The two second batch of catapult-launched Tomcat carrier-based aircraft, after taking off, also turned on the afterburner, and pounced on. After the Tomcat fighter took off, it recovered from the huge catapult overload, and the radar officer in the rear cabin became nervous. Operate the radar equipment on the ground, ready to intercept.
Although the Tomcat missiles equipped by the British Navy are not long, they have also undergone hard and rigorous training, and they are now at the critical juncture of life and death, and they have shown their potential.
"Lock the target."
"emission!"
In order to be foolproof, this time their two fighter planes each launched a Phoenix missile, each guided its own, hoping to better hit the target.
On the aircraft carrier, everyone opened their eyes wide, waiting for the news of the successful interception. The Tu-22M bomber, carrying AS-6 missiles, can severely damage a large warship with just one. Under the current circumstances , Once their aircraft carrier was hit, I don’t know how many people would die.
This is the last juncture, and there must not be any mistakes.
Two light spots, toward the flying light spot, rushed over quickly, as long as the light spots converge and then disappear, they can rest assured. At this moment, suddenly, the radar officer shouted: "The target is accelerating, it is climbing, oh, damn!"
The distance is very close now, and the other side starts to climb less than a hundred kilometers away from the own aircraft carrier. What's next
It must be a dive, climb first, and then dive down, so that when attacking, the speed is faster!
The two Phoenix missiles can only follow to climb, but now the distance between the two sides is rapidly approaching, and the angle at which the Phoenix missile climbs is gradually increasing. When it is about to approach, the Phoenix missile has become It climbed vertically.
In this state, interception is conceivable.
Generally speaking, large-scale missiles are intercepted by slow bombers. Their overload capability is not strong, and they cannot be used as combat missiles. When intercepting missiles, they are in a cruising state, almost nothing. For missiles that have changed their state, if the opponent makes a large overload maneuver, it will miss out.
But now, the opponent actually climbs up like this, which is beyond the ability of the Phoenix missile. If it follows the long-range trajectory, it will climb to high altitude when it is launched, and that's fine. Now, it is hit by direct interception. To climb, there is no strength.
Interception failed!
What is left of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
It was too late to eject the take-off fighter plane to intercept it. The two planes in the air turned back and launched, it was too late, and they couldn't catch up.
If there are escorting warships, they can already use ship-to-air missiles to intercept them at this time, and in the worst case, they can also use themselves as shields to block the enemy’s missiles.
But they didn't have anything. Nathan was indeed a little big this time, but the Soviet bomber regiment was blown up by his own side. What other threats could he face
"It has turned into a dive, and its speed is still increasing!"
This is the attack mode of the AS-6 missile. It has never thought about snake-like maneuvering. It relies on its own speed.
In normal cruising, the speed has already exceeded Mach 2, and now it dives and accelerates, it will soon exceed Mach 3!
Even the close defense system of the Phalanx will be under heavy pressure, not to mention the Queen Elizabeth, which has only small-caliber rapid-fire guns as the ultimate means of interception. For it, the probability of a successful interception is almost zero.
When that terrible missile has entered the dive phase, it almost means the end to everyone.
How to do
"Move towards that iceberg!" Nathan shouted loudly, "Quick!"
Nathan is the wing commander of the carrier-based aircraft. He is in charge of commanding the carrier-based aircraft and the command of the warship. Lieutenant Colonel Brown is in charge of the command. How to navigate is also the final decision. coming.
Move towards the iceberg!
Under normal circumstances, a warship sails, of course, to avoid icebergs. No matter how strong your warship is, if you are hit by an iceberg of several thousand tons, the consequences will be terrible.
But now, they had no choice. In an instant, Lieutenant Colonel Brown knew what Nathan meant. Sailing towards the iceberg was the only way to avoid this missile!
Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Brown ordered: "Attention, go forward at full speed, one on the right."
Every second seems to be short, and every second seems to be very long.
The speed of that missile has exceeded Mach 3, and it can fly one kilometer per second. Now it dives down and the distance is less than sixty kilometers. That is only one minute.
In this minute, how far did the aircraft carrier go
Thick black smoke came out from the chimney, and the billowing black smoke floated to the sky. In the boiler, the high-temperature and high-pressure steam entered the steam turbine, pushing the propellers, spinning fast, and the stirred water flow made a rustling sound. , The aircraft carrier began to accelerate.
The carrier was already at full speed when it ejected the carrier-based aircraft. Now, the carrier is accelerating again, and within 30 seconds, it has already reached its maximum speed.
That huge iceberg is right in front of your eyes. Even without lights, everyone can clearly see that if the aircraft carrier hits it, it will be seriously damaged even if it does not sink.
At the same time, in the sky, the missile is flying down quickly, faster and faster, faster and faster, and it has reached Mach 4!
This is the power of the dive. Even if the missile’s engine has been burned, the potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy when the missile dives down. The speed of the bicycle will increase even if the pedal is not pedaled. This is the same reason.
Its radar is also firmly locked to its target. It dives down, has calculated the lead, and will have close contact with the target.
Relying on its huge speed, it dives down, even if it hits the hardest deck of the aircraft carrier, it can break through a huge hole, drill into it and explode, and even if it collides, it can break the aircraft carrier into two pieces. This is the power of high-speed anti-ship missiles.
Almost all of the Soviet anti-ship missiles are supersonic, just to make speed a huge killer.
That huge missile was also falling from the sky, and the aircraft carrier was colliding against the iceberg. At this time, everyone raised their hearts to their throats.
Can you hide it
This is called the place of death and rebirth!
"Expect a collision in ten seconds."
"The missile is expected to arrive in eight seconds."
No one counts down. If you shout out, it will make everyone more nervous, but everyone's heart is counting down, "Seven, six, five, four."
When they counted to 4, Lieutenant Colonel Brown yelled: "Left full rudder!"
Whether it succeeds or not, it depends on the last one. Have you ever played with fighter jets throwing missiles? Have you seen aircraft carriers throw missiles? (End of this chapter)