Chapter 182: The Iraq Threat

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At the same time, it is absolutely impossible to have a single aircraft carrier, and the entire aircraft carrier formation can have practical combat significance, and the Iraqi side is also working hard to achieve this. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At present, Iraq already has two modern-class destroyers, one Dreadnought-class anti-submarine ship, and the other Dreadnought-class, which will also enter service with the Iraqi Navy in about a year.

The modern class is mainly responsible for air defense, the dreadnought class is responsible for anti-submarine, plus several Heddon-class, as well as nuclear submarines, make up Iraq's aircraft carrier lineup, however, this formation, which is still flawed, is that there are no regional air defense ships to deal with saturation attacks!

This kind of warship, it now seems to be the most suitable for the Glorious-class.

The Glorious-class is a 10,000-ton cruiser built by the Soviet Navy in order to make up for the high cost of the nuclear-powered Kirov-class cruiser, and the armament on it is almost the same as that of the Kirov class.

However, what Kusai likes is its anti-aircraft missiles! In particular, the eight "Thunder" SA-N-6 missile launchers above, which have a range of 100 kilometers and an altitude of 25,000 meters, have the most lacking regional air defense capability of the current Iraqi aircraft carrier group. Moreover, this missile can not only hit high-altitude and high-speed targets, but also effectively intercept low-altitude targets similar to "whaling forks", and has strong anti-saturation attack power.

At this time, the Soviet Union could no longer afford to build the fourth ship of the Glorious-class class, so if Iraq bought it and could provide the Soviet Union with a sum of money, Gorbachev should be very happy.

Therefore, Qusay's tackling of key problems was mainly placed on the fourth ship of the Glorious-class class, and with this warship, Iraq's aircraft carrier formation, it would be perfect.

Now, the negotiations are in the final stage, and it is believed that soon, the Ukraine will be renamed Saddam.

Only with a mature aircraft carrier formation can Iraq really have a say, at least in the Arabian Seas, and can effectively prevent the entry of the American aircraft carrier group.

So far, it is still unrealistic to want to have an all-out confrontation with the United States, especially a military one, but the struggle for hegemony in the Middle East has become more and more urgent.

The stationing of US troops in Israel is an absolutely bad signal, and with the support of Iraq, more and more countries are beginning to recognize the state of Palestine, and future wars will definitely break out between Israel and Palestine.

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Photos from the KH-11 keyhole satellite were sent back to the ground, and CIA personnel carefully analyzed them.

It is inconceivable to the United States that the Soviet Union actually used two slipways to build an aircraft carrier, but this slipway did not follow the path of continuous construction, it only built one aircraft carrier. Unlike slipway zero, which is streamlined production.

Moreover, there are more and more suspicious points on this slipway, its bridge is so small, it is not the same as the Soviet Union at all, no holes were found in the deck, which means that there are no anti-ship missiles most commonly used by the Soviets below at all. Moreover, the construction speed is also much faster than the one on the zero slipway. On the day it was launched, there were many other unrelated people in the shipyard.

At the same time, another satellite discovered a scene that surprised them even more, on Qeshm Island, something similar to the deck of an aircraft carrier appeared, and its deck, the shape of the ship island, was almost exactly the same as that of the aircraft carrier that had just been launched.

More and more evidence has shown that this aircraft carrier is very eccentric, and its owner, I am afraid, is not the Soviet Navy, but the Iraqi Navy!

The news was reported to William's desk, and William immediately sensed the problem, he picked up the report and went to the White House.

"Your Excellency, this is our latest discovery." William said to President Bush.

Bush picked it up, and he knew the picture above, which was a Soviet aircraft carrier, and the leaping deck above it was clearly visible.

The United States itself knows that if it wants to truly become a great power navy, then it must have aircraft carriers, and the larger the aircraft carriers, the more rational they can be. Moreover, a catapult is a must. It's just that in order to fool the Soviet Union, the United States has been promoting the uselessness of aircraft carriers, especially large aircraft carriers, which has made the Soviet Union take a lot of detours.

"Isn't this the Soviet aircraft carrier? No, it's a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser, and I don't know if they have the gas money to let this heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser move? Bush asked.

