Take Off My Aviation Era - Chapter 1698

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Listening to the words of his companion Johnson, Underwood frowned instead, and immediately looked down at the mission statement. It clearly stated that there were three targets, but now he only found one. Where are the other two?

Could it be the use of civil aviation aircraft as cover again?

Unlike the Saudi Air Force, it was reckless. The Royal Air Force had to compete with the bombers and fighters of the Soviet Air Force all the year round during the Cold War, so it developed extremely rigorous tactical habits.

Because of this, they deliberately found Sheikh and Jamal for a brief exchange before the drill, in order to understand the specific circumstances of their failure.

In addition to Shaikh and Jamal’s carelessness, there was no radar exposure warning system for the fighter aircraft, the most important reason was the other’s flexible tactics. For example, the TNB-31 “loyal wingman” actually used a civil aviation aircraft as cover. , Evaded the radar search of the “Storm” fighter.

This situation made Underwood and Johnson very vigilant, and because of this, at the beginning of the exercise, the two repeatedly requested complete clearance around the airspace where the exercise was located, and no civil aircraft were allowed to enter.

The reason is, of course, high-sounding for safety, but in fact the two are just to guard against each other’s tricks.

Because of this, the idea of ​​using a civil airliner to approach it only appeared in Underwood’s mind and was rejected by him.

There is no hair on the two civil airliners around, so what kind of cover is there on the other side?

What’s more, the ECR-90 “Catcher” Doppler pulse radar used by the “Typhoon” fighter jets they fly has a detection range of more than 240 kilometers for large targets such as passenger aircraft.

The target for fighter jets is 130 kilometers.

Obviously, if it is a civil airliner, the two would have known it for a long time. How could they have waited until the distance of more than 100 kilometers was posted?

Obviously the other party is right this time!

“Would you like to shoot a’Meteor’ air bomb?” Johnson said impatiently at this time, obviously the wingman wanted to try his skills.

But Underwood was hesitant out of caution. After all, it was clearly marked on the mission statement. There were three goals in total, but now there is only one, which is less than a last resort. Underwood still hopes to confirm the other two goals before doing it.

However, the next sentence from Johnson made Underwood’s cautious mindset shaken.

“Before the drill started, the general hoped that we would show off the’Meteor’ medium-range air-to-air missile. I think it is an excellent opportunity now!”

Underwood frowned involuntarily and deeply. Indeed, before setting off, he was in charge of contacting the chief British air force in the Middle East. Brigadier General Hopkins specifically found them, hoping that they would fully demonstrate that in this exercise. In addition to the excellent performance of the “Typhoon” fighter jet, it should also demonstrate the excellent performance of the “Meteor” medium-range air-to-air missile.

No way, as an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile that Europe took more than ten years to produce, its performance was almost overwhelmingly exaggerated by Europe.

But the problem is that the Europeans looked at the “Meteor” medium-range missiles very beautifully, but they went to other regions outside Europe but they were full of doubts about this medium-range air-to-air missile.

This is mainly caused by the combination of the ramjet and solid rocket motor used by the “Meteor” missile, which is not seen by the outside world.

Although the ramjet is used, the range of the “Meteor” missile has been greatly increased, so that the farthest can reach 150 kilometers, which can be called the leader of the active medium-range missiles.

Correspondingly, the huge air intake of the ramjet also destroyed the simple aerodynamic structure of the projectile, resulting in a large resistance to the shape and affecting speed and maneuverability.

As a result, the nominal maximum speed of the “Meteor” missile can reach Mach 4, and the maximum overload can exceed 40 G. However, in fact, the “Meteor” needs an acceleration time of up to 30 seconds to reach this value, and it cannot be maintained for too long.

This has caused the “Meteor” missile to be unable to carry out effective target strikes within a range of 30 to 40 kilometers, because the **** “Meteor” missile is accelerating at this distance.

The American-made AIM-120D missile, which was developed at the same time as the “Meteor” missile, only takes 3 seconds to accelerate to Mach 4. Because of this, the minimum range of the AIM-120D missile can reach 15 kilometers, and it can be used as a fighting bomb if necessary. , The task is extremely flexible.

Because of this, many countries that are interested in purchasing “Typhoon” fighter jets have a certain grudge against “Meteor” missiles. They would rather use American-made AIM-120D missiles than “Meteor”.

Anyway, the “Typhoon” fighter jets are compatible with both missiles, so why not use a more flexible mission?

This is what the Saudi Air Force thinks. Although they buy defense products like toys, they never lose money, but if they can buy useful things, they naturally don’t want to use bad products. After all, Saudi money is used. Those who come to enjoy are not used to buy sin and suffer.

Therefore, Saudi Arabia’s requirement for the use of American-made AIM-120D medium-range air-to-air missiles in the configuration of “Typhoon” bomb types, instead of the European “Meteor”.

This made the main producer of the “Meteor” missile, the British BEA Systems Company, very injured. He had no choice but to let Hamilton use various relationships to lobby Saudi Arabia and accept the “Meteor” missile; on the other hand, he asked Underwood and Johnson to be in During the joint training with the Gulf States, two “Meteor” missiles can be fired, so that Saudi Arabia and other countries can see that the “Meteor” missile is invincible to lonely and heroic at a distance of 40 kilometers.

It’s a pity that after so many days, the so-called training of the Gulf States Air Force is completely three days of fishing and two days of netting. It takes more time to team up at night than to take off. Underwood and Johnson just want to fight. “Meteor” also didn’t have that chance. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

I thought, waiting a few days for the two to make arrangements, but I didn’t expect this opportunity to come so suddenly.

Although Brigadier General Hopkins said very vaguely, Underwood and Johnson were not stupid. They knew that if the “Meteor” missiles were not allowed to show their faces this time, they would be put on shoes everywhere even if there was no punishment.

No way, the opportunity is given to you, but you didn’t seize it, who can you blame?

I can only blame myself for uselessness!

After thinking for a while, Underwood finally spoke: “How much is the distance?”

Johnson knew that his fighter had agreed to the attack, and quickly said: “The distance is 73 kilometers!”

“It’s fast enough!” Underwood muttered to himself, then his eyes drenched: “You launch, I will cover!”

“Good~~~” Johnson responded, and immediately opened the launch insurance, used the radar to lock the target, and then pressed the launch button, only to feel that the fuselage was shaking, and the two “Meteor” air-to-air missiles under the wings were dragging long. The tail flames left a straight trajectory in the air and pierced the target.

At the same time, Underwood drove the plane to make alert, using radar to search the front frequently, always protecting Johnson, who used radar to guide missile attacks.

Soon, Johnson’s delighted voice came through the earphones: “It’s hit, thank God~~~”

Underwood also breathed a sigh of relief, because he also found the disappearance of a suspicious target on his radar screen, but when Underwood was about to search for the other two targets, another target suddenly appeared at the location where the target disappeared.

Judging from the radar’s reflected signal, this target is the suspicious target that was shot down just now.

Did the missile miss the target, or was it a weird rebirth?

Underwood only feels a little tingling on his scalp…

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