"What's going on?" Ji Tianci hurriedly asked.

Fang Qi immediately projected the image from the computer screen onto the big screen in the conference room, which was a global satellite orbit map.

"We have been paying attention to this round of nuclear attacks between Jiuyou and the United States, but we have ignored a piece of news released by Russia at home. An hour ago, they claimed that one of their communications satellites had malfunctioned and exploded in Earth's orbit due to a high-altitude nuclear explosion in the territory of Jiuyou. ”

Zhu Changqing asked puzzledly: "What does the explosion of their satellite have to do with this war?"

"At first, I thought it didn't matter, but just now I caught the debris from the explosion of this satellite and found it boring. It takes only 243 minutes for a portion of the debris to orbit the Earth, and simulations have calculated that in another 14 minutes, the stream of debris will hit a U.S. satellite at the same altitude as them. ”

Zhu Changqing, as a boss in the electrical appliance industry, also has a certain understanding of satellites, and at this time he asked even more suspiciously, "Are you saying that this is the Russians deliberately blowing up their own satellites, and their real purpose is to destroy the American satellites?"

"Yes, how likely do you think this collision would be?"

Zhu Changqing frowned, "Well, the orbital length of the satellite is much longer than the Earth's equator, and each satellite operates in a different orbit, if it is a coincidence, I don't believe it." ”

"So, Russia is going to deal with the United States, but how much damage can it do to the United States by destroying just one American satellite?" asked Ruan.

Fang Qi continued to carry out computer simulation, the center of the large screen is the earth's movement map, and the earth's periphery is a dense satellite orbit line, and the right side of the screen shows a total of more than 6,000 satellites in orbit.

"After 14 minutes, Russian satellite debris will crash into a communications satellite over the United States, and after impact, it will produce more debris, and these garbage debris will scatter in all directions at high speed, and about two-fifths of the debris will enter the atmosphere and be burned up. Two-fifths of the debris will go into outer space, but there is a high probability that the debris will hit a U.S. geostationary satellite in its path, and if it hits one, more debris will be generated. This is a chain reaction, and I can't calculate exactly how much it will affect US satellites in orbit, and I don't think the US space station will survive. Also, after the first impact, some of the debris will orbit around the Earth again and again, and the longer the time, the higher the chance that they will hit the satellite. ”

"Will the satellites of other countries be affected?" asked Ji Tianci.

"It's hard to say. The debris of the satellites orbiting the earth is like bullets that never stop, and if the orbits of the satellites of other countries happen to reach the same point at the same time as the trajectory of these 'bullets', then they will collide. At that point, there will be another ripple effect in another area of the orbit. ”

As he spoke, Fang Qi also felt funny, "The Russians' attack is too creative and unmoved. They want to make the United States 'blind' first, and then make a big move. However, they don't know how devastating it will be in the end. The Russians are such a clever madman. ”

"Senior, can you make it clear? I don't quite understand what you're saying. Tell me, what will the final situation be?" Lu Manwen couldn't imagine the scene Fang Qi depicted, she just wanted to know the result.

Fang Qi pondered for a while and replied: "This is like a large number of runaway planes in the sky, and every time two planes collide, a large number of runaway small planes will be generated, so the sky is full of traps.

Such attacks are difficult to predict, and while satellite debris is not man-made and they follow a fixed trajectory, they are so numerous that it is difficult to calculate exactly where they will appear. Satellites can't move at will, and it's impossible to calculate in advance how much debris will be produced and how the debris will move when a satellite bursts, so I don't know how much damage will be lost to satellites in orbit around the world. But for now, I am sure that the US satellite constellation is about to become a mess, and the loss of its main and tactical satellites will paralyze their communications and positioning systems, and many long-range weapons will be useless, which is a good thing for us.

However, this attack also deals a lot of collateral damage. The slightest result is that satellites around the world are lucky enough to avoid the debris, and the countries of the world are not affected. And the most serious consequence is that one satellite after another is destroyed by debris, and the Earth's orbit is covered with debris and garbage. The debris will move around the earth in a circle, and countries will no longer dare to launch satellites into earth orbit. Only after a few years, when most of the debris loses orbital energy and is pulled back to the ground by the Earth's gravity, can people clean up the debris that moves like satellites in Earth orbit before they can launch artificial satellites into Earth orbit again. During this time, we will lose satellite broadcasting, we will lose navigation and positioning, weather forecasts will no longer be accurate, many satellite-connected devices will go on strike, ATMs will not be able to withdraw money, the stock market will not be open, and global finance will collapse ......"

Everyone listened and fell into deep thought, and Fang Qi was depicting the regression of human civilization. Lu Manwen then asked, "What about ...... So what do we do now?"

"We can't do anything now, it's not a war we can participate in. Our task is in the next war. Fang Qi turned his gaze to Ji Tianci, "I need more samples of the Qing Clan." ”

"I'll find it for you. ”

***

Fifteen minutes later, the Space Center Houston and NASA's Johnson Space Center were in a mess, with thousands of people shouting loudly in the huge underground anti-nuclear space control room.

"Oh my God! ACTS (American Communications Technology Satellite) has been attacked and is offline. ”

"Oh no, Vela (Vela satellite, the US nuclear explosion detection satellite) is experiencing a stream of debris...... Oh no! we've lost Vera!"

"NOAA (NOA satellite) is offline!"

"Argus (reconnaissance satellite) offline!"

"The GPS satellite group has lost 8 satellites!"

……

Desperate voices kept coming, and the people gradually calmed down in the midst of the frantic roars. Thousands of staff members held their heads in their hands and looked in disbelief at the disappearing light spots on the satellite orbit map, which meant that the satellites had lost contact.

They know that the chain reaction is still fermenting, and the US space station is about to encounter a debris flow in six minutes, and it is too late to adjust the direction.

What's even more terrifying is that the satellite debris is still moving around the Earth at high speed in space, and the attacks will be round after round.

This could not have been an accident, the Russians could not have caused such a destructive force without precise calculations.

***

Inside Air Force One, President Mark couldn't help but laugh in his heart after receiving the news of the "accidental" attack on a US satellite, he had been expecting the Russians to do it, but at this time, he had a look of anger on his face, "We are going to fight back, an eye for an eye! General Gerald, what should we do?"

"We could have warplanes launch anti-satellites* and destroy Russian satellites, but that would inevitably provoke a war between the two countries. I don't think it's a good time to attack Russia, and we should deal with the crisis that Jiuyou has brought to us first. ”

Mark sneered, "Then what do you think we should do now? Let the Russians bully us?"

Gerald's face was ugly, "Russia declared that it was an accident, and I don't think they want to go to war with us openly, we should start a diplomatic deal with this matter." ”

At this time, the secretary of state on the side also spoke: "Accident? General Gerald, do you believe that this was an accident? Russia has always been our enemy, and at this moment, when it sees that we are being attacked by the Nine Shadows, it must want to fall into the well and destroy the United States in one fell swoop." If we don't fight back, are we going to die here?"

At this time, Mark said coldly, "I order, launch all anti-satellites*, targets, Russian military satellites." Also, adjust the course of the B2 bombers, march into Russia, the first task, blow up the Kremlin. ”

The cold air in the plane couldn't stop the sweat drops falling on General Gerald's forehead, "Shut it down...... Arrive...... Mr. President. Other than that...... I think we should first contact our allies, NATO forces, because we can't fight against the attack of Nine Shadows and Russia at the same time. ”

"Hmm...... It's time to contact them, they can't stay out of this war. ”