From midnight after receiving the news that US President Frederick would deliver a televised speech to the American people at Camp David at Camp David at C:C EST, until dawn, Zhao Rundong, Pang Xinglong, and Pan Yunsheng did not receive any major news related to the war from the Military Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies.

"Maybe last night's fighting was fierce." Pan Yunsheng yawned and stretched.

"If there's any new news, call me immediately." Zhao Rundong was also very tired.

Pan Yunsheng nodded, and picked up a cigarette before getting up. "No problem, I'll go back and keep an eye on it, and I'll contact you again when I have news."

"Xiaopang, you also go back to rest......"

Before Zhao Rundong finished speaking, the phone on the table rang.

Pan Yunsheng hesitated for a moment and went over to pick up the microphone. Almost all of the calls that came to the study of the head of state last night were looking for Pan Yunsheng, not Zhao Rundong.

"Yes, I'm ...... What the? I see...... Okay, sort it out as soon as possible and send someone to send it. ”

Hearing Pan Yunsheng's words, Pang Xinglong, who had just gotten up and was about to say goodbye, sat down again.

Zhao Rundong took two sips of tea and looked at Pan Yunsheng.

"Just got the message. The U.S. military bombed Iranian strategic targets on a massive scale. Iran's losses were very heavy. The residences of many important people in the interior, including the presidential palace, the residence of the Supreme Spiritual Leader, and the residence of the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, were bombed. Thankfully, all the important leaders have taken refuge. ”

Zhao Rundong frowned slightly. "What about Iran's military losses?"

"Tehran's air defense system was almost completely destroyed. But there's good news. ”

Hear this. Zhao Rundong and Pang Xinglong came to the spirit at the same time.

Pan Yunsheng deliberately paused for a while. Only then did he smile and said: "At least one B-2 was shot down." ”

"What!?" Pang Xinglong almost jumped up from his chair.

"The information has been confirmed that the downed pilot landed near an Iranian army that was heading from Qom to Tehran and surrendered to the Iranian army without resistance. B fell in the desert northwest of Lake Namac, only before the arrival of Iranian troops, American troops dropped at least a few tons of incendiary bombs on the site. Pan Yunsheng smiled bitterly, "The agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau have already rushed over, but don't expect anything, it is unlikely that they will find something valuable." ”

"Anyway, it's not a small matter."

"Two billion dollars are gone."

Hearing the words of the two, Pan Yunsheng laughed. "The loss of one plane is a trifle, and the loss of two billion dollars is also a trifle. In my opinion, the greatest significance of this result is that the US military does not dare to use the B bomb machine lightly again. Without the B-2, the US military's strategic strike capability will be greatly affected, and the subsequent battles will be even more difficult to fight. ”

Zhao Rundong nodded slightly, and Pang Xinglong also agreed.

For the US military, the importance of B is definitely above that of the F-22.

Even without F, with its powerful system combat capability and relying on advanced information technology, the US military can still use F-35, F-15F/A-18E/F and other fighter jets to defeat the Iranian Air Force and seize air supremacy. Without the B-2, the US military loses its strategic strike capability.

In the case of the use of JDAM or "small diameter bombs", the B strike is 3524 times more powerful than the F-3524!

In other words, 1 B-2 can destroy 24 times more targets than the F-35 in one sortie!

The stealth performance of the B is 35 times that of the F-35, and the chance of detection is less than one percent of that of the F-35. B has an unrivalled ability to strike high-value strategic targets that are heavily protected. According to the results of the US military's own calculations, the ability to strike strategic targets is 35 times higher than that of F-00 tactical aircraft.

Since the B-2 entered service, the U.S. military has been using it for strategic strike missions.

Because of the high degree of confidence in the B-war capability and the changes in combat methods and operational thinking after the Cold War, the United States has not developed a new strategic bomber after the B-war period.

It is also said that in the US military, there is no other aircraft that can replace the B-2.

If the B-1B and B-52H are used for strategic strike missions, only air-launched cruise missiles can be used.

When dealing with many reinforced strategic targets, especially underground targets, the power of air-launched cruise missiles is obviously insufficient, and they cannot play a role at all, and it is necessary to use ground-penetrating munitions with a short range of range. Until Iran's ground air defense capability is completely destroyed, it is impossible for the US military to risk allowing B-1B or B to carry ground-penetrating bombs on volley bombing missions.

No matter what reason that B-2 was shot down, the US military will definitely "ground" all B-2s.

In such a situation, the US military will lose its main, if not the only, means of destroying Iran's strategic command capability.

This result will certainly have a major impact on the US-Iraq war, which has just begun.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Rundong said to Pan Yunsheng: "Find out the reason for the downing of the B-2 as soon as possible, and if you can get part of the wreckage of the B-2, you must get it back at all costs." ”

"Don't worry, the relevant work has already been arranged."

"Director Pan, do you mean that you expected the B-2 to be shot down?" Pang Xinglong couldn't believe it.

Pan Yunsheng smiled and said, "I'll go back and redeploy, and I'll contact you as soon as I have any new news." ”

"Okay, we'll hear from you."

After getting up to say goodbye, Pan Yunsheng hurriedly left the Führer's Mansion.

