Chapter 1142: Iraq War Restarts
Although the United States solved the problems of Japan and Germany, it did not directly restart the war.
It is not that the United States is kind-hearted, but that it is powerless at this time.
Because SARS is rampant!
SARS was discovered in November 2002, and then began to spread around the world in the globalized world.
By the end of March, it became popular in the United States. On March 29, the coalition forces in the Afghan battlefield and the joint forces in the Iraqi battlefield were found to be infected.
By June, more than 20 million people in the United States were infected, of which more than 80,000 died, which made people shudder. Europe also appeared at the end of March, and by June, more than 10 million people were infected, of which more than 40,000 died.
The coalition forces in the Afghan battlefield had a total of 10,000 infected people by June, of which 774 patients died; by June, the Iraqi battlefield had a total of 30,000 infected people, of which 2,213 patients died.
In this case, the top priority is to prevent SARS, not to fight.
After a hot summer, SARS finally ended inexplicably in September.
By the end of September, all patients who had not died were discharged from the hospital.
This caused more than 38 million infections and more than 3.5 million deaths in the United States; more than 20 million infections and more than 1.8 million deaths in Europe; more than 49 million infections and more than 6 million deaths in Africa; more than 68 million infections and more than 7.3 million deaths in Latin America
This reminds people of the terrible destructive power of the Spanish flu virus.
In the past, many people were influenced by some public intellectuals and always thought that Americans valued life, cherished life, and valued human rights, but this time they found that Americans were so cold and ruthless and so indifferent to life.
As a certain governor of the United States said: Free treatment is something that only socialism will do, and capitalist people have to save themselves!
In October, the weather in the Middle East is no longer as hot as in summer.
In the Mediterranean, the joint forces and navies gathered.
"Launch!"
With the order, one by one, the Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from surface warships and attack nuclear submarines.
The combined navy in the Mediterranean will launch a total of 156 Tomahawk cruise missiles in one day.
After a six-month truce, the combined forces are thirsty for weapons!
So on the first day of the resumption of the war, the combined forces plan to launch 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to attack targets in Iraq.
The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf are crowded with combined navy warships.
As the order was issued, Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched one by one from surface warships and attack nuclear submarines.
The combined navy in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf will launch a total of 168 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
After that, almost at the same time, missile forces in Turkey, using trucks as platforms, were launching land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles.
In the days when the Iraq War broke out, the huge casualties made the combined forces realize that Iraq was not Afghanistan, and Iraq's military strength was much stronger than Afghanistan. Therefore, the combined forces formulated more cruise missile attacks and used the advantages of aircraft to launch air strikes on Iraq.
On the six aircraft carriers, F-14 ‘Panda’ fighters, F/A-18 fighters, A-6 attack aircraft, and A-7 attack aircraft were launched, and the E-2C ‘Hawkeye’ early warning aircraft and EA-6B ‘Prowler’ electronic warfare aircraft that had already been launched were already flying in the air.
The carrier-based aircraft formed air formations and flew towards Iraq.
In Turkey, at the joint forces air bases, the fighters, early warning aircraft, bombers, and electronic warfare aircraft of the joint forces air force took off.
Iraq’s radar system has been discovered.
The Iraqi Air Force pilots took off quickly and bravely fought.
Most of the aircraft here were donated by various Arab countries, and the pilots were also volunteers.
For the joint forces, more than half a year is a time to rest and replenish aircraft, ammunition, missiles, and warships, and the same is true for Iraq.
Iraq now has 85 MiG-25 interceptors, 55 MiG-31 interceptors, 138 Su-27 fighters, 227 MiG-29 fighters, 222 J-7 series fighters, 217 J-8 series fighters, 109 J-10 fighters, 87 J-11 fighters, and 18 J-18 fighters, a total of 1,158 fighters of various types.
In addition, Iraq also has 16 bombers of various types.
This air force is already very advanced.
Of course, compared with the joint force air force and naval carrier-based aircraft, this air force is much worse.
In terms of fighters, Iraq's current air force is about one-third of the joint force air force fighters. As for electronic warfare aircraft, early warning aircraft, aerial refueling aircraft, and bombers, it is far from comparable to the joint force.
At present, a large proportion of Iraqi Air Force aircraft and pilots come from allies, especially pilots!
After all, Iraq can buy aircraft from Russia, but it also needs pilots to fly the aircraft.
In addition to hiring Russian pilots, a large proportion of the pilots are volunteers from Arab countries.
Of course, the first to start the battle were not aircraft, but air defense missile systems.
The "Aegis-1" air defense missile system is a medium-range air defense missile system with a maximum firing height of 20,000 meters, a maximum range of 125 kilometers, and a maximum speed of 2.5 Mach. It uses an inertial/radio command + active radar guidance method and is a well-known air defense missile system.
The most common air defense missile systems in the Middle East are the "Aegis-0" and "Aegis-1" air defense missile systems. Among them, the "Aegis-0" air defense missile system is a short-range air defense missile system with a maximum range of 16 kilometers and a maximum combat altitude of 9 kilometers; while the "Aegis-1" air defense missile system is a medium-range air defense missile system.
As for the Middle Eastern countries, only a few countries are equipped with the "Aegis-3" air defense missile system. The "Aegis-3" air defense missile system belongs to the long-range air defense missile system. This type of air defense missile cannot be exported casually, but depends on the friendship between the two countries. Only those who are rich and have a particularly good relationship can import the "Aegis-3" air defense missile system.
And the "Aegis-3" air defense missile system has been hailed as the most advanced air defense missile system for more than ten consecutive years.
Because of some agreements, Iraq cannot import too advanced air defense missile systems, anti-ship missiles, and fighter jets from Panshan Group. At most, it can only import the "Aegis-0" air defense missile system. However, Iraq has imported a large number of SAM series air defense missiles, and technical experts have improved the radar system of the SAM series air defense missiles, and networked with the "Aegis" air defense missile system and the 80-type self-propelled anti-aircraft gun vehicle-mounted radar and individual radars, thus forming the entire Iraqi air defense missile system.
Iraq cannot import advanced air defense missiles, fighter jets, and anti-ship missiles, but Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, etc. can.
Now Arab volunteers are going to Iraq, and even if the Americans are unhappy about the intelligence, there is nothing they can do. (End of this chapter)