Babylonian Empire

Can't wait any longer!Although the target has not yet been intercepted, plumes of smoke continuously rose from the Aegis battleships, and standard 2 missiles flew into the sky one after another.

The standard 2 missile adopts inertial/command plus semi-active radar composite guidance, and command correction can be performed in the middle. Therefore, in the current necessary situation, the missile should be launched first and then guided.

Nearly 30 missiles were assigned to more than [-] targets for each Aegis warship.

Although the interception has not yet begun, the formation commander knows what kind of risk they will face this time.

Although the U.S. Aegis system was originally developed to resist saturation strikes, the efficiency of vertically launched ship-to-air missiles is much higher than that of oblique arm launchers, and the four-sided phased array radar can simultaneously detect surroundings. All situations, however, do not mean that it can handle all situations.

Because, his ability is far from meeting the requirements of resisting saturation attacks.

Missiles can be launched at the same time, and the phased array radar can also provide guidance in the initial stage. However, this standard 2 missile guided by semi-active radar cannot rely on the phased array radar to guide it to a high enough precision in the final stage. degree.

Therefore, they installed three terminal guidance radars on the warship to provide terminal guidance for four missiles at most quickly one after another. In other words, its ability to attack at the same time, that is, twelve targets, is far from Reach the ability to deal with the missile attack coming from the pavement.

Thirty targets, they will definitely not be able to intercept them, and the rest will be handed over to the short-range air defense system.

However, what made them even more unimaginable was that they didn't even intercept twelve targets at all. They only intercepted five targets, and the hit probability was less than half.

Because the supersonic anti-ship missiles flying over Mach [-], the reaction time left for them was already very short, and the missiles were further reduced to a sea-skimming altitude of five meters.

Breaking through the defense circle of standard missiles, for the US aircraft carrier formation, only naval guns, sea sparrows and short-range defense Phalanx systems are left.

Thirty missiles were shot down, and the remaining anti-ship missiles continued to fly according to their pre-set targets.

For the Iraqi Navy, the biggest threat is the US aircraft carrier, so their main target is the two US aircraft carriers!

Now of the remaining missiles, 42 are flying toward the Kitty Hawk, and 45 are flying toward the Washington.

The Burke-class destroyer guarding the side of the Kitty Hawk turned on its full horsepower and used its body to block the side of the Kitty Hawk. The two phalanxes on the ship kept spitting out flames. An anti-ship missile fell, but it felt powerless with so many missiles flying over.

During the Cold War, what the U.S. Navy was most afraid of was the saturation attack of the Soviet Union. This is almost unsolvable. Now that the Soviet Union has disintegrated, it has been inherited by the Iraqis.

All the missiles had already started their final snake-like maneuvers, and it was even more difficult to hit them.

This is the most tragic minute of the US Navy formation.

There is gunpowder smoke everywhere on the sea.

All the short-range defense systems on the Kitty Hawk, including the Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles, started shooting non-stop.

Two anti-ship missiles got into the belly of the Burke-class destroyer, and the [-]-kilogram warhead exploded violently in its belly.

During the explosion, the Burke-class ship broke into two pieces and began to slowly sink into the water.

The captain of the Kitty Hawk couldn't care less about sympathizing with the Burke class ship at this time, because at this time, in front of him, there were still fifteen anti-ship missiles, which entered the last few seconds of flight.

The Phalanx was spitting out flames, and finally, a missile was hit in the air again and exploded, but the rest of the missiles had already started to use their pointed heads to push it one meter above the waterline.

The 150th and [-]th chapter five, the moan of the Kitty Hawk

The giant aircraft carrier wants to sail safely on the sea. The steel used in its construction is also specially made, which far exceeds that of ordinary warships. This is also the reason why only a few countries can manufacture aircraft carriers. At the beginning, Ah San was unwilling to endure it. The high cost of buying a remodeled second-hand aircraft carrier, and when I decided to manufacture it myself, I found that if I wanted to start construction, I would have to spend a lot of money to buy steel from Russia.

As for Iraq, half of the Black Sea shipyard has been moved back. At the same time, the equipment, technology and personnel of the special steel plant have also been moved back to Iraq. Qusai does not want to be restricted in this regard.

Therefore, although the anti-strike capability of an aircraft carrier is not as strong as that of a battleship, it can still withstand the attack of ordinary anti-ship missiles.

