If you don't refuel in the air, the j-14 formation can't fly over, otherwise it can only fly one way. Therefore, the stealth j-14 fighters didn't go out and couldn't sneak attack their E-2 early warning aircraft in the past. This is almost the same as that orte's analysis.
After all, the j-14 is a light aircraft, which is the biggest disadvantage of the light aircraft. The range can't be too far and the bomb load can't be too large. However, in addition to the j-14, the yezao country has had other equipment to expand its troops and prepare for war over the years. For example, MIG 29 fighter!
It was the MiG-29 fighter that escorted the j-h-7. In those years, Xiong Guo was able to sell the MiG-29, which was also promoted by Qin Guan.
The biggest reason why no one cares about MIG 29 is that the flight range is too short. It is only a maximum range of more than 1000 kilometers, and it is not even the combat radius of Western aircraft. The typical short legged king and airport guard are in line with the positioning of the front-line aviation troops of bear country, but it is difficult to open the international market.
So Qin Guan helped them modify it and developed a special kit. A 1400l conformal fuel tank was installed between the 3rd and 8th spacer frames on the back. A 480 liter conformal fuel tank was installed in front of the 8th and 10th compartments at the tail, and the fuel tank was also installed at the front auxiliary air inlet. After such a modification, with three auxiliary fuel tanks, the maximum range reached more than 3000 kilometers, just like the J-7 fighter.
This is absolutely unmatched by the j-14. The j-14 does not use air refueling. It can only be a one-way flight at most. Therefore, they dispatched this aircraft this time.
Rajawi, the pilot of MiG-29's long plane, is quite satisfied when he looks at his own vast formation. They have 20 MiG-29 and escort 30 Jian hong-7. The whole formation is 50 fighters, forming a huge offensive force. Now, they are closer and closer to the eagle's aircraft carrier formation. They are about to enter the launch position!
It is not appropriate for them to expose their targets now, but if the eagle people dare to come over, they will immediately change from sneak attack tactics to strong attack. Twenty MIG 29 fighters will climb quickly to intercept those incoming male cat fighters, and then provide their own Jian Hong 7 formation with the opportunity to launch missiles.
Now, they rely on the opportunity provided by the electronic jammer to move forward. The electronic jammer has attracted all the attention of the eagle Navy, so that it has relaxed its threat to the back.
The aircraft carrier formation of Eagle country is air defense towards the north. After all, yezao country is in their north. They would never expect that the aviation soldiers of yezao country would circle in a big circle and launch a fierce attack on them from the southern sea!
Pull it up!
The formation flying at ultra-low altitude continued to fly on the sea. At this time, the pilot j-h-7 suddenly turned on the afterburner from the sea, climbed up quickly, climbed only hundreds of meters, and immediately dived down. Although it was a short moment, the advanced pulse Doppler radar on the nose had searched the huge aircraft carrier battle group on the sea, At the same time, the location of the target is determined.
Calculate target data and allocate targets! Advanced airborne computers are performing fast calculations and transmitting them to other fighters through the data link system. Now, they are 150 kilometers away from the target. As long as they continue to fly tens of kilometers forward, they can launch missiles and complete the attack.
So far, they have not been found by the eagle Navy, but they must be ready at all times.
At this time, on the Ticonderoga class missile cruiser, Tom saw the bright spot on his screen.
The jamming range of electronic jammers is limited. Generally speaking, one or two hundred kilometers is the limit. Their E-2 early warning aircraft flies in the sea area 100 kilometers in front of the aircraft carrier. The electronic jammers are hundreds of kilometers outside the E-2. Therefore, they can't interfere with the operation of powerful aegis radar at all. They can observe everything around them.
"There's a suspicious echo behind," Tom shouted.
They were in front of the fleet. Now they actually saw an echo behind them. Ault said proudly: "there is nothing there, nor is it the airspace we should be responsible for. Don't worry about it. It has disappeared now. It may be interference."
Haven't you found the damn electronic jammer yet? What do those male cat fighter pilots do?
"No, in addition to interference, it may also be the other party's J-7, a sharp jump before they intend to attack and search for targets," Tom said.
"If they want to come, how can they appear from the southern sea? Don't be suspicious and do your own thing," orte said.
Ault is very proud. He doesn't know that his arbitrariness has brought the whole fleet into the final disaster.
The aircraft carrier protection circle of the eagle Navy is 400 kilometers, that is, from the position of the central aircraft carrier formation as the center of the ball, a semicircle with a radius of 400 kilometers can be drawn outward to cover their formation.
This is also the pride of the eagle Navy.
This defense circle is undertaken by eagle's shipborne aircraft. Such defense is realized by using the search distance of early warning aircraft and patrolling male cat shipborne aircraft. Therefore, there will be omissions in defense.
For example, there are many carrier based aircraft and early warning aircraft in the sky, but they are all looking for the electronic jammer, and even the powerful formation next to the electronic jammer is in the north of the fleet. In other words, the defense in the north is airtight, but it is different in the South.
The south is empty.
The radius of 400 kilometers has long been broken through. The second defense circle has a radius of more than 100 kilometers, which depends on the aegis warships around the formation to open the umbrella.
Aegis's scanning range is also hundreds of kilometers, but for targets flying at ultra-low altitude, the search distance will be greatly reduced to about tens of kilometers. They rely on early warning aircraft to supplement the blind area.
After the analysis of military experts, they will lament the unforgivable mistake made by the eagle Navy. Since it is a dual aircraft carrier formation, why did it only eject an E-2 early warning aircraft? If there is another E-2 early warning aircraft in the rear, the sneak attack will never succeed.
However, they did not take into account that the eagle Navy is also a high-intensity continuous operation. It attacks at night and during the day, almost day and night. Each aircraft carrier has only four E-2 early warning aircraft. They are tired. It is absolutely no problem to maintain the search of one early warning aircraft.