Chapter 602 Hussein Missile
If the United States wants to bomb Iraq from the Mediterranean, it must go through Jordanian airspace, which is the most direct route! Otherwise, it has to bypass the Sinai Peninsula. As for going through Syrian airspace? That's out of the question, Syria is absolutely a die-hard Soviet Union fan.
At the beginning, when Iraq was about to attack Saudi Arabia, King Hussein of Jordan ran back and forth but failed to hinder Iraq's actions. Later, out of anger, Jordan opened its airspace to the United States, allowing the United States to fly to Iraq through the airspace of Israel and Jordan.
And now, Jordan has closed their airspace!
"Why? Don't they know that if Iraq occupies Saudi Arabia, Jordan will definitely not survive? Iraq wants to unify the Middle East!" Bush said, his brows furrowed. If Jordan closes their airspace, the US Navy fighter jets will have to take a long detour if they want to carry out air strikes! Unless the US Navy aircraft carrier reaches the Red Sea!
"Because we used nuclear weapons in the Middle East, it was considered a blasphemy against their true God." Secretary of State George said with a cold face. They really could not understand the thinking of the Middle Eastern people!
"Jordan has broken with the United States," said Barzan in Baghdad. "This U.S. nuclear bomb has changed the stance of people all over the Middle East."
Countries like Jordan used to strongly oppose Iraq's invasion, believing that Iraq had destroyed the stability and unity of the Middle East and that Iraq was ambitious, so they tried their best to stop the war in Iraq. In order to help Saudi Arabia, they even cooperated with the United States and opened up their airspace, allowing US Navy fighter jets to fly directly to Iraq!
This act of betrayal made Baghdad extremely angry, and now, with a nuclear bomb, Jordan's policy has changed!
"That's for sure. After all, the territory here belongs to our Middle East. The Americans' goal is to control us. Their true colors will eventually be seen through by everyone." Adnan said, "General Andre, your strategy is so effective."
Now, the anti-nuclear movement that has been launched all over the world is naturally Andre's masterpiece. Iraq secretly provides funds to these organizations to allow them to organize large-scale marches!
No organization is as clear-minded as they claim. Politics is always dirty. In this world, the US dollar is the good thing!
"Now, we need to further undermine the Americans' base here." Andre said: "Launch our missiles and see how Israel responds!"
All the countries in the Middle East are firmly against Israel. Now, let's see how Israel reacts! Iraq has raised the banner of anti-Israel, and it will be the new leader of the entire Middle East! I believe that each country will have their own correct choice!
Iraq's missiles! With the help of Soviet rocket experts, Iraq's missiles have been completely transformed! Iraq can use the existing Scud missiles to improve the latest Hussein missiles!
This type of missile, in simple terms, is "three missiles combined into two missiles, doubling the range", that is, dismantling three "Scud B" missiles to produce two "Hussein" missiles. Because Iraq did not have any ballistic missile industry, it could only simply transform it in this way, scrapping one "Scud B" missile, dismantling its oxidizer tank and incendiary tank, and then splitting it in half, and welding it to the oxidizer tank and incendiary tank of the other two missiles respectively. In this way, the oxidizer tank and incendiary tank of the other two missiles were lengthened by 85 and 45 centimeters respectively, and 1 ton of propellant was added, increasing the total amount of propellant to nearly 5 tons, thereby increasing the range to nearly 600 kilometers!
At the same time, in order to compensate for the weight caused by increasing the fuel and lengthening the warhead, the weight of the warhead had to be reduced and the amount of explosives reduced to 190 kg. However, this did not matter because the chemical warhead carried this time weighed 150 kg, which was well within the load range.
The missile's maximum flight time was also extended from about 309 seconds to 425 seconds, and its hit accuracy was reduced from 300 meters to 500 meters.
According to the Treaty on the Limitation of the Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the international community is prohibited from selling and acquiring ballistic missiles with a range of more than 300 km and a warhead of more than 150 kg, as well as related technologies and components. Later, the restrictions were further tightened to restrict all ballistic missiles and cruise missiles with a range of more than 300 km and a warhead of 100 kg. Therefore, it was impossible for the Soviet Union to export missiles with a longer range to Iraq, and Iraq's own research and development would not be within this scope.
This missile was of course developed by Iraq itself! It reflects the great progress of Iraq's defense industry! Those who welded the fuel tanks are all skilled Iraqi workers!
The modification progress is very fast. Now, Iraq has built twenty such missiles!
As for warheads, Iraq already had this technology! In later generations, the United States accused Iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction, which was actually correct. Although it did not have nuclear weapons, Iraq did have biological and chemical weapons!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Soviet weapons experts helped Iraq to combine warheads and missiles, and also mastered the storage and manufacturing of all Iraq’s biological and chemical weapons. In the future, these departments will always arrange for the help of Soviet experts, this is a must!
Following the order from Baghdad, near Rubaiat, on the border between Iraq and Jordan.
A modified and extended missile launcher was slowly raising the missile on top. Compared with the original Scud missile, this missile looked less than two meters longer and was painted white. The missile soldiers guarding it all wore gas masks and had serious expressions.
The fueling has been completed and the missile is ready for takeoff.
Under the setting sun, the entire missile body appeared as a long black shadow in the desert. The black shadow swayed a few times and was then surrounded by white smoke. The huge missile rose from the ground!
The Americans launched a nuclear attack on Iraq, so of course Iraq would fight back! This time, it was Iraq's official counterattack! Iraq doesn't have nuclear weapons, but it does have chemical weapons!
Sanction Iraq in the United Nations? The Soviet Union will vote against it! Moreover, by doing this, Iraq is showing its sword! It is showing its sword to the entire Middle East, the entire Western world, and especially to the United States! Don't push Iraq too far, the worst that can happen is that we will perish together!
If the United States wants to occupy this land, it must be prepared to pay a huge price! When the cost is not proportional to the benefits, the United States must give up!