Chapter 1146 Missile Interception
The computer system began to work quickly. In addition to the data intercepted by the phased array radar, there were also data transmitted by satellites and early warning aircraft. After relevant comparison and precise calculation, the best launch time has come.
The four-unit missile launcher roared, and the missile broke through the packaging of the missile box in front. In the hot flames, the missile took off urgently.
32 missiles reflected and intercepted the 30 Scud missiles flying.
For this wave, even if Israel intercepted all of them, it would still lose a lot of money in economic terms.
The price of an air defense missile is thirty times that of a Scud missile!
In other words, for just this one interception, Israel spent 30 times more money than Iraq!
Of course, the account is not calculated in this way.
Because if the Scud missile lands, the economic loss may be greater.
Destruction is much easier than construction.
So, it must be intercepted.
The interception puts huge pressure on the computer system, and the computer is constantly solving the problem.
"Boom~~"
An anti-aircraft missile intercepted a Scud missile, which exploded in mid-air.
However, more Scud missiles were not intercepted.
"Boom~~" "Boom~~" "Boom~~"
The Scud missiles landed and continued to explode.
If they hit a building, the whole building would collapse.
"Damn~~"
The commander of the Israeli air defense force couldn't help cursing, because this wave of attacks only intercepted 4 Scud missiles, which means that the actual interception rate was only about 13%!
And you know, the 'Patriot' air defense missile system claims to have an interception rate of at least 97%, and the 'Arrow-2' air defense missile system claims to have an interception rate of 99%!
But the interception success rate of the Scud missiles intercepted by both this time was only 13%!
Even if those missiles that hit the road or suburbs are counted, the interception success rate is barely 50%!
It has to be said that statistics is sometimes a profound and unfathomable subject.
Israel couldn't help it, and calculated the missile launch point based on the missile launch trajectory.
Israel's missile forces launched the 'Jericho-1' and 'Jericho-2' missiles.
The 'Jericho-1' missile is a medium-to-short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile. It began to be developed in the mid-1960s and was equipped to the troops in 1971. Its appearance, size and performance are similar to the US 'Pershing-1'. The outside world has always believed that the United States gave the design data of the 'Pershing-1' missile to Israel, and Israel copied and improved it based on the 'Pershing-1' missile. The maximum range of this missile is 500 kilometers, it is 10.4 meters long, the diameter is 0.8 meters, and the entire missile weighs 6.7 tons, of which the warhead weighs 450~800 kilograms. When the warhead weighs 450 kilograms, its maximum range can reach 500 kilometers. The missile uses a single inertial guidance system and the technology is rough. The missile is not accurate enough, and the circular error probability is 1000 meters.
This time, Israel launched 50 'Jericho-1' missiles to attack the missile launch base where Iraq launched missiles at Israel.
The cost of each Jericho-1 missile is between 1 million and 1.5 million US dollars, and 50 missiles will cost 50 million to 75 million US dollars.
The Jericho-2 missile is a medium-range ground-to-ground road-mobile missile developed by Israel in the mid-1970s and entered service in the late 1980s. Its maximum range is 1,500 kilometers, the missile is 14 meters long, the missile diameter is 1.56 meters, and the total weight is close to 13 tons. The missile uses radar guidance, which is the relevant technology of the Pershing II missile provided by the United States to Israel. Its engine materials, solid fuels, and terminal guidance technology are the same as its copy objects.
Israel's nuclear weapons at that time were carried on the Jericho-2 missile.
Israel has deployed a total of 80 Jericho-2 missiles. This time, Israel launched a total of 20 Jericho-2 missiles to attack the Iraqi capital Baghdad!
As for the persuasion and obstruction of the US military, it was firmly rejected by Israel.
In the whole world, only Israel dares to be so tough on the US military, and even dares to threaten the US military.
This is the conjugate father-son relationship!
As soon as Israel launched a missile, it was detected by the radars of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon all have radar positions deployed to target Israel.
Israel's land is long and narrow, and its area is small. There is no depth at all. There is no need to deploy high-power radars to cover the entire land of Israel.
There is no secret at all about Israel's missile launches and aircraft takeoffs.
Of course, in space, the US reconnaissance satellite also discovered it, but the United States did not calculate it, but felt helpless and reported it as soon as possible so that the upper level could formulate strategies faster and better.
In space, the "Clairvoyance" missile early warning satellite, using a highly sensitive infrared telescope, discovered the missiles launched by Israel as soon as possible, and then tracked the Israeli missiles, continuously transmitting the missile's flight trajectory and flight speed, direction, ballistic inclination and position to the ground station. The Beijing Space Command Base and the Kunming Space Monitoring Base simultaneously received the missile trajectory parameters sent by the "Clairvoyance" missile early warning satellite. After rapid ground station calculations, they calculated the flight trajectory and impact points of these missiles.
Using computers, this calculation speed is very fast. In just a few seconds, the flight trajectory and impact point of each missile will come out.
These data were sent to the air defense missile unit of the Arab coalition as soon as possible.
The Arab coalition is located in a certain air defense missile unit in Jordan, where there is a battalion of "Aegis-1" air defense missile system.
A set of "Aegis-1" air defense missile system has a total of 1 launch unit, 4 launch systems, and 32 missiles. A battalion of "Aegis-1" air defense missile system has 4 launch units, 16 launch systems, and 128 missiles.
In the past Sixth Middle East War, the "Aegis-1" air defense missile system of this battalion shot down a total of 20 aircraft and 5 missiles, and made great achievements.
When Iraq launched Scuds to attack Israel, the Arab coalition realized that the Jews would never give up, and turned on the radar as soon as possible!
The computer of the Aegis-1 air defense missile system locked onto the target. It did not intercept those short-range ballistic missiles, but rather those medium-range ballistic missiles, after all, medium-range ballistic missiles were more valuable to intercept.
"Launch!" The commander of the air defense missile battalion gave the order.
On the quadruple missile launcher, with a roar, the Aegis-1 missile broke through the packaging of the missile box in front, and in the hot flames, the missile took off urgently.
Each missile launcher launched four Aegis-1 missiles, a total of 16 Aegis-1 missiles.
Each Aegis-1 missile intercepted one Jericho-2 missile.
"Boom~~" "Boom~~" "Boom~~"
16 Aegis-1 air defense missiles intercepted 12 Jericho-2 missiles, and the interception success rate reached 75%!
As for other missiles in the air, this air defense battalion cannot intercept them, because after launching, this air defense battalion will move its position to avoid being hit by Israel's ground-to-ground ballistic missiles and Israel launching aircraft to attack the air defense position.
10 minutes later, this air defense missile battalion formed an air defense position again and began to load missiles. (End of this chapter)