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Chapter 1276 The Killer in the Ocean (rd update, please subscribe)

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On that day, Nanyang seemed to have suspended work, and thousands of Nanyang people stayed in front of the TV, waiting for the final verdict of the Zhang Mingguo revenge case, which was called the "trial of the century."

This 17-day trial attracted the attention of the entire Southeast Asia and also triggered a heated discussion on which was more important, "legal justice" or "ethical justice".

Do the results matter?
No matter what the result is, as Li Yian said - respect the jury's decision.

For Nanyang, this was just an incident in 1962, although there would always be heated discussions about this case in the following decades and it was mentioned many times in judicial cases.

But for a country, this is just an episode in its history. The only thing that makes people feel sad is that during the whole process, no one attempted to interfere in the trial of the case.

No matter what the reason is, everyone is just paying attention to the case, and no one is trying to use personal influence to influence the case.

Just like that, a case that attracted much public attention came to an end with the end of the trial. Although it sparked a lot of debate, it was just a debate.

Just as the people of Nanyang were attracted by this trial, few people noticed that a ballistic missile nuclear submarine with a displacement of more than 6000 tons was officially put into service at a naval base near Chang'an. This was the first strategic nuclear submarine in Nanyang.

What does its service mean?
Li Yian knows this better than anyone else.

"If a nuclear war breaks out, they will put an end to the war by hiding in the darkness of the ocean!"

Looking at the submarine that had already slid into the sea, Li Yian said:
"Okay, from now on, I can finally sleep peacefully!"

Although Southeast Asia is the third country in the world to possess nuclear weapons, neither air-based strategic bombers nor land-based strategic missiles are the ultimate killer. Only ballistic missile nuclear submarines are the real killer.

Ballistic missile nuclear submarines usually cruise secretly in the oceans and can retaliate against the enemy in the event that they themselves suffer a nuclear attack and the country is destroyed. Therefore, they are regarded as a nuclear deterrent that can avoid war and conflict.

"Two years!"

Li Yian said to Zou Tongjie beside him:
"Our ballistic missile nuclear submarines are two years behind the United States and one and a half years behind the Soviet Union, but overall, we have now caught up with them."

"More than just a pursuit, sir."

Zou Tongjie seemed quite excited, and even his tone became a little excited:
"Our ballistic missile nuclear submarines have better performance. The Russian "Hotel-class" ballistic missile nuclear submarines only have three ballistic missile launch tubes, and can only launch ballistic missiles with a range of no more than 3 kilometers. Although the missile compartment of the US Washington-class is equipped with 2000 ballistic missile launch tubes, the range of the Polaris ballistic missiles they are equipped with is only 16 kilometers. Our "Guardian" class not only has 2200 ballistic missile launch tubes, but also uses the "Guardian" ballistic missile, which not only has a range of up to 16 kilometers, but also has a warhead equivalent of more than 3000 tons. It can be said to be the most powerful submarine-launched ballistic missile in the world."

3000 kilometers and 80 tons!

These numbers may seem insignificant, but in this era, the power contained in these two numbers makes no country dare to act rashly.

Perhaps, Nanyang is slightly behind the United States and the Soviet Union in the development of nuclear submarines, but in terms of performance and quality, it is far superior to them. Sometimes it seems to be behind, but in fact it is ahead, just like the Soviet Union, although it quickly caught up with the United States and also had its own ballistic missile nuclear submarines, but its submarines could only carry 3 missiles, and the range was very short!

This kind of catching up is not catching up, but a waste! A serious waste of resources!
"The Guardian B missile is also under development, and its range is expected to exceed 3500 kilometers. Your Excellency, with the Guardian-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, we can destroy any country at any time if we want!"

When talking about destroying a country, Zou Tongjie's tone seemed extremely calm, as if he was talking about something that was not worth mentioning. In fact, this is the common characteristic of Nanyang generals. The painful lessons they had learned have made them well aware of the principle of "preemptive strike". According to Nanyang's nuclear strike strategy, once it is determined that a country threatens Nanyang's national security, Nanyang will use the "ultimate means" to destroy the enemy country at the first time, thereby protecting Nanyang's security.

"Yes, the Americans and the Soviets both say 'ensuring the destruction of the other'..."

Looking at the strategic nuclear submarine that had already set sail, Li Yian said:

“But ‘ensure destruction’ is only about ensuring that you have the ability to destroy others, while ‘destroy first’ is about holding a gun and being ready to shoot at any time!
Some people may say that this is too extreme, but this is Nanyang! After all, there are only a few central cities in Nanyang, and no one is willing to take risks with the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Therefore, destroying first is the basic strategy of Nanyang, which is completely different from the strategy of "ensuring destruction."

