Chapter 334: Raid on Omeran
"Drone?"
Saddam Hussein perked up and hurriedly asked, "Is it a drone like the US military's Predator?"
The "Predator" drone is well-known in the Middle East.
It is an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft with attack capability developed by General Atomics Corporation of the United States for the American Air Force.
This type of drone can be used for many purposes, not only to provide tactical reconnaissance for combat soldiers, but also to carry 8 AGM-114 "Hellfire" missiles, or "Stinger missiles", to destroy ground armored targets, or air-to-air combat.
In addition, the head of the "Predator" drone is also equipped with a high-definition camera lens, which can transmit real-time video images back to the command post on the ground.
Since the start of the war between the two sides, the communication hub of the Yin army has been repeatedly damaged because of this kind of drone, which relays communication in the air and monitors their every move.
As a result, all the personnel transfers of the Yin army are under the watchful eye of the US military.
The U.S. military only needs to send fighter jets to carry out precision strikes based on the images transmitted by drones, and it can achieve great results.
And the soldiers of the Yin army had no power to fight back against this, so they could only hide in the holes in the ground, and they didn't even dare to come out.
Saddam Hussein also tried to have soldiers shoot down US drones with weapons, but after some attempts, it was found that this was not realistic at all.
Because the shooting altitude of the bullet is usually more than 1,000 meters, a little better than two or three thousand meters, but the Predator UAV, the maximum flight altitude can reach 16,000 meters.
It is an unattainable existence.
"Mr. Victor, I don't know how much your drone costs?" Majid, who was standing next to Saddam, asked this question that everyone was concerned about.
It is said that the cost of one Predator drone of the US military is as high as 15 million US dollars, but although the price is high, if it can really work, the price is still very cost-effective.
As for the Mao-Russian UAVs, they had never heard of them before, let alone knew about their specific performance.....
After all, no one wants to buy a test item.
Victor seemed to see their concerns, smiled, and said, "Mr. President, these two drones are given to you for free by us, and as for the price, we can talk about it slowly later."
He has not returned to China for nearly ten years, and he doesn't know much about the internal situation in Maoist Russia, but for such a thing as drones, it should not be a very complicated technology in his memory.
Even the United States can get it, presumably Maoist Russia is no problem.
"Thanks! Thank! Mr. Victor! As long as your drone can reach half the level of the Predator, we will purchase it vigorously!" Saddam Hussein warmly shook his hand and promised on the spot.
A group of Yin Jun's core personnel also smiled.
They secretly rejoiced that this time, Lao Maozi finally had a little conscience and did not sell them the defective products that had not been tested.
Otherwise, with their current relationship, they will eventually have to "take the initiative" to buy it.
Soon, Saddam sent people to transport all these wooden boxes back to the command post.
Several specialists immediately assembled some of the parts.
In the evening, a 6.8-meter-long, 12.46-meter-wide and 2.1-meter-high Peregrine Falcon 2 UAV was successfully assembled.
Several Yin soldiers pushed the drone and glided forward for some distance, and as the tail accelerated and rotated, a faint humming sound sounded, and the "Peregrine Falcon 2" successfully flew to an altitude of 300 meters and continued to climb.
Victor and Saddam Hussein were in a makeshift electronic command room, watching the drone looking down on the earth from a first-person perspective.
In this process, the "technicians" brought by Victor are also patiently instructing the Yin soldiers how to control the drone.
Its controller is actually something similar to a Sony game console.
In addition to eight buttons with different functions
In addition, there is also a small joystick on the left, which can be held down with your thumb to make simple fine-tuning of the drone's flight.
This design allows an ordinary person who has never been exposed to drones to get started quickly.
In order to make it easier for Saddam Hussein to watch, the technician connected a video cable and projected the image transmitted by the drone onto the wall directly in front of him.
A Yin soldier piloted a drone under the guidance of a technician and flew towards the town of Haji Omeran in Erbil province, north of Yoon Lak.
The appearance of the Peregrine Falcon 2 is coated with a gray stealth coating material, which can minimize the possibility of being detected by radar.
The goal of their operation this time was to raid a US stronghold.
Baghdad is about 600 kilometres from the town of Omelan.
However, the "Peregrine Falcon-2" UAV uses a fuel-electric hybrid, with a battery life of up to 60 hours, and even hovers in the air for a long time when necessary for reconnaissance.
And this only requires a very small amount of kinetic energy.
This is thanks to its falcon-like wings, which allow it to glide high in the air for long periods of time with the help of the wind.
Researchers in the optoelectronic laboratory finally designed this drone after countless experiments and combined simulants and aerodynamics.
It has a maximum radius of activity of up to 4,000 kilometers and a maximum flight speed of 389 kilometers per hour.
That's a speed of 108 meters per second.
As its name suggests.
At this time, it was not completely dark in Yinrak, all the buildings on the ground were clearly visible, and occasionally some local residents of Yinlak could be seen outside.
When the sky is completely dark, the technician immediately turns on the infrared detection mode, and all objects on the ground that can emit the reflection of heat sources will be scanned.
Along the way, the infrared thermal imager also found some wild animals such as cheetahs, caracals, hyenas, etc., which were automatically identified and marked by the system.
The Peregrine Falcon 2 drone is like a pair of sharp eyes, looking down on the creatures on the earth.
Saddam Hussein and the others have long been stupid, when have they ever seen such a high-tech thing?
No wonder the U.S. military was able to beat them to the head.
The gap between the two sides in science and technology and information is really too big!
At this moment, he had already made up his mind that no matter how expensive the price was, he must buy a few, even if it was just for aerial reconnaissance, it was worth the money!
Soon.
It only took more than an hour for the Peregrine Falcon 2 drone to reach the skies over the town of Omeran.
There are thrills along the way.
Saddam Hussein and others were also pleasantly surprised.
The radar surveyor of the US military did not even find their drone, which had stopped above their heads!
8:20 p.m.
Victor and Saddam Hussein conducted a brief analysis and exchange based on the images of the stronghold transmitted by the drone.
Eventually, they chose a target reference on the image.
Subsequently.
Under the guidance of the technicians, the Yin Lak soldiers constantly adjusted the angle of the drone and locked on to a throwing point.
At the same time, a red button was pressed.
Winter~
Thousands of meters in the sky, a "meteor" shining with white light pierced the dark night sky and fell vertically.