At two o'clock in the morning on the 13th, the Nighthawk squadron arrived at their destination, Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, on time according to the navigation information. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Spike and Michael, flying their F117 at an altitude of 8,000 meters, merge into the night. Looking down from the sky, the earth, like the sky, was completely enveloped in night.

The lights of Baghdad, which used to be seen even in space, have been completely extinguished, and the sprawling city has been completely silenced. This may be a very troublesome thing for aircraft in the Vietnam War era. But if it is the F117 fighter-bomber, the killer feature of the US military in 1990, it is not a problem at all.

Any object that is higher than its environment radiates heat outward, blending perfectly into the darkness of Baghdad in the visible light band, and in turn shining like a torch in the night in the world of thermal radiation.

What's more, the positioning of Baghdad by F117 can also rely on GPS signals from space, and it is even more impossible to find this huge city.

After arriving at the intended location, the F117 formation of the Nighthawk squadron began to descend, entering a laser-guided bomb attack altitude of 5000 meters.

Theoretically, Paveway III laser-guided bombs could be dropped at an altitude of 12,000 kilometers. However, if you want to be laser-guided by an aircraft, you must descend to an altitude of 5,000 meters without sacrificing accuracy. In this case, only the F117, which is capable of stealth against radar, is up to the task.

Baghdad's air defense has not yet been destroyed, and if it is replaced by any other fighter without stealth capabilities, an altitude of 5,000 meters is almost an inescapable range. The unaware F117 can become an assassin in the dark, dropping bombs on the enemy's head without them noticing.

After entering the altitude of 5,000 meters, the F117 formation, which was completely silent, opened its bomb compartment doors one after another. Paveway III laser-guided bombs appeared in their bellies, ready to silently break away from the arms of the planes and drop them in the darkness in an unknown direction.

"Spike, search for targets, laser-guided ...... according to electronic maps"

The commander of the formation began to give orders, and any camouflage of the Iraqis, guided by GPS signals, was meaningless. Unless they had camouflaged their bombing targets before the war began, in order to deceive reconnaissance satellites that had skimmed from space.

However, the GPS system, which was just put into use in 1990, could not even reach the positioning accuracy of later generations. Its navigation has a margin of error of about 15 meters, which is of course no problem for locating a city, but to locate a building, it also requires on-the-spot judgment by the combat crew.

Relying on the electronic map, the communications building in Baghdad has nothing to hide. The heat emitted by the operation of the communication equipment and the frequent electromagnetic radiation indicate that this is the intended bombing target of the F117 formation.

"Understood, I'm matching an electronic map, and I've found the target building!"

In the F117's control panel, Baghdad's urban area is clearly revealed. Spike, who had already memorized the appearance of his target, easily found the Baghdad Communications Building.

Little does Spike know that his unintentional words will be the last words of his life.

"Drop laser-guided bombs!"

With the order of the formation commander given, Spike pressed the bombing button. The plane jumped slightly upwards, signaling that the bomb had escaped from the plane's arms.

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Baghdad City, the iconic building Communications Building. In the first half of the night of the 12th, the place had been urgently covered with a thick black cloth by the Weiwu troops, and the cloth was wet with a large amount of water. As for its iconic radio tower antenna, it had been moved overnight to the roof of another camouflaged building two streets away.

The wet black cloth on the body of the communication building can not only isolate some of the thermal radiation, but most importantly, the wet black cloth can effectively absorb laser light with a wavelength of 1.06 to 1.6 microns. And the laser in this band is the guiding laser of the Paveway III guided bomb. Of course, this information was an absolute secret of the US military in 1990, but 30 years later, it is knowledge that can be understood by military fans with a little interest.

The Americans killed the CIA and could not believe that their absolute military secrets were already well known to Iraq at this time, and they had even prepared a mature countermeasure.

Not to mention that the Americans only found a camouflaged communications building, and even if they found a real communications building, laser-guided bombs would not have been able to drop it on its head.

With mental arithmetic or unintentional, the future camouflage technology has long been not limited to the camouflage of appearance. The camouflage of thermal radiation and electromagnetic signals is on the contrary more important and mature.

