"We need you to export Patriot missiles to us immediately." Mhammad said to Toms: "Only Patriot missiles are capable of intercepting tactical surface-to-surface missiles." ”

The Patriot missile, in the Gulf War in later generations, made its own name, regardless of the later thought that the Americans had propaganda water, but in the face of the Scud missile, it was still an effective means of confrontation.

The development of this weapon system can be traced back to 20 years ago, when the United States needed new missiles with excellent air defense capabilities and certain anti-ballistic missile capabilities to replace the old "Niki" 2 and "Hawk" air defense missile systems in order to adapt to an increasingly complex operational environment and constantly emerging air threats. In 67, the U.S. military selected Raytheon as the main contractor, and in 72 officially entered the engineering development stage. After more than ten years of development, this missile finally matured, and in October 80, the US Army and Raytheon officially signed a contract for the production of "Patriot" missiles. In 84, the first set of "Patriot" missiles was officially delivered to the US Army, and in 85, that is, this year, mass production began, first equipped with US Army units in Germany.

This is the most advanced surface-to-air missile in service in the United States, and Mhammad opened his mouth to ask for this thing, Thomas and Arnold looked at each other, and smiled helplessly: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, we can't export this missile." ”

"Then you're just watching our airbase being bombed? When our air force loses its combat capability, northern Afghanistan will return to the hands of the Soviets. Mhammad said coldly: "We have to have this anti-aircraft missile, there is no choice." If you're concerned about being too advanced, you can send an operator to our base with you. Help us with field air defense. ”

"Okay, we'll ask for instructions from home right away." Arnold said.

It was already dark, and the cold from the northwest, with a strong wind, was blowing across the plateau.

Peshawar Air Base.

In addition to the two fighters on duty. Hung up with missiles, filled up with fuel, and waited on the runway, the rest of the fighters were dragged into the hangar.

Due to the perennial combat with the Indian Air Force, the Pakistan Air Force base is very strong, with three main runways, even if one is blown up. Even two, you can continue to sort, and the bunker of the hangar can also resist the attack of bombs, except for nuclear bombs and ground-penetrating bombs, strong bunkers can withstand all kinds of attacks.

The anti-air search radar has been scanning the surrounding sky. To defend against a sneak attack by the Soviets.

An E-2 AWACS aircraft is also flying in central Pakistan. During the day, the E-3 AWACS aircraft was exhausted, so, in addition to continuing to command large-scale battles, the E-2 was responsible for patrol tasks.

Will the Soviets use missiles to attack? Ballistic missiles are a weapon of attack!

It was knowing the advantages of ballistic missiles that Pakistan introduced the DF-3. Then on the basis of the DF-3, the development of its own ballistic missiles began.

However, this is a long road, and now, Pakistan has the DF-3. It must not be taken out, otherwise, it will be directly strangled in the cradle by the United States, even if it is an ally of the United States, the United States does not want Pakistan to have such a thing.

So, for the current Pakistan, in the face of ballistic missiles, only defense remains. Just like in the Gulf War, Israel, which has a powerful air force, faced with the scuds fired by Iraq, still had the only way to intercept the scuds, and could not take the initiative to attack.

Tajikistan, southeast.

It also belongs to the Pamirs, and there are many mountains, which are not conducive to the movement of mechanized troops, which is why the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan entered from Turkmenistan, which is mainly desert, and here, everywhere there are high mountains.

The cold wind was blowing in the mountain pass, and a convoy was driving in the mountains.

Four-axle all-wheel drive, eight huge off-road tires, the whole car, all show the rugged style peculiar to the Soviet Union, and many times, they do not take the road, there is no road at all.

On the corner of the door, the words 9P71 are printed, which is a special transport, erection and launch vehicle for the Oka missile!

The 400-horsepower diesel engine, constantly emitting black smoke, drove the truck up the hillside, and finally, the engine roared up a hill and came to a flat field.

Here, that's where they launch!

The vehicles stopped one after another, and the Soviet servicemen walked out of it, and the breath they exhaled turned white, and it was very cold here!

Stand up!

The four hydraulic outriggers of the launch vehicle were slowly raised, and the tires of the entire launch vehicle were detached from the ground, and the tail section, a large hydraulic cylinder, transformed a missile from a horizontal state to a vertical state.

If it is a Scud missile, then it will be necessary to follow the support vehicles of the brigade, those wearing gas masks, and start dragging the tubes and refueling the missiles.

And now, this missile is a solid missile, and the fuel has been filled when it leaves the factory, and now, what they have to do is to erect it, and then carry out the target loading before launch!

