Dominate South Asia

The reason why the West is not interested in meter-wave radar and has long abandoned it is that this kind of radar has limited accuracy. On the radar screen, it can detect targets, but it can only roughly know the various data of the target, such as altitude, speed, and heading. The error is probably at a distance of tens of meters or even hundreds of meters. This kind of accuracy cannot be used to guide air defense missiles at all. It can only be a long-range early warning radar at most.

The Aegis system that the United States has vigorously developed has long replaced the functions of all radars with one radar, and does not need this kind of low-level meter-wave radar. Only when stealth aircraft became popular did military researchers continuously discover the advantages of this radar, which can be used to detect stealth aircraft!

Moreover, how to attack stealth aircraft is also a topic they study. One meter-wave radar cannot accurately determine the direction to guide air defense missiles, but three meter-wave radars are used to form a triangular radar network, and the direction can be accurately determined through differential calculation.

Theoretically, this method is feasible, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources for research. Now Pakistan is focusing on the development of the Aegis system and overcoming various technical difficulties of active phased array radar. It is not possible to study the complex differential calculation for the time being.

Therefore, Pakistan used another method.

In addition to this meter-wave radar, other devices are also being deployed rapidly. On a truck, a four-mounted SAM-3 air defense missile began to quickly reveal its body, and four missiles pointed diagonally to the sky.

In terms of performance, this missile is already very backward. This is an air defense missile designed and manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 1950s and exported to many countries.

Although it is old. But the sword is still sharp. In the later Yugoslavia, it was this missile that shot down the F-117.

Now, it is also very easy to smuggle such inventory missiles in the international arms market or from the Soviet Union, so Pakistani technicians have modified it. The missile body still uses the SAM-3 missile body, but the electronic equipment has been completely renewed, and the old electron tubes have been replaced by integrated circuits, which greatly improves the performance. Pakistan's new missile is still under development, and using this missile is also convenient to distance Pakistan from the relationship, so as to avoid suspicion from the United States in the future.

On another truck. What is unfolded is a flat antenna! If you look at it with the naked eye, you can find that this flat plate is composed of small cylinders. This is a phased array radar!

Now, Pakistan has overcome the technical difficulties of phased array radar and started to process the large amount of data required by the later Aegis system. The radar of this vehicle chassis has also been transported here to test the combat capability of this radar.

Another car is the power supply car, which is connected to other vehicles through cables. Provide sufficient energy.

The combination of new and old, new weapons and old weapons will exert the greatest power!

These vehicles, including the equipment above, are all jungle camouflage, and have undergone special anti-infrared treatment to ensure that they will not be discovered by infrared imaging devices.

At the same time. All vehicles have self-destruct devices. Once the situation gets out of control, such as when the U.S. military suddenly enters, these equipment will not be able to be withdrawn in time. Then they will detonate the vehicles so that the United States will not find out. Is the United States a friend of Pakistan? Even if it is. That was only in the past. Now, the United States is wielding the stick of sanctions and brutally interfering in Pakistan's internal affairs. Pakistanis have long been disappointed with the United States. Moreover, the army takes obedience to orders as its duty! For the current troops, testing their combat effectiveness is their top priority!

"Don't turn on the machine easily, so as not to be discovered by the American electronic reconnaissance aircraft." said Hazakh, the commander of the special air defense missile company.

Abd and others were not idle either. When the soldiers of the missile company deployed missiles, they began to arrange a line of defense, pits, and mines on the periphery. Once someone approached, they would be hit.

This area is their defense area. Their mission is to protect the missile positions, blow up the equipment when necessary, and protect the soldiers of the missile company to retreat.

Time passed little by little, and soon it was dark.

Tonopah Base, Nevada.

As night falls, the base welcomes the time for work again.

Due to the need for confidentiality, all personnel in the base live a life of day and night, and all biological clocks are adjusted. All of this is for the benefit of the United States!

All training is carried out at night, and these pilots seem to have become ghosts in the dark.

Now, it's time to work!

