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Early warning machine!This is what Qusay has always wanted. The C3I system of the Southern Military Region has been developed, but it lacks this important air node.

Speaking of the early warning plane, Prince Sultan said: "Our Saudi early warning plane is already urging the United States to deliver the goods, but the United States has been delaying."

Saudi Arabia's warning machine!Qu Sai suddenly asked: "Is it the E-3 pre-warning machine of the United States?"

Qusay has recalled that in history, in 1981, the Saudi Air Force ordered 5 E-3A and 6 KE-3 refueling aircraft (the refueling model of E-3) from the United States, as well as accessories, training and logistics equipment , until 87, the delivery was completed.

It is only 83 years now, and the United States has not yet delivered the first early warning aircraft.

The E-3 pre-alarm machine is really a good thing!Qusay was already drooling.

The E-3 watchtower air alert and control system is based on the Boeing 707-320B civil aircraft, with the replacement of the engine, and the addition of a rotating radome and electronic equipment.

With the help of the powerful electronic capabilities of the United States, the pulse Doppler radar with down-looking capability is used as the core, and the various electronic equipment subsystems onboard are integrated into a whole through the control of the onboard computer.

When the E-3 is on duty cruise at an altitude of 8850 meters, it can effectively detect the radius of large high-altitude targets 667 kilometers; medium-sized targets 445 kilometers; low-altitude small targets 324 kilometers.Through the transponders on ships and vehicles, it can obtain the deployment situation of its own land and navy, and display the complete situation of land, sea, and air force to the air commander, so as to command its own air forces to complete interception, fighting, and ground/to-air combat. Various air combat missions such as maritime support, interdiction, airlift, aerial refueling, and air rescue.The system has a large target processing capacity and strong anti-interference ability. It can process 600 different targets at the same time and guide 100 targets to track and control.

Moreover, with the help of rotating crews, the E-3 can have a continuous ten-hour cruise time, which can also be extended through aerial refueling.

This large-scale early warning aircraft is far more capable than the U.S. Navy's E-2 early warning aircraft.

An early warning machine is definitely a force multiplier for future wars!

"Yes, Saudi Arabia has purchased a total of five planes, each worth nearly [-] million U.S. dollars." Prince Sultan said: "Moreover, the delivery is always delayed."

Qusay wanted to impulsively ask if he could give the Iraqi Air Force another plane, but he knew that this was absolutely impossible.

The United States will definitely have very strict approval for such advanced technology as the pre-warning machine, and it is absolutely forbidden to transfer it to a third country. No matter how good the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iraq is, that will not work. Moreover, the United States will never export it to Iraq. Not to mention exporting the early warning aircraft technology to Iraq. In the future, if something goes wrong, as long as the Americans stop selling parts, they will still be turned into a pile of scrap iron like the powerful Tomcat fighter jets of the Iranians.

"Then we can only hope that the United States will deliver as soon as possible." Qu Sai said.The relationship between the Saudi government and the United States is very close, so the US government is urged to deliver this early warning aircraft as soon as possible and undertake the task of air security. Before that, it can only be carried by the Super Hornet.

"Long live Allah, we will definitely protect the safety of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz." Prince Sultan said.

Putting down the phone, Qusay stopped being envious. The Americans were blocked outside and could not enter the Strait of Hormuz. How could it be so easy to provide the early warning aircraft to Saudi Arabia? They will definitely continue to delay the delivery.

Therefore, if you want to protect the safety of the Strait of Hormuz, you can only exhaust the pilots of your own Super Hornets before the arrival of the Saudi early warning plane?

Absolutely not, you have to think of another way!

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Qusay had a new idea.

The Iranians want to use mines to artificially create danger, making passing ships unable to sail safely, and achieving the goal of blocking the Strait of Hormuz.

Then, I will use my own way, return to my own body, and lay mines on the side of the northern shore of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coastline, so that the Iranian speedboats cannot be dispatched at all!

Use mines to block the Iranians!Khomeini, don't think that you are the only one who can be cruel. Now that you have done such an outrageous thing, don't blame me for being cruel too.

