Chapter 1307

Hearing about China's "wild weasel" Squadron, except for a few people familiar with the situation, almost one of the leaders of the troops on the scene showed uncontrollable surprise.

Although many people have heard of such a professional anti radar air attack force imitating a large foreign country from different channels in recent years, there is not a bit of formal information in public or inside, let alone relevant exercises and combat training. Therefore, many people think that this news is just a rumor.

It's just like China is going to convert the two Soviet era aircraft cruisers, Kiev and Minsk, into modern aircraft carriers. It sounds very hot, but it's actually very difficult to complete. It's not to say that the two aircraft carriers are too old, and the structure and layout of the ship are not enough to meet the take-off and landing needs of modern fighters, It's better to study the Soviet Union's ship building ideas and craft details, and then honestly transform them into theme parks to make some money.

The so-called "wild weasel" squadron is the same. It seems that this kind of professional anti radar air attack force is a fighter equipped with anti radiation missiles to complete the so-called anti radiation combat mission.

If so, all countries with air force in the world will be able to set up their own "wild weasel" squadrons.

But the reality is that, except for a big country outside the region, which is the world's strongest air supremacy, other countries have similar establishment. Of course, Israel in the Middle East region is excluded, but the configuration of the son of a big country outside the region is no exception. After all, the father has to take good care of his son.

As for other countries

Either it is brought into its own combat system by a foreign power, or it does not have the strength to build such a huge and complex air combat system at all. We can only watch this efficient air attack and sigh.

Yes, this kind of anti radiation air combat only has missiles and fighters. The key is to have an efficient and complete anti radiation combat system.

The world can only see that during the Gulf War and the Kosovo war, the armed forces of a large foreign country used F-16CJ "Viper" fighters with "Mockingbird" or "ham" anti radiation missiles to fight various kinds of fancy frictions against the air defense systems of Iraq and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, making brilliant achievements one after another.

But who knows that behind them is RC-135 "riveted" strategic reconnaissance aircraft; E-8 "United satellite" joint target attacking radar surveillance aircraft; The close cooperation between E-3 "watchtower" early warning aircraft and KC-135 aerial tanker.

It's no exaggeration to say that the "wild weasel" squadron of a big country outside the region will not be as smart as if it had broken a leg.

Because in this system, these four types of aircraft are irreplaceable pillars. Needless to say, KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft is a weapon that can extend the fist of air force attack forces infinitely. If you want to make a long-distance surprise attack, aerial refueling aircraft is indispensable.

E-3 "watchtower" early warning aircraft is the brain of air combat. It monitors the air situation, commands formation operations, responds to enemy fighters and covers the attack of troops. Early warning aircraft is the core of the whole combat system.

The E-8 "United star" is also an important part of the system. After all, the enemy's air defense system can't be pinned in one place waiting for you to fight. It often needs mobile deployment, and even constructs false targets to confuse the attacking forces. At this time, professional ground detection aircraft such as E-8 "United star" is needed to find these targets from the complex battlefield fog.

Of course, the most important thing is the RC-135 "riveting" strategic reconnaissance aircraft, because this kind of strategic reconnaissance aircraft is the core of anti radiation operations. The reason is very simple. The RC-135 "riveting" strategic reconnaissance aircraft can use powerful electronic reconnaissance equipment to rivet the radar spectrum signals of almost all air defense systems in the world, In order to provide accurate spectrum data and target strike parameters for the "wild weasel" Squadron, which is composed of F-16CJ "Viper" fighter and "Mockingbird" or "ham" anti radiation missile.

It is no exaggeration to say that RC-135 "riveting" strategic reconnaissance aircraft is the eyes and ears of the "wild weasel" squadron. Without this key node, the combat effectiveness of the "wild weasel" squadron will be reduced by at least 60%,

And this is also the reason why only one big country outside the region can afford the "wild weasel" squadron in such a large world.

Let's not say that the technical level of these special support aircraft is extremely high, but the cost is also more expensive. What's more important is that some aircraft can't be exported systematically because they involve extremely sensitive technology, so they can only digest by themselves, thus further pushing up the cost.

Take the RC-135 "riveting" strategic reconnaissance aircraft as an example. Although it is not the most advanced reconnaissance aircraft in the air force of a large foreign country, it is definitely the most comprehensive. Therefore, as soon as it came out, it was listed as a sensitive technology catalog prohibited from export by a large foreign country, and it could not be sold in quantity. The price of the aircraft reached US $850 million, which can be said to be as high as the sky.

At such a high price, the air force of a big foreign country with a lot of money can't afford it. Therefore, taking into account all kinds of improved models, RC-135 "riveting" strategic reconnaissance aircraft is only equipped with 21, the number of which is just the same as that of B-2 strategic bombers, especially the rarity of this model.

The army leaders who can sit in this underground command center and watch two experimental troops conduct exercises are not keymen on the Internet or civil science in daily life. They only focus on the "Star" weapons in the battle and comment on them, but from point to face, From the public appearance of the anti radiation strike unit of the "golden helmet" force, we can see what is unknown behind it.

For example, behind the six j-8e fighters carrying out anti radiation strike missions in the large screen, there must be at least one special support aircraft like RC-135 "riveting" strategic reconnaissance aircraft as support.

Otherwise, a few j-8e fighters and a few anti radiation missiles alone would have the courage to launch missiles at a distance of 100 km from the target.

We should know that in today's world, the integrated electronic reconnaissance pod of fighters can clearly and accurately receive the enemy's radar spectrum at a distance of about 100 km. If we analyze the spectrum characteristics, rivet firing parameters and strike data, the best launch distance should be 60 km. Only in this way can we have an 80% probability of hitting the target.

What does it mean that the j-8e fighter did not hesitate to release its missiles at 100 km?

It is obvious that behind this combat team, there is an electronic support aircraft with integrated air defense force radar signal, which helps the j-8e fighter to lock in the target.

As a matter of fact, just as many army leaders speculated about the sanctity of this electronic support aircraft, the large screen image again switched to the altitude of 10000 meters 350 km northwest of the performance. A strange aircraft with no porthole, high nose and two gills on both sides was cruising in the sky peacefully.

At the same time, the voice over of the missile department's commentator sounded again: "at this moment, the plane in the picture is a new type of electronic reconnaissance plane, code named yun-32, which has just been installed in the" golden helmet "army."