848: Chapter 848: Missile Pursuit!
Aerial Combat!
848: Chapter 848: Missile Pursuit!
Aerial Combat!
Missiles whooshed into the sky!
Their tail nozzles spewing orange-red flas, they trailed rolling columns of smoke.
As they enveloped the two Missile Destroyers racing across the ocean.
After ascendence, the missiles imdiately altered their trajectory, according to the target bearing provided by the phased array radar, and sped away.
So it was clearly visible that the ascending surface-to-air missiles created a smoky arc in the sky.
Once the two missiles entered the sky, they rushed toward the distant target.
They quickly escaped human sight and disappeared.
Of course.
The Missile Destroyers that launched the missiles continued to monitor with the phased array radar.
They consistently relayed the suspect target’s flight data to the fire control computer, which, after calculation, allowed the tracking radar to constantly illuminate the target, simultaneously providing the surface-to-air missile with flight data and remotely guiding it towards the suspect target.
The anti-aircraft missiles were fast!
The rocket engines fiercely burned solid fuel, generating incredibly strong thrust and propelling the missiles to almost three tis the speed of sound.
That’s more than a thousand ters per second.
And at this very mont, the alien civilization fighter’s speed had also nearly reached twice the speed of sound.
Given such rapid relative velocity, they would collide in the skies within three minutes.
…
The battle suddenly erupted.
The world’s superpower truly had a volatile temper.
The Unmanned Attack Aircraft was still nearly four hundred kiloters from the nuclear-powered carrier Carson, and that was considered a threat?
First, they had the Combat Attack Aircraft, which were conducting aerial maneuver exercises, execute a simulated attack,
Even up to now, they maintained their lock on the target without attack because they weren’t ard with live ammunition.
Then, they urgently dispatched two Combat Attack Aircraft, and without guessing, it was clear these were ard with live ordinance.
After lift-off, under the command of the early warning aircraft, they rapidly approached.
In the end, the response was simple and crude.
Directly having the aircraft carrier’s two periter escorts, the two Missile Destroyers, send off their anti-aircraft missiles.
The Unmanned Attack Aircraft was rely flying at high speed towards the carrier.
It hadn’t even begun an actual attack, and the carrier battle group was actually opting to strike first.
What if this were a civilian airliner with a malfunctioning transponder and communication equipnt?
To launch an anti-aircraft missile like that, weren’t they afraid of bringing down a civilian airliner?
This was hardly surprising, as they had indeed shot down a civilian airliner before, causing nearly three hundred deaths.
Eventually, they claid it was a warti accident, an unavoidable mishap, offering compensation but refusing to apologize.
And today,
Since the unidentified flying object could not have its identity determined and was rapidly approaching, threatening the carrier battle group,
With international flights halted between countries, there was no chance of a civilian airliner being in flight.
Within the carrier battle group, the loss of any fully manned warship costing exorbitant amounts was simply unacceptable.
So what was there to hesitate about?
Of course, they would strike first!
The world’s superpower truly wielded its dominance!
With no hesitation or delay, when it was ti to act, they acted!
It was indeed the awe and might expected of the world’s superpower!
So…
The Unmanned Attack Aircraft’s speed surged to four tis the speed of sound.
With such speed, it closely resembled a high-velocity anti-ship missile, naturally provoking a quicker response.
Of course.
With the incoming missiles, the relative speed reached a stunning seven tis the speed of sound, as if to collide mid-air.
It wouldn’t take three minutes to clash in the skies.
At that mont,
The two Combat Attack Aircraft that had taken off were given operational authorization.
If the two anti-aircraft missiles failed to intercept, they were to use air-to-air missiles to take the shot, ensuring the interception of the highly threatening suspect target.
Whoosh~
Whoosh~
High above,
The two anti-aircraft missiles discarded their first-stage rockets, and the second-stage rocket engines ignited.
Lighter weight and greater thrust naturally brought about higher speed.
These extre long-range anti-aircraft missiles, costing millions of Gold Coins, were the mainstay of fleet area air defense.
Even more so during warti, they were the divine instrunts for striking enemy satellites and intercontinental missiles.
As they were ant for long-distance, high-speed interception and even venture into outer space, they were designed with multiple stages.
The two noticeably shortened missiles beca more nimble and swifter.
With speeds exceeding Mach 5, covering over sixteen hundred ters in a single second.
With such velocity, upon impact, the trendous force would be disastrous.
In previous live-fire target practice, this type of anti-aircraft missile had directly obliterated intercontinental missiles in mid-air.
After all, the collision force at such speeds was overwhelmingly powerful.
The two missiles had begun their final sprint.
Their speed was astonishingly fast!
On a highway, a collision at a speed of 120 kiloters per hour was terrifying.
But what about a collision at an astounding rate of 11,000 kiloters per hour?
Any alien civilization fighter, no matter how robust, would suffer heavy damage or even be shattered to pieces in mid-air.
So…
Seeing the relative distance reduced to less than one hundred kiloters,
The Unmanned Attack Aircraft ascended to an altitude of ten thousand ters.
This maneuver quickly caught the attention of the early warning aircraft and warship radars.
But their reaction was not swift.
Because the radar sends out electromagnetic waves, illuminating the airborne target then receiving the echoes, the computer then calculates the positions, relative data, directional movents, etc., and commands the missile to adjust its attitude…
Even if the entire process took 0.01 seconds, for both sides moving at a relative speed of three kiloters per second, one would have moved three hundred ters already.
Thus, advanced missiles are equipped with a seeker head containing a miniaturized radar and a fire control computer.
This allows the missile, upon entering the terminal phase of flight, to autonomously seek the target, adjust its posture, and launch the attack.
