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Chapter 142: The Nighthawk Falls for the Moon

The antenna of the meter wave radar is ancient Yagi-shaped. At this time, the antenna is constantly rotating, but it is working normally and orderly in the sky filled with complex electromagnetic waves.

The four radars, formed in an array, firmly monitored the target that entered their airspace. Now, they bear a very important responsibility to knock it down!

Although they have simulated attacking stealth targets on computers, after all, they have not practiced with real swords and guns. It is impossible for the Americans to send the F-117 to be a sparring training. This time, they came with real guys.

The computer is working nervously, superimposing the targets discovered by the four radars through complex algorithms to obtain the other party's accurate position, and it also needs to be able to meet the needs of launching missiles.

Now, Sam-11's guided radar is completely unable to detect the target, while Sam-10's radar seems to be able to detect some suspicious situation. However, under electromagnetic interference and the opponent's stealth ability, its radar cannot complete the task of providing data for missile launch.

The Sam-10 air defense system uses a double-sided phased array radar. It can cover airspace of 100 kilometers with one radar. At the same time, it detects, identifies, and tracks more than a dozen targets, and accurately locks 6 of them, guiding 12 missiles to attack them. The radar has 26 bands, has an operating frequency of 10 gigahertz, and has extremely strong anti-electronic interference capabilities. Unfortunately, facing the stealth aircraft, it is still unable to do so.

This is the first time that the missile is guided by long-range alert meter wave radar.

The other party has gradually approached the sky above Baghdad and entered the center of the four Mibo radar positions.

Through the C3I network, the target information is continuously transmitted to the radar position. Iraq has completed the system integration work and transmitted the target information to the missile launcher.

The commander at the scene finally issued an order to launch the missile.

Suddenly, fire flashed on the missile position. Two Sam-11 missile companies and four volleys fired four Sam-11 missiles each, and the Sam-10 missile company also launched two volleys fired two 5V55R missiles.

"Bang!" The gas generator in the launcher pushed the missile vertically out of the launcher. When 20 meters away from the barrel, a light came from the darkness. The main engine ignited. The Soviet air defense missile used a different method than the United States. The vertical launch of the United States was all hot. In the launcher, the missile had already ignited. The Soviet Union's cold launch was launched. After the missile flew out of the launcher, it began to ignite.

Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. Cold launch does not require designing complex exhaust pipes to simplify the launch device. Moreover, when exiting the launch cylinder, you can use the gas rudder to turn after it comes out. However, after the hot launch is ignited, the missile has a certain speed to complete the steering action. When dealing with the threat of a very close distance from low altitude, you may not have time to react. However, cold launch has a risk. If the engine does not ignite after the missile is pushed out, then this missile will fall down, causing harm to the launch site.

Both types of missiles use initial flight according to the program, radio command guidance is used in the middle section, and semi-active radar guidance is used at the end of the flight. Since the guidance radar adopts a single pulse system, it is not easy to be interfered with by electromagnetic interference. However, because its guidance radar cannot distinguish the traces of stealth aircraft, it can only use radio command guidance at the end.

Four missiles were launched at a time, and these four missiles were on the expected routes of the other side's plane flight. Due to the arrogance of the Americans, they had no idea that they had been targeted. Moreover, it was very necessary to maintain a normal course and speed during the bomb drop.

As the missile took off, almost all the people at the scene held their breath, and these few dozen seconds will play a decisive role!

After all, this is the first actual use of their system and the first time to shoot a target. The reliability of the system has not been tested yet.

The ramming engine of the Sam-11 missile has been ignited, driving the bullet body, and has been accelerating continuously, reaching an altitude of 8,000 meters. At the same time, its speed has also increased to Mach 3.

However, the seeker in front of Sam-11 was not working. It could not receive the reflected beam of the guidance radar below it. The radar waves had been reflected to other directions by the stealth aircraft and could not return to its seeker.

It is faithfully receiving the radio commands behind it. The radio commands are a converged single-pulse beam, which is on the route it flies, so it has a strong anti-interference ability and is still working normally.

In the predetermined airspace, the Sam-11 missile detonated its warhead, and the high-energy fragment killing warhead weighing 70 kilograms filled the surrounding airspace with a radius of 17 meters.

