Chapter 680: Great Power Politics
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It was a very bizarre situation.
On 27 March, NATO entered the fourth round of air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. At around 8 p.m., a U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth fighter with the designation AF-82-806 on its tail returned home after finishing dropping bombs.
As it roared over the small village of Buganovich, 60 kilometers west of Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, something rose from the undulating launch position next to the village and accurately hit the stealth fighter. The F-117 that was hit was like a slap in the face, and suddenly the fuselage shook, lost its balance, and was difficult to control.
On the one hand, the pilot controlled the plane to fall in the direction of the west near the NATO base in Italy, in order to facilitate escape and rescue, and on the other hand, he sent a distress signal to the EC-130 electronic command of the US Air Force special forces.
The next day, Yugoslav radio, television, and newspapers reported this explosive news that shocked the US government and public, and the news media of various countries also made a large number of reports on it. These rumors, while making the F-117 infamous, also made it a household name. However, no matter how much the media hyped up this news, the Yugoslav Federation remained silent about what weapon it used to shoot down the F-117.
"There was also speculation before that it was the SAM missile that hit it, but the SAM missile has long been outdated, where is it possible to hit the most advanced F-117 stealth fighter? Americans are the first to disbelieve. Fan Heng rubbed his forehead and said to Fan Wuxi, "But in fact, that thing was indeed hit by a Sam missile." ”
"How is that possible?" Fan Wuxian didn't believe in this either.
This is the first time that the United States has lost the F-117 invisibility. fighter jet, and also the first time that the Yugoslav Federation shot down an F-117 stealth fighter. The F-117 costs $120 million each. The downing of an F-117 by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's air defense forces not only means that the United States has lost an "ace" fighter, but more importantly, the F-117 unit is the most famous fighter unit in the United States. The high-tech myth of the US military is not as divine as it is advertised. Therefore, this is the heaviest blow to the United States.
"The most important thing is that this time things are important for . The reputation of the United States in the arms market has a great influence, and since the F-117 stealth fighter can be shot down by old missiles, why do wealthy Arabs pay a lot of money for such flashy things? Fan Heng explained to his son, "The Americans have lost tens of billions of dollars in orders. ”
That's a later story, but I don't know right now. As to the truth of this matter, the Americans will not dare to risk allowing the F-117 stealth fighter to come out and carry out another mission. Fan Heng said to Fan Wuxi.
"It was a month ago, why are you in a hurry now?" FAN Wuxi. Asked curiously.
"This is a top secret that shouldn't be told to you. Finish. Fan Heng shook his head and said, "But now that the Americans have noticed it, it doesn't matter much if I tell you about it." ”
It turned out that the Americans thought that it was impossible for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to use that. An old-fashioned SAM missile hit the F-117 stealth fighter, but the facts were right in front of them, and they could not afford not to believe it, and then they began to use superior forces to go to the scene of the plane crash and recover some of the debris of the plane that had been hit and fell.
After analytical research. Later, it was found that it was indeed the F-117 shot down by the SAM missile, but it was not the SA-13 missile of the past, but the new SAM missile matched with a laser anti-stealth system, the specific model is unknown.
"At present, the stealth aircraft of the US military can have a stealth effect on radar and infrared detectors, but cannot achieve the stealth effect on visible light and lasers, so the stealth planes of the US military use night raids to attack enemy targets." Fan Heng explained to Fan Wuxian, "But the US Air Force never expected that in the valley within the border line of Bosnia and Herzegovina of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, there are infrared laser eyes flashing every night, and these eyes are evenly distributed in the air defense section, emitting infrared lasers to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and moving rapidly, forming a fan-shaped laser barrier, once the aircraft passes through the laser fence, the laser signal is blocked, and the ground receiving system can immediately judge the aircraft's altitude, speed direction and other parameters, and track the aircraft with laser beams." The modified SAM missile equipped with an infrared laser seeker was launched into the air, flew to the aircraft according to the infrared laser spots reflected on the aircraft, and destroyed it. ”
Fan Heng used to be an old military worker, so he was naturally more familiar with these things, and he explained them very clearly, Fan Wuxian understood it at once, but the first thing that came to mind after hearing it was that the Americans must have been provoked this time.
