Cheating is cheating. Even if the Soviets want to cheat, they don't have this ability.
The six Phoenix missiles climbed up to an altitude of 24,000 meters and began to continue their forward attack. Although they were launched at intervals of five seconds, their speeds exceeding Mach 4 had already caused each other to separate greatly during their flight. The distance is enough to be clearly displayed on the radar screen.
Lieutenant Gus in the rear compartment is still at the busiest stage. He has to be distracted to take care of six missiles attacking six targets at the same time, which is a great burden.
Almost the same as during the shooting test of the Phoenix missile, the six targets are of course not completely straight flying drones. In the eyes of the Soviets, they are pediatrics.
With six target drones, in flight, the first three will maneuver, and the last three will turn and do a few simple maneuvers, which will undoubtedly increase his difficulty.
In the sky, six missiles are still flying, and the first Phoenix missile launched has already begun to dive down.
It flew the earliest, and it was only 40 kilometers away from the first flying target on the opposite side.
It dived from an altitude of more than 20,000 meters to 8,000 meters, allowing it to resume its speed again. At the same time, the active radar seeker in front of the missile began to rotate, looking for the target.
If you want to have multi-target attack capability, the missile must be an active seeker.
The difference between the passive seeker and the passive seeker is that the passive seeker only receives radar signals. It is the carrier aircraft that transmits the radar signals, just like the carrier aircraft is a large flashlight, illuminating things in front of it, and reflecting back light for the missile to see. .
The active radar seeker means that the missile has its own small flashlight, so you can walk on your own without the large flashlight behind it.
Because of the limited caliber of the missile, it is impossible to actively guide the missile in the whole process, and it is only about 20 kilometers away.
Now, the first phoenix, according to the data provided by the carrier, turned on its own radar, and then, there was an exciting current passing through its circuit, successfully intercepting the target, and entering the active guidance phase!
For the Phoenix missile, as long as it enters the active guidance, it almost means it can hit.
"Okay, let's end one." Gus said, his carrier now only needs to control five missiles, and he doesn't need to worry about the missile that enters the active guidance process.
At this moment, he suddenly yelled, "No!"
Gus, with a heartbeat of one hundred and fourteen, watched a target disappear on the radar screen.
Damn, there will be accidents, the signal amplifier on this drone must be broken!
If the target signal is lost, the corresponding interceptor missile will be in an uncontrolled state. Six rounds and six hits are no longer possible.
Leave it alone, let that missile continue to fly in a straight line, and use your energy to control other missiles.
At the same time, he began to call on the radio: "Attention, electromagnetic interference is ready to turn on, count down thirty seconds."
Just when the third missile successfully used the active radar seeker to intercept the target, the first Phoenix missile had already flown near the target drone on the opposite side.
"Boom!" With the explosion, the 60-kilogram high-explosive fragmentation fighters scattered one after another, filling all the airspace in front of the drone.
For the Phoenix missile weighing half a ton, its warhead has also reached 60 kilograms against the sky. At this time, the warhead of an ordinary missile is very good with half its weight.
As long as it is attacked by Phoenix missiles, even if it is a large bomber, only one is needed!
The drone hit these fragments, and the mass of a single fragment was not large, but the high speed became a terrible killer, giving the fragments powerful kinetic energy.
"Boom!" When the fragments rushed into the drone, it triggered an explosion of the drone, which was more brilliant than the previous shot down.
The first missile was successfully intercepted!
At this time, on the moss early warning aircraft, the Soviet radar officers had their mouths open.
Seeing is believing. When they saw the other party launching a hundred kilometers away, they thought it was a rocket. How could that be possible? But now, those Phoenix missiles with high trajectory have actually flown more than 100 kilometers, and the target drone has been shot down!
Are Americans pretending
During this period of time, the radar officers hardly blinked, staring at the radar screen, looking at the bright spots on the screen, contacting them, and then disappearing.
The first missile hit, and the second missile hit!
Then comes the third missile!
At this moment, suddenly, a large swath of snowflakes appeared on the radar screen.
"Damn it, electromagnetic interference, fast, start countermeasures, switch frequencies, increase power." The commander shouted loudly.
The early warning aircraft can be regarded as an electronic warfare weapon. Correspondingly, it will of course be interfered, and at the same time there will be anti-interference measures.
Its radar has more than one frequency band, and the other party’s interference cannot be in the whole frequency band. It can only be the key interference. Just change the frequency band. At the same time, another way is to increase the power. My transmission power is far more than yours. Interference power, then it's okay.
Several operators pressed each switch, and within 30 seconds, the screen became clear again.
However, they only saw the last missile and the scene when the target hit.
In the air, there are no other flying objects. In the airspace where the target was shot, it was empty.
"The Americans are demonstrating to us." In the moss early warning aircraft, the commander couldn't help but say.
Although I did not see the attack of the three missiles in the middle, they were hit at the beginning and at the end. There is no reason why the middle one missed.
The American Tomcat fighter is really a terrible weapon!
Just when they were still shocked by the launch of the American missile just now, suddenly, a radar officer shouted: "Look, it is flying towards us!"
The opponent's target shooting is over. According to the truth, it should be returning home, but now, the other party has not returned home, and it actually came in the direction of its own early warning aircraft!
The Soviet Union does not have long-range fighter jets, and this kind of confrontation during the Cold War will not start immediately. Therefore, the Moss early warning aircraft was dispatched separately, taking off from the Kamchatka Peninsula and ran to a place 300 kilometers north of the exercise area to observe.
It does not have fighter jets to escort, and at the same time, as an aircraft modified from a passenger aircraft platform, its speed will not be very high.
After the Americans finished launching the Phoenix missile, they actually drove up to Mach 2 and came towards their side. How can they not be shocked
Why are the Americans coming? In the past, as long as they did not fly very close, the Americans would not interfere!
At this time, in the rear cockpit of the Tomcat fighter, Gus had just completed the task and was relaxing. After discovering Nathan's actions, he was also puzzled: "Lone Ranger, what are you doing?"
"Frighten them," Nathan said. (End of this chapter)