Babylonian Empire

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"Doesn't Israel have pilots?" Bush just asked half a sentence, and suddenly a chill flashed in his heart. Could it be that the Iraqis killed the Israeli planes along with the pilots?Such a loss is serious enough.

Airplanes can be manufactured from a production line, but a pilot who has received systematic training is definitely more valuable than an airplane. The proud man of heaven is made with piles of dollars.

If Iraq and the Israeli pilots are also killed, then the Israeli Air Force will, at least in a few years, have a fault. Before new skilled pilots are trained, the Israeli Air Force , is the weakest.

"Our satellite photos show that Iraq used some thermobaric warheads in this attack. At that time, the fighter planes of the Israeli Air Force were preparing to take off, and their pilots were making final preparations. Although we did not receive Exact information, but we can infer from the image data that the listed air force bases not only suffered heavy hardware losses, but also suffered heavy casualties in terms of personnel. Excellent pilots, excellent ground crews, Skilled commanders, I am afraid that with the explosion of those warheads, they will also be lost."

Thermobaric bomb?Some of them are civilians and don't know what this is.

"Thermobaric bombs use air explosives to produce thermobaric effects. After the explosion, a large amount of combustion agent is combined with air to produce a secondary detonation to kill living targets, and due to the consumption of a large amount of oxygen, it is generally within 50 to 200 meters around the explosion point. Momentary hypoxia can lead to suffocation and death. The powerful cloud bomb can be used as a substitute for a miniature nuclear bomb, and there is no radiation." Weinberg explained.

That being said, everyone understands that if the personnel in the base are unlucky, they may all see God.

If there is no plane, the United States can provide it, but even if there are no pilots, it is impossible for the Americans to fly their own planes to fight the Arabs, right?

The Arabs, in fact, are the leader of Iraq, that guy named Qusay, his methods are really vicious. This time, it is equivalent to pinching the balls of the Jews.

"Now it seems that we must prevent this war." President Reagan said: "The Middle East region needs peace now, and we must be peace envoys to stop the war between the two sides."

Messenger of peace?No one knew what President Reagan was talking about.

But Bush is clear that there is no peace in the Middle East for peace, and the current peace is only a breathing space for Israel.

During the first Middle East war, the surrounding Arab countries swarmed in, and the weak Israel was about to die soon. At this time, the United States proposed a ceasefire between the two sides at the United Nations, and got the support of other countries. As a result, Israel took advantage of the ceasefire to rapidly expand its army and purchase large quantities of munitions, which reversed the decline on the battlefield.

Now, Reagan is playing with the same idea.

"Israel needs time now, let us help Israel and buy the time they need." President Reagan said: "Immediately notify our ambassadors to Arab countries and let them protest this action against Israel, especially It is the ambassador to Iraq, expressing our position, hoping that Iraq can accept it as soon as it is good. Israel bombed Baghdad, and they also bombed Israel’s air force base. In this way, the two sides have a tie, and Iraq should also Stop it, otherwise, the United States will protect the safety of ordinary citizens of Israel to the greatest extent, and let our aircraft carriers approach the Middle East in both directions of the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, we will submit a proposal to the UN Security Council, recommending that Order the Arab countries and Israel not to expand the scale of the war."

Israel needs time, let us in the United States, give Israel this time!Reagan picked up the cigar, took a puff, stared at the ceiling above his head, and began to dream.

Every time something happens to Israel, it is the United States who wipes their butts. It is really terrible. However, in the Middle East, if Israel is pulled out, then the United States will not be able to gain a foothold in the Middle East. The entire Middle East will be reunited in Iraq Next to it, it is very difficult for the United States to intervene.

But what would the attitude of the Soviet Union be?Can't the Soviet Union see that Iraq does not obey the orders of the United States, let alone obediently obey the arrangements of the Soviets?If the Soviet Union is really short-sighted, then Iraq may seize this opportunity and thus rise. There is oil in the ground, a strong military capability, and friendly Arab countries around. America is scratching its head.

In any sense, the United States needs to help Israel unconditionally. However, Reagan did not expect that the development of the situation far exceeded the expectations of the United States. Iraq is tough.

From now on, time is counted in seconds, and the battle in the sky is even more so.

Chapter 676 The U.S. protests are a fart

When Giff used his own radar to lock the opponent's fighter plane, the opponent was also locking his plane.

In this case, there are only two options, either maneuver to escape, or continue flying.

It was difficult for Jiff to choose, because if he maneuvered away, he might not be able to shoot down any of the opponents. If he continued to fly, it was possible that he had already been shot down by the opponent when he shot down the opponent.

Because the opponent has two fighters.

Giff locked on the Saudi wingman Hadi, and when the lead plane Majid ordered the wingman to maneuver to escape, he had already fired a missile.

An AIM-7F missile flew out of Majid's wing.

Saudi Arabia is also an ally of the United States. The United States has sold Saudi F-15 fighter jets for various considerations. Moreover, the same AIM-7F missile has not shrunk, but has weakened the electronic countermeasures capability and the ground attack capability of the radar.

"073, move away immediately, the opponent has already launched a missile." The Hawkeye early warning plane at the rear immediately sent an order. Although Giff claimed that his radio was interfered, after the early warning plane notified the enemy's situation just now, Gif Immediately turned around, the operator of the early warning machine knew that Jifu was lying.

