The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 738 Intensive Missile Launches

Red Sea.

Several Purdue-class missile destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers became busy the moment the sun jumped out of the sea level.

There is an early warning aircraft flying in the air.

"Ready to launch!"

The commander gave the order.

The radar locked onto targets one by one, all of which were important military targets.

The combat unit is entering the coordinates of the target.

For each warship, the command center inputs the target coordinate parameters into the guidance parts of each missile in the missile launch bay through a computer.

These data come from the coordinates transmitted by military satellites in the air. With the global satellite positioning system, the exact location of the target can be accurately determined using longitude and latitude.

In this way, the experimental process is precise, and the target is hit through GPS guidance with an accuracy range of 5 to 10 meters.

What is the specific actual effect?

That’s not clear!

Because this time, it was also the first actual combat of GPS-guided target strike combat method.

When all the targets had been identified, the fleet commander looked at the time and gave the order in a deep voice: "Launch immediately!"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

On the rear deck of the warship, the hatch of the vertical launch unit was opened.

The missile inside slowly rose into the air, accompanied by a cloud of white mist.

The fuel in the rocket engine at the tail of the missile burned violently, producing a loud roar and, at the same time, thicker white smoke.

Above several warships, Tomahawk missiles slowly took off, then accelerated faster and faster, dragging thick white smoke, which was extremely spectacular.

This scene will soon appear on television through war correspondents and be reported and watched by the whole world.

At the same time, US warships were also making preparations on the surface of the Persian Gulf.

Everyone is busy.

Then, as the commander gave the launch order, missiles were launched one by one.

Not only the surface warships, but also the two attack nuclear submarines hidden beneath the calm sea are extremely busy inside.

The commander listened to the staff reporting various data.

The combatants were quickly entering the target's location parameters with a serious look on their faces.

"Ready!"

"emission!"

Then we saw missiles being launched from submarines. The missiles flew out of the water, ignited, and quickly flew into the sky towards Iraq.

In the Mediterranean direction, there are also ten destroyers and cruisers, and the soldiers on the warships are also preparing for battle.

The range of a missile strike against Iraq from the Mediterranean Sea is only 500 to 1500 kilometers, which is well within the range of the Tomahawk cruise missile.

The commander checked the time, waited until the appointed time, and gave the order.

"emission!"

The warships on the sea surface opened their ammunition bays, and missiles slowly rose from them, emitting thick white smoke from their tails, and finally turned in the sky and flew towards Iraq. The three nuclear submarines under the sea also opened their back launch bays, and several missiles were ejected from them.

When these missiles are in the sea, the fuel propellant in the tail engine burns violently, causing a large amount of water vapor to rise around the missiles.

When the missile came out of the water, a lot of sea water was brought up.

Like the missiles launched from warships, these missiles trailed thick white smoke as they chased after the missiles which had become a group of small dots in the sky, leaving only white smoke trails.

Various equipment on the early warning aircraft in the air are working, recording the different flight trajectories and various parameters of missiles launched from warships.

Further away, two electronic reconnaissance aircraft were also operating.

Whether it is an early warning aircraft or an electronic reconnaissance aircraft, its purpose is to ensure that the flight trajectory of the launched missiles is consistent with the original preset, and to continuously transmit data to the missile guidance system flying to Iraq.

During the flight, the cruise missile modifies the deviated trajectory values ​​through these continuously transmitted data to ensure that it does not deviate from the flight trajectory during the entire process.

The images of the US military's attack on Iraq were constantly transmitted to the world.

The world's focus now is on the Gulf War.

Everyone is discussing whether the coalition forces centered on the US military can win and how many days the war will last.

The new tactics adopted by the US military this time were eye-catching from the very moment the war broke out.

Before this, the mode of warfare was mainly ground warfare, with missile troops and air force as auxiliary forces to cooperate with ground forces in combat.

But this time, the United States is changing the past war model by carrying out strategic bombing through large-scale missile attacks.

You should know that many planes took off this time not to engage in air combat to gain air superiority, but to get close to the target and destroy the target with air-to-ground missiles.

It can be said that these are all very necessary to study.

For example, at this moment, the National Defense University is organizing research.

There are military observation groups on both sides, so we can always get first-hand information relatively quickly.

Various new weapons are constantly coming into view.

The National Defense University was established in 1985 by merging the Military Academy, Political Academy, and Logistics Academy in order to adapt to the strategic shift in the guiding ideology of military construction.

The research here is still very strong.

"This F117 fighter has a strong stealth capability, and stealth will be an important direction for the future development of military aircraft." A researcher in the fighter jet field said in a deep voice.

When the U.S. Air Force first unveiled the F117, this aircraft came into the sight of the Chinese military.

The Chinese Air Force once tried to inquire about the price from the United States, wanting to buy a few aircraft for research, but was decisively rejected.

Even the United States has done a very good job of keeping the F117 confidential, and until now, no specific performance of this aircraft has been released.

When the air forces of both sides were communicating, the F117 fighter jets were kept highly confidential and could not even be seen.

It was shocking that an F117 fighter jet blew up an Iraqi defense building.

"Not only the F117 fighter jet, but also precision-guided weapons such as guided bombs and guided missiles will also be an important direction for future development!" Researchers in the field of weapons are focusing on precision-guided weapons.

This time, the Americans achieved considerable results through precision-guided weapons.

"As for guided weapons, our Panshan Group has also made great efforts in this area, and it is not bad. In the past, we were skeptical about precision-guided weapons and did not pay enough attention to them. We must pay more attention to this aspect in the future!" said a researcher. "Our global satellite navigation system is the most advanced in the world, even more advanced than the US GPS navigation system!"

"We don't pay enough attention to the air defense missile system. From the Americans' tactics this time, we can see that air defense capability will be extremely important in the future. If the air defense capability is insufficient, then facing missiles and aircraft, we will have no choice but to take hits! We need more 'Aegis' air defense missile systems, short-range air defense missile systems, medium-range air defense missile systems, and long-range air defense missile systems!" Researchers in the field of air defense have set their sights on air defense capabilities.

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