Although later experience shows that the greatest power of nuclear weapons is on the launch pad, from the perspective of one's own safety, it is safer to "destroy it first."

"So, next, we will not only deploy more strategic missile nuclear submarines, but also study anti-missile measures to ensure that our missiles can hit others, but others cannot hit us. We cannot protect our own security by relying solely on passive defense."

The "passive defense" mentioned by Li Yian refers to those protective projects, such as city fortresses, subway stations and various civil air defense projects. They may play a certain protective role, but to ensure safety, they still need to study anti-missile technology. As early as a few years ago, Nanyang began to develop anti-missile technology based on the Sky Arrow 2 missile. Nanyang is like this, and the United States and the Soviet Union are also studying anti-missile technology. The anti-ballistic missiles in the initial stage are improved on the basis of the air defense missiles that have been in service, and the warheads are changed to nuclear warheads, adopting an anti-missile strategy of using nuclear to counter nuclear.

In any case, under the conditions of a nuclear war, everyone will try every means to protect themselves, just like this nuclear submarine. Although its purpose is to "ensure destruction", it is more of a deterrent, deterring all enemy ambitions in the South Seas.

One weekend after the launch of the USS Guardian, many people were playing on the beach at Taiping Bay, including men, women, and children. The children were swimming or playing with sand. There were also many women in swimsuits playing beach volleyball, including some in bikinis. Taiping Bay on weekends was a feast for the eyes. Although he already had a beautiful wife, Clausen, who was sitting at the beach bar, would still look at the bikini girls while drinking beer. In fact, most men in the open-air seats of the bar were like this.

At this time, a man sitting next to him said with emotion:
"People say the East is conservative, but in fact, there are more women wearing bikinis here than in Nice, France."

Clausen agreed with the man's words:

"Yes, when the French first invented the bikini, it was banned in Belgium, Italy, Spain and Australia. Even the Vatican considered wearing a bikini a sin. But in Southeast Asia, it kept appearing on the screen. Some movie actors wearing bikinis were imitated by people, and the bikini gradually became popular."

This is the other side of the openness of Nanyang culture. Although the patriarchal atmosphere in Nanyang is very serious, it does not hinder cultural openness. Of course, this also makes many people feast their eyes.

Just like that, these two seemingly mismatched men chatted about bikinis and commented on the ladies' figures. They seemed to be just two men with similar interests. However, when no one was around, Clausen lowered his voice and said:
"Three days ago, the Guardian entered service. Like the Washington class, it can carry 16 missiles, but it has a longer range and greater power."

The person next to him nodded and said:
"Everything is as expected. We originally thought that they would be put into service at the end of last year, but we didn't expect it to be postponed until now."

Moscow has always believed that Nanyang's technology is very advanced, and for this reason, they have been paying close attention to Nanyang's movements, and have been paying attention to his progress since they started building ballistic missile nuclear submarines, even though they are not considered spies there.

However, this was not the reason for their meeting. Clausen arranged the meeting here for another reason.

"A few months ago we started another study to develop a new mobile missile based on the Guardian submarine-launched missile."

"Mobile deployment?"

Miller was stunned and said with some surprise.

"What kind of mobile deployment?"

"It's just installing the missile on a heavy truck."

"Mount it on a truck? How is that possible?"

Miller apparently didn't know that missiles could be launched from trucks.

Clausen didn't say anything about his strange look, but said:

"As long as the truck is good enough, there will be no problem in carrying missiles."

Then Clausen pointed to the newspaper and said:
"During the modification process, I discovered something very strange."

"whats the matter?"

"That's the truck I found with Russian writing on it."

"What? Russian?"

"It's not just Russian. I can even conclude that the truck is most likely made in the Soviet Union because the nameplate clearly says Minsk Automobile Manufacturing Plant."

Then, Clausen looked at Miller and questioned him with doubtful evidence:

"I really can't understand what Moscow is thinking. Don't they know that such heavy off-road trucks can be easily used by them for military purposes? The ballistic missiles they are transporting with them are likely to pose a direct threat to the Soviet Union!"

Perhaps because he was too excited, Clausen couldn't help but curse:
"What a bunch of idiots!"

Then Clausen pointed at the newspaper and whispered:

"Here are some photos, they should need these, I hope they can correct this mistake soon!"

(End of this chapter)