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The other few hit the target.

Launch missiles?What kind of missiles are so powerful that a few can paralyze one's own air force base?And, why is there no indication of anti-aircraft fire?

"Where's our Hawker anti-aircraft missile? Where's our anti-aircraft artillery fire? Why didn't they fire?" Rafsanjani asked.

"It is reported that the radar of our Hawker anti-aircraft missiles has discovered these targets, but they cannot track the targets at all, let alone shoot them down." The staff officer said.

"why?"

"Because these are ballistic missiles launched by Iraq." The staff officer said that the chairman of the Iranian Combat Committee did not understand these specific tactics at all, and it was impossible to intercept the opponent's missiles.

Now Rafsanjani only knows that Tehran dropped the bomb dropped by Iraq, but Tehran's air defense forces did not respond.

Our own airport was hit and the fighter plane was shot down. This series of reactions means that Iraq is definitely preparing for a large-scale operation!

"Immediately send out reconnaissance troops to conduct frontier reconnaissance on the battlefield. Iraq is likely to launch an attack on us!" Rafsanjani had a hunch in his intuition that the Iraqi air force wiped out its own air force cleanly. Their army, I'm afraid it will be dispatched later.

Now, since the sky is already owned by the Iraqis, he can only send ground personnel to monitor Iraq's actions. It is impossible for Iraq to take Tehran, at least, they will have to pay a heavy price!

The Jazzer in the sky is still patrolling and flying. When the Scud missiles flew by just now, the air defense radars arranged by the Iranians on the outskirts of Tehran were all searched by the Jazzer, and the data was sent back at the same time. rear.

Get rid of those anti-aircraft radars and anti-aircraft missiles!After gaining air supremacy over Tehran, the Iraqi Air Force's second battle finally began.

The second batch of aircraft that took off from the rear, a squadron of F-20 fighter jets, carried anti-radiation missiles imported from the United States, which were specially modified for the radar of the Hawker air defense missiles equipped by Iran. At the same time, two squadrons The Su-25 frontline attack aircraft also started its first military operation since entering the Iraqi Air Force.

Just now, I didn’t intercept the opponent’s ballistic missile, causing my own airport to be blown up. Now, I’m still trying my best to rescue it. This makes the Iranian air defense force lose face. Their radar is spinning at full speed. If the Iraqi plane dares to come , They will definitely shoot down the Iraqi plane!

According to the data obtained from the pre-warning plane, two F-20 fighter planes flew towards an anti-aircraft missile position ten kilometers south of downtown Tehran.

The AGM-45 "Shrake" anti-radiation missile, as a successful anti-radiation missile of the United States, has been exported to many countries, especially last year, the production of this anti-radiation missile has been discontinued, and the United States has begun to equip newer types of anti-radiation missiles After the AGM-88 "Ham" anti-radiation missile, the export restrictions on this old-fashioned anti-radiation missile began to be eased. A few months ago, with the accessories of the F-20 fighter, these anti-radiation missiles also exported to Iraq.

It is a breeze to use this kind of missile to deal with the "Hawk" air defense missile.

The Hawker anti-aircraft missile is the best medium-range surface-to-air missile in the United States, which can strike targets such as supersonic aircraft, helicopters, drones, and cruise missiles at low and medium altitudes.The triple-mounted missiles are deployed on the trailer launcher, with a maximum speed of Mach 2.7, a maximum range of 45 kilometers, a minimum range of 1.5 kilometers, a launch height of 60 to 18000 meters, and a maneuvering overload of 15G.Usually a missile company is used as a dúlì combat unit, including a pulse acquisition radar for target monitoring, a high-power illumination radar for target tracking, a command post with a built-in control station, and a set of MKXII identification friend or foe question and answer system and three sets of triple launchers.

In history, this kind of anti-aircraft missile once caused great damage to the Iraqi Air Force and shot down more than 40 Iraqi fighter planes successively. However, in the later period, the United States and the Soviet Union both secretly provided Iraq with a series of electronic jamming weapons, which made Iran The power of the "Hawk" missile is no longer.

But now, the Iraqi Air Force's way of dealing with Hawk missiles is not simply electronic interference, but direct elimination!

Because in the future, Iraq will parachute its own troops. If the Iranian anti-aircraft firepower remains, it will be a great threat to the airborne troops.

