Dominate South Asia

It is very difficult to intercept ballistic missiles. In the 1980s, the US Patriot missile once conducted an interception test in Pakistan and accurately hit the target.

However, it was just a carefully planned performance at that time. The ballistic missiles launched were completely known. This was just a planned collision.

But now, the Iraqis will not inform the United States of their launch data. Five whistling Scud missiles took off from the desert area in southern Iraq and flew to Saudi Arabia!

The Patriot missile position at Dhahran Base was already in a state of high tension. According to the data sent back from the country, the Patriot air defense missile force was working intensively.

The AN/MPQ-53 phased array radar was fully powered and scanned the airspace in the direction of Iraq. Whether it could be successfully intercepted depended on whether the phased array radar could detect the target.

Finally, under the unblinking gaze of the radar operator, an echo finally appeared on the screen. There were three missiles, all sent here!

Three! What to do?

"Automatic mode, ready to intercept." The commander of the missile force said.

All operators are concentrated in the engagement control station, which is the combat central nervous system of the Patriot firepower unit. It provides command, control, communication and fire control. Thanks to the advanced electronic technology of the United States, the human-computer interaction method is adopted here. The computer can assist in target identification and priority sorting, or the engagement control station and computer can completely control the entire operation autonomously.

At this time, manual operation may not achieve high accuracy, and it is the best choice to let the weapon control itself.

The computer system began to work quickly. In addition to the data intercepted by the phased array radar. There are also data transmitted by satellites. After relevant comparison and precise calculation, the best launch time has also arrived.

Outside, on the quadruple missile launcher, with a roar, the Patriot missile broke the packaging of the missile box in front, and the missile was urgently launched in the hot flames.

One. Another, intercepting three ballistic missiles at the same time, two Patriot missiles intercepted one Scud, so a total of six missiles were launched.

The interception put great pressure on the computer system, and the computer was constantly solving.

"Target No. 1 is lost." At this moment, the operator suddenly reported.

Three missiles were aimed at the same time, and the phased array radar separated three beams to monitor the three missiles. The computer system was operating at full load, but still lost a target!

This is not the time to complain, there are still two targets. They must be destroyed!

At this time, the Patriot missile has entered the mid-stage command guidance stage, and the phased array radar continues to track the flying "Patriot" missile. And issue instructions in time according to the actual flight conditions to correct the flight trajectory.

All this is calculated in seconds. Soon, it entered the final stage, and whether it can be shot down depends on a few seconds! As a missile with a semi-active radar seeker, the Patriot missile's seeker is activated at this time, and the illumination radar at the lower end of the phased array radar is illuminated. The Patriot missile begins to enter the process of autonomous flight.

Get closer, as long as it gets closer to the proximity fuse and starts to work, the Patriot missile's warhead can shoot down the Scud missile!

Looking at the bright spot on the radar screen, everyone held their breath.

Damn! Seeing the two spots of light flying past but not approaching the distance of 20 meters, everyone took a breath.

Neither missile was intercepted!

Only the last target was left. We must intercept it!

Finally, the fifth Patriot missile accurately captured the target, and at a distance of 18 meters, the radio proximity fuze detonated the fragmentation warhead. Countless fragments flew towards the warhead of the Scud missile on the opposite side. In high-speed flight, even a tiny embroidery needle can bring huge lethality!

"Boom!" The missile exploded in the air, and the Scud was intercepted!

"Success!" The commander of the missile battalion stood up happily and almost jumped.

In actual combat, our Patriot missile intercepted the Scud!

However, the opponent fired three missiles, and our side only intercepted one!

The other two missiles were still flying quickly, and it was too late to launch another Patriot missile to intercept.

"The expected landing point is in the desert five kilometers away." Looking at the final data given by the computer system, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Five kilometers! The Iraqi Scud missiles are not accurate at all!

Successfully intercepted the Scud missile! Iraq launched three missiles at the Dhahran base, all of which missed! Iraq launched two Scud missiles at Riyadh, which were shot down by Pakistan's air defense missile forces deployed in Riyadh!

