Babylonian Empire

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The convoy walked for a full 10 minutes before the earth returned to calm again, as if nothing had happened.

The camouflage net covered on the car has another purpose, to cover up its own infrared signature!This new type of camouflage net made the reconnaissance satellites in the sky not find any difference.

In one of the OTP-23 launch vehicles, Warikh was a little excited.

When he first came to the No. [-] unit, Warikh was still a little awkward, because in the Rattlesnake unit, he could have difficult combat missions at any time. They are the sharpest daggers of Qusay, hitting the opponent's most important parts .

And how useful would the missile force, this newly formed force be?A missile requires many people to operate, without seeing the smoke of gunpowder, it is nothing like fighting the enemy close to hand.

However, gradually, Warikh fell in love with this army. If the Rattlesnakes are daggers, then they are cannons!A dagger can only kill one person at a time, but a cannon can kill a large number of people with one blow.

And last time, their troops had shown their powerful capabilities for the first time. The missile troops are the sword of the country!

Last time, they used cruise missiles. This time, they switched to ballistic missiles. With the use of the two types of missiles, Warikh gained experience. At the same time, he admired Qusay's command even more.

President Qusay did not take any courses on missiles, but he was born to know the use of missiles so well. President Qusay is the natural leader of Iraq bestowed by Allah!

Last time, it attacked Israel's nuclear weapon base, and this time, it completely wiped out Israel's air force.

It was getting brighter, and they finally drove into the Syrian desert on time. Here, the satellites in the sky made it even more difficult to find their whereabouts. From above, they had already blended into the background of the desert.

……South of Saudi Arabia, the northern edge of the Rub Khali Desert.

This place was originally a barren land, with nothing in the bare desert, and it was not suitable for human habitation at all.The nearest small town is more than 30 kilometers away from here, and it is nearly 15 kilometers away from Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. However, this place was selected by experts from the eastern powers, and it is also the most suitable choice for Saudi Arabia, because it is here in the Israeli Air Force F Outside the combat radius of -16 and F-3 fighter jets, it is conducive to preserving strength.Because here, there is one of the most important bases in Saudi Arabia: the Dongfeng-[-] ballistic missile position.

The Dongfeng-3 missile is a mobile-deployed missile launched by a trailer. In theory, this missile can run around the whole world. However, no country will let this missile run around. It is too ostentatious. Also too unsafe.They all set up a hidden place as the base of the missile, and then built several launch positions near this base. In order not to be discovered by the opponent during the war, the launch positions can also be built very far away .Then, the missile soldiers will live an isolated life from now on, because they are the backbone of the entire country.

While his troops were training in the bases of the big eastern countries, the Saudi bases also began to be built. In order to quickly build a "national counterattack fortress" in this desert area, the wealthy Saudi zhèngfǔ allocated a special budget. Build huge caverns and distant launching positions for missiles, and also build special highways for connection.At the same time, in order to enrich the lives of soldiers, with the spirit of putting people first, the Saudi government not only built launch positions and bases, but also built a new small city for the officers and soldiers who will live in this place. Officers' villa, football field, swimming pool and parking garage.This small city was named Suleil.

Experts from a big eastern country, together with professionals from Saudi Arabia, began to plan and build everything here, and everything here is developing as it happened in history, only a few years earlier, but the difference is that among these people, there are still There are a small number of Iraqi personnel.

Directly exporting Dongfeng-3 to Iraq will put a lot of pressure on the international community, especially from the United States. However, if the export is to Saudi Arabia, whose defense policy is still pro-American, then the situation will be different. Much worse, although the export project is still top secret, but sooner or later the world will know.

Iraq also needs this kind of missile. In history, Saudi Arabia imported this kind of missile alone, but now it has become a cooperative import with Iraq.Because some of these missiles will be operated at a certain missile base in Iraq in the future, and will be installed with special and powerful warheads developed by Iraq at an appropriate time.

There is another reason, which is the Arab Space Company, which is engaged in high-tech space technology, but up to now, this company is still empty. The first project of the company is to start with Dongfeng-3 and imitate the Arabs themselves. Here comes the launch vehicle!

The person in charge of this project is Dr. Saadi, a scientist sent by the Iraqi side.

Saadi was educated in Germany and the United Kingdom in his early years, and his main focus was space science. He has an elegant manner and can speak fluent English.After returning to China, he was welcomed by Saddam Hussein and became his scientific and technological consultant. Since the 80s, he has been involved in the formulation of Iraq's weapons development plan. Saddam Hussein regarded him as a rare talent.Such a talent was naturally valued by Qusay, and he took on this important task.

