In the middle of Gershm Island, a platform dedicated to landing of ground-effect aircraft has been established. This is a slope that extends directly from the water to the land. The ground-effect aircraft extends its tires and slides directly onto the land, and then slowly stops in the shutdown area.

"President Kusai, please come down!" Naval Commander Nasser came with Kusai.

On the ground, Costa, commander of the Gershm Island Naval Base, had already been waiting to greet him.

"President Cusey, welcome to visit here." Costa looked at Cusey walking down from the ladder and immediately stepped forward and said.

"Costa, how are we building here?" asked Costa.

"His Excellency the President, now our base has been fully completed, and the new deep-water posts are enough for our Baghdad to be parked." Faced with the president's question, Costa immediately gave a satisfactory answer.

"Now, there are twenty berths on our base, enough for our warships to berth." Costa said: "Our naval aviation has now received twenty Flying Leopard fighter bombers and sixteen Su-27K fighter jets, plus the early warning aircraft and Phantom F1 fighter jets that were originally available, we are now conducting integrated training between equipment."

The location of Iraq's aircraft carrier base has always been a question that Kusaki considers. Judging from the power and the ability to be put into combat at any time, the Chah Bahar base in the easternmost part of Iran is undoubtedly the most suitable. From there, you can directly enter the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

However, the strategic depth there is too shallow, or it faces the sea there. Then, once the war begins, Iraq's naval base will definitely be the target of the first round of attacks. In this way, laying the aircraft carrier there will easily lead to a tragedy like Pearl Harbor.

Therefore, it needs to be placed within a tight protection area. From this point of view, the Port of Saddam is more suitable because it is at the innermost part of the Persian Gulf. Now, the entire Persian Gulf is definitely the world of the Iraqi Navy. However, it is not suitable for Iraq to attack quickly. If the Iraqi Navy wants to launch, it must first cross more than 1,000 kilometers of the Persian Gulf before it can go out and enter the Arabian Sea.

Therefore, after various considerations, Iraq's aircraft carrier base was selected on the Naval Base of Geshm Island. The facilities here have been very complete after several years of construction. The Naval Aviation Base is located here, and Iraq also has the take-off and landing training ground for carrier-based aircraft here.

It is a complex process to train pilots on carrier-based aircraft, allowing them to take off and land on aircraft carriers, which requires simulation. In later generations, due to the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine banned Russia from using Nitka base. As a result, Russian Su-33 pilots had to risk huge risks and fly the plane directly on aircraft carriers for takeoff and landing training.

Iraq has enough funds, but it is never a long-term solution to train its pilots by renting a base in Ukraine. Therefore, when the Iraqi aircraft carrier is about to be put into service, the training center of Iraq's Gershm Island base has also been built. It completely simulates the deck of Iraq's Baghdad aircraft carrier and is used to carry out take-off and landing training of carrier-based aircraft. Moreover, it also has the same catapult, which can train ski jump take-off and catapult take-off.

This base was discovered by the United States, and at the same time, it was linked to the aircraft carrier in the Black Sea that was being tested. Then, Bush used it to throw out the conclusion that the Iraq threat theory was.

Regarding the United States' barbaric interference in Iraq's internal affairs and their hegemony, Iraq issued a statement that the United States has more than a dozen aircraft carriers, Britain has aircraft carriers, France also has aircraft carriers, Brazil, India, and even once Argentina, more than a dozen countries have aircraft carriers. So, why doesn't the United States call it the British threat theory and the French threat theory? Don't call it the threat theory of other countries?

Iraq is a maritime power. The economy of the entire Middle East relies on fragile maritime transportation. In this case, Iraq must have the ability to protect their maritime rights and interests. Iraq is to adapt to its own economic development needs. Iraq's national defense power has always been defensive. Iraq has never thought of invading which country to invade. Iraq's historical development fully proves this. Every time a war occurs, Iraq is forced. In order to maintain Iraq's peace, it is understandable that Iraq has the appropriate national defense power!

Iraq did not say whether it had an aircraft carrier. Iraq just told the United States that its country owns an aircraft carrier and had nothing to do with the United States! Iraq and the United States are half separated from the United States, so how could it have a relationship with the United States? Even if Iraq has an aircraft carrier, it cannot threaten the United States!

After making these remarks, Kusai decided to conduct a high-profile inspection of the Naval Base of Geshm Island.

