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The fierce fighting in the sky could not be seen on the ground, and the observers of the exercise sent by various countries only felt the tension in the sky from the reports they received continuously. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info≦≧

William Taft, the US deputy secretary of defense, was dissatisfied with Iraq's behavior, but he had some admiration for the performance of the Iraqi Air Force in this air confrontation. Tactically bold and skillful, this is an air force that is gradually getting stronger!

Observers from other countries, especially the air force personnel sent in, also opened their eyes to this air battle between the two sides.

Especially the big countries in the East, for a long time, have been implementing the strategy of territorial air defense, using interceptors to intercept the opponent's aircraft, focusing only on high altitude and high speed, for air combat outside the line of sight, for excellent fighting ability, they are all blank, especially the pre-jing aircraft, they can be regarded as an eye-opener.

After the completion of the air confrontation, the second phase of the exercise began: an air-to-ground attack and a surprise attack by ground forces.

The air attack was carried out mainly by the F20 group of the Iraqi Air Force and the A4 attack aircraft of the Kuwaiti Air Force during the exercise. ≦≧

At this time, Prince Sultan, the person in charge of planning and directing the exercise, suddenly announced that he had changed the plan of the exercise, and the target was set in the Gellandbelt area in Jordan!

As soon as Prince Sultan finished speaking, all the military attachés who were observing the exercise changed their faces.

This is not just a matter of expanding the territory of the exercise to Jordan, which is the area next to Jordan, what do the Arabs want to do this time?

"Your Excellency, how can you change the exercise area without permission? This will lead to confusion among the participating troops! The Deputy Secretary of Defense from the United States said first.

"On the battlefield, there is no plan, we just change the target now to test their ability to improvise. It is hoped that our troops can show their actual level and complete the tasks given by the command. I believe in our Arab armies! Prince Sultan said calmly.

"Your Excellency, I mean, this will lead to friction with Israel and the aggravation of the situation in the Middle East, which is very inappropriate for the stability of this region, and I hope you will cancel this exercise. ≦≧" William's attitude began to be a little tough.

"We are maneuvering on our own land, how can there be friction with the sè column? How can it lead to the aggravation of the situation here? We didn't do anything to get in the way of the sè list! We're in the exercise right now! Of course, if we find out that some other country's planes have invaded our airspace, we will shoot them down without mercy! "Prince Sultan has never spoken to the Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States in such a tone. He pushed William back so coldly, it felt very enjoyable!

Observers from other countries began to turn a little pale. They are already asking in their hearts, this time, is it true that the Arab countries are determined to go to war with Israel? Is it because of the nuclear program listed in Sè? Remembering the navy of the Soviets who are now in the Mediterranean, could it be that all these Arab countries were connected with the USSR? This time it was a joint operation of theirs.

More sad people think. It won't be the trigger for World War III, right? The Arabs took the initiative to attack the Sè column, and the Soviet Union mixed in again, and the Americans were also arriving, and the world was going to be in chaos!

With the roar of airplanes overhead, they picked up the binoculars in their hands and looked at the sky. ≦≧ it was an Iraqi F20 fighter jet that took off from an air base near Saudi Arabia, with a bomb hanging from each of the wings. Although it looks very similar to an ordinary low-drag aerial bomb in appearance, they know that it is a gemway laser-guided bomb, and the attack is an order of magnitude higher.

"Our Air Force is going to be dispatched. What you see now are the F20 fighters of the Iraqi Air Force and the A4 attack planes of the Kuwaiti Air Force. They will first attack the intended target, hoping that they will be able to reach the airspace over the new exercise area on time and complete the task of bombing at the same time. Said the person in charge of explaining to the observers.

William's face was blue, their new target, far from here, could not be seen at all, who knew where they were going to bomb? Whether he crossed the border of the Isè column, whether he would be lost and fly to Dimona, who can guarantee this?

"Report," at this time, William's secretary in charge of domestic liaison came over and whispered to him: "Just an hour ago, Soviet naval aviation took off four Tu-22M bombers. ≦≧ is passing through the Black Sea, preparing to enter the skies over the Mediterranean. ”

Figure 22M, Soviet supersonic bomber!

The Tu-22M is a variable-sweep wing supersonic bomber developed by the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau, with the NATO code name "Backfire".

Although the name of Figure 22 is also displayed, as if it was an improvement from Figure 22, in fact, it is completely different from Figure 22.

