195: International shock: Shooting down a US fighter jet!

Over the Persian Gulf.

The J-16D No. 2 aircraft joined the battlefield.

The electronic pods on its wingtips suddenly lit up with scarlet warning lights, and the airborne electronic warfare system activated at full power. A precisely modulated deceptive signal, like a venomous snake, injected itself in reverse into the guidance system of the enemy's incoming missile!

In the radar echoes of the AIM-70 "Sparrow" medium-range air-to-air missile launched by the F-18 "Hornet", the originally clear J-16D signal suddenly split into dozens of phantom images!

Meanwhile, the real target data had already been altered to the coordinates of an EA-6B behind it!

That EA-6B had just shut down its avionics to avoid electromagnetic suppression, and now it was like a silent target in the dark of night!

The missile's active radar suddenly turned in the last second, locking onto this "flying scrap metal"!

The pilot of this EA-6B "Prowler" didn't even understand what was happening before the missile was already at his nose!

"Boom—!"

A fireball erupted at an altitude of 6000 meters, and the EA-6B's vertical stabilizer twisted and broke in the flames!

Burning aluminum-magnesium alloy fragments rained down on the sea like meteors, and the wreckage of the jamming pod trailed thick smoke, arcing in a parabola!

...At the same moment.

The F-18 "Hornet" pilot responsible for the strike mission witnessed the missile hitting its target on his radar screen, and he excitedly clenched his fist and cheered!

"Target confirmed destroyed!"

"Sir, the enemy aircraft has been destroyed!"

He reported to the Carrier Battle Group command center with full confidence.

The explosion on the radar screen made him absolutely certain of his achievement!

"The first 3.5 generation fighter jet in the Global has been shot down by me!"

The F-18 "Hornet" pilot's face was flushed with excitement.

He had never imagined that this battle would be so easy; the enemy aircraft didn't even make any evasive maneuvers before being shot down by the "Sparrow" medium-range air-to-air missile!

"No need to send a second missile..."

He removed his hand from the launch button.

At the same time, he fantasized about whether, after this battle, he would be recorded in the history of Global air combat and become an ace pilot of the USA Navy?

After all, that was the Dragon Country Air Force's fighter jet, touted as the Global's first 3.5 generation aircraft!

...Nimitz Carrier, Combat Command Center.

Rear Admiral Jack Harrison, upon hearing the frontline report, quickly walked into the Nimitz's communication room.

His fingers even trembled slightly with excitement as he typed on the encrypted terminal!

"Defense Secretary, we unfortunately 'mistakenly shot down' a J-16D fighter jet that was dangerously approaching!"

"Under the jamming cover of the EA-6B "Prowler", an F-18 used an AIM-70 "Sparrow" missile to shoot it down, and the target has crashed into the sea!"

Rear Admiral Jack Harrison said in a lowered voice.

He deliberately concealed the fact that the EA-6B "Prowler" electronic warfare aircraft had been suppressed, only reporting his side's "achievements"!

To highlight his ownMerit, he even bypassed the Chief of Naval Operations and reported this news directly to the Pentagon Secretary of Defense at the earliest opportunity.

After three seconds of silence, a hoarse reply quickly came from the other end of the communicator:

"Well done!"

"Immediately salvage the wreckage; The Pentagon and the The White House will handle the diplomatic fallout!"

The Pentagon Secretary of Defense did not blame the Nimitz super nuclear-powered Carrier Battle Group for acting first and reporting later, but rather responded with "Well done."

Because, in order to account to the The White House, The Pentagon indeed urgently needed to show a tough stance towards Dragon Country, even suppressing the Dragon Country Air Force!

...At the same time, the The White House issued an urgent Global diplomatic communiqué:

[Just now, our Sixth Fleet, while conducting routine patrols in the Persian Gulf, encountered an unidentified fighter jet making multiple dangerous approaches.

The aircraft did not respond to international identification signals and its flight path was extremely unprofessional, seriously threatening the safety of our carrier-based aircraft.

In self-defense, our fighter jet was forced to take defensive measures and unfortunately shot it down.

Preliminary assessment indicates that this incident was caused by improper technical operation of the unknown aircraft and was by no means a deliberate military action!]

As soon as this urgent Global diplomatic communiqué from the The White House was released, the Global was shocked!

Over the Persian Gulf, at this moment, besides the Dragon Country Air Force and the carrier-based aircraft of the USA' Sixth Fleet, where else were there any fighter jets?

