After learning how alien spacecraft used decoys, Great East's military industry workers immediately increased the yield and shrapnel payload of missile warheads. The Sentinels' displaced optical decoys had a limited range; as long as the projected distance could be covered, the kill problem could be perfectly solved. It was an entirely different solution from anti-radiation missiles!
Beep, beep, beep. The PL11A seeker had eyes only for the Sentinels it loved, its planar imaging firmly "remembering" their heat signatures.
The actuators adjusted the control surfaces, and it charged straight at the heat signatures, waiting for them to enter its kill radius.
In less than twenty seconds, the head-on missiles and Sentinels crossed paths. Once the infrared seekers confirmed the heat signatures were within kill range, they detonated their enhanced warheads.
Two dazzling bursts of fire appeared in the sky, and thousands of fragments blanketed the surrounding area. Amid a sound like shattering glass, the two Sentinels were damaged, lost control, and plunged toward the sea below. They accelerated as they fell, their fuselages spinning continuously. In the end, the overload seemed to exceed what their frames could withstand. With a bang, they shattered in midair, turning into flakes of "snow" that drifted downward.
"Reporting to the commander: PL11A has destroyed two targets. Remaining targets: three!"
The commander looked at Red Fox-2, which was being tailed on the screen, then swept his gaze across the tactical display. Two other J-15Ts, which had taken off from the Shandong and had long been waiting nearby, were closing in on the battlefield at Mach 1.2. Yet they still had not launched their missiles.
Because of Type 1's electromagnetic interference, it was difficult to contact friendly aircraft operating at close range with it. That was also why Liu Jun had been sent up alone for this