My Wife is Actually a top-tier Soldier King?!-Chapter 1117 - 1050: The Mastermind Behind the Disaster!
To crack the mystery of the plane crash, the black box is absolutely crucial!
Of course.
The black box on the plane is actually not black.
On the contrary, for ease of identification and searching at the crash site, they are usually bright orange.
It’s just that since it’s bad luck—each time this item is sought, it implies a plane has gone down—thus it was named the black box.
A typical commercial airliner generally has two. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
One is the FDR, Flight Data Recorder, which is responsible for recording various data during the plane’s operation in real-time, such as heading, speed, altitude, etc. After a crash, the relevant data can be read to understand the plane’s status before it went down.
The other is the CVR, Cockpit Voice Recorder, which records the conversations within the last half-hour between pilots in the cockpit and between pilots and air traffic controllers.
Of course, certain commercial planes will also have cockpit and cabin recorders. Whether it’s a crash or other disputes and conflicts, having surveillance footage always makes investigation easier.
But the War Statistics Institute’s special jet that was struck down from high altitude by an unknown force’s quadruple missile strike tonight is even more unique.
This plane, like many military aircraft, also has a combat recorder, which is primarily used for documenting the battle process.
In the past, how could one verify claims by fighter pilots of how many enemy planes they’d shot down during aerial combat?
Aside from testimonies from other pilots, there were gun cameras next to the aircraft’s machine guns, which would take serial photographs when the guns were fired.
So, the gun camera is considered the most primitive form of combat recorder.
With the day-to-day leaps in military technology, combat recorders have become very advanced today.
Like tonight.
The VIP aircraft was cruising at high altitude when it was locked on by unidentified radar, repeatedly scanned by radar waves—a grave threat or a sign of impending fire.
Thus, the radar warning device immediately sounded an alarm, and the combat recorder also started up, recording key data such as time, position, and radar frequency.
Subsequently, when the missiles approached, the electronic countermeasures system, infrared/laser jamming system, and other defensive devices were activated, attempting to disrupt enemy radar and missiles as much as possible...and during this time, of course, the combat recorder kept working.
In summary.
From the moment the VIP aircraft was locked on by the enemy’s fire control radar to being shot down midair by missiles...
The entire battle process—what equipment participated, how it functioned, operational data, and so on—were all collected and stored by the combat recorder.
Whether it managed to escape by chance or was tragically shot down, the data within the combat recorder can be used to reconstruct the battle process, letting people know what actually transpired at the time.
If this were wartime, analyzing how the breakdown occurred, how skilled the enemy’s attack was, identifying deficiencies in our evasion and defenses, investigating and remedying deficiencies to implement appropriate measures would naturally improve combat capabilities.
Of course.
Here in Nabiya, even though it’s not wartime, it’s almost like being at war.
The War Statistics Institute’s special jet has been shot down.
Therefore, finding the combat recorder can enable us to analyze and determine which radar locked on to it and which missile model shot it down.
Looking around the world, there are actually very few countries capable of designing and developing medium-to-large-scale air defense missile systems.
Because the more advanced the equipment, the more complex and massive its components.
An excellent air defense missile system, firstly, needs to be equipped with advanced radars to detect and track targets accurately in real-time and facilitate coordinated attacks across various ranges despite interference.
Next, from detecting a target, identify friend or foe, then sorting target priority, to calculating fire control data, loading missile data, right up to missile launch and precise guidance—this requires powerful communication command and fire control equipment.
Finally, the missiles launched must have rapid startup, swift acceleration, strong maneuverability, sufficient range, and be able to largely ignore various interferences to accurately find and shoot down their targets.
In summary.
A good air defense missile system requires extreme technical strength in many high-tech industrial fields such as radar, communications, electronics, materials, etc., to be feasibly developed.
And such advanced weapons, which can take several years and massive funds to finalize, are not easily sold by military industrial powerhouses; they’re not items that money alone can buy, but also require solid relationships.
Of course.
Even with a good relationship, if you’re too poor, there’s no way to afford it.
After all, a complete set of medium-to-large missile systems can sell for billions of Gold Coins, and that only includes a hundred or two missiles.
Missiles reduce with each launch, and even when stored in depots, they require maintenance.
The more advanced the weaponry, the more expensive its upkeep costs. Though a system might seem to cost just a few billion Gold Coins, from purchase to deployment to eventual decommissioning, the total cost over its full lifecycle is at least doubled.
Now, which of those small to middle-income countries with limited annual military budgets could ever afford such lavish military playthings?
Also, because of the prohibitively high cost of medium-to-large missile systems, many nations nowadays adopt a defense strategy centered on long-range radar monitoring and jet fighters on standby.
If any unidentified targets appear, they would deploy jet fighters to intercept or chase them away, instead of broadly equipping large areas with medium-to-large missile systems.
And this is also the reason why certain military superpowers can launch surprise airstrikes against weaker nations at will, because the weaker nations’ long-range warning radars and air search radars have had their operating frequencies thoroughly deciphered.
Once an airstrike is needed, they just arrange for electronic warfare aircraft to interfere and blind them, rendering those radars useless, and the attacking squadrons naturally cruise in unobstructed.
