After speaking, Nathan turned on the engine afterburner.
As the afterburner opened, the wings of the Tomcat fighter began to sweep backwards. At the same time, the fighter accelerated, and the nose formed a cone-shaped shock wave. Then, the aircraft passed through, accelerated, and climbed!
If you want to launch a missile, you must give the missile enough speed. This is provided by the carrier. Now, because the high-throw ballistic cannot be used, that is even more important for the carrier.
However, compared to the pilot in front, the radar officer in the rear cabin is even more busy.
When the avionics system is not advanced enough, the advantages of the two-seater can be shown. The radar officer in the rear cabin can concentrate on operating the radar and missile system.
Guth's hand, flipping the knobs one by one, injects the launch data into the Phoenix missile. This time, it is impossible to provide it through the radar. If you want to use it as an uncontrolled rocket, it depends on the manual input of the radar officer. .
In addition to the phoenix, there is also the Mozu. This missile requires delayed launch technology. At the same time, various data needs to be entered in advance.
In the cabin of every Tomcat fighter, the radar officer is busy. For them, this is also a challenge, a challenge that has never been seen before.
At the same time, the Tomcat fighter is getting closer and closer to the enemy's anti-aircraft missile position, and you can already see the protruding island on the sea in the distance.
"The hammer is ready."
"The Falcon is ready."
In the radio, voices came one by one, and the radar officers finally completed the tedious preparations for launch.
Twenty Tomcat fighters lined up in two teams at an altitude of 18,000 meters, just like the air defense tactics specially intercepted at that time.
"Are they here to queue to die?" Here, the huge radar has already seen the target in full view. Seeing the opponent's formation, the radar soldier can't help but mutter.
This situation is like queuing to shoot.
"It seems that they are planning to launch missiles at us." Osikevich said. As the battalion commander of the missile battalion, he naturally knows more. The opponent's current formation is about to prepare a salvo of missiles.
But what missiles are they going to fire
The U.S. Navy’s arsenal does not seem to have ground-attack missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers. The U.S. Air Force does have them, but they have to be carried by bombers. The direction of these planes is obviously American. The direction of the aircraft carrier formation.
What are the Americans here for
Regardless of him, no matter what comes, everything is all right!
Generally speaking, the ground-based anti-aircraft missile positions have an endless relationship with the enemy's fighters. They will launch missiles and kill planes, and planes will also throw bombs. It depends on who is faster and more ruthless.
The anti-aircraft missile position is not moving, but the aircraft can fly with high maneuverability. Generally speaking, the aircraft dominates. However, the appearance of the Sam-6 at the beginning has scared NATO quite a bit, and the current s -300 is a weapon that determines victory.
You don't need to be afraid of any enemy aircraft, even if the other side launches an unknown missile attack, it will be intercepted by yourself!
"Pay close attention." Osikevich said.
The target is flying at high speed, and the distance to oneself is getting closer and closer.
"The distance is one hundred and twenty kilometers."
"Order the missile launch companies, turn on the guidance radar, and prepare to lock the target!" Osikevich said.
The opponent has less than 20 targets, and you can kill them all at once.
"Put it at 80 kilometers and fight again!" At the same time, in order to avoid making mistakes, he decided to fire at 80 kilometers, so that in case there is a fish that slips through the net, he can also conduct a second interception.
The time is calculated in seconds. After all, the Tomcat fighter group at this time has reached Mach 2, which is nearly 700 meters per second, and ten seconds is seven kilometers.
"A hundred kilometers away."
"The distance is ninety kilometers."
"Shoot!" At a distance of ninety kilometers, Nathan issued an order to fire, and he must never enter the effective range of the target. Within ninety kilometers, it is quite dangerous.
I have never done this before, I hope the range is enough!
Following Nathan's order to fire, the radar officer in the rear compartment, Gus, controlled the missile to ignite.
The Phoenix missile is huge, and its pylon is heavy. In the past, the missile was ignited directly on the pylon and flew off the orbit. But first, when the missile was about to ignite, there were two bangs and the pylon The fixing bolts also broke away following the explosion.
The huge phoenix did not fly out by itself. The phoenix missile started to ignite when its pylon was separated from the hanging point. So, in the billowing white smoke, the phoenix missile, carrying the pylon, moved forward together. Fly away!
On the pylon, there are also two Mozu missiles, which are counting down according to the procedure just set.
This whimsy is simply too peculiar!
No one thought it could be used like this. The current Phoenix is a Didi, and its passengers are two Mozus.
The aerodynamic layout must be destroyed. After all, the smooth appearance of the Phoenix missile, with the addition of a pylon, has destroyed the original aerodynamic shape, and two molluscs are added to the pylon, then The resistance is greatly increased.
When it is launched, it will carry the speed of Mach 2 provided by the carrier. If only the Phoenix missile itself is used, it will easily be superimposed to exceed the speed of Mach 2.
But now, the Phoenix missile has tried its best, and the speed has not reached Mach 4.
At the same time, it didn't know that it was carrying other things, it just felt that its flight was very heavy. The Phoenix is flying hard, completing its unique mission.
Fly with the pylon, fly with the missile!
From the weight point of view, this is no problem. A Phoenix missile weighs nearly half a ton, and two Mozus, plus a pylon, weigh less than 400 kilograms, so they can be used as passengers.
If your sword is not long enough, then you take a step forward. If your missile's range is not far enough, then find a Didi taxi.
The Phoenix took the Mockingbird and started its final flight. At this time, the bright spots on the opposite radar screen suddenly increased.
Ninety kilometers, the other side launched a missile. Obviously, the other side knew the range of one's missile well, and it was just on the range boundary of the air defense missile!
This made Osikevich frowned. The other party actually launched a missile? What kind of missile is that
"From the reflection of radar waves, it may be a large air-to-surface missile." The radar soldier said.
American navy, large air-to-surface missiles? (End of this chapter)