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Text Chapter 1132 Night Flight

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    On the Arabian Sea, the wind and waves are a bit strong today.

    The waves were beating against the hull, and the tens of thousands of tons of ship was swaying on the sea surface. The deck above was shaking from side to side.

    "Full speed ahead, right rudder three, prepare to take off against the wind." On the bridge, the captain of the Baghdad, Abdul, calmly ordered.

    On the deck below, lights were flashing. This was a night flight training.

    Taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier is a very dangerous action, especially at night. Landing on an aircraft carrier is even more dangerous. Therefore, even in the U.S. Navy, all carrier-based aircraft pilots have the ability to take off at night, but only a hundred  Sixty percent of the pilots have the ability to land at night, which means that their attacks are usually launched after early morning, and when the carrier-based aircraft group returns, it is already dawn.

    In order for an aircraft carrier to have real combat capabilities, it must not only be able to operate during the day, but also must have combat effectiveness at night. Therefore, after they have mastered the take-off and landing capabilities during the day, they began to challenge night flights.  .

    On the angled deck, a twin-propeller fixed-wing aircraft was parked in the take-off position. The deck operator used a light stick to direct the flight.

    On the top of this aircraft is a small mushroom disk, which is Iraq's own carrier-based early warning aircraft.

    This kind of early warning aircraft was improved from the original American e-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft. At the beginning, Kusay relied on his good relationship with the United States to order a batch of this kind of early warning aircraft from the United States. As the  Subsequent orders.  The total eventually came to ten, like this.  An aircraft carrier maintains a squadron of five aircraft, which is enough to undertake uninterrupted early warning tasks.

    " However, this kind of early warning aircraft has been discounted when the United States exported it, resulting in a big gap in early warning performance with that of the US military's own equipment.  Iraq after its first few years of land-based use.  Its own phased array early warning aircraft has been equipped with troops. At the same time, it has begun to gradually modify this early warning aircraft using Ericsson's GodEye technology.

    This is also to prevent the use of equipment produced in the United States during combat, and the technical performance is well known to the United States itself.  At that time, it will be very simple for the United States to find its loopholes. As long as the United States specifically targets its radar to interfere, the early warning aircraft will become a decoration.

    So, Iraq made improvements on its own.  Only when the main equipment is self-produced can we not be controlled by others during combat.

    When he first purchased it, what Kusai paid more attention to was its body structure.  It is very suitable for aircraft carriers to carry, if Iraq develops it by itself.  Since there is no experience in the development of such a small fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft, the cycle will definitely be long, and the quantity of equipment is very small, so this shortcut was taken. In order to avoid being controlled by others, Iraq imported a considerable number of accessories.

    Several crew members in the AWACS aircraft adjusted their seats so that they were all forward, and the seat belts tightly tied them to their seats. As long as they are aircrew, they have to face the huge overload during ejection and takeoff.  After ejecting once, they will all have a feeling: great!

    The front wheel was fixed on the catapult, and all preparations were completed. With the body movements of the deck personnel and the pointing of the fluorescent stick, the pilot of the early warning aircraft immediately opened the throttle to the full, and the propeller accelerated. At the same time, steam was flowing all over the deck.  Overflowed, the early warning aircraft took off from the top of the angled deck.

    Most enemy attacks on aircraft carriers will be launched at night, so the first thing that has the ability to fly at night must be a carrier-based early warning aircraft.

    As the early warning aircraft took off, Reyer was also ready in the take-off area of ??the jump deck.

    After several years of operation, the Iraqi Navy found that their best choice was to use a jump flight plus ejection take-off method. Ejection take-off allows the aircraft to take off at the maximum load. In this way, the capabilities of the aircraft when it was originally designed,  will be perfectly reflected.

    However, another problem faced by catapult take-off is that the catapult is a product that is not very reliable. It needs to be repaired at least every two weeks. If it is used intensively, it will have to be repaired once a week, even in the United States.  The catapult is no exception. Ultra-high temperature and high pressure steam will cause damage to the piston and cylinder.

    (This can be seen in the movie. The Americans wanted to take off the fighter plane quickly. However, the captain received a report from the deck personnel that the catapult failed and the subsequent aircraft could not take off.)

    In this way, ski-jump takeoff can provide the ability to quickly engage in attacks. Therefore, except for the slow E-2, which must take off from the catapult, the carrier-based aircraft pilots on the Baghdad can use all other fighter aircraft.  Two take-off methods, ejection take-off and ski-jump take-off.

    After passing through the cockpit and seeing the gestures of the conductor below, RayerTurning on the afterburner, the fighter jet began to take off along the white line from the bow deck.

    Outside the cockpit, there is a dark night sky. Reyer's Su-27k fighter, under the command of the early warning aircraft, conducted tonight's exercise subject, a rapid long-range interception!