Iraq’s proper development of its own national defense forces is entirely for the sake of safeguarding its national interests. Iraq’s defense expenditure is less than one-twentieth that of the United States. How can it threaten the United States?

Of course, the impact of this incident in the Middle East is far more than that. After learning that Iraq is about to own an aircraft carrier, countries in the Middle East are looking forward to the entry of this aircraft carrier into Iraq.

Every time there is a conflict in the Middle East, American aircraft carriers will drive to their doorsteps and show off their power. Now, they can finally raise their heads because Iraq also has aircraft carriers!

As the Americans pressed step by step and the strategic space in the Middle East became smaller and smaller, the Iraq threat theory produced by the United States actually made the Arabs more in tune with each other.

After stepping onto Gershm Island, Kusai first inspected the aviation base, which inspected the take-off and landing simulation system of the carrier-based aircraft there.

"President Cusai, this is our training center, and we are about to carry out our carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing training," Costa said.

Looking at the huge deck in front, the first leap runway, the oblique catapult, the rear blocking landing area, and the island on the side, Kusai looked as if he saw the USS Baghdad aircraft carrier that is about to be put into service in Iraq.

"Well, our training must be careful, serious and scientific to prevent training accidents, but we must also ensure our combat effectiveness." Kusai said.

Just a few kilometers away from the training platform, it is the main runway of the Navy Aviation Base. Looking around, two Flying Leopard fighter bombers are taking off in formation.

When he arrived at the hangar in the shutdown area, Kusai was enthusiastically inspecting the Su-27K fighter jet imported from the Soviet Union. Next to it, several Iraqi and Soviet ground crews were under maintenance.

The radar cover on the nose has been opened, and inside, the backward radar antenna with the inverted pot lid has disappeared. Since Iraq provided the F-14 radar, after being copied by Soviet military bricks, the Su-27 series fighter jets were finally equipped with the same plane gap radar antenna as in the West, which greatly improved the performance of this fighter jet.

"Our military personnel have installed our Iraqi data links for this type of fighter, which can exchange data with our early warning aircraft, bases and aircraft carriers. For example, they can use the data provided by the early warning aircraft to secretly approach the enemy while keeping their radar silent." Costa introduced that now, all fighter aircraft in the naval base are equipped with similar systems.

Kusai looked at this fighter with great interest. This excellent fighter was blossoming everywhere after the collapse of the Soviet Union, especially in China, and successfully developed into the opponent's main air-controlling fighter, the J-11 series.

Compared with the Land-based Su-27 fighter, this aircraft is equipped with the front movable canard, replaced with a digital fly-by-wire system, and uses a high-thrust engine. However, due to the weight gain of the carrier-based aircraft, the landing gear with increased strength, the folded wings, etc., all have increased weight, so it is still not as high as the thrust-weight ratio of the land-based fighter.

With the introduction of this type of aircraft, the Soviet medium-range air-to-air missile R-27 was introduced.

Iraq has long been introduced to the close-range R-73 missile and can be produced independently. Iraq's main force is the Sky Flash Missile. However, when the Su-27 just entered Iraq, Iraq's technicians were unable to master its performance, so it is not possible to mount the Sky Flash Missile on the Su-27K for the time being. Therefore, the R-27 medium-range missile was introduced together.

In fact, for the Soviet-made medium-range air-to-air missiles, the R-27 missile with passive radar seeker can no longer meet the development of air combat. However, the active radar seeker developed by the Soviet Union adopts a new aerodynamic layout. The air-to-air missile that competes with the AIM-120 has not yet completed the final test. In later generations, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this type of air-to-air missile with the R-77 was once on the verge of dismounting. It was not until it attracted enough foreign investment that this missile was successfully developed and equipped with troops.

Therefore, at this stage they can only use R-27 missiles, but the work of improving the fire control system and adapting to weapons produced in Iraq has also begun.

Kusai was very interested and climbed up the ladder and sat in the cockpit of this fighter jet, as excited as Prince Fahd at the time.

However, in front of him, almost all the cabins of mechanical instruments were behind him, which seemed dazzling him.

This kind of cockpit is already much behind Iraq's self-produced Phantom 4,000 cockpit.

After inspecting the base, Kusai made a speech. Now, it has reached a glorious moment for Iraq's great rejuvenation. Iraq is facing a serious international situation. Iraq's maritime trade requires Iraq to have a strong navy. This is a necessary measure to protect Iraq's legitimate rights and interests!
Chapter completed!