The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Chapter 275 ‘Eagle Strike-1’ anti-ship missile

this day.

In front of Liu Tao's eyes, there was a missile.

This missile looks quite slender.

Liu Tao looked at the virtual panel in the corner of his eye:

[Item: ‘Eagle Strike 1’ anti-ship missile]

[Manufacturer: Liu Tao]

[Item level: LV9 (cannot be upgraded)]

[Upgrade points: 2000]

[Item status: intact, parsable]

Looking at the specific performance parameters of this anti-ship missile, Liu Tao had a smile on his face.

This 'Eagle Strike 1' anti-ship missile adopts a typical normal aerodynamic layout. The four wings and deck are arranged in an 'X' shape in the middle and tail of the missile body. The entire missile consists of a seeker, front equipment compartment, combat It is composed of the main engine, the alarm, the rear equipment compartment, the wings and the deck. The total length of the missile is 4.7 meters, the diameter of the missile is 0.35 meters, the wingspan is 1.1 meters, and the total missile launch weight is 652 kilograms.

The missile's power system consists of two parts. The main engine is an end-burning solid rocket motor with a total weight of 170 kilograms, a working time of 150 seconds, and an average thrust of 2.4 kN, which can maintain the missile's cruise speed at Mach 0.9; the booster It is a solid rocket motor with a side-burning propellant column. It weighs 80 kilograms, has an operating time of 2.5 seconds, and an average thrust of 74 kN. It can quickly accelerate the missile to supersonic speed, and then fly at cruising speed under the action of the main engine. Two When the engine is working, the maximum range of the missile can reach 70 kilometers.

After the missile is launched, it uses inertial navigation and waits until it approaches the target before starting the active radar search device. Therefore, it is difficult for the opponent to detect it in advance before it approaches the target.

"Now that this anti-ship missile is usable, it's enough to make the British drink a pot." Liu Tao murmured to himself, "Besides, I don't have much time left, so I have to hurry up and produce a few more missiles." ”

Later, Liu Tao invested in the production of the 'Eagle Strike-1' anti-ship missile.

Beijing.

After Liu Tao received a call, a smile appeared on his face.

"I thought you could persist for a few more days before contacting me, but I didn't expect that it's only been a month and you can't wait to contact me!" Liu Tao smiled lightly.

The person who contacted him was Martino from Argentina.

On April 2, just one day after April Fool's Day, the Falklands War broke out.

In February, negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom on the sovereignty of the Falklands broke down; on April 2, Argentina launched Operation Blue, sending 4,000 troops to the Falklands, capturing British troops on the island, and raising the Argentine flag.

Galtieri's popularity soared and he became a national hero.

But on the island of Great Britain, the government and the public are in shock. How could the former world hegemon of the ‘Empire on which the Sun Never Sets’ endure such humiliation?

My aunt can't bear it, but my uncle can't!

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made an impassioned speech in Parliament, successfully obtained authorization, and then assembled a task force in just three days.

The Argentines had just landed on the Falklands, and the first batch of the task force should have left the port a day later.

In other words, it only took Britain 24 hours to enter a state of war, which was extremely fast.

It can also be seen that the British have actually made plans for war before!

Only Argentinians would naively believe that the British would not go to great lengths to fight a deserted island across 13,000 kilometers.

The aircraft carrier "Invincible" and multiple Type 42 destroyers, landing ships and 3,500 British Marine officers and soldiers set off from the mainland to the Falklands. Many British Navy ships participating in exercises in the North Atlantic also temporarily ended their exercises and rushed to the Maldives. island.

At this time, the British had assembled a fleet consisting of 43 warships, 22 auxiliary ships and 62 merchant ships, which can be said to be huge.

Apart from the United States and the Soviet Union, only the United Kingdom has this ability in the world.

As for Argentina, they are extremely frightened, because everyone in Argentina is very optimistic. It is impossible for the British to fight Argentina at this time, so the army has no plans to go to war with the British army.

After the news came, the Argentines began to hurriedly recruit troops, build relationships, buy weapons, repair fortifications, and transport supplies.

Argentina mainly purchases weapons from the United States and France. As a result, France turned its back on the spot. Starting from April 10, Argentina was unable to purchase weapons from Europe at all.

The Galtieri government was supported by the United States. The United States tried to mediate, but the United Kingdom was resolute and insisted that Argentina withdraw its troops first and then negotiate. On April 30, Reagan abandoned the Galtieri government and publicly announced his support for Britain.

Galtieri knew that he had been abandoned, but where could he buy weapons now?

Liu Tao led the guards to No. 11 East Fifth Street, Sanlitun.

"Martino, my friend, you don't look very good. Are you sick?" Liu Tao asked with concern when he saw Martino.

Martino's face looked a little ugly, "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Liu Tao!"

"I heard that the war between you and the British did not go well?" Liu Tao smiled.

Martino waved his hand and firmly denied: "No, no, no, we went very smoothly. On April 21, our army defeated the British army in South Georgia Island, and on May 4, our heroic air force used An anti-ship missile hit the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield, and we won a big victory!"

At this time the destroyer HMS Sheffield was hit but had not yet sunk.

"But you can't buy weapons, and the French are unwilling to sell you their 'Exocet' anti-ship missiles. They will even eventually tell the British about the 'Exocet' anti-ship missiles." Liu Tao said.

So far in this war, Argentina's army and navy have been very cowardly, and only Argentina's air force has performed well.

By April 30, the British task force completed the sea and air blockade deployment of the 200-nautical-mile restricted navigation zone around the Falkland Islands. On the afternoon of May 2, the British 'Conqueror' nuclear submarine sank the Argentine Navy's 'General Belgrano' cruiser with a torpedo, killing 323 people.

The sinking of the cruiser made the Argentine Navy fear war, causing the Argentine Navy's main battleships to hide in the port and dare not go out to sea.

On May 4, two French-made Super Etendard attack aircraft from Argentina flew at an ultra-low altitude close to the sea surface at an altitude of 30 meters, stealthily attacking the British 'Sheffield' destroyer 600 kilometers away.

When it was 46 kilometers away from the destroyer "Sheffield", it suddenly pulled up to an altitude of 150 meters, turned on the airborne radar to search for the target, locked the target, and then the fighter plane dived again to an ultra-low altitude of 30 meters. When it was about 30 kilometers away from the British ship, it pulled up to 150 meters again and fired two Exocet air-to-ship missiles.

When Argentina bought the "Exocet" missile, it was only $250,000, but the "Sheffield" destroyer was worth $150 million.

This exchange ratio reached an astonishing 1:600!

The loss of the "Sheffield" destroyer was definitely painful for the declining Britain.

Even if the Falklands War was won, it was hard to say whether Britain made a profit or a loss in this war.

But Argentina's situation is still very bad, because Argentina did not buy many "Exocet" anti-ship missiles at the beginning. Now if it wants to buy from the French, the French have long stopped selling.

No matter how much money is offered, the French will not sell!