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Chapter 2001 Scud War (Second update, please subscribe)
In fact, after the war broke out, the whole world took sides.

Although Egypt and Syria were the main countries fighting against Israel, other Arab countries were also involved in the war, providing various weapons and raising funds. The total amount of this support is still uncertain.

Hejaz, Hasa and Kuwait provided financial support and sent a token number of troops to the battle. Morocco sent a brigade of troops to the front line to support, and the Palestinians also sent troops to support.

Pakistan sent 16 pilots to help. Two years ago, the Kingdom of Libya sent Mirage III fighter jets to Egypt. This was after SEA refused to provide F2 fighter jets to Egypt. It purchased them from France and provided Egypt with about $5 million in aid.

阿尔及利亚派遣了1个中队的战斗机和轰炸机、1个坦克旅、几十辆坦克支援埃及。突尼斯派遣超过1000名士兵前往埃及，苏丹也派遣了3500名士兵。古巴也派遣了大约1500名士兵和坦克及直升机部队前往支援，还有一些苏联阵营的东方国家飞行员参加了这场战争。

Even the Ugandan radio station claimed that Idi Amin had sent Ugandan soldiers to fight.

In the air, Soviet transport planes roared, carrying large quantities of weapons and ammunition from the Soviet Union to Egypt and Syria.

The most important of these is the Scud missile, a tactical missile with a range of only 300 kilometers, which was provided by the Soviet Union to Egypt and Syria in order to win over them.

Just minutes after the war broke out, dozens of Scud missiles hit Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv and Haifa.

This was also the first missile attack on a city after the war.

In Tel Aviv, the war correspondents gathered there pointed their television cameras at the sky. The air defense sirens in the sky were incessant. Missiles fell to the earth like meteors, and then exploded in huge balls of fireworks.

The cruelty of war is thus presented directly to the world.

"Russian transport planes brought more weapons to the Egyptians...more Scud missiles."

On the third day after the war broke out, as the shrieking of Tel Aviv's air defense sirens pierced the night sky, Guo Yifeng was on the top floor of the hotel, filming the falling missiles with a camera while chatting with his colleagues who had just arrived.

"See? This is a ballistic missile. It is unstoppable and extremely destructive..."

Sun Changli pointed at the meteor in the sky and said:

"When we attacked Indonesia because of it, others were still talking nonsense. Thank God, we solved this problem. Otherwise, those missiles would have fallen on our heads..."

As if to prove his words, along with the whistling of the missile, there was a violent explosion in the distance. In the explosion, a building collapsed. The damage caused by the 1000-kilogram warhead was obvious.

This missile attack has caused an unprecedented psychological impact on the Israelis. Since the outbreak of the war, more than two hundred missiles have fallen on major cities including Tel Aviv and Haifa.

Faced with such an attack, Israel had almost no ability to fight back and could only passively allow the missiles to fall.

The sirens sounded even more piercing in the night sky.

On the roof of the hotel, journalists from all over the world aimed their cameras at the city—the flames that kept exploding lit up the night sky…

Sun Changli was certainly no exception. He and his colleagues drove a satellite broadcast vehicle from Iraq through Iraq and Jordan to this country after the war broke out.

After any war breaks out, there will always be reporters present. As the world's largest TV station with an audience of over 10 billion, Asia TV cannot just broadcast news reported by foreign reporters.

So as reporters, they rushed to this country as soon as possible. Not only them, in fact, all TV stations and even channels in SEA sent reporters.

They wear helmets and bulletproof vests and report news related to the war here.

Perhaps, they will witness the demise of a country, or perhaps they will witness a miraculous counterattack.

Who knows?

Guo Yifei, who was standing on the roof, had his ears filled with the sound of the alarm and could hear nothing.

Although this violent explosion was very close, he did not hide, but recorded it all with a camera.

This is the responsibility of a war correspondent, to record and inform the readers or viewers of everything that happens here, just like the photos he took on the day the war broke out.

The tragic scene of the missile attack on the city shocked the entire SEA.

