Prince Sultan Air Base.

The atmosphere was tense and dignified.

Crown Prince Salman, Al Maktoum and other senior leaders of the Arab League countries frowned.

Just now, news came from Addis Ababa that twenty HIRMARS tactical missile launchers purchased from the United States had been destroyed by a fighter squad of the Somali Air Force.

What is even more depressing is that the Arab League Air Force sent fighter planes to intercept it, but the other side killed three planes one after another, and he did not even hurt a single hair of the other side.

Coupled with the previous defeat, the morale of the Arab League Air Force has fallen to the bottom.

Fortunately, the "Raptor" fighter team that had departed earlier did not disappoint, and after successfully launching the cruise missile, it has already begun to return home, and it is estimated that it will arrive at the Prince Sultan Air Base in half an hour.

However, an even more severe test has come, according to the information just received by the US Department of Defense, the Somalis have launched a large-scale precision strike against the Allied Arab coalition forces with submarine-launched cruise missiles.

This news took Crown Prince Salman and others by surprise.

Before the war began, no one had told him that Somalia had nuclear submarines.

While Crown Prince Salman, Al Maktoum and other military and political leaders of the Arab alliance secretly scolded the United States, they also urgently ordered to respond to the next cruise missile attack.

Although the intelligence of the Americans and the subsequent radar information all show that the scale of these missiles is not large, and the targets are very scattered, once the other side succeeds, it will have a great blow to the morale of the military.

What makes Crown Prince Salman even more jealous is that Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and other cities are all within the strike range of cruise missiles, and if the missiles hit targets such as the Burj Khalifa, then how should the next war be fought.

Before the start of the war, the Arab League media continued to exaggerate the strength of the Arab League coalition forces to the public and belittle the Somali armed forces.

This has formed an inherent perception among the people of the Arab world. Somalia is very weak, and as long as there is a war, the coalition forces of the Arab League will definitely be able to crush the Somali pirate group and liberate the Somali people.

But now that the war is going on, if the big cities in the interior of the Arab League are attacked again, even the monarchy of Saudi Arabia. I'm afraid it's hard to explain to the people in the country.

"Order the troops, do your best to do a good job in the defense of cruise missiles. In particular, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha and other cities must not allow a cruise missile to fall into them. ”

"Yes!"

Admiral Alimu, commander of the Arab League Air Force, immediately conveyed the relevant orders, but fortunately, before the war began, the Arab League had deployed a considerable number of air defense weapons in these cities, and it was not a problem to deal with cruise missile attacks.

It is difficult to detect the ultra-low-altitude maneuvering flight of cruise missiles, especially the latest stealth cruise missiles have a stronger concealment effect.

However, cruise missiles also have the weakness of long flight time and slow speed, and early warning aircraft can be used to guide fighter planes to intercept them on the way.

Even if the interception fails halfway. Terminal interception with anti-aircraft artillery and low-altitude air defense systems can also be carried out around important targets.

This approach, although it does not comprehensively prevent cruise missile attacks, can reduce losses on important targets.

During the Iraq War, the Iraqi army repeatedly used old Soviet-made anti-aircraft guns and large-caliber machine guns to intercept American cruise missiles.

Today's Arab League has more comprehensive air defense forces and more advanced weapons and facilities, and unless the enemy can carry out a large-scale cruise missile attack at any cost, it will be difficult for the Arab League to break its muscles and bones.

However, Crown Prince Salman is now worried that the enemy even has nuclear submarines. Will there be nuclear weapons?

The Americans had previously concealed the news that the other side had nuclear submarines, apparently fearing that the Arab League would have some scruples when it launched a war.

But it's too late to say anything.

"Damn Yankees!"

Crown Prince Salman and Prime Minister Al Maktoum looked at each other. They all saw the worry in each other's eyes.

What if the enemy really has nuclear weapons?

Crown Prince Salman doesn't believe in the goddamn pirates.

A royal attendant hurried to Crown Prince Salman and whispered a few words in his ear.

Crown Prince Salman was slightly stunned, and said to the military and political leaders of many Arab League countries who followed him: "Everyone, I'll answer the phone later." ”

"Whose phone number?"

"U.S. President O'Kanhai. ”

Everyone present frowned, and Ao Guanhai called at this time. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing!

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When Crown Prince Salman hurriedly went to talk to Oguanhai on the phone, the missile defense war of the Arab coalition forces had already begun.

The Changjian-10 long-range cruise missile launched by the Typhoon-class cruise missile nuclear submarine at the Arab coalition forces was divided into two types by Chen Xin.

The first is equipped with an electromagnetic pulse warhead, and the missile itself has undergone a special modification of the steel hammer with excellent stealth.

The second is the Longsword-10, which is equipped with an ordinary warhead. The performance is similar to that of the Tomahawk series cruise missiles of the United States, and the main role of these missiles is to attract the attention of the air defense fire network of the Arab coalition forces.

The missile attack is mainly divided into two waves, the first wave is a normal type of cruise missile, and the second wave is a stealth model.

When the first wave of cruise missiles entered the alert circle of the Arab League army, it immediately attracted the attention of early warning aircraft and long-range warning radars.

Under the command of the AWACS aircraft, the fighters deployed by the Arab League at various air bases began to take off urgently to intercept the missiles.

Under the guidance of early warning aircraft, air-to-air missiles such as Mika and Meteor successfully intercepted more than a dozen long swords.10

However, after encountering interception, these missiles further reduced their altitude and flew covertly with the help of terrain, which greatly reduced the efficiency of interception by fighters.

At this time, it was the turn of the short-range anti-aircraft missile units of the coalition forces of the Arab League.

The short-range anti-aircraft firepower of the coalition forces of the Arab League is mainly composed of the "Avenger" high-mobility short-range anti-aircraft missiles of the US Army and the Bofors anti-aircraft artillery system.

"Attention Bobcat, attention Bobcat, four cruise missiles are coming in the third defense area, pay attention to interception. ”

"At seven o'clock, two cruise missiles, ready to intercept!"

"Target azimuth 056, speed 950, altitude 200, fire!"

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For a time, the major important troop gathering areas, air bases, and cities of the Arab League rumbled with artillery, tracer bullets intertwined a dense network of firepower in the sky, and from time to time short-range low-altitude missiles could be seen blooming beautiful sparks in the sky.

It has to be said that the Arab League's air defense system is still quite powerful, and nearly 50 of the more than 100 Changjian-10 cruise missiles in this wave have been successfully intercepted, and the remaining 50-odd missiles, although they hit the target along the way, are distributed on such a broad front, and their impact on the Arab League coalition forces is extremely limited.

However, the biggest purpose of these missiles has been achieved, and they have succeeded in attracting all the anti-aircraft fire of the Arab League, and people have not noticed that after this wave of missiles, there are 90 cruise missiles that are cautiously moving along the line planned by the satellites. (To be continued......)