Chapter 494: Pershing II.

Yemen, over the port of Aden.

Under the surveillance of the Arab League's air defense system, 12 "Raptor" fighters swaggered into Yemen's airspace from a formation at an altitude of 10,000 meters and flew straight toward the Prince Sultan Air Base.

Not long ago, Gang Gong had already contacted the Prince Sultan Air Base to inform them that the mission had been completed.

Perhaps the previous defeat was too embarrassing, and the Arab coalition forces urgently needed a victory to boost morale.

After learning that the Raptor detachment had completed its attack and had returned home, the other side not only did not show any suspicion, but also repeatedly declared that when the "Raptor detachment" returned, it would take credit for these brave pilots.

Chen Xin was not worried about worrying that the enemy would find anything abnormal, anyway, by the time they learned that the Mogadishu air base was intact, I was afraid that the war would have already ended.

Chen Xin wants to fight this time difference.

"Lao Dou, the second wave of missiles equipped with electromagnetic pulse warheads flew smoothly, and there is no sign of being discovered by the Arab coalition forces for the time being. The three cruise missiles attacking the Prince Sultan airbase are in the final stages of their planned voyage and are expected to reach the target in 10 minutes. ”

Chen Xin nodded and said, "Steel hammer, the electromagnetic pulse won't have any effect on us, right?"

Previously, Chen Xin and Gangyi had used a supercomputer to simulate the power of electromagnetic pulse weapons.

At the moment of the explosion, within a radius of 1.5 kilometers, all electronic products will be completely burned out due to the instantaneous pulse current overload.

Within a radius of 10 kilometers, all kinds of electronic equipment will suffer damage of different degrees, and radar and communication antennas will also have various problems, and they will be basically paralyzed.

Within a radius of 100 kilometers, all electromagnetic wave communications will be severely interfered with, and it is difficult to recover in a short period of time.

Due to the vast area of the Prince Sultan Air Base, Chen Xin is worried that there will be fish that will slip through the net at that time. Make an impact on your own plans.

Therefore, he simply did not stop and let the steel hammer drop three electromagnetic pulse bombs on the base at once.

As soon as these three super bombs are superimposed, Chen Xin himself has no bottom on how powerful they are.

And he and the "Raptor" formation of the steel hammer control zhì are following behind this wave of cruise missiles, so don't be careless and hurt the pond fish when the time comes. That would be a tragedy.

EMP bombs don't distinguish between friend and foe.

said with a smile: "Lao Dou, don't worry, I'm here, at most the radar communication will be affected by the point in a short time, the navigation map has been loaded into the on-board computer, and the electronic equipment is guaranteed to have no problems." ”

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Prince Sultan Air Base.

When His Royal Highness Crown Prince Salman came out of the communication room, his expression was obviously much more relaxed than just now.

The people present were all human spirits, and they could feel it from Salman's expression, Ao Guanhai's phone call just now. Should be good news.

The military and political leaders of the member states of the Arab League also seemed to sense something and quickly surrounded them.

Some people asked, "Your Highness Salman, what did Ao Guanhai say?"

Some people also asked: "Did the Americans provide some new information?"

Some people even asked: "Is the United States ready to enter the war?"

"It's not enough to go to war!"

Crown Prince Salman knew that many of those present were pinning their hopes for victory in the war on the Americans. In fact, without the United States, Saudi Arabia would not have been able to amass such a huge military force and become the de facto ally of Arab countries.

Crown Prince Salman shook his head with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, good news for everyone, the United States has decided to open the purchase of F22 Raptor fighters and Pershing II medium-range ballistic missiles to us!"

"What?"

Everyone was amazed. There was a look of disbelief on his face.

It's not that the news isn't good enough, it's too good!

Naturally, the F22 fighter does not need to be said. In the previous big air battle, the European Shuangfeng was miserable, but the F22 team successfully completed the sneak attack and is now on its way back.

Although the F-22 missile launch site is still hundreds of kilometers away from Mogadishu, and the mission is a typical case of a single shot, this does not prevent people from attributing the success of the mission to the F22 fighter jets.

What is even more surprising is the intention of the United States to sell Pershing II missiles to the Arab League.

The Pershing II missile is a third-generation surface-to-surface tactical missile. Development began in 1974 and equipment for troops in 1985. It is mainly used to hit hard targets such as command posts and transportation hubs in the former Warsaw Pact countries. The missile adopts two sets of inertial guidance and radar terrain matching terminal guidance systems, and the hit accuracy has reached an incredible 30 meters, which is the highest hit accuracy of a surface-to-surface ballistic missile at present.

The missile warhead is a nuclear warhead with a yield of 5,000-50,000 tons, if replaced with an ordinary warhead. The maximum firing range is 1800 kilometers, the maximum flight altitude is about 300 kilometers, the hitting accuracy is 40 meters, the maximum speed is 12 times the speed of sound, the length of the projectile is 10 meters, the diameter of the projectile is 1 meter, the launch mass is 7.26 tons, and the launch preparation time is 5 minutes.

This missile is used to attack airfields, and there is basically no possibility of defending it.

However, doubts were soon raised.

Admiral Alimu, commander of the Arab League Air Force, said: "Your Highness, didn't the United States destroy all the Pershing missiles? Why do they still have them?"

At the end of the 80s of last century, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the "Treaty on the Complete Destruction of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missiles (INF Treaty for short). The treaty stipulates that within three years after the treaty takes effect, the United States and the Soviet Union will completely destroy and completely ban short- and medium-range missiles with a range of 500 to 1,000 kilometers and medium-range missiles with a range of 1,000 to 5,000 kilometers. This includes missiles that have been deployed and those that have been produced but not yet deployed.

After the signing of the treaty, the Soviet Union destroyed 441 SS20 and 112 SS4 missiles deployed in Europe and Asia, as well as 130 SS12 and SS23 missiles deployed in Eastern Europe;

"The Pershing missiles have not been completely destroyed, and there are more than 50 mothballed in the United States, and they have decided to hand over these missiles to us. ”

A flash of excitement flashed on Crown Prince Salman's face, compared to the Pershing missile, the so-called HIRMARS high-mobility artillery rocket system is a complete gadget.

"How can the United States agree to sell us weapons of this level? Aren't they going to abide by the Treaty on the Limitation of Intermediate- and Long-Range Missile Proliferation?"

UAE Prime Minister Al Maktoum asked.

Crown Prince Salman said: "The long-range cruise missiles that Somalia launched an attack on us this time came from China, and since the other side broke the rules first, the United States can naturally sell us Pershing missiles!"

Many of the people present showed excitement on their faces, and with Pershing in hand, they directly washed the floor of the two air bases in Somalia, so this war was undoubtedly won.

Crown Prince Salman's face also relaxed, and he smiled: "Okay, let's go, the boys of our Raptor squad should be back soon, let's go meet them on the runway!" (To be continued......)