Chapter 670 Ballistic missile, ready to launch
The night, the quiet night, there was no movement around, only the cold wind blew across the ground, blowing some of the withered weeds to flutter in the wind.
Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from afar. This sound made the quiet night even more weird.
The two BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles were walking in the front. This convoy was very important to Iraq, so there should be no loss.
A mechanized camp protects the progress of this convoy, in the front, on both wings, behind, and even in the surrounding area of hundreds of meters, they are following up and doing a good job of protection.
After the infantry fighting chariots in front passed, behind, huge transport chariots were moving one after another.
In the darkness, these vehicles are even larger than the 8*8 Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks that Iraq now has the best off-road performance. They are one order of magnitude larger in length and width, and tires alone are a circle larger.
The car was covered with camouflage nets, and no one could see what was installed on it. Moreover, in each car, there were soldiers holding automatic rifles, looking around vigilantly.
The convoy walked for ten minutes before the earth calmed down again, as if nothing had happened.
The camouflage nets covered in the car have another use, concealing their infrared characteristics! This new camouflage net makes the reconnaissance satellites in the sky find no difference.
Inside one of the OTP-23 launch vehicles, Varih was a little excited.
When he first came to Unit No. 3, Varih was a little awkward because, in the Rattlesnake unit, he could have difficult combat tasks at any time. They were Kusai's sharpest daggers and hit the opponent's most important parts.
And how useful is the missile force, this newly formed unit? A missile requires many people to operate, but they cannot see the smoke of gunpowder, and they cannot compete with the enemy in close combat.
However, gradually, Warich fell in love with this unit. If the Rattlesnake unit was a dagger, then they were cannons! Daggers can only kill one person at a time, and cannons can kill a large number of them in one go.
And last time, their troops had already shown their strong abilities for the first time, and the missile force was the sword of the country!
Last time, they used cruise missiles, but this time, they replaced them with ballistic missiles, and the use of two types of missiles. Warih had experience, and at the same time, he admired Kusai's command even more.
President Kusai has not taken any course on missiles, but he is born to know the use of missiles so well. President Kusai is the natural leader given to Iraq by Allah!
Last time, it attacked Israel's nuclear weapons base. This time, it completely killed Israel's air force.
As the sky gradually became brighter, they finally drove into the Syrian desert on time, where the satellites in the sky were even more difficult to find their whereabouts. From above, they had already integrated into the background of the desert.
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South Saudi Arabia, the northern edge of the Rubhali Desert.
This place was originally a barren land, with nothing in the bare desert, and it was not suitable for human habitation at all. The nearest small town is more than 30 kilometers away from it and is close to 600 kilometers away from the Saudi capital Riyadh. However, it was selected by experts from the Eastern powers and is also the most suitable choice for Saudi Arabia, because it is conducive to preserving its strength outside the combat radius of the Israeli Air Force F-15 and F-16 fighter jets. Because there is one of the most important bases of Saudi Arabia: the Dongfeng-3 ballistic missile positions.
The Dongfeng-3 missile is a kind of mobile deployed missile launched using trailers. Theoretically, this missile can run the whole world, but no country will let this missile run everywhere, which is too silly and unsafe. They all set up a hidden place to serve as the base of this missile, and then, near the base, several launch positions can be built, so that they can not be discovered by the other party during wartime, and the launch positions can also be built particularly far away. Then, the missile soldiers will live a life isolated from the world from then on, because they are the backbone of the entire country.
While his troops were training at the base of the Eastern Power, Saudi Arabia's base also began to be built. In order to quickly build a "national counterattack fortress" in this desert area, the rich and powerful Saudi government allocated a special budget to build huge caverns and remote launch positions for missiles, and also built a special expressway for connection. At the same time, in order to enrich the lives of soldiers and with the people-oriented spirit, the Saudi government not only built a launch position and a base, but also specially built a small city for the officers and soldiers who were about to live in this place, including an officer's villa, a football field, a swimming pool and a parking garage. This small town was named Suleil.
