At present, the Aegis system, which the US Navy is proud of, has not yet completed the final integration, and a large number of ships in the US Navy are still the Allen-Sumner-class destroyers and Keeling-class destroyers that were built during World War II, of which the Allen-Sumner-class destroyers have gradually withdrawn from active service, and the main Keeling-class destroyers that remain in the US Navy in later generations have been refitted and equipped with STIR radars and Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info It's a pity that now, the Sparrow missile has not yet matured, and the sky over the battlefield in Vietnam is simply an uncontrolled rocket, which has not yet been transferred to the warship at this time.

As for the standard missiles with quite high accuracy in later generations, there is no shadow. Therefore, the main force of the air defense of US warships is the shipborne air defense system developed in the era of World War II to deal with the Japanese kamikaze suicide aircraft.

These include the Beagle, the Tatar, and the Brass Knight, which constitute the first generation of the US surface defense ship-to-air missile system.

Among them, the Beagle and the Tatar, respectively, are medium-range and short-range missiles, with an altitude of almost 10,000 meters, while the Brass Knight is a big guy with a ramjet engine.

The Brass Knight anti-aircraft missile, originally codenamed SAM-N-6 and later changed to RIM-8, is the earliest long-range, medium-altitude shipborne air defense missile system developed by the US Navy, which is mainly used for fleet air defense to deal with attacks by various aircraft. The maximum firing range reached 120 km, and the firing altitude reached 3 to 26.5 km.

However, for the MiG-25, which can easily climb to an altitude of 30,000 meters, all the anti-aircraft missiles of these American fleets are out of reach, which is why Andrei can boldly use the MiG-25 to reconnoitre.

In order to prevent threats, the US aircraft carrier squadron this time included two cruisers equipped with Brass Knight missiles, the "CG-11" Chicago heavy cruiser and the CLG-5 "Oklahoma" missile cruiser.

At this time, on the Chicago at the forefront of the formation, the SPS-43 search radar was undertaking the main anti-air search task of the formation, but unfortunately, the farthest search distance of this radar was not more than 200 kilometers, and the air surveillance was limited, and the detection distance of the Aegis system in later generations was often 400 kilometers, which was very far behind.

Therefore, the formation did not find the target, but the base in Hokkaido discovered a plane flying over Sakhalin Island, and judging from the radar reflection wave of the other side, the echo was very large, and it should be a large plane, such as the Tu-95RT "Xiong-D" reconnaissance plane, looking at the flight path of the other side, it is very likely to go to the waters south of Kunashir Island to trouble its own aircraft carrier formation.

"Good time!" Colonel Ted said: "The Soviets dare to come to our aircraft carrier formation to make trouble with a reconnaissance plane!" We might as well knock it off too! ”

Last year, the US Air Force was disgraced, and an EP-3 reconnaissance plane was hit down by the Soviets, and as a result, it was forced to land at the Soviets' base.

The Soviets actually took off a reconnaissance plane, came to reconnoiter their own aircraft carrier formation, and simply knocked the other side down!

The hairy bear is very strong, and his own pilots are not vegetarians!

Hearing Colonel Ted's words, Lieutenant General Jonad frowned, could this ruin his own plan? However, it doesn't seem to matter, if the Soviets' planes fly over their heads, and they are still indifferent, it will be a disgrace to the US Navy.

"What do you think, Mr. Lieutenant General?" Captain Steve, the captain of the aircraft carrier, asked.

"I do not participate in such specific combat operations, this belongs to the air defense of the fleet, it is up to you to decide." Lieutenant General Jonad said.

"Yes." Colonel Steve said, "Deck attention, catapult two Tomcats!" Heading due north, prepare to intercept! The power compartment, the aircraft carrier picks up, accelerates to twenty knots, all warships pay attention, anti-aircraft missiles are ready! ”

Dry! Finally, I have to fight with the Soviets at sea, and everyone is very excited, this exercise, there is not even a blue army, it is too boring, this Soviet reconnaissance plane flying in is simply an appetizer for our side!

With his order, the entire formation accelerated to the east, and black smoke rose from the boilers of the aircraft carrier, increasing in speed.

The Kitty Hawk is not a modified version of a World War II aircraft carrier, this is a genuine aircraft carrier built with post-World War II thinking! The catapult laid can completely allow a heavy air fighter such as the Tomcat fighter to take off. However, the current weather is too bad, and in order for the Tomcat fighter to take off safely, it is still necessary for the aircraft carrier to provide greater muzzle velocity and increase deck wind. However, as the speed increases, the warship will shake violently, and in this case, twenty knots is the best choice.

The speed of the cruise just now, only fifteen knots, and now, as the aircraft carrier picks up speed, the personnel on the deck are also starting to get busy.

From the parking area on the side of the bridge, two Tomcat fighters were dragged over, deck crews of various colors, working nervously.

The wings slowly rotated forward, reaching the position of the minimum sweep angle, various rudder surfaces rotated, check whether the rudder surface was normal, and then look at the huge immortal bird missiles mounted under the belly, which had been correctly connected, and then, the Tomcat fighter was towed to the catapult in the take-off area, the front wheels were fixed, and the rear shutter was slowly rising.

In the cockpit, Major George of the 27th Fighter Squadron of the 5th Carrier-based Aircraft Wing of the United States looked at the wingman Captain William on another catapult next to him, stretched out his hand, and clenched it into a fist.

The other party made the same move.

"Kitty, Kitty, boxer requests to take off." George shouted over the radio.

"You can take off, intercept missions, there are no AWACS, keep your eyes open." Commands came from the ears.

"Roger." George looked at the gestures of the people on the ground, replied to a familiar signal, and then adjusted the thrust of the two TF30 engines behind him to the maximum.

When the guide's body squatted down and his arms forward, George felt a huge thrust coming, and for a moment, there was a feeling of vertigo.

Surrounded by steam on the aircraft carrier, the huge Tomcat fighter, under the combined action of its own power and catapult, accelerated away from the deck, and when leaving the runway, the fuselage first fell downward, and then flew again.

Take off and meet the enemy!