15: Chapter 15 The Global Hawk Became a Dazzling Fireball

"What is the situation? Where did the problem arise?" Lieutenant Colonel David asked urgently at the first moment.

There were many tasks being carried out in this hall simultaneously, and Lieutenant Colonel David could not immediately determine where the problem lay.

"Report, the feedback from the Global Hawk indicates that it has been locked on by an anti-aircraft missile."

A soldier operating the Global Hawk stood up and reported.

"Locked on by an anti-aircraft missile? At what location?"

"Located at the Israel border, not far from the Golan Heights." The soldier pointed out the specific location to Lieutenant Colonel David.

This location was right at the junction of Israel and Syria; if it were not for the fact that the air forces of Syria and Iran were not strong, it would be a hot spot for air combat.

So, whose country's anti-aircraft missile could it be?

Syria?

Syria did not have many anti-aircraft missiles at all.

Iran?

The performance of Iran's anti-aircraft missiles was not considered outstanding, and the possibility of them discovering the Global Hawk was extremely low.

Russia?

Russia would not have many anti-aircraft missiles deployed in Syria for combat right now.

After a moment of analysis, Lieutenant Colonel David dismissed each suspicion, shook his head, and immediately issued a series of orders.

"Immediately deploy infrared decoys, change flight direction, accelerate, increase flight altitude, and do everything possible to shake off the anti-aircraft missile attack."

Everyone in the hall was scrambling to perform various operations, their busyness tinged with a hint of panic.

...

After the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile flew away from the launch vehicle, Li Yi immediately focused on the missile's flight trajectory.

The Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile closed in on the Global Hawk's flight path step by step, its speed increasing rapidly, accelerating instantly from a standstill to Mach 8.5, getting closer and closer to the Global Hawk.

Less than a minute of flight time felt so long.

Li Yi watched nervously as the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile traced a perfect curve, opening its gluttonous maw in front of the Global Hawk, intending to cover the Global Hawk within its blast radius.

The Global Hawk did not give up on resistance, forcibly changing its flight direction, turning at a slight angle, trying to escape this area. At the same time, it pulled up its nose, increased its flight altitude, and released four or five infrared decoys.

However, the sound of the Global Hawk being locked on did not stop, forcing it to once again squeeze out the Global Hawk's performance, increasing its flight speed, and releasing all of its infrared decoys at once.

Li Yi saw the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile immediately rule out the Global Hawk's infrared decoys, completely ignoring these decoys flying everywhere, and after adjusting its direction, it continued to track the Global Hawk.

The scene of an anti-aircraft missile and a drone chasing each other appeared in this airspace.

Such a scene did not last long; the flight speed of the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile far exceeded that of the Global Hawk, and it soon intercepted the Global Hawk at an altitude of 18,600 meters.

"Boom!"

"Crash!"

Two violent explosion sounds rang out.

After the explosion of the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile rang out, the sound of the Global Hawk impacting and exploding also followed.

A dazzling ball of fire appeared in the sky, instantly illuminating the night sky.

The wreckage of the Global Hawk splattered everywhere, falling toward the ground and drifting apart.

The entire night sky returned to darkness, with only a little light appearing where the Global Hawk fell.

Li Yi watched as the Global Hawk target disappeared from the ground-based radar and immediately determined the range of the Global Hawk's crash site.

Subsequently, without hesitation, he immediately packed up the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile launch equipment.

At the same time, he operated the launcher to release radar interference signals, making this narrow valley seem as if it were erased from satellite detection, placing it in a vacuum zone for reconnaissance.

Li Yi did not stay here for long; he immediately used the teleportation function of the Multiverse Arms Trading System to leave the Golan Heights and return to Pengcheng.

...

Lieutenant Colonel David's orders were conveyed to every Global Hawk operator in time.

However, it still took some time for these orders to reach the Global Hawk.

As the soldiers operating the Global Hawk input various data one by one, the Global Hawk began to slowly change its flight direction.

However, this change was already too late.

Time, every second, seemed so tense and critical at this moment.

After receiving the orders, before the Global Hawk could shake off the anti-aircraft missile's lock, it plunged headlong into the missile's interception path like a moth to a flame.

Without much time to escape, it was soon to be hit by the anti-aircraft missile.

The red alarm sound continued to ring.

"Report, the Global Hawk cannot shake off the anti-aircraft missile and is about to be destroyed."

Seeing that there was nothing more to be done, the soldier immediately reported to Lieutenant Colonel David.

Lieutenant Colonel David clenched his fist tightly and slammed it onto the workbench in front of him, a trace of anger appearing in his heart.

"Calm down!"

After the red light appeared in his eyes, it was immediately suppressed by reason.

Lieutenant Colonel David ordered: "Immediately remotely destroy all information carried by the Global Hawk. Attention! All information!"

Since it was already irredeemable, he could only choose to reduce the losses.

Lieutenant Colonel David knew that if what the Global Hawk had done were discovered by other countries, it would certainly cause a huge uproar.

After all, the Global Hawk flying into another country's airspace to spy on their intelligence, once actual evidence was caught, would put the USA in a passive position.

Although the USA was not afraid of such a passive position, if these pieces of evidence could be destroyed, it could allow the USA to deny it with more justification, and perhaps even turn the tables to accuse other countries of shooting down their own Global Hawk.

The soldiers in the hall faithfully executed Lieutenant Colonel David's orders, detonating the bombs hidden within the Global Hawk.

After Lieutenant Colonel David watched the monitoring screen completely lose the Global Hawk's signal, a sense of powerlessness washed over him.

With such an event occurring, his handling of it was not problematic, but he still could not avoid being held accountable; if it were serious, he might lose his current position.

But now that it had already happened, he could only handle the aftermath in a timely manner, which might earn him some points and result in a lighter penalty.

Lieutenant Colonel David asked the soldier beside him: "Are there any of our fighter jets or our allies' fighter jets near the crash site?"

"There are our fighter jets, but they are all executing missions and cannot be pulled away for the time being. As for our allies' fighter jets, there are Israel's fighter jets that can cover the crash site."

"Immediately contact the Israel Air Force, have them scramble fighter jets immediately, find the anti-aircraft missile position that attacked the Global Hawk, and launch a full-scale bombing."

Lieutenant Colonel David hurriedly ordered, "At the same time, have Israel dispatch troops to enter the Global Hawk's crash area, take over that area, and find every piece of wreckage that fell; do not let other countries obtain this wreckage!"

"We will immediately form an investigation team to head to the crash area to investigate the situation, find the cause, and figure out why we could not discover the enemy's anti-aircraft missile position in time."