Huge craters, crying people, corpses everywhere... Although it is a static picture, it directly tells the world the cruelty of war.

IDF Air Defense Command,
"Confirm the launch point..."

The radar operator's voice became inflected with nervousness as he said:

"Two Scuds, bearing 245, speed Mach 5!"

Lieutenant David Stern's temples were throbbing. As the commander of the first batch of "Sky Arrow 3" missile companies, the Sky Vault-5 radar screen in front of him showed two flashing red dots crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

The Sky Dome 5 radar is the world's first phased array radar. It has extremely good performance, but it is also very expensive. It is also the core of the Sky Arrow 3 air defense missile - its innovative phased array radar, TVM guidance and modular design have completely changed the combat mode of medium-range air defense systems.

At this moment, listening to the reported data, David suddenly flashed back to the training scene at the Fuji base in SEA last year - Israel had purchased the "Sky Arrow 2", and although the "Sky Arrow 3" was more advanced, there were still some connections between them, which was why they were able to immediately master the use of this weapon.

Of course, there is another reason - the company's technical staff provided technical guidance.

However, this can never be made public, so the secret will always be just a secret.

The SEA instructor said that the original design intention of "Sky Arrow 3" was to fight against Soviet fighter jets and intercept ballistic missiles?
It is theoretically feasible, and they have conducted similar interception tests, but it has never been verified in actual combat.

Now, all they need to do is turn theory into reality.

"Calculate the interception point!"

David opened his collar, and his sweat had soaked through the lining. The air conditioning vents were humming, but it couldn't dispel the heat inside the command vehicle.

The computer fan in the command vehicle was also humming, and it sounded a little tired, as if it was performing calculations that exceeded its capacity.

"Target A is expected to arrive over Tel Aviv in 6 minutes and 12 seconds!"

The technical sergeant reported quickly.

David glanced to another place in the command vehicle, where everyone was waiting for the final confirmation.

In that corner, a technician in casual clothes just stood there quietly smoking a cigarette, with a seemingly relaxed expression, but also a certain expectation.

With the cigarette between his fingers, he stared at the radar screen...

"Ready to launch!"

David interrupted him and ordered:
"Both sides intercept, 3 seconds apart!"

On the rooftop of the hotel, Sun Changli, wearing a bulletproof vest, adjusted his headphones. The satellite broadcast vehicle of Asia TV was parked downstairs, and the engineer in the vehicle gave a thumbs up to indicate that the signal was clear.

“Dear viewers, this is Tel Aviv.”

He adjusted his breathing in front of the camera, with alarms blaring in the background.

"As of today, Egypt and Syria have launched at least 200 Scud missiles at Israel. You can hear the air defense sirens over the city. We have just received confirmation that the Israeli military will use the Sky Arrow 3 missile provided by SEA for the first time to intercept..."

Two orange-red trails suddenly lit up in the night sky behind him, and they were flying towards another meteor in the sky.

"Oh my God!" Sun Changli exclaimed:
"Judging from the trajectory, it should be the Sky Arrow 3 missile that has been launched! Right in front of us!"

The camera quickly turned to the sky. Two "Sky Arrow 3" rockets pierced the sky with dazzling tail flames, like the swords of angels chasing the devil in mythology. Amid Sun Changli's exclamation, Guo Yifeng felt a current running up his spine, and he watched it all with wide eyes.

This is a historic moment, missile intercepts missile!

The whole world is watching this, this is being broadcast live around the world.

"According to military data, each 'Sky Arrow 3' costs about 30 yuan and uses a combination of command guidance and TVM guidance..."

Sun Changli mechanically recited the information he had prepared in advance, but his eyes were fixed on the two spots of light that were getting smaller and smaller.

At this moment, the whole world is watching this scene. Although it is only a moment, it seems so long to everyone.

Inside the Air Defense Command
"Target A locked!"

The Tech Sergeant yelled:

"Interception countdown: 3, 2, 1..."

David held his breath. On the radar screen, the green light dot representing "Sky Arrow 3" was about to overlap with the red target.

