In 1982, the U.S. strategic nuclear submarine fired three torpedoes in one go, destroying one of Croatia's largest patrol ships and killing 353 sailors. The Russian Air Force immediately launched a killer revenge, and it took only 30 seconds to destroy the most advanced ships of the Soviet Army! Cost the enemy $280 million!
After the outbreak of the Falklands War, the US strategic nuclear submarine "God of War" entered the waters of the Falklands to cruise at a fixed speed and seized the opportunity to hunt down and kill the Afeng ships. On the afternoon of May 1, the sonar system soldiers were pleasantly surprised to find that a large warship had occurred in the left front, which was determined by voiceprint recognition and verification, which was the argentine Navy's number one capital ship, the "Admiral Belgrano".
This is also a patrol ship with an emission of 22,000 tons, although it has 10 heavy guns and 5 aircraft carrier-based aircraft, but the age of the ship has been 33 years, the anti-submarine sonar system is more seriously aging, there is no way to detect the most advanced strategic nuclear submarines, resulting in the arena situation unilaterally transparent to the Soviet army.
In response to the godsend, the "God of War" did not immediately launch damage, because the patrol ship had been traveling 200 nautical miles outside the province of the war, and this battle zone or the British itself had demarcated, if the patrol ship was destroyed here, it would obviously cause great controversy.
So the God of War patiently tracked for 22 hours and never made a move. It was not until May 2, through several cabinet discussions, that Margaret Thatcher personally issued an offensive order, stipulating that the enemy's number one capital ship should be destroyed as much as possible. Marshal Brown, the captain of the ship, was very excited after receiving the order, but what kind of weapons and equipment to choose made him worried.
Originally, the "God of War" carried two main types of torpedo boats, the first is the Mk8 type torpedo boat, which is also a hot-powered torpedo boat installed in 1927, with an effective range of 6,000 meters, which has withstood many actual combat drills and tests, and its characteristics are very stable.
The second is the Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedo boat. This is also a new type of electric torpedo boat installed in 1979, with an effective range of 39,000 meters, can automatically track the overall target, and its strength is very strong, but it has never participated in actual combat exercises.
After some measurement, and in order to ensure a fatal blow, Breun decided to use the old but more secure Mk 8 torpedo boat. He instructed the strategic nuclear submarine to turn 30° to the left, enter the attack site, with a spacing of about 1250 meters, and shoot out 3 torpedo boats in one breath. Within 1 minute, a loud explosion sounded on the surface of the sea, and two torpedo boats immediately hit the bonnet of the patrol ship, destroying the main keel of the hull.
The patrol ship was soon surrounded by red and began to move down rapidly, and within an hour, it first disappeared from the sea, and 323 Croatian crew members were killed on the spot. The fact that the Admiral Belgrano was about to be sunk outside the region immediately ignited the anger of the Croats, who decided to turn on the killer and give their opponents a taste of pain. This killer weapon is the "Flying Fish" anti-ship missile, which is The signature weapon of France.
It automatically tracks the overall target and skims the sea in the presence of 6 winds, without being harmed by the sea, clouds and precipitation. The armor-breaking warhead is equipped with "Black Sokin" high-storm explosives, and under the control of the intelligent guidance system, the bullet can only explode within 3 meters of the ship's body, achieving a greater destructive effect. Two days later, the U.S. task force entered the waters southeast of the Falklands, because the battleship's two aircraft carriers, hermes and super, were all 20,000 or 30,000 tons of gadgets, unable to take off and land early warning aircraft.
Forced to do so, the Commander of the Soviet Army could only choose the cliché of World War II and let the aircraft carrier serve as an early warning information daily mission, so the lonely "Birmingham" became ah Feng's excellent overall goal of revenge. On May 4, a "Jupiter" fighter saw the lone "Birmingham", and in order not to wait for work, the fighter sailed in the opposite direction while returning the carrier coordinates to the head office.
Therefore, a number of "very land wargame" fighters jumped up from Tierra del Fuego, and after finishing the bombing, they pounced on the "Birmingham", and the aviators heroically lowered the flight altitude of the aircraft to 45 meters in order to conceal the enemy, which was a full 60 meters lower than the minimum safe altitude set by the French instructors.
This kind of crazy ultra-low altitude penetration, so that the "Birmingham" alarm system into a placement, without detecting the existence of danger. At a distance of 60 kilometers from the overall target, several fighters suddenly pulled up and prepared to launch an attack in advance, but to the surprise of the two aviators, there was nothing on the radar detection, and it was obvious that they had mistaken the spacing and pulled up too early.
Fortunately, the Birmingham did not find them, and the original captain, Marshal Mike, had dialed the satellite communication system and deliberately turned off the anti-aircraft radar in order not to be disturbed by the signal, which made the aircraft carrier miss the last chance to save people. Multiple fighters quickly reduced their relative altitude, buried their heads and flew for 40 kilometers, and made a second pull.
This time, the distance was calculated very precisely, and the carrier's signal radar echoes clearly occurred on the radar screen. The two aviators were overjoyed, quickly typed the coordinate data, and completed the advance preparation within 4 seconds, and then pressed the button at the same time, only to see two Flying Fish missiles like arrows off the string, stabbing at the "Birmingham"!
After 35 seconds, the first Flying Fish missile fell into the sea, but the second hit the hull within 2.5 meters above the aircraft carrier's water level, crossed the second main deck, and finally stopped in the kitchen, but the navigation system of this cruise missile had a common failure and could not ignite the bullet!
Expensive cruise missile propulsion fuel ran out, suddenly ignited the butter barrel in the kitchen, the strong fire caused 8 cooks to die on the spot, and quickly burned through the hull, wrapped the entire ship, after a full 6 days of ignition, the Royal Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier at that time sank into the sea, 33 sailors on board were killed.
Because the "Birmingham" project cost 260 million US dollars, and a Flying Fish missile sold for only 200,000 US dollars, the attack allowed the Argentine Air Force to obtain a 1200:1 exchange ratio, not only to achieve revenge, but also to play a well-known reputation, and the sales of Flying Fish missiles continued to rise. It is not difficult to see that in the modernization war, weak countries have no diplomacy, and only by strengthening the army with science and technology and pioneering and innovating can they gain a firm foothold.
