Iraq, Basra Airlines Industrial Zone.

All projects are underway, and people have become accustomed to the fact that it is becoming more and more lively. Factory construction is constantly being built, and at the same time, fighter jets have also begun to take off and land frequently.

Therefore, when the Mi-24 production line was located here, it did not arouse any interest. Those who could fly into the sky were called aircraft, helicopters, fighters, all aircraft.

Iraq has produced this active main armed helicopter by introducing licenses. Since Iraq's current aviation industry has made great progress, the supporting factories for various parts have been established, and a complete production system has been established.

For helicopters like Mi-24, it actually does not represent the trend of armed helicopters in later generations, especially the wide crew cabin behind them, which allowed the armed helicopter to do the work of general helicopters, resulting in a certain impact on the maneuverability of the helicopter. However, no matter what, this helicopter has always been an excellent armed helicopter. Its acquisition has given Iraq a high level in the field of helicopters.

After these hundred helicopters are completed and equipped with the troops, a large number of helicopter engineers will be able to invite back from the Miri Design Bureau and Kamov Design Bureau of the Soviet Union. With their experience, it is not difficult to develop an Iraqi own armed helicopter.

However, Iraq's self-produced armed helicopters were not produced completely according to Soviet standards. After producing twenty, Iraqi personnel began to make their first improvements, focusing on improving avionics equipment.

For helicopters, the main flight altitude is the treetop altitude. They are flying tanks, mainly used to deal with the living forces on the ground. During the flight on the ground, flight safety is the first issue to be considered, and it is the basic skill of helicopter pilots.

Therefore, Iraqi technicians began to modify the Mi-24's avionics system by absorbing Western technology. The key aspect of improvement is to add a set of terrain avoidance radar.

The antenna of the terrain avoidance radar maintains a fixed pitch angle, scans left and right to measure the height of the terrain objects higher than the safe flight plane. The pilot performs maneuvering horizontally according to the radar's instructions to bypass terrain obstacles. Therefore, this set of radar can increase the safety of pilots' ultra-low altitude flight.

Although the principle is simple, it is also very complex to manufacture. The key problem is that this kind of radar requires high-precision detection, fast calculation, minimum error, and certain redundancy.

In addition to these, in order to increase the power of this helicopter, Iraqi technicians have added laser-guided bombs to the types of weapons mounted by the helicopter.

The main weapons of Mi-24 are machine guns, rocket nests and anti-tank missiles, which can still deal with ordinary targets. However, when dealing with large targets, they are somewhat insufficient. Although they can carry bombs, the hit accuracy of ordinary fall bombs is too poor.

Therefore, Iraqi personnel installed laser indicator pods for Mi-24, which can be used to throw American-made Gem Road laser-guided bombs. Now, Iraq has converted a large number of its ordinary bombs into this precise guidance weapon by purchasing seekers.

With the launch of satellite navigation projects in cooperation with the Soviet Union, Iraq also plans to use satellite guidance in a large number of future weapons.

Now, scientific researchers are carrying out experimental projects to mount laser-guided bombs.

The short wings on both sides of the Mi-24 have three hangers. The inner hanger can carry 500 kilograms, the outer hanger can carry 250 kilograms, and the wingtip hanger only has 100 kilograms of load capacity. Therefore, the Gemway laser guided bomb can only be hung on the innermost hanger.

A Mi-24 helicopter can carry two laser-guided bombs. These two bombs can blow up a building and its power is much higher than the original Mi-24. In order to guide such bombs, a laser-guided pod needs to be mounted on the hanger outside.

"Prepare, start the experiment." With the orders of the ground personnel, the helicopter pilot flew slowly in the Mi-24 helicopter. On the hangers on both sides, the gem road laser guided bomb exposed his teeth in the sun.

After the helicopter took off, to the east, it was a shooting range built in Iraq.

The weapon operator behind Mi-24 is highly focused at this time, so this complex weapon needs to be operated by him.

Stabilize, fly to the target, operate the laser indicator pod, fire laser pointing to the target, release the bomb, swaying bomb, fly to the target, and then, the simulated building flies into the sky.

The experiment was successful.

After flying back, the ground was filled with joy.

At this moment, an emergency command was passed on.

