On the outside of the Iraqi aircraft carrier formation are four self-produced frigates. These frigates only have short-range air defense missiles. However, inwards are three modern-class and one fearless three-pole. They are all equipped with medium-range air defense missiles with an effective range of 40 kilometers. Inwards are two self-produced special air defense destroyers and two Glorious Classes. On the top are all regional air defense missiles with a range of 100 kilometers.

If five hundred missiles were flying, they might have exceeded their firepower channel, but now only more than fifty have been launched, which can only be said that the Americans are too stingy.

The first thing to be launched is the long-range SA-N-6 missile close to the aircraft carrier warship. Fires kept popping up in the Glorious Class revolver launcher, and the missile was launched. This missile has a range of 100 kilometers and uses radio commands with many anti-jamming measures and unsegmented TVM guidance. It can not only strike high-altitude high-speed targets, but also effectively intercept low-altitude targets such as harpoons, and has strong anti-saturation attack power.

Two Iraq's self-produced destroyers also began to launch long-range SA-N-6 missiles, and under the guidance of the phased array radar on the warship, they began to attack missiles flying from a long distance. At this time, the flight altitude of the tomahawk was about 40 meters above sea level, so they could accurately capture the target at a distance of 70 kilometers.

Due to the influence of the curvature of the earth, the maximum range of this air defense missile has not been effectively exerted.

While the first batch of missiles were still flying towards the target, the modern-class top radar had also discovered the target. According to the data allocated by the integrated fire control system, they began to prepare nervously to launch their own missiles.

Especially Fearless Three, it has more firepower channels, so it can fight against more targets at once.

Even if there is only one fish that escapes the net, it will be a big blow to them.

However, compared with the two sides, the United States is clearly at a disadvantage in terms of anti-ship missiles.

Because the United States does not pay attention to anti-ship missiles. The Tomahawk missile they launched was just a temporary guest appearance. It was originally a cruise missile, but now it is regarded as an anti-ship missile. Although it has a long range and slow speed. Although it can maneuver at the end under the control of computer software, it still cannot be compared with Iraq's anti-ship missiles.

Iraq's huge fleet of aircraft, first of all carrier-based aircraft, began to launch its KH-41 anti-ship missiles.

In the sunset, the titanium alloy shell flashed with an attractive light. As the carrier accelerated, two missiles then ignited one after another and left the hanger.

After leaving the Su-27K, they suddenly felt lighter. They turned around and flew towards the American planes, freeing up their hands, and it was time to beat the American carrier-based aircraft.

The Su-27K, who escorted them, had shot down five tomcats at this time, but he was also shot down three of them. They provided valuable time for the attack formation.

No American fighter plane could run away, and they all disappeared into the sea and air!

The addition of these fighter jets immediately put the American Tomcat fighter squadron in a difficult situation.

At this time, the Tu-22M and the J-H-7 also flew to the range where they could launch anti-ship missiles. Because the Tu-22M was supersonic penetration at this time, it gave the anti-ship missile a greater initial velocity under the wings. It launched anti-ship missiles at a distance of 300 kilometers.

The J-H-7 continued to fly until 250 kilometers before launching its own missile.

After the launch, the escorted Su-27 fighter jets did not participate in the continued battle, and they began to return. After all, it was too far away to come here from the land base.

On the sea, there was already a scene like a locust plague, and Iraq's most important attack began.

Thirty-seven Su-27Ks launched seventy-four anti-ship missiles, forty J-H-7, eighty anti-ship missiles, sixteen Tu-22Ms launched thirty-two, a total of 186 anti-ship missiles, flying towards the US aircraft carrier formation in batches and targets.

Iraq's total inventory of 400 KH-41 anti-ship missiles has been consumed in this attack.

If you deal with ordinary warships, then it is enough to use cheap C801 series anti-ship missiles. However, if you face an aircraft carrier formation and multiple Aegis warships, that kind of subsonic anti-ship missile will not have any effect.

What is effective is only saturated attack of supersonic anti-ship missiles!

The air defense missiles of Iraq's aircraft carrier formation have killed all the fifty Tomahawk missiles fired by the Americans, of which only two flew near the outermost warships of the formation and were killed by the 6 short-range 30mm 730 guns.

