Chapter 153 Medium-range air combat
This time, it was the first war that the Americans started, because the American fighter jets first locked them and invaded and launched missiles!
The Immortal Missile, a powerful weapon of the American Tomcat carrier-based aircraft, was ignited under the wings, and then launched.
The missile was immediately followed by the early warning aircraft and passed to the locked fighter aircraft on its side through the data link.
Omar focused on it and turned the plane into the right direction according to the information conveyed by the early warning aircraft.
The annoying locking sound in the headphones finally disappeared.
Although the ultra-long-range Immortal Missile is guided by active radar, it only has this capability at the end. The primary uses program presets to fly to high altitude and fly quickly. In medium-range, it also needs to be illuminated by AWG-9 radar. Therefore, getting rid of the radar of Tomcat carrier-based aircraft is equivalent to getting rid of this missile.
Omar was in a very calm mood. He remembered what Reyer told him, on the battlefield, be sure to be calm!
Both sides were very fast and entered within 60 kilometers.
Lock the opponent's plane and shoot them down! Omar calmly gave orders to his formation.
The four Phantom 4000 fighter jets are quickly turning on the radar and locking the targets assigned to them on the data link.
The distance between the two sides is still getting closer, reaching a distance of 40 kilometers.
"Start the missile!" Omar said calmly in the radio.
Under the wings, the flames flashed, and they each fired an active sky flash missile.
At the same time, the Tomcat fighter jets on the opposite side also launched a sparrow missile almost each.
After launching, the fighter jets of both sides began to maintain a fixed heading and speed, which were used to provide single-pulse electromagnetic waves for their semi-active radar.
Alex started to panic, because it was like two people standing still and slashing each other on each other, and in the end they could only die together. This kind of fighting style was not what they hoped.
But why didn't the Iraqi people on the opposite side move?
Early warning aircraft are nervously providing information to them at all times, and their own radar alarm receivers are also ringing constantly.
What to do? Keep flying forward?
Alex frowned. Their fighter jets had strong maneuverability and had all been trained to get rid of the maneuvering flight of missiles. In this case, whoever takes the initiative to escape from the missile will lose its target due to the loss of guidance, and then he will be completely beaten.
If you insist, whoever withdraws first will be fired in vain.
Alex made the decision.
The missiles in the sky left beautiful traces.
Omar is also persisting, and at the same time, he is ready to take the initiative to get rid of it at any time.
As for the missiles flying from the opposite side, they will be safe as long as they force the other party's carrier aircraft to maneuver.
Omar is very confident that if the Americans can't hold on and maneuver to get rid of them, the sparrow missiles will be launched in vain, and their missiles will still have some results. Even if the Americans insist on it, then after their missiles enter the range of active guidance, their side can still get rid of them by overload first. In this way, if the American planes continue to guide their missiles, they will be the living target in the sky, which will become a record of the active sky flash missile. If they get rid of them, the sparrow missile will be out of control.
This is an advantage of active radar-guided missiles. Passive radar-guided missiles only receive radar waves and do not emit signals. They must rely on the carrier to continuously provide single-pulse guidance signals. At this time, the carrier cannot perform maneuverable actions, otherwise the missile will off-target. The active radar seeker, since it can emit electromagnetic waves, it does not require the irradiation of the carrier, and can complete the task by itself. The carrier behind can perform various maneuverable actions. Although limited by the size of the missile seeker, the stage of active guidance generally does not exceed twenty kilometers, but this is a great progress.
Time passed tensely, minute by minute, and the missiles launched by both sides were flying towards each other. They were all persisting. Should they perish at the same time?
This is definitely not the case! When the missile flew within fifteen kilometers of the other party, Osama ordered in the radio: "Flight immediately and get rid of the opponent's missile!"
With Osama's order, four Phantom 4000 fighter jets turned on the afterburner at the same time and performed vertical climbs. The two F404 engines provided strong thrust, and the air combat thrust-to-weight ratio has exceeded one. It can perform this action effortlessly. During the upward climb, the speed does not decrease but increases.
Then, they will dive from the air at high speed.
