Chapter 1257 Intercepting Ground Effect Vehicles
With the afterburner turned on, the fighter plane roared and quickly broke through the sound barrier. When it reached Mach 1.4, Christoph turned off the afterburner of his fighter plane. Relying on the surging thrust, the fighter plane could maintain supersonic cruise at this speed!
The second American patrolling stealth aircraft, the F-22, was shot down almost in the same amount of time. Now, they left ten escorting Su-37s, and the rest of the fighters took the initiative to meet the enemy!
Area 51 is mainly responsible for developing various advanced spacecraft, so they are not surprised by the appearance of various terrifying aircraft. They need to shoot down the opponent's aircraft in advance, and it is best to kill them on the runway!
Stealth aircraft are very difficult to detect. Even if phased array radar is used, the distance for detecting the US F-22 will not exceed 50 kilometers. When your sword is not long enough, take another step forward!
The Su-37 fighter jet's sleek shape pierced through the shock wave formed by the sound barrier in the air and flew rapidly towards the US air force base. At the same time, the fighter jets inside the US air force base were taking off rapidly!
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A large target! What is that? Most likely, it's a Soviet ground effect vehicle!
After receiving the early warning, the base here was already in a state of high alert. Now is the time to test their efficiency!
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On the main runway, four F-15s took off directly in formation!
Among them, the leading aircraft had just left the runway and climbed into the sky when a laser beam flew over and hit the leading F-15, causing it to explode in mid-air!
However, the fighter planes behind were fearless and they continued to climb and climb!
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There is more than one runway. On the auxiliary runway next to it, a number of F-16s also turned on the afterburners and took off quickly! They all have only one goal, to protect their own airspace and the safety of Area 51!
The troops stationed here are the most brainwashed ones. They know how big the secret they are guarding is, so they have long been prepared to sacrifice!
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"Boom!" Another F-16 was turned into a fireball, but the number of fighter jets taking off continued to increase!
Airborne laser weapons are much easier to use than missiles. This is reflected in the concept of detect and destroy. As long as the target is discovered, the laser weapon can kill it in almost no time. The opponent has no chance to react at all, and all maneuvers are in vain!
However, laser weapons also have limitations. After all, each time a laser is fired, the energy consumed is measured in megajoules! Such a huge amount of energy can only be stored in a supercapacitor in advance. After each discharge, it is impossible to recharge the capacitor. It takes a while. For example, even on the Su-37, it takes more than 30 seconds, and if used continuously, it takes a minute!
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Therefore, when a large number of US Air Force fighters took off, the fleet that came to attack actively was still not enough! A group of fighters successfully took off and rushed towards the direction where the huge ground effect vehicle was flying!
Why not send more fighters? This is helpless. After all, stealth aircraft cannot be equipped with thousands of them like the previous MiG-15, and the number of catapults launched from aircraft carriers is even more limited! The Soviet Union has set up a big chess game in the United States, and it needs the assistance of stealth aircraft everywhere, but now, Christoph's wing is enough!
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Looking at the dashboard in front of him, the laser weapon was ready again. Christophe began to operate the radar, preparing to guide the next target. At this time, the faint echo attracted his attention. It was the F-22!
"Attention, there is an F-22 fleet at nine o'clock. Kill them first!" Christophe shouted on the radio while locking the target with radar and pressing the launch button in front.
A bright laser beam emerged from the weapons bay on the belly of the aircraft and shot directly at the F-22 with gray low-visibility paint. In an instant, the plane was blown up!
The other fighter pilots immediately dispersed, dodging the attacks of laser weapons while stubbornly continuing to fly towards the Soviet ground effect vehicle formation.
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"Soviet, go to hell!" An F-15 fighter jet elegantly crossed the lines of defense and fired an AIM-120 missile.
Although the United States is already at a disadvantage, its weapons systems are still being developed and improved. For example, the advanced fire-and-forget air-to-air missile has been developed! This missile was officially launched in 1981, and five years have passed. As the pressure from the Soviet Union increased, they finally deployed this missile ahead of schedule!
Why should they leave it alone after launching? Because the U.S. Air Force has realized that if their carrier aircraft still launch Sparrow missiles when the U.S. laser weapons have not been able to make a breakthrough, they will definitely not be able to wait for the missiles to continue to guide until they hit the target, and they will be ruthlessly shot down by the opponent in advance!
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Therefore, in this situation, the U.S. Air Force can only step up research and development. In order to cope with emergencies, they even plan to put the Phoenix on the F-15 and add a Phoenix missile illuminator to the radar to guide this huge missile.
Now, being able to get close to the Soviet ground effect vehicle was the result of the sacrifice of countless comrades! The pilot of this F-15 fighter seized the opportunity and fired the six AIM-120 missiles he carried in mad dog mode at one-second intervals!
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The ground effect vehicle is such a huge target, so there is no need for any initial guidance or medium-range guidance. Just use the mad dog mode!
Unfortunately, they had not finished firing. When the fifth missile was fired, a dazzling laser beam directly penetrated the cockpit! A smell of burning bodies came out, and then the plane exploded in mid-air!
And those missiles were flying quickly towards the formation of ground effect vehicles!
"The target has been locked, fire!" Here, on the huge ground-effect vehicle, the laser weapon turned quickly, and then two laser beams shot out from the nose and fuselage, and the two flying missiles exploded in the air!
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The huge size and huge carrying capacity of the ground effect vehicle make it easier for it to carry laser weapons! Moreover, the laser weapons it carries are not airborne, but directly shipborne!