Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 62 Fighting
India's early warning aircraft had seen this hidden threat, and the director began to advise the lion formation to take immediate action.

At this moment, the chief of staff of the Air Force was sitting in the command post, his confidence was suddenly hit, and he was a little worried about the direction of the matter. You must know that only when the electronic jammer arrives in time can such a radar be suppressed, or the fleet can be turned back. , but this is something he is unwilling to do, and at the same time it seems that it is too late.

Within about 20 seconds, the AWACS hovering over Sahir detected five emerging target illumination radars.It seems that the emergence of these search radars is not a coincidence, and the number is close to the brigade-level establishment of the general surface-to-air missile force. Generally speaking, this situation is very ominous.But the early warning aircraft still has no way of knowing what state the enemy's radar is in.

"'Fortress' calls 'Flying Snake' (the call sign of the electronic jammer, and it is at the scheduled shutdown time of the CSS communication jammer of this aircraft.) There is a brigade-level surface-to-air missile threat near the torch team. There are many radio sources, Need to monitor."

"The Flying Snake has received it, and is currently storing and analyzing the signal characteristics, and can launch a counterattack immediately." The Flying Snake's rear seat operator replied.

Theoretically, this aircraft can conduct a simple analysis of ground radar signals and then release targeted deception jamming, but Israeli technicians did not tell the Indian Air Force everything.To completely design a new electronic jammer on a ready-made fighter platform, it is conservatively estimated that it will take 2 years instead of 2 weeks; even the Su-30MKI has great advantages in mounting and endurance, and it cannot Time to become an excellent electronic warfare aircraft.The current electronic jammer may be close to the ALQ99 pod mounted on the Growler in terms of power, but it is far from being comparable to the US-made electronic warfare aircraft in terms of other capabilities.

In fact, this zero-time cobbled-together aircraft is more suitable for simple jamming. When it took off, it carried three huge jamming pods with their own generators, which can be regarded as a simple enlarged version of ordinary jamming pods .If you carry out full-band interference, or just use the pertinence of the low-band pod and the high-band pod to suppress the warning radar and the target illumination radar separately, it is indeed usable, but such noise suppression needs to be very close. ground radar.Electronic spoofing is a weak link of this aircraft. Since this aircraft is not equipped with a long baseline interferometer (this will destroy the original aerodynamic shape, and the time is not enough), it collects data such as the direction angle and modulation mode of the other party's radio waves in real time. And the ability to analyze it is very weak.So much so that he was powerless to deal with the Hongqi Type 3 system with constantly changing pulse characteristics 150 kilometers away.

Admiral Biafrata suddenly realized that the only thing he could count on in a short period of time was the electronic jamming system and hard killing methods carried by the torch team.

Lieutenant Kushan's Su-30 rushed straight to the general direction of the target radar, which is an acceleration action that must be performed before launching a Russian-made missile with a large size.The pilot knew that the vicinity of this radar must be the headquarters of the entire surface-to-air missile force. Although the illumination radars that kept appearing around were deliberately scattered, this search radar should be the soul of all these systems.As long as this circular search radar is suppressed, more than half of the combat effectiveness of this unit can be suppressed.

"Torch team, prepare to release chaff interference." Sahili shouted on the radio, he was still in control of the formation, the captain knew that lowering the altitude was the most effective way to escape the threat of surface-to-air missiles, but for the time being he dared not make such a decision , The pursuit mission is still in progress. As the commander of the squadron with the best record of Indian Air Force exercises, he must wait for the naming of the early warning aircraft or the ground command.

"Torch team, you can give up chasing the enemy plane and lower your altitude to avoid the threat," said the pilot of the AWACS.

"No, don't lower the altitude." Only a second later, the chief of staff of the air force in the ground command denied this suggestion.The admiral made such a decision for his own reasons, but he did not sit in the early warning aircraft like the Pakistani commander, which was a huge mistake.

Ten long seconds have passed, and the supersonic anti-radiation missile carried by the Su-10 has been unable to intercept the signal characteristics of the target radar and record the location information. The opponent seems to use a very special radar system (all the combat experience of the 30st Lion comes from exercise.), the repetition period of the detection pulse of the ground radar has been changing, which makes it difficult for the missile's seeker to intercept the signal signature (the electronic warfare aircraft 31 kilometers away is also worrying about the same thing), just like there is a war before the duel. It was discovered that the gun had jammed, which made the two Indian pilots in the cockpit extremely anxious.

The ground radar is constantly updating the data of the Indian aircraft in the Jaguwala mountain area surrounded by mountains. Ten days ago, the Indian Mirage 2000 fighter jet that broke through the Pakistani defense line disappeared from the radar screen over this area.But today such a situation will not happen again.A Chinese engineer wearing blue overalls and earphones stood calmly in the command vehicle of the FD2000 brigade headquarters, watching the changes on the screen in front of him.He pressed one hand firmly on the seat, the young Pakistani operator's shoulder, which made the sergeant resist the urge to press the fire button.The enemy plane had already entered the range more than ten seconds ago, but the Chinese consultant saw from the radar screen that the Indian flight formation had a tendency to fall into chaos. Now he must wait patiently for the development of this trend. The high-speed fire may cause the highly maneuverable enemy plane to suddenly lower its altitude and slip away from the edge of the attack envelope, so you have to wait a few more seconds.

All the fire control radars were steadily irradiating the target, and the seemingly powerful electronic jammer had not made a proper counterattack, which made the ground commander feel a little relieved.The computer analysis concluded that the enemy plane that threatened the most was moving away from the formation and heading straight for the headquarters. Judging from its actions, it was probably launching an anti-radiation missile to accelerate for the missile.

"Target altitude 4500, slant distance 19. Double engine ready."

"emission."

Two tongues of flame rose vertically from a carefully camouflaged depression one after another. After adjusting their posture slightly, they pointed straight to the east.This is not an ordinary missile attack. This attack entrusts a wish of Major General Islam. He desperately needs a victory to break a myth of the Indian Air Force. This myth has been maintained for 2 weeks. It is time to call the curtain down up.

Lieutenant Kushan's radar warning system has been in a piercing screaming state for 10 seconds. With great willpower, he overcame the idea of ​​turning and fleeing, clenching his teeth and waiting for his KH-58 missile to lock on the target.But in the end, what he waited for was not the signal that the missile was successfully dispelled, but a voice from the early warning aircraft reminding him to avoid the opponent's missile. The lieutenant had no choice but to give up aiming and switch to evasion.

The huge plane roared and circled downward rapidly, and at the same time released ten sets of chaff without interruption. The lieutenant's actions were undoubtedly correct, but whether he could escape depended entirely on luck.

The data link between the two missiles in the low altitude and the ground command vehicle was not interfered by the short-band jammer. The jammer was too far away, and it was raining again, so it was no longer a concern.

The Indian fighter plane is rapidly lowering its height in an attempt to get rid of it.But the fire control radar placed on the top of the hill pointed firmly at it, making it difficult to escape.The scattered chaff in the air played a little disruptive role. The aircraft's reflection signal was gradually drowned in the larger chaff reflection signal of the RCS. The first missile missed the target and detonated prematurely in the chaff all over the sky.However, the new fire control system did not make the same mistake for the second time. The operator took advantage of the small difference in spectrum between the aircraft and the chaff in time to carry out effective cancellation processing, and finally successfully guided the missile through the chaff illusion, flying To Lieutenant Kushan's Su-30.

(End of this chapter)