The performance of the Predator fighter is outstanding. Frank is undoubtedly the happiest person. After all, he was the one who pushed the Sper Air Force Department to purchase Xia Yang's Predator fighter. The more amazing the performance of the Predator fighter, it proves that his vision is better, and

I insisted on being absolutely right at the beginning.

"Judging from the current performance, the performance of your Predator fighter is better than that of the F16 fighter."

Frank happily patted Xia Yang on the shoulder.

He has flown an F16 fighter before, so he knows that for an American F16 fighter, there is a certain amount of luck involved in the airborne radar being able to find the target at a distance of 180 kilometers, let alone 200 kilometers.

Xia Yang kept a reserved look and said modestly, "It's just good luck. Besides, the live ammunition hasn't started yet, so I don't know what to do."

"Haha, modesty is not popular here."

Frank disagreed with Xia Yang's modesty, because in modern warfare, the advantage of discovering the enemy's target first is too great, especially in the battle of fighter planes. To discover the enemy plane in advance is to seize the initiative, and it will definitely take advantage of it. It is a direct

Whether you launch a missile to destroy it, or sneak around behind or above the enemy plane to bite it and destroy it, you can handle it calmly.

And this is also true.

After spotting the drone from a distance, the three Predator fighter jets immediately spread out and pounced on the drone's target.

However, the three Predator fighter jets used different tactics.

Two of the fighter planes whizzed... and launched four Red Bird air-to-air missiles in one go.

It is obviously intended to use missiles to remotely destroy the target drone.

After launching the missiles, the two Predator fighter jets quickly flew sideways to maintain distance from the target drone. At the same time, the fighter radars continued to guide the missiles straight to the target drone.

After all, the range of the radar carried by the missile is limited, so long-distance missile attacks usually require fighter radar guidance. After the missile approaches the target, the radar thermal infrared tracking on the missile will be turned on. Once the target is locked at such a close range,

Being locked will basically lock the target, making it impossible for the target to escape.

Four Redbird missiles cost US$800,000 each, so four missiles are worth US$3.2 million.

Seeing this made Xia Yang feel distressed.

Fortunately, a Predator fighter plane did not launch a missile, but directly rushed towards the target aircraft, preparing to use the cannon on the fighter plane to deal with it.

The pilot flying this Predator fighter is Liao's own pilot, who knows how to save money for his company.

Of course, there is also the intention to show off the power of one's own fighter planes.

Since the other two pilots had already used missiles to attack the target, he showed off the power of the cannon mounted on the Predator fighter jet.

The Predator fighter is equipped with a 30mm six-barreled Vulcan cannon, which is extremely powerful and can definitely deal with tanks. However, due to load issues, it usually has only 500 rounds of ammunition.

Of course, if you want to save money, you can install fewer missiles and more bullets.

After all, missiles are fast.

The Red Bird air-to-air missile reaches four times the speed of sound.

Get closer to the target of the drone first.

Under the guidance of two Predator fighter jets, the four Redbird missiles approached the target aircraft for about 40 kilometers before turning on radar tracking, and then immediately locked the four target aircraft.

After locking the drone target, the four Red Bird missiles accelerated again.

This is called terminal acceleration in a missile attack. It usually starts after the missile approaches the target and launches a final sprint, which basically means a decisive kill.

The entire Red Bird air-to-air missile is painted red, and the missile body is slender. At extremely high speeds, it is like four almost invisible red shadows, drawing several red arcs in the air, and almost instantly covers a distance of thirty or forty kilometers.

, accurately hit four target drones.

Boom, four explosions almost in no particular order, the four target drones were blown to pieces.

On the radar in the command hall, the four blue dots representing the four target drones disappeared immediately, indicating that they were completely destroyed.

Bang bang, I don’t know who took the lead, applause burst out in the hall.

Of course not because four large fireworks worth $3.2 million deserve applause.

Rather, this represents the excellent performance of the Predator fighter plane. From the fighter plane's radar detecting the enemy plane first, quickly launching the missile, and then using the fighter plane radar to guide the missile to quietly approach the enemy plane, locking the enemy plane and successfully destroying it, the entire process

Clean, efficient and fast.

You can imagine what enemy aircraft can do if they are locked within thirty or forty kilometers by air-to-air missiles!

At the top speed of an air-to-air missile at Mach 4, a distance of thirty or forty kilometers would take at most tens of seconds. In this time, it would be too late to do anything but parachute and escape.

And precisely because of the high speed of air-to-air missiles, in fact, once locked by an air-to-air missile at close range, there is basically no way for a fighter plane to escape, except in movies.

After four target drones were destroyed.

