Chapter 918 Space Targeting
What plan should be reduced? How many killer moves should be reduced during the war? Weinberg felt a pain in his heart, but there was no way. If military spending was not reduced, how could the US economic crisis survive? You must know that only when the country's economy is developed can it have a strong military force. Like the Soviet Union, which ignores the people's living standards and has been engaged in an arms race with the United States, will definitely not work in the United States, and will be immediately mobilized by the opposition party to oust the people.
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California, Edwards Air Force Base, one hundred and fifty kilometers away from Los Angeles.
This is a key air force base of the US Air Force. During World War II, it was the training center of the US Air Force. After World War II, it gradually developed and became the most important air force flight test center in the United States. It is responsible for researching, testing and evaluating manned and unmanned aircraft and related electronic equipment, flight control equipment and weapon systems. Various advanced aircraft in the United States, including the former F-15, F-16, and the upcoming F-22, were tested here. It is also responsible for managing the Air Force test pilot school, training test pilots, test flight engineers, test flight navigators, etc.
The 2nd Detachment of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing of the US Air Force, a complete set of SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, is also stationed here.
In addition, this base is the location of Philip Aerospace Board Laboratory and the National Aeronautics and Space Association Ames Trigen Flight Research Laboratory and the second landing site of the space shuttle. It has landed many space shuttles.
Under the sunlight, the runway in the lake bed in the base seems to have some reflections. On the runway, a fighter plane stood quietly there.
Dual engines, double vertical tails, and rectangular air intakes in front, this is the F-15 Eagle fighter that all military fans are very familiar with.
As the main air-control fighter aircraft in service in the US military, two high-thrust engines provide strong power, allowing this fighter to climb up quickly to reach an altitude of 19,000 meters and reach a speed of Mach 2.5.
Now, on the abdomen of this fighter, there is an unusual equipment. From the appearance, it looks like a larger air-to-air missile, so big that it is not just a missile, but it should be included in the category of a rocket. At the head of this rocket, it is a secret warhead and seeker.
This is an important project studied under the auspices of the US Department of Defense, in Star Wars
Anti-satellite weapons that play an important part!
Now, the military forces of the United States and the Soviet Union are increasingly relying on satellites in space.
Satellites can provide reconnaissance services. The aircraft carrier formation is huge enough, right? But it is difficult to be discovered in the vast ocean. This requires the help of reconnaissance satellites. The opponent's missile launch well on the ground, the opponent's various military bases, etc., are all searched through reconnaissance satellites.
If you want to deploy globally, you can receive commands anytime and anywhere, and communication satellites are also indispensable. Various other satellites, such as positioning satellites, etc., the military operations of the United States and the Soviet Union are inseparable from the help of satellites in space.
Therefore, if you want to have a weapon that kills the opponent, anti-satellites are a good choice. The satellite operates in space and its orbit can be accurately measured. As long as you launch a missile and have an intimate contact with the satellite at the predetermined location.
This principle is very simple, but in reality, it is very technically difficult to do it.
Because the satellites are very high and have a very high speed! Even satellites in low-earth orbits operate in orbits hundreds of kilometers high, with a speed of up to 7.5 kilometers.
In seconds, it takes various advanced means to successfully get intimate contact with this kind of flying object.
However, in the Cold War, countless impossible things will become possible.
In 1962, the United States used intercontinental missiles carrying nuclear warheads to attack satellites. It only needed to send the warhead to a predetermined location and exploded to destroy satellites within the killing radius. Unfortunately, due to inadequate calculations, three of its satellites were damaged. Moreover, nuclear explosions in outer space have condemned countless environmentalists that the United States was forced to stop research in this area.
Now, technological advances have given them new choices, using fighter jets, carrying anti-satellite missiles, and using the method of telling impact to destroy the other party’s satellites!
This type of fighter is the F-15 fighter with the best climbing ability. In fact, the most suitable fighter is the MiG-31 equipped by the Soviet Union, which can climb to a height of 30,000 meters, which is almost out of the atmosphere and reaches outer space. However, the United States cannot obtain such aircraft, while the United States' own SR-71 black bird with three times the speed of sound cannot carry plug-ins.
