Andre’s Super MiG-25 is accelerating, providing the best conditions for the launch of R-33.
Any aircraft needs to accelerate when launching a missile. After all, it can give the missile an additional initial launch speed. The higher the speed, the farther the missile will fly.
In this regard, the MiG-25 is the most advantageous because it is the fastest.
Don’t worry about the thermal barrier. The missile’s flight speed is more than Mach 3. The missile has solved the thermal barrier problem long ago. What needs to be resolved is the launch mechanism, and this special MiG-25 uses a semi-buried one. The mounting method further reduces friction and heat generation at high speeds.
General missiles are mounted on the wings, while the stealth aircraft of later generations are mounted in the bomb bays, and the semi-buried pylons are rarely used.
To put it simply, the semi-buried pylon means digging a few pits in the belly of the aircraft. This pit is very particular and must be the size of the missile, so as to reduce the influence of turbulence and prevent resonance.
Therefore, it is dedicated. Once it is designed, only one weapon can be mounted. If the shape does not match, it will not work.
This MiG-25 is specially designed to mount R-33 missiles, and R-33 missiles, almost only it can be mounted, which is equivalent to a dedicated aircraft.
Now, with the two turbofan engines in the tail, the afterburner is started regardless of consumption, the fighter continues to increase speed, 2.6, 2.7, until Mach 2.8, and finally, no longer accelerate.
This is already the maximum speed of this aircraft.
The turbojet engine is naturally suitable for high-altitude and high-speed. However, it consumes fuel and the turbofan saves fuel. The performance of high-altitude and high-speed is worse.
If it is the original MiG-25, flying to Mach 3 is more than enough, but the current MiG-25 can only fly to 2.8.
"The lock has been completed." At this time, for Andre, his task is not difficult, he just needs to fly the plane smoothly and wait.
This is the advantage of the two-seater. Those cumbersome and complicated operating radars and guiding missiles will be handed over to the specialized radar officer in the rear compartment to do it.
Colonel Fedotov looked at the screen in front of him. The huge bright spot could not be run away, but now, the distance is still a little far away, there are still a hundred kilometers.
The range of the missile is an imaginary number. The changes in actual combat are quite large, especially now that this is a rear-end attack, which is more severely reduced than a head-on attack.
For the sake of safety, it is best not to launch at a time of 100 kilometers, and then fly forward for a while.
"Meow, meow." At this moment, the sound of the radar warning receiver came from their headphones, and it was actually locked by a Tomcat
"We are locked." Colonel Fedotov said.
"Don't worry about him." Andre said: "Launch missiles!"
If you want to compare the authority of two people on a two-seater fighter, the radar officer cooperates with the pilot. Now, being locked means being attacked. However, Andre is not afraid. He has to complete his own before the other party attacks. attack.
Is the tomcat scary? But so far, there is no record of a Tomcat shooting down the MiG-25, or in other words, no record of shooting down at 3 times the speed of sound. Andre will not be afraid!
Even if there is, don’t be afraid!
I have already flown here, the enemy is right in front of my eyes, there is no reason to shrink back!
"Understand, launch immediately." At this time, Fedotov could not delay any longer, and at a distance of ninety, he launched his own missile.
Under the belly of the plane, the first R-33 missile bounced out easily under the action of the ejection mechanism.
When it fired, its warhead was downward, the body was tilted, and flew forward and down. The thick body was exposed. At the same time, the body was still under the action of the wings and began to rotate.
A second later, this missile, which was five or six meters away from the carrier, suddenly spewed out a strong tongue of flame from its tail, and it ignited successfully!
The fiery tail flame enveloped the entire rear of the fuselage. In the dense flame, the missile began to accelerate.
In the white smoke, the second missile was bounced out, and then it ignited!
One, another, four huge R-33 missiles, all fired successfully!
They leaped forward at a one-second interval.
At this time, they are still in free flight.
If it is a Phoenix missile, in order to achieve a high range, after taking off, it will quickly climb to an altitude of 24,000 meters, and the modified version will even climb to an altitude of 30,000 meters to reduce the resistance to achieve a high range, while the R33 missile There is no need to climb upwards, it just needs to fly forward.
The reason is very simple. People's carrier aircraft is so awesome. The current carrier aircraft has flown to an altitude of 28,000 meters, and at the same time the speed has reached Mach 2.8, so there is no need to climb at all.
No matter how hard you work the day after tomorrow, it’s not as good as your background. It’s like having a broken house at home, but it can be demolished.
Although it looks a lot like the Phoenix, its flight process is different.
Although they all adopt compound guidance methods, the initial and middle stages of the R-33 missile adopt inertial guidance and radio command guidance. At the end, the airborne radar provides continuous wave guidance signals to guide the missile to hit the target.
As for the Phoenix, the final stage is actively guided. Even if the Soviet Union acquires the Phoenix missile, it cannot be imitated because it cannot process a flat slot radar antenna.
Now, it is guided by inertial in the initial stage. At this time, the carrier can be maneuvered.
Andre is ready to push the joystick, push the rudder, turn to the vertical direction of the opponent's radar beam, get rid of the lock, and then it will not be too late to return to guide the R-33.
However, at this moment, the locked sound in the headset disappeared.
Play mystery!
He didn't know, it was not that the other party was playing mystery, but the other party also launched an attack!
AWG-9 radar, the first to be locked is the MiG-25, and at the same time, during the lock, the Phoenix missile has been shot out.
Then, when four small targets were separated near the MiG-25, Lieutenant Gus immediately moved the targets quickly and locked the missiles!
This is very difficult. The missile's echo is relatively small. However, under the operation of Lieutenant Gus, the mission was completed. The powerful pulse beam was directed at those missiles!
"Aim for the first one." Nathan yelled.
They only have one phoenix left, so they can only hit one target, of course the first one! After attacking this target, numerous fragments will be formed in the surrounding airspace. As long as those missiles hit, they will definitely be killed!
"Understand," these days, the cooperation between the two has been intimate, Gus has guessed Nathan's intentions, and the two are the best crew. (End of this chapter)