The cave is brightly lit, and a loading vehicle is roaring over. In front of the vehicle is a mechanical claw, which is holding a 900 kg laser-guided bomb. This is not a training bomb, but a live bomb!

The hatch in the belly has been opened, and the missile is fixed in the bomb bay inside the belly with the help of the mechanical claw.

If you want to be invisible, you must avoid all kinds of additional radiation, so the F-117 uses a built-in bomb bay. It can carry various precision-guided weapons currently in service in the US military, and this laser-guided bomb is almost the largest model.

"This is the first time our fighter jets have conducted actual combat flights. This is a test for us." In a small building at the base, the lieutenant colonel flight commander of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing said. A few days ago, they were still the 4450th Tactical Brigade. Now, they have been renamed the Tactical Fighter Wing, because they are going to fight!

His eyes looked at the pilots below with a hint of excitement: "We have spent seven years of upside-down life in this base. Now, it's time to test our combat effectiveness!"

He is the first official F-117 attack aircraft pilot, Whitley.

In 1980, Whitley was still an instructor at the base fighter school with the rank of major. He still remembers that at that time, he was strongly persuaded by Colonel Bob Jackson, the commander of the Air Force Tactical Command at Lee Air Force Base in Virginia, to return to his old job and fly the A-7 aircraft. More than 30 people were selected together, all of whom were experienced A-7 attack aircraft pilots, and many of them had actual combat experience.

However, the confidentiality measures were very strict, which made them feel that it was not as simple as flying an A-7 attack aircraft. Sure enough, when the fighter plane was finally handed over to them, they found that it was a sci-fi fighter plane, which could only be made by the alien technology of the United States!

After that, they began training, and within a few years, they were fully proficient in this aircraft. This aircraft has powerful stealth performance, and even if it enters the airspace of the Soviet Union, they can't find it!

And now, the first actual combat has finally arrived.

"We need to prepare six planes and go to Panama." Whitley issued a combat mission.

Go to Panama! Suddenly, someone below took a breath: "God, then we have to refuel in the air at least five times!"

This is Nevada, far away from Panama!

"Yes, we need five aerial refuelings to reach Panama," Whitley said, "We will take off in the second half of the night and plan to fly for 18 hours. After nightfall the next day, we will enter the war zone, complete the bombing mission, and return to the air force base in Florida. After resting there, we will return to the base."

This is a long-distance mission! Due to the need for confidentiality, the F-117 is stationed at only one base, and the maximum range of this aircraft is only two or three kilometers. After adding heavy bombs, the range will be further shortened. If you want to attack long distances, you must refuel in the air. In order to have enough fuel to land at a nearby airport after refueling fails, they need at least five aerial refuelings!

Aerial refueling, especially at night, is very dangerous. Fortunately, since they became F-117 pilots, they have conducted aerial refueling training twice a month. Now, the biggest enemy they encounter is not Panama, but their own fatigue!

18 hours! This is not a wide bomber that can rest for a while after switching the aircraft to autopilot. This is a single-seat attack aircraft! In the cabin, even moving the body is a luxury, and the 18-hour non-stop flight is simply a test of their physical strength.

In 1986 and 1987, there were two consecutive crashes, both caused by pilot fatigue.

"We need six fighters, who is willing to go?" Whitley continued to ask.

"I'll go, I'll go!" Everyone stretched out their hands. Although this mission will be very hard, they are now flying planes to fight. If they can't fight, isn't it a waste of taxpayers' money? Moreover, they all have a feeling of eagerness to try, hoping that they can fly over the Panamanians and drop bombs when the other party is unaware!

"Good, very good." Whitley had already had an idea in his mind. Including him, the six pilots with the best training results became the main force of this raid.

"Everyone put this in advance." Whitley gave each person a package. They opened it and saw that it was a diaper!

After going up, there is no toilet, not to mention peeing, even big ones have to be solved this way!

"Okay, let's continue to study tactics." Whitley said. The choice of refueling point and the time to enter Panama must be accurately calculated and coordinated with other troops. (To be continued ~^~)