It takes half an hour to prepare for the launch of the Scud, and it only takes five minutes to launch the Oka, and if the coordinates of the launch site have been measured in advance, then this time can be shortened to three minutes.

"Launch!" As a password came, the rocket engine ignited, and the entire launch site was filled with thick smoke, and in the thick smoke, one missile after another flew into the sky.

It was night, with a trailing air current, and from a distance it was a spectacular sight that had only been seen in later generations when missiles were destroyed under the US-Soviet treaty on intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

The Oka missile, which flew into the sky, was the first wonderful moment of its life, and at the same time, it was also the last.

As soon as the missile was fired, the launcher began to move.

The four outriggers were raised, and with the sound of the engine rumbling, the launcher left its original position and maneuvered quickly.

It was as if they had never saved a zài, only the five missiles that were launched, the five missiles that flew into the sky, proclaimed the anger of the Soviets.

Ballistic missile launches, all vertical, in this way, can quickly pass through the dense atmosphere, reach the maximum speed, rocket engines, only ignite for a short period of time, most of them are unpowered according to the preset ballistic flight, so it is called ballistic missiles.

When it started ignition, it was instantly spotted by a reconnaissance satellite in space.

In order to bring down the Soviet economy, President Reagan planned the Star Wars program, allowing the Soviets to spend all their financial resources on the military, and Star Wars was a conspiracy.

Of course, there are also some achievements, for example, this ballistic missile early warning satellite, an early warning satellite that can detect infrared rays when a ballistic missile is launched, was developed by the United States when the Star Wars program was not proposed.

When it was discovered, the satellite issued an alarm, and through the transmission of the synchronous communication satellite, it arrived in the United States, and after ground calculation, it was found that the target of this batch of ballistic missile attacks was Pakistan!

A sharp alarm sounded at Peshawar Air Base, and the pilot rushed out of the duty room and got on two Tomcat fighters on combat readiness duty, and soon, the fighters left the runway and flew into the sky.

The E-2 AWACS aircraft also spotted the group of missiles, a total of five, which were almost smashed down from directly above the Peshawar airbase.

At an angle of almost 90 degrees and a speed of Mach 10, even in the eyes of the E-2 AWACS aircraft, it was like a storm.

The two Tomcat fighters lifted their noses, and the radar operator behind them quickly operated the radar, hoping to use their own airborne radar to lock on to a warhead, and then launch their own immortal bird missiles.

However, the speed of the opponent is too fast, and the computer of the fire control radar of the carrier aircraft, constantly updating the information of the other side, cannot calculate enough interception information to lock on.

Distance, getting closer, getting closer.

What to do?

Rush up and collide with each other! In short, it can't be allowed to bomb its own air bases!

Pakistani pilot Majib had the anger of battle in his eyes, and operated the fighter plane, continuing upwards to collide with the other side.

When flying down at Mach 10, the missile's warhead is like a meteor.

Bump on, bump on!

The Tomcat fighter bravely went up, facing the direction of the meteor, and flew up bravely.

"Come on, Soviets!" The pilot pressed the button on the joystick, the cannon hummed, and the metal flowed towards the meteor.

If you want to hit a flying object of Mach 10 with a cannon, it is impossible, even if the pilot pilots the fighter plane himself, the reaction speed is still not fast enough.

The blazing warhead, grazing the side of the Tomcat fighter, flew over.

"Damn it!" Magib cursed, burning with rage as she watched the warhead fly by.

This batch of missiles uses 9Н74К cluster sub-munitions, with a combat length of 2.75 meters, a diameter of 0.8 meters, and a weight of 715 kg, and 95 built-in 9Н225 high-explosive sub-munitions weighing 3.84 kg, which can destroy unprotected targets within a radius of 3,000 meters after dispersion.

When the warhead exploded over the base, the submunitions scattered, and there was a sea of fire everywhere around.

If there were exposed fighters at this time, they would all be hit, and now, because the movement of the Soviets had been predicted for a long time, the fighters entered the bunker, so this strike, except for destroying the airfield, did no other damage, and all the personnel also entered the anti-aircraft bunker.

Anti-aircraft artillery fire was fired, alas, in the face of ballistic missiles, they had no effect.

"The missiles of the Soviets flew from the mountains of Tajikistan, four hundred kilometers away!" On the radio, Majib said to the AWACS aircraft: "Please fly to the mountains of Tajikistan immediately and kill their missile launchers!" (To be continued......)