Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 236 Phased Array Radar

"Will it be one or two?" the old man asked himself.He has fought against the Mirage [-] several times, and he knows that its hovering ability is better than that of the Glorious Fighter.Maybe he could do the same trick again, but his alarm hadn't detected the radar on the ground for a long time, and the army's anti-aircraft gun might have escaped.

A red light-emitting diode suddenly lights up next to the display, and it seems that a data link is coming in.He hesitated to press the button, and the video screen showed the position of the plane that sent the message, moving behind the Makran Coastal Mountains, it turned out to be another J-[-]B fighter jet.

"Colonel, I was ordered to protect you." The long-lost Major Song Ning's voice came from the radio, and Sami always thought that Song Ning had returned to China due to the deterioration of the war situation.

"Do you have medium-range bombs? There are several Mirage 2000s around me. I don't know where they are now."

"Of course there is, but the AWACS at sea is a trouble, and I can't let it find it for the time being, so I need your help... Do you remember the last time?"

"You want me to lure enemy planes again?" Sammy became angry.It was usually the lower-ranking wingmen who did the dirty work, not him.This not only made him feel that his dignity was compromised, but also brought no results.

"That's right, I can use four medium-range bombs to play a trick under the nose of that Type 145 early warning aircraft."

Song Ning has been hiding behind the coastal mountains where the enemy's early warning aircraft can't see and approached the battlefield, which shows that he is very afraid of that early warning aircraft.The colonel knew that Song Ning had always been cautious, and what he wanted was to set up an ambush, which required him to lure the enemy over.With no choice left, Sammy had to follow suit.

"Let me tell you, the favor I owed you was paid off last time."

"I know."

The colonel turned on the radar horse and searched aimlessly for areas where enemy aircraft might be hidden, while looking around for the enemy to appear from behind.The magic missile is only a weapon within visual range, but if guided by an early warning aircraft, the phantom is still very likely to come out from a certain unexpected direction, just like he often does.

In the distance he saw 2 dark spots to the north, flying along the ridge and sneaking closer.Sure enough, he wanted to outflank himself.When the colonel turned the plane, the enemy plane had disappeared behind the mountain, and his radar failed to scan the target, so he could not transmit the enemy's position information to Song Ning through the data link, but Sammy roughly knew that there were two enemy planes Mirage 2 flying in formation.

"I see them, 2 Mirage 2000s, out of sight now, but I believe they will follow me."

"Don't be too fast, let them get closer."

Sammy accelerated towards the Coastal Mountains.Song Ning's tactic is very simple, that is, to use an aircraft as bait to lead the enemy plane to his front, and then let him open fire within a certain distance.The last time Song Ning used this method to easily shoot down a MiG-29UPG fighter jet, this time he will repeat the old trick again.In the colonel's memory, Song Ning had never engaged in a dogfight, and his tactics were always centered on medium-range ammunition.

Mirage 2000 appeared and disappeared behind the mountain, thinking it was still in the dark.They behaved as Sammy expected, the enemy plane tried to sneak up and attack, which made them afraid to take the altitude.Typically, Mirage fighter pilots prefer to gain some altitude advantage in combat to compensate for the aircraft's weakness in vertical maneuverability.

"Don't act rashly, I will tell you when to turn on the radar." The colonel said.

"clear."

The two Phantoms finally crossed the mountains and quickly hid in the blind spot behind Sami. Sami increased his speed slightly, which made it very difficult for these Phantoms to follow.The rear view of the J-2B is not bad. He only needs to turn the fuselage slightly sideways to see the enemy aircraft behind him. In order not to be self-defeating, he has to control the speed well.At the current stage of luring the enemy, Song Ning cannot see the enemy's position through the data link. The timing of starting up depends entirely on Sami's judgment, and the enemy has a huge information advantage.

"You can intercept them in ten seconds, about 1 o'clock from you."

"Try to keep them apart so that the signals don't overlap." Song Ning said aggressively.He was a little worried that the enemy formation was too dense, which would cause problems with radar identification.

"I can't do this, but my visual inspection...you should be fine."

replied the Colonel impatiently.

He raised it a little higher to lure the enemy to continue to follow, and at the same time to avoid the ground clutter from interfering with Song Ning's quick interception.

The radar beam swept across the colonel's J-10B, and then disappeared. Obviously, Song Ning's shooting steps had already begun. The scanning speed of this new type of radar is very fast, and it can quickly point to the enemy aircraft.Sami immediately began to circle, he thought, maybe there are still people caught in the net that can be missed, and it is the most normal thing for a medium-range missile to miss the target.

The radar alarm flashed again, and a radar that had never appeared before kept scanning the Colonel's J-10B.The alarm's response was a bit abnormal. It recognized that it was a single-pulse phased array fire control radar, but the direction was not in Song Ning's direction, nor in the direction of the two Phantoms. The MPCD defined this emitter as a secondary target, apparently not too close, but Sammy knew that the phased array radar's ability to steer the beam could sometimes fool electronic threat analysis systems.