Qusay made up his mind and picked up the phone: "Tell the Admiral of the Navy to come to my office."

Chapter 476 The Road to the Development of Early Warning Aircraft

In the era when Saddam was in power, the Iraqi navy was still very weak. Although President Saddam was ambitious to revitalize the navy, because of the large amount of military expenditure invested in the war with the Iranians, the bottomless pit of the navy , is not guaranteed at all.

Therefore, the Iraqi navy is still very weak, and the status of the navy in the national defense system is not very high. Every time a combat meeting is held, the army always plays the leading role, followed by the air force. As for the navy, it has no right to speak at all, or To be precise, the navy has no qualifications to attend. The navy is not like a dúlì service at all, but just a vassal of the army, and its status is far lower than that of the air force.

However, the situation is slowly changing now. With the strong support of His Excellency Qusay, Iraq's naval construction has gradually begun to get on the right track.

Although the navy is still relatively weak, in the recent escort missions, the navy has carried forward the spirit of daring to fight and fight hard, and has won praise from the countries along the Persian Gulf.

The upcoming two TR-1700 submarines made Nasser even more excited. With this advanced diesel-electric submarine, the Iraqi Navy will have hidden power in the Persian Gulf and even in the Arabian Sea.

Because the Iraqi navy is currently in Basra, the naval command is also set up in Basra.

After receiving the order from His Excellency Qusay, Nasser immediately left for Baghdad. I wonder what the purpose of His Excellency Qusay's urgent summoning was?

While waiting for the commander of the navy to come, Qusay was thinking about another thing, how to develop the Iraqi pre-warning machine?

The early warning aircraft is to move the radar to the sky, condescending, and overlook the earth. In this way, the low-flying fighter plane will show its prototype. However, the clutter on the ground will cause great interference to the early warning aircraft.

At present, there are only a few types of pre-warning machines that can be used in the world.

The most powerful and most technologically advanced early warning aircraft, the E-2 carrier-based early warning aircraft and the E-3 large-scale early warning aircraft are already two very mature early warning aircraft, which can reach the target distance Far, high resolution, can guide multiple batches of fighters in air combat at the same time.

Those that come down should be promoted by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union has two types of early warning aircraft. The Tu-126 is outdated. The newly developed one is the A-50 early warning aircraft, which will enter service next year. However, because the Soviet Union is developing electronic Backward in terms of technology, even the performance of this kind of pre-warning aircraft based on the large Il-76 transport aircraft cannot be compared with the E-3 at all.

At this time, the Falcon and the Hundred-Eyed Giant have not yet been developed.

China also has it, Air Police No. 1, but this fundamental thing cannot be used.

In western countries, the relationship between Iraq and France is very close. All kinds of advanced weapons are almost all French products. However, it is impossible for French industries to cover everything. Equipped with a few early warning machines, it's not worth it.

Suddenly, that strange plane flashed into Qusay's mind. It was called one of the ten ugliest weapons by weapon experts, the British fan-hunting early warning plane!

As the birthplace of radar, the UK's radar technology is also very good. In addition to the radar on the ground, the UK has also developed a variety of air early warning radars.

The first to enter service was a sea surveillance and early warning aircraft modified from the propeller aircraft "gannet" of World War II. It used a large circular radar installed in its stomach, like a potbellied agency leader, designed for reconnaissance of sea targets The anti-jamming ability of the "Gannet" radar is extremely poor. The detection range is only 150 kilometers. Useless.

When the E-3 early warning aircraft project in the United States was booming, the British were also anxious. The British were the leaders in radar technology, and they absolutely did not want to fall behind the Americans. Unfortunately, the empire that never falls has long since fallen.

When the British designed the carrier-based early warning aircraft, they found that they were unable to install a disc-shaped radar radome that was large enough to meet the performance requirements of the design on a small aircraft, so they concentrated their energy on installing a pair of radar antennas. Unique design at the nose and tail of the aircraft.This also constitutes the peculiar layout of the hunting fan warning machine.

