Chapter 1123 Thousands of artillery shells and saturation strikes

Panshan Group Headquarters.

Liu Tao received intelligence immediately and knew that the Iraq War had broken out.

I have to say that George Walton is really full of martial virtues.

Now that the US military has not yet ended the Afghan War, and a large number of troops are trapped in the Afghan battlefield, they can't wait to open the second battlefield, launch the Iraq War, and attack Iraq.

In terms of military strength, Iraq is much stronger than Afghanistan.

And this time, the United States cannot use Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as a springboard. The sea area has been blocked by Iraq with mines, and it can only choose to launch a ground attack from the Kurdish Mountains in northeastern Iraq.

Iraq has built a complete defense fortification in the Kurdish Mountains. It is not so easy for the United States to break through the Kurdish Mountains.

Liu Tao estimated that the body bags prepared by the US military should not be enough.

More and more intelligence came to Liu Tao.

"Good fellow, this time Iraq was very decisive and launched a counterattack at the first time. The British and American military bases in Cyprus were devastated, causing thousands of deaths and thousands of injuries." Liu Tao looked at the intelligence sent back by Cyprus and was amazed.

Faced with a large number of missile attacks, fighters and bombers, these two military bases had no way to deal with it.

Facts have proved that no matter how strong the air defense system is, it cannot intercept a large number of missiles and aircraft.

And after the air defense missiles are launched, it takes time to reload the missiles.

This saturation attack is simply a severe challenge to the air defense system.

Sure enough, Saddam, who suffered a great loss in the Gulf War, still listened to the advice. The planes were not buried in the desert, and the missiles were not stored in the warehouse.

In recent years, Saddam has bought a large number of ground-to-ground ballistic missiles from the international arms market, and a total of more than 2,000 Scud missiles, Tochka missiles, and Oka missiles were bought.

The Scud missile is the first generation of tactical ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union. It was first put into service in 1957. It can be equipped with conventional warheads and nuclear warheads, and is launched by vehicle-mounted mobile launch, with strong mobility. Since 1973, Scud missiles have been exported to Egypt, Syria, Libya, North Korea, Iraq and other countries. After the 1990s, many countries obtained the missile, and Iraq even obtained the missile production line from the Soviet Union.

There are 4 types of Scud missiles, Type A missile (served in 1957), the missile is 10.4 meters long, the diameter is 0.84 meters, the launch weight is 4.5 tons, it uses a single-pole liquid fuel rocket propulsion, the maximum flight speed is Mach 5, the maximum range is 160 kilometers, the circular error probability is 900 meters, and it can use a 700 kg high-explosive warhead or a 400 kg TNT equivalent 200,000 tons nuclear warhead.

Scud B missile (served in 1961), the missile is 11.164 meters long, the diameter is 0.88 meters, the wingspan is 1.81 meters, the launch weight is 5.9 tons, the payload is 860 kilograms, it uses inertial guidance, the circular error probability is 1000 meters, the maximum range is 300 kilometers, and the maximum speed is 1500 meters per second.

Scud C missile (served in 1965), the missile is 10.94 meters long, the diameter is 0.88 meters, the launch weight is 6.1 tons, the payload is 770 kilograms, it can use high-explosive warheads, chemical warheads, and submunitions, the maximum range is 500 kilometers, and the circular error probability is 700 meters.

Scud D missile (served in 1980), this is the last improvement made by the Soviet Union to the Scud missile. The missile is 13.7 meters long, 0.88 meters in diameter, 6,400 kilograms in launch weight, and 1,000 kilograms in payload. The engine fuel compartment is further enlarged, the rocket thrust is increased, the maximum range can reach 600 kilometers, and the inertial missile system is improved, which greatly improves the hit accuracy.

Tochka missile is a short-range tactical ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1960s. It is also called Scarab. The initial model was put into service in 1976, and the improved model began to serve in the late 1980s. Tochka missile is used to attack single important targets and large-area targets within the tactical depth of the campaign. It uses a single-pole solid rocket engine, and the missile launcher can be amphibious. The missile is 6.2 meters long, 0.65 meters in diameter, and weighs 1.8 tons. It uses inertial guidance and can carry nuclear warheads and conventional warheads. The conventional warhead weighs 250 kilograms, with a maximum range of 185 kilometers and a hit accuracy of 220 meters.

The Oka missile is a third-generation ground-to-ground tactical missile developed by the Soviet Union in the 1980s. It is nicknamed the Spider and is used by the Soviet Union to replace the Scud missile. The missile was a top-notch weapon at the time. In order to break through the US Patriot and other missile defense systems, the Oka missile adopted advanced penetration technology. The warhead is coated with radar absorbing coatings, and the warhead carries electronic countermeasures equipment and is equipped with fake warheads and chaff decoys. It adopts three complex penetration trajectories, which can make complex trajectory changes in the final stage of flight. The apex of the trajectory can reach 120 kilometers, and the terminal speed is as high as Mach 10, which is almost a vertical descent.

The Oka missile uses an advanced solid fuel engine. The missile is only 7.5 meters long, 0.89 meters in diameter, weighs 4.36 tons, and has a maximum range of 500 kilometers. It uses advanced inertial guidance technology and has a strike accuracy of less than 35 meters.

The 'Hussein' missile, which Iraq improved on the basis of the Scud, is 12.46 meters long and 0.88 meters in diameter. The weight of the warhead has been reduced, and the range has been increased to 630 kilometers, with a circular deviation probability of 1,000 to 3,000 meters. The 'Abbas' missile is 13.75 meters long and 0.88 meters in diameter. The weight of the warhead has been reduced, and the range has been increased to 900 kilometers.

Various types of short-range ballistic missiles, with a strike range covering half of Turkey.

On the first day, Iraqi missile brigades launched a total of 120 "Hussein" missiles, 50 "Abbas" missiles, and 20 "Scud D" missiles at Cyprus, killing thousands of people and injuring thousands of people; 790 "Scud" missiles of various types, 100 Tochka missiles, and 80 Oka missiles were launched at the US Air Force Base in Turkey, killing tens of thousands of people and injuring tens of thousands of people.

Especially the "Hussein" missiles and "Abbas" missiles, with a circular probability deviation of 1,000 to 3,000 meters. You can despise them militarily, but from another perspective, it is a headache!

If hit by such a missile, the entire building will be blown into ruins.

On the first day of the Iraq War, the battle between the two sides reached a fever pitch.

The battle also caused huge casualties, shocking the world.

This is the first time that missiles have been used on such a large scale in a war!

Such a large number of missiles also caused great headaches for the US military, because the US air defense system could not intercept so many missiles.

Adding the missiles and bombs launched by the Iraqi Air Force, it was even more troublesome.

On the first day, both sides dispatched more than 5,000 military aircraft, and the largest air battle since World War II broke out.

The Joint Forces Air Force lost more than 683 aircraft of various types, and the Iraqi Air Force lost 872 aircraft of various types.

The pilots of the Joint Forces Air Force were better in technology and more experienced, but the Iraqi Air Force pilots were fearless and with the help of the air defense forces, the Joint Forces Air Force suffered heavy losses.

The Joint Forces originally planned to launch 116 Tomahawk cruise missiles. Faced with huge losses, the Joint Forces Supreme Command changed the plan and launched 299 Tomahawk cruise missiles in 24 hours, of which 194 were intercepted by the Iraqi air defense forces, with an interception rate of 194, but there were still 105 missiles that landed, of which 75 hit the target.