My Wife is Actually a top-tier Soldier King?!-Chapter 1208 - 1100: Steal the chicken only to lose the rice!
Attempting to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice!
Originally intending to seek revenge and remove a hatred, the result turned out to be self-inflicted, lifting a rock only to drop it on one’s own foot.
That is obviously even harder to accept than being taken out by the enemy.
After all, if the YF55 had met a stronger opponent and been taken out, one could at least acknowledge being outperformed, the adversary being one notch above.
But...
Being taken out by one’s own missile is simply too bizarre to fathom.
Why?
Was it because the two YF55 fighter jets maintained radio silence and didn’t activate their IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) systems, resulting in a misfire?
But the question is...
The warship that caused the accident, equipped with air-search radars, phased array radars, fire-control radars, and others, couldn’t detect them at all!
Furthermore, the ship was sailing in international waters; any aircraft flying overhead were irrelevant as it was peacetime with no designated no-fly zones due to drills.
The most important thing is...
The on-duty crew did not issue any firing orders; those ship-based air defense missiles launched on their own.
In summary.
This tragedy seemed like the warship took down its own fighter jet.
But Shayol felt certain that the command system of that missile cruiser had been hijacked by someone.
Highly informatized, automated warships can carry out all processes from target reconnaissance, tracking and positioning, data calculation, to weapon firing, all automated, entirely without human operation.
Especially during air defense operations, facing incoming anti-ship missiles from enemy aircraft, human reaction speeds are simply too slow.
If multiple enemy aircraft approached with sea-skimming flights at very low altitude or possessed decent stealth capabilities, coming close to the warship from various directions and launching several anti-ship missiles.
Considering these anti-ship missiles fly at speeds of over a kilometer per second, it would only take twenty seconds, or even less, to hit the warship.
From different directions! A multitude!
With only ten to twenty seconds...
Could humans react in time then?
Should they intercept the incoming anti-ship missiles first or target the enemy aircraft?
Should they tackle the ones coming from the left, or the right, or the ones ahead?
Human observation, thinking, and decision-making require a process.
The problem is, the eyes are not quick enough; how could they spot the high-speed incoming missiles?
Therefore.
Modern warships are starting to integrate high levels of information.
When early warning radars spot an unidentified target, they pass it to the phased array radars for continuous tracking and locking, while the fire-control system evaluates the threat level.
Based on the degree of threat, from highest to lowest, and distance from farthest to nearest, it then selects to launch air defense missiles or fire the Gatling rapid-firing gun.
Before activating the relevant weapons, the search and illuminating radars will be turned on, continuously tracking and positioning the target to provide guidance for the corresponding weapons to ensure accurate hits.
The entire process, though seemingly complicated, in actual combat, especially under saturation attacks, is a race against time, taking less than a second to complete.
To ensure better air defense interception and save time...
The warship will possibly be outfitted with vertical missile launching systems at both the bow and stern.
This allows for the launching of two missiles per second.
Otherwise, if centralized in one location, the launch interval would need at least one second.
One second!
Just for one second, they are willing to go through all this trouble, to spend more money.
It shows just how precious time is during air defense operations.
Let the crew manually control it?
Facing threats, still have to report for approval before firing for interception?
Isn’t that courting death?
So...
If someone could invade and capture the command and control system of the warship.
They could completely remotely control the warship, do whatever they want, leaving the crew with no option but to look on helplessly.
But what Shayol couldn’t fathom was...
No matter the size of the warship, it’s a highly secure local area network, not connected to the internet,
Even when communicating with other warships or with the fleet, it uses a joint tactical data link communication system.
This means of communication requires specialized equipment, using a specific encryption method on a dedicated communication band to establish contact with each other.
Then...
How did that monster Wu Jie manage to invade and seize the command authority?
To say that the missile cruiser misidentified the two YF55 fighter jets as a significant threat, and thereby automatically activated its air defense interception... Shayol would never believe it.
How could there be such a coincidence?
The YF55 fighter jets just happened to fly near the airspace, and the cruiser just happened to have a freak malfunction?
It’s a pity!
There’s nothing Shayol can do even if he doesn’t believe it.
Having suffered a significant defeat in the Baldet battle, even the sneak attack operation incurred heavy losses.
Therefore...
Padding Shayol was suspended on the spot.
He was ordered to take a flight back within an hour to report and face an investigation.
As for such a result, Shayol also had no excuse, lacking even the courage to defend himself.
After all, facts speak louder than words.
Fortunately, he wasn’t alone; the captain of that cruiser, which mysteriously opened fire into the air and launched over a dozen air defense missiles, blasting those YF55 fighter jets, was also ordered to be suspended and investigated. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Shayol felt that the captain was really wronged.
Why did the cruiser suddenly open fire into the air?
Why were those missiles fired into the air uncontrollably?
It’s the shipyard that built the cruiser and the vendors that provided network communication equipment that should halt production and undergo inspection!
Let them explain why network security was as good as non-existent, allowing someone to easily intrude?
But these thoughts could only be held within.
