Chapter 159: Multi-Target Attack
The two target planes continued to fly eastward, and their two fighters, which continued to track, saw that they had already flown over Islamabad, and if they continued eastward, they were about to fly over Kashmir.
The real targets of the attack never appeared, and apart from those two batches of targets, there was no other movement on the Soviet side.
The atmosphere in the conning tower was highly tense, and the targets of the two batches of three sorties must have been target planes, so did the Soviets just send this target plane to tease, or did they have a real conspiracy?
The second Tomcat fighter plane has been waiting on the runway, and Rick and Jackson are waiting in the cockpit, ready to take to the sky at any time as soon as the signal appears.
Mhammad frowned, looking at the trajectory of the target plane that kept marking, looking at the situation that had not appeared in the west, what was going on?
Is it to turn the tiger away from the mountain? If so, there's never been a better time! Thinking of this, Mhammad glanced at Arslan, who looked at him with the same gaze, and then nodded vigorously.
Can't wait any longer!
"Eagles, take off immediately and search the western border." Arslan said: "066, 067, take off together, and the rest of the fighters are on standby." ”
In the absence of Tomcat fighters, Arslan let the two F-16 fighters take off together, in case of entering a combat state, the long-distance air battle will pass in a few minutes, after the two sides get close, close combat, F-16 also has a great advantage.
"Understood." Rick heard the take-off command on the radio, turned on the engine, and took off with afterburner.
The wings are spread out, providing maximum lift, and the two TF30 engines in the tail burst out with maximum thrust and a clear flame. The fighter slid on the runway and followed off the ground.
The two F-16s behind took off in a two-plane formation, with four AIM-9L combat bombs mounted under the wings.
Jackson in the rear cabin, in the process of takeoff, turned on the radar. When pulled up, the fighter turned and aimed at the western sky, and the AWG-9 radar had entered a search state.
"Long-range, pulsed Doppler mode." Jackson said as he operated as he spoke, and when the radar beam hit the ground, countless echoes returned, causing a snowflake on the radar screen. Although the range of single pulse detection is longer, the pulse Doppler mode can significantly eliminate radar echoes in mountainous areas.
When the snowflakes on the screen disappeared, Jackson's eyes widened: "Eight hundred in height, zero point eight in speed, one hundred and fifteen in distance, five targets." ”
The opponent's height above the ground is only 800, but the speed has reached Mach 0.8. This is a typical low-altitude high-speed penetration, Jackson can even guess. When the other side enters Pakistani airspace, the speed will definitely increase again, because the other side flies close to the ground, leaving a very short reaction time for their own side, if it were not for the AWG-9 radar has a pulse Doppler function, and. The detection range is very long, and it is possible to capture targets the size of fighters at a distance of 160 kilometers, and they will not be able to detect these targets at all.
This is the main force of the other party's invasion! Jackson could see that in the middle of those four bright spots, the plane that was being protected, had a stronger echo of returning. It's a big bomber!
After receiving the news, there was a silence in Peshawar Air Base.
Five invading enemy planes, breaking through the defense from a low altitude and a large table speed, a distance of one hundred and fifty kilometers! The border is about to be crossed!
"Order, the Eagle immediately launches the Immortal Bird Missile and kills these enemy planes!" Arslan said loudly, "Hunter, 068, return immediately!" ”
There is no value in continuing to track those target planes, and now it is necessary to immediately mobilize the other Tomcat to deal with these flying targets.
"Understood." There was an echo over the radio.
The Tomcat fighter continued to climb high, and with an excellent climb rate, it rose to an altitude of 16,000 meters, which is the most suitable altitude for launching the Immortal Bird missile.
Jackson in the rear cabin is the most nervous at this time, AWG-9 has multi-target attack capabilities, up to six targets can be attacked at the same time, this is still limited by the reason why the Tomcat fighter can only carry six immortal bird missiles, in the limit, it can track twenty-four targets at the same time, however, the theoretical situation, in actual combat, will definitely be greatly reduced.
"Five immortal bird missiles, ready to launch." Even so, Jackson still used the most extreme tactic, since it was five targets, then prepare five immortal birds for them!
The computer of the fire control radar began to make rapid calculations, and now the advantage is that the other side is flying together, which makes the calculation of the computer much simpler, and in a few seconds, the preparations before launch have been completed.
"Shoot, with an interval of 0.3 seconds." Jackson pressed the button.
"Huh." An immortal bird dragged a tongue of fire out of the Tomcat's belly pylon, and then, a second, a third... In less than two seconds, all five Immortal Bird missiles were launched, and at this time, the distance from the target had been shortened to 100 kilometers.
