Chapter 451 R-27 Launches!

This was originally the job of the navy! We are more suited to air combat! Although it was a simulated attack, they did not carry Harpoon missiles. First, there was no such weapon in the Pakistani base. It was a joke. The fighter jets were originally used to seize air superiority over Iranian airspace. How could they be equipped with such anti-ship missiles! Second, the F-15 did not have the ability to carry Harpoon missiles! This would only be possible after the F-15E appeared in the future. The current F-15 is completely an air superiority fighter!

They only carried four missiles, two Sparrows and two Sidewinders. This sneaky mission made Tedoro a little depressed. Maybe it was because the plane was an air superiority fighter that they let them carry out this mission? After all, if they were discovered by the Soviet air force, they would be better able to contact and get rid of them.

Just last night, after crossing the border, two F-15s came into contact with Soviet escort fighters. As a result, one of their own fighters was injured! However, at that time, it was because the Soviet escort fleet had powerful electronic jammers that interfered with the airborne radar of their own fighters. Now, there will definitely be no such goods in the Soviet aircraft carrier formation. Reliable intelligence shows that the Soviet aircraft carriers have only two types of carrier-based aircraft so far, the fixed-wing MiG-23K and the helicopter Ka-27, so that kind of terrible interference is not considered for the time being. McDonnell Douglas has begun to continue to improve the radar of the F-15 fighter to prevent it from being interfered by the Soviets again.

According to the data provided by the satellite, the current flight distance is close to the Soviet aircraft carrier formation within 100 kilometers! Tedoro skillfully turned on the afterburner and pulled the control stick back. Under the huge overload, the fighter plane jumped high from the sea. Relying on the excellent thrust-to-weight ratio, the F-15 fighter can climb vertically effortlessly.

The correct tactics for air forces to attack enemy ships are to approach at a very low altitude, climb suddenly, use the airborne radar to determine the enemy's position, provide guidance information to the missiles, and then dive down. This instantaneous pull-up and dive will at most cause a fleeting snowflake to appear on the enemy's shipborne radar screen and will not attract the enemy's attention at all.

At this time, the anti-ship missiles have been launched, and the Grim Reaper is rushing towards them! The curvature of the earth is the best way to hide one's whereabouts. The anti-ship missiles can fly at a lower altitude, twenty meters, ten meters, and even five meters in the end. It's like flying on the crest of the waves, and the opponent will not find them at all!

It is impossible to kill the Soviet aircraft carrier with one shot with the warhead of the Harpoon. McDonnell Douglas did not intend to have such a beautiful dream. They designed a special top attack mode for the Harpoon missile. When it flies close to the target, it will suddenly pull up and then dive down from a high altitude to hit the deck of the Soviet aircraft carrier! When the deck is destroyed, the carrier-based aircraft of the Soviet aircraft carrier will not be able to take off. At that time, the Soviet aircraft carrier can be destroyed with subsequent air power!

And now, it’s a simulated attack!

Pull up, there is almost no need to look at the altimeter. Based on experience, Tedoro knows that the altitude has reached one thousand meters. This only takes a few seconds. Then, push the nose of the plane, and when the nose is downward, turn on the radar and scan the warships on the sea in the distance!

Just when Tedoro was about to lower the nose of the plane and turn on the radar, the sound of the radar warning receiver came from his earphones. The sound was very urgent. He was being locked by more than one radar!

Damn, what happened?

In just half a second, the locked signal began to change, and the other party had launched a missile!

At this time, the APG-63 radar had started up normally, and several targets were displayed on the radar screen. There were two warships 30 kilometers away from him. The radars on the warships had locked him! At the same time, in the airspace in the distance, there were four fighter planes flying quickly!

"Turn left, release the lock, and return!" Tedoro shouted loudly on the radio.

Damn it, how could the Soviet aircraft carrier formation be so loosely arranged! The main fleet was still a hundred kilometers away, and these two warships were seventy kilometers away from the main fleet!

There are two twin-mounted SA-N-4 "Gecko" ship-to-air missile launchers on the Krivak-class missile frigate, with semi-active radar homing and a range of 15km. Therefore, at this distance, they are just using radar to firmly lock onto the opponent, and have not yet launched missiles. Tedoro made a wrong judgment. In fact, it was the MiG-23 fighter jets in the distance that actually locked onto them and launched a missile attack!

The medium-range air-to-air missiles used by the MiG-23 fighter are mainly of the R-23 series. Although the maximum range of this missile is theoretically 35 kilometers, it is limited by the technical level. When it is actually launched, it is almost always within ten kilometers. In particular, the models with semi-active radar seekers have poor performance and often miss the target. They use more infrared seeker models, which have a shorter range and can be used within visual range.

Now, with the rapid development of electronic technology, especially with the help of the American Sparrow missile as a specimen, the Pennant Design Bureau has carefully studied the Sparrow missile and launched the R-27 missile, which has better performance than the historical R-27 missile.

Now, the MiG-23 fighters were at an altitude of eight thousand meters, while the F-15 fighters were only at an altitude of one thousand meters. Therefore, the advantage of altitude allowed the R-27 to have a longer range. So, at a distance of thirty kilometers, the MiG-23 fleet launched the first round of attack. Four fighters each locked onto a target and fired an R-27 missile!

The radar antenna with flat plate gaps continuously radiates electromagnetic waves. After the initial inertial flight, the R-27 missile continues to fly under the guidance of the data link at the rear. Soon, it reaches the final stage, receiving the reflected waves from its own aircraft radar, and the R-27 missile continues to track the target steadily!

The sound of the radar warning receiver in the headset became more and more urgent. A simple side turn did not shake off the opponent's lock! Tedoro was secretly shocked. Through the large bubble cockpit, he looked in the direction indicated by the warning receiver and saw the milky white missile coming from high in the sky!

"Throw down platinum bars to interfere and maneuver to get rid of it!"

There is no doubt that the incoming radar-seeking missile was launched by a Soviet fighter! I never thought that the Soviet MiG-23 actually had a medium-range missile that could be launched at a combat distance of 30 kilometers. It was simply too abnormal!

Fortunately, in this era, the performance of missiles is still not very stable, unlike the missiles with active radar seekers in later generations, and the maneuverability of the F-15 fighter is also extremely powerful!