[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-131":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2077510,3287,"Chapter 131","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-131",131,"\u003Cp>Hearing his teammates' curses, the pilot named William quickly spotted the missile in the stolen thermal imaging feed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, he and his teammates pulled up hard to gain altitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, once a fighter jet is locked by a missile, even an F-22 has a very slim chance of escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For although fighter jets possess certain maneuverability and flexibility, along with the skills of excellent pilots,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in actual combat, breaking a missile lock is usually an extremely difficult task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is because modern air-to-air missiles typically far exceed fighter jets in speed, generally around Mach 4, with some even surpassing Mach 6.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This means that once locked by a missile, the fighter must react quickly to avoid being shot down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, even experienced pilots feel immense pressure when facing a missile lock,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>especially in tense and dangerous situations where they may lose their composure and make erroneous decisions, thereby increasing the probability of being shot down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, the escape probability lies between 10% and 20%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone the PL-21 fired by the J-20, which is an active radar-guided missile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should be known that with technological development, one thing is clear: the value of dogfight missiles is diminishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, regarding dogfight missiles, various nations are improving flexibility rather than range, demanding all-aspect capabilities that allow coordination with helmet-mounted sights to guide missiles toward targets for off-boresight launches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon entering the fifth-generation fighter era, since both sides utilize stealth aircraft, beyond-visual-range decisive engagement has inevitably become the mainstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to destroy targets at ultra-long ranges is the key to future fighter jets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Past semi-active radar guidance has been eliminated; for instance, Long Country's PL-15 and PL-21 have both entered the era of active radar guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Equipped with millimeter-wave common phased array radar, they can easily lock onto an F-22.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an explosion rang out,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an F-22 fighter jet turned into a ball of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Matt...!!!\" Pilot William watched in horror as his comrade's fighter jet transformed into a fireball, his heart unable to find peace for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should be known that this was the first F-22 Raptor fighter jet destroyed since they entered the Syrian battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, whenever they appeared in Syrian airspace, they were invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those surface-to-air missiles simply could not lock onto them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, during this period, relying on F-22 fighters sharp as daggers, they had destroyed countless Syrian air defense weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had also killed many civilians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some pilots would even deliberately target missile strikes at civilian areas; even when condemned,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they would claim it was an aircraft accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they had done when they bombed the embassy years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, their supposedly invincible F-22 Raptor fighter jets\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had actually been destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, they hadn't even detected the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't know what kind of fighter jet it was, or which country it belonged to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This beyond-visual-range combat made the Ugly Country's pilots feel instantly as if they didn't know how to fight anymore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because in the past, no country possessed such capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To detect and lock onto an F-22 Raptor from such a great distance was astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the F-22's stealth capabilities were utterly useless against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more terrifying was the enemy's missile speed: Mach 6, equivalent to 2.052 kilometers per second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that in just one and a half minutes, the missile could traverse two hundred kilometers, exceeding the F-22's radar detection range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This speed was too fast;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>basically, by the time the F-22 detected the missile, it was already nearly upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without time to mourn the lost teammate, pilot William, who had just narrowly dodged the missile in a hair-raising maneuver, immediately spoke into the communication system:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thomas, scatter, Formation 5!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"OK!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the remaining two jets banked sharply and scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two aircraft moved like two pincers heading toward the incoming missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, giving them no chance to catch their breath, more missiles flew toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The F-22s immediately launched two AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missiles to intercept the incoming ordnance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why they hadn't fired earlier,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was because they hadn't even had time to react before the enemy missiles were already upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically, once locked, aside from evading, they could perform no other actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, having learned from the recent lesson, they immediately began engaging the enemy missiles with their own in a missile duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, the two PL-21 missiles were intercepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they had no time to relax, as the dripping alarm sounds on their aircraft rang out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"FUCK!\" William couldn't help but curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the enemy's tactic of never showing themselves while continuously firing sneak attacks from long range\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>felt too despicable to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have the skill, let us fight steel against steel and let our flying skills speak,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instead of constantly shooting from the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy, relying on stealth capabilities and beyond-visual-range strikes, truly made the F-22 pilots feel extremely frustrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, they would never have guessed that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on their stealth capabilities, they slaughtered without restraint in the skies above other nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't that utterly despicable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lin Yi, piloting the J-20, knew what the F-22 pilots were thinking, he would probably have scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in close-quarters combat, he had no fear of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, over 5,000 hours of life-or-death battles and hundreds of near-death experiences were no joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But conversely, why should he abandon his own advantages to fight them on their terms?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wouldn't make him a hero; it would make him an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Lin Yi possessed the advantage of unlimited ammunition and energy as long as he had money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, no matter how many missiles he fired, he could wear the enemy down to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these American F-22 pilots were completely unaware of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They retaliated with AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was their ammunition load.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the F-22 could carry a maximum of eight missiles—two more than the J-20's main bay—they had already fired theirs over Syria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the two aircraft actually had very little ammunition left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thomas, how many missiles do you have left?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William asked over the communication system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only have one AIM-120 missile left!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas checked his remaining ammunition count, his expression turning extremely grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the enemy fired another volley, he would be completely empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, in just that brief moment, the opponent had launched seven of those ultra-fast air-to-air missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was, to this day, they still couldn't determine exactly how many enemy aircraft were present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were fighting only one plane, the opponent should now be nearly out of ammunition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if there were multiple aircraft, they would have to retreat immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the opponent had been avoiding close-range combat the entire time, seeming to understand the F-22's radar system perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply couldn't lock onto the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the faces of the two F-22 pilots turn extremely ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they could dwell on it further, the familiar beeping sound rang out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before they could dwell on it further, the familiar beeping sounded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas immediately fired his last remaining missile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas immediately fired the last remaining missile.\u003C\u002Fp>",1195,"2026-06-16T04:12:22.327Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","e5fd3c498aa69e6a1b926b67a54676b455b1b69ee37b6810b1ef63646b27de87","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-132","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-130",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]