Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 33 Electronic Countermeasures
"That's not all, we even recorded a sentence in Chinese, but it was just a swear word." The major general said.

"Relying on these evidences doesn't seem to explain anything," said the chief of staff.

"No no, Mr. Chief of Staff, this is not the point. This is Prime Minister Kahan's business. What you should consider is how to face the current situation. Now there are Chinese planes and their pilots over Pakistan."

"But why are foreigners allowed to enter the Southwest Air Force Command?" The chief of staff said angrily, and his mood was still not calmed down at this time.

"This is because we and our friends share the same goal. The reason why the Israeli government sent Major General Amos is because he is a top-notch expert in electronic warfare. He arrived here earlier to study Pakistan's communication and electronic reconnaissance methods. His equipment will arrive within a month. Major General Amos's job is to ensure that our air force can safely penetrate deep into the heart of Pakistan and destroy their nuclear weapons production potential. Our friends are very worried that Pakistan's nuclear materials will be destroyed. Transferred to other terrorist countries, even Al Qaeda."

"Mr. Minister, the plan to attack Husab..."

"No, the attack plan was the idea of ​​the prime minister, who believed that interdiction of Pakistan's plutonium sources should be addressed at the very beginning of the war, which has always been on his mind," Singh said. "However, we have also exchanged information with the Israeli military. They found clues when they were tracking the underground trading of centrifuge parts of European companies ten years ago. The heavy water reactors built, these facilities have not been registered with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and have undergone certain anti-satellite camouflage, which is quite suspicious. Until a month ago, Director Chaman thought that Pakistan’s largest nuclear facility was in Karachi, until our friend qualified, It was the Prime Minister who made up his mind to carry out the attack."

"The centrifuge equipment is around the plant?" Biafrata asked.

"That's right. We've confirmed it." Major General Amos took a step closer and said, as if he wanted to explain something.

"We share your concern that the nuclear materials of secular terrorist countries will flow into the hands of extremists, so we hope to cooperate with your country's air force, but we will not intervene in the command of your country's professional military, we only provide intelligence and electronic countermeasures technical assistance."

"Oh? Is there anything specific? Let's talk about it." Amos' words moved Biafrata. He changed his previous lukewarm attitude towards the Israeli major general and asked about technical support with great interest. .

"For example...Pakistan's Erieye system, I know, is the most hated unit of the tactical air force, but India has not been able to effectively interfere with its work."

"Yes, we are still unable to carry out effective stand-off jamming. We can only rely on fighter jets to carry electronic jamming pods."

"However, in this way, aircraft using jamming equipment will easily fall within the range of ground-to-air weapons. We have studied your country's weapons procurement list for the past ten years, and we are very clear that there will be such problems, and our country's latest large-scale The power electronic countermeasure equipment can completely paralyze the communication around the Pakistani early warning aircraft, and can also effectively suppress the fire control radars on the ground and in the air."

"How strong?"

"This system is not a simple multi-band suppression equipment. The whole set of equipment consists of a broadband jamming pod, an electronic deception pod carrying a ramjet turbine generator, and an all-weather reconnaissance pod. If it is installed on a Su-30 aircraft, it will occupy about 3 to 4 With a pylon, the range of effective suppression is conservatively estimated to be close to [-]% of that of a growler."

"Then, when will these equipment arrive?" the general asked eagerly.

"Before May 5th. Then you will provide a Su-10 aircraft and pilots for modification and training. These equipment are very heavy, and currently only Su-30 fighter jets can be mounted."

"Are you sure you can fly?"

"The equipment uses a conformal pod design, and we have done flight tests with a second-hand Su-27 we got from Ethiopia. I guarantee that as long as the pilots are trained a little, there will be no problem."

"Great," the Air Chief of Staff almost yelled, almost gaffe, because it was something he'd dreamed of.

"Your Excellency, Admiral, I have a suggestion. I suggest that the Indian Air Force not carry out any deep target attacks before this aircraft is completed. That is too dangerous." The cunning Amos deliberately used this sentence to imply that yesterday's The attack was not Israel's request, thereby disassociating itself from all involvement in the failure.