Test pilot Green climbed onto the F-15 fighter jet that had been prepared long ago and made various preparations before the operation.
Half an hour later, there will be a scrapped science satellite that flew over the base, which is his best opportunity.
Close the canopy cover and open various electric doors. A roar came from the tail, and two high-thrust engines were successfully started.
"Arrow One, request to take off." Green said.
"You can take off, pay attention to guidance information." The tower of the base received an order.
"I understand." Green let go of the brakes, the nose of the machine was right on the runway, and the afterburner was turned on.
Suddenly, the f-15 fighter began to slid on the runway lightly. Then, the nose of the aircraft was raised, and the five-meter-long missile under the belly seemed to reveal a hideous face.
Although the towers of American fighter jets will not be remotely controlled during combat, the flight trajectory of the fighter jet will now directly determine whether they can accurately reach the predetermined airspace and launch the anti-satellite missile. Therefore, the full range of command is very important.
"Raise twice and continue to accelerate."
"Turn left twice and keep the height."
The voices of the ground commander were heard from the headphones. Green knew that this time he was just like a driver, responsible for delivering the things he carried to the predetermined location.
In space, the old Solwind satellite is roaming in orbit. It was launched two years ago. Now, it has ended its mission and is just a idler wandering alone in space.
It didn't know that it was about to encounter a disaster.
Green's plane has been accelerating and climbing upwards. The powerful F100 engine exploded with more than 100 knives of strong thrust, allowing the F-15's body to climb easily and then climb again. Soon, it came to a height of 15,000 meters.
Although the ceiling of the F-15 can reach 19,000 to 20,000 meters, it is very dangerous to perform various maneuvering actions at this height, and it is also dangerous to launch a missile with more than one ton of shè, because the air at high altitude is thin, the aerodynamic effect on the rudder surface will be reduced. Almost all fighters can only ensure ordinary flight at the ceiling height.
"Prepare to send shè."
At this time, the secret weapon below was named by the developer, the small anti-satellite missile, which had been started. The infrared detector in front began to refrigerate liquid nitrogen and power up. The laser gyroscope was also activated, and the rocket engine at the tail was ready to ignite.
“Shit shè.”
With the order, Green pressed his hand on the red sè button. Then, a fire flashed under the belly of the aircraft. The missile engine ignited. At this time, the f-15 was still climbing at a high elevation angle. Therefore, after the missile ignited, it continued to climb upward in the direction just now.
After launching the missile, Green flattened the nose, rolled the wings, and began to turn back.
The missile was still accelerating and climbing. With the help of the speed of the carrier and its own speed, it continued to rise, and soon jumped out of the atmosphere and rose to an altitude of 500 kilometers.
Here, it was already in the vast space. The infrared probe of the missile was activated at full speed, and according to the pre-order, he waited at the direction where the target appeared.
At the same time, after this period of flight, it not only increased its altitude, but also increased its speed to eight kilometers per second.
Finally, the trace of the target was found in the infrared detector!
The lwind satellite wandered alone, and in front of it, a missile was flying rapidly.
At this time, the acceleration rocket at the tail had fallen off, and the missile was even smaller. It also carried 56 small directional rockets on its entire body to fine-tune its orbit. The high-speed information processor was constantly calculating the best interceptor orbit.
Finally, at the closest position to the other party, it exploded into countless fragments, which flew towards the unprepared satellite.
A rain of bullets, a rain of bullets composed of countless debris, enveloped the Solwind satellite, which was completely destroyed in this rain of bullets.
This anti-satellite experiment achieved a complete success!
The news came back to the Pentagon. Weinberg knew that the success of this experiment gave the US military a low-cost, fast and efficient anti-satellite weapon. The missile carried by the F-15 fighter jet was much lower than that of the ballistic missile. After receiving the order, combat preparations would be completed within an hour.
Unfortunately, after this experiment is completed, these technologies will be temporarily sealed because the United States has cut down many Star Wars projects.
However, this experiment is very meaningful, because now, the Soviet Union has an anti-satellite weapon system that can destroy the United States' low-orbit satellites. The success of its own experiment can allow the Soviet Union to agree to both sides to reduce this weapon and allow those Soviet weapons to eliminate combat capabilities.
The meeting between the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union is about to begin.
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