air launch type yet.

The director on the American AEC plane hesitated a little, he didn't notice that his own plane was at this time.Less than [-] kilometers away from the other party!

Iraq has no long-range air-to-air missiles, otherwise.In the battle just now, why not use long-range air-to-air missiles at a long distance?

He forgot.Ten years ago, Iraq used long-range air-to-air missiles to attack early warning aircraft.

It's just that at that time, the carrier aircraft was a MiG-25. With a considerable altitude and speed, the MiG-25 would provide the missile with a sufficient initial velocity and increase the range of the missile.

It is impossible for the MiG 25 to take off from the ship. Although the radome of the Su 27K nose is large, it cannot provide guidance information for the missile beyond [-] kilometers.

However, the pre-warning machine is fine!The Iraqi pre-warning plane in the back is already providing data for these two planes. What is mounted under the wings of these two planes is not a thick anti-ship missile with a titanium alloy casing, but a rather slender missile. new missiles.

This kind of missile is a new missile that uses a ramjet engine that is longer than the R33 and uses a ramjet engine to specifically attack the pre-warning aircraft. In later generations, after a long period of development in Russia, it was introduced to the international market under the name of KS172.But now, this missile has fallen into the hands of Iraq. After several years of development, this missile, which is specially used to attack early warning aircraft, has entered the sequence of Iraqi air weapons.

However, the maneuverability of this kind of missile is not good, so it is okay to attack slow anti-warning aircraft, but it is not so suitable for attacking flexible fighter jets. Moreover, it mainly uses anti-radiation guidance now. head.