When Biafrata and Singer walked out of the conference room side by side, he was already in a much better mood. He received a verbal guarantee of the help that the Israeli major general was willing to provide, not only the support in terms of electronic equipment. After the conversation was speculative, Amos even He said that he could find a way to get the country to provide the tactical information of the F16 fighter jets, because Israel is also a user of the F16 fighter jets. Although selling such information is contrary to commercial principles, the Israelis seem to have been less afraid of offending the Americans.

"I'll just say, you won't be disappointed if you come here." Singer accompanied the general in high spirits, walked on the empty aisle, and walked towards the underground garage together.

"Unfortunately, they are only willing to help us modify one jammer. If there are a few more, we can make a big difference."

"Don't worry, I will send someone to continue communicating with them. They were only willing to help us attack the nuclear facility yesterday, but I found that my communication skills may be better than the waste of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Singer boasted brazenly.

"With their guidance, it is indeed possible to eliminate the Fighting Falcons of the 5th Squadron," Biafrata said.

"They never talked about money, which is commendable for the Jews, which shows how consistent our goals are."

"However, Your Excellency, I always feel that foreigners should not be trusted too much. Their goals cannot always be highly consistent with ours. They are not interested in our wars. What they care about is that the nuclear facilities hidden in the desert will not fall into place. It's just in the hands of other countries, if the United States puts pressure on it..."

"You're right, but at the moment we need help, we're still isolated until Prime Minister Kahan's visit to the United States next month, at least in the United Nations; by the way, before you come, Charmain called and told me, With definite information, the Kremlin will take the opportunity to increase the price of MiG fighter jets owed to our country.”

"It doesn't matter what he said? Any beggar in Delhi can guess that this will happen." Biafrata said with a sneer. He was not interested in whether the batch of MiG 29UPG could be delivered, because at that time the Indian Navy ordered .

"Not only that, but the price of aircraft parts will also increase. Fortunately, we are negotiating with Ukraine. They promise to provide part of the engine parts at [-]% of Russia's quotation."

"Too bad, it's those Soviet-era stock parts again." Biafrata said, shaking his head.

"And one more thing, I think I have to tell you that Pakistan's Foreign Minister's visit to Saudi Arabia has paid off, he has a promise of financial assistance from the Saudi royal family, maybe a billion dollars. They can now pay off a squadron of J-J 10B payment."

"Charmain again?"

"No, it's the Ministry of Foreign Affairs channel. They have sources in the circle of diplomats in the Middle East."

"But Your Excellency the Minister," the general said as he walked to the underground garage of the Ministry of Defense, seemingly hesitating to speak.

"please say."

"If China is helping Pakistan unscrupulously, it will always be an endless scourge, much more terrible than Saudi Arabia's dollar, and Prime Minister Kahan should use some tact to solve such troubles."

The question brought Singer to a thoughtful pause, as did the Air Chief of Staff.

"This afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send a note to the Chinese ambassador and state our position."

"No shit, the Chinese are going to send us a blah blah blah statement, they're going to deny everything."

"You're wrong, this time it's going to be different, Prime Minister Kahan is going to hint at what they're going to have to deal with, as a serious warning to us."

"Oh?"

"At that time, Chandra will tell the Chinese ambassador that all commercial routes passing through the Indian Ocean are, or will be, under the protection of the Indian Navy, so they have to think twice."

"Playing the oil card?"

"The Strategic Research Office chaired by Charman has been studying this topic. The naval intelligence department has also conducted research on China's commercial routes via the Persian Gulf to Malacca. There are currently 19 reports, including appropriate interception, boarding inspections, Prime Minister Kahan and I have seen the methods of seizing ships and the possible consequences, and we have learned some valuable countermeasures from it, that is, not letting things get out of hand, and can also effectively warn China that if they cross the border Pay some price."

"Why not let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs study such countermeasures?"

"Ministry of Foreign Affairs? They'll pee their pants."

(End of this chapter)