"The target has been confirmed and is ready to launch the missile." The commander of the attacking unit issued an order.

Suddenly, all the people who were still doing maintenance around the missile evacuated the missile launcher. When the missile was launched, high-temperature and high-pressure gas would be generated. They were very dangerous nearby. What's more serious is that this was their first live-fire shooting. God knows whether this missile would explode before launching...

The radar is still scanning the target, and the other party is getting closer and closer. At the same time, the radar shows that the vehicle is also calculating the target's orientation and distance, as well as the course of movement, and then transmits these shooting elements to the commander on the shooting commander. The commander begins to issue various commands to the missile. The first is that the launcher rotates continuously as the target moves, but it is constantly aiming at the target.

The opponent's speed was very slow, and it took nearly half an hour to reach the range of the missile.

"The target has entered range."

"Prepare to launch and inject data."

The commander vehicle continuously transmits data to the missile through cables, including the target orientation, distance, shooting front angle and the end-guided radar to actively search for the time of the active search.

Soon, all preparations are completed.

"emission."

Following the commander's order, the operator pressed his thumb on the launch button.

The huge missile began to move, and the high-pressure gas cylinder pressed towards the propellant tank, and the propellant flowed to the engine. Then, a flame emerged and the engine ignited!

The three-ton silkworm missile flew away from the launch frame and was getting faster and faster.

"Everyone immediately shrinks their equipment and leaves the launch position." The commander ordered.

This kind of missile is a missile that does not need to be dealt with after launch. After the launch is completed, their mission is over. When they come down, they need to be transferred immediately and enter the next position.

Several vehicles started working, they put away the radar and rolled up the cables, just like when they came. However, the trailer pulling the missile was empty.

No one knows, and even the launchers don’t know that this missile is not attacking Iraqi tankers, but Kuwait’s Umkabashi. Their attack has led to a huge disaster. However, the Iranian government is not afraid of the United States. They are mentally prepared for such an attack mistake.

Two seconds later, the missile threw away the booster and continued to accelerate. Soon, the missile's flight speed reached Mach 0.9 and the flight altitude reached 300 meters. At this time, the missile's engine turned into a secondary thrust state, allowing the missile to maintain constant speed. The missile's autopilot, altimeter, servo, etc. work normally.

The huge silkworm is not eating mulberry leaves, but is going to chew the 150,000-ton tanker.

Soon, it approached a distance of fifty kilometers, and at this time, the missile descended to one hundred meters. The radar altimeter began to calculate the altitude more accurately.

Finally, it entered a distance of ten kilometers. The time for the terminal guidance radar to start up, and the missile automatically turned on the radar to search the sea surface. In order to make it easier to search for targets, the radar antenna has a certain lower perspective.

The captain of the Umkabashi looked ahead and another large cargo ship appeared on the sea, the 42,000-ton bulk cargo ship "Atlantic Norman" that transports daily necessities from the United States for Kuwait.

Kuwait's daily necessities come from all over the world. They rely on underground oil resources to enjoy a wonderful life.

"Woo!" The captain pulled his whistle and greeted the ship opposite.

"Captain, look at it!" At this moment, a crew member suddenly shouted.

The captain looked over and saw something reflected in the sun at sea level, moving quickly.

In an instant, the captain's brain shorted, and he knew very clearly that the thing flying in quickly must be a missile!

And that direction is Iran!

Iran has launched missiles, and it is here to attack them!

The captain immediately issued the order that made him very reluctant: "Everyone make the final preparation immediately!"

It is impossible to make this 150,000-ton tanker do a few beautiful maneuvers and avoid that missile. The only thing they can do is to abandon the ship and save their lives.

The silkworm missile in the sky was confused as soon as it opened the terminal guidance radar.

Because, there are actually two boats on the sea that was scheduled!

The terminal guidance radar of this single-pulse system is not very high in resolution, and it is impossible to distinguish which one is the target it sets in advance. In fact, it is not useful if it can be distinguished, because the radar that provided guidance data for it did not provide it with the specific characteristics of locking the target.

Two ships appeared in the pre-target area. Originally, if it analyzed the navigation directions of the two ships, it could also calculate who the target was. However, when the target was locked, the search radar did not scan the direction of the Gulf of Oman. Moreover, the navigation speed of the "Atlantic Norman" was very slow, with only eight knots. With the flight speed of the silkworm missile, the direction of the other party's navigation could not be observed at all.

