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Here, Iraq's bomber squadron, sixteen Tu-22 bombers, is equipped here. However, the Iraqi pilots were not satisfied with the performance of this bomber, which was a slow aircraft that was simply a living coffin for flight.

Especially during the Iran-Iraq war, they needed to be escorted by fighter jets every time they flown and were always prey by F-14 fighters.

But now, this aircraft, which has been completely eliminated, has been withdrawn from the H-3 airbase, and the bomber squadron has received a new bomber, also Tu-22, however, with an M added to the back.

From the number, only an M was added, but in fact, this was already a completely new variable-swept wing bomber, a very excellent bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in Soviet times.

The maximum take-off weight is more than 120 tons, the maximum range is 7,000 kilometers, and it has excellent high-altitude and low-altitude performance, and can carry out supersonic penetration at low altitudes.

This kind of aircraft is regarded as a thorn in the side of the United States, and several negotiations require the Soviet Union to reduce this bomber, however, for the Soviet Union, this is a medium-range bomber, not a strategic bomber, and it is not within the scope of reduction.

In fact, for the Soviet Union, it was used as a strategic bomber, and during the Soviet period, it was equipped with more than 300 aircraft, of which the air force was equipped with mainly carrying land-attack missiles to bomb the United States, while the navy was equipped with anti-ship missiles, and the target was the US aircraft carrier.

However, with the collapse of that powerful empire, the fate of this fighter plane has also become miserable.

A large number of fighters have been eliminated, the main of which is the batch of fighters equipped in Ukraine and Belarus.

They have voluntarily abandoned nuclear weapons and have no intention of confronting the West, such bombers, for them, are simply chicken ribs.

However, if it were to be completely decommissioned, it would be a considerable loss, so when Iraq sought to buy such fighters, they immediately readily agreed, although Iraq wanted to buy the latest Tu-22M3.

This model is an improved version of the bomber obtained by Tupolev in 83 years in view of the shortcomings of the previous model, using a new NK-25 engine, with increased thrust and reduced fuel consumption; The air intakes were modified to a wedge-shaped, similar to the MiG-25; The angle of the main wing adduction increases; The nose has been redesigned, and a new Lennes PN-AD radar and NK-45 navigation/attack system are incorporated, making it even better at low altitudes.

Such aircraft, first of all, entered service with the Black Sea Fleet.

The whole of Belarus and Ukraine has nearly 100 such aircraft, and for Iraq, there is definitely no need for so many, and they cannot maintain the scale of so many bombers, therefore, Iraq only bought the most advanced M3 second-hand aircraft, a total of thirty-two, and the size of their White Spoon bomber regiment has doubled.

The aircraft are currently deployed at the H-3 base, but at critical times, they can be deployed to Iraq's air base in Libya and to bases in eastern Iran.

After arriving in Iraq, these bombers were also improved to carry air-launched cruise missiles produced by Iraq and supersonic anti-ship missiles imported from the Soviet Union.

The arrival of these bombers has brought about a new development in Iraq's long-range strike force, and the arrival of another bomber has enabled them to leap into the ranks of the first-class air force.

Tu-160 strategic bomber!

Tu-160 as the Soviet Union's most advanced variable-sweep wing heavy supersonic strategic bomber, is the Soviet Union's largest deterrent air power, it has two weapons bays in the front and rear, the front two are 12.80 meters long, and the rotating launchers inside can each carry six KH55MS turbofan-powered cruise missiles, which have a range of 3,000 kilometers and can carry a nuclear warhead with a power of 200,000 tons. Two rotating launchers in the aft compartment can carry 24 KH15P short-range attack missiles with a range of 200 km, or with a conventional warhead of 250 kg. Of course, if an ordinary attack is carried out, the two compartments can carry a total of 40 tons of ordinary bombs.

Although the Tu-95 is also a large strategic bomber, it is already outdated, so Qusay is not interested in the more than 70 Tu-95s in Ukraine, and Iraq should not add too many models to bring trouble to logistics maintenance.

