Great warships

Chapter 1248 Various interception methods take turns to play (additional update, please vote for me!)

When a missile flies at an ultra-low altitude, it is easy to hide in the waves. Early missiles were unable to intercept missiles flying at ultra-low altitudes because they were unable to filter out clutter. The Sea Sidewinder missiles that were purchased initially used an infrared angular deviation tracking system to solve the problem of sea surface clutter, which is essentially similar to that of anti-tank missiles.

With 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 first equipped with the navy, there were many sayings that the minimum firing altitude of this missile was 500 meters. In other words, targets below 500 meters could not be intercepted at all. Such a Hongqi-9 was simply a useless weapon like the British Sea Javelin. Of course, it was impossible. So in a certain exercise, the navy demonstrated the Hongqi-9's signature ability to intercept ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming targets.

However, the HQ-9 is, after all, an area air defense missile. Almost all of the missiles installed in the Eastern Navy's vertical launch systems are versions with a range of 200 kilometers or even longer. It is a bit of a waste to use this type of area air defense missile to intercept ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming targets.

After all, the sea is an arc, and no matter how far the missile range is, it is useless. The farthest it can do is to intercept sea-skimming targets 30 to 40 kilometers away. 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 is fully capable of taking on the task of intercepting sea-skimming targets.

One of these can fight at high altitudes, while the other can fight at low altitudes, and they can each perform their respective duties. After all, they are both universal vertical launch aircraft, so you can install whatever you want on them.

Now, two Hongqi 16 missiles are flying towards the target. The second round of interception depends on them!

Compared with the bulky Hongqi 9, the Hongqi 16 is smaller, which also means higher maneuverability. After being launched, the Hongqi 16 quickly climbs, drawing a graceful trajectory in the air, and after passing the highest point, it begins to dive.

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

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

Now we can dive directly towards the target and accurately capture the target. It’s definitely an active guidance head!
When active radar missiles were perfected, semi-active guided missiles began to become obsolete. However, due to their inheritance, many missiles still used the original guidance method. I never thought that the Orientals actually installed an active guidance head on the Hongqi 16!

"Two missiles are heading towards only one target. What are they doing?" someone also raised questions.

Now they could have fired a salvo, just like setting off fireworks, continuously sending missiles into the sky and directly shooting down all three missiles. However, they only launched two interceptor missiles and aimed at only one target.

What about the remaining two goals?
Time passed quickly. Almost at the same time as the questioning, the first missile had already rushed towards a Sunburn missile and detonated in front of it. Dense fragments pounced on the Sunburn missile. The next moment, the engine of the Sunburn missile caught fire and the fragments had damaged its engine!

Then, the second missile flew over, and after the warhead exploded, the Sunburn missile turned into a fireball and fell downwards.

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

Even so, it can't withstand the attack of two Red Flag Sixteen missiles!
"The second missile was shot down!"

Applause broke 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 power of the Eastern Aegis warship!
If it were really a war, they would definitely launch interceptor missiles one after another, shooting down the targets one by one until the entire launch silo was emptied, just like American police, they either don't shoot, or they have to empty the magazine if they want to shoot.

An Aegis warship can intercept at least thirty 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 were excited.

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

For India, quantity has always been their top priority. The Delhi-class tank has so many weapons installed on its small body that it seems like it will be crushed at any time. At the same time, the Delhi-class tank has quite a lot of anti-aircraft fire channels.

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

However, Asan is still very proud.

"Yes, they were only able to intercept two targets this time, which is enough to show that their warships' anti-aircraft firepower is backward!" Sunil said, "Next, our military program will carefully analyze this exercise and popularize science to everyone. The Jubail-class is so poor in performance that it is far inferior to our Indian warships. We are the overlord of this sea area, and we will always be!"

The Indians nodded one after another, looking proud.

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

Finally, there were only two Sunburn missiles left, and they were 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 were actually climbing!

Although both are sea skimming flights, sea skimming is different from each other. Dongfang's C801 missile can reduce its altitude to one or two meters, while the Russian missile can only reach a minimum altitude of seven meters. After all, the Sunburn missile is too big. If you are not careful, it may crash into the sea if it lowers its head. There is no time to react, so it can only fly higher.

According to the Russian design, the attack mode of the Sunburn anti-ship missile is to fly at a very low altitude, but now it is climbing up. What is this for? Is it cheating?
"Humph, they know they can't intercept missiles flying at ultra-low altitudes. After all, they have entered the final stage of the attack and are about to perform a serpentine maneuver, so they let the missiles climb!" Asan continued to despise.

The American response is closer to the truth.

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

Forget about long-range interception, after all, the missile cannot maneuver at that time and just focuses on flying forward. But when it gets close, it starts to fly S-curves 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 will make nonsense and say that Mach 2.3 is nothing and it is normal to be intercepted. Mach 3 is definitely impossible to intercept because the difficulty has increased by an order of magnitude.

Therefore, for this target practice, they simply modified the missile program. When it was ten kilometers close to the target, it would climb and then dive. In this way, when it landed, it would be about five kilometers away from the target, and the speed would definitely reach Mach 3!

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

The four missiles will be intercepted by four different air defense weapons respectively. This is considered a perfect exercise!

The Indians didn't know, they just watched the two missiles rise up, and immediately realized: Cheating, this is cheating! When we analyze it later, we must add all of this in, so that the whole world will know the truth about the Oriental Aegis warships!