"Major, there is a new situation on the battlefield. It may be a Su-30MKI, in the northeast direction."

"Su 30?"

"It's not an ordinary PD radar, but I can't guarantee it's Su-30," Sami said hesitantly.This is actually not what he really wants to say in his heart. Based on his experience of fighting with Su 30 times, the Indian Su 3 often uses a beam close to the L-band for detection to increase the detection distance, instead of the X-band. But as far as he knows, In addition to the Su-30, India does not have another fighter equipped with phased array radar.

Song Ning was concentrating on aiming, not paying attention to Sammy's nonsensical words.He quickly intercepted the two enemy planes and waited for the missile launch preparations to be completed.The Mirage 2000 formation has sensed the threat and has begun to release chaff interference. However, for active phased array radars that can simply control the pulse width and repetition rate changes, there is no risk of reducing the height and using ground clutter and geographic shielding for avoidance. Other good ways.

The Indian pilots did not use low altitude to evade the attack, perhaps because they were afraid of the Pakistani anti-aircraft artillery positions often deployed behind the mountains.

Song Ning stared steadily at the two targets 15 kilometers away, waiting for them to blindly climb to a more suitable position for him to fire.

Sammy has also completed the turn, also trying to put some pressure on the enemy.He saw 2 bright points of light in the distance passing in front, followed by 2 more.It was the SD10 missile launched by Song Ning, and Sammy prayed that it could hit it. Of course, it would not be a bad thing if he could leave one for him.

The radar warning device began to issue an alarm, and the suspected Su-30 fighter jet in the northeast was no longer concealed, and it fired a radar beam firmly pointing at Sami's fighter jet.Sammy immediately gave up his original plan and turned head-on towards the unknown plane. Although he had no medium-range bombs, he was not at all afraid of the Su-30MKI. Control one end.

Two targets jumped out on the vertical display, just 70 kilometers away, they were two fighter jets whose models could not be judged for the time being, and it could be seen that they were moving very fast.

"If you want me to say, this is a Rafale fighter jet." The old man shouted, his voice was a little trembling, and he sounded a little excited.

The Mirage 2000 that fell behind did not outperform the SD10 missile launched by Song Ning. He volleyed and exploded over the desolate hills, and the other one turned and ran towards the two gusts that came to help.

Song Ning lowered his head and saw the two unknown enemy planes through the data link.He basically agreed with Sami's judgment that they were two Rafale fighter jets that had never appeared before. Some domestic intelligence predicted that the Rafale would appear in the sky over South Asia in late August, but he did not expect this powerful enemy to appear in advance.

"Colonel, I recommend withdrawing from the battle immediately. 20 minutes ago, Major General Islam asked me to tell you to transfer to Quetta base and not return to Karachi."

"I can't watch this enemy plane get away."

He turned on the afterburner to pursue another Mirage 2000. The enemy was only 4 kilometers away, and he seemed to be able to find a short time window to attack.

"Give up, such an adventure is meaningless." Song Ning reminded calmly.

In the cockpit of the Rafale fighter 40 kilometers away, Captain Mitis watched the brave Pakistani J-10B fighter that was rushing straight over begin to turn and escape.Within a few tens of seconds, the aggressive style of the J-10B's transition from defense to offense reminded him of the No. 101 Thunderbolt that nearly wiped out his team a few months ago; He couldn't forget it, he almost thought that the same person was fighting, and his chance for revenge had finally come. Unexpectedly, the enemy finally retreated, and escaped from the flight envelope of the Mika missile at the last moment.

"Captain calm," Colonel Dabrini reminded on the radio. "In my opinion, that is a veteran who has been tricked, and it is not easy to deal with."

"Maybe I can fire a medium-range bomb and try my luck." Captain Mitis said eagerly. The J-10 was still within range, and he wanted to give it a try.

"No, there is no point in firing now. We will pursue for a certain distance, and if the enemy does not turn back, we will return."

"clear."

The two Rafales chased for a while, but found that they couldn't catch up, and didn't dare to go too deep, so they turned back to the north.Captain Mitis didn't know that the one sitting in the J-2B in front was the Pakistani colonel who had reimbursed three of his teammates in the Kargil Mountains.During his training in France, he has been brooding over that defeat. He attributed all the reasons to the MiG-10 fighter that was too backward, and has been looking forward to driving a real 3th generation fighter jet back to the battlefield to avenge his revenge. Unexpectedly, a month ago, there was a news from the front line that the Pakistani ace was shot down by a Su-21 of the 4th Squadron after attacking the A50 early warning aircraft. It was indeed a pity for Captain Mitis.

(End of this chapter)