The radar of the Hawker missile is constantly spinning, and the soldiers of the Iranian air defense force in the command post are closely watching the sky they are guarding. Although the air force has lost, they will definitely guard their own sky!

5Chapter 16 kill the Hawker air defense positions

At the same time, at a low altitude of only 80 meters from the ground, the Air Force fighter planes of the Iraqi Northern Military Region were flying towards the anti-aircraft missile positions that threatened them the most.

At a distance of forty kilometers away from the opponent's position, the pilot of the F-20 fighter activated the seeker of the Mozu anti-radiation missile mounted under the wing.

At this time, the radar of the Hawker missile was still spinning continuously, and countless electromagnetic pulse signals filled the surrounding airspace, and the seeker of the Mozu missile immediately locked on the target.

Then, the F-20 began to accelerate and climbed at the same time, the flames under the wings flickered, and a Mozu missile broke away from the launch pad and flew towards the target it locked on.

This kind of missile improved on the basis of the sparrow missile body has a range of more than 40 kilometers, and it attacks a fixed target. Therefore, it can actually be regarded as a weapon launched outside the defense zone.

After launching the missile, the F-20 fighter jet dived into the low altitude again, while cruising outside the defense zone, ready to re-launch the missile at any time, while the Su-25 fighter jet following behind continued to approach the target from low altitude.

The Su-25 Frogfoot is a subsonic single-seat attack aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. The aircraft was developed in 1968 and made its first flight in February 1975. It was widely used in the Afghan battlefield.With an empty weight of 2 砘 and a maximum bomb load of 9.5 砘, it can carry out combat missions at altitudes of 4.4 to 30 meters.As a front-line attack aircraft, this rough-skinned and thick-skinned fighter can take off and land on airstrips close to the front line to perform close-range combat support missions; it has strong anti-tank capabilities, and "Whirlwind" anti-tank missiles can be mounted under the wings. It has a range of 5000 kilometers and can penetrate 10mm thick armor; it has good low-altitude maneuverability and can cooperate with the armed helicopter Mi-1000 at low altitude under the condition of loading bombs, and cooperate with ground troops to fight; it has strong protection and the bottom of the cockpit There is a 24 mm thick titanium alloy bulletproof plate around it.

Historically, until the later Chechen wars, the Su-25 and its various improved aircraft were put into actual combat, showing the characteristics of powerful firepower and good safety performance. "Starburst" and other advanced individual air defense missiles of the United States and Britain have never shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft.

Therefore, this front-line fighter was favored by Qusay, and it was taken over in the last arms sales project with the Soviet Union to replace the outdated Su-22 attack aircraft equipped in the Iraqi Air Force. Due to the simple structure of this fighter, It is convenient for mass production, and the Soviet Union is in urgent need of funds from Iraq, so this fighter plane was quickly delivered to Iraq, and the Iraqi pilots who changed from the Su-22 to fly this kind of plane, also because of the simple operation of this attack plane, it is easy to buy it. After mastering the essentials of operation, familiar with the performance of the fighter plane and the operation of using various weapons, the support of the ground crew is also completely compatible with the existing Soviet equipment fighter MiG-21, MiG-23, etc., so, this With an incredible speed, this fighter quickly became capable of combat.

The only shortcoming is that there is currently no time to modify it according to His Excellency Qusay's intention, and introduce a full set of western avionics to make this attack aircraft more powerful.

Two Su-25s form a two-aircraft formation and enter from an ultra-low altitude of only 50 meters, flying even lower than the F-20. In terms of design, this aircraft can fly to an ultra-ultra-low altitude of 30 meters from the ground.

The radar of the Hawker anti-aircraft missile is still turning, and without knowing it, disaster is imminent.

Although this air defense missile system claims to have a great interception ability against ultra-low-altitude flying targets, in actual combat, the interception ability of this medium-range surface-to-air missile is not high, otherwise it will not appear in the future. Joint battle.

The radar operator was watching the screen vigilantly, not daring to blink. Suddenly, he found a light spot on the screen.

"Attention, there are enemy planes." The radar operator was suddenly happy, and it was finally his turn to show his might.Because they failed to intercept the ballistic missile launched by Iraq, the superiors have already expressed dissatisfaction with them. This time, we must shoot down the opponent's plane!

