Changkong Fighter

Chapter 275 Old Rival!
[Enemy missiles! Enemy missiles!]

"Watch out! There's a stealth fighter nearby!"

The moment the J15T radar detected the approaching AIM-120, Gold Coin loudly alerted the user in the communication channel.

Human fighter jets are designed to outperform the previous generation with each generation of specifications. Even though the J-15T is a fourth-generation fighter, it will still be at a disadvantage when facing fifth-generation fighters.

"Can you determine its location?"

Even fifth-generation fighters have different stealth capabilities depending on the angle they are facing; their stealth effect is best when the nose of the aircraft is pointed at them.

If the radar is not turned on, this stealth fighter could likely use a passive lock-on method, with the data link allowing it to fire from A and guide B while the radar is off. However, even so, when launching a missile, opening the weapons bay would compromise the aircraft's radar stealth and allow it to be locked onto by the radar.

"Target information intercepted, batch confirmed, distance 90000, bearing 11 o'clock, face-to-face quantity 2, retaliate!"

Swish!Swish!
The PL-15 missile carried by the J-15T was launched in the direction of the incoming missile and, guided by the J-15D, flew towards the rebel fifth-generation fighter jets.

The purpose of launching PL-15 missiles is not to shoot down the enemy, but to suppress them and force them to "dodge" to make up for some of the lost angle advantage. Otherwise, if the enemy continues to launch missiles, they will lose their angle advantage even more.

After the PL-15 missile was launched, it quickly moved away and flew towards the missile launch location of the fifth-generation fighter jet. During the flight, the trajectory was corrected by the data link.

As the J-15D confirmed the target, the AIM-120 missile launched by the fifth-generation fighter jet rapidly approached the WZ7 over the Kuril Islands. In the explosion, the drone's wings were severed by shrapnel, and the out-of-control drone plummeted downwards.

"WZ7 missiles 1 and 2 have lost contact. Four missiles remain, approaching. Jamming and suppression initiated."

The J-15D acts like a jammer against Patriot missiles, interfering with incoming AIM-120s.

"All aircraft, missiles are approaching, evade!"

"understand!"

Needless to say, the J-15T quickly changed course and performed a standard maneuver to evade the missile, flying in a "39-line" pattern.

By entering a vertical flight path in the direction of the missile's approach, the approach speed is reduced. Once the "speed gate" is entered, the missile's seeker treats it as the ground and "filters" it out.

After entering the 39th line, the J-15T, which was evading the missile, continuously sprayed chaff behind it to help interfere with the missile's seeker and make it quickly break free of lock. As long as the J-15T breaks out of the seeker's field of view during this process, it can safely evade the missile.

puff!puff!puff!
A large amount of chaff was scattered into the air, and the main lobe of the incoming AIM-120 missile's seeker head produced a large number of echoes. Under the interference of the J-15D, the side lobes also produced a large number of echoes. With both the main lobe and the side lobes being interfered with, several AIM-120 seekers lost their lock.

After flying forward for more than ten kilometers without detecting any other echoes, the missile entered inertial flight and flew away into the distance. Once the missile's battery was depleted, it self-destructed.

boom! boom! boom!
Several fireballs exploded in the air.

"All aircraft, report the situation." "Silver coins, normal."

"Copper coins, normal."

Listening to the report, the lead pilot nodded in approval. The entire process of dodging the AIM-120 was uneventful. With the cover of electronic warfare aircraft, radar missiles were so easy to evade. No wonder the US Air Force likes to bring a fighter jet with them when it operates.

This feeling is just so amazing.

"Wait, where's Changkong?"

Just as Jinbi was asking, he suddenly realized that one of the fighter jets participating in the mission had not responded.

"Won't it have been shot down?" Copper Coin asked uncertainly.

"No, he's still in the data link. When did he get to that location?!"

Compared to them, the J-15T piloted by Chang Kong was almost entirely equipped with "short-range" missiles. It would be fine to deal with aliens, but against fifth-generation fighters, it was like trying to charge at someone with a spear with a dagger. It was suppressed at every turn, and now the one with the dagger wanted to stab these two fifth-generation fighters.

Gold Coin located Chang Kong's position via the data chain, and he was rapidly approaching the area where the missile had been launched.

Inside the J-15T cockpit, Liu Jun scanned the data transmitted by the data link. Previously, he was in the wingman position to the side and rear of the J-15T formation. After confirming that the first wave of incoming missiles had not locked onto him, he climbed the altitude, put the engine at full thrust, and flew toward the location of the two fifth-generation fighters.

By continuously adjusting the IRST search range using the hands-on-stick system, focusing on the forward hemisphere, according to modern fighter jet air combat maneuvers, a fifth-generation fighter jet will immediately enter the departure route after entering the launch position and launching the missile, meaning it is currently in the enemy's radar blind zone.

This J-15T has no radar, so it won't trigger the enemy's RWR. As long as the radio is silent, it can acquire the enemy before entering the enemy's EODAS search range. Of course, if the enemy is a "monkey version" without an EODAS system, that's another story. After all, EODAS isn't cheap.

By observing the attack envelope of the PL-15 missiles launched by friendly forces, Liu Jun, based on his experience, concluded that under the deterrence of the PL-15, the two fifth-generation fighters would have to evade the attack to one side. After roughly estimating the search range of the enemy's phased array radar, he maintained high speed and approached the enemy within the radar blind zone.

If the opponent launches a missile and you take evasive action, your speed will inevitably decrease, and it will take some time to regain it. However, if it is a fifth-generation fighter like the F-35, it cannot even cruise at supersonic speeds. Since he keeps flying in a straight line, it is not difficult for him to close the distance.

He was carrying two PL-15A medium-range infrared missiles on his wings. Although they were not as good as the PL-15, the infrared lock-on was silent. Unless the other side had an "ultraviolet approach warning" system, they would not be able to detect the missile attack. By the time they finally discovered the missile, they would not even know how they died!

After flying forward for a distance, Liu Jun's EODAS system suddenly reacted and detected two heat sources. However, due to the great distance, the IRST was unable to track the targets stably.

They caught up. Seeing that the IRST had captured the target heat source signal, and that the signal tracking was unstable at this distance, Liu Jun immediately realized that the other party's tail nozzle was not the common round shape, but a square shape.

This shape of the tail nozzle is more suitable for dissipating the heat of the high-temperature exhaust gas. Among all fifth-generation fighters, the rebels can get their hands on the one with the square tail nozzle – the F-22 Raptor!
The F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather tactical stealth fighter developed by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force. It is also the world's first operational fifth-generation fighter jet. If these rebels have connections with certain forces within the United States, it would not be difficult for them to acquire two F-22s.

As for pilots, given enough time for training, that's not a problem either.

(End of this chapter)