The hunting fan early warning machine does not use a rotating radome that is supported on the fuselage, but uses a pair of radar antennas installed on the nose and tail of the aircraft, sharing one transmitter, which is controlled by a waveguide switch and switched on alternately to complete 360.All-round target search.With the Doppler radar with down-looking capability as the core, the information from the radar and other electronic equipment is all combined into a whole through the data processing system.

At this time, the British made a mistake in the Great Leap Forward. The military put forward ridiculously high performance indicators for the "Hunter" early warning aircraft, requiring that the "Hunter" with a weight 3/1 smaller than the E-3A The performance advantages of E-2C and E-3A are integrated on the pre-warning aircraft, which can not only effectively detect sea targets, but also track low-altitude targets on land at a long distance, and maintain 400 tracking tracks at the same time.Moreover, it is also required to be able to distinguish the aircraft flying at 72 kilometers per hour at low altitude on the ground. The performance of Americans is 80 kilometers per hour.

As a result, when the pre-warning aircraft was tested, the British were completely distressed, because at that time, many cars on the highways in Western Europe were able to exceed this speed, and it was the worst over West Germany, where the Germans were often able to drive their cars away. Drive to 200 kilometers per hour, comparable to the speed of a helicopter.As a result, the radar system of the "Hunter" early warning aircraft could not reliably distinguish the radar signals of low-altitude aircraft and cars on the highway at all, causing a snowflake to appear on the screen.

In March last year, after the first production-type hunter-warning aircraft took to the sky, the Royal Air Force began intense test flights. Historically, after two years of more than 3 hours of test flights, the conclusion was that it "does not meet the requirements."After more than ten years and billions of dollars, the British government was finally forced to admit defeat, and in 1000 the "Hunting" early warning aircraft project was cut off. In 1986, the United Kingdom ordered 1988 E-7D early warning aircraft from the United States. The hunting fan early warning aircraft project has been completely terminated. Finally, the British government began to sell the radars of these early warning aircraft. China's Yunba maritime early warning aircraft The radar installed in the big nose of the head was developed from this failed project.

However, the situation has changed due to Qusay’s crossing. Although the British won the Falklands War in 82, they paid a greater price. Moreover, the subsequent Arab invasion of Lebanon caused by Israel The country's oil production reduction and embargo have caused economic problems in the entire Western countries, and the British economy has also declined. Since then, it has not slowed down. Therefore, this project has been full of difficulties until now.

The UK is no longer able to develop this early warning aircraft project on its own, and the technical risks and costs are difficult to control. It would be more appropriate to purchase ready-made early warning aircraft from the United States. Many senior military officials are already supporting this statement.

As long as the UK abandons this project, they will not hesitate to push this item to the international market in order to recover funds. With Khomeini's actions now, it is not difficult for Iraq to purchase this project.

Although the big nose at the front and back looks very ugly to hunting fans, this early warning machine is a project that Iraq can fully obtain a full set of technology. Only when you have mastered the technology is the most important thing!As long as the technical requirements of the pre-warning machine are lowered, it is not allowed to process so much useless data, and more advanced computers are installed at the same time, and the processing software is optimized, it can be put into practical use.Although the future trend is still a big one, many of the technologies in it are common, such as the identification and processing of low-altitude targets. Iraq's own scientific research personnel will improve on this basis. At that time, I will collect a large number of talents and develop on this basis. Within ten years, Iraq's own domestically advanced early warning aircraft will come out!

It seems that it is time to start hunting fans.Qusay thought of that beautiful woman, Sarah, how are you doing in England?

For this woman who was always silently giving for herself, some changes had already begun to take place in Qu Sai's heart.Qusay is still very clear about Sarah's thoughts.

How can a woman give so wholeheartedly if she doesn't love the man she likes deeply?

"Your Excellency Qusay, the Admiral of the Navy has arrived." At this moment, the secretary's report interrupted Qusay's train of thought.

"Let him in," Qusay said.

Nasser is in his 40s this year. During the coup of the Baath Party led by Hassan Baker, Nasser, the deputy commander of the navy, secretly joined the Baath Party and made great contributions. Therefore, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the navy.