77 Balloon

Chen Fei's words made the atmosphere in the tower tense.

If that is really an alien reconnaissance balloon, then... it will be a little troublesome.

The commander picked up the mezzanine and asked, "Bit, are you sure that is a reconnaissance balloon?"

"Confirm!" Chen Fei replied: "Tower, I request a close-up observation!"

"You can observe, pay attention to control distance, and pay attention to safety."

"clear!"

Chen Fei carefully flew over in the plane and took a closer look. He reported using the encrypted channel: "The tower is a powered unmanned balloon, which may be powered by solar power. There is no sign on the target and the identity cannot be confirmed, but my intuition tells me that this is an alien high-altitude reconnaissance balloon."

"..." The encrypted channel suddenly fell silent.

Chen Fei knew that it was the tower that was confirming more accurate information.

He was flying the plane carefully.

Since there is no reference object in the sky, especially when there is no cloudless, it is impossible to judge the relative relationship of the target, and it is even more impossible to determine the distance. Therefore, Chen Fei can only choose to rely on the naked eye to identify the following target.

After a while, about seven or eight seconds, there was no response in the tower. Chen Fei had to say: "The tower, the balloon is almost exceeding the fighter's ceiling. Please shoot him down and it's over!"

As the balloon flies higher and higher, Chen Fei estimated that it will exceed 20,000 meters in no time.

But his J-10 c is only 17,000 meters in ceiling.

As a fighter, the J-10c has its own performance shortcomings, with a maximum practical ceiling of only 17,000 meters.

However, high-altitude balloons can fly more than 20,000 meters.

The J-10c thought that it would take a lot of risks to reach such a height, dive first to speed up and then pull up.

Moreover, after more than 17,000 meters, the air is very thin, the oxygen content is insufficient, and the aviation gasoline will be incompletely burned, and the engine may be stopped or enter a stall spiral state.

Both of these states are very dangerous, because the J-10 is a single-engine fighter with no redundant power of dual-engines, and it will crash once it stops.

At this moment, the commander's voice finally sounded from the tower: "Band up and shoot down, but are you sure? Your current height is very dangerous, and the high-altitude balloon has exceeded the ceiling of the fighter. Please report your method!"

"I'm sure of the tower! I first dive to obtain speed, and then use inertia to rush up!" Chen Fei replied, with concise sentences, but full of confidence.

"By the two of you and use missiles to shoot down the high-altitude balloon!"

"I understand!" Chen Fei replied.

If you can use a aviation cannon, it is naturally the best. A aviation cannon is cheap. How many aviation cannons can you buy with a missile?

But at this time the height of the high-altitude ball was too high, exceeding 17,000 meters. At this height, the atmosphere is very thin. If a navigator is used, the recoil will have a huge impact on the fighter. In addition, the smoke generated by the navigator is likely to be sucked into the engine, causing the engine to stop.

Moreover, the range of the air cannon is generally around 2,000 meters, and the effective range at a height of 10,000 meters will be further shortened. Such a distance is just a few seconds at the speed of the J-10. It is a bit difficult to shoot the target object in a few seconds. Because the shooting of the aircraft cannon is not as simple as a sniper shooting a distance target. The aircraft itself is moving at high speed, and the balloon is also moving above the aircraft, so Chen Fei must shoot at an elevation angle, and the hit rate is basically zero.

In addition, the signals of the reconnaissance equipment such as balloons are transmitted back in real time. If the cannon cannot be shot down, it will cause it to enter the airspace of defense to reconnaise intelligence, which is not worth the effort.

Although missiles are expensive, they are not worth mentioning compared to fighter jets and pilots, so it is very wise to use missiles to shoot down balloons.

The Pili 10 advanced close-range combat air-to-air missile equipped by the J-10c is the first air-to-air missile of our army to reach the world's top level in the same period!

It has an extremely excellent high maneuvering design and uses advanced infrared thermal imaging guidance technology to effectively distinguish real enemy aircraft targets and infrared baits. It can be used to develop helmet sights by Chinese worn by pilots, "see wherever you see."

In order to effectively fight modern high-motor targets, the Pili 10 missile adopts advanced aerodynamic design, equipped with thrust vectoring technology, and uses extremely high overload. It is at the same level as the most advanced Aim-9x "Saturday" missile in the United States, and it is difficult for active fighters from various countries to get rid of its pursuit.

Pili 10 adopts a normal aerodynamic layout, providing lift with long-sided strip wings in front and control rudder surface in back, and this design has a high lift-resistance ratio.

In the past, although the lift of the rudder surface of the Pili 5 and Pili 8 missiles was large, the induced resistance generated by the rudder surface was also large, resulting in the lift resistance of the entire missile being lower than that of the normal aerodynamic layout.

In addition, the normal aerodynamic layout of Pili 10 can have a large angle of attack, which can further increase the total lift of the entire bomb by effectively utilizing the lift generated by the bullet body. In addition to the thrust vector technology, not only has a low altitude, but also has good maneuverability at the beginning stage, but also ensures the maneuverability at high altitude and speed reduction stages.

The outstanding design of the J-10c will inevitably bring great positive effects on air defense interception operations. Its latest active phased array radar has improved its performance in generational differences, surpassing the level of active fighter radars in my country and most countries in the world. It is equipped with a fixedly installed advanced infrared detector, which effectively becomes the auxiliary detection method of radar. This is of great benefit to detecting various complex targets including ultra-high air balloons. The fire control system can control the latest two main air-to-air missiles, including Pili 15 and Pili 10, and its hard lethality is far greater than that of various fighter jets and missile combinations. The electronic warfare system is more advanced and has strong soft lethality.

Although the ultra-high aerial balloon is an "old friend" that our army has been fighting for decades and its technical content is not too high, it is still a difficult opponent - its altitude exceeds the normal flight altitude of a fighter, making it difficult for fighters to intercept at the same altitude.

In the past, when our J-6 fighter jets used machine guns to attack, they had to carry out dangerous jump attacks, with a low success rate, and jumping fighter jets could easily enter a dangerous spiral state.

With the help of J-10c and Pili 10 air-to-air missiles, it has become much easier to deal with these targets.

After obtaining the permission of the tower, Chen Fei pressed the rod and dived and pushed the throttle rod to quickly increase the speed of the fighter.

He stared at the airspeed meter and altimeter. When the data came to the estimated position in his heart, he immediately leveled it, then pulled the rod and let the fighter rush towards the position where the reconnaissance balloon was.

After reaching the predetermined position, Chen Fei powered the missile and then locked the target. Soon, he pressed the launch button, and the air-to-air missile carried by the J-10c left wing was launched, rushed towards the target in the distance, destroying the white balloon in an instant.

boom--

The high-altitude reconnaissance balloon exploded instantly.

Chen Fei immediately leveled the plane and then lowered the height of the press rod.

When the plane arrived about 10,000 meters and was in a stable state, Chen Fei reported: "The tower, the target was destroyed, the mission was completed, and I requested to return!"

"Breaking a couple, you are allowed to return!"
Chapter completed!