Changkong Fighter

Chapter 49 Anti-Radiation Missiles

Even if the Americans kept praying in their hearts, the objective reality would not change because of people's "prayers". Under the guidance of the KJ-17, the PL3000 approached the tiankeng.

"Are they using combined guidance, terminal infrared imaging? Passive radar seeker? Or have they cracked the optical decoy?" The general kept guessing about the technology that the University of Tokyo was going to test.

To be honest, this is something that the United States, as a superpower, should also do, but it cannot compare with the University of Tokyo in terms of execution. Even if it cannot, it is because they give their employees freedom.

"Sir, it's not clear yet." The bespectacled Asian technician responded loudly, "But they should all be tested!"

"Let the media block the news."

The lieutenant general said in a deep voice that there are some things that cannot be known to the public. Once the media hegemony collapses, it will be an extremely heavy blow to the Americans. Moreover, letting the University of Tokyo conduct the test is also a good thing for the Americans. It is a completely cost-free business to ask for test data in the name of human safety.

Thinking of this, the general changed the subject and continued to ask, "What are our experts doing?"

The United States has taken action, even if it's just for show, so the United States must follow suit, even if it's just making an APP, and then letting the media hype it up and listing it to make money.

"Sir, Dr. Fran is studying the communication methods of alien civilizations."

Unlike the weapons testing at the University of Tokyo, the first thing the American Congress and politicians discussed was whether they could communicate with alien civilizations and solve problems in a "peaceful" way. It would be even better if they could do business with alien civilizations.

At the same time, in the command room of the East China University of Technology, the leaders, technicians and officers sitting here stared at the triangular symbol on the big screen. The symbol represents PL17, and next to it are the missile's speed, altitude, guidance status, and whether the seeker is turned on.

When the missile reaches the highest point of the launch and enters the parabolic falling phase, the missile uses the earth's gravity to increase its speed, which can be regarded as another kind of gravitational slingshot.

[There are 20 seconds left until the seeker turns on.]

[Data link interfered]

[Anti-radiation seeker turned on.]

An anti-radiation missile is a missile specifically designed to attack enemy radar systems. Its core principle is to use electromagnetic waves emitted by enemy radar for positioning and guidance.

The PL-17 seeker covers a wide frequency range, picking up electromagnetic interference emitted by the Sentinel.

In the electromagnetic field that is invisible to the naked eye, a large amount of electromagnetic clutter is captured by the seeker. In the seeker's field of view, these wandering sentinels are as conspicuous as fireflies in the dark night.

"Is the PL17 carrying the Eagle Strike-91 seeker?" the commander asked as he looked at the PL17 whose data link was interfered with by electromagnetic clutter, the transmission signal was unstable and was about to be interrupted.

"Report to the commander, due to the consideration of the PL17 missile diameter and the increase of warhead equivalent, the seeker of Eagle Strike-91 is currently in use. The new seeker is under development." The technician said loudly.

Human beings have never faced such an enemy. It is impossible to have an enemy today and come up with a targeted technological product the next day. Moreover, the reliability of such a product is still a problem. We can only look for suitable technology in the existing arsenal.

This is the importance of technical reserves, which can be directly used through system integration.

Just like the seeker head installed on the PL-17, the Eagle Strike-91, measuring 28cm x 55cm and operating from 2-18 GHz, uses a medium-sized seeker head with a wide frequency range and high sensitivity, typical of current mainstay anti-radiation missiles. Installing it on the PL-17 requires only adjusting the counterweight and integrating the system, but its operational effectiveness will certainly not be the highest, and future optimization is needed.

However, even so, the anti-radiation seeker can still be interfered with, and the advantages of the PL17 body must be fully considered. An upgraded PL30 model with a diameter of about 40-60 cm and a length of about 80-15 cm should be used on it, which is suitable for hanging on the HNA heavy fighter J17 and has stronger anti-interference and target recognition capabilities.

[Data link interrupted, switching to optical capture.]

At the moment the data link was interrupted, the WZ7 wandering around switched to optoelectronic mode, captured PL17, and tracked it.

The data link is disconnected, PL17 loses its guidance correction, and relies entirely on the anti-radiation seeker to capture the target.

The PL17 started its dual-pulse engine during inertial flight, and the tail nozzle once again ejected a long tail flame to replenish the missile's energy. The already fast missile accelerated again, enclosing the target in a no-escape zone.

The servo controlled the rudder and flew towards one of the sentinels that was captured by the anti-radiation seeker, crossing the sky like lightning!
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. The anti-radiation seeker was affected by the large amount of electromagnetic clutter released by multiple targets, and the system automatically switched to inertial navigation mode. The missile was no longer interfered with and flew towards the intersection with the Sentinel's flight trajectory. This was also thanks to the Sentinel for not changing its flight trajectory.

The PL17, equipped with a replacement seeker and warhead, detonates the warhead loaded on it after approaching the enemy!

Swish!Swish!
The first thing that appeared in the sky was the flash of fire from the explosion, followed by the whistling sound of something breaking through the air.

call out! call out! call out

Chemical energy is converted into kinetic energy, and thousands of 1cm-sized steel balls and lethal fragments are thrown into the surrounding airspace like a rain of pear blossom needles, with the main purpose of area destruction.

In the optical sensor of WZ7, it can be clearly seen that a Sentinel optical decoy locked by PL17 disappears, and in the air not far away, the surface of the glass-colored triangular aircraft is covered with tiny bullet holes, and countless debris flies out. The severely damaged aircraft spins and falls towards the sea below.

Not only this one, but another Sentinel a little further away did not fall immediately and its flying posture changed, which made it appear that it was hit.

When the light of the explosion faded, the damage assessment of the attack was carried out: [1 plane shot down, 1 plane damaged.]

"Red Fox No. 1 sent a message! Anti-radiation missiles are effective! Repeat! Anti-radiation missiles are effective!"

After changing the guidance method of the seeker, the sentinels could be effectively guided and killed, which made everyone in the command room feel relieved.

A smile also appeared on the old leader's serious face. As long as they can effectively destroy the enemy, the People's Army and the aliens can fight as long as they want until complete victory!
"Reporting to the commander, data has been collected. The Sentinel did not change its flight trajectory during the attack. If the target performs evasive maneuvers during the attack, the PL17's hit rate will be reduced."

"Report the data to the command center."

The commander's task is to command the battle, and someone will naturally solve the problem of the defects of the anti-radiation seeker.

"understand!"

The success of PL17 is a "good start" for them. The Red Fox-2 has entered the range of PL15, and the focus of the mission is now on.

(End of this chapter)