14: Chapter 14 Let's go see God as soon as possible.

Night gradually blanketed the entire land, all light vanished, and only hazy shadows could be seen in the distance.

Li Yi closely monitored the information displayed on the ground-based radar, waiting for two hours.

Just as he was getting impatient, the ground-based radar suddenly displayed a red alarm signal.

"Warning! Warning! Enemy aircraft detected intruding into the ground-based radar detection zone. Please respond immediately!"

Li Yi perked up and muttered to himself.

"A big fish has appeared!"

Looking at the enemy aircraft displayed on the radar, it was positioned above and to the left of the Golan Heights, gradually crossing the border of Syria.

Li Yi immediately pulled up the analysis data for the enemy aircraft; a short ten seconds later, the aircraft's information appeared before him.

"Enemy aircraft detected as an RQ-4 Global Hawk. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a drone capable of conducting spectral analysis for intelligence work, providing rear commanders with a battlefield overview or the ability to carry out detailed target surveillance."

"Length 13.4 meters, height 4.62 meters, wingspan 35.4 meters, cruising speed 635 km/h, maximum flight speed 740 km/h, maximum flight altitude nearly 20,000 meters, range 26,000 kilometers, endurance 42 hours."

"Current flight altitude 18,000 meters, flight speed 480 km/h, estimated time to reach the effective engagement range of the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile is 3 minutes and 12 seconds."

Li Yi found it strange; although Israel had drones, they were not equipped with the Global Hawk.

Why was a Global Hawk appearing now?

Could it be that the aircraft flying over the Golan Heights was not an Israeli aircraft, but one from another country?

The Global Hawk is equipped entirely by the USA and its subordinate allied or puppet states.

It was impossible for these subordinate or puppet states to send a Global Hawk to appear over the Golan Heights.

Therefore, the most likely possibility was that it was a Global Hawk dispatched by the USA.

Li Yi was not surprised that the USA had dispatched a Global Hawk for aerial reconnaissance.

After all, the USA had deployed troops into Syria and also had military bases in Israel.

It was not strange for them to have a Global Hawk deployed.

However, Li Yi had originally intended to only attack Israeli aircraft, but now a USA aircraft had appeared; should he attack it?

This question was placed before Li Yi.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yi immediately decided to shoot it down first and deal with the consequences later.

In any case, this region was quite chaotic, with various factions densely packed within it; even if he shot it down, it would be difficult to pinpoint the location where the anti-aircraft missile was launched for some time.

Moreover, Iran had a precedent of shooting down a USA Global Hawk, and this set of Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile would also be received by Iran; when the time came, he could frame Iran for it, and let Iran take the blame.

Without further hesitation, Li Yi opened the various systems of the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile one by one.

As each launcher of the anti-aircraft missile was activated one by one, all the equipment entered launch status in just one minute.

Looking at the locked-on Global Hawk, Li Yi said silently in his heart, "Go meet God early!" and then pressed the red launch button.

A slight "whoosh" sounded, and then a Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile was launched from the launch vehicle, quickly leaving the area, diving into the night sky, and pouncing toward the Global Hawk.

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Aviano Air Base.

The USA Air Force command center stationed in Italy; it housed the reconnaissance wing, airlift wing, and rescue wing of the USA 16th Air Force, with a relatively large scale of combat aircraft, and it also directly commanded the air forces located in Israel and Turkey.

The 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing was an intelligence squadron located at this air base, currently using the deployed Global Hawk to carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance work.

Through image analysis, data processing, encryption and decryption, geographic mapping, and signal collection, they conducted full-spectrum intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance coverage, providing the USA with various comprehensive signal intelligence.

The RQ-4 Global Hawk currently taking off departed from an air base in Turkey, detoured through Israel, flew over Syria, reached Iran, and then returned to Turkey.

Such flights were basically carried out once every month, unless a major event occurred in these regions, in which case they would be temporarily suspended.

Lieutenant Colonel David was currently monitoring this Global Hawk intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission.

He had been engaged in this type of work for ten years.

It was just that he needed to change air bases for work periodically.

Lieutenant Colonel David had been at Aviano Air Base for less than three months.

Because the Global Hawk had relatively advanced performance, and the countries along the route had no effective anti-aircraft weapons at all, Lieutenant Colonel David had no worries at all about this flight mission.

Even though Israel had just conducted an airstrike on Iran, and the situation had been tense for a time.

However, Lieutenant Colonel David still believed that the Global Hawk could complete this intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance work before Iran noticed.

Personnel from the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing were busily using the Distributed Common Ground System to collect various information and intelligence; the entire hall was in a state of busyness, with personnel walking around or reporting the latest relevant situations from time to time.

Various flashing screens and constantly updating data were displaying the latest intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance progress.

The soldiers operating the Global Hawk flight were communicating in low voices.

"The flight program has been set, the flight route is safe, and no abnormalities have been found yet."

"Intelligence shared by Israel shows that Iran has no plans to dispatch fighter jets, and currently no Iranian fighter jets have been detected taking off."

"We are still using the RQ-4 Global Hawk; this drone is already starting to be retired. When will we be able to be equipped with the RQ-180 drone?"

"Forget about that drone; it only serves domestically for now. But seeing that the RQ-180 drone has stronger stealth capabilities and superior overall performance makes me envious just thinking about it."

Lieutenant Colonel David listened to the soldiers' discussion without interfering, as long as they did not affect the flight mission.

The RQ-180 drone had been in service for more than three years, and Lieutenant Colonel David had once lobbied for it to serve in the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, but it did not receive any support and was mercilessly rejected.

Now he could only continue to use the RQ-4 Global Hawk.

"The Global Hawk is not bad either; for other countries, it is still the most advanced unmanned reconnaissance aircraft."

Lieutenant Colonel David comforted himself.

"The Global Hawk is more than enough to complete intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance work in these regions. After returning to domestic service in the future, I should be able to use the RQ-180 drone. By then, work will be easier, and I won't need to stare at it every moment throughout the entire flight process."

Just as Lieutenant Colonel David was letting his thoughts drift, a harsh alarm suddenly sounded in the hall, and the flashing red lights brought Lieutenant Colonel David back to his senses.

At the same time, the hall suddenly went quiet, as if God had pressed the pause button.