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Fahad was very interested and asked, "So, what more reliable means should we use?"

"Set up a sea police warning radar there to monitor the situation on the entire channel of the Strait of Hormuz at any time." Qusay said.

Where is the radar placed?King Fahd scratched his head a little, which meant that the military was stationed there, you know, it was Oman's territory.

"We can negotiate with Oman to rent or install a radar there to solve our current problem. Oman and us are Arab brothers. I believe they will agree." Qusay said.

Chapter 472 C801 Playing a Small Boat, Absolutely No Waste

How to control the Strait of Hormuz is what Qusay has been thinking about all the time, and in the throat of the Persian Gulf, there is Iran on one side and Oman's Musandan Peninsula on the other.

The military location there is very important, and it would be of great significance if a military presence can be obtained there. Therefore, Qusay is now cautiously raising this proposition, even if it is not on the peninsula, even if it is on a small island outside, the arrangement A radar monitors the entire Strait of Hormuz to prevent the Iranians from re-laying mines. This excuse should be enough, right?

"We have to discuss this matter carefully with Oman," King Fahd said.

The king was still hesitating, and Qusay knew that he must not put pressure on the other party, because they were all Arab brothers, and they couldn't be like Saddam in the later generations, who finally betrayed their relatives.

Putting down the phone, Qusay was still a little worried. The current Iraqi navy is simply unable to undertake the task of maintaining the security of the Persian Gulf. Therefore, on the big stage of escort, the Iraqi navy cannot play a decisive role. It has almost drained the juice from Iraq's puny navy.

The war against Iran is now, as it has been in history, beginning to turn at sea.With Iran already unable to counterattack on land, the contention at sea is becoming more and more important. Iran wants to use its geographical advantages to destroy the strength of Iraq and other Gulf countries.

Under Qusay's own governance, the Iraqi army has become stronger and stronger. The army has its own tank production line, and new tanks are already in Qusay's plan, and the air force is Qusay's most important thing. As for arms, the Air Force has F-20 and Mirage 4000, two types of light and heavy models. Moreover, under the integration of C3I system, it will exert more powerful combat effectiveness.

It's just that the navy has not been invested until now, but Qusay knows that it is time to pay attention to the navy.

Therefore, Qusay invested heavily in buying the two TR-1700 submarines from Argentina and will return to China soon.However, only a few modern submarines are far from enough.

At this time, the two Atigrell-class frigates that Dad Saddam ordered from Italy were almost completed. In history, the Italians played a trick and delayed the delivery in the name of the United Nations. It was not delivered until the establishment of a new Iraq with the support of the United States.

These two frigates must find a way, and they must not let the Italians put themselves together!

However, due to the limited waters of the Persian Gulf, it is enough to use missile speedboats with a slightly smaller displacement here. The best way to deal with mosquito-like Iranian speedboats is to use the same tactics.

More importantly, it is to cultivate the talents needed by the navy. A strong navy will definitely not be able to form combat effectiveness in a short time. The Iraqi navy, which is dominated by only a few small boats, lacks most of what the navy needs. Talents!

And all of this needs to start from scratch, so Qusay is already planning to establish a professional naval academy in Basra to carry out a wide range of subjects including ships, submarines, navigation, equipment development and maintenance, etc. Lectures by professionals, began to accumulate professional naval personnel.

At the same time, in order to train the navy, several large training ships need to be purchased as the cradle for training naval talents, so that the Iraqi navy can truly embark on a systematic development path.

Now, in order to maintain the security in the Persian Gulf, in addition to submarines, guided missile frigates and speedboats, more importantly, professional naval aviation is needed.

The current navy is very weak, and there is no aviation. Several Super Hornet helicopters are also used by the army, which is very unscientific.

If Iraq wants to be strong, then a strong navy is essential, and a strong navy must have a strong aviation force!

Therefore, the naval aviation unit must also be established to protect the sea dominance of the entire Persian Gulf. Therefore, a long-range sea attack aircraft is needed, and in the future, carrier-based aviation is also needed.

As for the sea attack aircraft, Qusay thought over and over again in his mind. Now, in the east, there is a fighter aircraft under development, which is very suitable for the Iraqi naval aviation equipment.

The JH-7, a specialized ground-to-sea attack aircraft, frees up expensive fighters such as the Mirage 4000 and F-20 to deal with more aerial threats.

While Qusay was still thinking about the future of Iraq in the middle of the night, the Super Hornet in Iraq was also faithfully executing his orders.

