I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

Although there was a possibility of improper pilot operation, John immediately started complaining on social media and even held a press conference at dawn to angrily accuse Lucia of being "unprofessional".

The families of the pilot's victims are arriving on land. As for the expedition team that is not afraid of death, they can't find the family members for the time being due to difficulties in identifying the bodies. However, John has confirmed that he will use this matter to create pressure internationally.

After finally ending the press conference whose core ideas were all criticism, John immediately summoned a group of his staff.

"Paul has just brought me the ideas of the congressmen, we must overcome them!"

Paul was talking about Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who clearly conveyed the members' attitude to John.

Congress's ability to agree to the IAEA cleanup plan was largely due to the unsatisfactory first half of the year. At that time, the competition between Artemis 2 and Dawn 3 to land on the moon had only been over a month, and lawmakers were eager to declare their power. Only then did he agree to take the risk and drop the nuclear bomb.

Later, their attitude towards the equivalent issue was also very clear: regardless of the cleaning effect, it must be the maximum.

The vast majority of senators do not understand the difference between nuclear leakage pollution and explosion pollution. In their opinion, so many nuclear tests with a yield of more than 10 million tons in the last century have not happened. Throw in a "little thing" with a yield of one million tons. Or is it more than 10,000 kilometers away from the mainland, will it have any impact?

Therefore, the congressmen could not tolerate Mao Zi's "betrayal" and directly put pressure on John.

Sullivan: "I have consulted Santis National Laboratory regarding the yield issue. They said that they can immediately provide a nuclear warhead with a yield between 1.8 million tons and 3.4 million tons without modification. It can be installed on the Trident with slight modifications." .

You can fly to the island country tonight, where you can replace the nuclear submarine's missile warhead, and it can be put into use as soon as December 20. "

"Oh? They're so fast!"

John was a little surprised and asked immediately:

"Were they prepared?"

Sullivan nodded and explained:

"What we need to clean up radiation is a two-phase hydrogen bomb. Our current warheads are all three-phase bombs to save volume and weight, and their yields are concentrated between 500,000 and 1.5 million tons. Changing to a two-phase configuration is not only troublesome but will also reduce the power a lot. .

Our only secondary-configuration hydrogen bomb is the B61. Some early original versions were sealed because they were too heavy and too large. The yield can be adjusted from 1.2 to 3.4 million tons, which exceeds the requirements of Plan B.

But now it is very suitable to use early models such as B61, and the stored warhead is also in good condition. It was originally a warhead equipped on the "Midget" missile, and it is not too troublesome to modify it for Trident use. "

"marvelous!"

John immediately instructed:

"Let the plane depart as soon as possible. As for the yield...well, what do you think is appropriate?"

This question made Sullivan hesitate. After all, this is not a question of power. Neither too big nor too small is appropriate. It must be a value that everyone can accept.

After all, the first hydrogen bomb had an yield of just over 300,000 tons. If they exploded a 3-million-ton bomb, it might have the opposite effect and cause public resistance.

"It can't exceed 2 million tons. It should be about 1.5 million tons equivalent. It's enough for us to be slightly higher than Lucia."

"Okay, that's it."

John made a decisive decision. The current time point is very sensitive, and too much hesitation will increase variables.

Although two hydrogen bombs have exploded one after another, not much image data from the scene has been leaked, and most of them are very marginal scenes.

First, tourists will still be affected by electromagnetic pulses at a distance. Ordinary people who lack professional equipment do not have the ability to record. Ordinary electronic equipment may temporarily malfunction or be permanently damaged.

Second, the officials are also sorting out the information, selecting the parts that can be broadcast, and observing public opinion reactions first.

It is already morning in the Western Hemisphere, and the news will spread on a large scale only at this time. If something goes wrong and the people resist the follow-up tasks, it will be troublesome.

…

The reaction of ordinary people is still waiting for public opinion to ferment and unify, but the founders of the two space companies on both sides of the Pacific simultaneously wailed.

If there was anyone who had some resistance to using nuclear weapons to counter nuclear cleanup operations in advance, it was probably the satellite communications companies.

Fortunately, the impact on large communication satellites in synchronous orbit will not be significant, but small satellites in low orbit will really suffer.

Those operating in low orbit are either manned spacecraft or small satellites. Large spacecrafts can avoid the explosion window period by consuming fuel and changing orbits. Small satellites do not have spaceships or space shuttles to refuel them, especially satellites that focus on low-orbit communications. network.

From last year to now, SpecaX has launched more than 800 first-generation Starlink satellites and more than 4,000 second-generation satellites into space. More than 40 satellites have lost contact in two rounds of nuclear explosions, which is almost the total number of full-load Falcon 9 launches. The volume, even if the unit price is not high, makes Musk very painful.

Xinyuan's Jingwei satellite network has a much smaller number, but they have funded domestic projects such as "Lingxi", "Great Wall", and "Geely" similar to Starlink. The total losses of these projects are not much different from SpecaX. , the trouble of subsequent network repair is not small.

During construction, launches are always targeted at one area. To repair the network, we cannot hit all areas at once. We need to use separate small rockets, which are definitely more expensive than one rocket for multiple satellites.

It's just that Xinyuan's losses are much less than those of Starlink. In fact, the base is currently celebrating something, and Lin Ju, who is far away in the capital, is happily hiding in his room and refusing to come out.

When Iskander was launched a few hours ago, the base had the Qianjunbang-1 conduct a firing drill targeting its missile tray.

According to data collected through public channels, the "Iskander" warhead tray will serve as a false target to interfere with interception when separated. However, this is no longer effective due to the advancement of radar technology, and the signal of the tray can be distinguished by mainstream radars.

What is popular now are false missile warheads that are exactly the same as real warheads, can even be maneuvered, and can even simulate thermal radiation.

And this kind of pallet fake target will also re-enter the atmosphere like a warhead, but there is no control, just right for you to conduct a real missile interception exercise.

The base set up an interception circle in the Honshu Island area for Qianjun Bang No. 1, specifically to automatically lock the pallet and perform laser irradiation after it is separated.

In the end, the experimental results were quite satisfactory. Qianjunbang No. 1 locked the target after the tray was separated and conducted tracking and irradiation for 25 seconds. According to satellite observations, the trajectory of the tray shifted abnormally after the irradiation, which was obviously due to the shape of the target. Has been destroyed by ablation.

This is the first successful example of mankind's space laser terminal interception of a ballistic missile, which completely proves the correctness of this route.

What is even more exciting is that thanks to the technology obtained from the smelting satellite, Qianjunbang 3 has overcome all technical problems and will enter the prototype manufacturing stage.