Dragon Country and the USA made such a big commotion over that sea area; which country in the Global wouldn't pay attention to the situation there!

So, could the USA' Sixth Fleet have "mistakenly shot down" anything other than the Dragon Country Air Force's newly commissioned J-16 "Qianlong" Fighter Jet?

Could it be that the USA would mistakenly shoot down its own fighter jet?

At this moment, the Global was in an uproar!

The Kremlin.

When the Soviet Union's military high command and decision-makers learned of this news for the first time, they couldn't help but stand up in shock!

They never expected that the military standoff between Dragon Country and the USA would actually escalate into real conflict!

The USA even shot down one of Dragon Country's newest J-16 "Qianlong" Fighter Jets!

Although the The White House was trying its best to diplomatically downplay the fact of this military engagement, attributing it to a "mistake" incident.

But which country in the Global wasn't fully aware of the ins and outs of this matter?

"Did they really engage in combat?"

"Has the news been confirmed?"

The ruler of the The Kremlin couldn't help but ask the military.

"The The White House's news is true!"

"Our satellites have been monitoring the Persian Gulf, and indeed, a fighter jet was shot down and crashed into the sea!"

The Defense Minister of the Soviet Union's Ministry of National Defense replied.

"Good!"

"Let the USA deal with Dragon Country first!"

"Let the ignorant Dragon Country withdraw from the Middle East as soon as possible!"

"That is not a region they have the strength to interfere with..."

The ruler of the The Kremlin said with a smile.

It's good that fighter jets from both sides were shot down and crashed into the sea; no matter which side's fighter jet was shot down, the Soviet Union was happy to watch the show!

In fact, compared to Dragon Country, he would rather see the USA' fighter jets shot down!

But he understood that the Dragon Country Air Force simply did not possess that kind of strength!

Moreover, the Dragon Country Military had even less of that kind of courage!

...Shat Country, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and other Persian Gulf coastal countries were all shocked after receiving the The White House's urgent diplomatic communiqué!

At the same time, their brains couldn't help but buzz!

The Middle East countries at this moment had only one thought: "The sky has fallen"!

They never expected that these two countries, after a military standoff, would actually engage in real combat!

How could this matter possibly end well now?

Wouldn't this turn their Middle East region upside down?

If it were a proxy war, the conflict would at most be considered a skirmish, with intensity within controllable limits.

As long as the big brothers behind both sides decided not to fight anymore or reached an exchange of interests, the war could stop the very next day!

But now, Dragon Country and the USA had actually entered the fray themselves!

It's important to know that both of these countries are nuclear-armed nations!

And more importantly, this battle also took place in their Middle East region and over the most important Persian Gulf!

At this instant, the Defense Ministers of Shat Country, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and other Persian Gulf coastal countries held an emergency teleconference, hoping to use their limited power to make this a minor issue out of a major one, and an even smaller issue out of a minor one!

"Prince Khalid, your Shat Country has good relations with both the USA and Dragon Country; please do your best to mediate this matter!"

"At least don't let the conflict between the two sides happen in the Middle East region and the Persian Gulf!"

"Dragon Country suffered a loss this time, but the USA also gave them a way out, publicly stating that it was a 'mistake'!"

"How about we, the Persian Gulf coastal countries, all go to Dragon Country to buy some weapons and equipment, give Dragon Country some 'compensation', and mediate a bit!"

Kuwait's Defense Minister proposed to Prince Khalid, the Defense Minister of Shat Country.

Although this matter was not directly related to them, this was precisely the helplessness of being small nations!

Once the Persian Gulf is in chaos, their oil and natural gas, as energy-producing coastal nations, would be unable to be exported, and everyone would go hungry!

So these countries were willing to pay a huge "medical fee" to the side that suffered losses in the Dragon Country and USA engagement, hoping to quickly quell this storm!

"Okay, I will contact the Defense Ministers of Dragon Country and the USA and strive to mediate this matter!"

"We absolutely cannot let the situation escalate further!"

Prince Khalid said without hesitation.

At the same time, he secretly rejoiced that fortunately, it was Dragon Country's fighter jet that was shot down this time.

After all, Dragon Country's strength was inherently weaker than the USA, and having suffered a bit of a loss, plus the Middle East countries being willing to provide a huge "medical fee," Dragon Country would probably be willing to let the matter rest!

If the USA had been the one to suffer losses this time, he dared not even imagine the scene!