The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 736 Attack Wave

Panshan Group Headquarters.

In a single-family villa.

Although it is already very late, Liu Tao and others are watching the ongoing live broadcast as spectators.

In the sky, the missile that looked like a meteor and was trailing flames was so conspicuous.

The guests on the live broadcast are introducing the types of missiles.

Many experts have previously analyzed that Saddam would abandon Kuwait and withdraw his troops at the last minute, and the war would not break out.

The result was a slap in the face.

Liu Tao was in a good mood because the United States and the International Energy Agency had released a large amount of strategic oil reserves, which greatly reduced the price of oil. The price has now fallen below $50 per barrel and there is no sign of it breaking through $60 per barrel.

As long as the war goes smoothly, or the United States and the International Energy Agency increase the amount of oil released into the market, the price of oil will inevitably drop further.

Now that I have returned to Panshan Group, I am naturally interested in watching the live broadcast of the war.

At this time, the F117 'Nighthawk' wing had already taken off and they flew directly to Baghdad, Iraq.

The F117 'Nighthawk' wing does not have many fighter jets, but they act as door-kickers and must use the advanced performance of the F117 fighter jets to take the lead in launching air strikes.

As for how many targets the first two waves of Tomahawk cruise missiles can destroy, to be honest, no one knows.

At this time, all the American pilots on the mission were worried.

Even though they were the best pilots in the US military, they knew how dangerous this mission was.

Baghdad, as the capital of Iraq and the largest city in Iraq, is the political, economic and cultural center of Iraq and has the most intensive air defense firepower in the whole of Iraq.

Not only are there various air defense radars, but there are also a large number of air defense missiles.

According to intelligence collected by the United States alone, there are dozens of SAM-2 and SAM-3 medium- and long-range air defense missiles there.

Although these missiles are backward, no matter how excellent the performance of the fighter is, it is still very dangerous when facing a large number of air defense missiles.

F117战机是美国洛克希德·马丁公司研制的隐身攻击机。这款战机设计始于70年代末，1981年6月15日预生产型飞机在绝对保证秘密的情况下试飞成功，1982年8月23日向美国空军交付了第一架飞机。

F117战机服役后一直处于保密之中，直到1988年11月10日，空军才首次公布了该机的照片，1989年4月该机在内华达州的内利斯空军基地公开面世。

The biggest highlight of this aircraft is its good stealth performance!
Currently, the entire United States is equipped with only 59 of them!
In 1983, the US military purchased the F117 fighter jet at a price of US$4260 million per unit, making it the most expensive aircraft in the world. By 90, 59 F117s had been delivered, with an average price of US$7200 million. The latest price has exceeded US$ million.

It can be said that the F117 fighter is the fighter with the best stealth performance and the most expensive unit price in the world.

In order to ensure accurate bombing this time, they had to lower the flight altitude to below 1000 meters.

Flying at an altitude of 1000 meters, Baghdad's anti-aircraft machine guns could shoot them down.

Of course, no matter how nervous the pilot is, the mission still has to be carried out.

At this time, in order to ensure safety and avoid being discovered by Iraqi radar, all F117 fighter jets turned off their radars and maintained radio silence.

But they didn't know that the relevant intelligence had already arrived in Baghdad when they just took off.

About 100 kilometers away from Baghdad, there is a temporary radar position.

The radar was running at full power and the observer was staring at the screen closely.

Finally, more than twenty small dots appeared on the screen.

The observer reported it immediately and the discovery immediately attracted attention.

In Baghdad, all the radars were turned on and the air defense missiles were in place. Although the radar of the SAM air defense missile was a little behind, the radar system of the "Aegis" air defense missile was not behind at all.

When entering the reconnaissance range, the radar had already captured these aircraft.

"Boom boom~~" Missiles were launched one after another, flying towards the F117 fighters. There were Aegis air defense missiles, as well as SAM-2, SAM-3 and other SAM series missiles.

"Damn it, we've been discovered!" Colonel Smith, who was in charge of this mission, shouted in horror: "Raise high, speed up!"

"Release the interference bomb!"

One after another, the F117 fighter jets climbed rapidly and accelerated, while releasing jamming bombs at the same time.

Many anti-aircraft missiles were interfered by jammers and failed to attack the fighter planes.

However, there were still missiles that hit the fighter planes, and the fighter planes were directly turned into a ball of sparks.

Not only that, they faced more incoming missile attacks.

Report the situation immediately, including radar position targets and air defense missile position targets.

At this time, over the Mediterranean Sea, a formation of four bombers was flying slowly forward under the escort of several F4s.

"Attention all units, we have arrived at the designated area, launching cruise missiles!"

"Boom~~"

The bomber's magazine opened and several huge missiles fell out.

As soon as these missiles fell a few meters, the tail engines began to ignite, and soon these missiles flew towards Baghdad with the tail engines working.

At the same time, in the Persian Gulf, several warships cruising in the darkness suddenly launched several missiles with long tail flames. The target of these missiles was also Baghdad.

The information sent back by the F117 fighter jets has allowed the US military to understand the current situation in Baghdad.

The first two waves of missile attacks did not achieve the expected results.

But photos of the burning flames were still taken.

This time, after the fighter jets revised their coordinates, they launched a third wave of missile attacks.

From other air force bases, planes took off and flew towards Kuwait and Iraq. They would mainly use missile launches to destroy targets.

The two sides fought in the early morning, and this time it was a great test of the Iraqis' air defense capabilities.

In Baghdad, anti-aircraft machine guns were constantly seen firing a series of bullets, and anti-aircraft guns were seen roaring and firing shells into the air.

There are also Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns that are constantly moving on the roads and in the wilderness, continuously firing anti-aircraft shells at aerial targets.

If someone sees it in person, it will be spectacular.

It was a series of flames.

When a target is successfully intercepted, a ball of fire will appear in the sky.

Each of these fires represents a plane being hit or a missile being intercepted.

Air raid sirens rang throughout Baghdad.

People hid in air-raid shelters, fearing that they would be attacked and lose their lives.

Even Saddam moved from the ground command center to the underground command center at 0:00 in the morning.

At this time, Saddam was constantly understanding the situation. He did not expect that the Americans would launch an attack at the first time, and the attack method was so incredible.

They actually used missiles to attack important targets in Iraq.

This made Saddam extremely angry. The Americans actually brought the war to Iraq and Baghdad at the first opportunity. This was simply a slap in Saddam's face.

(End of this chapter)