An F-117 stealth fighter is worth $120 million, which is equivalent to nearly 1 billion yuan. It is impossible to say at this time whether the second plane will be shot down, but the Americans will certainly not let the F-117 stealth fighter come out to carry out the mission again until they find a solution.
As far as the US side is concerned, the original strategic deployment will certainly be greatly adjusted because of this incident, and not to mention the chickens and dogs, it will also deal a considerable blow to the confidence of the armed forces, and the losses will be quite heavy.
"The Americans have already lodged a strong protest and have threatened to retaliate, so it has made everyone nervous." Fan Heng said to his son.
Fan Wuxian was speechless for a while, and he searched the Internet, and sure enough, he saw a lot of pictures and written reports on the Internet about the shooting down of the US F-117 stealth fighter by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as vague interviews with the Yugoslav military, in which they admitted that they had shot down the F-117 stealth fighter with SAM missiles, but they were very secretive about the mysteries.
And the most infuriating thing is that the locals are still pulling the wreckage of the F-117 stealth fighter to take pictures there, and the text accompanying the picture is actually "We didn't know he was invisible." ”
"Isn't this nonsense?!" After Fan Wuxi saw it, he was immediately displeased, "It's clear that you will tell people again, there is something greasy in this, otherwise wouldn't you just make up a reason to cover up the past?" Not to mention the number of planes like the F-117 stealth fighter, as long as four or five planes are fired, the Americans will definitely feel distressed. It's good now, it looks like it's relieved, but the sequelae are coming. ”
"There are sequelae, but they are all fulfilled in our body, and if we don't handle it well, it's very troublesome." Fan Heng nodded.
At this time, the Politburo had already held several emergency meetings overnight to discuss various situations that might arise, and the domestic strategic reserve forces had been put into operation, and the strategic missile forces in various localities had also begun to feint, just because they were worried about what small moves the Americans were going to make.
After thinking for a while, Fan Wuxian said, "Directly fighting with China, the Americans will definitely not be able to do this kind of thing, the risk of doing so is too great, if the two nuclear powers PK each other, not only the Chinese and Americans, but also people around the world will sweat." ”
"But Americans have anger in their hearts, and they will definitely not hold it back, which is also common sense." Fan Heng said.
Fan Wuxian nodded in agreement, "Therefore, the best target for the Americans to be angry now is the Chinese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and this is the first target for them to take action to retaliate." ”
"How can you be so sure?" Fan Heng was a little curious that Fan Wuxian would make such a sure inference.
Although Fan Heng has a lot of trust in many of his son's opinions, the level involved in military affairs is too high, and he can't believe his son's unilateral inference, after all, military experts have not mentioned this kind of problem.
Fan Wuxian naturally can't say that in fact the Americans did this, so our country also produced three martyrs, and this led to a nationwide anti-American parade activities, which directly exposed Sino-US relations to considerable risks, he could only explain to Fan Heng, "Great power politics is a matter of strength and degree. Americans don't lack politicians, they don't lack military strategists, they don't lack conspirators, and these three guys can definitely come up with some bad tricks when they mix together. ”
"Go on, I'll listen." Fan Heng nodded.
"The fact that the American ace fighter plane was shot down and did not even know the reason was undoubtedly a slap in the face of the Americans, and they would not give up. Now that they have guessed the source of the weapons, there must be a conflict between China and the United States, which the arrogant Americans will not let go. "It is unwise to engage in direct conflict, so the Americans will also choose an indirect way of declaring war and achieving the goal of attacking Chinese territory in a curve by attacking Chinese embassies abroad, so the embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is the best target for the other side." In addition, there is a more important reason, that is, once there is an attack on the embassy, they can also completely push it away, such as something accidentally bombed, or something wrong in satellite positioning, which sounds understandable. ”
Fan Heng heard his son talk to him for a long time, but he also felt that this possibility was relatively large, as the object of retaliation, the embassy in the combat area was indeed a better target for slapping the face.
The possibility that Fan Wuxian talked about to himself is not non-existent.
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