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Text Chapter 1154 The Power of Saturation Attack

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    On the outside of the Iraqi aircraft carrier formation are four self-produced frigates. These frigates only have short-range air defense missiles. However, further inside, there are three modern-class ships and a fearless three-pole. They are all equipped with medium-range air defense missiles.  The effective range is forty kilometers, and further inward are two self-produced special-purpose air defense destroyers and two Glorious-class ships. The ones above are all regional air defense missiles with a range of one hundred kilometers.

    If five hundred missiles were flying, they might exceed their fire channel, but now they have only launched more than fifty missiles. It can only be said that the Americans are too stingy.

    The first thing to be launched was the long-range SA-N-6 missile that was close to the aircraft carrier. Fire continued to appear in the Glorious-class revolver launcher, and the missile was launched. This missile has a range of 100 kilometers and uses  It has radio commands and advanced TVM guidance methods with many anti-jamming measures. It can not only attack high-altitude and high-speed targets, but also effectively intercept low-altitude incoming targets such as harpoons. It has strong anti-saturation attack power.

    Two Iraqi self-produced destroyers also began to launch long-range SA-N-6 missiles. Under the guidance of the phased array radar on the warships, they began to attack missiles flying from long distances.  At this time, the flying height of the Tomahawk was about forty meters above sea level, so they could accurately capture the target at a distance of seventy kilometers.

    Due to the influence of the curvature of the earth, the maximum range of this anti-aircraft missile has not been effectively utilized.

    While the first batch of missiles were still flying towards the target, the top radar on the modern class had also discovered the target. According to the data distributed by the integrated fire control system, they began intense preparations to launch their own missiles.

    Especially Dreadnought 3, it has more fire channels, so it can fight against more targets at one time.

    Even if only one fish slips through the net, it will be a huge blow to them.

    However, when comparing the two sides in terms of anti-ship missiles, the United States is clearly at a disadvantage.

    Because the United States does not pay much attention to anti-ship missiles. The Tomahawk missiles they launched were just a temporary cameo. They were originally cruise missiles, but are now regarded as anti-ship missiles. Although they have a long range, they are slow. Although in computer software  Under the control of the missile, it can perform S maneuvers in the final stage, but it is still unable to compare with Iraq's anti-ship missiles.

    Iraq¡¯s huge aircraft fleet, first of all carrier-based aircraft, began to launch its own KH-41 anti-ship missiles.

    Under the setting sun, the titanium alloy shell shone with an alluring light. As the carrier aircraft accelerated, the two missiles were ignited one after another and separated from the pylons.

    After breaking away, the Su-27K felt light all over. They turned around and flew towards the American aircraft. With their hands free, it was time to beat the American carrier-based aircraft.

    The Su-27K escorting them had shot down five Tomcats at this time, but three of them were also shot down.  They provide valuable time for the attacking formation.

    Not a single American fighter plane can escape, let them all disappear in the sea and air!

    The addition of this batch of fighters immediately put the American Tomcat fighter squadron into a difficult situation.

    At this time, the Tu-22M and JH-7 also flew within the range where they could launch anti-ship missiles. Because the Tu-22M at this time penetrated defenses at supersonic speed, the anti-ship missiles under the wings were given a larger  With an initial speed of 300 kilometers, it launched anti-ship missiles.

    The JH-7 continued flying until it was 250 kilometers away before launching its own missile.

    After the launch, the escorting Su-27 fighter jets did not participate in the continued battle. They began to return. After all, the distance from the land base was too far.

    On the sea, there was already a scene like a plague of locusts, and Iraq's most important attack began.

    Thirty-seven Su-27Ks fired 74 anti-ship missiles, 40 JH-7s fired 80 anti-ship missiles, and 16 Tu-22Ms fired 32 anti-ship missiles, a total of one  One hundred and eighty-six anti-ship missiles flew towards the US aircraft carrier formation in batches and targets.

    Iraq¡¯s total stockpile of 400 KH-41 anti-ship missiles has been mostly consumed in this attack.

    If you are dealing with ordinary warships, then using cheap C801 series anti-ship missiles is enough. However, if you are facing an aircraft carrier formation and multiple Aegis warships, those subsonic anti-ship missiles will not have any effect.

    The only effective thing is the saturation attack of supersonic anti-ship missiles!

    The air defense missiles of the Iraqi aircraft carrier formation have killed all fifty Tomahawk missiles launched by the Americans. Among them, only two flew near the outermost warship of the formation and were killed by the short-range 6-barreled 30mm 730 cannon.  .