Norman Schwarzkopf was very happy when he got the news. Pakistan's missile forces could actually shoot down Scud! This has nothing to do with the United States. The United States wants to promote its own Patriot missiles!

So, on that day, prime-time televisions around the world broadcast this scene. At the Patriot missile position, in a cloud of white smoke, the missile soared up and accurately hit the Scud missile fired by Iraq!

"Today, Iraq launched ten Scud missiles at Saudi Arabia. Our Patriot missiles intercepted nine of them without causing any casualties. After the running-in of our missile system, the final interception rate will reach 100%. We will not let any fish slip through the net! Iraq thinks that the Scud missile is their trump card. In fact, for us, the Scud is just a spear without a spear tip!"

The US spokesman declared proudly.

"Pop." Muhammad turned off the TV, and his face had an intriguing expression.

"The interception rate of the American Patriot missiles is less than 30%. They fired two missiles at the same time and used six missiles to intercept three targets, but only intercepted one in the end." Mushaaf said next to Muhammad.

"Where are our missiles?" Muhammad asked.

"We intercepted one of the two targets Iraq fired at Riyadh, and the other fell to the outskirts of Riyadh, causing no casualties." Mushaaf said.

Pakistan's air defense system is simplified from the ship-borne Friendship Shield system. The biggest improvement is that the terminal stage is active radar guidance. Even so, the interception failed once and succeeded once.

And this success was due to the early warning from the US early warning satellite.

Muhammad nodded. It is not so easy to intercept ballistic missiles. Pakistan has achieved an interception rate of one missile from scratch, which is also quite high.

"Continue to test our system in actual combat and improve it." Muhammad said: "I believe our technicians will definitely improve our interception rate."

If the Americans want to show off, let them do it. As time goes by, the cumulative error of the Patriot system is getting bigger and bigger. They don't realize that restarting the system will definitely cause a big accident in the future.

"Mr. President, Xiao sent a message saying he is ready and asked when we can go out."

"In about twenty days." Muhammad said: "Let the US Air Force strike hard at Saddam's arrogance and let Saddam accumulate some resentment."

After saying that, Muhammad pinched his eyebrows. This was a big move. He had to think about every step he took. There was absolutely no chance to go back, and he couldn't make mistakes.

On March 6, 1993, the 20th day of the Gulf War, Muhammad was sitting in front of the TV watching the news of the day and feeling the beauty of life with Lilith. Finally, he received the news that the things had been delivered to Syria.

Although Saddam vowed to make the Americans bleed, his backward army could not afford this burden.

The war had only been going on for twenty days, and although Iraq's ground forces did not suffer too much loss. But the ground air defense system was almost completely destroyed by the multinational forces led by the United States. Even those who survived did not dare to turn it on again to avoid a second strike.

As for the Iraqi Air Force, after a zero-to-five air battle with the Pakistani fighter jets of the multinational forces, they never dared to take off again and all hid in the solid air defense hangar.

This air battle was a complete replica of the battle between the Pakistani army and the Soviet army in the Afghan War.

Six MiG-29 fighters taking off against two F16s should be a sure win.

The MiG-29 "Fulcrum", as a front-line support fighter carefully built by the Soviet Union, although, in the Afghan War, the original Soviet MiG-29 was often beaten by Pakistan's F14, but in order to maintain its own face and arms sales interests, the Soviet Union deliberately concealed the damage of the MiG-29, and Pakistan was also happy to publicize the "power" of the MiG-29 to continue to ask the United States for assistance. So Saddam initially had full confidence in this fighter, believing that with the excellent air combat capability of the MiG-29, it could protect the safety of Iraq's airspace. Moreover, these fighters were all piloted by pilots from Warsaw Pact countries! The pilots Saddam hired with high salaries will surely win the battle!

However, in modern air combat, system confrontation is important. Even the elite pilots of the Soviet Union cannot fight in a country like Iraq. Due to the continuous bombing by multinational forces, the ground air defense system was paralyzed. After taking off, the MiG-29 could not rely on CGI guidance and had to rely on airborne radar to search for targets. As a result, the Pakistani F16, with the help of the US E3 early warning aircraft, found them when the "Fulcrum" was still flying foolishly. (To be continued ~^~)