A guided laser beam is fired from F117 in the sky to the ground, and the human eye will never be able to detect the existence of this laser. However, for China, which began to play with laser guidance five or six years ago, Mr. Hu took it, there are all kinds of equipment for observing and guiding lasers.

On the roof of the communications building in Baghdad, a group of soldiers guards an officer. The officers held a huge observation device in their hands, tirelessly guarding the skies of Baghdad.

In his eyes, the sky in the city of Baghdad was extremely monotonous, and there was nothing superfluous except empty darkness. As for the fact that the Americans were able to break through the air defense network outside Baghdad and directly bomb the urban area of Baghdad, this news also makes people very suspicious.

A stealth fighter that can be detected by radar may be understandable to MIT-graduate Jamal, but for officers of the Baghdad Air Defense Force, it is a bit of a challenge to professional common sense.

But then the merits of Saddam's dictatorship became apparent, as long as orders were given in his name, at least in Baghdad could be unimpeded.

The officers who were vigilant in the sky did not take it lightly, even if they were people with a weak sense of responsibility, it was best to be more conscientious in the face of the most powerful army in the Blue Star. What's more, the job of guarding the sky is better than fighting on the front line.

This communications building under his ass will definitely be an important target for the Americans. Even if the officer thinks about his own life, he doesn't dare to be lazy at all, otherwise the bomb will fall and he won't even have time to escape.

Almost instantly, a green light suddenly appeared in the officer's field of vision. The officer rubbed his eyes and reconfirmed that a straight green light was really shooting from the sky in the field of view of the observation equipment!

And when he raised his head and looked at the sky with his naked eyes, there was still nothing but darkness in the sky.

Guided lasers!

Recalling the key points of the work explained by Colonel Jamal before he went on the mission, the officer instantly judged that this must be the American's guided laser!

At the thought that the US fighter plane really flew above his head unknowingly, the officer couldn't help but feel a little weak under his feet.

Fortunately, the wired phone had already been pulled to his side, and the officer swallowed his saliva and quickly grabbed the phone.

"01 Observation Post Report, US Military Guided Laser Found, US Military Guided Laser Found!"

In the city of Baghdad, of course, this is not the only observation point. In fact, at the same time as this laser beam shone down, a call was already coming in from the hall of the command center.

For modern C3i systems, communication is a top priority. There are two centres of the Iraqi communications system, and the main working equipment is concentrated in the communications building. Only after the vast majority of civilian equipment needs are shielded can the underground command center assume the function of a military communications center. It can be said that the existence of the communications building or not directly determines the direction of this war.

The camouflage technique of important buildings was already well developed in World War II. During the Battle of Moscow in the Soviet Union, the German army planned to bomb the Kremlin. However, after the war, such a huge complex as the Kremlin remained intact, which is why camouflage played a role in the deception of aerial bombardment.

Today, Iraq is merely camouflaging the telecommunications building, which from the air looks seamless.

However, the laser used in laser guidance exposes the F117 in the sky. According to the direction and angle of this laser, the computer has calculated the approximate airspace of the F117 formation at this time.

In the command hall, everyone's eyes were focused on Saddam, waiting for his orders.

Saddam Hussein himself never imagined that there really would be planes in the world that could not be detected by ordinary radars? If there really were such planes, they would be the most advanced weapons of the Americans.

Being able to shoot down the most advanced weapons of the US military, this honor is really about to fall on him?

In Saddam's heart, there was even some unreality, and even some fear.

Having shot down the most advanced fighter jet of the US military, it was a never-ending ending between Iraq and the Americans.

"Mr. President......"

Jamal took a step forward with some excitement, looked at Saddam Hussein expectantly, and waited for his orders.

Saddam Hussein looked at him and then at the eyes of the others around him, and was suddenly startled. The eyes of everyone in the command center revealed a kind of fanaticism. Saddam Hussein, who had been holding high the banner of Arab nationalism to consolidate his position, was now in a difficult position.

If he hesitates at this time, I'm afraid that everyone in this command center will turn away from him.

And if his image of weakness towards the United States spreads, his political life will come to an end.

Saddam Hussein closed his eyes and said decisively and coldly: "I order the radar in the airspace where the US fighter plane is located to turn on, and order Saddam's defenders to launch missiles and shoot down any enemy plane that enters China's airspace!"