When medium-range air-to-air missiles fly with the opponent's maneuver at any time and change their course. In this way, the missiles flying by the opponent must climb. You must know that their missiles have passed the power flight stage, and they will consume precious energy after climbing again. Moreover, after diving, the speed of the fighter will increase greatly. When performing various maneuvering actions, there will be enough energy to utilize them. This is a skilled tactic of the Iraqi Air Force.
OK! The Iraqis finally couldn't support it anymore! Alex was delighted. Now, they just need to continue to use their radar to illuminate the other party leisurely and provide data for the missile to continue guiding. The missiles launched by the other party have become uncontrolled rockets.
However, Alex's self-confidence was broken the next second, and the early warning planes received emergency news. Although Iraqi aircraft were performing large overload maneuvering operations, the missiles did not off-target at all and chose to self-detonate. They were still flying according to their predetermined targets and were still flying smoothly. The Tomcat fighter jets that provided radar illumination were their live targets.
What's going on? In the lightning spark, Alex suddenly remembered that during the last training session, the beautiful female commentator in Resion Company mentioned that when talking about their own advanced medium-range missile project, the Iraqi Air Force sequence is now equipped with an active radar-guided air-to-air missile, which actively flashes the sky!
However, this is not the same as their military intelligence. The military has always believed that this missile is still in the final testing stage. Because the UK has withdrawn its investment in this project jointly with Sweden and the UK. After Sweden dropped the Gripen fighter, Saab has devoted itself to solving the problem of the main fighter. The research and development and service of this missile will definitely not be as strong as its own advanced medium-range air-to-air missile!
The advanced medium-range air-to-air missile developed by Rexion has been delaying the planning progress. They just want to add additional funds.
Sweden is a major weapon country. They have a variety of self-developed weapons. However, Sweden has insufficient scientific research technology and funds after all, and the United States did not expect that they had successfully developed medium-range active radar-guided missiles, and also completed matching with carrier aircraft and exported them to Iraq.
No matter what, whether the US side made a mistake in intelligence or the United States was too confident, in short, the US Navy’s Tomcat fighter jets have been killed by active radar missiles, and at this time, they are very dangerous.
In the first round, the Tomcat fighter used an Immortal Missile, which was only a test launch, hoping to force Iraqi aircraft to escape. However, the Iraqis dodged the missile, and the Iraqis quickly approached. In the second round, both sides launched medium-range missiles.
Although the aircraft in the Tomcat fighter squadron are all equipped with Immortal missiles, this missile was originally designed to intercept bombers and was not very effective against fast-mobile fighter jets. The off-target of the Immortal missile just now made them doubt the effectiveness of this missile, so the Sparrow missile with better maneuverability was used.
Although the US Navy has Tomcat fighter jets and Immortal Missiles, the pair has not had any excellent results.
If it is an immortal, the final stage is an active process. Moreover, the immortals' cruise speed is very fast, so they will not be so embarrassed, but now, they have no choice.
If you continue to carry this way, it is unclear whether their missiles can hit the opponent's plane, but they will definitely be shot down by the opponent. Their current flight is even smoother than the target plane.
"Every mobile avoidance immediately." Alex shouted helplessly in the radio. At the same time, this means that all the missiles they launched were off the target, and they had to withstand the shooting of the other party's missiles.
It is better to shoot down two opponents and then be shot down by themselves than to not shoot down the opponent and get rid of them by themselves? Faced with the current situation, Alex made the right judgment at the first time. Only by protecting themselves first can they eliminate the enemy.
This is the first time that the US side has not gained a technical advantage. This is still a backward country!
Pilots are the elite among ordinary people, and carrier-based aircraft pilots are the elite among elites. Only the best pilots can become carrier-based aircraft pilots, and only the best pilots among carrier-based aircraft pilots can fly Tomcat fighters.
Facing the flying missiles, they were not afraid. Following the original training, they began to perform large overload maneuvering flights.
However, the missiles flying in at this time have already flown to the inescapable area. In this case, it is very difficult to get rid of the missile.
They use the same tactics as the Iraqis. They are also twin-engine heavy air combat fighter, with abundant power. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Piaotian. A registered member of the literature recommends this work. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!