Figure 22, also equipped in Iraq, this aircraft as the first supersonic bomber of the Soviet Union, xing energy is not very reliable, the range is not satisfactory, although theoretically can carry out supersonic penetration, but after the aircraft is filled with fuel and missiles, it is simply unable to carry out supersonic flight, even if it reaches Mach 1.5 when it reaches the vicinity of the target, it cannot effectively evade the interception of NATO fighters and anti-aircraft missiles.

So, the USSR carried out the development of a new bomber program, and after a contest between the two design bureaus of Tupolev and Sukhoi, the current version finally appeared.

The biggest feature of the Figure 22M is undoubtedly the variable-swept wing design similar to that of the F111. ≦≧ low wing has a sweep angle of 20 to 55 degrees in the outer section of the wing, and there is a long ridge in front of the vertical tail. Two HK25 turbofan engines are used, and the afterburner thrust of a single unit is 245.15 kN, which is greater than the thrust-to-weight ratio of F111. 12 tons of conventional bombs can be hung in the belly bomb bay or a half-buried AS4 "Galley" air-to-surface missile, or two AS4 or AS6 "Kingfish" air-to-surface missiles can be hung under the wings.

The Tu-22M "Backfire" has only the same nose landing gear and bomb bay doors as the Tu22 "Eye Patch", and the rest, all of which are completely new.

The Tu-22M is hugely powerful, and can carry out both strategic nuclear bombing and tactical bombing, especially carrying high-power anti-ship missiles, long-distance and rapid attacks, attacking US aircraft carrier formations, and its ability to penetrate defense at low-altitude supersonic speed has been NATO's nightmare! AS4 anti-ship missiles, and even a nuclear warhead!

Now, this kind of plane, flying into the Mediterranean, what are they coming for?

"Our Turkish air base has urgently taken off four F15 fighters and is ready to track, however, now the situation of the two sides is unknown."

William's face is very bad, this series of emergencies is definitely not accidental!

Qusay felt very lucky, he had planned the revision of the exercise plan, the purpose was to attract the attention of the sè column and lay the foundation for his final blow, he did not know, even the Soviets gave face like this.

After the warships of the Black Sea Fleet sailed into the Mediterranean, the aircraft carrier formation of the US Navy also entered the Mediterranean, which made the formation commander of the Black Sea Fleet's exercise, Rear Admiral Barkin on the aircraft carrier Moskva, very uncomfortable, and he ordered the naval aviation in the rear to take off four Tu-22M to conduct an additional exercise: two simulated attacks on the US aircraft carrier group, two simulated attacks on land, and as for the target of the attack, the Dimona area was naturally chosen.

The upper part of the gray sè, the lower part of the white sè backfire bomber, the pointed front end cut through the sky, two huge air intakes, constantly exhaling a large amount of air, the tail engine spewed flames, pushing the fuselage to soar in the sky, the wings of the variable sweep wing, supporting the body of dozens of tons, the four crew members at the nose of the nose, calmly cāo as the plane, under their belly, mounted a large as4 missile.

AS4 galley, codenamed KH22 in the USSR, is a large air-to-surface missile with a maximum Mach number of 2.5, a range of more than four hundred kilometers, and a weight of six tons, just the charge of the warhead, there is a ton! No matter how big a ship is in the United States, even if it is an aircraft carrier, it will not be able to withstand a single missile!

The USSR will not take the initiative to attack the American aircraft carriers, this time it is just an exercise.

Because the Black Sea Fleet, although it has several large warships, cannot compete with the American aircraft carrier formation, and they take off this bomber to give the US Navy a signal that they will not get too close to themselves, otherwise, there will be danger!

Unbeknownst to the Soviet Union, the Arab countries had changed their objectives and were almost on the border of the Israeli columns, and they were at this time when they took off this bomber, as if they were giving the Arab army a long prestige.

The air force of the Sè column took off a large number of planes urgently, and all the F15 fighters of the air supremacy type took to the air, ready to deal with the planes of Arab countries that may fly over the airspace at any time, even if the other side strayed into the airspace during the exercise, they would shoot it down! The Israeli Air Force has always taken the initiative to attack others, and there has never been a time when it has been so hot, and they have Sparrow air-to-air missiles and Sidewinder missiles mounted under their wings, ready to strike at any time.

In addition to the Arab exercises in the south, they were more important to guard against the attack of Soviet bombers in the north, and they flew about 100 kilometers out of the coastline in order to effectively intercept the enemy's planes before they fired their missiles.

Two of the three E2C pre-jing aircraft in the Sè column were lifted into the air, one was monitoring the south, one was monitoring the east, and the other was undergoing maintenance.

War may start at the next moment, but the sè column is never afraid!

At this time, I am afraid that no one will notice the moving vehicles on the improvised road away from the battlefield. (To be continued.) )

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