Fight in the airspace you are good at! This is the most basic common sense. Relying on the variable swept wings, apart from being unable to beat the opponent at high speed, other aspects of performance are all spikes.
It can be said that when the Su-15 interceptor plans to dive down and intercept the ultra-low-flying Nathan, the end is doomed.
Osipovich was quite anxious. After diving down, he was ready to launch his own missiles, but before that, he had to turn a corner first.
Yes, although it is in the state of head-on interception, now the opponent is flying at ultra-low altitude and he cannot use radar-guided R-98 missiles. Although he also has an infrared-guided R-98 that can be intercepted head-on. However, this missile has very poor maneuverability and is designed to intercept targets such as bombers. If it is shot at this ultra-low-altitude Tomcat, it will definitely be avoided by the opponent.
Only the highly mobile R-60 missile can guarantee sufficient lethality. However, the R-60 of this era can only chase after attack.
As the third-generation air-to-air missile designed by the Pennant Design Bureau, the R-60 is the first combat bomb in the true sense. Its aerodynamic layout is special. The infrared seeker is equipped with 4 rectangular fixed stabilizer wings and trapezoidal shape. The tail wing ensures the flight stability of the missile together, and the front section of the missile body is also equipped with 4 triangular wings to control the flying direction of the missile.
This is similar to the movable canard of a fighter plane, which directly obtains positive lift, giving the missile excellent overload capability, which is enough to keep up with the aircraft that intends to rely on large overload maneuvers to avoid missiles.
However, its seeker performance is still limited. It only has the ability to chase after attack. The target is the jet's largest heat source, the tail nozzle, which is also the most common way of infrared bombs in this era.
Only later, the improved R-60M missile was equipped with the "Komar-M" (OGS-75) search probe. Due to the use of the infrared search probe system, the search radius has been increased by 17°, allowing the missile to hit the front hemisphere of the target.
Now, he must pass by the opponent, then turn around in the airspace, go around the opponent's back hemisphere and attack the opponent.
This is also the tactic that Osipovich intends to adopt. At this time, the target aircraft must be anxious to return home, and will never entangle himself, that is his own opportunity.
Unfortunately, he was wrong.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching. Nathan watched the target get closer and closer, and then he suddenly opened the afterburner. In the hot tail flames, the fighter plane began to climb!
The opponent dived and Nathan climbed. In this way, the two sides really entered a head-to-head state. During the overload, Nathan flipped the switches one by one.
On the launcher of the wing box, the seeker of the Sidewinder missile began to rotate, and through the initial orientation provided by the airborne radar, it was opening its eyes wide, looking hard at the nitrogen gas at 35MPa pressure. The bottle continuously sends in the cold air to cool the seeker so that it can distinguish the temperature difference more clearly.
Finally, in the background of the sky, I saw the clear and hot target!
"D..." A locked voice came from the headset.
Nathan pressed the button on the joystick, and instantly, under the wing box, the fire glowed.
shooting!
The Sidewinder missile, launched from the pylon, flew forward.
The R-60 does not have the ability to attack head-on, but the Rattlesnake can!
It is not appropriate to simply mention the Sidewinder missile, because there are many types of this kind of missile, and even some models are not related to each other, but they are still called Sidewinder missiles.
Nathan’s fighter plane is equipped with the latest Sidewinder missile.
The AIM-9L, the third-generation product in the Sidewinder series of missiles, was equipped in 1978 and was improved on the basis of the 9J. Possess true omnidirectional attack capability, improves the power and speed of the warhead, and has strong maneuverability.
It can be said that the performance of this missile is excellent. In later generations, it has been used for another 20 or 30 years, and it is still not out of date.
Compared with the thick smoke of the Soviet missile when it was launched, the AIM-9L missile uses a smokeless engine, and no trace of smoke can be seen. This Sidewinder missile has come with murderous intent!
When he saw the Tomcat fighter climb up, Osipovich knew it was bad, but he couldn't avoid it. At this time, he had to fight bravely!
He dived down, just to intercept this enemy plane and keep the opponent in his own territory. Now, the opponent actually flew up to fight, that also suits his own liking!
R-60 still couldn't be locked, his hand flipped the switch quickly and transferred to the cannon!
The Su-15 interceptor also has a machine gun. When intercepting the target, using a machine gun to expel it is one way. Unfortunately, because there is no tracer, it eventually led to the tragedy of the last time.
Osipovich has no regrets, that is his task.
Now, he is still completing his mission and fulfilling his mission. As he activates the cannon system, he begins to enter into an orderly preparation.
Yes, in the tens of seconds that the two sides are about to contact, he still has a lot to do.
If you just expel the opponent’s aircraft, you can fire the shells at will, but if you want to hit the target, you have to do a lot of work.
Shooting cannons in the sky is not so easy, and it is somewhat similar to the previous tank soldiers.
Osipovich adjusts his own knob, that is, the wingspan knob, and selects the wingspan scale, so that he can use the enemy's wingspan as the basis for ranging (if the opponent changes the wingspan, it will be awkward, but the male Cat Fighter is exactly like this.)
This is just the first step of the Long March. Next, he has to move the selector lever to the active halo position, press the ring stabilizer button to make the halo closely follow the motion of the machine; then turn the rangefinder handle to enlarge the halo; estimate to lift With high angle and advanced angle, place the halo in front of the target and release the stabilizer button to reduce the halo. Then, the halo moves backward and downward, and the central light spot slowly falls on the target.
This series of steps is far from over, but now, Osipovich has just done this and can no longer do it.
"467, 467, pay attention, the other party launched a missile!" The voice of ground guidance came from the headset.
Although it is difficult to see the missile, the missile is still invisible in front of the radar.
Osipovich only took care of his own series of actions. The firing was very cumbersome. He had to concentrate his full strength. Moreover, the opponent's missiles were fired without smoke, so it was difficult to pay attention.
When he heard this, Osipovich immediately ended his artillery work. He must not be able to fire. As long as he didn't do it at all, it would be impossible to hit.
He raised his head and looked ahead, and sure enough, a missile was flying towards him, which could be caught with the naked eye, entirely because of Osipovich's luck. (End of this chapter)