Dominate South Asia

The Peshawar Air Force Base, built in western Pakistan, was once a frontline against the Soviet Union. Now, with the agreement reached with the Soviet Union, the Soviet army will gradually withdraw from Afghanistan. This process is a bit long, but the dawn of Afghanistan's victory is already at hand.

Therefore, the Peshawar Air Force Base is no longer as tense as it was during the war. However, after many developments, it has become the largest air force base in Pakistan, and it also has Pakistan's meritorious troops.

Moreover, since powerful figures such as Muhammad and Mushaaf are from the Peshawar Military Region, this place has also become a glorious place for the Pakistani army.

When Muhammad arrived at the Peshawar base, the base commander, Major General Kamal, greeted Muhammad and others at the airport.

"President Muhammad, welcome to the Peshawar base for inspection." Major General Kamal said to Muhammad: "Now, the main force stationed at our base is Tomcat fighters. One squadron has been replaced with F100 engines, which have strong performance."

The production of engines is limited, and the focus is on supplying Tomcat fighters transferred to the navy. Therefore, the Air Force has only replaced the engine of one squadron so far.

Even so, after replacing the F100, the Tomcat fighter immediately showed a stronger combat performance. The problem of the engine was solved, and the Tomcat fighter really took off.

"Well, not bad." Muhammad said: "The Peshawar Military Region is our key military region in Pakistan. As the most powerful force, the Tomcat fighter must be able to take on the task of guarding our airspace at any time."

"Yes, we will definitely complete the task." Kamal saluted Muhammad.

"Half a month ago, our technicians have completed the integration of the new air-to-air missiles. This target shooting test was completely operated by our technicians." The Chief of the Air Force General Staff, Old Arslan, said to Muhammad.

"It was completely integrated by our technicians?" Muhammad asked.

"Yes." Old Arslan said, "Our personnel have completely mastered the fire control system of the Tomcat fighter."

A smile appeared on Muhammad's face. Almost since Muhammad became the commander of the Peshawar base, Muhammad has begun to pay attention to the technical mastery of the Tomcat fighter. Now, after a few years, Pakistani technicians can finally fully master all the fire control technologies of the Tomcat fighter. At the same time, integrate their own missiles.

In the future, once a war breaks out, there is no need to worry that the Americans will strangle Pakistan's neck in terms of air-to-air missiles. This air-to-air missile has nothing to do with the United States. It is an air-to-air missile jointly developed by Pakistan and Sweden, with active sky flash!

Sky flash can be traced back to British Aerospace, which was based on AIM-7E-2. In 1978, this third-generation radar-guided air-to-air missile with downward firing capability was successfully developed. As the main seeker, the single-pulse semi-active radar seeker developed by Marconi has strong anti-electronic interference capability and guidance accuracy. At that time, it surpassed the US air-to-air missile. It was not until the advent of AIM-7M that the American missiles had an advantage.

Sky Flash is excellent, but after all, it is a semi-active air-to-air missile. In future wars, semi-active missiles are completely outdated.

The biggest disadvantage of semi-active missiles is that during the guidance of the missile, the carrier aircraft needs to continuously illuminate the radar. Therefore, the carrier aircraft cannot make large overload maneuvers, and it is simply a live target. If both sides shoot at each other at the same time, it depends on luck.

This is because the radar of the missile seeker can only receive, not transmit, and the focus of the improvement. It is to allow the seeker to also emit radar waves, which becomes an active radar missile.

The Phoenix missile equipped by Pakistan has an active seeker at the end, so in the last 20 kilometers. The Tomcat fighter can withdraw and avoid the opponent's attack. This is the advantage of active missiles.

However, the Phoenix's seeker is huge in size, which expands the function of the seeker and has the function of active guidance. Ordinary air-to-air missiles are very small in size, and the diameter of the seeker is even more limited. The development of active seekers is difficult.

Sweden is very interested and hits it off with British Aerospace. British Aerospace provides missile body technology, and Swedish companies develop seekers. Both parties share the development costs. Unfortunately, the British later ran out of money and withdrew their investment, and it became a project of Swedish Saab. At this time, Pakistan intervened and shared the development costs and technology.

A few years later, Pakistan's efforts have not been in vain. Now, this missile has finally become practical.

This missile is of great significance to Pakistan. When this missile can be used in conjunction with the Tomcat fighter, Pakistan will no longer need to look at the face of the Americans.