During the Iran-Iraq War in later generations, Saadi worked with missile experts to produce an improved "Scud-B" surface-to-surface missile, which had enough range to hit Tehran, the capital of Iran.And in the famous "playing card" arrest warrant issued by the US military, it is also among the best. It is "Seven of Squares", one of the 7 important Iraqi personnel who are wanted.

Arab Space Company needs a long way to go to finally develop an excellent launch vehicle. Now, it needs to start with the imitation of Dongfeng-3.

The carrier rocket can be transformed into a ballistic missile at any time. The difference between the two is that one load is a satellite and does not return to the atmosphere, while the other load is a warhead and returns to the atmosphere.

Baghdad, Ministry of Defense, Command Hall.

The atmosphere at the scene was inexplicably tense, because those who were able to stay in this hall were all people who knew the inside story. A few hours later, what they were about to carry out was an unprecedented blow.

If it's just a missile strike, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with them, and they won't launch missiles directly.However, using a large number of missiles to attack Israel is just the beginning. What happens after that, various unexpected situations may happen.

All Iraqi air defense radars, including the long-range early warning radar deployed on the border of Jordan, which has been integrated into the C3I system, have been activated, scanning the surrounding sky, and the Iraqi early warning aircraft are also ready to take off at any time, deployed in front Iraqi fighters, the air-superiority Mirage 4000 and the ground-attack F-20, are also ready to take off at any time.

As usual, Qusay is relatively calm. He knows that now he needs to be calm even more, because what he needs to be responsible for is not only Iraq, but also other Arab countries, as well as the war pattern in the Middle East in the next few years. create.

No matter how good the performance of Mercedes-Benz's 8*8 off-road chassis is, it is still a civilian vehicle after all. It is not as good as a Soviet military vehicle. The current missile launch vehicle drives on the Syrian desert like walking on flat ground. It is a dedicated large-scale vehicle. The tires are no different from treading on the soft sandy ground. They are not comparable to tracked vehicles, but there is not much difference in performance.

The Soviet Union focused on the military industry. This kind of vehicle was specially manufactured by the heavy machinery factory. It was tailor-made for the size of the ballistic missile, and there was a kind of roughness in its bones.

Soon, the Scud missile launching vehicle came to its launching position, and the OTP-23 missiles had to go south again, because the target they attacked was even further south.

The timing of this launch must also be synchronized. Although the Scud missile has already started preparations before launching, and the OTP-23 missile is still maneuvering, the preparation time for the Scud missile is long because it is a liquid missile, so it needs to be accelerated. Fuel.

The Scud missile launching vehicle stopped, the camouflage net was removed, and the missile inside was quietly waiting, waiting for the arrival of the last glorious moment.

The fuel truck behind drove up, and the officers and soldiers wearing gas masks began to do the first job before the launch, filling up the poisonous liquid fuel.

Chapter 671 The Generous Launch of 150 Missiles

The reason why Qusay made great efforts to import the OTP-23 missile from the Soviet Union is because it is a solid missile. The so-called solid and liquid are for the fuel of the engine. The initial missile and most of the carriers Rockets are all liquid. Inside the missile, there are fuel tanks and accelerant tanks.Because the propellant is poisonous and easy to corrode the fuel tank, and during transportation, if there is fuel in the fuel tank, it will keep shaking with the vehicle, and there is a risk of friction and fire. Therefore, liquid missiles are always ready to launch. It was fueled just before shooting.After that, the solid missiles developed by various countries are to overcome this shortcoming. The fuel of solid missiles is solid. (It can be imagined, similar to the second kicker.) As long as the missiles are manufactured, they will be filled with fuel. Therefore, This kind of missile saves the process of refueling with complicated operating procedures. It has short launch preparation time and concentrated energy, but it also has disadvantages. After the engine is ignited, it cannot be controlled, and the engine working time is relatively short.

For example, on space launch satellites, the problem of re-ignition of the engine is often involved. There is no such possibility for solid rocket motors.

But for missiles, this is not a disadvantage.

When the Scud missile position was deployed and fueled, the OTP-23 missile also came to another position.

To launch a ballistic missile, the mode is fixed, determine the position of one's own side, determine the position of the opponent, and then, through calculation, the missile needs to fly the trajectory and when it will re-enter the atmosphere. The entire flight is based on the inertial guidance system.Although the accuracy of the missile already has a theoretical value, for example, the Scud missile has an accuracy of 300 meters at the limit range, but there are various reasons that affect this accuracy, for example, my initial If the launch position is not determined, then the error at the end point will definitely increase.

