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Chapter 188 Cross-examination by Congress!

On Monday, the cross-examination meeting was held as scheduled.

Although only one night has passed, there is news about the failure of ARRW, the air-launched hypersonic missile.

It is still spreading among the top leaders of the federation.

And there were a lot of rumors.

The white-haired old man tidied up his clothes and prepared for his next speech.

Although this meeting is a confidential meeting and there will be no audio or video recording equipment, the white-haired old man still pays great attention to his personal image.

As a member of the white elite, maintaining a good image at all times has been a habit he has maintained for 40 years.

He looked at his platinum watch and saw that it was already time for him to appear.

The white-haired old man Shi Shiran walked into the venue and waved to everyone cordially:
"Good morning, every body!"

Just when the white-haired old man was about to say something about the situation, a young man wearing full-body camouflage in the venue said:

"Sir, we just want to know the specific situation about yesterday's ARRW test."

The white-haired old man glanced dissatisfiedly at the young man who interrupted his speech.

However, due to the identity of the other party, there was no attack for the time being.

After all, this young congressman named Miles relies on Raytheon Company.

This is also a member of the huge military-industrial complex in the Federation.

Moreover, they are actually opposed to the development of hypersonic missiles.

They hope to pass a bill to strengthen existing anti-missile missile systems.

It's not that they have any problem with hypersonics.

The main reason is the difference of interests.

The Missile Systems Company, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, is currently developing the Patriot anti-missile missile.

As an anti-missile system that successfully intercepted the "Scud" missile not long ago.

Raytheon has invested a huge amount of money in the research and development of anti-missile weapons, and this time they saw that the development of hypersonic missiles did not seem to be going well, and they also wanted a piece of the pie.

The white-haired old man had made a lot of preparations before this, so he was prepared for the current situation.

Since they want to know what happened during the test, tell them all about it.

"Our missile suddenly self-destructed 2 minutes and 31 seconds after takeoff."

The white-haired old man briefly introduced the process of missile failure.

"The department responsible for missile research is currently investigating the cause of the missile's self-destruction."

"Jason, who was originally responsible for missile technology, has begun to be investigated by the military court."

"We currently suspect that Jason is suspected of having sex with Da Mao."

The previous statements are all true, only the last sentence is false.

Of course, this is also a common tactic they use to blame others. If they are indecisive in trouble, they will blame others.

The white-haired old man's explanation was too simple and unconvincing for many people in the venue.

But the old man's efforts to contact his allies last night were not in vain.

After he finished explaining, he still didn't give anyone who wanted to question it a chance to stand up and speak.

A white elite in a neat suit stood up and said loudly:

"The scientific researchers of Tongmaozi must be severely punished!"

"I think the court-martial should complete his trial as soon as possible."

Between words, although the specific cause of the weapon failure has not yet been learned, it seems to have been determined that the accident occurred and Jason was primarily responsible.Everyone else present also watched the white elite's speech with cold eyes, and no one stood up to defend Jason.

No one pitied this somewhat innocent man.

Including Lewis, who was also in the venue at this time.

As a senior military officer and the person in charge of air-launched hypersonic missiles, Louis is still qualified to participate in this secret meeting.

"As for air-launched hypersonic missiles, after all, no one has studied them before, and failure is a normal thing."

"I think we should continue on this path!"

After the white elites finished mentioning Jason, they found that no one took care of them at all, so they finally mentioned the business.

That is whether we should continue to fight on the road of air-launched hypersonic missiles.

After all, according to the intelligence they have collected so far, even the Dragon Kingdom has completed the first hypersonic weapon on earth.

It also uses a land-based missile launcher, rather than the air-launched model carried by strategic bombers.

However, it has been restricted by the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty" before, and the Army's voice in the hypersonic project is basically negligible.

At present, the Federation has not withdrawn from the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty". This treaty that once restricted Mao Xiong continued to restrict its successors, Da Mao and Yingjiang, after the disintegration of Mao Xiong.

"It's better to invest in our LRHW project. At least we have more experience."

The Army representative, upon hearing the white elite man's speech, couldn't help but taunt him.

As an entity with land-based long-range missiles, the Army obviously has more missile technology.

This is also an important reason why he makes sarcastic remarks.

In fact, the Army has also conducted a lot of research and development on long-range hypersonic weapons (LRHW).

However, funding has not been obtained and progress has been slow.

Now, we have just caught the Air Force's little braid, and we can take advantage of it to see if we can get some funding.

The white-haired old man on the stage looked at the scene that was almost quarreling in the audience. Although his face was unmoved, his heart was filled with joy.

The emergence of such a situation is inseparable from his efforts last night.

Had he not notified him in advance, the Army would not have known about it so early and would not have made targeted arrangements.

Just when the quarrel between the Army representatives and the white elite of the Air Force behind them was about to escalate further.

Miles stood up and offered their perspective.

That is to abandon the research and development of hypersonic missiles.

"Everyone, even if we develop hypersonic weapons."

"It doesn't change the fact."

"That is, we are not the first and only users of hypersonic weapons in the world!"

"In front of us, there are people who have already developed hypersonic weapons, and their performance far exceeds many types of weapons we are currently developing."

"So, our first goal should be to develop an anti-missile system that can effectively combat hypersonic missiles!"

“Only in this way can we protect the lives and property of everyone present!”

Miles' reason was very high-minded, as if he and the Thor behind him had no selfish motives at all.

However, there is no one present who is not a thousand-year-old fox.

Do you know his little thoughts?
It's nothing more than allowing Raytheon behind him to get more defense orders!

　On August 2023, 8, a "Patriot" missile was launched from the Wawa Jiupeng base and exploded in the air for unknown reasons.

　　
　
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