6 huge propellers are moving the air, making a rumbling sound. In the large cockpit, two pilots are sitting side by side in the driver's seat, conducting reciprocating flight surveillance over the Strait of Hormuz.

The Super Hornet has all-weather flight capability and has various equipment to guarantee night flight, and this special sea-facing type is equipped with a radar. In the large crew cabin at the back, there are currently three people sitting. One of them stared at the radar screen on the tactical console, searching the sea surface, while the other two were in charge of operating various equipment, including the two mounted C801 missiles.

After successfully solving the problem of mounting the C801 missile on the Phantom F1, it is relatively easy to mount it on other legal aircraft.

It's just that it's too wasteful to use C801 missiles to hit those minelayers. Therefore, the main purpose of their appearance here is still to intimidate, and I hope the Iranians will stop here.However, if the Iranians don't know good from bad and want to continue doing this kind of thing, they will definitely not be stingy with using C801 missiles!

Just an hour ago, Saudi Arabia had issued an announcement that all ships that appear on the waterway at night are considered illegal!

"We solemnly warn some countries that laying mines on the busiest international waterway is a very wrong approach. We, the countries in the Gulf, have the right to maintain the safety of this waterway. Therefore, we propose that in this It is forbidden to sail at night on this waterway, and any ship sailing will be considered as laying mines and will be attacked by us!" The Saudi spokesman made this statement on behalf of the Peninsula Defense Force, and the world was shocked.

Does this mean that all countries in the Gulf have begun to declare war on Iran?The conclusion is negative, otherwise, they would not have spent so much effort on escort operations, and Iraq is the only one attacking Iran.However, the more Iran tosses like this, the more justice Iraq has for their actions.

Now, I am afraid that all the countries that need to import oil are hoping that Iraq will quickly wipe out Iran, and hope that those crazy forces in Iran will step down.

However, what will Iran think of this statement from Saudi Arabia?Obviously, they will never be intimidated.

Ali, the naval commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is very satisfied with this mine-laying operation. They have successfully prevented the ship from coming and going, but those mine-sweeping operations made him very unhappy.

Therefore, in the early hours of the morning, his two Stone Crossbow-class missile boats were finally dispatched again.This time, unlike the last time, large-scale mining is required, and it is only necessary to mine again in the waters that have been cleared of mines. Therefore, only two ships are enough.

There were waves on the sea, and two 200-ton missile boats, carrying dozens of mines, started another mine-laying operation.

Only this time, it wasn't as easy as last time.

On the Super Hornet helicopter, two relatively small echoes suddenly appeared.

There is a situation!The radar operator in front of the main console immediately reported: "Report to the captain, two targets have been found, [-] nautical miles ahead of us."

"Target speed, distance from the main channel?" the captain asked.

"The target speed is [-] knots, [-] nautical miles from the main channel."

"Continue monitoring, missile preparation." After the captain finished speaking, the co-pilot began to increase the torque, pressed the control lever, and the helicopter lowered its head and began to fly forward.

"The target is still ten nautical miles away from the main channel." The radar operator continued to report.

Judging from the speed of the target, it should be a high-speed speedboat. This kind of speedboat ran into the waters of the main channel of the high seas late at night.

"There are still five nautical miles from the main channel."

"The missile locks on the target." The captain no longer hesitated. At this time, they were only fifteen nautical miles away from each other.

The co-pilot operated the control stick in his hand and stabilized the helicopter.

The radar in the nose of the head machine has locked the target, and at the same time, the guidance data is constantly being input into the C801.

"The lock has been completed."

"Shoot immediately."

An operator pressed his hand on the firing button.

Suddenly, they felt a vibration from the fuselage, and the C801 missile on the left had left the helicopter.

Then, the C801 missile engine started to ignite, spewed out violent flames, and began to accelerate forward.

A burst of fire pierced the black night sky and flew towards the distant sea.

The Stone Crossbow didn't foresee the coming crisis at all. Although it had a spherical air-to-sea radar on the top of the mast in the middle, it didn't turn on the power. It was just taking advantage of the darkness to sneak onto the main channel. Bray.

At the tail of the Crossbow class, the Iranian sailors have already begun preparations to push the mines underwater. Tomorrow, those cargo ships think that this place is already clean, and when they come over, they will be blown up!

Because the night is relatively dark, when the fire flew, many Iranian sailors saw it.