Warship of Great Power

When missiles fly at ultra-low altitudes, they can easily hide in the waves. Early missiles could not intercept ultra-low-altitude missiles because they could not filter out clutter. The Sea Sidewinder missiles purchased at the time used an infrared angle deviation tracking system to solve the problem of sea surface clutter, which is essentially similar to that of anti-tank missiles.

In the face of modern technology, sea surface clutter is not a big problem, but it still tests the technical level of the missile itself. If the performance is not strong, it is likely to lose the target.

Therefore, any air defense missile will have a minimum interception altitude. When the Hongqi 9 missile was just equipped with the navy, there were many sayings that the minimum firing altitude of this missile was 500 meters, that is, targets below 500 meters could not be intercepted at all. Such a Hongqi 9 has become a chicken rib like the British Sea Dart back then. Of course, it is impossible. So in a certain exercise, the navy performed the Hongqi 9's signature skill of intercepting ultra-low altitude sea-skimming targets.

However, the Hongqi-9 is a regional air defense missile after all. In the vertical launch device of the Eastern Navy, most of the missiles are of a range of 200 kilometers or even longer. It is a bit of a waste to use this regional air defense missile to intercept ultra-low altitude sea-skimming targets.

After all, the sea is an arc, and it is useless no matter how far the missile range is. The farthest it can intercept sea-skimming targets of 30 to 40 kilometers. At this time, the medium-range Hongqi-16 can come in handy. The Hongqi-16 with a range of 70 kilometers has been put into service in large quantities and can fully undertake the task of intercepting sea-skimming targets.

One can hit high altitude and the other low altitude, and they can perform their duties. After all, it is a universal vertical launch, and you can install whatever you want.

Now, two Hongqi-16s are flying towards the target. The second round of interception depends on it!

Compared with the bulky Hongqi-9, the Hongqi-16 is smaller, which also means higher maneuverability. After being launched, the Hongqi-16 quickly climbs, draws a beautiful trajectory in the air, passes the highest point, and begins to dive.

Laymen watch the excitement, experts see the doorway. Just look at the missile's dive trajectory, the radar officer on the E-3 early warning aircraft exclaimed again: "It is indeed an active seeker!"

If it is a semi-active seeker, it must fly between the rear irradiation radar and the target, so that the missile's seeker can receive the target signal. Even if the first half is guided by instructions, it can fly a parabola of the trajectory. When approaching the target, it needs to fly between the two and use proportional guidance to fly to the target.

Now it dives directly to the target and can accurately capture the target. It is a proper active seeker!

When the active radar missile was perfected, the semi-active guided missile began to fall behind. However, many missiles still use the original guidance method due to inheritance. I didn't expect that the Orientals actually installed an active seeker on the Hongqi 16!

"Two missiles are still only rushing to one target. What are they doing?" Some people also raised questions.

Now they can fire a salvo, just like setting off fireworks, and continuously send missiles into the sky to shoot down all three missiles directly. However, now they have only launched two interceptors, and they are only aiming at one target.

What about the remaining two targets?

Time is very fast. Almost at the same time as the questioning, the first missile has rushed towards a Sunburn missile and detonated in front of it. Dense fragments rushed towards the Sunburn missile. The next moment, the engine of the Sunburn missile burned, and the fragments had damaged its engine!

Then, the second missile flew over. After the warhead exploded, the Sunburn missile turned into a ball of fire and fell down.

This also reflects the power of the Sunburn missile. Ordinary anti-ship missiles in this era use aluminum alloy shells, while it uses titanium alloy luxuriously. Not only the shell, but also the wings, rudders, and various structural supports are all titanium alloys, and the anti-strike capability is quite strong.

Even so, it can't stop the attack of two Red Flag 16s!

"The second missile was shot down!"

Applause rang out again in the naval command hall.

The Hongqi-9 missile won the first battle, and the Hongqi-16 missile expanded the victory! These two successful interceptions have already proved the strength of the Eastern Aegis warship!

If it is really a war period, then interceptor missiles will definitely be launched one after another, shooting down the targets one by one until the entire launch silo is emptied, just like the American police, either not shooting, or emptying the magazine if they want to shoot.

An Aegis warship can intercept at least 30 anti-ship missiles. What enemy is so extravagant as to launch so many in a naval battle? Therefore, the air defense capability of this warship is beyond doubt!

However, some people are excited.

"Huh, they only intercepted two missiles, which shows that their air defense system does not have multi-channel combat capabilities. They can only guide and attack one target at a time. They are not as good as our Delhi class. Our Delhi class has 6 target illumination radars and can deal with six targets at the same time!"

For Ah San, they have always pursued quantity. The small body of the Delhi class is equipped with so many weapons, and it seems that it will be crushed at any time. At the same time, the Delhi class has quite a lot of air defense firepower channels.

Ticonderoga only has four target illumination radars, and the planned 21956 destroyer only has six target illumination radars. The radars are enough, but I don't know if the launcher has such a fast firing rate.

However, Ah San is still very proud.