    However, in the face of nearly 200 anti-ship missiles launched by Iraq, the three Ticonderoga-class cruisers and three Burkes of the U.S. aircraft carrier formation-class destroyers immediately felt heavy pressure. These missiles followed the ballistic missiles, and the three cruisers were still in anti-ballistic missile mode.

    The E-2 early warning aircraft is constantly tracking these targets. They are now flying at more than twice the speed of sound. This is a test of their air defense system.

    They no longer cared about commanding the aircraft that were still fighting, and turned all their attention to tracking these anti-ship missiles.

    The flying height of these missiles is very low. The initial height is only 40 meters. When it approaches a distance of 100 kilometers, the height drops to 20 meters.

    If it is a subsonic missile, it will take more than fifteen minutes to fly this distance, which can give them sufficient interception time. But now, the total flight time is only a little more than five minutes.

    The radar of the Aegis system has not found the target yet.

    No matter how advanced these flat-panel phased array radars are, they are currently unable to detect missiles that have flown to a distance of 60 kilometers, which is already a very dangerous distance.  They were left with only one minute to react.

    Can¡¯t wait any longer!  Although the target has not been intercepted yet, plumes of smoke continued to rise from each Aegis warship, and one Standard 2 missile after another flew into the sky.

    Standard 2 missiles use inertial/command plus semi-active radar composite guidance, and can perform command corrections in the middle. Therefore, if necessary, launch the missile first and then guide it.

    Nearly 200 missiles, each Aegis warship, are assigned to more than 30 targets.

    Although the interception has not yet begun, the formation commander knows what kind of risks they will face this time.

    Although the U.S. Aegis system was originally developed to resist saturation strikes, the efficiency of vertically launched ship-to-air missiles is much higher than that of oblique-arm launchers, and the four-sided phased array radar can detect all surrounding missiles at the same time.  situation, however, does not mean that it can cope with all situations.

    Because, his ability is far from meeting the requirements for resisting saturation attacks.

    Missiles can be launched at the same time, and phased array radar can also provide guidance in the initial stage. However, this standard 2 missile that uses semi-active radar guidance cannot still rely on phased array radar to guide it to a high enough accuracy in the final stage.

    Therefore, they installed three terminal guidance radars on the warship, which can quickly provide terminal guidance for up to four missiles one after another. In other words, its ability to attack twelve targets at the same time is far from the  Achieve the ability to respond to missile attacks from the ground.

    Thirty targets, they will definitely not be able to intercept them, and the rest will have to be dealt with by the short-range air defense system.

    However, what makes them even more unimaginable is that they did not intercept even twelve targets at all. They only intercepted five targets, and the probability of hitting was less than half.

    Because what was flying was a supersonic anti-ship missile with a speed of over Mach 2, which left them with a very short reaction time. Moreover, the missile was further reduced to a sea-skimming height of five meters.

    Having broken through the standard missile defense circle, for the US aircraft carrier formation, only naval guns, Sea Sparrows and short-range defense Phalanx systems are left.

    Thirty missiles were shot down, and the remaining anti-ship missiles continued to fly according to their preset targets.

    For the Iraqi Navy, the greatest threat is the American aircraft carrier, so their main target is the two American aircraft carriers!

    Now, of the remaining missiles, forty-two are flying towards the Kitty Hawk and forty-five are flying towards the Washington.

    The Burke-class destroyer guarding the side of the Kitty Hawk used its full power to block the side of the Kitty Hawk with its own body. The two Phalanx formations on the ship were spitting out tongues of fire. Just now, it had been bombarded with naval cannons.  An anti-ship missile landed, but it felt powerless against so many missiles flying in.

    During the Cold War, what the U.S. Navy feared most was the saturation attack by the Soviets. This was almost unsolvable. Now, the Soviet Union has disintegrated, but it has been inherited by the Iraqis.

    All the missiles have already begun their final snake-like maneuvers at this time, making it even more difficult to hit them.

    This is the most tragic minute for the U.S. Navy formation.

    There is smoke everywhere on the sea.

    All short-range defense systems on the Kitty Hawk, including Sea Sparrow ship-to-air missiles, began firing non-stop.

    Two anti-ship missiles penetrated into the belly of the Burke-class destroyer, and the 200-kilogram warhead exploded violently in its belly.

     In the explosion, the Burke-class ship broke into two pieces and began to slowly sink into the water.

    The captain of the Kitty Hawk no longer cared to pity the Burke-class ship at this time, because at this time, there were fifteen anti-ship missiles in front of him, entering the last few seconds of flight.

    The Phalanx was spitting out tongues of fire. Finally, a missile was knocked into the air and exploded again. However, the rest of the missiles had already begun to use their pointed heads to push against it one meter above the waterline.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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