Chapter 540: Anti-aircraft missile forces
The United States is making intensive pre-war deployments, and for the United States, Panama is just a small enemy. However, the lessons of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan are in front of us, it is easy to invade Afghanistan, but it is difficult to quell the rebellion in Afghanistan, and in the end they are caught in a vortex from which they cannot extricate themselves.
Therefore, the battle of the United States against Panama must be fast, and the battle must be resolved quickly! At the same time, U.S. troops will not stay in Panama for long periods of time, and when a new regime is put in place, U.S. troops will withdraw from Panama.
In fact, it is not a complete withdrawal from Panama, the United States now has troops stationed in Panama, the Panama Canal Zone, all of which are US defense zones, and the United States has a US Southern Command in Quarihets in the Panama Canal Zone, with a total of 13,000 troops stationed in Panama. The U.S. military has 14 military bases in Panama, including Howard Air Force Base, etc., so an attack on the Panamanian government by the United States is as simple as a civil war fought by the United States in Panama.
The United States has announced economic sanctions against Panama while retaining the right to strike militarily, and a military invasion of Panama is already underway.
It's a pity that the current president of Panama, Noriega, is not ready to face the war, and in his eyes, the Americans are just intimidating.
"Mr. President, we are warriors of justice and are here to help you." At this time, in the government building in Panama, several middle-aged men with beards thought to Noriega.
These people came by boat, and if nothing else, they should have come from Cuba, and the people of Latin America are one family, all backward countries, now. Since the United States wants to use force against Panama, it should be Cuba that will help.
Of course, Noriega welcomes them, friends, one more friend is better than one more enemy.
"How can you help me?" Noriega asked.
"The United States is going to use force against Panama." Said the lead man. He's not really Panamanian, he's from Afghanistan! He was a former member of the service battalion, Aboud, and the purpose of his visit, of course, was not only to help Panama, but also to a deeper purpose.
He had already infiltrated here with his people, and after receiving the order, he ambushed the American troops. Having killed a squad of U.S. troops, he led to a crisis between the United States and Panama, and now, he has come to see Noriega to help.
"If the United States wants to attack, the first thing it will use is the air force, and we can provide an anti-aircraft missile unit, which will be deployed in the town of Rio Alto. We speculate. The first thing the Americans struck was the barracks of the Wehrmacht stationed there. Aboud said.
"The Americans are just intimidating. They will not use force against us. Noriega said that, as in history, this guy was a self-righteous man, and it was already the peak of his life to stage a military coup and become the real ruler of Panama. He was complacent, thinking that everything was in his own hands, and in his senses, the Americans would not use force at all.
"It's always good to have a little more protection." "We will not affect the presence of your troops," Aboud said. We don't ask you to provide us with any expenses, we just pull our anti-aircraft missiles there, and once the Americans really launch an air strike, we can help you strike at the Americans, and we have only one goal, which is to hit the Americans! ”
Aboud said very truthfully, Noriega knew that these Cubans hated the Americans very much, and now that he had this kind of selfless help, Noriega had no need to refuse.
"Okay, then I'll sign the order to set aside an area for you in the town of Rio Alto for you to deploy your missile positions." "I am grateful for your help," Noriega said. ”
"We, the Latin American people, must unite and always be vigilant against the United States, a hegemonic country." Abd said, and withdrew.
"Let's go, pull our missiles to the town of Rio Alto." Coming out of the government building, Aboud said to the people around him.
"Boss, are the Americans really going to war? Will their stealth planes really fly to the town of Rio Alto to bomb? Beside Aboud, a subordinate couldn't help but ask.
Stealth planes! Of course, the purpose of their visit this time is not to really help Panama, this is the backyard of the United States, and they can't help whoever the United States wants to fight, they are from Afghanistan and Pakistan, and their mission is not to help Panama resist the invasion of the United States, and this is not Afghanistan.
They have only one goal, which is to shoot down stealth planes! Test whether the equipment and tactics specially developed by your side for stealth aircraft in recent years can successfully detect and shoot down stealth aircraft!
In this era, all the news about stealth aircraft is just a mystery, maybe in the mouth of military fans, the word stealth aircraft has come out, but is there a stealth plane? How much combat capability is there? These are unknowns. Military experts do not yet know the combat effectiveness of stealth aircraft, and even the United States, only a few high-level people know about the F-117.
The United States invaded Panama this time, is the F-117 since the first actual combat since its service, the Americans in this war tested the F-117 unrivaled strong combat effectiveness, is the vanguard of knocking on the door of the weak country's air defense system, from the beginning of this battle, the United States every air raid, is to use the F-117 to take the lead, until the final Yugoslav Union collapsed in the sand, this kind of fighter was decommissioned.
Only Pakistan is firmly in the future of stealth aircraft, Pakistani President Hammad attaches great importance to stealth aircraft, he not only guides the development of Pakistan's military aircraft, changes to the direction of stealth, and regards stealth performance as an important research goal of military aircraft, at the same time, he is also directing domestic ground radar researchers to actively study how to counter stealth aircraft.
Although great progress has been made in the study of these equipment, it still has to be tested in actual combat, and of course Mhammad will not let go of such a good opportunity to test the Panamanian war, and he will send this special unit to Panama under the banner of Cubans.
According to the impression of later generations of Mhammad, the American air strike on Panama began in the town of Rio Alto, when two American F-117 attack planes, using laser-guided bombs, attacked the military camp here. After all, it is the closest to Panama's capital and is the most likely army to support it.
It is not easy to ambush stealth planes, and the Yugoslav Federation of later generations cannot say that the blind cat crashed into the luck of a dead mouse, but the carelessness of the F-117 fleet, such as flying the same route for four consecutive days, allowed the air defense forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to seize the opportunity, for example, due to various reasons that day, there was no accompanying electronic jamming fleet and an aircraft fleet carrying anti-radiation missiles, etc., which were the reasons why they were shot down.
And now, Mhammad can only rely on the ability of an unpredictable prophet to know that the Americans will first use stealth aircraft to attack here, so that he can send his secret unit here, hoping to test the combat effectiveness of this anti-aircraft missile, if the Americans change their plans, they will return in vain.
However, Abboud, who is now in Panama, has complete trust in Mhammad's inferences, and in the eyes of almost everyone, Mhammad is like an omniscient prophet.
Since he said there was a war here, there must be!
Several trucks, heading towards the town of Rio Alto, did not enter the town directly, but to the northwest of the town, on the side of the Panamanian Defense Forces' anti-aircraft artillery position.
The anti-aircraft artillery position is the last means of air defense, and when these vehicles came, the anti-aircraft artillery position did not react at all, and there was not even a single person standing guard! It can be seen that these Panamanians are simply not prepared for the upcoming war!
"We're setting up positions in the grove over there." Kazakh, the company commander of Pakistan's special anti-aircraft missile company who came with him, said.
A few trucks drove towards the grove, which was sparse and could be unimpeded.
"Crunch." The vehicle stopped, quickly unfolded, and was laid out as a missile unit.
The camouflage net at the back opened, and below it was a pedestal that could be turned and raised, and above, there were some stick-like things, and the trained air defense fighters began to quickly install those sticks, and soon, it turned into a large stick-like antenna, somewhat similar to the scaffolding on the construction site.
These are the antennas of the meter-wave radar!
Stealth aircraft, mainly to the centimeter wave radar for stealth, this is also a common radar band in the West, due to the principle of the problem, stealth aircraft is unable to stealth the meter-wave radar, its complex radar reflection cross-section, those absorbing coatings, are ineffective for the meter-wave radar, for the meter-wave radar, what is the shape of the target, the meter-wave radar is not distinguishable.
This kind of meter-wave radar is improved by Pakistani technicians on the original meter-wave radar, including Pakistan's new destroyers, and the meter-wave radar used is also this model, using the latest electronic technology, reducing power consumption, increasing power, and allowing this radar to continue to play a sufficient role. It is used for long-range early warning, and at the same time stealth aircraft can be found, and, compared with the original, the anti-jamming ability is greatly enhanced.
Another point is that this kind of radar is not afraid of any kind of anti-radiation missile, and if the anti-radiation missile wants an anti-meter-wave radar, then its seeker must be at least one meter long in diameter, which is not a missile, it is simply the level of an aircraft.
It's a pity that the meter-wave radar also has shortcomings, it can see farther and can also spot stealth aircraft, however, its accuracy is not enough! (To be continued......)