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Text Chapter 1151 Aircraft Carrier Attack

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    "The Arabs shot down ten of our aircraft. This is a challenge to us. We have to take off more fighter planes to bomb the Arab facilities. Our four aircraft carriers have more than 300 fighter planes, plus our  We will continue to bomb the Arab countries, especially the Arab forces that have occupied Israel," Rumsfeld said.

    This loss also shocked Powell. No matter from any angle, the United States must fight back. Otherwise, how will the United States continue to dictate and use its own force to deter others?

    However, none of them thought that it would be Iraq that took the initiative to launch the attack!

    If you are not prepared to intercept cruise missiles, it is really easy for the opponent to succeed. However, with all-round detection capabilities and early warning aircraft monitoring the sky from time to time, the cruise missiles launched by the Americans were intercepted by the Arab air defense systems.  , found most of them.

    Surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, and even attack aircraft used aircraft cannons to intercept. Of the more than 200 missiles launched by the United States, only five successfully reached their targets. Several buildings in Saudi Arabia and Iraq were damaged.

    The United States took the initiative to attack Arab countries, which aroused a strong response from the Arab world. Strong demonstrations broke out among Arabs on the buildings hit by American cruise missiles.

    Iraq's Foreign Minister, Tariq Aziz, delivered a stern speech. The Americans' actions are a challenge to the entire Arab world. The United States must immediately and unconditionally withdraw from the Arabian Sea and the eastern Mediterranean. Otherwise, it means,  war.

    On the Arabian Sea, the wind and waves are a bit strong at this time.

    Since the war mainly broke out in Israel in the west, they are actually a bit far away here. Iraq is separated by the Persian Gulf, which is nearly a thousand kilometers away. Their target is not the first battlefield of Iraq and Israel, but Saudi Arabia.  Riyadh and an Iranian naval base, among other targets.

    For the United States, if it wants to fight, it must completely deprive the Arabs of any room for resistance. The fact that the Iraqis can be so arrogant now has a lot to do with their two aircraft carrier formations. This is also a matter of concern between the Kitty Hawk and Washington.  The most important mission on board.

    As long as these two formations of the Iraqis are killed, they will lose their capital. The US aircraft carrier can approach the entrance of the Persian Gulf and deter the surrounding Arab countries.

    For the application of aircraft carriers, Americans have a history of nearly a hundred years, and they are already familiar with it.  How effective can Iraq's two dissimilar aircraft carriers, which use both ski jumps and ejections, be?  That's just a joke.

    In this kind of weather, although they left the port, can the fighter plane take off and land after taking off?  They are all question marks. An aircraft carrier that cannot take off and land fighter jets is a complete target.

    Since they entered the Arabian Sea, they have been on the highest alert. Both aircraft carrier battle groups have kept at least one early warning aircraft in the sky. At the same time, several newly launched reconnaissance satellites have also entered orbit and are constantly monitoring the Arabian Sea.  situation there.

    In their formation, there are three Ticonderoga-class cruisers, four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, three Perry-class frigates, and four Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines underwater. Such a configuration is already very powerful.  Even if the opponent carries out saturation air strikes, they are absolutely capable of keeping the enemy outside the formation's protective circle.

    In space, satellites from both sides are constantly scanning the sea area. Although the aircraft carrier formation is large, the ocean is even more vast. Therefore, if you want to attack the other party, the first thing you need to do is to find where the other party is.  Location.

    Where is the other party?

    In the past few years, Iraq's space technology has made significant progress. More than 20 reconnaissance satellites carefully scanned this sea area several times. Finally, three hundred nautical miles northeast of Socotra Island, an American aircraft carrier  The formation is sailing north there.

    If found, it means that you will be attacked!

    The cruisers in this aircraft carrier formation launched missiles and attacked targets in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This is completely an act of war!  Iraq will not wait for the aircraft carrier to arrive at its doorstep and attack itself before fighting back. Since the war has already begun, it will completely kill the American aircraft carrier on the sea!

    After receiving the news, Saudi Arabia first took off a land-based early warning aircraft. The E-3 can monitor the movements there while it is in the air.

    At the same time, Iraq¡¯s dual aircraft carrier formation has moved to waters only a thousand kilometers away from the US aircraft carrier.

    The USS Basra and the USS Baghdad began to make final preparations before the war.?, The fighters in the parking area on the deck are constantly being maintained and preparing for takeoff. The Iraqi aircraft carrier has relatively few types of fighters, and the main tasks are all performed by the Su-27K.

