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846: Chapter 846: Power awesome to the extreme!

846: Chapter 846: Power awesome to the extreme!

The training exercises for the aircraft carrier battle group were unfolding in an orderly fashion.

Due to the curvature of the Earth, the phased array radar on battleships has a limited detection range for low-altitude targets, generally only a few dozen kilometers.

And this is precisely why pilots have to rigorously practice low-altitude penetration.

Of course, many advanced anti-ship missiles employ low-altitude breakthrough to increase their chance of success.

Flying at heights just above the sea surface drastically limits the reaction time of the ships at sea.

From the detection of the target to the organization of weapon interception, for anti-ship missiles traveling at one or two kilometers per second or even faster, there were only ten to twenty seconds left for the ship’s air defense.

With such a short window of time, if there were a sufficient number of anti-ship missiles, this would constitute a saturation attack.

It was particularly difficult for battleships to deal with this scenario.

For this reason,

any nation with an aircraft carrier would research and equip early warning aircraft.

Just like the early warning aircraft launched by the Carson, it climbed to an altitude of about six thousand meters after takeoff.

Using its airborne radar, it surveyed the airspace within hundreds of kilometers in a ‘commanding view’ fashion.

Enemy combat aircraft or missiles wanting to penetrate at ultra-low altitudes simply couldn’t evade the ‘eyes’ of the early warning aircraft.

The two combat attack aircraft that followed into the sky maintained a distance, accompanying the early warning aircraft.

The three planes circled around the aircraft carrier battle group in flight but gradually moved farther away from the carrier.

Therefore, if the radar displayed their flight trajectories, they would look like spiral mosquito coils.

This flight pattern was a classic execution of a key protective alert.

In times of war, there would be two early warning aircraft and four combat attack aircraft taking to the sky.

They would be divided into two groups; one heading in the direction of possible enemy attacks to perform combat alert missions, and the other spiraling above the aircraft carrier battle group to fulfill air defense readiness tasks.

Today’s training subject was too simple.

The ‘enemy aircraft’ were quickly detected by the radar of the early warning aircraft.

After identification, they were recognized as not being from our side.

With their flight speed, altitude, and course, headed straight for the aircraft carrier battle group.

Following protocol,

the radar operator immediately notified the airspace commander of the aircraft carrier battle group through the joint tactical data link.

The commander decided right away to arrange for the fighter jets to monitor them.

Swiftly,

the two ‘combat ready’ combat attack aircraft on the aircraft carrier flight deck received emergency orders and catapulted into takeoff.

They headed straight for the ‘enemy aircraft’ based on the target data provided by the early warning aircraft.

After the intercept, of course, they did not immediately open fire.

After all, it was a time of peace; targets couldn’t just be fired upon upon discovery.

One of the combat attack aircraft activated its radar, while the other remained silent.

Upon approaching the target, they carried out visual identification and reported back to the airspace commander what was spotted,

like the number of enemy aircraft, their models, and weapons configurations, among other details.

Although it was only an exercise, all processes were nonetheless very standard and formal.

After reporting, the two combat attack aircraft followed the ‘enemy aircraft’ in flight, using radio communication to order the enemy to fly away immediately.

If they did not comply, they would rock their wings to show the weapons mounted as a warning.

If they still did not listen, they would then fly to the side, activate the machine gun, and fire a short burst forward as a show of force.

In peacetime, force is rarely demonstrated, and the ‘enemy aircraft’ would typically fly away.

But sometimes, they would come across tough customers.

Like the jets from The Fighting Nation, they would act as if blind and deaf, completely ignoring warnings and continuing towards the aircraft carrier battle group.

Don’t even mention firing warning shots; even if they were threatened with missile lock from fire-control radar and told they’d be shot down, they wouldn’t listen.

Of course, they wouldn’t dare to attempt a mid-air collision either.

After all, modern fighter jets cost tens of millions to billions of Gold Coins each.

Pilots were considered the chosen children of the heavens, their value immeasurable.

They couldn’t possibly play a game of “chicken” like cars on a highway using their fighter jets—that would be too dangerous.

When encountering the hard nuts of The Fighting Nation, the usual practice was to let them fly past; shooting them down was out of the question as no one wanted to start a world war.

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Today’s training exercise involved two ‘enemy planes’ flying directly toward the aircraft carrier.

To increase the difficulty of the drill, the commander issued a last-minute order to conduct an anti-air and anti-ship exercise.

Consequently,

the two ‘enemy planes’ engaged in battle with two Combat Attack Aircraft that had come to intercept them, engaging in aerial combat.

After ‘shooting down’ the two ‘enemy planes,’ they continued their advance into the aircraft carrier battle group, rapidly firing anti-ship missiles.

Suddenly,

the aircraft carrier battle group immediately went into ‘air defense combat mode.’

The Missile Destroyer on outer patrol duty quickly activated its Aegis Combat System, with its phased array radar starting to search and alert for threats in the sky.

Meanwhile, the airborne early warning aircraft were also tracking the anti-ship missiles, constantly reporting the missiles’ speed, altitude, and course through the data link.

With shared data, the other ships in the fleet also received target information.

The combat system performed high-speed calculations, selecting the two ships in the best positions to intercept based on the enemy missiles’ number, distance, and location.

In front of and to the right of the Carson, two Missile Cruisers and a Destroyer opened their vertical missile launch system panels at the bow and stern.

With a whooshing sound, flames burst forth, and smoke billowed.

Air defense missiles roared into the sky, speeding towards the enemy’s launched anti-ship missiles.

Over the vast expanse of the sea,

two warships launched two air defense missiles from their bows and sterns, with bright flames jetting out, soaring into the air, leaving long trails of smoke.

After the four air defense missiles were launched, they quickly obtained guidance data from the early warning aircraft radar and the shipboard radar, informing them of the enemy missiles’ location and where to fly to detonate, thus ensuring a successful interception.

Accompanied by booming explosions,

the air defense missiles, having precisely calculated relative speeds and positions, rushed toward the enemy’s anti-ship missiles and exploded mid-air.

Of course,

since these were training rounds, the explosion’s power was minimal, producing smoke to simulate the effect of an explosion.

Had they been live rounds, the blast would have been enormous, with powerful shockwaves and shrapnel that would have completely destroyed the incoming anti-ship missiles.

After intercepting the missiles successfully, that portion of the training exercise concluded.

The two Combat Attack Aircraft playing the role of ‘enemy planes’ immediately turned around to begin the next training exercise.

Each launch of a Combat Attack Aircraft was a drain on finances; naturally, they aimed to practice as much as possible.

They would train until their fuel reserves ran low before returning to carefully land on the aircraft carrier’s flight deck, akin to walking a tightrope.

Decades of aircraft carrier battle group operational training were no boast.

In an actual war, ordinary countries wouldn’t even dream of damaging an aircraft carrier; they would quickly be reduced to rubble.

If one aircraft carrier battle group was already so powerful, what about eleven?

How many countries could withstand that?

Hence, the title of world hegemon was not unearned.

However…

Above twenty thousand meters in the sky,

an unmanned attack aircraft from an extraterrestrial civilization had already been waiting for a long time…