Tu-114 passenger plane? When the Discovery Map-95 was received, the entire base was immediately upgraded to the highest level of combat readiness. One F-4 fighter jet was pulled out of the hangar, loaded with missiles and fuel, ready to take off at any time.
Tu-95, that was a bomber capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Was it a provocative demonstration, a reconnaissance activity, or the moment when the war broke out this time
Therefore, the entire base is immediately ready, as a forward position, they must be ready to take off at any time to meet the enemy.
And now, the news of Nathan's return made them relax a little.
"Tune to the public channel and tell the Russians that they are lost, so let them leave as soon as possible," General Richard said.
Emily frowned, the lost Tu-95 turned into a passenger plane? This matter is probably not that simple!
"Tell the young eagle to let him see clearly, is that really a passenger plane?" Emily said. Although up to now, she has no authority to intervene, but the young eagle is an exchange student after all, and she is in charge of this exchange student activity.
"Soviet flight, please note that this is Alaska. Please report your flight. You may be on the wrong heading and ended." The caller repeated the call twice in Russian and English, but there was no echo in the air.
"Look, how? These Americans, do you think we are regular flights?" Victor's face was smiling: "Now, we don't need to pay attention to them and continue flying."
The radio received a warning message from the ground, and Victor ignored it. Anyway, some flights may have radio failures during the flight. It is normal if you don’t hear it. We will continue the flight and see how the Americans react. .
They came this time to collect this information, to see how quickly the Americans reacted, to see how large they can take off and intercept, etc., and they may also induce more radars to turn on so that they can collect parameters for themselves.
Victor had no scruples about this, and Habasf, with a sense of tension, looked outside. Just now, an F-4 fighter jet had passed by his side. Then, the other side would definitely do it again. Fly over, fly level with one's own side, and then force one's side to change course.
The next confrontation will be quite dangerous.
"Young Eagle, pay attention, observe the target carefully, and identify the target model again." When the call from the ground came from the earphones, Nathan just turned the nose, he pushed the throttle lever and headed towards the huge plane.
"No other targets were found. So far, only this one. The low altitude situation is uncertain." said Steve in the rear cabin. Just as he flew past, he had already turned on the radar to control the airspace ahead, that is, this one. The airspace behind the "airliner" was scanned.
If it was the Soviets deliberately, the escort fighters might still be followed, but now nothing has been found, or indeed there is none, or they are hiding in low altitude.
After all, the radar of this era still cannot effectively detect targets from low altitudes.
"Let's go up and take a look." Nathan said, "I always feel that this is not like an ordinary passenger plane. If it is a trek passenger plane, it would be a coincidence."
Just a few days after the Korean Airlines passenger plane lost its way, Maozi's passenger plane also lost its way? This is definitely not a coincidence, it must be premeditated.
It was just a flash, Nathan didn't observe it properly, and now, when he slowly came closer to observe from behind, many doubts came out.
He was a pilot in later generations, and here is also a pilot. Nathan is naturally familiar with various aircraft at home and abroad, and the difference between the Tu-95 bomber and the Tu-144 passenger plane is easy to see.
In the eyes of laymen, they are all slender fuselages, swept wings, and four large propeller engines, but in the eyes of experts, it is different.
"Soviet people, almost fooled us." Sitting in the cockpit, gradually approaching the "airliner" from behind, Nathan quickly saw the doorway.
The wing of the Tu-95 bomber is a center wing, (that is, the wing is in the middle of the fuselage in the vertical direction). In this case, the front and rear cabins are divided into two mutually incommunicable parts by the wings.
For the bomber, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the front and rear do not need to be connected. The bomb bay is in the back and the personnel bay is in the front.
However, the passenger plane will not work. The passenger plane must pass through before and after. It will not be divided into two groups of crew members, right
Therefore, the changed picture 114 is to widen the nacelle of picture 95, at the same time cancel the bomb bay and various cannons, and change the mid-mounted wing to a lower single wing (the wing is on the lower part of the fuselage), so that the front and rear are Go through.
Therefore, distinguishing the wings is the easiest way.
The wing of this plane is not a single wing, that is to say, it is definitely Tu-95!
"This should be a reconnaissance plane." Nathan judged: "They tried to turn into a passenger plane to fool us. Now that we see through, we might as well frighten them!"
"Nathan, pay attention to discipline, we have to obey the following orders." Steve said, he seemed to guess what this bold Nathan wanted to do.
"The ground requires us to identify the target. Now, we are just identifying the target. Steve, use the radar to lock it on for me!"
If it is an ordinary passenger plane, it does not have any identification friend or foe equipment, and there is no radar warning receiver. Bombers or reconnaissance planes are different. There must be radar warning receivers on them.
As long as it changes its course as soon as it is locked, its identity will be confirmed!
"Understand, use radar to lock it." Steve said, turning on his radar.
Compared with later generations, this radar is very simple, and its working state is also very simple. There are only 7 working states: "off (OFF), "ready" (STBY), "air-to-air" (A/A), "Air-to-Ground" (A/G), "Antenna Fixed" (CAGE—Antenna axis is fixed on the weapon reference line), "Self-Check 1" (BIT1) and "Self-Check 2" (BIT2).
Now, the radar is adjusted from the air-to-air state to the fixed antenna state. The parabolic radar antenna in front immediately switches the beam, from the conical scanning pulse wave just now to the continuous wave.
This radar is developed on the basis of APQ-72, APQ-100 and APQ-109 radars. The purpose of combining pulse search radar, continuous wave guidance radar and target interception computer into one device is realized.
The powerful continuous wave will immediately trigger the opponent's radar warning receiver!
Are the Soviets afraid? (End of this chapter)