Eager to fight, almost every Israeli pilot is like this, but only Jifu chose to resist the order.

Maneuver out?Then don't you want to go back in despair?Giff gritted his teeth and fired his own missile.

The fighter planes in the sky are either the Saudi F-15 or the Iraqi Mirage 4000. The radar screen is just a dot of light. Jiff doesn’t know the specific model of the opponent, but he must shoot down the opponent’s plane. , to be able to boost one's own morale.

As for the missiles flying from the opposite side, there was no way out. In the current head-on attack, the missiles still had the possibility of missing the target. He wanted to try his luck.

The radar operator on the early warning plane saw the flying light spot and knew that Jifu, a brave and reckless guy, seemed to choose to die with the opponent. However, the missile he fired was later than the opponent. By the time the opponent's missile hit his plane, his missile might not have flown there. For Giff, the chance was too small.

Giff looked at his radar screen, breathing a little short of breath. When the missile flew closer and closer, and a bright spot appeared in his field of vision, he turned on the afterburner and rushed up. However, he did not dare to change the direction of the nose of the aircraft on a large scale, otherwise, the missile he launched would miss the target.

Air battles at this time may not be counted in seconds, but in microseconds.

The relative speed of the F-15 fighter jet and the Sparrow missile has reached Mach 20, and the time for the 15-meter-long F-[-] fighter jet and the missile to pass by is only [-] microseconds, which is close to the human reaction limit. In the middle of the day, Giff saw the missile flying past above the canopy above his head, which seemed to be only a dozen centimeters away from his head, but the proximity fuze did not explode.

Hide away!

Giff was happy, because his fighter plane did not make a large maneuver, so it was still guiding the semi-active radar Sparrow missile.

First shoot down one of the opponent's planes, and then, in close combat, kill another one!

It's a pity that Jiff was too happy too early, because in the next few microseconds, he heard an explosion coming from behind, and then, the operating lever in his hand became a little disobedient, and the body began to vibrate greatly.

Jiff felt that something was wrong in the rear. He turned his head vigorously, bypassed the huge backrest of the pop-up seat, looked back, and suddenly found that there were only one and a half of the two vertical tail fins left behind.

As the most typical third-generation aircraft in the United States, the F-15 is based on the pilot. In order to provide the pilot with a good view, an integral windshield is used (the F-16 even cancels the windshield, but this is for the mechanical strength of the canopy. put forward higher requirements), the seat position is also arranged higher, almost 1/3 of the pilot's body is exposed outside the fuselage, so that the pilot has a 360-degree surround view of the upper hemisphere, and the direct front downward viewing angle reaches 15 degrees, which is quite outstanding. sè.

Now, although the missile that passed by did not kill Giff's F-15, it also hit Giff's vertical tail, and half of it was smashed off.

It must be that the opponent's missile has malfunctioned, and the fuze did not explode. Otherwise, the rear fuselage will definitely be torn apart. Giff is a little lucky, but also a little unlucky, because although the F-15 has twin vertical tails, it has lost With half a vertical tail, the lateral maneuverability has been greatly affected. In normal times, if he can drive the plane back to the base, it is considered a meritorious service.But now, he needs to continue to fly this plane to fight!

The missile launched by Giff damaged the F-15 driven by Hardy on the opposite side, and Hardy returned to the base in an emergency.

Majid, on the other hand, found that his missile missed the opponent and continued to meet them. At this time, they had already entered the visual range.

Can an injured F-15 with only one half-vertical tail defeat the opponent in close combat?

...It seems that everyone is racing against time, and the planner who launched this attack, Iraqi President Qusay, is now in the command hall in Baghdad, discussing the next battle plan.

The victory came too fast, too fast for them to accept. No one could believe that Israel's powerful air force lost its combat effectiveness under the blow of Iraq. The pride of Israel was crushed on the ground. It's gone.

This victory made the high-level leaders feel a little complacent. They seemed to have forgotten what Qusay said at the beginning. Even Adnan began to waver. Go Jewish on this plan.

The United Arab Army also began to ask Qusay for instructions on when the offensive will start, especially the Saudi armored forces, they can't wait.

The present opportunity is really great, it would be a pity to give up like this.

Only Qu Sai himself knows whether he can take a longer-term perspective, predicting defeat before he wins, and this is the quality that a commander should possess.

Now is definitely not the time, because their war is no longer limited to the land of the Middle East, it is limited to the war between the Arabs and the Jews, and on a broader stage, it has expanded to the entire world , extended to the West, and also extended to the East.

This is not just a war in the Middle East, how will the Americans react?Will the Soviets stand behind them as they promised?If this action aroused strong dissatisfaction from the United States, if the United States dispatched their aircraft carrier formation to the Middle East, would the support of the Soviet Union be sufficient?If the Soviet Union retreated, the Arab army would definitely not be able to resist the United States.During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union shrank its head once.

What is Iraq trying to achieve through this attack?Exterminate the Jews and retake the occupied lands?Or was it just an attack, in retaliation for the bombing of the president, or something else?

A ground war cannot be easily started.

Among all the people, Izzat understood Qusay's thoughts better. Therefore, after the generals expressed their opinions enthusiastically, Izzat did not follow suit and persuaded Qusay to order an attack.

"Now..." Qusay hadn't finished speaking when he saw Foreign Minister Tariq rushing over.