Babylonian Empire

"How? Are we sure we can win?" Qusay asked.

"The air defense force is making final preparations. We have deployed two Sam-11 anti-aircraft missile companies and one Sam-10 anti-aircraft missile company near Baghdad, but we haven't tried firing the Sam-10 anti-aircraft missile yet. Therefore, we cannot be sure about the effectiveness of the attack," Major General Abed said.

The Soviet Union generally separated the air force and the air defense force, but Iraq still has a unified form.There is no need to separate out a separate branch of the military, and the ties between each other are also very close.

"Our anti-aircraft missile unit must exert its power this time and kill the invading enemy planes!" Qusay clenched his fists, "The air force is also ready to take off and intercept at any time. Our air traffic control plane has taken off ?"

"Ericsson's God's Eye has already taken off, at a height of [-]." Major General Abed said.

"Let them increase the altitude and fly to fourteen thousand." Qusay said.

This time, it is no different from a stealth plane. The stealth plane can scatter the radar beam from the bottom, but the stealth effect on the top is not high. Looking down, I found this stealth aircraft.

In later generations, how to fight stealth aircraft is a common topic. Faced with the threat of stealth aircraft, all countries have begun to study it with great concentration. This is also the reason why the F-117 was perfectly retired after 20 years in the battlefield.

Ignorance breeds fear. When all countries are shocked by this stealth aircraft, Qusay has no fear. The great man in the East said that all imperialism is a paper tiger!

On the outskirts of Baghdad, four large meter-wave radars are located in four directions, 150 kilometers apart from each other. With this arrangement, the aircraft in the area where the four radars want to intersect can be accurately determined. Now, the other party is still there Gradually approaching, did not enter the area within the four radars, so the precision is not very high.

I can only see the approximate trajectory of the movement, and it is flying towards the sky above Baghdad!

On the ground, the Sam-11 missile, which is modified from the Sam-6 missile, has a guidance radar added to the front of the car body, which can avoid the encounter of the Sam-6 in the Bekaa Valley.The quadruple-mounted missile launchers were already turning towards the direction in which the target in front was flying.

The other is the Sam-10 missile, the third-generation surface-to-air missile system of the Soviet Homeland Defense Air Force.It was developed in 1967 and equipped with the Homeland Defense Air Force in 1981. It is a large-scale air defense missile in the whole airspace and has the capability of anti-cruise missile and anti-ballistic missile.

Now, the quadruple barrel-shaped launching device of this missile has been firmly established on the launching position, and the missiles inside are ready to break out of the barrel at any time.

Thanks to the relationship with the Elders, Iraq finally obtained this important air defense missile. In later generations, it is the famous S-300 system.

Iraq introduced the basic type, with a range of 79 kilometers. The acquisition of this type of missile gave Iraq a long-range area air defense capability, and it was deployed on the outskirts of the most important Baghdad.

Although Iraq advocates offensive air defense, there will still be fish that slip through the net, so air defense missiles are also very important.

The F-117 fighters in the sky are still flying, and they are very confident in their aircraft.

If the confidence of the pilots of the SR-71 aircraft was based on the fact that even if they were detected by the opponent's radar, but the opponent did not have missiles with sufficient range and high velocity to intercept them, then the confidence of the pilots of the F-117 Heart, it is based on the fact that it will not be discovered by the other party at all.

As if they were wearing invisibility cloaks, they flew over 8000 meters in a grand manner, but they didn't have to worry about being spotted by ground radar.

They also know that in order to cooperate with their actions, the high-power jamming equipment in the US military base in Bahrain is being turned on. This operation has increased their chances of winning a lot. Many radars in Iraq are imported from the United States. Therefore, the Americans know all the parameters of the radar, which is convenient for targeted jamming.

"Attention, we are about to reach the airspace, and launch the attack according to the original plan." This was the only time when Oakes broke the radio silence, and it was also the last voice he left for the US side.

The sophisticated Infrared Acquisition and Designation System (IRADS) starts to work, because the target data has been input in advance, so when approaching the target, the IRADS has already started to automatically align with the target area. On the dedicated large display in front of Oaks, various Graphics that only they could understand began to appear, and Oakes turned the knob to select the target and aiming point.

The graphics were continuously enlarged, and soon Oakes saw the familiar building, a small building in the Palace of the Republic!

It is estimated that when he dropped the bomb, the Iraqis were still asleep, right?Oakes thought.

After Oakes determined the target, the onboard computer left the rest. The entire system began to automatically track the target, and the laser device illuminated the target and measured its distance.

When it reaches the appropriate distance, the system will hand over the target from the forward-looking infrared device to the downward-looking infrared device.They use mid-air, straight-line and horizontal flight to accurately release weapons without any maneuvering actions, which makes the accuracy of the two laser-guided bombs in the belly of the aircraft even higher.

The difference between the F-117 aircraft and other American attack aircraft is that this aircraft is not equipped with radar!Stealth aircraft, if radar is used, it is like a transparent person wearing ordinary clothes, and can still be found.

The pilots of the F-117 concentrated their energy. They flew for more than ten hours. Now, the most important moment finally came.

