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In the middle of Qeshm Island, a special platform for ground effect aircraft to take off and land has already been established, which is an inclined plane, extending directly from the water to the land, and the ground effect aircraft stretches out its tires, slides directly onto the land, and then slowly stops in the parking area. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"President Qusay, please come down!" Nasser, the commander of the Navy, came with Qusay.

On the ground, Costa, commander of the Esshm Island Naval Base, was already waiting to greet him.

"President Qusay, welcome to visit here." Costa looked at Kusai as he walked down the ladder and immediately stepped forward.

"Costa, how are we doing here?" Qusay asked.

"Your Excellency, our base is now fully completed, and the new deep-water post is enough for our Baghdad to berth." Faced with the president's question, Costa immediately gave a satisfactory answer.

"Now, on our base, there are a total of twenty berths, enough for our warships to moor." "Our naval aviation, which has now received twenty Flying Leopard fighter-bombers and sixteen Su-27K fighters, plus AWACS and Mirage F1 fighters, is now conducting training for integration between equipment," Costa said. ”

The location of Iraq's aircraft carrier base has always been an issue that Qusay has considered, and if it is to be put into operation at any time from the point of view of exerting its might and being ready for combat at any time, Iran's easternmost base is undoubtedly the most suitable, and from there, it can directly enter the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

However, if the strategic depth there is too shallow, or in other words, it faces the sea, so if the war starts, the Iraqi naval base will definitely be the target of the first round of attacks, and in this case, the placement of aircraft carriers there will easily cause a tragedy like Pearl Harbor.

Therefore, it needs to be placed in a place that is within the scope of strict protection, and if you look at it this way, the port of Saddam Hussein is more appropriate, because it is the innermost part of the Persian Gulf, and now, the entire Persian Gulf is definitely under the control of the Iraqi Navy. However, it is not suitable for Iraq to make a quick attack, and if the Iraqi navy wants to make a sortie, it must first cross the Persian Gulf, which is more than 1,000 kilometers, before it can go out and enter the Arabian Sea.

Therefore, under various considerations, Iraq's aircraft carrier base was still selected on the Qeshm Island Naval Base, where the facilities have been very complete after several years of construction. The naval aviation base is located here, and at the same time, Iraq has also arranged a training ground for the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft.

Wanting to train pilots of carrier-based aircraft is a complicated process, so that they can take off and land on aircraft carriers, they need simulated places, and in later generations, because of the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine banned Russia from using the Nitka base, and as a result, the pilots of the Russian Su-33 had to take off and land directly on the aircraft carrier for take-off and landing training at great risk.

Iraq has enough money, but relying on Lend-lease bases in Ukraine to train its own pilots is not a long-term solution. Therefore, when the Iraqi aircraft carrier is about to enter service, the training center of the Qeshm Island base in Iraq has also been built. It is a complete replica of the deck of Iraq's aircraft carrier Baghdad for take-off and landing training for carrier-based aircraft, and it is also equipped with the same catapult to train for glide jump take-off and catapult take-off.

This base was discovered by the United States, and at the same time, it was linked to the aircraft carrier in the Black Sea that was undergoing sea trials, and then it was used by Bush to throw out the theory of the Iraq threat.

In response to this barbaric US interference in Iraq's internal affairs and their hegemonism, Iraq has issued a statement that the United States has more than a dozen aircraft carriers, Britain has aircraft carriers, France also has aircraft carriers, Brazil, India, and even Argentina, more than a dozen countries have aircraft carriers, so why doesn't the United States shout the British threat theory and the French threat theory? Don't shout about the threat theory of other countries?

Iraq is a maritime power, the economy of the entire Middle East region, are dependent on fragile maritime transportation, in this case, Iraq must have the ability to protect their maritime rights and interests, Iraq is to meet the needs of its own economic development, Iraq's national defense forces, has always been defensive, Iraq has never thought of which country to invade, Iraq's historical development fully proves this, every time there is a war, Iraq is forced, in order to maintain peace in Iraq, Iraq has an appropriate defense force, and there is nothing wrong with it!

Iraq did not say whether it had aircraft carriers or not, Iraq only told the United States that its country has aircraft carriers and has nothing to do with the United States! Iraq is separated from the United States by half a world, so how can it have relations with the United States? Even if Iraq has aircraft carriers, it cannot threaten the US mainland!

After making these remarks, Qusay decided to make a high-profile inspection of the Essim Island naval base.

