After the Falklands War, many bricks began to analyze that the Sea Harrier fighter has a vector thrust capability, which makes the Harrier aircraft can turn from high speed to hovering in a few seconds in the Falklands air battle, and at this time, the tracking enemy aircraft will fly over the target, so that the Harrier aircraft can easily occupy a favorable position for tail pursuit and shoot down the enemy aircraft.

The theories of these bricklayers, which are very marketable in military circles, seem to fundamentally illustrate the great advantages of VTOL fighters. It's a pity that they are all bricks in the office, and they won't go on the battlefield of blood and fire at all, and they don't know what the real battle is all about.

The Indian Naval Aviation, for which it has paid a heavy price, what a cruel war this is!

Rick's fighter plane, flying at high speed over the hovering Sea Harrier fighter, when the Tomcat has not yet arrived, the nose of the plane pierces the air, forming an air cone, and the air flow has already affected the Sea Harrier.

When the sea harrier is hovering, it is very difficult to control zhì, and after so many years of V-22 Osprey, the change between vertical and level flight is full of dangers.

The sea harrier used so many nozzles just to control its course, and now, this huge air flow hit, which immediately made the sea harrier fly unsteadily.

The pilot struggled to maneuver the Sea Harrier, waiting for the other party to fly over, and he was confident.

However, just as the tomcat was almost belly sticking to its hanging tail, suddenly, the tomcat pulled up.

The vortex at the root of the wing, the lift air flow of the wing, and the hot air flow from the two engines all fell near the sea harrier, and this complex turbulence made it impossible for the sea harrier to maintain its balance at all.

Suddenly, the nose of the Sea Harrier tilted, and the entire plane fell towards the sea. At this critical moment, the engine suddenly stopped.

"Boom!" This Sea Harrier, which was not shot down by a missile, crashed on its own.

During the Falklands War, the Sea Harrier lost six fighters due to mechanical problems. Most of them are at the stage of vertical landing, and the implementation of such a paper tactic in air combat by such fighters is simply suicidal!

When it landed, even a side air flow would cause a huge problem, not to mention the air flow deliberately stirred by the Tomcat fighter.

The Tomcat fleet was engaged in an aerial battle with the Sea Harrier fighters, and the Sea Harriers were shot down one after another.

"Azazler, pay attention, there are eight targets flying on the sea, suspected to be Mirage 4000 of the Indian Air Force." The sound of an AWACS aircraft came from the headphones.

Indian Air Force!

Because the news was received too late. By the time Mhammad began to obstruct the Indians from continuing to acquire the Mirage 4000, the Indians had already acquired eight Mirage 4000s to form two squadrons, which were heavy air supremacy fighters!

"Roger." Rick calmly replied, "Three squads, four squads, out of the fight, wall of tomcats!" ”

"Roger!" Two squads, four fighters. The swept wings retract in unison and open the afterburner. Accelerate.

It's too easy to get out of the fight with the Sea Harrier, just turn on the afterburner! The Sea Harrier simply can't keep up with the Tomcat, and by the time the Sea Harrier is ready to guide the Magic Missile, the Tomcat is already out of range of the Magic Missile.

In later generations, when the F-22 fighter was in a fight with other fighters. When you go on a supersonic cruise, it means the end of the fight, and you can come and go as you please!

Rick, with his wingman, also began to pull up, six Tomcat fighters. Climbing to an altitude of 10,000 meters, the speed accelerated to Mach 1.8.

"Attention, the enemy aircraft is at a distance of ninety kilometers." AWACS continued to command.

"Understood, prepare the immortal birds!" Rick commanded his squadron over the radio.

It doesn't matter what fighter he is, take the first blow first!

The APG-71 radar at the front of the nose of the aircraft began to lock on to the opponent's flying fighter by scanning it in order to track the side, and then, the fire flashed under the belly of the aircraft, and an immortal bird missile flew out.

Six intercepted Tomcat fighters fired eight missiles, each aimed at a target. Rick and his wingman shot two undead birds one after another, attacking two targets at the same time.

Ninety kilometers away, on the sea, eight heavy fighters were flying.

Mirage 4000! When the Indians spent a lot of money to equip these fighters, they finally equaled their opponents in equipment for the first time.

Two M53 engines in the tail section, spewing blazing flames, and under the wings of the delta wing, hung with missiles.

Four medium-range Matra Super 530F, four short-range magic missiles, they came this time to take revenge!

The Pakistan Air Force launched anti-ship missiles and sank many of their warships, and after learning the news, the Indian Air Force finally used their magic weapon!

In the wide cockpit, Naya, an Indian pilot, calmly piloted his fighter plane, and he was the commander of this team.

