Chapter 1001

Just as the anti-terrorism exercise code-named "Mission" was underway, it was late at night on the land of Huaguo.

In contrast, in North America on the other side of the earth, it is noon at this moment.

As usual, at this time when sleepiness is most likely to occur, most Pentagon employees would choose to drink a cup of coffee at this time, sit in an air-conditioned office, and chat with colleagues in the same office about important international news , or the results of which game yesterday...

Today, however, the situation seems to be somewhat different.

From eight o'clock in the morning to now, the entire Pentagon is like a wind-up music box. Everyone's footsteps are speeding up unconsciously, and every gear is running at high speed.

The reason for all this is nothing else but the "anti-terrorism exercise" that is taking place tens of thousands of kilometers away at this very moment—at least in name.

In a meeting room in the core area of ​​the Pentagon, the screen that occupies almost the entire wall is showing the images taken by the satellite aerial photography base in Okinawa. The mess of the world is clearly visible...

Facing the picture on the floor-to-ceiling screen, the entire conference room was silent, and everyone held their breath.

After the screening of the screen ended, it took about 5 minutes before the president said in a somewhat hoarse voice.

"Play it back again..."

After glancing at the Minister of Defense and seeing him nodding, the staff responsible for playing the video took a deep breath and pressed the button.

The picture on the screen starts to play back.

From the airborne capsule breaking through the atmosphere, to the explosion of smoke when it approached the ground, and the mess on the ground when the smoke cleared, all the people sitting in the conference room at this moment were once again presented.

Even though it was thousands of miles away, even through a screen, many people still smelled the faint, menacing gunpowder...

After opening and closing his mouth for a long time, Director Carson of NASA cursed and said.

"Shet! Anti-terrorism exercise... What kind of terrorists can use this kind of equipment to fight?"

Of course, this sentence was said in a cursed tone.

But for some reason, when this sentence was uttered, the entire conference room suddenly fell silent. Several high-ranking officials, including the president, looked at each other and were speechless.

Noticing the unnatural silence, Director Carson was stunned for a moment, then realized that there seemed to be something wrong with his words, and quickly closed his mouth angrily.

This silence lasted for a long, long time, and it was finally broken because of a cough from Chief of Staff Kevin.

"It's so unscientific that the people inside were not smashed into meat paste..."

An aerospace expert at the Pentagon pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said: "The speed of the airborne capsule breaking through the low-altitude area is very fast, but the speed at the end close to the surface is actually not fast. The explosion effect is not caused by the impact. It is estimated that the airborne capsule is in the area close to the surface. Suppressive weapons that are actively released from time to time... something like a cluster bomb or something, and the smoke—”

Interrupting the aerospace expert's speech, the president spoke.

"Has a detailed analysis report come out? It's about equipment identification."

The Pentagon's chief of defense and intelligence chief exchanged glances, then nodded.

"Just came out..."

Without waiting for a long time, a report was sent to the meeting room soon.

After taking the report from the secretary, the president carefully read it line by line.

Time passed by every minute and every second.

Everyone is waiting for him to read the report.

Kevin, who was sitting next to him, took a sneak peek at his president. He didn't know if it was his illusion. He always felt that His Excellency was shaking the report's index finger uncontrollably.

In fact, he was not mistaken.

Even the president himself didn't know how to express the shock he was feeling at the moment.

Half an hour into the sky, less than 20 minutes to the ground.

Theoretically, this force can ignore all geographical obstacles and deploy anywhere in the world within an hour, whether it is the snow-covered Arctic, the jungle-covered tropical rainforest, or the White House and Pentagon surrounded by steel jungles ...

In this world, there is no corner that is really safe. Maybe one day he is having a meeting in the office, and a few big holes will be smashed into the ceiling. These are all possible.

And most importantly, these paratroopers can easily bypass the legal airspace of all countries!

This is a bit scary...

