Chapter 1115 Maximum Range
Who said the maximum range of the P-500 missile is 550 kilometers?
The U.S. Navy has always been aware of this data, so when encountering the Soviet Navy fleet, it tried not to let the distance between the two sides get within 500 kilometers. After all, no one would launch a missile at the maximum range!
But now, the distance between the US aircraft carrier formation and the Soviet Navy is more than 500 kilometers, to be exact, it has reached 650 kilometers!
This distance should have been absolutely safe, but who could have thought that these P-500 missiles could fly so far!
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The data of 550 kilometers is of course inaccurate. Although this value is also shown in various materials in later generations, in fact, the range of this missile is as high as 700 kilometers!
You know, the P-5 anti-ship missile, the SS-N-3 anti-ship missile given by the West, has a range of 800 kilometers! The biggest problem at that time was that the guidance could not be solved.
The Soviet Union's new anti-ship missiles would certainly not have a range much shorter than this, but in foreign propaganda, they always said something like 500 kilometers or 550 kilometers.
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Americans believe it and think that it is safe beyond 500 kilometers, which is really stupid.
And now, the US Navy really thinks that 500 kilometers is safe. Ackerman believes that it will not be attacked by Soviet anti-ship missiles. As a result, these missiles have already come!
Fire, fire! Each warship was now fighting on its own. The Sea Sparrow, Sea Sidewinder, and Phalanx systems were all firing at the anti-ship missiles at sea!
A Perry-class destroyer accelerated its speed and sailed towards the side of its own aircraft carrier, using its body to protect the safety of its own aircraft carrier. This was their mission!
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The dense array emitted a buzzing sound driven by electric current, metal shells flew across the sky, and bullets formed a barrage, launching a final attack on the incoming missiles!
If it cannot be destroyed, it will be destroyed by others!
"boom!"
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"boom!"
The P-500 missile had only undergone a simple modification. At the end of the flight, the high-altitude guided missile had already assigned targets to the low-altitude missile. They each made their final sprint towards the target. Due to defects in the guidance system, they were unable to perform effective serpentine maneuvers to dodge in the final stage.
The trajectory is rigid, just like a target drone, except that this is a supersonic target drone with a speed of Mach 2.5!
"boom!"
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The Phalanx fired another missile, but the other missile was already coming! The Phalanx had no time to intercept it, so a ton of conventional explosives directly blew the Perry-class missile that was blocking the road into two pieces!
The fire spread over the sea, and the Perry-class ship, which broke into two parts, sank unwillingly below the sea surface. The American Navy that survived the disaster felt a sense of relief.
The loss this time was much smaller than last time! Last time, the USS America was sunk by the Sunburn attack alone, but now, with 32 anti-ship missiles coming, only one frigate was lost!
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Of course, there are many reasons for this, the biggest reason is that Colonel Mark gave accurate command! He immediately put all his strength into interception!
"Fleet, all ships, prepare to retreat and withdraw from this battle!" Mark shouted on the radio.
Exit the battle! What else is there to fight? We don't have the supersonic anti-ship missiles that the Soviet Union has! Even if our fighters take off with Harpoon missiles, the advantage of our air superiority will disappear when the enemy already has fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft and Yak-44 early warning aircraft!
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It can be said that the Soviets can attack American aircraft carriers, but the American aircraft carrier formation cannot attack the Soviet aircraft carriers!
Although there are anti-ship Tomahawk missiles, this subsonic anti-ship missile is just a target in front of the Soviet Navy! Moreover, the number of such missiles equipped by the US Navy is not large!
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Withdraw from the battle, at least to ensure the safety of their own aircraft carrier formation! This is Mark's only thought now!
Unfortunately, his idea was going to fail!
The radar operators on the E-2 early warning aircraft were in the small cabin, feeling the stimulating emergencies one by one, and they were extremely nervous. Just one wave of attacks had caused their fleet to lose a frigate! The naval personnel who fell into the water were being quickly salvaged.
Hopefully the Soviets will stop here!
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At this moment, an early warning officer opened his eyes wide: "The Soviet aircraft carrier formation also launched missiles at us! It should be the Kirov-class Frunze!"
The Soviets also had a dual-carrier battle group! But these two carriers came from different places!
While the Kremlin was confronting the American aircraft carrier battle group, the Soviet aircraft carrier battle group was also rushing over quickly, and the powerful Kirov-class cruisers in the aircraft carrier formation were running at full speed!
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The Kirov class uses a combination of two power sources, with both the nuclear reactor and boiler bursting out at their maximum power, allowing the warship to move at 32 knots! Occupy the launch position!
At this time, it is still 700 kilometers away from the US aircraft carrier formation!
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At a distance of 700 kilometers, the Kirov-class P700 missiles were fired one after another! The entire warship carried 20 of these missiles!
Compared with the P500 missile on the Glory-class, the P700 missile has been further optimized. Like the Sunburn missile, this missile can evade and perform serpentine maneuvers in the terminal stage. Its penetration capability is far superior to that of the P500 missile!
The Western code name SS-N-19, ship destroyed! fully expresses a fear of this missile.
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At the same time, the range of this missile also exceeded the Western world's expectations. At a distance of 700 kilometers, the Kirov class actually launched all of its missiles!
The range of this missile is simply abnormal!
Of course, because there were no carrier-based aircraft to intercept at this time, the missiles took a high-altitude trajectory, cruising at an altitude of seven thousand meters. Twenty missiles, each ten meters long, were lined up in a formation, and the momentum was quite spectacular!
Twenty more! The early warning signal was quickly transmitted to the aircraft carrier formation, and everyone gasped.
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Intercept, intercept!
The Tomcat fighters had just launched two Phoenix missiles. Now, they had two Phoenix missiles left. They changed direction urgently and rushed towards the predetermined interception point. They were the first line of defense! And also the most important line of defense!
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Based on the interception probability just now, it is still acceptable. After all, there are only twenty missiles this time!
At this time, the Americans did not know that the real threat came from underwater!
(There are many different opinions about the range of these missiles. The P700 missile has never been exported, and its range data is unknown. The SS-N-22 uses a rocket ramjet integrated engine, the Sunburn missile, with an initial range of 120 kilometers, and the later improved version has a range of 240 kilometers. As we all know, the weapons exported by the Soviets have always been monkey versions, an order of magnitude lower than those used by themselves. The weight of the P700 missile is twice that of the Sunburn missile. Some people also say that the range of 550 kilometers is obtained by high-altitude ballistics. The air at high altitude is thin, Small resistance. However, for ramjet engines, the more air they can inhale, the higher their efficiency. Although resistance is small at low altitudes, oxygen is also sufficient at low altitudes. Moreover, the air intake of ramjet engines must be different at low altitudes and high altitudes. For anti-ship missiles, flying at low altitudes is more appropriate, right? Therefore, Huadong Zhixiong believes that a range of 700 kilometers is possible, and it can also be achieved with low-altitude ballistics. If readers think differently, then just think that the Soviet Union is cheating! No matter who says it, it’s useless. We’ll talk about it if we can get the Russians’ confidential manual.)