Chapter 352: Where is the limit in Somalia?
Lookout carrier-based AWACS aircraft: Naval airborne early warning command unit, construction price - 3.2 million, construction time one week.
Description: In order to overcome the low-altitude target search distance limited by the curvature of the earth and reduce the interference of the terrain, the whole set of long-range warning radar system is placed on the aircraft, which provides better early warning and search effect by flying altitude, and prolongs the allowable reaction time and flexibility. It is used to search for and monitor air or sea targets, and to direct and guide its own aircraft to carry out combat missions. This early warning aircraft also has a distinctive feature of most early warning aircraft, that is, there is a large "mushroom" on the back of the aircraft, which is the radome of the early warning radar.
Performance data: maximum take-off weight of 35 tons, foldable wings, can load fuel 15 tons, total load of 20 tons. Constant air alert can last up to 16 hours. Two turboprop engines, the maximum flight speed is 700 kilometers per hour, the practical ceiling is 15,000 kilometers, and the maximum range is 3,500 kilometers.
Special note: Electronic reconnaissance and early warning, deception and evasion of the enemy's electronic jamming, scattering scrambler communication jamming, air strikes with air dominance, and mobile ambushes and long-range strikes. These are its specialties, and every function is the key to victory or defeat in the war.
Suggestion: The tree is a big wind, and its existence will inevitably become the target of the enemy's key strikes, and it has no defense ability, once it is approached by the enemy, it will be difficult to survive.
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In terms of carrier-based aircraft, the base has given Li Lan a very relaxed choice, he can produce carrier-based Black Hawk fighters, or he can produce all carrier-based aircraft that accompany aircraft carriers.
This professional aircraft carrier carrier-based aircraft, to be honest. Li Lan likes it very much, regardless of its canard wing layout. Or its load and tonnage and combat radius, with the base's best radar and combat system. Combined, it is a very good multi-functional carrier-based fighter. Its combat performance will not lose to the Black Hawk fighter at all, and it is also more suitable for the maritime combat mode.
And there are many derivatives of this fighter, including electronic warfare aircraft, refueling models, and two-seat and single-seat options. With such a versatile unit, Li Lan naturally likes it very much. Also in order to avoid the difficulty of logistical maintenance, Li Lan did not consider letting the Black Hawk fighters on the ship, and the carrier-based planes on the two aircraft carriers were all professional carrier-based aircraft.
The Lookout is Li Lan's only AWACS aircraft at present. Even if the performance is in general, you can only count on it, but fortunately, the base is not a high-quality product, but it is also extremely good. Whether it is the performance of the F-22 Raptor invasion incident in the last incident or the data obtained from the usual training tests, Li Lan is very satisfied.
This aircraft carrier battle group has condensed too much of Li Lan's painstaking efforts, and the energy invested is incomparable to that of other branches of the armed forces. As a symbol of the oceanic navy, he has high hopes for this naval fleet.
In order to welcome the aircraft carrier battle group to sea, four Typhoon-class attack nuclear submarines that have been training in the Indian Ocean have returned to the port of Huluwan. It will serve as an important force for underwater anti-submarine operations of the two-carrier battle group.
Early this morning, groups of motorcades converged at the international integrated port of Bagua City.
The originally planned No. 8 container stacking point has been slowly crowded with these traffic flows, and the crowd gathered in twos and threes to discuss. Not only that. Many people are also heading to the port, some on foot, some on motorbikes and bicycles. Some simply rent a car in a group of people and take a taxi directly with a little luxury. And these people. Without exception, they are all Somalis, and the sky has not yet begun to dawn. And they came one after another.
And everyone's face is full of excitement and anticipation. Last night, a piece of news caught their attention, tomorrow at the port of Bagua City, Somali President Li Lan personally went to usher in a very historic moment in Somalia, and at the same time, the news also pointed out that people who have time can go and witness this important moment with their own eyes, but pay attention to maintaining discipline.
They had no idea what they would see in the news, and they didn't say what they were, but that didn't stop their curiosity. Most of these people who arrived early came from the night shift and came in a hurry after work, and some came from other cities. In their opinion, even if they didn't see anything worth looking forward to, as long as they could see Li Lan, the trip would not be wasted.
By eight o'clock in the morning, 10,000 or 20,000 Somalis had already arrived at the port, and under the maintenance of the port security guards and the Praetorian Guards who arrived later, the crowd discipline at the scene was not panicked, but it was a little noisy, and everyone was asking what they would see and what else was worthy of the president's personal greeting.