"Your Excellency, you can see clearly, this is found on the island of Qeshm." William said.

Only then did Bush realize the problem, and when he looked closely, he saw that it was not on the ocean, but on land, and this was Gershm Island?

What does Iraq want to do here, with such a building? It's definitely not a theme park!

"What kind of building is this? Cement? Or steel? Bush asked.

"According to our analysis, it should be steel, and we also analyzed that under it, there are hydraulic cylinders, and the whole plane can be shaken." William said.

If it's cement, it's okay, if it's steel, it's very suspicious, plus it's able to shake, then there's almost no doubt about it, it's a training platform! In addition, it appeared on Gersham Island, what exactly it is, and it is about to come out!

"So, this is the Iraqis' own aircraft carrier training platform? And the Soviet one in Ukraine, exactly the same? Bush asked.

Born in the Navy's carrier-based aircraft aviation, Bush is completely expert in military affairs, and he also knows what this means, that is the Iraqis, ready to start training their carrier-based aircraft aviation, where is their aircraft carrier?

"Yes, although we have not found this system in use until now, according to our analysis, this system is a platform built by the Iraqis themselves to be used to train their carrier-based aircraft aviation." William said.

This thing is so big, and it can't be hidden, so when the Iraqi side built this building, it said that it was impossible to hide it. This system is a simulated take-off and landing platform built by Iraq itself based on the platform of the aircraft carrier Baghdad, which is used to train its own naval carrier-based aircraft pilots.

In fact, now Iraq can rely on the platform of leasing Ukraine to train its own carrier-based pilots, but in the long run, this is not a suitable choice, although Iraq only has this aircraft carrier now, but there is definitely more than one in the future, and the reserve of talents must start now.

The training of qualified carrier-based aircraft aviation units is a long process, and a perfect system training process must be established, so during the sea trials of aircraft carriers, this training center similar to that of Ukraine's nitka has also been established, and in the future, Iraq will be able to train its own carrier-based aviation units on its own land.

Now, here, is noticed by the United States.

"The Iraqis, even with this training platform, it is just a reserve of talents, there will be a long way to go before they really have aircraft carriers, Iraqi shipyards are not capable of making aircraft carriers at all now, and there are not a few countries in the world that can make aircraft carriers, and we, the United Kingdom, will not export them to them." Bush said, seeing this thing, intuitively, Bush has an urge to laugh, that Kusay, too whimsical, right? He thinks that an aircraft carrier is so simple?

"Your Excellency, look at this again," William continued, handing Bush a picture of the Black Sea shipyard.

"This is a new aircraft carrier launched at the Black Sea Shipyard a few days ago, and it took less than eight years from the beginning of construction to the launch of sea trials, which is already the fastest speed in the Soviet Union. And we noticed that the second aircraft carrier on the original slipway zero had not yet completed the final outfitting at this time, and this aircraft carrier, which started construction two years late, was ahead of schedule. ”

"If it were the Soviets' own aircraft carriers, they would have come step by step according to the schedule, and besides, the financial resources of the USSR were simply not enough to support the construction of aircraft carriers on two slipways." Bush came to a conclusion.

Speaking of which, Bush already knows what William wants to express when he comes this time.

"The Soviet Union has been very short of money since the last decade, and Iraq, not only has sufficient funds, but also enough ambitions, when a few years ago, two warships of the Soviet Navy visited Iraq and were detained, we were very strange, and now, we can finally come to the conclusion that those two warships are purely a trick made up by Iraq and the Soviet Union, the Soviets have long sold them to Iraq, but they are afraid that we will oppose it, so they used such an excuse, and now, the second modern class, has quietly joined the Iraqi Navy. William said.

I see! A few years ago, the two countries hooked up together, and when it came to this, Bush admired Qusay, you know, the Soviet Union has always only sold low-grade goods, this kind of high-end Soviet warship, how did Cusay convince those high-ranking officials in Moscow? Aircraft carrier! How did Iraq convince the Soviet military that Moscow had built them an aircraft carrier? You know, eight years ago, the Soviet military was still a formidable force.

Thinking of the upcoming election campaign, Bush suddenly had an idea in his mind, and the Iraq threat theory, a few words, popped into his mind. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )