RIMPAC is the world's largest multinational maritime exercise initiated by the U.S. Third Fleet, and has been held since 1971. The purpose was to ensure the security of the sea lanes of the Pacific rim countries, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it also joined the joint anti-terrorism mission.

Held almost annually in Hawaiian waters since 1971, the RIMPAC exercise was led by the United States and aimed primarily at the Soviet Union's Pacific Fleet.

At the peak of the Cold War, the Soviet Union on the other side of the ocean was the biggest threat to the United States.

At present, the United States still has superiority at sea, and the US aircraft carrier fleet is its most powerful deterrent force, and at the same time, the Soviet navy has also developed by leaps and bounds in recent years.

In particular, the Soviets finally got their heads up and began to play with aircraft carriers, and the first nondescript heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers began to be built, and in this case, the US Navy must also go all out to meet the challenge of the Soviets.

At this time, the US Navy will have to show its military presence in the RIMPAC exercise.

The next day, Nathan was already sitting in the only flight preparation room on the island, as the flight squadron leader, discussing the tactics of the exercise with the pilots of the entire flight wing.

"We will dispatch two aircraft carriers, more than a dozen destroyers, to form a large formation, and there will also be a small number of ships from Australia, island countries and other countries to participate, but we are still the main ones." This was stated by the commander of the flight wing, Colonel Petro Bory.

In fact, more aircraft carriers can be mobilized to participate, but the Vietnam War has just ended, some aircraft carriers are in the repair period, and the anti-war sentiment in China is relatively serious, so it is really not appropriate to engage in too large a scale.

"The main point of the exercise is to assume that we encounter an enemy fleet in the Pacific Ocean, and we have an engagement between the two sides, and we use our carrier-based aviation and underwater submarines to successfully take out the other side and finally gain sea supremacy." Colonel Petro Bori explained the contents of this time.

Basically, every time it is the same, as a navy, of course, it is fighting at sea, and as a naval aviation, of course, it has to rely on carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers as the main force.

Next, it is time to assign tasks, carrier-based attack aircraft with anti-ship missiles are dispatched, carrier-based fighters guard their own skies, and at the same time escort their own attack formations.

This kind of routine really lacks novelty.

"Nathan, do you have any comments?" After finishing his own arrangement, Colonel Petrobori asked.

Sure enough, Nathan spoke: "So, when we exercise, the Soviets will definitely be watching from the sidelines, right?" ”

Such a good opportunity to observe, of course, the Soviets will not give up, and Nathan conjecture is exactly the same, just after Nathan asked, Colonel Petro Bori spoke: "Yes, in general, the Soviets will send some planes to observe, and many times, they will take out their AWACS aircraft. ”

In this era, the Soviets have been equipped with their first-generation Tu-126 AWACS aircraft, which has been turned into moss by NATO, and often comes to monitor the United States, and the United States has no way to take them.

At most, after they fly closer, they will only expel themselves, and there will even be some rather unfriendly aerial maneuvers between the two sides.

Now, after hearing the words of the Flying Wing Commander, he finally made up his mind: "Since the Soviets are coming to investigate, why don't we show the Soviets some housekeeping skills?" ”

If the Soviets want to see it, then let them see enough!

"Okay, Nathan, tell me about it." Colonel Petro Bori said that he had known for a long time that Nathan was eclectic and always good at whims, and now, Colonel Petro Bori was waiting for Nathan's answer.

"Our Tomcat fighters can attack six targets at the same time, so let's just show it to the Soviets and let them know that it is dangerous to get close to our fighters, and we can take out one squadron of the other side with one plane." "Doing an aerial target shot to show our strong volleying ability," Nathan said. ”

In the past, a multi-target attack was a thing that could not be imagined, not to mention multi-target, it was difficult to attack a single target, and in the skies over Vietnam, pilots often used sparrow missiles as rockets to shoot them all at once, hoping that the blind cat would run into a dead mouse and achieve the result of shooting down.

However, the combination of the AWG-9 radar and the Immortal Bird missile gives the Tomcat fighter a formidable ability, which can carry out multi-target interception at the same time!

Hearing Nathan's words, Colonel Petro Bori frowned: "What you said, is it feasible?" Will it be seen as a joke by the Soviets, right? ”

Yes, at the time of design, the Tomcat fighter could control six powerful undead birds at the same time and attack six targets at the same time, but in fact, with the technology of this era, it is still difficult to do.

In order to ensure the smooth operation of the attack, the six missiles were gathered in a narrow airspace, and there were strict restrictions on the height and speed.

Now Nathan wants to do this, it's simply impossible.

Isn't this for the Navy to make a fool of itself?

Isn't it a shame to keep saying that you can hit six, but only four of them are shot, and this is still an experimental state, and if you are not in a good state when it comes to that day, you will shoot down one or two in the end, isn't it a shame?

Multi-target attack is just a method that was advertised at the beginning, this set of weapons system that has been studied since F-111 and is only considered to be a positive result in F-14, and multi-target attack is chicken ribs.

No one has ever used this tactic in actual combat, not even in the future, there are too many uncertainties. Multi-target attack, the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.

"How can you read a joke?" Nathan said: "You can put explosives on the target aircraft in advance, and if you don't succeed in intercepting it, you can detonate it remotely." ”

Nathan is right, will it be possible to cheat? A student who can't cheat is not a good student.

"But what the Soviets' AWACS can see." Petro Bori said.

On the AWACS aircraft, it is possible to see the bright spots, and the two bright spots passed by, and as a result, they exploded? It's too obvious to cheat.

"The early warning aircraft of the Soviets are still very backward and easy to be interfered with by us, as long as we interfere with them within a few seconds before our missiles hit the target, and when they remove the interference, our flying targets will be reduced to pieces." "It's definitely not difficult for us," Nathan said. ”