There is also not a single exact word about the reasons for the downing of the B-2 until the end of the war.

According to the US announcement

The B-2 was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, but crashed on Iranian territory after a mechanical failure in the execution and inability to return to the base. For this reason, the US military has also come up with a lot of evidence. For example, the B-2U did not carry out sufficient maintenance in accordance with the relevant regulations before performing the second mission, the ground crew did not complete all the tests in accordance with the regulations when checking the engine and operating system, the B-2 that "crashed" had flown for 6,732 hours before, and there was a problem with the main bearing frame of the left wing at the initial detection, and the base maintenance personnel did not report it in time.

There is some truth in the US military's claims, but they are not credible.

Judging from the photos of the scene released by Iran, the B-2 did not disintegrate before the crash, let alone break the wing. The 2 American pilots captured by Iran also confessed before the end of the war that the fighter did not suffer mechanical failure during the mission. Before being "shot down", they all felt a violent shock in the fuselage, which was obviously the "performance" of the missile after hitting the fighter.

The problem is that Iran's "evidence" is also unconvincing.

According to information released by Iran, it was an anti-aircraft missile of the "Hongqi 911" type that shot down the B-2. At that time, the long-range anti-aircraft missile forces, located in the southern region of Tehran, launched a total of 3 "Hongqi 911" missiles, 2 of which were deceived by the jamming system of the B-2, and the last 1 hit the target.

Contrary to the results announced by Iran, after returning to the United States after the war,2 US military pilots all claimed that before the "crash," neither the B radar warning plane nor the missile warning aircraft sounded the alarm, and the self-defense jamming system was not activated, let alone avoided the first two missiles.

Later, the US military also came up with relatively strong evidence.

The two F-22A fighters accompanying the B-2 operation returned home without incident. Before the B-2 "crashed", the pilots of the F fighter saw only a fireball on the side wing of the B-2, did not see the shot at the B missile, and the radar warning aircraft on the fighter did not raise the alarm.

It's just that many people don't believe in the "evidence" of the US military, because in actual combat, escort fighters will not be so close.

Was the bottom of the b shot down, or did it crash because of a malfunction?

The easiest way to prove that the B-2 missile was shot down is to prove that the Iranian ground radar can detect B, and if the radar can't detect the B-2, why did the missile shoot down B

Does Iran have any radars capable of detecting the B-2?

This question is easy to answer. Not to mention Iran, none of the radars that countries around the world were equipped with at that time could effectively detect the B-2.

Based on this, it is widely believed that Iran has taken "shit luck".

According to outside speculation, the B-2 bombed target at an air defense command center located in southern Tehran, and when it was shot down, it had already entered the bomb delivery channel, opened the bomb bay, and was ready to drop laser-guided bombs. It was also at this time that a nearby radar spotted the B-2 and launched the missile at the fastest speed. It was not the "Red Arrow 91" air defense missile that shot down the B-2, but the "Red Arrow 11" medium- and short-range air defense missile, because when the B-2 was planning to bomb the route into the ground, it would certainly try to avoid the long-range air defense missile, and thus was forced to enter the strike range of the mobile medium- and short-range air defense missile. In addition, the "Red Arrow 11" has dual-mode guidance capabilities, and it is very likely that the attack B "Red Arrow 11" uses infrared passive homing instead of radar active ground finding. If B's missile warning aircraft malfunctions, or if the missile enters directly below (the detection blind spot of the B-2 missile warning aircraft), the B-2U will not react until it is hit by the missile. As for Pilot F's report, it is very likely that it is a perjury "fabricated" by the US military in order to save face.

In order to prove that the US military "falsified" evidence, some "good deeds" also made deductions.

With the tactics of the US military, after the B-2 dropped the bomb, the accompanying F-22A was responsible for the guidance. In this case, the F-22 flies at an altitude of more than 5500 meters, and the B-2 has a high probability of entering below 200 meters.

In addition, in order to avoid mutual interference, the F-22 and the B-2 were at least 20 kilometers horizontally, and it was night, and the F-22 pilots could not see the fireball coming from the B-2's wings.

What the truth is, I'm afraid the US military knows best.

Soon after the end of the war, the U.S. military withdrew the remaining 18Bs to extend the life of all active B-1Bs so that they could serve until 2036, and began to develop hypersonic air-launched cruise missiles capable of attacking underground facilities, as well as B-Xs to replace B-11Bs.

The B-X is not only a stealth bomber, but also the first hypersonic stealth bomber!

It can be seen from this that the US military has serious doubts about the battlefield survivability of the subsonic stealth bomber of the B category, which is mainly based on low-altitude penetration, otherwise it would not have launched the B-XX program, which cost tens of billions. There is only one reason that can make the US military lose confidence in the B-2: the emergence of an air defense radar capable of detecting and locking on the B!

Subsequently, when the US Air Force and the Navy jointly developed the ATFA (Future Combat Attack Aircraft), they not only put forward higher stealth requirements, but also put forward the requirement that active stealth equipment must be adopted, which can also prove that during the US-Iraq war, Iran was equipped with air defense radars that can detect stealth fighters.

Apparently, the B-2 was "crashed", but "shot down"!

Damn it**

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