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Chapter 826: How Geniuses Are Buried (First Update, Please Subscribe)
In fact, the United States had no interest in missiles at the beginning. After all, our country has strategic bombers and aircraft carriers.

missile?

The error of that thing is several miles! It is not as good as using a strategic bomber to bomb it! It is accurate.

Moreover, the U.S. Air Force is also worried that ballistic missiles will take away its jobs and glory. Therefore, out of some selfish reasons, under the obstruction of the U.S. Air Force, the United States has never had any interest in missiles.

This also led to von Braun's "lack of opportunities to realize his talent". Although he and his team were basically accepted by the United States, after handing over the V2 technology to American technicians and teaching them their working methods by assisting the United States in designing the second-generation rockets, von Braun and most of his team were excluded from the rocket project and restricted from returning to their country because of their former Nazi servicemen. In the following two years, von Braun only wrote a few simple ideas for using rockets for space development for some small magazines.

To see how a genius can be left idle, just look at what happened to von Braun.

This also led to the United States lagging behind seriously in missile development.

Even until now, after the Soviet Union launched the R7 ballistic missile, Eisenhower and the top military officials did not feel it too deeply.

The Soviet Union's intercontinental missile was successfully tested. Although it can attack the US mainland, the US can also attack the Soviet Union mainland!

In contrast, the United States has more strategic bombers and can destroy all Soviet cities at any time!

So, compared to the shock of ordinary Americans, Washington felt threatened and nervous.

However, they were still mentally prepared.

After all, they had obtained this intelligence as early as the beginning of the year. Of course, Eisenhower and the military had never expected that the Soviet Union's intercontinental missiles would make such rapid progress.

However, despite this, the United States still did not think of using von Braun, even though von Braun was a genius.

In fact, from the perspective of genius, von Braun and Korolev are extremely similar. Von Braun, who was in charge of the German missile program, was responsible for various aspects including but not limited to: the overall design of the missile, engine design, fuel design, and the construction of missile assembly plants, parts manufacturing plants, launch bases, etc.

To a certain extent, von Braun, as an industry pioneer, is even more outstanding than Korolev. After all, it was von Braun who created an industry unprecedented in human history - scientific research in the field of ballistic missiles was established and perfected in his hands. This is where von Braun's value lies.

Unfortunately, the United States did not attach importance to von Braun and his technical team at all, and even directly hid them.

Finally, on August 8, the R-21 intercontinental ballistic missile came out, proving the Soviet Union's leading position in the field of rockets.

Naturally, this certainly irritated the Americans, but that was all.

"No way! Braun is still making science and education films in Hollywood! These Americans are so arrogant."

Looking through the information sent back by the embassy, ​​Li Yian couldn't help but sigh. He had such a talented person but didn't know how to use him. He really didn't know what kind of thinking the Americans had.

There was even a moment when Li Yian wanted to kidnap von Braun and take him back to Southeast Asia. He didn't look down on Eugene and others. He didn't deny their talents, but they were just participants in the German V2 missile. They might have some research on rocket technology, but they were definitely not as good as von Braun!

After all, some industries really need geniuses, but Nanyang does not have such geniuses right now.

"I really don't know what's going on in the minds of those senior officials in the Pentagon."

Li Yian could already vaguely feel that unless the Soviet Union sent a satellite into space, the Americans would probably still be arrogant.

Although the era of the "space race" is approaching, it is a pity that the United States has not been able to take up the baton. If von Braun is not fully utilized, can the United States launch their satellites closely behind? "It seems that it is not impossible to exchange rockets for atomic bombs..."

In fact, it would be wrong to say that the Pentagon did not respond.

Facing the successful test launch of the Soviet and Russian intercontinental missiles!
The Pentagon is actually also... very panicked.

After all, the strategic air force has always been the biggest reliance of the United States. As the only country in the world with strategic bombers, the US Air Force has an absolute advantage over the Soviet Union. The success of the strategic bombing of Germany and Japan during World War II made the United States believe that strategic bombing is the real deterrent force, and intercontinental long-range bombers and atomic bombs are their reliance for deterring the entire blue planet. This is an unparalleled and unstoppable force.

It is also for this reason that von Braun and his missile technology were not taken seriously.

However, the emergence of the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile completely changed everything. This intercontinental ballistic missile has a range of more than kilometers. It can do everything that a strategic bomber can do, and it can do it better.

The experience of Germany bombing Britain with V2 missiles in World War II clearly told everyone that ballistic missiles cannot be intercepted, at least not yet. The combination of rockets and atomic bombs also poses an unprecedented threat to the United States.

At the White House in Washington, Defense Secretary Charles Owen Wilson reported to Eisenhower with a heavy face.

"We know nothing about the Soviet Union's intercontinental missile. Apart from knowing that it can fly 10000 kilometers, there is no other information. But all the intelligence shows that the Soviet Union will use it to carry atomic bombs. This is the fundamental reason why they developed intercontinental missiles."

"So, the threat to us is very direct."

Frowning, Eisenhower looked at Charles and said,
"This will now put the United States in a passive position and bring unprecedented threats to the United States."

"The successful test of the intercontinental missile puts us in a passive position."

As Defense Minister, Charles said,

"But this passivity is temporary. After all, our air force is still the most powerful in the world. We have the world's most advanced B52 strategic bomber, which will deter the Soviet Union from making any rash moves."

Even now, although the Pentagon is in a panic, it still has something to rely on. The United States has the most powerful strategic bomber force in the world.

"That's just the bombers. What I want to know is, what about our intercontinental missiles? We must also speed up the progress of our intercontinental missiles."

Eisenhower said bluntly.

Of course, the United States also had an intercontinental missile project in progress. After receiving intelligence on the "Soviet intercontinental missile" provided by Nanyang at the beginning of the year, he instructed the Pentagon to conduct research in this area.

As a result, various reports and evaluations came out one after another from the Pentagon, but there was no substantial progress. The Air Force has always believed that developing missiles is a waste of resources. After all, in terms of cost, an intercontinental ballistic missile that costs hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars is far less powerful and cheaper than a bomber.

Under such circumstances, the United States' missile research lagged far behind that of the Soviet Union. When the Pentagon was still discussing the intercontinental missile plan, the Soviet Union had already produced a finished product, which directly blinded the Americans.

Eisenhower, who came from a military background, knew very well what this backwardness meant. So, with his direct intervention, the Pentagon finally reached a consensus on the development of strategic missiles.

Soon after, the U.S. Congress passed a special budget to increase research and development in the intercontinental missile project. The successful test launch of the Soviet Union's intercontinental ballistic missile made the whole world suddenly solemn, and the United States, which had always believed that it had an absolute advantage, became a little panicked.

But that’s all, because... von Braun is still making science and education films!
(End of this chapter)