This is also when a ballistic missile is launched, it needs to have a fixed launch position. On the fixed launch position, the positions here have been repeatedly calculated in advance, so that the launch accuracy is the highest, and when it arrives at the new position, then it is necessary to recalculate the position of the launch position. If there is an error in the calculation, it will bring about a change in the shooting accuracy.

Troop No. [-] was very serious in doing this work. However, when they launched the Red Bird No. [-] missile last time, they had already conducted an advance measurement. This time, they just continued to improve during the last measurement. That's all.

During the fueling process of the missile, the work of compensatory measurement of the launch position again is also in progress.

For the Red Bird No. [-] missile, even if there is some error in the position of the position when it is launched, after the missile is launched, it can correct its course by comparing the surrounding terrain.However, ballistic missiles are different. As long as they are launched, they are like shells flying out. Only God knows where they can hit.

Therefore, when attacking the opponent's nuclear weapon base precisely last time, Iraq did not use ballistic missiles, but cruise missiles, because they need high precision, especially for those bases at the bottom of secret buildings, the error should be within a few meters on the order of magnitude.But now, the target is different. What they need to attack is a large-scale airport. With such a large airport, the 300-meter circular error of the missile is no longer a problem. Even the most deviated from the target will explode on the airport. What's more, for the airport environment, they used ten 8Ф44Э integral high-explosive warheads, ten 8Ф45 thermobaric warheads, and ten 8Ф44К cluster warheads among the thirty missiles prepared for each airport.

8Ф44Э integral high-explosive warhead, the length of the warhead is 2650mm, the diameter is 884mm, and the weight of the warhead is 987kg.The killing radius is 50 meters, the depth of the crater is 1.4 to 4 meters, and the diameter is 12 meters.As long as one hits the runway, the entire base will be scrapped. If it happens to hit the aircraft fleet, then the nearby fighters may suffer.

8Ф45 thermobaric warhead, filled with AC-8 cloud explosive agent, is a fuel-air bomb using solid fuel.When this warhead explodes, the cloud explosive agent inside is thrown away, mixed with air and exploded violently, which is called cloud detonation.The overpressure and temperature field effects produced by fog detonation, as well as the scour effect of high-temperature and high-pressure detonation products, have a huge destructive effect on the target. Moreover, because cloud detonation will consume the surrounding oxygen, a Oxygen-starved areas, suffocating organisms to death.The energy released by cloud blasting agent is much higher than that of explosives of equal mass, and the explosion shock wave produced can destroy military targets in a large area.

8Ф44К cluster warhead. Equipment began in 1970.Contains 42 high-explosive fragmentation bullets with a diameter of 122 mm.The warhead was used by Soviet troops in Afghanistan.Since cluster bombs are bombs thrown together with many small bombs, they will spread over a large area to make up for the lack of precision of missiles, and attack large-area targets such as airport runways, and have strong damage capabilities.

Moreover, after cluster bombs explode, some warheads will fail to detonate for various reasons. In this case, as long as they are hit by cluster bombs, these air force bases will be unusable for a long time.

Then, even if the mission of preventing the Israeli Air Force from taking off to fight against its own side is achieved during this period of time, even if some survive, the United Arab Army has enough confidence to compete with the Israeli Air Force. air supremacy.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and all personnel were preparing nervously.

Another launch site, the OTP-23 missile, also started the erection process. The OTP-23 missile has a longer range, and their target this time is also the farthest.

The several operations directed by Qu Sai have a prominent feature. If they are not launched, they will be used. As long as they are launched, they will use all their strength. The attack must be ruthless. It is absolutely ruthless. A missile attack uses hundreds of missiles. It was the first time in history, because the price of such an attack was quite high. What they fired was not a missile, but a naked gold bar, which was consumed just like that.

However, there was a little accident that no one noticed.

Every time they launch, they deliberately avoid the US reconnaissance satellites, and this time is no exception. However, with Iraq's current capabilities, it is impossible to monitor the satellites in the sky. Their information comes from the Soviet Union and Eastern power.

Reconnaissance satellites have fixed trajectories in the sky, and by virtue of their trajectories, one can guess when satellites will fly overhead. The timing Iraq chose was the gap between those satellites passing over the sky.

There was no need for the Soviet Union to bluff Iraq. The timing they provided Iraq was correct. However, sometimes the satellites in the sky have to change their orbits.

A satellite that had changed its orbit just passed over the sky at this moment.

The eyes of the satellite scan back and forth on the ground, and its lens is aimed at the yellow sand in the sky in these deserts.