Babylonian Empire

Patriot missiles are already confused.

In later generations, Patriot missiles can strangle Scud missiles wantonly, because it is only a backward second-generation missile. Even so, various declassified documents prove that the actual interception rate is not that high at all.

However, the Iraqi Scud did not cause them more damage. The key reason was that their missiles were too inaccurate, and many of them were shot into the air.

But now, facing more advanced missiles, they simply don't have enough technology to overcome all difficulties.

Ballistic missile defense has always been a bottomless pit. Due to technical limitations, there is still a long way to go to truly intercept the missiles fired by the opponent without leaking.

Although Patriot missiles are constantly being launched into the sky, Iraqi ballistic missiles are still falling, and the success rate of interception is less than [-]%.

The Israeli air force base has received another fatal blow.

Chapter 120 Super Flying Fox

In Iraq's H-3 Air Force Base, two planes slowly slid onto the runway, and two huge missiles were mounted under their wings.

These two aircraft are the MiG-25 fighter jets that have gradually fallen out of favor in the Iraqi Air Force.

Although the MiG-25 has the advantage of double-three, it is not very useful in practice. Most of the battles actually took place in the transonic range. The backward aerodynamic layout of the MiG-25, and The gradual aging of the weapon system seems to have brought this fighter, like other Soviet aircraft, into the end of gradual retirement.

However, Iraq did not do this. In the process of eliminating MiG-21, MiG-23 and other fighters in large quantities, they carried out a mid-term life extension and improvement plan for such fighters.

The focus of improvement is its fire control system.

Although the MiG-25's radar has high power, it is only a last resort, because the Soviet Union's electronic technology is backward, so it has to adopt the method of increasing the power to obtain a larger range, but its performance is not essential. improve.

With the gradual development of Iraq's electronic technology, Iraq has developed several advanced radars with flat-panel slot radar antennas, and the key solid-state circuits can be produced independently.

Due to the large diameter of the MiG-25 nose, the diameter of the radar antenna equipped by Iraq is also the largest. In this way, the improved radar of the MiG-25 fighter has the ability to detect targets [-] kilometers away. And lock the ability to attack.

In this way, the MiG-25 was reborn in Iraq, and its performance partly reached the performance of the Soviet-improved MiG-31. Although the MiG-31 used a phased array radar, it was not much more advanced than the Iraqi radar, and the cost was lower. is quite expensive.

Moreover, Iraq purchased a batch of R-25 missiles for the MiG-33 through secret channels at extremely low prices.This missile is a long-range air-to-air missile specially produced by the Soviet Union for the MiG-31. When it entered service in 82, its range was 120 kilometers. In this decade, the Soviet Union is also improving this missile. Now, its range has reached two hundred kilometers!It is simply tailor-made for high-value targets such as early warning aircraft.

Although Qusay pays more attention to the KS-400 missile with a range of more than 172 kilometers, but at present, this missile is still in the research and development stage and has not been equipped with troops. Even if Qusay wants to get it, he may be powerless. The arsenal has been emptied, but if it has not been developed, there is nothing you can do, right?

However, the acquisition of this missile has satisfied Qusay, which means that the Iraqi Air Force has the ability to attack the enemy's early warning aircraft.

Last time, it was just a soft kill to their air defense system, this time, it's going to be a hard kill!

Facing the invasion of the Israeli Air Force, the war machine of the Iraqi nation was driven to the maximum. Their preparations for several years came to the stage tonight.

After taking off, the MiG-25 did not fly directly towards Israel, but passed through Syrian airspace, they flew towards the Mediterranean Sea.

These are all outside the detection area of ​​the Israeli radar, so Israel will not find out that they have already taken off two heavy fighter jets.

The MiG-25 turned on the afterburner and flew to an altitude of 5000 meters. There was not much time left for them. The sooner they knocked out the opponent's early warning aircraft, the sooner they would help their own air force win a big victory. .

The Israelis wanted to get rid of the Iraqi early warning aircraft, so they did not hesitate to hide themselves under the passenger plane, and Iraq did the same. After flying over the Mediterranean Sea, they entered another passenger plane route.

The altitude dropped to [-], and the speed also dropped below the speed of sound.

This route leads to Tel Aviv.

The two MiG-25s also adopted a dense formation, so that even if they are detected by the opponent's radar, they will only be considered as a large passenger aircraft.