    Around the Baghdad, several large warships were guarding the left and right. Among them, the warship with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons was vigilantly searching the surrounding sea and air. It was the large Iraqi cruiser, the Mosul. This was  Iraq invested money in the Soviet-era Glorious-class cruiser. After completing its construction, it joined the Iraqi Navy. This warship has complete long-, medium-, and short-range air defense capabilities and is the patron saint of aircraft carriers.

    In addition to the vertically launched anti-aircraft missiles, the Mosul¡¯s more daunting weapons are the cruise missiles on both sides.

    After dismantling the huge granite anti-ship missiles, each anti-ship missile location was turned into a quadruple cruise missile launcher. Due to technological advancements, especially the folding wing structure, the cruise missile has been greatly reduced.  The space occupied by missiles, therefore, the Mosul carried 64 land-attack cruise missiles. When this improved version of the cruiser appeared in front of the world, even the Americans were surprised. This kind of warship  It is very dangerous to get close to the sea around any country.

    Next to the Mosul is a Dreadnought-level three-level dedicated air defense destroyer, which uses a four-sided phased array radar, which is enough to cope with complex environments.

    The disintegration of the Soviet Union allowed Iraq's aircraft carrier formation to achieve a breakthrough, and their shortcomings, air defense and air defense, were completely resolved.

    ??Further outward, there are two Dreadnought-class ships and two Modern-class ships. Under the water where no one is paying attention, there is also an Oscar-class nuclear submarine.

    With such a formation, even if it is to deal with the US aircraft carrier battle group, it will never fall behind. The Iraqi Navy already has the ability to confront the US Navy head-on.

    Of course, it¡¯s not just these. Iraq¡¯s second aircraft carrier, the Basra, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a displacement of more than 80,000 tons, is undergoing final sea trials. After the sea trials are completed, it will join the Iraqi Navy to form a second  Aircraft carrier battle group.  At the same time, another Glorious class ship will also be built and join the Iraqi Navy.

    At this time, Russia, Ukraine and other countries will eliminate a large number of warships due to their lack of funds. Iraq purchased one Modern-class and two Dreadnought-class ships at a very low price, and they will all join the second fleet.  aircraft carrier formation.

    Iraq¡¯s self-produced frigates have completed all sea trials and been delivered to the Iraqi Navy. Iraq will build five units in batches. This type of frigate has also been spotted by the Saudi Navy and is preparing to order several units.  At the same time, Iraq has also begun construction of a new destroyer with a displacement of about 7,000 tons. This destroyer will use a four-sided phased array radar jointly developed by Iraq and Sweden. The main air defense missile is the vertically launched S'A-N-6  Regional air defense missiles have a range of 100 kilometers, which is enough to deal with threats from long-range targets.  This missile is also a regional air defense missile that Iraq is preparing to produce on its own using technology obtained from the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant.

    The power of the ship is a mature gas turbine from Ukraine. This warship still has the shadow of the Soviet era everywhere.

    After Iraq realizes the introduction and independent production of naval equipment, it will truly become a military power. After ten to twenty years, after digesting and absorbing the current technology, and at the same time, after Iraq's aircraft carrier operations become proficient, Iraq will truly become a military power.  Start building an aircraft carrier independently.

    Even Asan¡¯s navy is clamoring to maintain the scale of three aircraft carriers. The Iraqi Navy wants to protect its own rights and interests. In the future, having three aircraft carrier battle groups is also a more appropriate scale.

    However, so far, nuclear submarines are still a shortcoming in the Iraqi Navy.

    Surface ships can be introduced, digested, and absorbed, but underwater nuclear submarines are not sold by any country.  A great man from the East once said that it would take ten thousand years to build a nuclear submarine!

    Therefore, Iraq has also launched a nuclear submarine development project. However, because everything is starting from scratch, although it has absorbed some nuclear submarine experts from the former Soviet Union, this road still has a long way to go.

    Therefore, at present, Iraq only has one Oscar-class nuclear submarine, which cannot satisfy underwater operations in any case.

    Of course, these are all superficial. In fact, in addition to the Oscar-class ship, Iraq also has an Akula-class nuclear submarine. This submarine was K-263, which belonged to the Pacific Fleet on the eve of the disintegration of the Soviet Union.  , this is a submarine that was commissioned in 1986. During an exercise, it lost contact with the Pacific Fleet. It was confirmed that the submarine was unfortunately killed.There were no survivors among the officers and soldiers. It was just that the Soviet Union at this time no longer had the strength to take care of these things. The intensification of internal struggles made it impossible for them to even carry out salvage work. In fact, they could not salvage the place where the crash occurred.  , more than 10,000 meters, if the submarine falls, the pressure hull may have been crushed.

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