Chapter 1079: Systematic Engagement
Accelerated climb to occupy the position, with the PL-15K preemptively launched a round of over-the-horizon attacks, at this time, the J-20A "Weilong" stuck in the air has not yet found the target, and the 1493 radar switched to VS mode has not entered a continuous tracking state.
However, even so, with the complete set of simplified battlefield monitoring system provided by the Alliance of Eastern States to the UNSA, a special information link was applied for before the battle began, but at this time, an OUC low-orbit battlefield monitoring satellite that was sweeping over the Middle East had already sent back a real-time signal, and the ground station in Iran immediately sent the infrared radiation scanning data on the Syrian-Iranian border to the UNSA early warning aircraft in the air.
After receiving the satellite scans, UNSA's automated battlefield guidance system quickly put into operation, completing the calculation according to the local coordinates of the "Weilong" fighter in front of the chain, separating its own fighters from a large number of dotted radiation signals, and treating the rest as enemy aircraft, and trying to interpret the target altitude, velocity vector and other information based on the characteristics of the radiation signal. When the number is ready, it is automatically chained to the number bag of each fighter in the "Weilong" fleet, and the target is directly pointed out, and a unified engagement plan is made, so that the J-20A fighters can fire and attack first.
Over-the-horizon missiles, especially the long-range ARHM, because the self-homing head can autonomously enter and guide the terminal ballistic, which actually provides many possibilities for the use of firepower by fighters.
For the fourth-generation fighters with radar stealth capabilities, the confrontation between the fourth-generation aircraft, the status of radar-guided missiles used to be somewhat embarrassing: at the very least, it is necessary to use RHAAM to strike at the opponent. Under the condition that the attack is completed by a single machine. At the very least, it is necessary to know where the enemy fuselage is and what the flight status is. Otherwise, the launched missile can only fly all the way along the preset trajectory, which is no different from gambling to put it bluntly.
However, on the other hand, due to the lack of revolutionary progress in radar detection technology, the detection range of stealth fighters widely equipped with AESA radar on similar targets is still greatly reduced, and most of the time, it is even lower than the maximum head-on interception range of over-the-horizon missiles. Naturally, this is very unfavorable for the enemy to open fire before the enemy and give full play to the superiority of over-the-horizon missiles to destroy the enemy.
It is precisely for these reasons that the fourth-generation fighters equipped with RHAAM missiles have obvious advantages in the face of third-generation aircraft, but they are a little constrained when confronting stealth fighters, and even if they are equipped with air-to-air missiles with a long range, there is almost no way to calmly carry out over-the-horizon attacks in actual combat conditions.
This was probably the case before the war system changed further, but now against the FSA "ghosts" in the night sky, the UNSA's J-20A fleet no longer has to face this problem.
In the Middle East at midnight, there are hardly a few clouds in the sky. Battlefield surveillance satellites in orbit can provide detailed airspace scanning information to the combat system, of course. This also requires the consumer to provide a rough set of regional coordinates; Taking a step back, if there is no information support from the satellite system for a while, the "Weilong" fleet in the air can also rely on the cross-linking of the airborne electromagnetic signal sensing system, and the loose number sharing analysis system can also give the approximate orientation of the enemy aircraft, and even go further, with the weak frequency difference of the radar signal intercepted by the J-20A in different flight states, the current flight speed and direction of the enemy aircraft can also be analyzed!
A series of parameter information was obtained, although the accuracy was not enough to directly guide the RHAAM, but it was sufficient to complete the ballistic settings of the over-the-horizon missile.
With the intensive calculation of the airborne fire control system, the optimal trajectory was planned for each PL-15K in the fleet, and the over-the-horizon missiles with fixed parameters and flying quickly climbed to an altitude of more than 10,000 meters along the winding high-throw trajectory.
After all, the probability of intercepting the target in the case of ARHM autonomous homing is not high, and the "Weilong" aircraft group that receives the enemy in multiple directions adjusts its tactical arrangement according to the air situation guidance to prepare for the next battle.
In the almost one-way transparent sky battlefield, the YF-23s, who rely solely on radar stealth, are already in danger, but they are still staring at the RWR blankly and it is difficult to know it.
The Syrians have not yet discovered the imminent threat, but the UNSA fleet is still taking action, and the "Weilong" that divides the troops to meet the enemy still maintains a dense low-speed chain of contact with each other, and because of the integrated electronic management system with the 1493 AESA radar as the core, the two J-20A that rushed forward quickly took on the responsibility of sending correction instructions, and recalculated and optimized the trajectory of the target position detected and solved by the entire carrier aircraft network, and then chained it down to each PL-15K missile in the air.