Theoretically, the 3 kg high-explosive warhead carried by each Sky Arrow 91 can destroy targets within a range of 15 meters.

But this is just theory.

"Crash!"

The screen suddenly burst into a blinding white light.

David closed his eyes reflexively, and when he opened them again, the two red dots had disappeared.

"Confirmed that target A has been destroyed! No secondary threats were found within the shrapnel killing radius!"

Cheers erupted in the command vehicle, and everyone there shouted excitedly:

"We did it, we did it! We hit the Scud!"

David was staring at the second target - it changed its trajectory strangely on the radar.

"Target B is spiraling downward!"

The radar operator exclaimed:

"It may be the wreckage of the liquid fuel tank of the 'Scud'..."

David grabbed the radio:
"Attention all units! Unintercepted missiles may fall south of Tel Aviv! Repeat..."

Then he added:
"continue……"

On the rooftop of the hotel, journalists from various countries witnessed the fireball with their own eyes - at an altitude of 3000 meters, the explosion caused by the collision of two missiles illuminated the entire Tel Aviv.

The fragments fell like burning meteors, some of which drew strange parabolas in the night sky.

"Dear audience, you have just witnessed the first actual combat ballistic missile interception in history..."

Sun Changli's voice trembled with excitement:
"The Scud missile launched by the Egyptians appears to have been intercepted..."

Reporters from other countries generally have the same attitude. They have never thought that missiles can intercept missiles.

As they were excitedly reporting the news, the Sky Arrow 3 missile was fired again, and the two missiles hit another Scud missile in mid-air.

The Scud missile trailed black smoke from the fireball, like a wounded venomous snake. The commentary stopped abruptly. The camera quickly zoomed in, and the out-of-control Scud was spinning and falling towards the south of the city.

"Oh, God……"

An American reporter subconsciously made the sign of the cross on his chest.

"One of them may have broken through the interception..."

But there was cheering in the air defense headquarters.

Although the second Scud missile was not destroyed directly, it fell far away from Tel Aviv.

"Finally, we don't have to passively take the beating anymore!"

David pulled off his headphones, his hands shaking uncontrollably.

70% interception success rate - the data provided by Nanyang Defense Industries was so pale at this moment. Outside the command vehicle, the second "Sky Arrow 3" launcher was being loaded, and the hydraulic device made a harsh metal friction sound.

"New Alert!"

The radar operator suddenly shouted:

"Four Scud missiles were launched from southern Syria! They are expected to arrive over Tel Aviv in 5 minutes!"

David wiped his face, sweat and putty mixed into mud. He pressed the full-band communication button:

"Attention all units, enter a state of sustained combat. I repeat, this is not a single attack..."

This night was destined to be restless. The three sets of "Sky Arrow 3" air defense missile systems that the Israeli military had just acquired became the stars of this night.

A star that the whole world is watching.

"I just received news that three people were injured by the debris of the falling missile..."

Sun Changyuan was looking at the note that had just been handed to him, and heard the instructions from Chang'an Headquarters, saying:

"Dear viewers, please continue to watch this unprecedented missile offensive and defensive battle on Asia Satellite TV..."

He looked up at the sky. The new Sky Arrow 3 launcher had been erected, and in the distance, the fire cloud caused by the first interception had not yet dissipated, like a flower of death blooming in the night sky.

Inside the air raid shelter, the crowd cheered. They gathered around the radio, and the military spokesman was reassuring the public, "The performance of the Sky Arrow 3 system far exceeded their expectations. The military has successfully intercepted 12 Scud missiles..."

Listening to the words of the military spokesman, people there celebrated, and at this moment, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"We will definitely win!"

In the corner, an old woman was muttering to herself.

Another wave of air raid sirens sounded.

Above their heads, a new round of intercepting flames once again pierced the night sky, illuminating the entire city:
And in the bomb shelters, people prayed: "No weapon formed against you shall prosper." (Isaiah 54:17)

At this moment, this verse echoes in the roar of missiles...

(End of this chapter)