Because the president hadn't spoken for a long time, the conference room was already in a quarrel.

"It's time to formulate a strict international agreement to limit this evil weapon. We should change the altitude of the airspace to the altitude of the synchronous orbit! And expand the international treaty that prohibits unconventional weapons from entering outer space orbits to the scope of conventional weapons! That is Not a single bullet!"

"Are you crazy? The airspace altitude we recognize is only 35km! Who is this restricting? And even if we continue to increase the airspace altitude, can our missiles threaten their spacecraft? If not, this kind of agreement except Apart from embarrassing us, what's the difference with a piece of paper to wipe your ass/butt?"

The airspace altitude is not strictly defined by international law, only the customary custom. Generally speaking, all countries regard the lower limit of satellites as the altitude of 110 kilometers, but the United States is a special case, which uses the upper limit of the aircraft as the airspace altitude of 35 kilometers. After all, they have some technologies that can break through the theoretical maximum flight limit of 35 kilometers, so they naturally hope to be able to "legally" fly some special aircraft freely into the airspace of other countries for reconnaissance.

However, beyond 110 kilometers, even if an international convention is enacted to restrict it, it doesn't actually make much sense.

Even if advanced air defense radars can detect aircraft operating in this area, the means of restricting this area are already quite limited.

Let alone spacecraft.

If you want to hit a "relatively fixed" satellite in such a high airspace, you need a certain amount of luck and timing.

Stop orbital paratroopers from jumping?

In such a high airspace, it is easier to dream.

"...Are we just watching them hang the sword of Damocles over our heads? This is a provocation from the Chinese people against us, and I suggest that we should respond strongly!"

"This will not help ease regional tensions, it will only exacerbate the crisis!"

"Aggravate the crisis? Just appease like this? I think the root of the problem is always being too weak!"

The meeting room was full of quarrels, the hawks, the doves, and the centrists sandwiched between the two sides, all of them were fighting with each other red-faced.

"enough!"

An angry roar interrupted the debate in the conference room.

Slapping the report in his hand on the desk, the president, whose chest heaved violently, looked around the silent conference room, finally looked at his chief of staff, and said.

"Kevin, I want to hear your opinion."

Facing the president's question, Kevin was silent for a while.

"...Their military exercises are not necessarily aimed at us."

"According to the information collected by the CIA, this military exercise is likely to be a rehearsal for the crisis arranged by Professor Lu's visit to St. Petersburg, Russia in August, assuming that the aerospace force can respond as quickly as possible in the event of an accident. "

The Minister of Defense frowned.

"Visiting Russia?"

Kevin nodded.

"Well, it is said that they are going to St. Petersburg to attend the IMU conference."

Minister of Defense: "..."

Pentagon officials: "..."

Although he can understand why Hua Guo attaches so much importance to that scholar, but using military exercises to escort an academic conference visit...

With such a big handwriting, he didn't know what to say.

Looking at the silent president, Kevin continued to put forward his own point of view.

"According to the report from the CIA, this is indeed a good opportunity. It can not only get rid of a trouble, but also worsen the relationship between the two countries... But my suggestion is to find out more detailed information about their orbital airborne system." Before, it was better to exercise restraint and caution."

"I don't need you to tell me about this." Said impatiently, the sitting president changed his posture, noticed that everyone was looking at him, suddenly thought of something, and then added a sentence after this sentence .

"Of course, just in case, I'll call our CIA director later."

Hearing this sentence, at least half of the people in the meeting room breathed a sigh of relief.

Although one of the people who breathed a sigh of relief, Kevin did not show a relieved expression on his face, but was full of powerlessness.

After the Cold War era, the pattern of one superpower and many powers was established, and other countries have always acted according to their faces. When will it be their turn to temporarily avoid the edge.

With a bitter smile, he nodded heavily.

"So much the better……"

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(Thousand chapters of flowers! Who would dare to say that I am a salted fish hhhhh [righteous.jpg])