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Chapter 1799 Air Power (Please vote for me!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!!!)

The Little Overlord's air force is undoubtedly one of the strongest air forces in the world!

Little Overlord is located in the Middle East. Its economic level is not high, its land is not fertile, and its population is not large. However, its technology is very developed, its industrial level is very advanced, and its military power is not only the strongest in the Middle East, but also its military strength is outstanding in the world. , the Middle East is invincible throughout the world. In modern warfare, seizing air supremacy is often the first step to seize the opportunity. Therefore, the Little Overlord attaches great importance to the development of the air force. Although the number of the air force is not large and the size of the air force is not too large, its combat strength is strong and it is used worldwide. Not inferior from the inside.

There is a reason why the Overlord is highly militarized. In the Middle East, the Overlord often conflicts with neighboring countries due to religious differences and territorial disputes. In this environment, the Little Overlord can only rely on developing strong military power to ensure its own safety. Since 1948, the Little Overlord Air Force has participated in many battles. In the first war, it was precisely because the Little Overlord Air Force suppressed the Egyptian Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft that it took the lead and successfully gained air supremacy. During the subsequent war, the Little Overlord Air Force also showed strong combat strength. The Air Force did not disappoint and can be said to be a winning force.

小霸王之后长期保持着中东地区最强空军的实力，其装备各型飞机共700余架，其中战斗机有3个型号共343架，分别是83架F15战斗机编为3个中队、224架F16战斗机编为10个中队、36架F35战斗机编为3个中队。值得一提的是，小霸王是除美国以外，第一个使用F35的国家，也是第一个将F35进行实战的国家，所以综上而言。

Just looking at the equipment on paper, the Little Overlord Air Force is definitely second to none in the Middle East. It completely crushes the air force of any other country. Even if you look at the world, it is among the best.

Looking at its pilot training level, its fighter pilots' average annual flying time exceeds 200 hours, which is among the highest in the world. Moreover, due to long-term military confrontation with neighboring countries, its air force has extremely rich combat experience and glory. achievements. In the "Six-Day War", the Little Overlord Air Force raided the Egyptian Air Force Base in the Sinai Peninsula at the beginning of the war and destroyed all 500 Egyptian aircraft with overwhelming force, directly sealing the victory. In "Operation Babylon", 6 F15s and 8 F16s of the Overlord Air Force raided the Iraqi capital Baghdad and destroyed a nuclear reactor costing 4 million US dollars. In 1982, the air battle in the Bekaa Valley crushed the Syrian Air Force. It is said that its F15 and F16 shot down more than 80 Syrian fighter jets without being harmed.

It can be said that compared to the Overlord Army which was beaten dizzy during the "Aqsa Flood" operation, the Overlord Air Force has always maintained a good level of war preparation and extremely high technical and tactical qualities.

In modern warfare, it can be said that air supremacy determines the outcome of a war. Whether it is the army or the navy, if it does not have air supremacy, it is basically a living target.

Without air supremacy, we cannot threaten the enemy. So what are the advantages of air supremacy? First, the territory and territorial waters are protected from the enemy's air attack, because the enemy is no longer able to launch an attack. Then, the enemy's territory can be exposed to our air attack, which can deal a direct and terrible blow to the enemy's resistance, because the enemy can no longer move in the air. There are those aspects that can protect the country's land, naval bases, and communication lines, but threaten the enemy.

In addition, it can prevent the enemy from supporting the army and navy from the air, while ensuring air support for our army and navy. The party with air superiority can prevent the enemy from rebuilding its air power because it can destroy material resources and manufacturing sites, such as in the Gulf. During the war, the United States traveled thousands of miles to fight against Iraq. In fact, Iraq had an advantage. Even if the United States had a strong military, it was not familiar with Iraq. Therefore, Iraq had a certain advantage, but it still lost in the end. That was because the United States Gained control of the air.

The Little Overlord has a small population and a narrow territory. To be honest, if you really want to build an invincible army, the hardware conditions are no problem... Just throw coins and buy whatever comes first, and let the Americans help train, there will be no problem at all.