However, the missile has already taken off, so why hasn’t the interceptor missile been launched yet?

"The missile has passed its highest point!"

"The missile continues to accelerate!"

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

"Mach 2.5!"

"Mach 2.8!"

"Mach 3!"

"The missile returned to its cruising altitude of seven meters!"

As the data reports came in one by one, the faces of the Indians gradually became gloomy.

The opponent's climb and then dive is not to cheat, 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 accelerated to Mach 3, it means that they can easily intercept their BrahMos missiles!
No one spoke, they all stared at the screen with wide eyes.

"Two missiles start making 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 calculations required for interception will increase greatly. Supersonic missiles are difficult to intercept in the first place, and 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 a supersonic missile combined with the S maneuver cannot be intercepted by any interception weapon. It is too difficult!
Now, the Jubail class is about to challenge!
"Red Flag Ten Launch!"

Above the hangar at the stern of the ship, the launcher of the HQ-10 missile had already turned to the direction where the Risen missile was coming from, waiting for the final moment to arrive. It took action immediately after receiving the launch order.

Whizzing!
The slender missile flew out. Compared with the Hongqi 0.12 and Hongqi , the Hongqi missile was just a little brother. It was only about two meters long and its diameter was only meters. Even the short-range air-to-air missiles were larger than it.

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

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

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

The missile's seeker uses a combination of infrared imaging and active radar. Either way, it means the missile has the ability to be left alone after launch.

Once launched, the missile can fly to the target by itself without the need for any guidance from behind, which gives it 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 flew out, it began to rotate around the 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 controlling the missile on the other.

After all, the missile body diameter is so small that only one servo can be placed 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 make the missile roll. As long as the control surfaces are operated at different times, it can fly in different directions. One servo can solve 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 Davidians don't have it, so it is impossible for the Indian warships to have this kind of missile.

The United States has something similar, but it is impossible to sell it to India. Allies only sell it selectively.

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

After flying out, the HQ-10 missile's seeker aimed at the target and automatically switched to the infrared imaging seeker based on the specific situation.

Even for a subsonic anti-ship missile, the flame ejected from the tail can give it the most reliable guidance, not to mention a supersonic target like the Sunburn anti-ship missile. At Mach 3, the temperature of the missile warhead can reach over 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 servo, and drives the missile to maneuver.

The missile's trajectory is also constantly adjusted with the target's S maneuver, which shows that its flight mode is more like a semi-active radar missile, always following the target. This is a waste of energy. 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 supply of energy.

As a missile with a maximum range of ten kilometers, it now does not have to worry about insufficient thrust when attacking targets within five kilometers, as the entire process is within the power range!
The missile is small, has low inertia, and is highly maneuverable. In the power range stage, the overload is as high as 50G! Even in the inertial flight stage, the overload can reach 20G.

At this time, although the anti-ship missile flying towards it had a speed of up to Mach 3, its huge size limited its maneuverability. Although it was moving like a snake on the sea, it appeared to be moving slowly in the eyes of the Hongqi- missile!

The infrared imaging seeker of the Hongqi-10 missile firmly captured the target. The internal onboard computer performed high-speed calculations and continuously transmitted control instructions to the servo. The distance between the missile and the target was getting closer and closer, and then, it hit the missile hard!
That’s right, just smash it!
The size of the HQ-10 missile is too small. If the warhead is simply detonated, it would be like tickling the Sunburn anti-ship missile. It would be impossible to blow up the Sunburn missile. So even if it is intercepted, it would be meaningless.

However, if you hit it directly, the situation will be different.

Boom!
The speed of the HQ-3 missile is Mach 3, and the speed of the Sunburn missile is Mach . The relative speed of the two is Mach . After the collision, the body of the Sunburn missile made a buzzing sound and then began to deform.

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

The engine of the Sunburn missile was still intact at this time, but 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! This missile was intercepted by the missile during the serpentine maneuver after reaching a speed of Mach 3! Being able to intercept this kind of missile means that the Aegis warship's air defense network is impenetrable and there are no loopholes!
What BrahMos anti-ship missile, what the world's most advanced anti-ship missile, is a joke in front of the Aegis warship!

The Asans were completely depressed.

This exercise was meant to slap them in the face. They had originally been looking forward to watching the entire process, and then making a big fuss about the failed interception. But now, the entire interception process was flawless!

It is impossible for them to express any opinions anymore. They need to keep a low profile so as not to create hype for Eastern Weapons. Moreover, they need to hold a meeting to determine their future strategy.

If the BrahMos missile cannot hit the Aegis warship, what advanced weapon should they develop next? Anti-ship ballistic missile?

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

Of course, use the 1130 gun!
In fact, the 1130 artillery opened fire not much later than the Red Flag .

"Attention, calculate the intercept trajectory!"

If it is a laser weapon, all you have to do is aim and fire. If it is a missile, it can even turn after flying out. However, when a shell is fired, it will fly due to inertia, and you cannot aim at the current target position. You have to calculate where the target will move to after the shell passes by and carefully create an encounter!
This is more difficult, and the most important thing is that it relies 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, which is not without trace and must follow a fixed pattern. Therefore, as long as we can find its flight pattern, we can calculate its next position.

(End of this chapter)