Chapter 859 T-500 Radar Alert Aircraft
Not only Temer, but Valenio and the other officers and men on the "Octopus" who followed the voice all widened their eyes and opened their mouths when they saw the plane on the screen.
One of the black officials even looked like a ghost, pointing to the screen: "This ...... This...... This...... What the hell is this plane?"
Yes, what kind of plane is the plane on the screen, not only the black officials have such questions, but everyone present wants to know the answer.
No way, it's really that the plane that suddenly appeared is too alternative, alternative to a bit sci-fi.
The slender fuselage, the lower wing with winglets, the T-shaped vertical tail, and the two engines arranged under the vertical tail make the overall appearance similar to that of a mainstream business jet or regional airliner.
If that's all, well-informed people like Temer and Valenio won't be like this, after all, planes with similar layouts are still very common, and they really won't make them react so much.
The main reason why Temer and the others became a little out of shape was that the plane on the screen had a rectangular bulge on each side of the fuselage.
From the hatch to the tail engine, it looks very strange like two pieces of bread sandwiching a sausage in the middle.
But it doesn't feel obtrusive.
Because the rectangular protrusions on both sides are well treated and blended in well with the slender body, it feels more epic and heavy than a hot dog.
In addition, there are four wing-like protrusions above the T-shaped vertical tail, combined with the inconspicuous fairing under the tail, which obviously balances the protrusions on both sides of the fuselage in terms of aerodynamics, while taking into account the heavy responsibility of antennas or reconnaissance equipment in different frequency bands, plus the photoelectric probe under the nose and the knife-shaped antenna on the back.
A strong sense of modernity immediately hits the face.
However, before Temer could recover from this sci-fi aircraft, the signal officer on the opposite side suddenly shouted: "They released a radar guidance signal, which was very strong, and it turned out to be ...... Unexpectedly...... It was more than 80 kilometers ......"
"What?"
As soon as these words came out, Temelten straightened up from his seat, and quickly switched the picture in front of him to radar signal data, but it didn't matter at first glance, the whole person was directly stunned, it turned out that the guidance signal was not anything else, it was the strange plane full of modern meaning they had just seen.
Judging from the trajectory displayed by the radar, this business jet, which resembles a regional airliner, has been circling in the airspace 78 kilometers away from the target range island using the civilian route, and at first the various platforms that carried out the observation did not notice until the plane suddenly issued a friend or foe identification signal, which was noticed by the survey aircraft cruising around.
Only then did the image pass to the "Octopus", but I still didn't think that this aircraft could play any role, after all, the shape was so unusual that it was difficult to judge what it was doing in the first place.
As a result, just as Temer and the others were staring at the screen in surprise, confused and judging its use, a strong radar guidance signal erupted from its interior, like an invisible silk thread, which instantly facilitated the close connection between the target missile in the distance and the two R-27 medium-range air-to-air missiles rushing towards the target.
The whole process seems complicated, but in fact it is only done in a blink of an eye.
A machine is launched, B machine is guided!
One of the most slippery forms of over-the-horizon air combat played by a major foreign country in recent years.
If Temer didn't understand what that strange plane was for, he could jump into the sea directly, so he stared at the screen and finally spit out a sentence with difficulty: "It's ...... AWACS!"
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"Boom~~~Boom~~~"
With the roar of the target aircraft over the range island, two R-27 medium-range air-to-air missiles accurately hit the target.
At the same time, located in the airspace 78 kilometers west of the shooting range island, in the cabin of the plane that shocked Temer and others, Xue Weidong looked at the slightly rough screen, the target missile signal disappeared, the whole person was stunned for a moment, and asked the combat staff officer next to him with some uncertainty: "Hit?"
The operational staff officers are also not sure, it stands to reason that their long-range guided R-27 medium-range air-to-air missiles should hit the target, but whenever there is a case, not to mention that they have also done a drill in this kind of air-guided air combat mode, and they are very inexperienced, so let alone the combat staff officers, even if the chief of staff of the Air Force comes, they dare not guarantee it.
"Why don't I ask the observation group on the island?" asked the operations staff officer subconsciously.
"I'll do it myself. Xue Weidong said a little nervously, and immediately picked up the contact number from the console next to him, and called Zheng Quanli on the shooting range island, but before he could ask, Zheng Quanli's excited voice came: "Hit, hit...... Both shots were hit...... Ha ha...... Lao Xue, now you are a big deal, you can pat your chest and say, our air force has over-the-horizon air combat capabilities, whoever doesn't believe it, let them try it, and see if they can beat them down from 50 kilometers away...... Haha......"
Zheng Quanli babbled a lot, but Xue Weidong didn't hear the latter words, because at the moment there were only two words left in his mind, "hit"!
Then he blushed with excitement, and then leaned back on the seat and looked around the comfortable and luxurious cabin and the row of command and control equipment in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Although the things are good, it's a pity that the number is too small." ”
Yes, the number of T-500 radar alert planes that Xue Weidong rode on was the same as that of the Yun-You-15, which were two, but unlike the Yun-You-15, it was very difficult for the T-500 radar alert aircraft to increase the number of follow-ups.
This is not that the platform has been restricted, in fact, the platform of the T-500 radar alert aircraft and the Y-15 are part of the Haidongqing plan of the Tengfei Group.
However, the Y-15 follows the military hegemony of the upper wing, while the platform used by the T-500 radar alert aircraft is a graceful civilian version developed from the basic model of the Y-15, that is, a lower single-wing regional airliner using turbofan engines.
Tengfei Group's internal model became Haidongqing B, the public model was TRJ-500 regional airliner, and the military model was called T-500.
Because of this, in terms of platform, T-500 and Yun\Oil-15 do not have the same problem of being stuck, as long as the production capacity is passable and the money is in place, Zhuang Jianye can lead Tengfei Group to work various productions.
But the TRJ-500 is not a problem, but the T-500 radar alert is limited by a very important thing, that is, it is equipped with the core of the NIIPN007S-800 electronically scanning phased array radar that has just been guided by two R-27 medium-range air-to-air missiles from a long distance to successfully hit the target.
And another platform for this radar is even more world-renowned, that is, the MiG-31 fighter, which is known as the king of interceptors!