The two Predator fighter jets began to accelerate and pounce on them, preparing to use their cannons to destroy the remaining target drones.

By this time, Rio's own pilots had already destroyed two target drones with cannons.

Under the panoramic auxiliary helmet, the 30mm Vulcan cannon mounted on the fighter jet can be fired accurately and conveniently.

Boom, a string of small shells hit, the target drone was blown to pieces, and the Predator fighter jet passed by and continued to destroy the next target.

Of the original ten target drones, four were destroyed by four missiles and two were destroyed by Li Ao's own pilots, leaving only four.

After the other two Predator fighter jets arrived, a burst of cannon roared, and the remaining four target drones were destroyed one by one.

However, the robbers from the Sper Military Department released six more target drones.

However, it was quickly searched by the Predator fighter's radar, and the distance was still about 200 kilometers.

This made the generals who were watching nod with satisfaction. The first time might be luck, but the second time was not. Obviously, the 200-kilometer search range calibrated by the Predator fighter's radar is very real, just a lot more.

You may feel that the cannon mounted on the Predator fighter, combined with the panoramic auxiliary helmet, is very enjoyable to fight.

After discovering that another target drone appeared this time, the two pilots from the Air Force and the Navy did not choose to launch the air-to-air missile again, but continued to fly over and shoot with cannons.

Soon, in less than five minutes, the six newly released target drones were swept away by three Predator fighters.

At the same time, the radar in the command room became clean and clear. There was not a single target aircraft left, only three small red triangles representing three Predator fighter jets were left.

"All targets have been destroyed. There is no abnormality in the fighter planes. They are fully deployed. Please order the next step."

After destroying all the target aircraft, the test pilot reported the status of the fighter aircraft and asked for the next mission request.

Bang bang bang... there was another round of applause in the command room.

Apparently, the generals were very satisfied with the Predator fighter's anti-aircraft test.

In the air-to-air test just now, the Predator fighter fully demonstrated excellent performance such as efficiency, accuracy, speed, and most importantly, stability.

The air-to-air annihilation test just now lasted only ten minutes, but the three fighter jets quickly destroyed sixteen targets. It was quite intense. The fighter jets accelerated and approached, rolled and made slow detours, etc., and made various

Despite the tactical action, the three fighter planes continued to operate smoothly without any problems.

This is undoubtedly important.

After all, for military equipment, the radar search range can be shorter and the speed can be slower, but it must be reliable.

Otherwise, when a fighter plane flies onto the battlefield, its radar will break down and its engine will stall, and the whole thing will be over.

In the air-to-air test just now, the Predator fighter was stable, which made the generals particularly satisfied.

In addition, Xia Yang's calculation was correct, Li Ao's Red Bird air-to-air missile also successfully aroused their interest.

But this is not the time to talk about business. We can wait until the test is over to talk about it slowly.

The actual air combat test has been completed and the performance is excellent.

Next is the actual ground combat test.

This part of the test was conducted on a small island in the test area.

Six targets had been arranged on the island early. They were all small wooden houses pretending to be enemy bases, and several scrapped cars were piled together to pretend to be enemy military camps.

Maybe even all the scrapped cars have been used up, and the last thing to save trouble is to draw a circle on the ground.

Seeing the footage from the reconnaissance plane, Xia Yang couldn't help but curl his lips. Sper's military department had saved enough.

In addition, the reason why Sper Military Department only set six targets was because each of the three Predator fighter planes only carried two Exocet ground-attack missiles.

There is no other way. Missiles such as anti-ship and anti-ground missiles are usually large and heavy in order to pursue high power and kill with one hit.

The Predator is a light fighter with only eight tons of bomb load.

In this test, the Sper Military Department seems to be particularly focused on sea-facing capabilities, so each Predator fighter carried six Exocet anti-ship missiles.

These six Exocet anti-ship missiles alone account for most of the load of the Predator fighter.

Therefore, the remaining load was only two Exocet surface-to-surface missiles, four Redbird anti-air missiles, plus 30mm cannon shells, fully loading the Predator fighter.

There are only six targets, and they are all fixed targets, no moving targets.

Xia Yang was a little disappointed. This obviously failed to demonstrate the excellence of Feiyu's ground-attack missiles.

However, this test is not a missile test after all, it is a test of a Predator fighter, and the Sper Military Department is naturally most concerned about the Predator fighter's ground combat capabilities.

The Predator did not disappoint.

The target coordinates are given in the command room.

The three fighter planes flew at full speed again, quickly arriving at the target island with a sonic boom.

The six targets are all fixed targets. With the performance of the Predator fighter, there is no pressure.
To be continued...