Chapter 160 The Rebirth of Oscar 2
Bubbles kept popping up above his head. Casla bit the underwater respirator, calmed down for a moment, and took out the set of equipment he was carrying.
Underwater, because of the buoyancy of water, it is very similar to the weightless situation in space, which makes it very inconvenient for personnel to move. However, it is precisely because of this that training astronauts find a suitable place, and the training of astronauts is carried out in the water.
Kasla is a squadron leader of the Iraqi Navy Diving Brigade. This time, he has been here with his team members and has been carrying out a mission for more than half a month.
His task is to use a special pneumatic pick underwater to perform operations, and the object of their operation is the rock underwater. This is a difficult task, but they must complete it.
Casra looked up and said that giant, not far away, was doing this to help it escape.
That giant is the K-132 nuclear submarine!
The K-132 nuclear submarine has never left since it was pulled to the Persian Gulf by the reckless Yerov last time and was stranded.
The Soviets had thought of various ways to get the submarine back, but all failed. The most suitable method they had to use ** to blow up the underwater reef. However, Iraq firmly disagrees, which will lead to very troublesome consequences.
Therefore, the Soviets left the submarine here and could not move. They just sent troops to rotate here every year, which was considered to stick to their own mobile territory.
But now, a few years have passed, and the Soviet Union has finally completely lost confidence in this submarine, and it cannot be taken away. Letting it blow the wind and sun here is simply a waste of money. It is tasteless to eat, but it is a pity to abandon it.
Iraq has repeatedly urged the Soviet Union to drive the submarine away and stay in the Persian Gulf for a long time. It is not a problem. If a nuclear leak occurs, it will cause pollution.
The Soviet Union had no way at all. Iraq said this, which made the Soviets very dissatisfied. However, Iraq then proposed another condition that Iraq could buy the submarine at the price of scrap steel and take it back to the shipyard to dismantle. In this way, the Soviet Union's long-distance transportation costs were saved.
Although senior Soviet military leaders strongly opposed it, Gorbachev agreed after hearing the price offered by Iraq that the submarine was to be abandoned and he had to pay a sum of funds to get it back? Not to mention, they had no way to rescue it from underwater.
Finally, the Soviet military made an opinion that the key areas must be destroyed on the spot when the shipyard was dismantled. Iraq fully agreed.
These proposals are all the ideas of some people at the top. At that time, who will refuse those sent to supervise the workers in the face of Iraq's generous funds?
Now, all around the submarine are Iraqi personnel, working on the submarine to help it get out of here.
At the beginning, Soviet engineers had no solution. How did the Iraqis do it?
The Iraqis’ ideas are very simple, Yugong moves mountains!
There are reefs under the water that jammed the submarine, so the submarine could not move or be dragged away. This is a shallow water area, and the rescue ship cannot move. Then, kill the reef in the most primitive way!
The original method is of course not to use a hammer and steel fiber, but to use a pneumatic pick to kill the reefs piece by piece, so the submarine will naturally be out of danger.
This method is simple, but the project volume is very large. They have been working for half a month and have not completed half of the task.
For President Kusai, do it! They fixed their bodies under the water, used their own equipment, calmed down, and started to do it.
The fish next to them were already fleeing everywhere. The movement was not ordinary, and it could spread far through the sea water.
Kusai didn't plan to make the idea of this submarine, but the current situation has forced him to quickly develop his military strength.
Now, Iraq's lameness is still a navy. Without a strong maritime formation, it is impossible to compete for sea control. The difference here is that if the Iraqi navy is not strong enough, they can only wait on land and wait for the US Navy to come with its might to counterattack. With a maritime formation, they can resist the enemy thousands of miles away.
Even if it has not developed to be as powerful as the US Navy and is just fighting guerrillas at sea, it can still heavily restrain the US troops.
The conflict between the two sides has not erupted again, but it does not mean that both sides will live in peace. Kusai is very clear that the current peace is just to prepare for the future outbreak. Next time, it will definitely be shocking.
The Iraqi Navy is looking forward to the arrival of their heavy-load cruisers. Due to Iraq's urging, sufficient funds, and the efforts of a large number of ship workers from Iraq, Iraq's aircraft carriers are progressing very smoothly and have entered the final assembly stage. This speed has caught up with the Varyag, which started to pre-install components two years ago. Due to Iraq's sufficient funds, it ensured the construction of the Soviet aircraft carrier, and the progress of the Varyag has also accelerated slightly.
