Dominate South Asia

Let the Tomcat fighter also drop bombs? Hearing this, Lord, an outsider, was confused, but Brigadier General Watson, an insider, was stunned.

The F-14 Tomcat fighter was originally developed by Grumman as an air superiority fighter for the air defense and long-range interception of aircraft carrier formations. Through the variable swept wing, it has excellent performance in various states, high, medium and low altitudes, high speed and low speed. Whether it is close combat or long-range interception, it is very excellent. Although it is a fighter that has been in service for many years, it can still beat air force fighters such as F-15 and F-16.

This fighter was born purely for air combat, but now it has the ability to attack the ground!

With an excellent body and a bomb load of several tons, it is fully qualified to be modified into a heavy multi-purpose fighter. In addition to air combat, it also has the ability to attack the ground!

If eighty Tomcat fighters are added, with the ability to attack the ground, then when the Indian troops attack, Pakistan will have more means of confrontation, at least bombing from the sky, especially the rear supply lines of the Indians, to weaken their war potential.

Since the United States cannot sell more military aircraft at a bargain price or even give them to Pakistan for free, it is okay to modify them to allow them to temporarily resist the Indian offensive.

Muhammad looked at the two people. If they disagree, then the people of Grumman will continue to lobby. If the old guys in the US Congress agree, this contract can be smoothly reached.

When Muhammad negotiated with John of Grumman, John immediately agreed. For Grumman, it was simply a timely help!

Just this year, the single-seat, twin-engine, supersonic multi-purpose combat F/A-18 developed by Northrop for the Navy was officially delivered to the US Navy. It began to be deployed on the USS America aircraft carrier.

In the US military aircraft organization, F stands for combat, A stands for attack, and this F/A stands for combat/attack aircraft.

In the past, fighters were high-end, while attack aircraft were losers. Now, the situation has reversed. The US Navy feels that the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier are too complicated. It is not conducive to maintenance, so there is such a demand. The F/A-18 is the first aircraft of the US military that has both the identity of a fighter and an attack aircraft. It can be used for both maritime air defense and ground attack.

Grumman felt a real threat. Because the F-14 Tomcat fighter was born earlier, especially the immaturity of the early turbofan engine, the US Navy suffered a lot. Even now. Although it has been gradually improved, the maintenance and maintenance of the F-14 is still much more complicated. Even though its air combat capability is very strong, the US Navy has gradually begun to favor the F/A-18 fighter.

This is a very wrong sign. If all the limelight is taken away by this fighter, the Tomcat fighter may have fewer subsequent orders, and the US Navy may not even order it, and Grumman will lose a lot of business!

So, just when the F/A-18 fighter just entered the US Navy. Grumman began large-scale improvements. In terms of air combat capability, the Tomcat is quite powerful. One Tomcat can beat four F/A-18s to the ground. The only flaw is that the Tomcat has no ground attack capability!

Since there is no, why not let the Tomcat fighter have it? The original Tomcat was delivered in 1972. It has been eleven years now, and it is time for a mid-term life extension, so just make an improvement!

So, Grumman carried out improvements on the F-14D project, focusing on radar. Avionics, so that it has the ability to attack the ground! Secondly. The F110 engine is also being debugged and installed.

Among them, the improvement of radar is the focus. Hughes Company used some of the technology of the APG-70 radar on the F-15 to transform the AWG-9 radar, and the focus was on converting the analog circuit into a digital circuit.

The low sidelobe radiation antenna of the AWG-9 radar itself is retained, the interference waves entering from the sidelobes are filtered out, and accurate angle tracking is performed with a single pulse, which has strong anti-interference ability.

Although the maximum transmission power of the radar is half of that of the AWG-9, only 5 kilowatts, the maximum search distance has increased. Compared with the Soviets, because of the backwardness of electronic technology, they had to rely on increasing power to achieve a breakthrough in radar performance, and the technology of the United States is more mature.

A new high-speed digital signal processor is used, and the processing power is six times higher than that of the AWG-9. 184,000 new software source instructions have been written to control more weapons.

These are all self-funded by Grumman. Now, Pakistan just needs it, and as the most important ally of the United States at this time, it is on the front line against the Soviets. This request was immediately agreed by Grumman.

The most important thing is that he can make a lot of money from Pakistan through upgrading.

Mohammad is not worried about money. He will throw the old spare parts replaced by upgrading into the warehouse and will not open them for ten or eight years. At some point, he suddenly found that the warehouse was on fire and the spare parts inside were destroyed in the fire.

In fact, they all went to the Iranian Air Force. These parts replaced from their own fighters were sold to the Iranians, which not only allowed them to upgrade their fighters, but also made a lot of money.

Grumman has reached an agreement, and it depends on how the U.S. government expresses its stance. The ambassadors and brigadiers in front of them all represent the United States. If their stance is vague, then Mhamad has a way to force them to agree.

"What? You can't even meet our demands?" Zia-ul-Haq said: "Our soldiers are on the front line, bleeding and sacrificing their lives to maintain order in the entire world! Our war with India is also Because of the Soviet Union! If there was no fighting in the West, the Indians would never take the initiative to provoke!"

Hearing what Zia-ul-Haq said, Lord said: "I'm sorry, we need to report to the president that it is too wasteful for you to improve the fighter planes that have just been equipped with the troops for a year."