But the army needs a base, and the population of the Little Overlord limits the size of the army. The standing army of 168 can be quickly increased by 000 reserves, bringing the total armed force to 408. In fact, this is the limit. After all, you can't drag all the men in the country to the battlefield. If you don't mind this situation on the battlefield, a population of 000 million is enough to draw an army of 576-000 million. However, in this case, the efficiency of your country's factories will be at a horribly low level, and a large number of soldiers with uneven levels will also increase the training time. Similarly, a large amount of reduced factory efficiency will lead to a shortage of weapons supply. In the later stages of Neon, the tactics of one person for one machine and one machine for one ship will continue to be implemented. Only the elderly and children are left in the entire country. Women are assigned to various positions in the name of the country, and their energy is squeezed 1000 hours a day in exchange for pitiful rations. The functioning state machine is like a man-eating beast, constantly chewing the blood of every citizen.

Therefore, the development of the Army is foreseeable, and there is no possibility of any greater breakthrough. Unless it reaches the point of national subjugation and annihilation, the Army can only do this.

Therefore, the development of the air force has become the focus of Little Overlord!

However, thanks to its excellent scientific research capabilities and its special relationship with the United States, Xiaobawang has done very well in this regard.

The Little Overlord Air Force can definitely be called one of the strongest in the world!

There is no doubt about it!

The little overlord is very confident in the air force!

So they sent out their own air force to hunt down that monster!

I saw several black dots streaking across the blue sky, very fast!

In just the blink of an eye, those black spots grew larger.

It's the F-35. The F-35 is now a fifth-generation (domestic standard fourth-generation) multi-purpose stealth fighter that the US military and its allies are equipping in large numbers. Whether it is really powerful or not, people seem to have mixed opinions. Pilots may have more say. The US "Signal Daily" website once published an article summarizing the "F-31" from the perspective of 35 pilots interviewed. 9 major advantages”. At that time, a total of 174 U.S. military pilots received flight training on Lockheed Martin's F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, and John Venable, senior fellow for defense policy at the Heritage Foundation, used his "network" of 25 years of service in the U.S. Air Force. , interviewed 31 of them, none of whom had flown fifth-generation aircraft before and had flown F-15C, F-15E, F-16C and A-10 fighters.

A former F-15C flight instructor said that in a simulated air battle, he flew the F-35A against his original "Eagle" fighter, almost turning on the "invincible" mode, although the F-35A still had the ability to respond and maneuver. restrictions, but almost every pilot interviewed hopes to choose the F-35A in most air combat scenarios instead of the fighter aircraft they have flown before.

Although it is ridiculed by military fans as a "fat battery" because of its fat fuselage, the maneuverability of the F-35A exceeds the pilot's imagination. A former F-16C fighter pilot said that the F-35A's current maneuverability is limited to a certain overload G value. If the restrictions are relaxed, its maneuverability will be improved, and its rudder-assisted turning capabilities are incredible. , which can provide a constant 28-degree turn per second, this pilot graduated from the Air Force weapons training course, which is equivalent to the Navy's "TOP GUN". In the air-to-ground scenario, the F-35 impressed the pilots even more.

Three flight instructors flying F-3CJs (the Wild Weasel variant of the F-16) said that when simulating attacks on enemy surface-to-air missile positions, one F-16A can strike faster and more effectively than three F-35CJs. The discovery and attack of these surface-to-air missile sites relies entirely on its advantages of stealth and situational awareness, especially the airborne AN/ASQ-16 electronic warfare system, which can lock the location of enemy surface-to-air missile radars 239 kilometers away. The F-200 uses the APG-35 multifunctional active phased array (AESA) airborne fire control radar. This radar can not only complete air-to-air and air-to-ground combat searches, but also has powerful electronic warfare capabilities. The pilots interviewed said, In the electronic countermeasure mode, the APG-81 can effectively "shut down" enemy aircraft and ground radars. At the same time, the aircraft is invisible, and the enemy cannot figure out where this electronic attack comes from. The F-81 is designed to focus on ground attack. In close air support (CAS) operations, it also has advantages over the A-35, which the U.S. Air Force cannot do without.

A former A-10 flight instructor said that the F-35A's EOTS advanced electro-optical targeting system can detect and lock targets farther and more accurately in low-threat CAS operations. At the same time, in high-threat airspace, the F-35 is almost the only choice, and not long ago the F-35B of the US Marine Corps participated in the CAS operation in Afghanistan.