In the past, Western countries used decommissioned aircraft carriers to conduct experiments. After being subjected to more than a dozen anti-ship missiles, the high explosives on them exploded, which meant that it lost its ability to sail, and it did not completely sink to the bottom of the sea.

If a few ordinary C801 series anti-ship missiles flew in, Kitty Hawk resisted and nothing happened.

However, it is different now. A missile flying at several times the speed of sound, even without explosives, the huge kinetic energy brought by the high speed is still very lethal. What's more, it is not facing one or two missiles, but It's fourteen missiles!

"Boom!" On the fifth deck, the damage control personnel heard this loud sound, which almost shattered their eardrums, and then, there was a flame in front of them.

The high-energy armor-piercing blasting warhead successfully tore open the hull of the aircraft carrier, but only a small hole was torn.

Without a warhead with a charge of more than 41 kilograms, it is simply impossible to effectively penetrate the aircraft carrier. A big guy like KH-[-] is still not powerful enough.

Regardless of the few sailors who died, the rest of the crew immediately carried out damage control to extinguish the fire and prevent the fire from spreading.

Then, there was another crash, this time in the rear cabin.

The Kitty Hawk groaned continuously during the impact of the KH-41. This is already the eighth bomb. Although it hit him almost at the same time, the captain of the Kitty Hawk still remembers it clearly.

From the looks of it, this aircraft carrier of my own can resist it. At that time, I just need to give myself enough time to drive back.

However, this wish was shattered in the next moment.

A missile that flew in later got into the hole that had been blasted by the previous missile. After getting in, it tore open the second watertight door, and then exploded inside.

Although important weapons, ammunition and other things are all placed in the most central part of the aircraft carrier, separated by several layers of steel plates, the engine room at the back is only separated by two decks.

The explosion of the missile damaged the engine room.

In order to provide power for this tens of thousands of tons of warship, the boiler of the Kitty Hawk is very powerful, and the internal pressure is also very high. explode.

Two of Kitty Hawk's eight boilers exploded. Immediately, one of the propellers stopped rotating. The entire boiler room was surrounded by high-temperature and high-pressure steam. Steamed.

The steam affected several remaining boilers, which were also not working properly.

The Kitty Hawk completely lost power, and, because the propeller on one side stopped first, the warship yawed, and then the hull began to tilt.

Several missiles that flew in after that continued to hit several cabins.

The tilt of the ship caused the damage control personnel to be unable to deal with the problem in time. They did not have time to close these cabins, and sea water began to pour into the aircraft carrier continuously.

The Kitty Hawk's hull began to tilt more unconsciously.

The faces of all the crew on the aircraft carrier suddenly turned from white to ashen. They seem to have realized that this aircraft carrier may not escape a fate.

This is the first aircraft carrier to be sunk in a war since World War II!

Another Washington, a little better than the Kitty Hawk, just a little better.

Compared with the Kitty Hawk class, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a larger displacement, except that the hull and deck continue to use high-strength steel to resist the attack of semi-armor-piercing projectiles, during construction, key parts, ammunition depots and engine rooms It is equipped with 63.5 mm thick "Kevlar" armor, which also makes its displacement reach the scale of 23 tons.There are 10 watertight transverse bulkheads and [-] fireproof bulkheads inside the ship, with complete protective measures such as fire protection, damage control and impact resistance.Its ability to withstand blows is twice that of the Kitty Hawk.

However, it also suffered a little more missiles. Nineteen anti-ship missiles hit its side body, and its side was seriously flooded, and the hull began to tilt. However, due to the timely closure of the watertight The door, the hull is not in danger of sinking.

However, judging from a surviving cruiser next to it, its deck has obviously tilted.

This Ticonderoga-class cruiser is one of the few surviving ships.

Except that the aircraft carrier has the anti-strike ability of the battleships in World War II, the rest of the warships do not have this ability. The KH-41 can't chew on the aircraft carrier, but it can handle those cruisers, destroyers and frigates with ease. Those with a displacement of less than [-] tons can definitely be destroyed with just one shot.And with a displacement of [-] tons, only two are needed.

Under this round of blows, the U.S. aircraft carrier formation was left with only one tilted USS Washington, one Ticonderoga-class, and one Perry-class.

The rest have already sunk into the water, or are slowly sinking into the sea.