Chapter 592: Big Flying Stick
"Mr. Osama, allow me to recommend a new offensive weapon to you!"
"This is our company's kamikaze martyr suicide drone modified from the original Firebee drone, it can be loaded with 20 kilograms of explosives and fly at a speed of 450 kilometers and 100 kilometers, and it can be detonated by two methods: image transmission control and remote control!"
"Kamikaze Martyrs?"
"yes, that's the name, isn't it?"
"Nice, but what is it for?"
"For any purpose, you can launch a kamikaze Martyr to attack any target within a hundred and fifty kilometers! Whether it's an airplane, or a bunker, or a house!"
"Just like a missile?"
"Yes, but it's not a missile, it's a drone, and it's not as powerful as a missile, but it's cheaper than a missile!"
Speaking of which, when the kamikaze was tested in Nevada, the United States, the range could be even longer, but considering the special situation in the Middle East, especially the special status of Israel, the range of the kamikaze drone was cut again and again, and even Shepard received a warning that the drone could only be used in Afghanistan and should not appear in Saudi Arabia and other regions.
This is not alarmist, although Israel has been extremely arrogant in fighting this and that in previous Middle East wars, it still has no sense of security, so the United States does not allow Saudi Arabia to buy any offensive missile systems, although the kamikaze Martyr drone is not a missile, but if it is launched in the border desert area, it may still threaten Israeli settlements, so Shepard had to let the technical department castrate the kamikaze martyr for the second time.
Osama was not very interested in the big monkey in front of him, because the price was a bit expensive, the unit price was 1.5 million, and he couldn't see how cost-effective it was, and most importantly, the operation of this thing was quite complicated!
In order to ensure the hit rate of the self-detonating drone, the technical team of AAI company has prepared two sets of operating systems, one remote control, which is controlled by radio group transmission technology, and the other is controlled by equipment on the ground like a model aircraft, the former is safe, but the control distance is limited by the terrain, and the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan may greatly shorten the control distance of the drone.
Not to mention the control of the latter, visual control on the ground, the operator needs to carry about 30 kilograms of equipment and other auxiliary equipment, not to mention the movement of things, visual control alone is a very proficient job, this is not a third-person first-person perspective control, but to correct the unmanned self-detonator from his own perspective on the ground.
But does this mean that kamikaze martyrs are waste?
No, the kamikaze Martyrs carried tens of kilograms of explosives and the fuel inside were enough to devastate any unprotected or lightly protected ground target, not even a tank, let alone a bunker aircraft.
Not to mention, Shepard recommended this thing to Osama for attacking Soviet military bases and airfields!
The price of a Su-25 fighter is four million dollars, but the actual cost of a self-detonating drone is only 700,000 dollars, so if the two are exchanged, the cost performance is directly sky!
Not to mention the more expensive MiGs and other models of ground attack aircraft!
To this end, Shepard also gave Osama a practical demonstration in Pakistan.
Shadow's technical team launched a test kamikaze target aircraft thirty kilometers away, and then, under the control of a ground operator, the target successfully crashed into a small wooden building ten meters away, a distance that was almost indistinguishable from the tens of kilograms of explosives loaded on the drone.
You must know that the weight of a 155mm howitzer's high-explosive shell is also this level, and its killing range can reach 300 meters, and the dense killing area is also 60 meters, and the weight of the high-explosive bomb still refers to the full weight, not the weight of the charge, so the killing range of the self-detonating drone will only be wider.
And this time, Osama finally became interested, after all, as long as it was equipment that could hit the Soviets, he would not refuse to come, as for money, as long as it was about spending money, it would not matter!
Osama immediately sent money from the Saudi side to the Shadow Company's overseas account and booked two drones to test the waters.
And the Shadow Company immediately sent two kamikaze Martyr I drones from the factory in Nevada to Quetta.
After receiving the goods, Osama could not wait for a moment to order the guerrillas to find a suitable target for a drone attack, preferably a valuable fighter plane or something, or a helicopter or a headquarters or something.
So, just three days later, Soviet soldiers stationed at a military airfield southwest of Paktia saw a strange little flying object flying crookedly in the direction of the south of the airport.
This temporary airfield was used for the temporary replenishment of attack aircraft carrying out attack missions, and the base's anti-aircraft defense facilities consisted only of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and a ZSU23 Shilka anti-aircraft gun, and there were no anti-aircraft missiles and no radar.
Therefore, the Soviets did not have any warning or warning for the self-detonating drone launched from the mountains, until they saw that strange thing appear above the airport, and the Soviets at the airport thought it was their secret weapon.
Then, under the control of the operator on a nearby hill, the drone swooped down on the Mi-8 helicopter moored under the improvised awning with indomitable momentum.
The Mi-8 helicopter landed here to deliver fresh water supplies to the Soviet soldiers, and the pilot was warmly welcomed by the garrison after landing, and warmly invited him to drink sugar water and eat barbecue.
Then, when the anti-aircraft gun hurriedly turned the gun and opened fire, the drone smashed headlong on the awning with the anti-aircraft barrage.
The fragile roof was instantly smashed through by the weight of the drone, and then, the explosive device inside the drone was activated, and the dozens of kilograms of explosives were like a heavy punch falling from the sky, smashing a big hole in the quick-drying cement block.
The hapless Mi-8 helicopter was even blown into parts, and most of the rotors flew more than 200 meters away by the shock wave, and then smashed into the wall of the tower.
Several Soviet soldiers who were near the hangar at that time were even more gone, only their stumps and fragments of military uniforms were found dozens of meters away.
And it was only after the explosion that the mournful air defense sirens were sounded by the Soviet soldiers.