Chapter 16： down shot

Climb! Keep climbing! Soon, the airflow is no longer visible and has entered the stratosphere.

Fly, continue to fly to the heights! Higher, faster! This is the goal pursued by fighter aircraft designers in this era!

As he continued to climb higher, Andre's heart began to feel a little surging. The altimeter in front had reached a height of 24,000 kilometers!

Now, of the fighter jets in the world, only the MiG-25 can reach this height! Except for the SR-71! Of course, if the Americans insist that the Blackbird is also a fighter.

Gently pushing the joystick forward, Andrei leveled the plane, and the voice of the ground CGI came from the headset: "Attention, heading 240, cruising at Mach 2.4."

"Received." The reply from the leader of the second brigade came from the headset: "Direction 240. Speed ​​2.4."

Pressing the operating lever, the fighter plane drew an arc in the air and flew towards the direction of the ground guidance.

The standard interception tactics of the Soviet Homeland Defense Air Force were carried out under ground guidance. Andrei followed the four-plane formation in front of him, turning down the **** while continuing to increase his speed.

At this altitude, the air resistance is quite small, and the two engines at the rear shoot out hot tail flames, pushing the fighter to continue to accelerate. With the appearance of the cone-shaped sonic boom, the fighter plane quickly pierced the sonic boom and entered supersonic cruise.

The acceleration process was very short and very long. When the pointer of the Mach meter on the green instrument panel in front of him pointed to Mach 2.4, Andre slightly closed the accelerator, and the fighter flew steadily at the speed of Mach 2.4.

The temperature in the cockpit continued to rise, and the hands holding the steering column began to sweat. Breathing the oxygen from the respirator, Andre began to move the front radar panel with his fingers.

The other fighter planes in the formation are still equipped with the old-fashioned Cyclone-A radar. Although the diameter of the inverted Cassegrain antenna is more than 1 meter, it is quite simple. Since the scanning line basically coincides with the axis of the fuselage, it does not have a downward-looking-down view at all. It has the ability to fire, but the detection range of a typical bomber target is only 100 kilometers.

A fighter jet sprinting at a high altitude like it is now and at a low altitude cannot be scanned by the Cyclone-A radar.

And now, the plane that Andre is driving is equipped with an improved RP-25M pulse Doppler radar, which has a 42° downward pitch scanning capability, so, thinking of the manual he just turned over, Andre opened it. radar.

The vacuum tube of the radar was preheated when it was just taking off. Therefore, after turning on the main switch, the radar began to transmit pulse Doppler signals. At the same time, the automatic interception system interacted with the ground command station. The scans are purposeful.

Radar is on!

At the nose of the steel fighter, an inverted Cassegrain antenna with a diameter of 90 centimeters radiated a strong electromagnetic signal toward the front and lower airspace. The peak power of hundreds of kilowatts instantly made Andre feel the inside of the cockpit. The instrument lights were dimmed.

"Report, 032 found the target, the distance is 100, the speed is 0.8, the height is 13,000, and the number is 20." Andre looked at the light spots on the screen and said to the radio.

This set of Sapphire 25 radar, the effect is really good! Andre looked at the dots of light on the screen with satisfaction.

The scanning signals of the I-band flooded the airspace ahead. Almost at the same time, the E-2 early warning aircraft hovering over the western part of Hokkaido also discovered this batch of MiG-25 fleet that came to intercept.

The Soviets were also aggressive. They dispatched nearly 20 MiG-25s, almost the size of an aviation regiment!

"Squadron of the Kraken, Squadron of the Kraken, pay attention, the target has appeared, eighteen MiG-25s at a distance of one hundred." The E-2 early warning aircraft conveyed the message to its own fleet.

The 13th Fighter Squadron of the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Base, nicknamed the Kraken Squadron, took off from Misawa Base after dawn. At the same time, an E-2 early warning aircraft also took off for early warning support. These fighters flew for more than half a time. It took only an hour to fly to the center line of the Sea of ​​Japan, and the MiG-25, which was in charge of interception on the opposite side, only flew for ten minutes.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was already close to 100 kilometers, and the relative speed between the fighter jets exceeded Mach 3. The distance of this 100 kilometers was less than 100 seconds.

"Received." Squadron Captain Major Dick Houston shouted on the radio: "Attention, drop the fuel tank, turn on the afterburner to climb, and prepare to lock!"

The flames of the two J79 turbojet engines at the rear suddenly turned blood red. After the afterburner was turned on, the engines burst out with maximum thrust, and the fighter began to accelerate.

At the same time, under the control of the radar operator in the rear cabin, the AN/APQ-120 in the nose also began to work, scanning the target aircraft in the airspace ahead. Due to the use of transistors and integrated circuits, this radar is small in size and weight, but its performance has been greatly developed. The continuous wave scanning signal fills the airspace ahead. Soon, the radar starts to look up, and it has discovered Those targets high in the sky!

"Attention, prepare for radar lock!" said Major Dick.

Locking is not to kill the opponent, but to show that you have the ability to kill the opponent! In fact, compared to the target aircraft flying at a speed of Mach two or more at high altitude, the Sparrow missile can't be launched at that height at all. Able to threaten the MiG-25.

Now, the purpose of turning on the radar to lock on the target is to threaten the other side. In the Cold War, the hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union would lead to a silent confrontation of war if one is not careful. I don’t know how many times it was staged.

"Attention, prepare to dive, lock on the target!" Almost at the same time, the MiG-25 fleet also received the signal guidance of the ground CGI.

Due to the lack of the ability to look down and shoot down, if the MiG-25 Cyclone-A radar wanted to lock on the target aircraft, the enemy could only dive down, at least to a height below 20,000 meters, to be able to successfully lock on the opponent.

Dive? Hearing this order, Andre couldn't help but be speechless in the cockpit. The main advantage of the MiG-25 is high altitude and high speed. Now it is rushing to low altitude and circling and confronting the opponent in medium and low altitude. This is not fun.

Anyway, his airborne radar already had enough downward vision capability, so Andre didn't dive with the fleet in front, he directly flipped the radar switch and turned it into a locked state.

"Report, 032 has finished locking, request to launch." Andre shouted in the radio.

launch? Don't hit the first shot! Kuoridub on the ground heard this sound, and the sweat on his forehead suddenly came out. Damn, I didn't plan to let this guy participate in the confrontation yesterday, and he was not allowed to participate in the first-level combat readiness meeting. He didn't know that he couldn't fight. First shot order?

"Be careful, don't fight back until you are attacked!" Kozhdubu shouted with a radio microphone.

Andre, who almost reached the edge of the atmosphere, had a smile on his face, and the good show began!

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