Lord's reason is actually a waste! This is simply a reason to laugh or cry. From the perspective of the United States, Pakistan should use these rags? In the Grumman factory, these fighters have been parked for several years!

"We have to improve these aircraft quickly." Mhammad knows. It must be time to continue to throw out big weapons: "The Tomcat fighter is the longest-range fighter equipped in our air force. We need to give it the ability to attack the ground, because we need a decisive air strike to break India." Human nuclear deterrence, like what Israel did to Iraq.”

"What?!" Brigadier General Watson and Ambassador Lord beside him couldn't believe their ears. The Pakistanis wanted to attack India's nuclear facilities.

"Yes, we need to destroy India's nuclear facilities. This requires your country's full support, and isn't this what your country expects," Zia-ul-Haq responded.

"I understand, but I must report this to our government immediately." Ambassador Lord took out his handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat on his face, while Brigadier General Watson showed admiration for Mhamad, "This Pakistani general is very Decisive," he couldn't help but think of the previous The series of victories achieved by the Pakistani army against the Indian army in Afghanistan and the Kashmir Valley for a period of time do not seem to be obtained by luck. It seems that they will be reliable and capable allies, but there is still a haze in Brigadier General Watson's heart. Maybe in the future It's a terrible enemy.

White House

Due to time difference. It was already two o'clock in the night, but all the cabinet staff of President Reagan were gathered here to discuss one topic: The Pakistanis want to attack India's nuclear facilities!

"Your Excellency. There is no doubt that India's possession of nuclear weapons is a huge mistake in itself. We must correct this mistake in time. Even without the Pakistanis, I personally want to recommend to the President that they destroy their nuclear facilities by force and eliminate them once and for all. Trouble," said the belligerent Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberg.

"Casey, what is your CIA's assessment of India's nuclear force development?" President Reagan asked

"Your Excellency, in fact, as early as the 1960s, the Indians began to prepare for their possession of nuclear weapons. After nearly 20 years of development, their Baba nuclear reactor in Mumbai is already producing weapons-grade plutonium material, but they There is also a lack of long-range delivery vehicles, such as long-range surface-to-surface missiles. We have a long-range missile with a range of more than 5,000 kilometers that is still being tested. At present, they can only carry out limited nuclear deterrence through tactical bombers. Yes, the threat to Pakistan from those tactical bombers that may carry nuclear bombs is obvious," said CIA Director William. -Casey's detailed assessment of India's nuclear capabilities

"But these things are also thrown at our fleet deployed in the Indian Ocean. Isn't it?" National Security Assistant Robert McFarland responded.

"So, it is in our interests to support Pakistan in taking out India's nuclear facilities. Since the Pakistanis want to do this, then we can support them from behind the scenes. Anyway, all we have paid is some weapons, equipment and ammunition." Wen Wen Berg's next words spoke out everyone's thoughts at once.

Support Pakistan in breaking India's nuclear deterrent! Like what Israel did to Iraq? Which kind? Isn't it just Israeli fighter jets flying long distances? Bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor! Completely destroyed Iraq's nuclear weapons path.

As one of the five most rogue countries on the planet, the United States regards itself as the guardian of world order and absolutely does not want to see more countries possessing nuclear weapons. The Indians now dare to talk about launching a nuclear attack on Pakistan. This is like a slap in the face of the Americans.

There are also tough generals in the United States who have suggested that the president airstrikes Indian nuclear facilities. However, they are worried that the intervention of the United States will cause tension in South Asia, especially the relationship with the Soviet Union. If the gun goes off, the Cold War will turn into a hot war. , then the gain outweighs the loss.

Now, it couldn't be better for Pakistan to carry out the bombing. The United States will definitely fully support this action!

"I don't think there's a problem," White House Chief of Staff James Baker first responded.

"That's a good idea."

"Second."

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"Since everyone agrees to use the Pakistanis to destroy India's nuclear facilities, let's take action. Weinberger, how are the preparations at the Ministry of Defense?" President Reagan said after seeing that the opinions of the cabinet staff were unified. Take it easy.

"I will ask Grumman to implement the Tomcat upgrade service requested by the Pakistanis as soon as possible. We can provide them with weapons and ammunition for free. The satellite photos of India's nuclear facilities need to be evaluated by the CIA before they can be provided to them. However, they ask to replenish the F14 and F16 fighters that were damaged in the war some time ago. It is impossible to continue to provide them on credit..."

"Don't they have a wealthy Middle Eastern relative? Let the Saudi commercial bank guarantee them and hand over the fighters to them first!" Reagan said decisively

"Well, that old woman will regret why she didn't accept our advice and join the International Atomic Energy Agency?" Secretary of State Shultz teased the Indian Iron Lady.

A country with nuclear weapons is an invisible threat to the surrounding countries, no matter how good the relationship between the country and itself is.

Iraq secretly developed nuclear weapons, and Israel came to bomb it, and even secretly received support from Saudi Arabia. Israeli fighters could not fly that far. As a result, Saudi tankers refueled Israeli fighters in the air over Jordan.

Now, similarly, when Indians are waving nuclear sticks, the United States is extremely disgusted with them. Pakistan said it wants to bomb, and the United States will naturally support it with all its strength!

"But gentlemen, we must make a clear principle. If the Pakistanis succeed, it is their victory, and if they fail, it is also theirs. All this has nothing to do with the US government. Do you understand?" President Reagan once again warned his staff. (To be continued ~^~)