The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Although the United States resolved the issues with Japan and Germany, it did not directly restart the war.

It’s not that the United States is kind-hearted, but that it is powerless at this time.

Because SARS is rampant!

SARS was discovered in November 2002, and then began to spread around the world in today's globalized world.

By the end of March, it had become popular in the United States. On March 3, infections were found among the coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

By June, more than 6 million people were infected in the United States, with more than 2000 deaths, which was terrifying. Europe also saw the virus at the end of March, with more than 8 million infections in June, with more than 3 deaths.

By June, the coalition forces in Afghanistan had accumulated 6 infections, including 1 deaths; by June, the coalition forces in Iraq had accumulated 774 infections, including 6 deaths.

In this situation, the top priority is to prevent SARS, not to fight a war.

After a hot summer, SARS finally ended inexplicably in September.

By the end of September, all the patients who had not died were discharged from the hospital.

The virus has infected more than 3800 million people and killed more than 350 million people in the United States; infected more than 2000 million people and killed more than 180 million people in Europe; infected more than 4900 million people and killed more than 600 million people in Africa; infected more than 6800 million people and killed more than 730 million people in Latin America.
This reminds people of the terrible destructive power caused by the Spanish flu virus.

In the past, many people, influenced by some public intellectuals, always believed that Americans valued life, cherished life, and attached importance to human rights. But this time they discovered that Americans are so cold-blooded and so indifferent to life.

Just like what a certain US governor said: free medical treatment is something that only socialism would do, capitalist people have to save themselves!
In October, the weather in the Middle East is no longer as hot as in summer.

In the Mediterranean, the combined forces navy gathered.

"emission!"

Following the order, Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched one after another from surface warships and attack nuclear submarines.

The combined navy forces in the Mediterranean will launch a total of 156 Tomahawk cruise missiles in one day.

After half a year of truce, the swords of the joint forces are already thirsty for blood!

So on the first day of the renewed fighting, the joint forces planned to launch 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to attack targets in Iraq.

The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf are swarming with naval warships of the joint forces.

As the order was given, Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched one after another from surface warships and attack nuclear submarines.

The combined naval forces in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf will launch a total of 168 Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Afterwards, almost at the same time, missile forces using trucks as platforms in Turkey were launching land-based "Tomahawk" cruise missiles.

In the days when the Iraq War broke out, the huge casualties made the coalition forces realize that Iraq was not Afghanistan, and that Iraq's military strength was much stronger than Afghanistan's. Therefore, the coalition forces developed more cruise missile attacks and used the advantages of aircraft to launch air strikes against Iraq. On the six aircraft carriers, one F-14 'Panda' fighter, F/A-18 fighter, A-6 attack aircraft, and A-7 attack aircraft were launched, and the E-2C 'Hawkeye' early warning aircraft and EA-6B 'Prowler' electronic warfare aircraft that had already been launched were already flying in the air.

The carrier-based aircraft formed air formations and flew towards Iraq.

In Türkiye, at one joint forces air base after another, fighter jets, early warning aircraft, bombers and electronic warfare aircraft of the joint forces air force took off.

Iraq's radar system has detected it.

The Iraqi Air Force pilots took off quickly and bravely fought.

Most of the planes here are donated by various Arab countries, and the pilots are also volunteers.

The majority of the six months is a period of truce for the coalition forces to replenish aircraft, ammunition, missiles and warships, and the same is true for Iraq.

现在伊拉克有85架‘米格-25’截击机、55架‘米格-31’截击机、138架苏-27战斗机、227架米格-29战斗机、222架歼7系列战斗机、217架歼8系列战斗机、109架歼10战斗机、87架歼11战斗机、18架歼轰7，总共1158架各类型战斗机。

In addition, Iraq has 16 bombers of various types.

This air force is already very advanced.

Of course, compared with the Joint Forces Air Force and Navy carrier-based aircraft, this air force is much inferior.

In terms of fighter jets, Iraq's current air force is roughly equivalent to about one-third of the joint forces' air force fighter jets. As for electronic warfare aircraft, early warning aircraft, aerial refueling aircraft, and bombers, it is far from comparable to the joint forces.

Currently, a large proportion of the Iraqi Air Force's aircraft and pilots come from allies, especially pilots!
After all, Iraq can buy planes from Russia, but it also needs pilots to fly the planes.

In addition to hiring Russian pilots, a large proportion of the pilots are volunteers from Arab countries.

Of course, the first to start the battle was not the aircraft, but the air defense missile system.

The "Aegis-1" air defense missile system is a medium-range air defense missile system with a maximum firing altitude of 2 meters, a maximum range of 125 kilometers, and a maximum speed of 2.5 Mach. It uses inertial/radio command + active radar guidance and is a well-known air defense missile system.

The most common air defense missile systems in the Middle Eastern countries are the 'Aegis-0' air defense missile system and the 'Aegis-1' air defense missile system. The 'Aegis-0' air defense missile system is a short-range air defense missile system with a maximum range of 16 kilometers and a maximum combat altitude of 9 kilometers; while the 'Aegis-1' air defense missile system is a medium-range air defense missile system.

As for the Middle Eastern countries, only a few countries are equipped with the 'Aegis-3' air defense missile system. The 'Aegis-3' air defense missile system is a long-range air defense missile system. This type of air defense missile cannot be exported casually, but depends on the friendship between each other. Only those who are rich and have particularly good relations can import the 'Aegis-3' air defense missile system.

The 'Aegis-3' air defense missile system has been hailed as the most advanced air defense missile system for more than a decade.

Due to some agreements, Iraq was unable to import too advanced air defense missile systems, anti-ship missiles, and fighter jets from Panshan Group. At most, it could only import the "Aegis-0" air defense missile system. However, Iraq imported a large number of SAM series air defense missiles. In addition, technical experts improved the radar system of the SAM series air defense missiles, and networked them with the "Aegis" air defense missile system and the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun vehicle-mounted radar and individual radars, thus forming the entire Iraqi air defense missile system.

Iraq cannot introduce very advanced air defense missiles, fighter jets, and anti-ship missiles, but Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, etc. can.

Now that Arab volunteers are going to Iraq, even if the Americans are unhappy about the intelligence, there is nothing they can do. (End of this chapter)