Chapter 153: Medium-range air combat
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This time, it was the Americans who provoked the war first, because, the American fighters, first locked on them, invaded and sent out missiles!
The Immortal Bird missile, a powerful weapon of the American Tomcat carrier-based aircraft, ignited under the wings, and then, sent out shè. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info{{}}
This missile was immediately tracked by the pre-jing machine, and transmitted to its own locked fighter through the data link.
Omar was engrossed in the information transmitted by the pre-jing machine and turned the plane in the right direction.
The annoying locking sound in the headphones is finally gone.
Although the ultra-long-range Immortal Bird missile is actively radar-guided, it only has this ability at the end, and the primary program is preset to fly to a high altitude and fly quickly, while in the medium range, it also needs to rely on the AWG-9 radar to illuminate the shè, so now getting rid of the radar of the Tomcat carrier-based aircraft is equivalent to getting rid of this missile.
Omar was in a calm mood, he remembered what Reyer had told him, on the battlefield, you must be calm!
Both sides were fast and entered within sixty kilometers. {{}}
Lock on to the opposing planes and knock them down! Omar calmly gave the order to his own formation.
The four Mirage 4000 fighters are quickly turning on the radar and locking on to the targets assigned to them on the data link.
The distance between the two sides is still narrowing, to a distance of forty kilometers.
"Hair shè missiles!" Omar said calmly over the radio.
Under the wings, the fire flickered, and each of them fired an active sky flash missile.
At the same time, the Tomcat fighters on the opposite side also fired almost a Sparrow missile.
After the hair was finished, the fighters of both sides began to maintain a fixed course and speed, which was used to provide single-pulse electromagnetic waves for their semi-active radars.
Alex has begun to panic a little, because this is simply two people slashing each other on each other without moving, and in the end they can only die together, this kind of play is not what they want. {{}}
But the Iraqis on the other side, why don't they move?
The pre-machines were nervously providing them with information at all times, and their own radar receivers were also ringing non-stop.
What to do? Keep flying?
Alex frowned, their fighters have a strong maneuvering ability, get rid of the maneuvering flight of missiles, they have also been trained, in this case, whoever takes the initiative to break away first, whoever sends shè missiles will lose their targets because of the loss of guidance, then, they will become a situation of complete beating.
Insist, whoever withdraws first will have their missiles in vain.
Alex made the decision.
The missiles in the sky left beautiful traces. {{}}
Omar is also holding on, and at the same time, he is ready to take the initiative to get rid of it at any time.
As for the missiles flying from the opposite side, as long as the time comes to force the opponent's carrier aircraft to maneuver, they will be safe.
Omar is very confident that if the Americans can't hold on first and carry out a maneuver to get rid of it, those few Sparrow missiles will be gray-haired, and their missiles can still have some achievements, even if the Americans have been holding on, then, after their own missiles have entered the range of active guidance, their own side can still get rid of the big overload maneuver first, so that if the American planes continue to guide their missiles, it will be a live target in the sky, and it will become a record of active sky flash missiles. If they get rid of it, the Sparrow missiles will get out of control.
This is one of the advantages of active radar-guided missiles, passive radar-guided missiles, the seeker only receives radar waves, does not send shè signals, must rely on the carrier aircraft to continuously provide a single pulse guidance signal, at this time, the carrier aircraft is not able to maneuver, otherwise, the missile will miss the target. The active radar seeker, because it can send electromagnetic waves, so, without the need for the carrier aircraft, can complete the task, the carrier aircraft behind, can carry out various maneuvers, although limited by the size of the missile's seeker, this active guidance stage, generally will not exceed 20 kilometers, however, this is already a great progress. {{}}
Time is passing nervously minute by minute, and the missiles fired by both sides are flying towards each other, and they are all holding on, do they want to perish at the same time?
Absolutely not! When the missile flew within fifteen kilometers of the opponent, Osama ordered on the radio: "Immediately maneuver and get rid of the opponent's missile!" ”
With Osama's order, four Mirage 4000 fighters, at the same time turn on afterburner, carry out vertical climb, two F404 engines provide strong thrust, air combat thrust-to-weight ratio has exceeded one, it can effortlessly carry out this maneuver, in the process of climbing upward, the speed does not decrease but increases.