"Yes, this time they could only intercept two targets, which is enough to show that their warships' anti-aircraft firepower is backward!" Sunil said: "Next, our military program will seriously analyze this exercise and popularize science to everyone. What is the Jubail class? The performance is too poor. It is far inferior to our Indian warships. We are the overlords of this sea area, and we will always be!"

The Indians nodded one after another, looking proud.

"Hey, both missiles are climbing up!" At this moment, someone exclaimed.

In the end, there were two Sunburn missiles left, only ten kilometers away from the target. They should have continued to fly at a sea-skimming altitude of seven meters above the sea surface, but now they are climbing up!

Although they are all sea-skimming flights, sea-skimming is different from sea-skimming. The C801 missile of the East can reduce the altitude to one or two meters, while the missile of the old Russians can only reach a minimum altitude of seven meters. After all, the Sunburn missile is too big. If you are not careful, you may plunge into the sea with your head lowered. You may not even have time to react, so you can only increase the flight altitude.

According to the Russians' design, the attack mode of the Sunburn anti-ship missile is to fly at ultra-low altitude, but now it actually climbs up. What is this for? Is it cheating?

"Humph, they know that they can't intercept ultra-low-altitude missiles. After all, they have entered the final stage of the attack and are about to perform serpentine maneuvers, so they let the missile climb up!" Ah San continued to despise.

The American's reaction is closer to the truth.

"They are planning to accelerate this missile to Mach 3!"

Forget about long-distance interception. After all, the missile will not maneuver at that time, it just flies forward with one mind, but when it gets close, it starts to fly S-bends to avoid attacks.

The maximum flight speed of the Sunburn missile is only Mach 2.3. Even if it is intercepted, there will definitely be people who say that Mach 2.3 is nothing, it is normal to be intercepted, and Mach 3 will definitely not be intercepted because the difficulty has increased by an order of magnitude.

Therefore, this time, the target shooting simply modified the missile program. When it was ten kilometers close to the target, it would climb and then dive down. In this way, when it landed, it was about five kilometers away from the target, and the speed must have increased to Mach 3!

On the Onaizai, Kayani continued to give orders calmly: "Attention, prepare the Hongqi 10 missiles and 1130 close-in defense guns for the final terminal interception!"

The four missiles will be intercepted by four different air defense weapons respectively, so that it can be considered a perfect exercise!

The Indians didn't know, they just watched the two missiles climb up, and immediately realized: Cheating, this is cheating! When the analysis is done afterwards, all of these must be added in, so that the whole world knows the old bottom of the Oriental Aegis battleship!

However, the missile has already climbed up, why hasn't the interceptor missile been launched over there?

"The missile has passed the highest point!"

"The missile is continuing to accelerate!"

"The missile has reached its maximum speed and started to dive!"

"2.5 Mach!"

"2.8 Mach!"

"3 Mach!"

"The missile has returned to a cruising altitude of seven meters!"

As the data reports came up one by one, the faces of the Indians gradually darkened.

The opponent's climb and dive are not for cheating, but to speed up this missile and increase its speed to Mach 3! How should they promote it next? Their BrahMos boasts of Mach 3, but in fact it can only fly to Mach 2.8. If the Orientals can shoot down the Sunburn missile that has accelerated to Mach 3, it means that they can also easily intercept their BrahMos missiles!

No one spoke, they all opened their eyes and looked at the screen.

"Two missiles start to do S maneuvers!"

Missiles flying in a straight line are the easiest to intercept. When the missile starts to turn in the air, the amount of calculation required for interception will increase greatly. Supersonic missiles are intercepted in the first place. If they are combined with S maneuvers, that is, drawing snakes on the sea surface, it will be even more difficult to intercept!

Generally speaking, it is believed that no interception weapon can intercept a supersonic missile with an S maneuver. It is too difficult!

Now, the Jubail class is going to challenge!

"Launch the Hongqi 10!"

Above the hangar at the rear of the ship, the launch device of the Hongqi 10 missile had already turned to the direction of the Sunburn missile, waiting for the arrival of the last moment. After receiving the launch order, it immediately took action.

Whoosh, whoosh!

The slender missile flew out. Compared with the Hongqi 9 and Hongqi 16, this Hongqi 10 missile is a little brother. It is only about two meters long and the diameter is only 0.12 meters. Even short-range air-to-air missiles are larger than it.

However, if you think that it has no combat power because it is small, you are wrong. The interception capability of the Hongqi 10 is quite amazing!

This type of missile is small, so it can be equipped in large quantities. The light 056 can have an eight-unit launcher. The destroyer is generally equipped with a 24-unit launcher, which can fit 24 missiles at a time. Even if two missiles are fired at the same time, 12 targets can be dealt with at the same time. It is only to intercept the fish that have broken through the defense line of Hongqi 9 and Hongqi 16. A few missiles are not a small number. So many spare missiles are more than enough.

In addition to the large number, the more important thing is its fire-and-forget capability.

The seeker of this missile uses a combination of infrared imaging and active radar. No matter which one, it means that this missile has the ability to be left alone after launch.

As long as it is launched, the missile can fly to the target by itself, without any guidance from the rear, which has a considerable advantage in resisting saturation attacks!

