Dominate South Asia

Forty anti-ship missiles were flying at low altitude over the sea. In the Soviet Union's saturation attack tactics, this was specifically used to break through the US Aegis system.

And now, these missiles are used to attack the Indian aircraft carrier formation, which is effortless.

The biggest mistake of the Indians was that they thought Pakistan did not have enough air power to attack them, and they drove their aircraft carriers into the patrol range of land-based fighters. At the same time, they had no other choice. Their Sea Harrier fighters did not have enough range. If they did not get close to the Pakistani coastline, they would not be able to provide effective ground support.

And now, they are paying the price for this wrong plan again.

There were little wind and waves on the sea, and the missiles flying on the sea seemed to be dancing on the waves.

A supply ship on the outermost side of the formation was attacked first. It was very unfortunate that when two C-802 missiles flew over, they ignited its fuel, and the entire supply ship was burning with flames.

"Boom!" With the violent explosion, the Indian Navy reacted and Pakistan's attack began again!

The radio was jammed. Ravi Rikje was in the bridge, watching the warships in the formation being hit again, but he could not give any orders to other warships.

On the deck, a series of Sea Harrier carrier-based aircraft hurriedly aimed at the runway and flew into the sky.

Where is the Pakistan Air Force? We must take revenge, revenge!

The Indian Navy Air Force, full of anger, took off urgently. At this time, the ski-jump takeoff showed its advantages. It did not require a lot of steam and did not need to wait for the catapult to reset. They only needed to aim at the runway to start the afterburner takeoff. Their efficiency was so high that even the first fighter had just left the jump deck, and the second one had already taken off!

The two aircraft carriers completed the deployment of the carriers amid the explosions of the surrounding ships, and more than 20 Sea Harriers left the deck.

At this time. The air battle had already begun.

When the C-802 hit the supply ship, two Sparrow missiles also flew behind the Sea Harrier.

"Boom!" The warhead of the Sparrow exploded, and countless fragments flew to the middle of the fuselage of the Sea Harrier.

The pilot tried hard to operate, hoping to stabilize the fuselage, but the wing suddenly turned and turned over.

In order to control the stability of vertical take-off and landing, the Sea Harrier has multiple methane nozzles on board in addition to the downward engine nozzles to jointly control and adjust the attitude of the aircraft. As a result, the methane nozzles are now spraying methane everywhere. The fuselage is completely out of control.

"Bang." The top cover was shot through by the cover gun, and the ejection seat ignited, pushing the pilot out of the fighter.

Below is the rippling sea. If he falls into the sea, more than 100 kilometers from the coast, he will also be dead.

Another Sea Harrier was directly hit and caught fire. The pilot did not have time to parachute.

The other two Sea Harriers found that the neighboring aircraft was shot down and immediately turned around. At the same time, the pilots began to prepare to lock the fighter plane coming from the opposite side.

The Sea Harrier became famous in the Falklands War, shooting down 21 Argentine fighters, but the biggest credit was the AIM-9L Sidewinder missile carried by the Sea Harrier.

It is impossible for this batch of Indian fighters to obtain Sidewinder missiles. Their anti-aircraft weapons are Magic air-to-air missiles.

This missile is similar to the American Sidewinder missile. In 1976, it entered service in the French Air Force. It is the first air-to-air missile in France.

It is similar to the body of the Sidewinder, but there are two sets of wings near the front of the body: one set is four fixed delta-wing stabilizers, and behind these four there are another four movable control surfaces, which are responsible for the movement of the missile on the roll and pitch axes. The Sidewinder missile has only four wings, and the advantage of this control system is that it has better controllability at high angles of attack.

This missile has an overload capacity of more than 35G and flexible maneuverability. However, due to the limitations of the technology at the time, the missile's seeker uses a unit passive infrared seeker. Like other first-generation missiles, it only has tail-chasing capabilities. In terms of comprehensive performance, it is only slightly more advanced than the US AIM-9A/B missiles.

Now, Indian Air Force pilots are operating Sea Harrier fighters, preparing to engage in combat flights with Pakistani Air Force fighters, seize the opponent's tail, and then launch missiles.

Unfortunately, they didn't have any chance. The two Tomcat fighters flew towards them and fired their own Sidewinder missiles.

At this time, the Pakistani Air Force was using the AIM-9M missile, which had omnidirectional attack capabilities and strong interference resistance. Except for the off-axis angle, it was superior to the R-73 in other aspects.

Moreover, it did not need to be cooled by the carrier aircraft, and it had a sufficient cooling system. When the Sparrow missile was launched, the Sidewinder missile began to enter the pre-launch preparation. The two Sea Harriers turned around and were successfully locked by the Sidewinder missiles.