The first Sam-11 missile, in this unique way, "destroys" stealth aircraft.

The people in the underground command hall looked disappointed, and the target was still there.

They failed!

After all, the accuracy of the meter wave radar is still too poor. Although it successfully discovered the other party's aircraft and captured their flight trajectory, the accuracy may be fifty meters away. This accuracy is not enough to guide it to a completely accurate position.

Even a slight negligence in writing a program will lead to a change in the target position. As long as the limit exceeds the twenty-meter limit, this missile will be off the target.

They didn't know that the missile was 500 meters away from its target!

It is quite difficult to shoot down a stealth aircraft, otherwise the United States' stealth aircraft would not show off.

Since the missile exploded behind the target, the pilots of the F-117 fighter who were concentrating on preparing for the final attack did not find that they had been attacked.

Oaks pressed the bomb drop button on the driving rod to complete the last step of the attack.

Under the belly of the machine, the huge hatch door opened, and two GBU-27 laser-guided bombs fell down one after another.

It doesn't know, it brings a crisis to it.

Sam-10's 30N6E1 phased array radar is working nervously. Although the mission of guiding the missile is completed by the meter wave radar, it has not relaxed and is still tracking the increasingly clear target.

Suddenly, the radar operator's eyes lit up. The target's radar reflected waves increased a lot, allowing this radar to function as a sufficient guide to the missile!

The 5V55R missile originally used the radio command guidance method, and its seeker was still in operation. At this time, it received the radar signal and immediately readjusted its flight attitude.

The so-called stealth aircraft does not disappear in front of the radar at all, but because the radar wave it reflects back is very small, which is not accessible to the other party. An aircraft with more than 20 tons can achieve a reflective surface smaller than a helmet, which requires a very high skill. Of course, it has a lot to do with the stealth coating that absorbs radar waves on it.

However, the Sam-10 system uses an abnormal high-power phased array radar. Therefore, it is already very powerful and can vaguely detect the close stealth aircraft. Moreover, as the door of the built-in bomb bay of the F-117 aircraft is opened, the radar reflection area has increased significantly.

Stealth aircraft use built-in bullet bays, because the irregular appearance of the weapon will greatly increase the reflection area, which is also the reason why stealth aircraft must have all weapons built-in. However, using built-in bullet bays will increase the original size of the fuselage, which is a mutual compromise and compromise.

The built-in bomb bay of the F-117 can carry a variety of weapons currently in service by the US military, and can even carry a built-in secondary fuel tank to increase the range. However, in most cases, it is carried two laser-guided bombs.

Although the stealth design of the F-117 is very successful, it still has its disadvantages. The moment it opens the bomb bay and drops the bomb, its appearance will be damaged, and the bomb bay door will greatly increase the radar reflection area.

However, this process is very short. After the bomb is dropped, the hatch relationship will disappear again. In this way, there is no need to worry about being discovered. Even if it is discovered, it will hide its whereabouts again. In this few seconds, there is no need to worry about being locked by the air defense firepower on the ground.

Even if the opponent quickly locks and launches a missile, it will turn the missile into an uncontrolled rocket because of the loss of the target.

However, now, this time is very clever. The Sam-10 missile is only five seconds away. During this period, the Sam-10 missile would have deviated by hundreds of meters due to the error in the guidance data provided by the meter wave radar and could not capture the target. Now, the final stage of correction has been carried out in time.

The first Sam-10 missile launched changed its flight trajectory under the guidance of phased array radar. After a few seconds of flight, the near-explosion fuse was used, and more than 100 kilograms of anti-destruction and blasting warhead turned the surrounding airspace into a world of blasting fragments.

Oaks heard an explosion nearby and felt very surprised. Then, he saw a red signal flashing on the dashboard in front.

The entire plane had begun to be out of control. He felt that he could not control the plane. What he thought in his mind was not how to continue to save the plane, but how was he discovered? And how was he knocked down?

How is this possible? Oaks felt incredible. He seemed to have forgotten that he had entered a desperate situation and his life would be in danger at any time. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Piaotian. A registered member of the literature recommends this work. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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