The Hongqi-10 missile is the world's most advanced short-range interception weapon!

After the slender missile flies out, it starts to rotate around the missile body while flying forward.

Spin stabilization is very common in aircraft. The spin of the Hongqi-10 missile is to make the missile's flight more stable on the one hand, and to reduce the difficulty of missile control on the other hand.

After all, the diameter of the missile body is too small, so small that only one servo can be arranged inside the missile. How can one servo control the missile to maneuver in three-dimensional space? And it must be highly maneuverable?

The answer is to let the missile roll. As long as the rudder is operated at different times, it can fly in different directions. One servo solves all problems, but the requirements for the flight control system are very high. Without an advanced electronic system, it is impossible to develop such an advanced missile!

The Russians don't have it, the French don't have it, and the Davids don't have it, so there is no such missile on the Indian warships.

The United States has similar ones, but it is impossible to sell them to the Indians. Allies sell selectively.

Although it is small, it is very advanced in technology. It can destroy missiles above one meter above the sea surface!

After flying out, the seeker of the Hongqi-10 missile aimed at the target and automatically switched to the infrared imaging seeker according to the specific situation.

Even if it is a subsonic anti-ship missile, the flame ejected from the tail can give it the most reliable guidance, not to mention the supersonic target such as the Sunburn anti-ship missile. At Mach 3, the temperature of the missile warhead is as high as 350 degrees Celsius!

It appears clearly in the infrared imaging seeker of the Hongqi-10 missile. The onboard computer runs at high speed, calculates the control instructions, transmits them to the steering gear, and drives the missile to maneuver.

The trajectory of the missile is also constantly adjusted with the S maneuver of the target, which shows that its flight mode is more similar to a semi-active radar missile, always following the target, which is quite energy-wasting. However, the Hongqi-10 missile has a very thin diameter and small air resistance, and its solid rocket engine has advanced performance and is always burning, providing a steady stream of energy.

As a missile with a maximum range of ten kilometers, it doesn't have to worry about insufficient thrust when attacking targets within five kilometers. The whole process is within the power range!

The missile is small, has a small inertia, and is very maneuverable. In the power range stage, the overload is as high as fifty G! Even in the inertial flight stage, the overload can reach twenty G.

At this time, although the flying anti-ship missile has a speed of up to Mach 3, its huge size limits its maneuverability. Although it is drawing a snake on the sea, it is slow in the eyes of the Hongqi 10 missile!

The infrared imaging seeker of the Hongqi 10 missile firmly captures the target, and the internal onboard computer performs high-speed calculations. Control instructions are continuously transmitted to the steering gear. The distance between the missile and the target is getting closer and closer, and then, it hits the missile hard!

That's right, it hits it!

The size of the Hongqi 10 missile is too small. If it is just a simple detonation of the warhead, it is just like tickling the Sunburn anti-ship missile. It is impossible to blow up the Sunburn missile. In this way, even if it is intercepted, it has no meaning.

However, if they were to collide directly, the situation would be different.

Bang!

The speed of the Hongqi-10 missile is Mach 3, and the speed of the Sunburn missile is Mach 3. The relative speed of the two sides is Mach 6. After the collision, the body of the Sunburn missile made a buzzing sound and began to deform.

Boom!

The warhead of the Hongqi-10 missile detonated, continuing to increase the killing effect. The Sunburn missile became extremely fragile in front of this light missile, and the body exploded directly in the air!

The overall engine of the Sunburn missile was still intact at this time. The next second, it was hit by the second Hongqi-10 missile! The next second, the engine also disintegrated.

The third Sunburn missile was intercepted! And this missile was intercepted by the missile in the process of serpentine maneuvering after increasing its speed to Mach 3! Being able to intercept this kind of missile means that the air defense network of the Aegis warship is impenetrable and there is no omission!

What BrahMos anti-ship missile, what the world's most advanced anti-ship missile, is a joke in front of the Aegis warship!

The Indians were completely depressed.

This exercise was meant to slap them in the face. They were looking forward to watching the whole process, and then making a fuss when the interception failed. But now, the whole interception process is impeccable!

They can't express any opinions anymore. They need to keep a low profile to avoid creating heat for Eastern weapons. Moreover, they need to hold a meeting to determine their future strategy.

If the BrahMos missile can't attack the Aegis warship, what advanced weapons should they develop next? Anti-ship ballistic missiles?

At this moment, it seems that the Indians have forgotten that there is still one last anti-ship missile. How should they deal with that missile?

Of course, use the 1130 gun!

In fact, the 1130 gun fired not much later than the Red Flag 10.

"Pay attention, calculate the interception trajectory!"

If it is a laser weapon, just aim and fire. If it is a missile, it can turn after flying out. However, when the shell is fired, it is inertial flight. It cannot be aimed at the current target position. It is necessary to calculate where the target moves after the shell passes, and carefully create an encounter!

This is more difficult. The most important thing is to rely on the calculation and analysis of the fire control system, which can even be said to be intelligent analysis.

The incoming missile is performing a serpentine maneuver. This is not without traces. There must be a fixed pattern. Therefore, as long as its flight pattern can be found, its next position can be calculated.