Chapter 663 Laser Guidance
At 2 a.m. on the 13th, the Nighthawk Squadron arrived at their destination, Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, on time, based on navigation information.
Spike and Michael flew in their f117 at an altitude of 8,000 meters, blending into the darkness. Looking down from the sky, the earth was completely shrouded in the darkness, just like the sky.
The lights of Baghdad that could be seen in space in the past have completely gone out, and the huge city has completely remained silent in the dark. This may be a very troublesome thing for aircraft in the Vietnam War era. But if it was the US military's killer f117 fighter bomber in 1990, it would not be a problem at all.
Any object with a temperature higher than the environment will radiate heat outward, perfectly blending into the dark Baghdad in the visible light band, and in turn, in the world of heat radiation, it is as dazzling as a torch in the dark night.
What's more, the positioning of F117 on Baghdad can also rely on GPS signals from space, so it is even more impossible to discover this huge city.
After arriving at the scheduled location, the Nighthawk Squadron's f117 formation began to descend and entered a 5,000-meter laser-guided bomb attack altitude.
Theoretically, the Gem Road iii laser-guided bomb can be deployed at an altitude of 12,000 meters. However, if the aircraft wants to laser guide it, it must be reduced to an altitude of 5,000 meters while ensuring accuracy. In this case, only the F117, which can be invisible to the radar, can be competent for this dangerous job.
Baghdad's air defense has not been destroyed yet. If it were any other fighter without stealth, the altitude of five thousand meters was almost inescapable. The f117, which was unaware of, could completely transform into an assassin in the dark and throw bombs onto their heads without the enemy's awareness.
After entering the altitude of five thousand meters, the fully silent f117 formation opened their own bullet cabin doors one after another. A series of gem road iii laser guided bombs appeared in their belly, ready to silently escape from the plane's arms and throw themselves into an unknown direction in the dark.
"Spike, search for targets, laser guidance based on electronic maps..."
The formation commander began to issue orders that, under the guidance of the GPS signal, any disguise of the Iraqis was meaningless. Unless they had already camouflaged the bombing targets before the war began to deceive the reconnaissance satellites skipped from space.
However, the GPS system, which was just put into use in 1990, could not even reach the positioning accuracy of later civilians. Its navigation has an error range of about 15 meters, so there is no problem with positioning a city, but to position a building, combatants still need to make on-site judgments.
Relying on the instructions of electronic maps, the communications building in Baghdad has nowhere to hide. The heat emitted by the operation of communication equipment and the frequent electromagnetic wave radiation are marked as the bombing targets scheduled by the F117 formation.
"I understand, I'm matching the electronic map and have discovered the target building!"
In the control panel of f117, Baghdad's urban area is very beautiful. Spike, who has long remembered the target appearance, easily found the Baghdad Communications Building.
Spike didn't know that a word he accidentally would be the last words in his life.
"Drop a laser guided bomb!"
As the formation commander issued the order, Spike pressed the bombing button. The plane jumped up slightly, indicating that the bomb had left the plane's arms.
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In the city of Baghdad, the iconic building communications building. In the first midnight of the 12th, the Weiwu troops had urgently covered with a thick layer of black cloth and wet the cloth with a lot of water. As for its iconic radio tower antenna, it had been moved to the roof of another camouflage building outside two streets overnight.
The wet black cloth on the communications building can not only isolate some of the heat radiation, but the most important thing is that the wet black cloth can effectively absorb lasers with wavelengths of 1.06 to 1.6 microns. The laser in this band is the guiding laser of the Gem Road iii guided bomb. This information was of course the absolute secret of the US military in 1990, but after thirty years, it is a knowledge that military fans who are slightly interested can understand.
The Americans couldn't believe that their absolute military secrets were already well known to Iraq at this time, and they even had a mature response strategy.
Not to mention that all Americans found was a communications building that disguised itself, even if they discovered the real communications building, laser-guided bombs could not be dropped on its head.
With mental calculation but no intention, future camouflage technology has long been no longer limited to appearance camouflage. The camouflage of thermal radiation and electromagnetic signals is more important and mature.