Iraq's proper development of its own national defense forces is entirely for the sake of safeguarding its own national interests, and Iraq's defense expenditure is less than one-twentieth of that of the United States.

Of course, the impact of this incident in the Middle East is far more than that, after learning that Iraq is about to have an aircraft carrier, all countries in the Middle East are looking forward to this aircraft carrier entering service with Iraq.

Every time there is a conflict in the Middle East, the aircraft carriers of the Americans will drive to their doorstep and show off their might, and now, they are finally able to raise their heads, because, Iraq, too, has aircraft carriers!

At a time when the Americans are pressing on each step and the strategic space in the Middle East is getting smaller and smaller, the theory of the Iraq threat concocted by the United States has only strengthened the hearts of the Arabs.

After stepping onto Qeshm Island, Qusay's first visit was to the air base and inspect the carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing simulation system.

"President Qusay, this is our training center, and we are about to be here to conduct our carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing training." Costa said.

Qusay looked at the huge deck in front of him, the jumping runway at the bow, the angled catapult, the blocking landing area at the tail, and the ship island on the side, as if he saw the Iraqi aircraft carrier Baghdad about to enter service.

"Well, our training must be careful, serious, and scientific to prevent training accidents, but we must also ensure our combat effectiveness." Qusay said.

Just a few kilometers away from the training platform, is the main runway of the naval aviation base, and Qusay looks out, where two Flying Leopard fighter-bombers are taking off in formation.

Arriving at the hangar in the parking area, Qusay inspected the Su-27K fighter jets imported from the Soviet Union with great interest, and next to it, several Iraqi and Soviet ground crews were undergoing maintenance.

The radome of the nose has been opened, and inside, the backward radar antenna with the inverted lid of the pot has disappeared, because Iraq provided the F-14 radar, after the imitation of the Soviet Union's military bricks, finally, the Su-27 series fighters are equipped with the same plane slit radar antenna as the West, which greatly improves the performance of this fighter.

"Our military personnel have installed our own data link for this kind of warplane, which can exchange data with our AWACS aircraft, bases and aircraft carriers, for example, while keeping their radar silent, they can use the data provided by AWACS aircraft to secretly approach the enemy." Now, all the fighters in the naval base are equipped with similar systems, Costa said.

Qusay looked at this fighter with great interest, this excellent fighter, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, blossomed everywhere, especially in China, and successfully developed into the opponent's main air superiority fighter, the J-11 series.

Compared with the land-based Su-27 fighter, this aircraft is equipped with a front movable canard, replaced with a digital fly-by-wire system, and uses a high-thrust engine, however, due to the weight gain of the carrier-based aircraft, the increased strength of the landing gear, folding wings, etc., have led to an increase in weight, so it is still not as high as the thrust-to-weight ratio of the land-based fighter.

With the introduction of this aircraft, the Soviet medium-range air-to-air missile R-27 was introduced.

The short-range R-73 missile, Iraq has long been introduced, and can produce independently, and the medium-range missile, Iraq's main force is the sky flash missile, but now, when the Su-27 has just entered Iraq, Iraq's technicians have not been able to master its performance, so for the time being, it is not possible to mount the sky flash missile on the Su-27K, so the R-27 medium-range missile was introduced together.

In fact, for the Soviet-made medium-range air-to-air missile, the R-27 missile with passive radar seeker can no longer meet the development of air combat, but the use of a new aerodynamic layout of the active radar seeker developed by the Soviet Union, and the air-to-air missile that competes with the AIM-120 has not yet completed the final test, and in later generations, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this model of the R-77 air-to-air missile, once on the verge of dismounting, until it attracted enough foreign capital, this missile was successfully developed and equipped with troops.

Therefore, at this stage they can only use R-27 missiles, but work has begun to improve the fire control system and adapt it to Iraqi-made weapons.

With great interest, Qusay stepped up the ladder and sat in the cockpit of such a fighter, as excited as Prince Fahd had been.

However, in front of him, there was still a cockpit that was almost all mechanical instruments, which looked dazzling.

This kind of cockpit is already much behind the Mirage 4000 cockpit produced by Iraq.

After inspecting the base, Qusay made a speech: Now, it has come to the glorious moment of Iraq's great rejuvenation, Iraq is facing a serious international situation, Iraq's maritime trade, all need Iraq to have a strong navy, this is a necessary measure to protect Iraq's legitimate rights and interests!

The development of Iraq will not hinder anyone, but it is definitely not afraid of anyone's threats! (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. )