Although the United States does not know various technical performance data, the United States can also guess part of it. For example, the take-off weight of this heavy interceptor must be more than 30 tons, and from the analysis of the airfoil, the take-off roll distance required by the opponent , definitely not short! With the technical level of the Soviets, it should be more than 1,000 meters!
It is quite difficult to take off and land a carrier-based aircraft on an aircraft carrier. In the past, propeller aircraft needed a small speed to take off, so they could take off with their own power, but in the era of jet aircraft, they needed outside help. Yes, the British invented the catapult and perfected it in the hands of the Americans, and now the United States has become the only country that has mastered modern jet catapult technology!
America's powerful Tomcat carrier-based aircraft, with a full load of nearly 30 tons! Every time you take off, you need to adjust the power of the catapult to the maximum, and the MiG-25, which is almost the same level as the Tomcat, has no catapult. How did the Soviets do it?
Colonel Steve turned his attention to the front picture again. The Soviet aircraft carrier is a nondescript guy. The first half is completely a cruiser structure. It must not take off from the bow of the ship. It can only be the deck on the side of the ship. , the other party is going to take off on the leap deck at the front end of the angled deck!
It's amazing. I used to think that the Leaping Deck was only used to take off and land ********, but the Soviets cleverly used it to take off and land heavy fighters!
"Could this be a pretense?" Colonel Steve said: "This Kyiv class has traveled halfway around the world from Europe to the Far East. We observed all the way and we did not find that this warship could take off the MiG-25. Now Why did it suddenly appear?"
Colonel Steve has a brain, after all this is so out of the ordinary. This article is by . lwχ520. The first launch might be a smoke bomb fired by the Soviets.
"Yeah, the CIA also has such speculation, but this photo was taken by accident. The Soviets didn't know that our satellite adjusted its orbit half an hour before the shooting, so. We are more worried that the Soviet aircraft carrier will indeed be able to launch. Dropping the MiG-25 has always been confusing us, making us think that this aircraft carrier can only carry things like blacksmiths." Colonel Ted's words were worried: "Once there is a real war, the Soviets can use the MiG-25. The Ge-25 fighter jet has established an advantage in one fell swoop."
Now, the US Navy generally despises the Soviet Navy, especially in the ocean, the Soviet fleet without fixed-wing aviation. In front of the U.S. aircraft carrier formation, there is only a chance of being beaten. Even with a fighter like the Red Blacksmith, the U.S. Navy has not seen it directly. Is that thing a fighter jet?
Therefore, if there is a real war, the US Navy's early warning aircraft can fly within 200 kilometers of the opponent's aircraft carrier formation, and can monitor the opponent's every move! It's even a tactic the US Navy is working on! This time, in order to give the Soviet Navy some color, let them know that they dared to escape the cover of land-based aviation. What kind of madness will you be subjected to when you come to the ocean to find trouble!
Now that I think about it, this tactic is a bit too big. If the Soviet aircraft carrier can really take off the MiG-25, then after the other party takes off, it will climb up immediately, almost chasing the e-2, and its own Tomcat fighter will not be able to face the MiG-25. Get an absolute advantage!
Especially in the last air battle in Hokkaido, the Soviets exposed new weapons, and the MiG-25 could actually be at a distance of 90 kilometers. Attack! The last surprise attack resulted in the loss of two Tomcats from the Kitty Hawk. It also made the pilots discolored.
Previously, the MiG-25 had not been observed to launch a missile at a distance of thirty kilometers. Phoenix missiles have an absolute advantage in range, how did they know that the Soviets were chasing so fast!
Of course, the Americans did not know that the latest MiG-31, which had a phased array radar and long-range missiles, was the latest in the war. The MiG-25 was still the original combination. It was found that the aircraft’s altitude and speed characteristics were consistent. It is summed up as MiG-25, or the deformation of MiG-25.
In short, if your own aircraft carrier formation really faces the opponent's MiG-25, that is the advantage in terms of the remaining number, and use the number to make up the gap? That is definitely not in line with our own strategy!
Steve felt an incomparable headache. Is the battle group composed of two aircraft carriers on his side going to fight in front of that nondescript guy?
"Whether it is a conspiracy of the Soviets, we will try to find out." Colonel Ted said: "The Soviet MiG-25 has a high combat radius of less than 1,000 kilometers, as long as the Soviet aircraft carrier arrives. We will see if they can take off and land the MiG-25 when they arrive at their scheduled exercise area."
Colonel Ted already had a plan in mind. The exercise sea area scheduled by the Soviets was thousands of kilometers away from Hokkaido. The MiG-25 would definitely not be able to take off from the land. G-25, it absolutely proves that the Soviets have deployed this powerful fighter on the aircraft carrier.
If that's the case, one's own side really has to retreat and cannot easily conflict with the other side.
Fortunately, we were the first to discover the tricks of the Soviets. In fact, from the bottom of my heart Colonel Ted already thinks that this news is correct. Thinking of the MiG-25 on the Soviet aircraft carrier in the future, it is simply a nightmare for our own side. Moreover, the Soviets have also begun to build aircraft carriers on a large scale, one after another.
Just when the Americans were having a headache, the Soviet naval formation, riding the wind and waves, had already sailed into the Pacific Ocean.
Now, it’s not the time for the later U.S. Navy to show off its might. Over the years, the Soviet Union’s national strength has reached its peak, and its naval construction has continued to develop. In terms of gross tonnage, the Soviet Union has reached 3 million tons, while the United States has 3 million tons. 600,000 tons, about the same.
As a naval soldier of the Red Empire, he is also very proud and proud. Every soldier in the entire formation has an infinite emotion in their hearts. This time, they must attack the arrogance of US imperialism!
On the high bridge, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Duarte Spiridnov, looked serious.
For this mission, General Duarte asked for it on his own initiative. When he heard about Andre's plan, he was already very much looking forward to it. If the plan can be successful, the senior management will definitely make it through the manufacture of a real fixed-wing aircraft carrier! Now, it is up to the top to see what kind of aircraft carrier the Soviet Navy needs! (To be continued.)