Now, even the American advanced medium-range active air-to-air missile, AIM-120, has not been put into practical use, so Pakistan's missile is the first active medium-range air-to-air missile!

"045 is ready, request to take off." On the runway, in a silver fighter, pilot Amjad Bashar shouted on the radio.

"You can take off." Walking into the tower and watching the fighter on the runway, Kamal responded on the radio.

Since this was just a test, only two active sky flash missiles were mounted under the belly of the Tomcat fighter, and the aircraft was half full of fuel. With this weight, the takeoff of the Tomcat fighter was almost the same as the catapult from an aircraft carrier.

Flames spurted out of the tail, and the Tomcat fighter slid quickly on the runway. Then, Bashar gently pulled the joystick, and the fighter took off smoothly. The F100 engine is a perfect match for the Tomcat fighter!

There were several bright spots flashing on the radar screen. Kamal introduced to Muhammad: "Preliminary tests have been done in Sweden. Now, we are verifying the performance of this missile in a complex tactical environment."

If it is just a steady flight, it is very easy to shoot down a subsonic target aircraft. In actual combat, complex electromagnetic interference, dense airspace, and large overload enemy aircraft will reduce the actual performance of the missile. Therefore, when the Americans first developed the Sparrow, it was very good at shooting, but in actual combat, it became a rocket.

Pakistan needs missiles with actual combat capabilities, so this test was conducted in a complex tactical environment.

An electronic jammer has taken off and will release radio interference in the target airspace. At the same time, an E-2 early warning aircraft will monitor the entire shooting situation. At the same time, as the protagonist, the target that actively flashes in the sky is a J-6 target aircraft.

As Pakistan continues to equip new fighters, a large number of early J-6 fighters have been eliminated. Regarding the arrangement of these fighters, Muhammad provided some of them to the Afghan Free Army and established the Afghan Free Army Air Force. The other part was modified and became a drone.

The J-6 has long been out of date, and it is also a good destination to be converted into a drone. Moreover, this type of aircraft can fly supersonic!

The J-6 target aircraft has taken off remotely, and the entire target shooting has begun in a tense atmosphere.

Bashar in the air ordered the radar operator in the rear cabin to turn on the radar. Soon, the pulse Doppler radar in front of the nose locked the target. Although the electromagnetic environment around was complex and the jammer was constantly releasing interference, the flat slot radar had good anti-interference performance, and with the optimized processing program, it firmly locked the target.

When it was 40 kilometers away from the target, a flash of fire flashed under the belly of the Tomcat fighter, and an active sky flash missile, dragging a tongue of fire, flew to the opposite side.

The J-6 unmanned target aircraft was still flying. It seemed to realize the arrival of its mission, turned on the afterburner, and sprinted quickly. A group of airflow appeared in front of the nose, and then it exceeded the factor.

The active sky flash missile was still flying steadily, and the active seeker in front used the passive mode to firmly lock the target.

The so-called active missile is not active radar guidance throughout the whole process. Due to the size limitation of the missile seeker, the radar antenna will not be too large and the power is limited. Even the proud AIM-120 of the United States in later generations, the active guidance distance does not exceed 20 kilometers.

The nose of the Tomcat fighter pointed forward, and the radar at the front of the nose provided a continuous guidance signal to the missile. The active sky flash missile flew quickly towards the target!

When it was fifteen kilometers away from the target, the seeker switched to active mode. From this time on, the mission of the carrier aircraft was completed!

Bashar pressed the stick and skillfully made a roll to get rid of it. Although it was just shooting and there was no threat, he still followed the actual combat method and made a high overload escape.

And the active sky flash continued to fly towards the target. In the field of view of its seeker, the target aircraft became clearer and clearer.

"Let the target aircraft dive." Muhammad suddenly said.

The missile flew over, and the target was not overloaded! Muhammad watched the process and immediately increased the difficulty.

"Yes." Kamal picked up the radio and said: "Sky Eye, guide the target aircraft to dive!"

The target aircraft was remotely controlled by the early warning aircraft.

The J-6, which had already reached its maximum speed, suddenly nosed down and dived at high speed, further increasing its speed.

The active sky-flashing seeker firmly locked onto the fighter in front. When the target began to dive, the missile immediately followed suit and the distance became closer and closer.

"Boom!" A brilliant spark bloomed in the sky, and the J-6 target aircraft had been successfully hit! (To be continued ~^~)