When Israel's E-3 early warning aircraft accurately spotted the airliner at a distance of [-] kilometers, it didn't care at first.

Although the E-3 early warning aircraft can accommodate more operators due to its relatively large space, but in this fierce air battle, they are busy directing the battle of their own air force, and their work efficiency will directly affect Victory for Frontline Airmen.

In order to avoid being attacked by the Iraqi Air Force, the E-3 early warning aircraft flew over the western sky of Israel, almost close to the Mediterranean Sea.

The air combat of guiding their own fighters has already consumed all the energy of the early warning aircraft, and they did not pay much attention to their own backs.A passenger plane [-] kilometers away did not pose any threat to them, even if the other party flew within [-] kilometers of them, it would not be too late to mobilize the fighter planes escorting them to intercept them.

Until the passenger plane deviated from the course and flew towards them, in the first 2 minutes, the early warning aircraft still thought that it was the passenger plane that veered off course.

But later, they discovered something unusual, the airliner suddenly split into two!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than [-] kilometers.

Two Iraqi MiG-25 fighters turned on afterburner and climbed rapidly at the same time.

The power of the double-three fighter jets was displayed again. The front nose pierced the night sky, and they were climbing rapidly, preparing to reach the edge of the earth.

The speed is constantly increasing, and the height is also constantly increasing.

The greater the speed of the carrier aircraft, the greater the initial speed of the missile, allowing it to get a longer range, and the thinner air at high altitudes reduces resistance, allowing the missile to reach a greater range.

Therefore, the R-33 missile was prepared for the MiG-31 interceptor at the design stage. It climbed to a height of 8000 meters and accelerated to three times the speed of sound. A range of [-] kilometers!

Israel's early warning aircraft has predicted the danger, and the two flying over are Iraqi MiG-25 fighters!Because only that kind of aircraft can fly at such a fast speed and altitude, and now its speed has exceeded Mach [-]!

The two F-15s escorting the AWACS immediately went up to them.

Although the MiG-25 looks menacing, the missile it carries will not exceed 15 kilometers at most, and its maneuverability is not high, so the F-[-] is fully capable. In terms of distance, just kill them.

It's just that they didn't know that it was a miscalculation this time.

The two MiG-25 aircraft climbed to an altitude of 8000 meters, and at the same time, their speed has accelerated to Mach 15. At this time, the distance between them and the opponent's early warning aircraft has reached 140 kilometers, and the Israeli F-[-] escort fighter jets, There is still [-] kilometers away from them.

The F-15 also turned on the afterburner and arrived quickly.

The weapon operator in the back seat has already started preparations, using the radar in front to lock on to the target of his attack.

Hitting from behind the opponent's ass is fun!If it is from the front, I am afraid that it will be intercepted two hundred kilometers away.

After completing a series of launch steps, two missiles were launched from under the wings in sequence.

At a distance of 180 kilometers, two Iraqi MiG-25s fired four long-range air-to-air missiles, aiming at the distant early warning aircraft.

Israel regards striking Iraq's early warning aircraft as its top priority, and at the same time, Iraq also regards striking Israel's early warning aircraft as a key task.

Last time, it was a soft kill, this time, it was a hard kill!

The shape of the R-33 missile is similar to that of the Phoenix missile. It also uses four ordinary wings, but there are four more tail fins. These four wings can provide a certain amount of lift when flying.Ordinary rocket engines are used instead of the ramjet engines commonly used in the Soviet Union.

However, the United States cannot use the same tactics because their aircraft cannot accelerate to such high speeds.There is also no outstanding indicator of interception, the ability to quickly reach the airspace.

After the four missiles flew out, the two MiG-25 fighter jets did not return immediately. Although this missile is an active radar seeker missile, its range is only forty kilometers. In the initial stage, they still need to use Carrier to guide.

However, unlike other medium-range missiles, this missile uses inertial flight in the first few seconds, and is guided by radio commands in the middle process.

Therefore, the MiG-25 only needs to roughly aim the nose at the target so that the target of the opponent's early warning aircraft does not disappear from its own field of vision. Give flying missiles.

After superimposing the speed of the carrier aircraft, the missile finally accelerated to Mach [-].It only takes a little over a minute for them to reach the active guidance range.

For more than a minute, even if the F-15 has the speed of the MiG-23, it cannot fly within the range of their sparrow missiles.