Then, they will swoop down from the air at high speed.
When medium-range air-to-air missiles are flying, they will follow the opponent's maneuver at any time and change their course, so that the missiles flying from the other side must also climb. Moreover, after diving down again, the speed of the fighter will increase greatly, and when performing various maneuvers, there will be enough energy to use, which is a tactic that the Iraqi Air Force is proficient in. {{}}
Good! The Iraqis finally can't support it first! Alex was overjoyed in his heart, and now, they just need to leisurely continue to use their radar to shine on each other and provide data on the continued guidance of the missile. The missiles that the other side fired have become uncontrolled rockets.
However, Alex's self-confidence was shattered in the next second, and an urgent message came from the pre-jing plane, although the Iraqi planes were maneuvering with a large overload, but those missiles did not miss the target in the slightest and chose the way to self-detonate, they were still flying according to the predetermined target, and they were still flying smoothly, and the Tomcat fighters that provided radar illumination were their live targets.
What's going on? In a flash of lightning, Alex suddenly remembered that during the last training, the beautiful female commentator in the Rethion company, when talking about their own advanced medium-range missile project, had mentioned that the current Iraqi Air Force sequence has been equipped with an active radar-guided air-to-air missile, active sky flash!
However, this is not the same as the intelligence of their military, which has always believed that the missile is still in the final stages of testing. Because, this project of cooperation between Sweden and the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom has already withdrawn its investment, and Sweden has dropped the Gripen fighter, Saab has put all its efforts on solving the problem of the main fighter, and the development and service of this missile will definitely not be as strong as its own advanced medium-range air-to-air missile!
The advanced medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the Raythion company has been delaying the progress of the program, and they say this only to increase the cost.
Sweden is a big country in weapons, and they have a variety of self-developed weapons, but after all, Sweden's scientific research, technology, and funds are insufficient, and the United States did not expect it at all, and they have successfully developed medium-range active radar-guided missiles, and moreover, they have also completed the matching with carrier aircraft and exported them to Iraq.
In any case, whether it is an intelligence mistake on the US side or an overconfidence in the United States, in short, now the Tomcat fighters of the US Navy have been killed by active radar missiles, and at this time, they are very dangerous.
In the first round, the Tomcat fighter used an immortal bird missile, just a test shè, hoping to force the Iraqi plane away, however, the Iraqis dodged the missile, and the Iraqis also quickly approached, and in the second round, each of the two sides fired a medium-range missile.
Although the planes in the Tomcat fighter squadron are equipped with immortal bird missiles, this kind of missile was originally designed to intercept bombers, and the effect is not very good against fast-moving fighters, and the missile of the immortal bird missile just now made them doubt the effectiveness of this missile, so they used a sparrow missile with better maneuvering ability.
Although the U.S. Navy has Tomcat fighters and Immortal Bird missiles, this pair has not had any outstanding records.
If it is an undead bird, the end stage is an active process, and the cruising speed of the undead bird is very fast, they are not embarrassed, but now, they have no choice.
If they continue to carry it like this, it is not clear whether their missiles will be able to hit the opponent's plane, but they will definitely be shot down by the opponent. Their flight now is even smoother than that of a target aircraft.
"Immediately maneuver to evade." Alex shouted helplessly over the radio, and at the same time, this meant that all the missiles they sent out missed the target, and they had to withstand the killing of the other party's missiles.
It's better to shoot down two opponents and then get all of them down yourself than not to shoot them down and then be able to get rid of them yourself, right? Faced with the current form, Alex made the right judgment at the first time, they can only destroy the enemy if they protect themselves first.
This is the first time that the United States has not occupied a technological advantage, and this is still a backward country!
The pilot is Jing Ying among ordinary people, and the carrier-based aircraft pilot is Jing Ying in Jing Ying, only the best pilots can become carrier-based aircraft pilots, and only the best pilots among carrier-based aircraft pilots can fly Tomcat fighters.
In the face of incoming missiles, they were not afraid. In accordance with the original training, the flight began to carry out a large overload maneuver.
However, at this time, the incoming missile has already flown to the non-escape zone, and in this case, it is very difficult to get out of the missile.
They used the same tactics as the Iraqis, and they were also twin-engine heavy air supremacy fighters with plenty of power.