"Azimuth 3-2-1, distance [-], altitude [-]." The radar operator shouted.

At this time, the radar found the Morasse anti-radiation missile. Since they had not encountered anti-radiation missiles on the battlefield, they did not find any difference from the echoes. Although this target was very fast, and it was approaching Fifteen kilometers later, it was captured by their radar. They only thought it was an Iraqi plane penetrating at low altitude, but then, the commander of the missile company discovered the problem. too fast?With a full Mach [-], what kind of aircraft can reach such a speed at such a low altitude?It is not low to be able to exceed Mach [-] at low altitude and high speed.

Compared with Iran's fierce air force, the professional quality of the personnel of the air defense force is much worse. The radar operators who were trained in the United States have been sent to prison during the initial revolution, and the current personnel are follow-up training. , very little experience, they did not distinguish between fighters and missiles.

"That's a missile!" The missile company commander reminded.

The radar operator suddenly felt that his brain was getting bigger, why is it another missile?

At this time, from the echo, he found two more light spots, less than [-] kilometers away from him, and they were rapidly approaching.

"Two more goals."

"Lock the target and launch the missile immediately!" The company commander was a little furious. The opponent's arrival was too fast and too close, making them unable to react at all. Moreover, the opponent seemed to be coming specifically for them.

The triple-mounted missile launcher was turning to the target, and then the radar successfully locked on to one of the low-speed targets behind it. With a flash of fire, a missile flew into the sky with its tongue of flame.

At this moment, the anti-radiation missile had already flown in front of the radar, and the fragmentation warhead was finally detonated.The steel fragments are glued into a ring with epoxy resin. The total number of fragments reaches 20000, each weighing 0.85g. Under the power of explosives, the fragments fly at a speed of 7947m/s. The scattered fragments blasted the radar antenna into a pile of rotten iron, and penetrated into the unarmored command post next to it, blasting several operators including the missile company commander to a bloody mess.

When the missile company was deployed, the radar vehicle and the command post were too close.

The missiles that had been launched into the sky immediately lost their targets because they lost the radar coverage.

At the same time, at the place where the missile warhead exploded just now, a stream of red smoke rose. This is a dedicated red phosphorus smoke warhead. In addition to killing the enemy with fragments, it will also raise a stream of red smoke that can last 24 hours of smoke to indicate targets for subsequent attacks.

The slow Su-25 attack plane finally arrived at the air defense missile position with its radar smashed at a very low altitude. The pilot saw the red smoke below, and began to operate his own optical sighting device, aiming at the ground. Those erected missile launchers dropped their own bombs at the Iranians who were fighting the fire.

Hearing the planes flying overhead, the fighters of the Iranian Air Defense Force below were extremely angry. They picked up their automatic rifles and shot violently towards the sky. However, these were in vain, and the pilots of the Su-25 attack plane , operating the 30mm double-barreled cannon on the left side of the front landing gear on the belly, and swept towards the Iranians. The Iranian soldiers who were hit by the 30mm cannon shells were immediately smashed into two pieces.

At the same time, bloody scenes were staged at various air defense positions on the periphery of Tehran. The Iraqi Air Force destroyed four missile launch positions and three anti-aircraft artillery positions arranged by Iran on the periphery, without losing a single plane.

The first day of fighting is over. Iraq only launched this air strike without any other performance. The Iranian high-level officials held an emergency meeting to discuss the current situation.

"The Iraqi air force launched an attack on us today. The intensity of this attack is unprecedented. We need to judge whether it was Iraq's whim or the prelude to their preparation for a large-scale attack." Rafsanjani said.

"Right now, there is no trace of the Iraqi army on our periphery at all. They have not assembled on a large scale. Therefore, I think this is just an ordinary air strike. Iraq will not attack until next spring." Revolution Guards Minister Mohsen Rafiq said.

"Just because we haven't found the Iraqi army doesn't mean they don't exist," Prime Minister Hussein Mousavi said calmly.

"What do you mean?" Mohsen was a little unhappy.

"Today's air strikes in Iraq are so powerful that our air force will not be able to take off fighter planes for half a month. Moreover, they have destroyed almost all of our air defense firepower. I am afraid that in the next step, they will dispatch a large number of troops to attack Us. Is the Iraqi Air Force just to fly around to Tehran?" the prime minister asked.