Launch!

There was a flash of fire under the wing, and a Sidewinder missile flew out from under the wing of Sarad and flew towards the Sea Harrier on the opposite side.

The Indian pilot opened his eyes wide and watched the missile fly over. In panic, he pulled his ejection handle before the missile hit his fighter.

"Boom!" The missile exploded in front of the Sea Harrier, and countless broken rods drilled into the huge engine air intakes on both sides, and drilled into the unique Pegasus MK104 thrust-steering turbofan engine inside. The rapidly rotating air intake blades were instantly smashed, and the engine lost all thrust and fell from the air.

Four cruising Sea Harriers were beaten down by two Tomcat fighters. Here, India's aircraft carrier formation was being hit by C-802 missiles one by one.

Small warships under 1,000 tons almost sank immediately after being hit by one missile. Slightly larger ones were hit by two or three missiles, and the sailors were struggling to rescue them.

Fortunately, the aircraft carrier was safe and sound, and no missiles were hit.

This is a shame for the Indian Naval Aviation! In anger, they took off almost all the Sea Harriers that could be deployed by ski-jumping, and more than 20 Sea Harriers rushed towards the Tomcat fighters flying on the sea.

They were supposed to protect the aircraft carrier formation, but now, the aircraft carrier formation has suffered a heavy blow!

This outcome is unacceptable to them.

Facing the Sea Harriers that took off, Rick's eyes were full of disdain: "Attention, use the Sidewinder missile to kill them!"

Rick didn't even intend to waste the medium-range Sparrow missiles, the Sidewinder was enough!

Looking at the Sea Harrier flying towards him, Rick operated the fighter, a flash of fire flashed under the wing, and a Sidewinder missile flew towards the opposite side.

The Sea Harrier saw the oncoming missile and immediately operated the fighter. The engine nozzle turned and stopped abruptly, hovering in the air. His eyes were fixed on the missile. When the missile was about to hit it, he released the throttle handle, and the Sea Harrier, which had lost power, fell rapidly.

Unfortunately, it was in vain. Even if he lost all his power and fell like a big rock, it would only be 1G overload. The Sidewinder missile flying from the opposite side had an overload capacity of more than 30G. Moreover, the omnidirectional attacking Sidewinder missile had a wide field of view. The Sea Harrier's maneuvering did not escape the field of view of the Sidewinder missile.

"Boom!" The moment the missile caught up, the proximity fuse was triggered, and the warhead of the Sidewinder missile easily shot down the light fighter.

The Indian pilots died with their eyes open. This was the tactic taught to them by their British counterparts, and it was an advanced tactic that appeared in the Falklands War!

The British told them that facing advanced supersonic fighters, the Harrier fighters that can take off and land vertically have their own unique technology, which is vector thrust!

The Harrier fighter is the world's first practical vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft. Through the four jet nozzles of the Pegasus turbofan engine that can rotate 0° to 98.5°, it provides the dynamic lift and vector thrust required for vertical takeoff and landing, transition flight and conventional flight. At the same time, in order to control the aircraft's attitude, there are jet reaction nozzles at the wingtips, tail and nose.

What aircraft can hover vertically? Only the Sea Harrier! This is a unique technology that can get rid of missiles and get rid of enemy pursuit!

The Indians were fooled. This is a unique rhetoric of the British to sell fighters.

Rick killed the Sea Harrier, continued to fly forward, and caught up with another Sea Harrier.

The pilot of this Sea Harrier turned his head hard, looked back at the Tomcat fighter, and continued the tactics just now.

For ordinary fighters, being chased by tail is the most dangerous, but the Sea Harrier is not afraid because it can fly vertically!

He pushed the throttle to the maximum, and the fighter began to accelerate. At the same time, the Tomcat fighter behind was also chasing closely.

Just when the opponent was about to catch up, he operated the fighter, the nozzle was downward, and it turned into a hover, but he released the throttle, the thrust was insufficient, and the Sea Harrier began to fall like a big stone.

Because the Sea Harrier can sink vertically, the enemy plane behind it had no time to react and flew over it, which turned into him being behind it. If he was bitten by him, he would not be able to escape!

He had prepared the magic missile in advance. As long as the opponent flew over his head, he would start to lock and launch missiles!

Unfortunately, his action had been seen through by Rick. Looking at this fighter that suddenly hovered and then landed vertically, Rick knew what he was going to do.

Jumping clown! Rick pushed the joystick, and the huge Tomcat flew quickly over the opponent's fuselage. Just above the opponent, Rick pulled the joystick back suddenly and turned on the afterburner.

How does the saying go? If you don't do stupid things, you won't die! (To be continued ~^~)