Chapter 335: Deepening the Beneficiaries
Stab!!
The missile was falling and the moment it touched the roof, it was like a welding joint, erupting with a dazzling flash of light that illuminated the entire US military base like daylight.
boom!!
A huge explosion sounded.
The entire town of Omelan did not burst into flames as imagined. Instead, it was as if God had suddenly covered his eyes. It instantly turned into pitch black, and no light could be seen anymore.
This turned out to be an electromagnetic pulse missile!
The detonation pressure generated by high explosives shattered all the glass of buildings with a radius of several kilometers, and all electronic equipment suffered a devastating blow.
Hundreds of U.S. soldiers hurriedly ran out of the dormitory. Some of them tried to pull the siren to gather the team, but found that it did not work at all.
The person in charge of the base finally found the phone in the dark, and when he picked it up, there was only deathly silence.
After a few minutes of confusion, several soldiers finally remembered the flashlight, which was the only electrical appliance that could still be used normally under electromagnetic attack.
They immediately inspected some communication equipment, but unfortunately, all their internal components were damaged by electromagnetic waves.
Electricity, communications, radar, and all electronic-related objects in the base were not spared.
The US military, accustomed to using electronic devices to transmit information, does not even have any backup channels to contact the headquarters in Riyadh.
Because they never thought from the beginning that Saddam would possess such a weapon.
A large number of soldiers and logistics personnel were like headless flies, scurrying around, and all kinds of noises and panic enveloped the small town of Omelan.
If a few Scuds attack at this time, the US military's missile interception system will be completely ineffective!
at the same time.
Baghdad, electronic command room.
Saddam and other personnel shouted excitedly.
Unexpectedly, they just sent out a drone and easily destroyed the communication function and missile interception system of a US military base.
If they launch an attack at this time, wouldn't those US troops below be just lambs to be slaughtered?
You have today too!
Without high-tech weapons and rapid transmission of battlefield data, Saddam was confident that the US military, which showed off its power, would not be much better than them.
Even in terms of willpower, they are not as good as ordinary soldiers in the Iraqi army.
Modern warfare pursues information-based warfare. Everything is based on data. Frontline personnel need to transmit data to each other and apply it to communication systems, power grids, computers and various electronic equipment, including radars and other electronic instruments.
Electromagnetic bombs will not cause direct damage to objects, but will cause meltdowns of the "metal-semiconductor" structures in circuit chips, MOS devices, and bipolar devices.
Even less powerful electromagnetic bombs can interrupt the operation of electrical equipment.
For all ground electronic information systems, command and control systems and internal network systems, the characteristic of electromagnetic pulse bombs is that the attack speed is as fast as the speed of light, and the hit rate is almost 100%.
It will not have the quality problems of conventional weapons, there will be no ballistic problems, and this weapon is not a weapon of mass destruction.
There will be no humanitarian accusations.
But no one dares to underestimate its destructiveness.
After the "Peregrine Falcon 2" drone dropped an electromagnetic missile, it was controlled by the controller and quickly disappeared into the night.
All this happens silently.
The US troops stationed in Omeran didn't even know who attacked them.
After several hours of hard work by technicians, they finally repaired a communication line and established contact with the US military command post in Riyadh.
However, the first reaction of the Riyadh command post after hearing the news from the Omeran town base was:
"This is absolutely impossible!"
When did Saddam possess electromagnetic weapons!?
What are you kidding!
Their own electromagnetic weapons have just been developed and have only been installed in the past year.
There are definitely no more than five countries in the world capable of manufacturing electromagnetic bombs!
How could the backward Middle East possess such technology?
If he had such a weapon, why was he using it now?
No one can answer them.
But it is foreseeable that electromagnetic weapons will be a fatal blow to American soldiers who rely heavily on information-based operations!
The only good thing is that this attack caused no casualties. Only more than 30 soldiers suffered from dizziness and vomiting.
In addition, some equipment is damaged.
However, these can all be repaired later.
The Pentagon received the news that night, but they, like the Riyadh command post, were in disbelief!
How is intelligence work done?
Moreover, there is no detailed report on the process of this attack, and there is no definite answer as to what means the enemy used to carry it out.
America has now become an international laughing stock!
malfeasance!
Simply dereliction of duty!
The Pentagon angrily accused intelligence personnel in Iraq of failing to do their job, and then immediately used all resources to investigate the matter.
However, some foreign reporters are even faster than them!
Reporters from Süddeutsche Zeitung rushed to the town of Omeland as soon as possible and sent photos of the scene and some pictures of damaged communication facilities back to Germany.
Afterwards, these images were quoted by numerous news media.
No one expected that in less than half a month, the US military would be attacked by the Iraqi army again, and it was still so elusive and clueless.
Countless people were gloating at the same time.
Immediately, experts put forward bold arguments based on these on-site traces and the answers of the soldiers interviewed by the media.
They initially judged that the Iraqi army used a carrier similar to a drone to conduct a raid on the Omeran base, but for some reason, the US military's radar survey station did not detect it.
Later, they also said that this was probably a test by the Iraqi army.
Otherwise, the attack would not be just one electromagnetic missile.
It has to be said that their guess is very close to the answer.
The Pentagon deployed a large number of reconnaissance satellites to compare the time of the incident and finally found some clues!
A few minutes before and after the incident, a black UFO briefly stopped over the small town of Omelan.
This scene happened to be captured by one of the satellites.
This immediately caught their attention.
This photo was also enlarged and exposed. After careful analysis and comparison by graphics experts, they finally determined that this was a drone!
Its rough outline design was quickly restored by the draftsmen.
This drone is smaller than the Predator, but it has a clear "ar" letter logo on its outer layer.
Moreover, its outer layer seems to be coated with some kind of invisible material, making it impossible for radar to detect its existence.
This is an important factor why it can appear above the Omelan base silently.
The New York Times obtained the two photos and published them in the next day's newspaper.
The whole world was in an uproar for a while!
at the same time.
Saddam was also on TV, proudly announcing:
Because they received the support of a certain superpower and advanced weapons, they used some "high technology" when the US military's defense was lax.
And their next actions will also make the US military bleed like a river!
Chapter completed!