However…
The Unmanned Attack Aircraft suddenly tilted sharply to the left, nose-diving at an angle, its speed once again surging explosively.
Just as the two missiles had adjusted their attitude, they were forced to recalculate and imdiately turn.
Trails of smoke stread from their tails, drawing two arcs.
The distance between them narrowed more and more.
In less than a minute, the Unmanned Attack Aircraft would enter the no-escape zone for the two missiles.
A piloted combat aircraft could handle a maximum flight overload of 9G.
During a sudden acceleration, a large volu of blood in the pilot’s body would rush to the lower half, causing brain hypoxia leading to blackout or even unconsciousness, and during a sudden deceleration, the blood would violently flood into the head, bringing excruciating pain.
But missiles were different.
They had no human aboard, and as long as they had enough fuel, they could easily perform up to 30 or even 40 Gs of extre overload.
That was like a fat, bloated man trying to stop or turn quickly, who could never outrun a slender, agile man.
Therefore, the flight area before a missile’s fuel was depleted belonged to the no-escape zone.
At this mont,
after two consecutive attitude adjustnts, the two missiles also sped up madly, closing the distance with the alien civilization fighter.
30 kiloters, 20 kiloters…
The Unmanned Attack Aircraft suddenly made a sharp turn and accelerated.
The alien civilization fighter imdiately changed direction to fly due north, and the two missiles quickly adjusted their attitude too.
The missiles spewed flas as they furiously chased northward.
As the distance narrowed to 10 kiloters, their rocket engines accelerated once again.
By burning more fuel to gain greater thrust, the Missile Warheads were helped to catch up to their target.
In the world of martial arts, the only way to break the unbreakable is with speed.
To shake off a missile chase is just like trying to escape a mad dog’s bite.
Either run faster than it, or exhaust it to death.
The Unmanned Attack Aircraft suddenly climbed, and the relentless missiles followed suit.
At that instant,
the speed of both parties reached Mach 6, covering two kiloters in one second.
A high-speed chase unfolded in the high skies.
When the distance between them was reduced to five kiloters, the Unmanned Attack Aircraft again made a slanted dive.
The chasing missiles, after changing direction, soon had to accelerate sharply and turn again.
The missiles that had just adjusted their attitude had to adjust once more.
Everyone knew that the faster the speed, the larger the turning radius.
The alien civilization fighter, with its superior maneuverability, could certainly perform powerful sudden accelerations and decelerations, and extre maneuvers.
But for the two missiles, changing flight attitude so continuously was far too fuel-consuming.
After adjusting, they chased madly once again.
Just as they were about to catch up, they were thrown off and had to adjust their attitude again…
Boom!
Boom!
After being toyed with over a dozen tis, the two missiles exhausted their fuel.
The Missile Warheads imdiately activated, and the missiles self-destructed in mid-air!
This outco astounded everyone in the carrier battle group.
Especially the radar operators on the warships and the early-warning aircraft were left dizzy and confused.
The flight trajectories of both parties were so intertwined that when plotted with lines, they looked like a tangled ball of yarn.
Clearly, this suspicious target’s maneuverability was too daunting; it was deliberately toying with their missiles.
And at this ti,
two Combat Attack Aircraft, fearless in their assault, rushed to engage.
Within a distance of one hundred kiloters, they were in the effective attack range of dium-range air defense missiles.
The pilots of the two aircraft didn’t hesitate to select their weapons and press the button.
High above,
after the four missiles were released from their weapon pylons and fell for so distance, their engines ignited with a roar.
Whoosh-whoosh~
The air-to-air missiles left straight smoke columns, rapidly and fiercely pouncing toward the target locked on by the radar.
The intelligent flight program of the Unmanned Attack Aircraft instantly chose the most suitable onboard Particle Cannon for the attack, imdiately making a sharp turn in the high skies.
As it actively t the four missiles head-on, it locked on the target and opened fire in an instant.
A high-energy particle beam, like a laser beam, pierced through the missiles the mont it hit them at the speed of light, burning through them with high energy.
The missiles, which were accelerating frantically, instantly ruptured.
The leaking fuel encountered the scorching hot engine exhaust, and they exploded in the air violently.
With a thunderous blast,
the first missile exploded in mid-air, followed imdiately by the second, third…
Within a few seconds, all four missiles were obliterated.
The well-trained pilots did not panic or scream.
They imdiately fired again, launching another salvo of four missiles.
After firing the missiles, they quickly turned on the oxygen switches, increasing the supply of oxygen to their breathing masks.
By jettisoning the auxiliary fuel tanks, they reduced the weight of the aircraft, enhancing their maneuverability.
They closed the distance and rushed toward the target, readying their close-range dogfight missiles for the “dogfight.”
As the alien civilization fighter precisely destroyed another four missiles in seconds, they had already flown quite close.
Radar lock!
Missile launch!
The dogfight missiles mounted on the wingtips howled as they dove at the target.
At the sa ti, the fighter jets activated their afterburners, aggressively darting forth…
anwhile,
the airborne early-warning aircraft had already climbed to nearly 10,000 ters in altitude, increasing the radar’s surveillance range significantly.
The aircraft carrier on the sea was already in a state of ergency combat readiness.
The world’s hegemon indeed lived up to its reputation.
Years of intense training had honed quite a formidable combat strength.
Within three minutes, eight Combat Attack Aircraft were catapulted into the sky, and on the deck, many more fighters were urgently refueling and arming.
One after another, elevators continually transferred more fighters out from the hangars.
Amidst the deafening roar, four steam catapults were launching one aircraft after another into the sky.
The alien civilization fighter that intruded into the carrier battle group was like poking a hornet’s nest.
More and more fighters were catapulted into the air, swooping in with a roar.
A brawl was about to ensue!
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