Thanks to the ramjet engine, it still has a good power reserve in the middle of the flight, and the PL-15K's attack power should not be underestimated, with its trajectory corrected according to the number of chain commands.
Fierce battles broke out on the border line, one by one slender gray-white missiles broke through the air, flew over a distance close to the entire no-fly zone, the thin tail flame of the ramjet engine was bright and dazzling, and the PL-15K self-guided head that dived back to the middle of thousands of meters at a speed of Mach 3 finally started to search, and the power module on the bomb also began to consume reserves; However, still with the command distribution of the number chain, every missile approaching the "ghost" group has roughly known the direction of the target, the hybrid AESA antenna has been turned to the right direction, and a terrible radar warning sound suddenly sounded in the cockpit of the Liberal fighter plane!
In the face of the incoming missiles, nothing could be seen in the dark night sky, which caused extreme panic among the rebel pilots in an instant.
Flying a fighter plane with a speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour, facing such a strong force as the United Nations Defense Air Force in the dark night, and no targets were intercepted on the radar, only the RWR, which kept screaming, was alerting the threat to be imminent.
The EODAS mounted on the belly of the YF-23 aircraft also caught a hint of the missile, and the PL-15K radiation signature of high-speed flight in the night sky is more obvious, and the infrared and ultraviolet sensing channels can play a role to help the pilot find the approaching high-speed target.
However, as soon as the opponent was found to be the first to fire, the Liberals' spirits began to be highly tense, and one after another black giant birds quickly entered the maneuver to evade as if they were fighting each other, and the chaff was thrown everywhere.
In the face of a hasty response to the enemy, the PL-15K rushed from several directions at the same time almost did not waste at all, according to the distribution results of the number of chains, two missiles hit one target, and the rest of the enemy planes with an estimated kill probability of less than a certain range were automatically ignored.
There was a radar stealth body, but there was no corresponding advanced electronic equipment, and the "ghost" fleet, which could not implement networked electronic countermeasures, was quickly dispersed by a wave of incoming missiles, although the threat of RAHHM to stealth fighters was really limited, and several fighters were hit by improper evasion in the chaos.
Explosions burst out, flashes of light, and a brilliant display of fireworks in the night sky made the Liberals who had escaped by chance tremble.
The missile has been smashed on the body, but he has not even seen a trace of the opponent on his side, and the cruel reality of being beaten unilaterally has made the commander of the FSA formation very angry, and at the same time there are some irrepressible inner panics.
It is obviously a "ghost" that controls the radar stealth, and the "Arab scimitar" that it swears to claim, but now it doesn't even have the power to fight back, where are those hateful UN fighters?
In the face of a round of over-the-horizon strikes, several YF-23s were lost before they could meet the enemy, and the Liberals who were shouting wildly on the radio were also racking their brains to find a way. Unlike general anti-aircraft operations, which do not allow retreat, the pursuit of the enemy allows for appropriate individual choices, and a few "ghosts" that have escaped from the hail of bullets immediately hovering 180 degrees and flying away, while the rest of the fighters are still trying to use the on-board radar to search for traces of the opponent themselves.
In the face of a strong enemy, a temporary retreat does not necessarily mean cowardice, and staying and continuing to carry it to the death is often just a kind of recklessness.
The same is to control stealth fighters against the enemy, but the Syrian Liberal Party has not provided FSA pilots with a complete combat system, even if it is a YF-23 "ghost" with excellent performance, if it is still used in the thinking of traditional air combat, relying solely on the airborne system to engage the side with a complete system, there is basically no chance of winning.
It has just experienced a baptism of over-the-horizon missiles, and the distance between us and the enemy is close to within 50 kilometers, which is a relatively delicate distance, and no matter how good the stealth capability of the fighter is, there is no guarantee that it will not be discovered by the opponent's AESA radar.
For the Liberal fighters who insisted on fighting, the target interception prompt finally appeared on the radar display, and there were more flickering bright spots on the diffraction flat display in front of them, which were particularly eye-catching on the background of the dark night sky, and the targets that could not be directly found with the naked eye appeared in the heads-up field of vision, and the "ghost" fighters who lacked tactical coordination immediately found the direction of the attack, turned on the afterburner and headed head-on to the enemy plane in front! (To be continued......)