Chapter 42 The Nighthawk Falls

The antenna of the meter wave radar is an ancient Yagi shape. At this time, the antenna is constantly rotating, but it is working normally and orderly in the sky filled with complex electromagnetic waves.

The four radars, in an array, closely monitored the target that broke into their airspace. Now, they bear a very important responsibility, that is, to shoot it down!

Although they have already simulated hitting stealth targets on the computer, after all, they haven't practiced with real swords and guns. It is impossible for the Americans to send F-117 over as a training partner. This time, they came with real guys.

The computer was working intensely, superimposing the targets discovered by the four radars through complex algorithms to obtain the exact position of the opponent, and it also needed to be able to meet the needs of launching missiles.

Now, the guidance radar of the Sam-11 is completely unable to detect the target, and the radar of the Sam-10 seems to be able to detect some suspicious situation, but under the electromagnetic interference and the opponent's stealth capability, its radar cannot Complete missions to provide data for missile launches.

The Sam-10 air defense system uses a double-sided phased array radar. Using one radar can cover an airspace with a radius of 100 kilometers, detect, identify, and track more than ten batches of targets at the same time, and accurately lock 6 of them. 12 missiles launched an attack on it. The radar has 26 bands, the working frequency is ten gigahertz, and it has a strong ability to resist electronic interference.Unfortunately, in the face of stealth aircraft, it is still powerless.

This is the first time that the missile is guided by the meter wave radar for long-range alert.

The opponent has gradually approached the sky over Baghdad, and has also entered the center of the four meter wave radar positions.

Through the C3I network, the target information is continuously transmitted to the radar position. Iraq has completed the system integration work and transmitted the target information to the missile launching vehicle.

The commander at the scene finally gave the order to launch the missile.

Immediately, flames flickered on the missile position, and two Sam-11 missile companies fired four Sam-11 missiles in unison, and the Sam-10 missile batteries also fired two salvos. way, launched two 5V55R missiles.

"Bang!" The gas generator in the launch tube pushed the missile vertically out of the launch tube. When it was 20 meters away from the tube, a bright light came from the darkness, and the main engine ignited. The United States has a different method. The vertical launch of the United States is thermal launch. The missile is already ignited in the launch tube, while the Soviet Union uses cold launch. After the missile flies out of the launch tube, it starts to ignite.

Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. Cold-fired fire does not need to design complicated exhaust pipes and simplifies the launch device. Moreover, when launching the barrel, you can use the gas rudder to turn it after it comes out, while hot-fired fire has to be ignited. Afterwards, the missile has a certain speed before it can complete the turning action. When dealing with a threat flying at a short distance from a low altitude, it may not be able to react in time. However, there is a risk of cold launch. If the missile is pushed out, the engine will If it is not ignited, then this kind of missile will fall down and bring harm to the launch site.

These two kinds of missiles are flying according to the program at the beginning, guided by radio commands in the middle, and guided by semi-active radar at the end of the flight. Since the guidance radar uses a single-pulse system, it is not easy to be interfered by electromagnetic interference. However, because of its The guidance radar cannot distinguish the trace of the stealth aircraft, so it can only be guided by radio commands at the end.

Launch four missiles at a time. These four missiles are on the expected flight path of the opponent's aircraft. Due to the arrogance of the Americans, they don't even know that they have been targeted. Moreover, during the bombing process, they maintain a normal course And speed, is very necessary.

With the launch of the missile, almost all the people on the scene held their breath. These tens of seconds will play a decisive role!

After all, this is the first actual combat use of their system, and it is also the first time to shoot a target. The reliability of the system has not been tested yet.

The ramjet engine of the Sam-11 missile has been ignited, driving the missile body, accelerating continuously, reaching an altitude of 8000 meters, and at the same time, its speed has also increased to Mach 3.

It's just that the seeker in front of the Sam-11 is not working. It cannot receive the reflected beam of the guidance radar below it. The radar wave has been reflected to other directions by the stealth aircraft and cannot return to it. inside the seeker.

It is faithfully receiving the following radio commands. The radio commands are a concentrated single-pulse beam, which is on its flight route. Therefore, the anti-interference ability is relatively strong, and it is still working normally.

In the predetermined airspace, the Sam-11 missile detonated its own warhead, and the high-energy fragments weighing 70 kg filled the surrounding airspace with a radius of 17 meters.

The first Sam-11 missile, in this unique way, came to "kill" stealth aircraft.

The people in the underground command hall looked disappointed. The target was still there.

They failed!

The accuracy of the meter wave radar is still too poor after all. Although it has successfully detected the other party's planes and captured their flight trajectories through the use of networking, the accuracy must be 50 meters away. The precision is not enough to guide it to a completely accurate position.

Even a small negligence when writing the program will lead to a change in the target's orientation. As long as it exceeds the limit of 20 meters, the missile will miss the target.

They didn't know that the missile was 500 meters away from its target!

It is quite difficult to shoot down a stealth aircraft, otherwise, the American stealth aircraft would not be able to show off its power.

Since the missile exploded behind the target, the pilot of the F-117 fighter, who was concentrating on preparing for the final attack, did not realize that they had already been attacked.

Oakes pressed the bomb button on the steering column, completing the last step of the attack.