The RDM multi-function Doppler radar at the front end of the nose is constantly scanning the airspace ahead, and the six targets that are rapidly climbing are the Tomcat fighters of the Pakistanis! Then, six small points of light were separated from the six fighters, and the other side had already launched missiles!

When the radar warning receiver did not sound, the other side launched the missile! Naya knew that at this distance, it must be the huge immortal bird missile!

How to deal with the Immortal Bird missile? The Indian Air Force, which has been studying for several years, now comes to the only conclusion that it is flying in the opposite direction!

The overload of the Immortal Bird missile is not high, when the missile hits, fly against it, pull the operating stick at the last moment, and you can dodge it!

"Attention, the opponent launched the immortal bird, sprint to the maximum speed!" Naya gave orders over the radio.

The air intake cone begins to automatically adjust to the changing airflow velocity, forming a suitable shock wave, and the airflow into the intake port reaches the intake tract and the velocity decreases to subsonic speed, while the air pressure begins to increase and the airflow is pre-compressed to meet the intake requirements of the engine.

Relying on the powerful thrust engine and delta wing layout, the speed of the Mirage 4000 quickly broke through the speed of sound and continued to increase, sprinting all the way to Mach 2.3.

At the same time, the bright spots scanned by the radar are also approaching rapidly, and with each scanned circle, the bright spots get closer a lot.

Naya's eyes looked ahead, and from the vast blue sky, he could already see the missiles flying!

The radar warning receiver finally sounded, and this is the seeker of the Immortal Bird missile, which has already begun the result of active guidance.

A high-pitched female voice, counting down numbers, ten, nine... This is the time when it is about to be shot down.

Just when the time was counted to 2, Naya jerked the lever back, the fly-by-wire lever was very light, and he received it in his arms, and at the same time, the nose of the plane was keenly raised, and the entire fighter plane climbed up almost vertically.

The huge overload made Naya's eyes almost black, and it took a second to ease up, and he had successfully shaken off the immortal bird!

The canard layout of the Mirage 4000 has excellent instantaneous head-pointing ability, and although it is a fixed canard, it can also allow the nose to be lifted more quickly.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

An immortal bird missile, which managed to shoot down one Mirage 4000, the other was damaged. The rest of the fighters managed to dodge the incoming missiles.

Relying on outstanding mobility, relying on a dreadnought spirit, the Indian Air Force shattered the myth of the immortal bird, eight missiles, and only two hit!

The Immortal Bird missile is very huge, weighing half a ton, even if it consumes fuel constantly in flight, the mass is still huge, and the maneuverability is not good, it is best suited for quiet hunting, when the enemy does not know it, carried out

The six Mirage 4000 fighters were still flying rapidly, and the distance between the two sides was gradually getting closer.

Almost after the Immortal Bird missile was transferred to active guidance, the radar officer in the back seat of the Tomcat began to redirect the Sparrow missile.

The AIM-7M, which has a maximum range of 45 km, at a distance of 40 km, locks on to the opposing fighter with the guò radar, and the Sparrow missile is launched.

Maybe the other side can dodge the incoming immortal bird by flying head-on, the maximum overload of the immortal bird does not exceed 10g, however, it is not so easy to dodge the sparrow missile, the sparrow has an overload of 30g, which far exceeds the overload of the opponent's fighter!

Six Sparrow missiles flew towards the opposite side, and at this distance, the Mirage 4000 was still in a situation where it was only beaten and did not fight back.

The overall performance of the Mirage 4000 is quite advanced, especially the advantages of the canard layout, which are brought into full play by the Gallic chicken, and the introduction of fly-by-wire operation makes it easier to fly this fighter.

However, its weapons are too backward, the French can produce all kinds of weapons, in addition to the high price, the performance is not very advanced, for example, this air-to-air missile, the French are now the most advanced, even if it is the Matra Super 530F, at this time the more advanced Super 530D has not been developed.

And the Matra Super 530F, the maximum range is only 25 km! This is only the maximum range, in actual combat, in order to ensure that it can hit the opponent, when launching missiles, the distance will not exceed 20 kilometers.

During the period from 100 kilometers to 20 kilometers, the Mirage 4000 is in a situation of being beaten, which is like two fighters, one with an AK rifle, can fire from 300 meters away, and the other one, only holding a pistol, must constantly roll, dodge, and get close to 50 meters before shooting at each other.

The French have done their best, and the much older R530 missiles, which have a range of only 12 kilometers, have not yet been hit far by a close-range Sidewinder.

Six small bright spots appeared in the radar again, and in the face of the missiles fired by the other party again, Naya continued to give orders on the radio: "Turn sideways, release the lock!" (To be continued......)