There are Tu-22M and Tu-160, it is enough, especially, when the Tu-160 was introduced, along with the air-launched cruise missiles in Ukraine's inventory, 400 were also introduced, although Iraq itself also has cruise missiles, and they are developing the problem of mounting their own cruise missiles in it, however, these air-launched cruise missiles along with the Tu-160, Ukraine is no longer useful, rather than finally cheapening Russia, it is better to let Iraq introduce them together.

All the spare parts for Ukraine's Tu-160 have also been introduced to Iraq, anyway, those things are useless to Ukraine, and in the later period, because Russia itself is slowly producing Tu-160, Iraq can get spare parts from Russia, but at that time, the price was not as good as this. Especially for the Tu-160 engine, the production line was closed a few years ago, that is, even Russia itself fell into the dilemma of having no engine available, restarting the production line, and Russia's orders were too small.

With the passage of time, Iraq has made tremendous progress in all aspects in the process of digesting and absorbing the Soviet Union.

The United States has also obtained a peak period of economic development, they have gotten rid of the economic problems caused by excessive consumption, and have made rapid progress in high-tech industries, especially electronic technology, with the help of the rise of the Internet, the high-speed information highway in the United States, so that their white spoon economy has also continued to take off.

Clinton worked hard, so, by a large margin, defeated Republican Senator Bob Dole and continued to run for a second term as president.

Clinton, who has been re-elected, can finally let go of his hands.

He first set his sights on China.

For the United States, due to ideological problems, for the rise of China, has always been resistant, now, the changes that have taken place there, has made the United States vigilant enough, their white spoon economy is developing rapidly, trade with the United States, has been a surplus year by year, after China is strong, for the United States, is a real threat.

Moreover, the relationship between China and Iraq is so close that after the railway between them is connected, trade can be carried out by rail, which means that some special goods between them, such as China's nuclear bombs, can be transported to Iraq without the supervision of the United States.

Iraq's aviation industry is becoming more and more developed, and it has successfully conducted a second launch test of an inaccessible aircraft, and it is expected that in a few years it will carry out a real launch of an in-flight aircraft, and there is no doubt that the number of ballistic missiles that they were able to hit the United States a few years ago is now increasing.

Clinton is not without strategic vision, and the reason why he wanted to develop together was to help the economic development of the United States, and now he can finally show his true political skill in the international arena.

Contain!

For China, the trump card that can be played is the Taiwan issue!

At the beginning, before the election campaign, Bush Sr. sold Taiwan 150 F-16 fighter planes, but now, Taiwan's original party has lost ground in Taiwan's political arena, and the new party has come to power and has begun to advocate all kinds of remarks about separating Taiwan.

As early as the late 70s, the United States had already issued a communiqué supporting the one-China principle, but politics has always been dirty, and the United States did so out of the consideration of jointly confronting the Red Empire, and now, the United States no longer has the threat of the Soviet Union, and they have turned to economic exchanges and progress against China, and they have begun to contain it politically.

As a result, Clinton began to make a move that was welcomed by the right-wing forces and accepted a certain visit to the United States by a certain Taiwan.

This has led to a strong reaction from the Chinese side, which is a barbaric involvement in China's policy and a stain on the friendship between China and the United States.

In response, the Chinese side conducted several large-scale military exercises over several months in a row, test-firing its own ballistic missiles large enough to cover Taiwan's key bases, and conducting landing exercises at the same time.

In order to protect Taiwan, especially the ongoing elections in Taiwan, and to prevent the PLA from suddenly exerting force at this time to use force to solve the Taiwan issue, they dispatched two aircraft carrier battle groups, the aircraft carrier Duli and the aircraft carrier Nimitz, to assemble near Taiwan.

This was the most serious confrontation in the 90s, and for the first time the PLA felt the tremendous pressure from the US aircraft carrier formation, at this time, they had more than 50 Jian-10 fighters and more than 40 Su-27 heavy fighters imported from the Soviet Union.

Moreover, they do not have sufficient means to deter US aircraft carriers, and although they have Flying Leopard fighters, they only have a range of more than 100 kilometers on their self-produced C802 missiles, and they cannot break through the 500-kilometer air defense circle of the US aircraft carrier formation.

However, they will definitely not watch the US aircraft carrier formation flex its muscles, and with the order of the supreme leader, all five Han-class nuclear submarines have left the base.