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The huge rotor whirled the rumbling airflow. The outstanding Iraqi Navy pilots operated the helicopter and flew towards the target in the distance. There was the Iraqi Navy's training ship, and today, they will land on the deck of the Geshm for the first time.

This helicopter has always been equipped with the Super Hornet helicopter for the Iraqi Navy. This is a large carrier-based helicopter. Therefore, although it has been equipped with the Iraqi Navy for several years, there is no suitable warship to load it. It has always been shore-based use. Except for the last time it was conducted in the Persian Gulf and used oil tankers as a take-off and landing platform, there has been no other landing operations.

This time, the Super Hornet helicopter will land on the Iraqi Navy warship for the first time, which is the training ship that has just been in service for less than half a month.

It's nothing to be able to land on it, but the key is that they need to land accurately on the painted circle and land in the center of the ring.

It is also very particular about the take-off and landing of helicopters on warships. On the deck of large ships, take-off and landing can be carried out directly, such as the current Geshm, and for small warships with displacement of thousands of tons, such as the Heden-class in Iraq, it is necessary to use landing equipment.

Now, they are conducting their first self-landing, and then practicing the landing assisting equipment, which can help Iraq's naval helicopter pilots quickly become familiar with landing operations.

Equipment is for use. For Iraqi troops, they never hide new equipment like treasures. They have begun to use training ships to train their members.

Four circles were drawn on the helicopter platform of the Geshm, which could take off and land four helicopters at the same time.

With the arrival of training ships, Iraq's navy is about to enter a period of rapid development.

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In Baghdad, Kusai listened carefully to Yurid's report.

After half a month of reconnaissance, they conducted four reconnaissances in total, and the reconnaissance satellites in the sky also conducted detailed surveys of this area, but the result was that they were shocked.

In the Pretoria region, there is indeed a large-scale missile base!

This base is all located in these mountainous areas. The main base is surrounded by craters, just in the center of a flat basin. Here they have several well-hidden buildings, namely the missile development and production factories, and the launching positions. The outer edge of this base is guarded by South African troops, but the inner layer is guarded by Jewish soldiers.

The acquisition of these intelligence made Yurid take great pains to buy two local natives, take them through the path, and pass through the guards, walking through the cliffs, and finally entering the inner layer. That's it. He did not approach the inside of the base to observe, but used telescopes and night vision devices to observe and confirm them from a distance. Then, combined with satellite pictures, the target was finally determined.

The situation has been figured out, but how to solve it is a difficult problem facing Kusai and others.

It is dangerous to send special forces to follow the path of reconnaissance, because those paths cannot allow the soldiers of the special forces to carry heavy equipment, and the opponent's personnel are several times higher than their own. When they act, even if the personnel of the special forces can succeed, their retreat will be full of hardships. The special forces soldiers sent are not superman, and the possibility of them becoming martyrs is very high.

It is best to use air force bombing, but now, Iraq's power has not yet developed to southern Africa, where there is no air force base. It is impossible to take off directly from Iraq's base. Iraq is not the United States. The US F-111 can fly for more than ten hours in a long distance, and Iraq will definitely not be able to do it.

It would be fine if Iraq had an aircraft carrier ready! It would be very refreshing to drive the aircraft carrier and kill their base, but Kusai was just thinking about it, because Iraq's aircraft carrier is still cutting steel plates on the ship platform and preparing to build it. It won't take long to find that the Soviet Union started construction at the same time and built two aircraft carriers. Moreover, even if Iraq has it, it cannot be used now. Such blatantness will lead to serious diplomatic problems. When Iraq is not as imposing as the United States, it must not be maintained such a high-profile. It is best to carry out this operation without knowing it or devil.

"President Kusai, after our training ship returned to China, the Naval Academy applied several times, hoping to conduct an ocean voyage." At this moment, Naval Commander Nasser next to him said.

The training ship is used by the Naval Academy. In the Persian Gulf, they can use it no matter how they use it. However, if it is long-range navigation, it still needs approval. The Naval Academy has long been looking forward to the return of this ship. Therefore, after returning to China, after getting familiar with the performance of this ship, they began to apply for long-range routes...!!!
Chapter completed!