However, facing nearly 200 anti-ship missiles fired by Iraq, the three Ticonderoga-class cruisers and three Burke-class destroyers of the US aircraft carrier formation immediately felt heavy pressure. These missiles followed closely after the ballistic missiles fell. The mode of the three cruisers was still in the anti-ballistic missile mode.

E-2 early warning aircraft are constantly tracking these targets, and they are now flying at more than twice the speed of sound, which is a test of their air defense systems.

They no longer care about commanding the planes that were still fighting, and turned their attention to tracking these anti-ship missiles.

The flight altitude of these missiles is very low, with an initial altitude of only forty meters. When they are close to a distance of 100 kilometers, the altitude has dropped to twenty meters.

If it is a subsonic missile, it will take more than fifteen minutes to fly this distance, which can give them sufficient interception time, but now, the total flight time is only a little over five minutes.

The radar of the Aegis system has not yet discovered the target.

No matter how advanced the propaganda is, these flat-panel phased array radars are now unable to detect missiles that have flew to a distance of 60 kilometers. This is already a very dangerous distance. The reaction time left for them is only one minute.

Can't wait any longer! Although the target has not been intercepted, smoke columns kept rising from each Aegis warship, one standard 2 missile after another, and flew into the sky.

Standard 2 missiles adopt inertia/command plus semi-active radar composite guidance, and can perform command corrections in the middle. Therefore, in this necessary situation, the missile is first launched and then guided.

Nearly 200 missiles, each Aegis warship, were allocated to more than 30 targets.

Although the interception has not yet begun, the formation commander knew what kind of risks they were going to face this time.

Although the American Aegis system was developed to resist saturation strikes, the vertically launched ship-to-air missiles were much more efficient than the inclined arm launcher and four-sided phased array radar, which can detect all the surrounding situations at the same time, it does not mean that it can cope with all the situations.

Because his ability is far from meeting the requirements of anti-saturation attacks.

Missiles can be launched at the same time, and phased array radar can also provide initial guidance. However, this standard 2 missile, which uses semi-active radar guidance, cannot still rely on phased array radar to guide to a high enough accuracy in the final stage.

Therefore, they installed three final guidance radars on the warships, and at most they quickly guided four missiles in a final direction. That is to say, its ability to attack at the same time, that is, twelve targets, is far from the ability to deal with missile attacks coming from the ground.

They will definitely not be able to intercept the thirty targets, and the rest will be left to the short-range air defense system to solve.

However, even more unimaginable, they did not intercept twelve targets at all. They only intercepted five targets, and the probability of hitting was less than half.

Because the two supersonic anti-ship missiles with Mahdou were flying in, leaving them with a reaction time that was short, and the missile was further reduced to a sea-skipping altitude of five meters.

Breaking through the defense circle of standard missiles, for the US aircraft carrier formation, only naval guns, sea sparrows and dense array systems for short-range defense are left.

Thirty missiles were shot down, and the remaining anti-ship missiles continued to fly according to their pre-set targets.

For the Iraqi Navy, the biggest threat is the US aircraft carrier, so their main target is the two American aircraft carriers!

The remaining missiles now, forty-two, flew towards the Kitty-Five, and forty-five, flew towards the Washington.

The Burke-class destroyer escorted the side of the Kitty Hawk, drove at full speed and used his body to block the flank of the Kitty Hawk. The two dense arrays on the ship kept spitting out flames. It had just shot down an anti-ship missile with a ship cannon, but it felt powerless to the so many missiles that flew in.

During the Cold War, what the US Navy feared the most was the saturation attack of the Soviets, which was almost unsolvable. Now that the Soviet Union has collapsed, it has been inherited by the Iraqis.

All missiles have already started to make the final serpentine maneuver, and it will be even more difficult to hit them.

This is the most tragic minute of the US Navy formation.

There was smoke everywhere on the sea.

All short-range defense systems on the Kitty Hawk, including the Sea Sparrow Ship and Air Missile, began to shoot continuously.

Two anti-ship missiles drilled into the belly of the Burke-class destroyer, and a warhead of the 200 kilogram exploded violently in its belly.

During the explosion, the Burke-class broke into two pieces and began to slowly sink into the water.

The captain of the Kitty Hawk had no time to pity the Burke-class ship at this time, because there were fifteen anti-ship missiles in front of him, entering the last few seconds of flight.
Chapter completed!