The maintainability of stealth fighter jets has attracted much attention, which is related to the availability rate and dispatch rate of the aircraft. A US military pilot said that it is "commonplace" for the F-35A to conduct multiple combat and training flights every day. The stealth coating on the F-35 greatly reduces maintainability requirements, which is much better than that of the F-117 and B-2. , much better than the F-22.

The F-35's cockpit avionics, through a large panoramic multi-function display (MFDS) that can be divided into two screens, advanced helmet-mounted displays, voice control and other technologies, reduce the pilot's burden a lot, especially when fighting in the air and on the ground. The F-15E also requires a two-person crew to operate, but pilots reported that the F-35's MFDS multi-function display needs further optimization. Many pilots complained that the same threat would appear repeatedly on the situational awareness screen.

Generally speaking, stealth fighters are extremely expensive. Since the F-35 was developed by the United States with more than 10 allies, it almost monopolized the fifth-generation aircraft market in the West, with a total order of more than 3200 aircraft, with annual approvals. The production quantity is now close to 100 aircraft, which has greatly spread the unit research and development costs. Therefore, the unit price of the F-35A has now dropped to US$1 million, which is even cheaper than the Typhoon, Rafale and F-15E. This is also the choice of more and more US allies. its reasons.

Xiaobawang is the first country to install F35, except the United States.

Moreover, the F35 installed by Xiaobawang is different from the F35 that will be installed by other U.S. allied countries. The most special thing is that it is equipped with a system with special performance of Xiaobawang. One of the most critical technologies is the F-35I installation The C4I system produced by Xiaobaguo. This system can ensure that the Xiaobawang Air Force F-35I fighters are networked with other Xiaobawang Air Force fighters, but do not interact with the F-35's computer system. The entire system sends data to other Xiaobawang military equipment through locally manufactured data links, especially are nearby fighters to help them detect, prioritize and attack enemy targets.

This technology is crucial for the little overlords who face "missile threats" at any time.

In terms of airborne weapons, the Xiaobawang F-35I fighter jet is also equipped with advanced domestic ammunition, including SPICE "Spice"-1000/2000 smart guided bombs.

"Spice" - 1000/2000 smart guided bombs. This series of missiles is produced by Rafael. Its performance is comparable to that of the American JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition. Among them, the "Spice"-1000 can fix the satellite and electro-optical knowing system on an unguided MK83454 100 kilogram bomb through add-on components, and it can not only attack targets based on GPS, but also has a manual "human in the loop" ( The operator still has the option of a second or uninterrupted command correction) guidance after the first command operation to complete manual placement of the bomb on the target or to abort the attack if necessary. At the same time, because the guided bomb adopts a foldable straight wing design, its range is up to kilometers and its performance is very excellent.

The F-35I fighter jet is also equipped with the latest Python "Strange Snake"-5 short-range air-to-air missile. This type of air-to-air missile is equipped with an electro-optical and image infrared seeker, which can scan the target area for enemy aircraft and then lock on for terminal pursuit. The missile has a range of 20 kilometers. In order to increase the range, Xiaobawang has made technical improvements to the latest short-range air-to-air missile of the "Strange Snake"-5, and installed a new fuel tank in its body to increase its combat radius. 36%. In addition, the Python "Strange Snake"-5 missile also has the ability to attack in all directions (including backward).

The F-35I will also carry the "Icebreaker" missile developed by Rafael. It is reported that the missile has a range of 300 kilometers and is an upgraded version of the "Destroyer" cruise missile. This type of missile can carry ground-penetrating, explosive or anti-personnel warheads weighing up to 250 kilograms. It is worth noting that the missile's onboard electronic equipment is equipped with advanced infrared sensors, which can analyze and match terrain photos based on a large database to determine its own attack direction. If necessary, it can also independently determine the attack target based on its "brain". It can be said that the "Icebreaker" missile has strong independent attack capabilities, anti-electronic interference capabilities and ultra-high damage capabilities.

In addition, in order to expand the combat radius of the F-35 and deter potential or existing enemies, preparations have been made to add external fuel tanks to it. Although this behavior makes the F-35 stealth fighter unworthy of its name, it is indeed very practical in terms of the situation faced by the Little Overlord.

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