As a result, Silkworm Baby was sadly aware that she didn't know which one was the target she was going to attack!

According to the pre-setting, after losing the target, the silkworm missile began to climb to a 400-meter hollow and began to hover over the two ships to determine which ship was the target he had determined in advance.

After giving the order to abandon the ship, the sailors were ready. At this time, the action of the flying missile scared everyone on both ships.

The bloated missile was flying in the sky, hovering above his head, and it would dive down to attack at any time. All the sailors were staring at the scary and plump body of more than 7 meters long and slowly circling on their heads. They felt like they were strangled by ropes but could still breathe to feel the fear before death.

After hovering for three rounds, the silkworm missile finally stopped hesitating. Since it could no longer find its target, it would adopt a second plan: to attack the largest ship!

The autopilot controls the missile and dives from the sky. At the same time, the antenna of the terminal guided radar begins to look upwards, otherwise the radar waves will all hit the sea and cannot be reflected back.

The warhead of this missile weighs 500 kilograms, and it is a conical charge warhead. At the front of the missile, there is a semi-spherical metal energy concentrating cover. After detonation, the energy concentrating makes them become a huge energy concentrating jet, which can penetrate quite thick armored steel plates (similar to the principle of rockets), which can make the missile bloom inside the ship that it hits.

This kind of missile is used to attack large warships. Now it hits the body of the Umkabashi, which is naturally a very heavy blow!

After the silkworm missile dived from the sky, the kiss of death came immediately.

The crew members who were still looking on the deck just now finally knew that they were the target of attack. They watched the missile dive down and hit the belly of the wide hull in front.

After hitting the deck, the fuse began to fire. Hundreds of kilograms of ** gathered on the energy-concentrating cover in the front and instantly penetrated the steel of the hull. Then, the entire bullet drilled in, and a violent explosion occurred along with the remaining small part of the fuel that had not been burned out.

The entire tanker was divided into more than a dozen cabins, but the bomb that had just drilled into it had completely destroyed that cabin. Then, the crude oil began to burn and an even more violent explosion occurred. The 150,000-ton "Umkabashi" had been cut into two pieces.

This is the power of heavy anti-ship missiles. It will hit civilian ships, especially oil tankers, and the power will be even greater.

At this time, the crew members holding swimming rings had already begun to jump into the sea. They had to swim to the opposite boat before the oil leaked to the sea.

The only thing that made them feel lucky was that because each cabin was tightly sealed and the ship sank faster, there was no explosion in those cabins that were not hit.

The crew members were swimming hard. The crude oil that had leaked to the sea could be ignited by the flames of explosion at any time, and then they would be burned to death.

Another freighter, "Atlantic Norman", who was lucky enough to be attacked, also drove at full speed to rescue the crew members who fell into the water.

The captain of the Umkabashi stood on the deck of the Atlantic Norman, looking at the place where his big ship sank and the whirlpool of the sea, he felt an extremely angry at this moment.

As Arabs, they originally supported Iraq, but they did not participate in the war, and Iran actually dared to attack their tankers directly. This is the naked hooligan behavior!

In particular, they started to act after announcing their decisions in a high-profile manner. Even the most rogue Israel did not dare to do so!

This is a sad day and a shock to everyone in the world. On April 28, 1983, in the world's busiest waterway, the Kuwait ship "Umkabashi" transporting crude oil was attacked by an anti-ship missile, causing the ship to be sunk, two crew members died and one missing.

History has changed a lot here again. The Umkabashi was originally sunk by the Iranian Republic Guard a year later, but now, a year ago, it has unfortunately sunk.

Iran dared to openly attack a civilian ship of a country that did not declare war on him. This was an act of extreme contempt for international law. Until after World War II, no country dared to do so. All public opinion in society condemned Iran.

Iran only realized that he had called the wrong one after seeing the Kuwait TV radio.

ps: This is definitely not a yy, it is a classic in the ship attack battle. However, the missile was launched by Iraq's H-6, and the target of the attack was the American Ticonderoga-class Aegis missile cruiser, which was also a silkworm baby unable to distinguish the target. As a result, he found the largest tanker and hit it. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!