Experts from the Eastern powers, together with Saudi professionals, began to plan and build everything here, and in the slightest development as it happened in history, only a few years earlier, but the difference is that among these people, there are a few Iraqi personnel.
If the Dongfeng-3 is directly exported to Iraq, then the pressure on the international community, especially the United States, will be very high. However, the national defense policy is still pro-US Saudi Arabia until now, so the situation will be much worse. Although this export project is still top secret, the world will know it sooner or later.
Iraq also needs this kind of missile. The historical project of Saudi Arabia importing this kind of missile alone has now become a cooperation with Iraq to import. Because some of this kind of missile will be operated in a certain missile base in Iraq in the future, and will be installed with special, huge warheads developed by Iraq at the appropriate time.
Another reason is that Arab Space Company, which is a high-tech space company, but to this day, the company is still empty. The company's first project is to start with Dongfeng-3 and imitate the Arabs' own launch vehicle!
The person in charge of this project is a scientist sent by Iraqi, Dr. Saadi.
Saadi was educated in Germany and the United Kingdom in his early years, focusing on space science. He was elegant in manners and could speak fluent English. Later, after returning to China, he was welcomed by Saddam and became his scientific and technological consultant. He began to participate in the formulation of Iraq's weapons development plan since the 1980s. He was highly valued by Saddam and believed that he was a rare talent. Such talents were naturally valued by Kusai and took on this important task.
During the later Iraq War, Saadi and missile experts produced an improved "Scud-B" surface-to-ground missile with sufficient range to hit Tehran, the capital of Iran. It was also among the top in the "Poker Card" wanted order issued by the famous US military, and was one of the 55 important Iraqi personnel wanted.
It takes a long way to go to the Arab Space Company to eventually develop an excellent launch vehicle. Now, we must start by imitating Dongfeng-3.
A launch vehicle can transform into a ballistic missile at any time. The difference between the two is that one payload is a satellite, which does not return to the atmosphere, and the other payload is a warhead, which returns to the atmosphere.
Baghdad, Ministry of Defense, Command Hall.
The atmosphere at the scene was a bit inexplicably nervous, because those who could stay in this hall were all those who knew the inside story. In a few hours, what they were about to carry out was a blow that they had never experienced before.
If it was just a missile strike, it seemed to have nothing to do with them, and they would not directly launch missiles. However, using a large number of missiles to attack Israel is just the beginning. What will happen after this may happen all kinds of unexpected situations.
All Iraq's air defense radars, including those deployed on the Jordanian border, have been integrated into the C3i system, have been activated and scanned the surrounding sky. Iraq's early warning aircraft are ready to take off at any time. Iraq's fighter jets deployed in front, Air-Outstanding Phantom 4000 and F-20 attacking ground are also ready to take off at any time.
Like usual, Kusai is calmer. He knows that he needs to be calmer now, because he needs to be responsible for not only Iraq, but also other Arab countries, as well as the establishment of the war pattern in the Middle East in the next few years.
The performance of Mercedes-Benz's 8*8 off-road chassis is excellent, after all, it is still a civilian vehicle. It is a fraction of the military vehicles from the Soviet Union. The current missile launcher is driving on the Syrian desert, like walking on flat ground, with large dedicated tires. It is no different from that in muddy land. It is not as good as a tracked vehicle, but it is not much different in performance.
The Soviet Union focused on military industry. These vehicles were specially made by heavy machinery factories. They were tailor-made for the size of ballistic missiles, and they had a roughness in their bones.
Soon, the Scud missile launcher arrived at its launch position, and the OTP-23 missile had to move south again because the target they attacked was even more south.
The time of launch this time must also be synchronized. Although the Scud missile has begun to enter preparations before launch and the OTP-23 missile is still maneuvering, the Scud missile has been prepared for a long time because it is a liquid missile and needs to be refueled.
The Scud missile launcher stopped, the camouflage net was dismantled, and the missile inside was quietly waiting for the arrival of the last glorious moment.
The fuel truck behind drove up, and the officers and soldiers wearing gas masks began to do their first job before launch, filling with toxic liquid fuel.
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