At half past eight, all the reporters who had received the invitation also arrived, and under the leadership of the Praetorian Guards, they came to another corner of the pier and did not crowd with the crowd.
At nine o'clock, outside the port, two Aegis ships, numbered 041 and 042, were followed by two multi-purpose destroyers and four sea scorpions. The eight warships were not docked inside the harbor, but were anchored directly in the sea outside the harbor.
As soon as the warships appeared, the crowd began to cheer. For many people, whether they see a warship on TV or in photos, they are completely unable to appreciate the majestic posture of the warship, and they can only approach it in person and feel it with their own eyes and hearts, and this kind of gain is not at all comparable to watching it on TV.
And those sharp-eyed people have already seen the numbers of these ships, and they are definitely not those Somali warships that have appeared in front of the eyes of the world. In particular, the Aegis ships, which attract the most attention, have seen them from 031 to 034, but they have never seen the two warships 041 and 042. Although, from the outside, these warships are carved out of a mold.
Those reporters who were invited and had deep doubts in their hearts already felt that the trip was worthwhile.
Journalists, especially foreign correspondents, are still in the center of a storm like Somalia, and they are naturally very concerned about the frequent actions of the United States these days. What makes them even more concerned is how the emerging Somali regime and the young president will react to the continuous military dynamics of the United States.
At the invitation received, keen people were already aware that Somalia was likely to fight back.
Sure enough, Li Lan, who is the main master, has not yet come, and a news that can be used as a headline has appeared, and a new fleet has never been revealed. Some journalists, already quickly counting the number of warships that appear in Somalia's possession. As a result, they were taken by surprise.
Six destroyers of more than 10,000 tons, eight frigates with a displacement of more than 6,000 tons (multipurpose destroyers), and fourteen corvettes (Syions).
If Somalia has one or two more large surface combat ships, such as amphibious assault ships, the strength of the navy can completely squeeze into the top seven in the world. There is no problem with this at all, because not all naval powers are able to come up with so many advanced warships in one go. The gathering of such beautiful warships alone can be a feast for the aesthetic eyes.
What makes these reporters even more excited is that as the initiator of this time, Li Lan has not yet arrived, that is to say, these warships in front of him are definitely not the protagonists of today.
The fragile curiosity in everyone's heart has skyrocketed infinitely.
Many reporters also began to get busy, immediately reporting the situation to the headquarters in their home countries, hoping that the headquarters would immediately squeeze out a time slot for the news. Naturally, the efficiency of journalism will not be slow, and many internationally renowned websites and media outlets, as well as television stations in many countries, have begun to broadcast images of Somali ports today. Many journalists began to look for the right angle to record the content of the first part of the news. Without exception, they all chose to use the warships anchored in the distance as the background, and the excited reports began to be transmitted in the harbor.
However, it doesn't end there.
At half past nine, on the sea in the distance, a fleet once again appeared, exactly the same as the one that appeared half an hour earlier, both in terms of number and type of warships.
When this new fleet had already marched to the port not far away, everyone was once again shocked to find that these warships in front of them were still new ships that had never appeared before, especially the bows of the two 10,000-ton destroyers, which were numbered 039 and 040, which made this shocked atmosphere reach its peak in an instant.
In just ten minutes, a large number of reports appeared again on the mainstream media network of the world.
"With eight brand-new warships again, where is the bottom line in Somalia?" 》
"The world's shocking news that sixteen brand-new warships have appeared in one go, how on earth did Somalia hide these warships? 》
Is the military revolution of the navy in the world coming? Somalia, which already has 36 fully stealth warships, will it be the leader in the development of the next generation of naval equipment? 》
"The cheering crowd, the world-renowned Somalia, the country of Somalia today, once again interprets what it means to be shocked to the whole world! 》
"Don't underestimate the country of Somalia, their potential has already shocked the world's eyeballs! 》
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All kinds of reports spread like a pouring river for the entire Internet time, although there is not much text introduction, but the video and a large number of pictures, have said it all. Various headlines were pinned to the top of news websites, and various reprints and comments kept popping up on the Internet in the world.
A second ago, no one would have imagined that in the next second, the world world would become so crazy. The fleet that Somalia took out at the beginning made it difficult for the whole world to accept it for a while, and today this unacceptability seems to have become a wooden one. People wonder more about where these warships came from, but about what they see today, whether it will be the limit of Somalia. (To be continued......)