Moreover, the catapult developed for the aircraft carrier has completed all test projects, confirming that this catapult is completely feasible. The Black Sea Shipyard is preparing to install the catapult on the oblique deck.
At this time, the Soviet Union's first aircraft carrier, Riga, had been renamed Kuznetsov, and was completed in 1989. It has been conducting sea tests in the Black Sea. The MiG-29K and Su-27K have completed the test flights on it and will be delivered to the Soviet Navy.
Iraq is more looking forward to its aircraft carriers. However, one step ahead of the aircraft carrier, the Su-25UTG carrier-based attack aircraft has entered Iraq. Like the Su-25 fighter jets that Iraq already has, Iraq has modified this aircraft to avionics system, giving it more powerful attack capabilities and becoming a main aircraft carrier-based aircraft.
In addition, what Kusaki is most looking forward to is that the Su-27K fighter jet that can be ejected and taken off will be secretly transported to Iraq during the Soviet Union. By the time Iraq's aircraft carrier returns to the base, the corresponding carrier-based aircraft has completed basic training.
Now, Reyer and others are still conducting carrier-based aircraft takeoff and landing training in Ukraine. They can already fly the Su-27 fighter, the most powerful fighter of the Soviet Air Force, with the efforts of Kusai, will soon take responsibility for the Iraqi navy.
Nuclear submarines are also needed to match aircraft carriers. At this point, Ajelina worked very hard and had cleared all links. At the right time, the advanced attack nuclear submarine would enter Iraq's naval base.
One ship is difficult enough. Iraq can only think of other ways to obtain another ship. So Kusai aims at the Oscar Class 2 nuclear submarine stranded in the Persian Gulf.
This is a cruise missile nuclear submarine, and it is also a unique model of the Soviet Union. However, its performance is still very excellent, and it will not be inferior to the attack nuclear submarine underwater. Therefore, if this nuclear submarine can be settled in the Iraqi Navy, Kusai will naturally be unable to find it.
In Iraq's shipyards, dismantling is impossible to repair those damaged shells. Iraq has hired several famous Soviet nuclear submarine experts to carry out the restoration.
The only thing that made Kusai unhappy was the powerful granite anti-ship missile at the Oscar Level 2, but it could not be used. Because this kind of missile requires the support of the entire system, Iraq lacked this support. Moreover, even if they spent a huge amount of money to establish the entire supporting system of this kind of missile, there were only the few missiles equipped on the current Oscar-class nuclear submarines, and they could not obtain more missiles.
Therefore, Kusai has already planned to modify these anti-ship missile launchers so that they can launch Iraq's own ground-attack cruise missiles.
Now, Iraq's ground-attack cruise missile has developed to the Red Bird 4. This missile is eight meters long, which is closer to the ten-meter length of the granite missile, and its diameter is almost the same after being folded, so it can be stuffed into the missile launcher of this submarine. Due to the increase in volume and the replacement of a new engine, the range of this cruise missile has finally achieved the expected goal and has a range of 2,800 meters!
Moreover, to the already precise inertial navigation and terrain matching, Iraq has added a new navigation correction project to the navigation system of this missile: satellite navigation system.
As Iraq participated in the Soviet satellite navigation project and put into normal operations, a large number of satellite reception terminals were constantly generated. Another weapon was added in Iraq's arsenal: satellite guided weapons!
Therefore, when I got on the ship, I also participated in the modification of this kind of missile launch tube to match. In this way, in addition to attacking nuclear submarines, Iraq will also have cruise missile nuclear submarines. At that time, such submarines will wander around the ocean and are also a powerful attack weapon. Using the cruise missiles it carries, it can attack a country's land targets.
Another reason why the size of the Red Bird 4 missile was enlarged is that it can carry a nuclear warhead!
Although Iraq also has solid ballistic missiles and has a long range, Iraq has no technical reserves to load such missiles onto submarines and needs to overcome many technical problems. Therefore, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is unrealistic to start construction and manufacture ballistic missile nuclear submarines when Iraq cannot produce its own nuclear submarines.
However, only nuclear submarines can have very good secondary nuclear strike capabilities, which is a powerful bargaining chip for the confrontation of major powers. Therefore, when Iraq cannot solve this problem now, it is also a choice to use cruise missiles to undertake secondary nuclear strike missions. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Piaotian Literature Registered Members to recommend this work. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!