    Twenty Su-27Ks are each equipped with two KH-41 anti-ship missiles. This supersonic anti-ship missile is the main anti-aircraft carrier missile of the Iraqi Navy and is improved on the SS-N-22 missile.  An air-launched anti-ship missile. After Iraq introduced the Soviet Union's modern-class aircraft carrier, it was equipped with an anti-ship missile of the military.

    After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Iraq obtained the production line of this missile and improved it at the same time. The range of this missile has reached 300 kilometers, so that the carrier aircraft does not have to face the missile threat of the anti-aircraft ships escorted by the United States. However, it is still  Have to face American escort fighter planes.

    Therefore, there are still twenty Su-27Ks, all with air superiority mounts, six advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles and two close-range combat bombs, allowing them to have enough ammunition to fight American fighters, allowing them to  There is no room left to fight against one's own attack fleet.

    " However, even the Su-27K, which is responsible for the attack mission, is also equipped with two advanced medium-range missiles and two short-range combat bombs. As long as the missiles are launched, they will immediately be able to free up their hands to jointly carry out air superiority combat.

    Forty Su-27K fighters on each of the two aircraft carriers will conduct this sortie mission, while the remaining Su-27K fighters are responsible for guarding one's own aircraft carrier formation and protecting their safety.

    Of course, it was not these eighty fighters that attacked. At the Chabahar base in the rear, Iraq's forty J-7 fighters and sixteen Tu-22M bombers were also equipped with anti-ship missiles.  They are all long-range aircraft and can carry out this long-distance attack mission. Forty land-based Su-27 fighters participated in the escort mission for them.

    While Iraq continues to order Su-27K, it also ordered a batch of Su-27 land-based fighter jets to equip its naval aviation units.

    In order to meet this attack mission, they also specially installed auxiliary fuel tanks, which can have a combat radius of two thousand kilometers. The Arabian Sea is, after all, the doorstep of the Arabs, and Americans will never be allowed to show off their power!

    Doesn¡¯t the U.S. Aegis system have a good ability to deal with saturation attacks?  Then use actual combat to test whether their air defense system is really what it says.

    Dealing with aircraft carriers is definitely not a matter of one or two weapons, but a joint attack by multiple arms.

    In the desert area of ??southern Saudi Arabia, Iraq¡¯s Unit 3 also began preparations for launch.  Their big guy is the anti-ship ballistic missile.

    At the beginning, this kind of missile was only used to scare people, but now, it is no longer the kind of thing that can only be used for demonstration. It has the ability to maneuver in the terminal stage and receive the final signal to adjust its final attack.  Direction, using it to attack aircraft carriers is definitely not a dream.

    The Aegis system has been conducting continuous tests to intercept ballistic missiles in recent years. However, it is still unknown how many ballistic missiles it can intercept. In particular, what is the probability of intercepting terminal-stage maneuvering ballistic missiles?  ?

    After several hours of preparation, the deck of the Baghdad gradually calmed down. Today, they will attack the American aircraft carrier!

    It¡¯s alreadymore than 10 minutes in the afternoon.

    The sea is still very rough, but the Iraqi navy has decided to attack.

    Just half an hour ago, the shore-based J-H-7s had already started to set off, and now, it was their turn.

    On the catapult, the Su-27K, which was full of fuel and bombs, was ready for ejection and take-off. The pilot raised his thumb in the cockpit, and then, looking at the gestures of the deck personnel, the Su-27K accelerated suddenly and jumped from the narrow space.  On the deck, rising into the sky, the anti-ship missiles were mounted under the wings, their titanium alloy shells shining.

    The catapult was continuously ejecting the Su-27K fighter with a total weight of 33 tons and an anti-ship mount into the air. At the same time, on the jump deck of the bow, the Su-27K with an air superiority mount was also launched.  They constantly rely on their own power to take off by ski jump. Since they do not need to carry heavy anti-ship missiles, their take-off weight is several tons lighter, and they can completely take off by ski jump.

    On another Basra nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, carrier-based aircraft are also taking off non-stop.

    On the bridge, the formation commander Abdul looked solemn. He knew that this was their biggest test. Can all the fleets on the expedition return home safely?

    Search and rescue helicopters are also ready to rescue pilots who have fallen into the water.

    The two warships also took off an early warning aircraft each to protect their skies.

    The Basra nuclear-powered aircraft carrier carries more aircraft, so in addition to the combat aircraft, they also have twenty Su-27K fighters responsible for the air defense of the fleet.

      All the planes were flying off the deck one after another, and the Iraqi Navy's fatal blow entered the countdown stage.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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