A guided laser shot from the f117 in the sky to the ground, and human eyes would never be able to find traces of this laser. However, for China, which had been using laser guidance for five or six years, there were all kinds of equipment for observing and guiding lasers.
On the rooftop of the Baghdad Communications Building, a team of soldiers guarding an officer. The officer held a huge observation equipment in his hand and was untiringly alerting the sky in Baghdad.
In his eyes, the sky in Baghdad is extremely monotonous, and there is nothing extra except for the empty darkness. As for the Americans who can break through the outer air defense network of Baghdad, this news also makes people very suspicious.
A stealth fighter that can not be discovered by radar? This statement may be understandable to Jamal, who graduated from MIT, but for the officers of the Baghdad Air Defense Force, it is a bit challenging to know professional knowledge.
However, at this time, the advantages of Saddam's dictatorship were revealed. As long as the orders issued in his name were made, at least in Baghdad, it could be unimpeded.
The officers who warned the sky did not take it lightly. Even if the person with a weak sense of responsibility, it is best to be more conscientious when facing the most powerful army of Blue Star. Moreover, the work of guarding the sky is always better than fighting on the front line.
The communications building under his butt will definitely be an important target of attack by Americans. Even if the officers are thinking about their own lives, they will not dare to be lazy at all, otherwise the bomb will fall and there will be no time to escape.
Almost in an instant, a green light suddenly appeared in the officer's field of vision. This made him even wonder if he had an illusion? The officer rubbed his eyes and confirmed again that a straight green light was really shot from the sky in the field of vision of the observation equipment!
But when he raised his head and observed the sky with his naked eyes, there was still nothing in the sky except darkness.
Guided laser!
Recalling the key points of work explained by Colonel Jamal before he performed his mission, the officer instantly determined that this must be the American guided laser!
When the officer thought that the US fighter planes actually flew over his head unknowingly, the officer couldn't help but feel a little weak.
Fortunately, the cable phone had already been pulled to his side, and the officer swallowed and quickly grabbed the phone.
"The 01 Observation Post report found a US military-guided laser, and a US military-guided laser was found!"
Of course, there is not only this observation point in Baghdad. In fact, while this beam of laser light shines down, a phone call has already been called in the hall of the command center.
For modern C3i systems, communication is the top priority. There are two centers of Iraq's communication system, and the main working equipment is concentrated in the communication building. Only after blocking the demand for most civilian equipment can the underground command center bear the function of the military communication center. It can be said that the existence of the communication building directly determines the direction of this war.
The camouflage technology of important buildings has been developed quite well in World War II. During the Battle of Moscow in the Soviet Union, the German army planned to bomb the Kremlin. However, after the war, such a huge building complex as the Kremlin was intact, which was the deception of camouflage to air bombing.
Now Iraq is just pretending to be a building in the telecommunications building, which looks perfect from the air.
The laser used for laser guidance undoubtedly exposes the f117 in the sky. Based on the orientation and angle of the laser, the computer has calculated the approximate airspace of the f117 formation at this time.
In the command hall, everyone's eyes were focused on Saddam, waiting for his orders.
Saddam himself did not expect that there were actually aircraft in the world that ordinary radar could not detect? If there were indeed such aircraft, it would definitely be the most advanced weapon for Americans.
Is this honor really going to fall on him if he can shoot down the most advanced weapons of the US military?
Saddam's heart was even a little unreal, and even a little fear.
After shooting down the most advanced fighter jets of the US military, the ending between Iraq and the Americans will be endless.
"Mr. President..."
Jamal took a step forward with some excitement, looking at Saddam with anticipation, waiting for his orders.
Saddam looked at his eyes and then at the eyes of others around him, and suddenly felt shocked. Everyone in the command center showed a kind of fanaticism. Saddam had always held high the banner of Arab nationalism to consolidate his position, but now he has been in a difficult situation.
If he hesitated at this time, I am afraid that everyone in this command center will be disinterested in him.
And if his image of weak beauty is spread, his political life will come to an end.
Saddam closed his eyes and said decisively and coldly: "I ordered the radar in the airspace where the US fighter planes are located to turn on, ordered the Saddam guards to launch missiles, and shoot down any enemy aircraft entering our airspace!"
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Chapter completed!