Rick operated the fighter plane, flying smoothly, at a distance of the first eighty kilometers, the immortal bird relied on inertia plus passive radar mode, requiring the carrier aircraft to continue radar irradiation.
The five Immortal Bird missiles quickly climbed to an altitude of 24,000 meters and began to enter the cruising phase.
These missiles, at the same time were accurately captured by the Tu-126 AWACS aircraft, at an altitude of twenty-four thousand and a speed of Mach five, these targets are very obvious.
When it was discovered that three more fighters had taken off from Peshawar Air Base, Horsnetsov was not surprised, in short, the two Tomcat fighters had been transferred and flew to the eastern border, and by the time they reacted, the bombing on this side had been completed. These three fighters are definitely newly transferred F-16 fighters, and unless they are close to a distance of 10 kilometers, they are not a threat to their own side.
Who knows, one of the fighters, suddenly fired five missiles! All of these missiles flew into the air, and they were definitely immortal bird missiles!
Damn it! Hit the trick! In an instant, Horsnetsov knew that the two fighters in front of him were not Tomcat fighters at all, or, only one of them.
Yes, there must be only one, otherwise, the other side would not use this method to attack five of its own targets at the same time with one fighter, which is simply a joke!
"Immediately release electromagnetic interference, order the attack group, disperse!" Khosnetsov said that they had already flown into the border of Pakistan, and it would only take five minutes to complete the bombing, and Khosnetsov would not give up lightly.
The American Tomcat fighters, the so-called multi-target attack capabilities, Horsnetsov will definitely not believe.
Having received the order, the five fighters flying at low altitude immediately dispersed.
Two of the MiG-25s turned on the afterburner, quickly pulled up from below, and flew in both north and south directions at the same time, and they would fly to maximum speed at high altitude.
At the same time, they activated their own radar, and the R-40 missiles they mounted on could also kill Pakistani fighters!
The remaining two MiG-25s continued to fly at low altitude, in the north and south directions, and they also turned on the afterburner and flew at low-altitude supersonic speeds, without worrying about the damage caused by the sonic boom to the ground.
The Tu-22M2 bomber is still flying in the original direction, from the moment it entered Pakistani airspace, it has entered the bombing route, with the four fighters to cover it, it is not worried about its own safety, turned on the afterburner, this huge bomber, also carried out supersonic flight at low altitude.
Next to the Tu-126, a Tu-16 electronic jammer began to radiate chaotic electromagnetic signals to the surrounding area, carrying out electromagnetic interference in all frequency bands. In order to increase the effectiveness of the jamming, the electronic jammer at the same time began to fly towards the border areas of Afghanistan.
The five goals have been dispersed! On the 25.4-centimeter-diameter cathode ray tube tactical information display, Jackson suddenly felt nervous when he saw that the five targets had all begun to maneuver.
Damn it! Scanning methods while tracking will be discovered by them! These five targets are all flying in different directions, which suddenly puts the radar's electronic computer into a state of full-power calculation.
At the same time, Jackson was affected by electromagnetic interference, and Jackson only adjusted a few knobs to minimize the effects of electromagnetic interference.
Hang on! As long as you hold on for one more minute, the missile has entered the active guidance stage, and you can beat the opponent down all! At the same time, he will also become the first person to carry out a multi-target attack in real combat! One is $200,000, and five is $1 million! Thinking of the company's reward, Jackson was excited.
Hold on!
At this moment, the detailed 12.7-centimeter digital display on the right flickered, and suddenly, Jackson was nervous.
The radar is malfunctioning, there is a problem with box six, it must be isolated!
In order to improve the effectiveness of the AWG-9 radar, it uses an in-flight test setup to isolate any of the 31 boxes that make up the system, identify the location of the failure, and report it to the pilot.
The average break-free interval of this radar was just over thirty hours, and now, just in time for the fiercest battle, the radar failed.
Redistribute the guidance method! Jackson continued to operate nervously, he activated the infrared search and tracking device to track the two enemy planes at high altitude, in high altitude, the ratio of target to background radiation is large, easy to search, and at the same time, he turned the radar to the low altitude to track the three low-altitude penetrating fighters.
The Immortal Bird missiles continued to fly, and as the electronic jammer approached, so did the interference.
One of the immortal bird missiles finally couldn't stand the strong interference source, and according to the missile's program, when it was unable to continue tracking the target due to electromagnetic interference, it would turn around and specifically hit the interference source! (To be continued......)
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