Chapter 87 Satellite Photographs

"Old Bean, two more Mirage 2000 fighters are coming up, just twenty kilometers behind us, do you want to warn them?"

Chen Xin didn't expect that the French would not give up, and the four Rafale had already returned before, and at this time, they actually sent two more Mirage 2000s to follow.

Chen Xin thought for a while and said, "Ignore them first, unless they appear within visual range, we will treat it as if we don't know." We are now flying in a southwesterly direction, being careful not to enter Spanish airspace, waiting for the Strait of Gibraltar to fly against the Moroccan coastline, and then turning on plasma stealth, anyway, the French radar will definitely track all the way, and when the time comes, we will disappear directly from their radar screen and let the French find it. ”

The steel hammer quacked and laughed, "No problem!"

Chen Xin asked again: "By the way, do you calculate, how long will it take to reach the destination airport?"

"Three and a half hours, it is estimated that it will be around four o'clock in the afternoon local time to reach Western Sahara. ”

Chen Xin yawned and said, "That's the best, then I'll squint for a while, and wake me up if there's something." ”

From the terrorist attack at the air show to the present, Chen Xin's nerves have almost been tense, especially not long ago through the steel cable from the Airbus A380 into the Airbus A350, although the process went smoothly, but his nerves have always remained highly tense, although now temporarily relaxed, but Chen Xin feels that his brain is very tired, and he needs to take a good rest.

What's more, after arriving at his destination in the afternoon, he didn't know what would happen, and in order to cope with the next battle, Chen Xin had to recharge his energy and prepare for the worst.

said: "Okay, I'll call you if there's something." ”

……

Time passed minute by minute, and I didn't know how long I had been asleep, when the sound of steel hammer suddenly sounded.

"Old beans, old beans ......"

Chen Xin opened his eyes in a daze, only to suddenly realize that he was still in the cockpit of the Airbus A350, and he asked, ", when is it now?"

"You've been asleep for almost two hours. ”

Chen Xin shook his head, his head cleared up slightly, and said, "Is there something wrong?"

"Lao Dou, I just discovered a strange phenomenon, I have been looking for satellite information about the target airport in Western Sahara, but apart from Google's satellite photos, there are very few digital images of the area on the Internet. So I wondered if I was secretly sending a US spy satellite that was on a break to take pictures of the area, only to find out that two KH-12 'keyhole' spy satellites belonging to the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) had frequently appeared over Western Sahara in recent days and captured a large amount of footage...... I checked, and the shooting operation started on June 1, and the photos of the area were refreshed almost every day. ”

As he spoke, the light curtain on Chen Xin's glasses lit up, and satellite photos of the target airport in Western Sahara appeared on them, with a resolution of up to 0.1 meters, which was the masterpiece of the KH-12 "keyhole" optical imaging satellite.

Chen Xin was stunned and immediately frowned.

Logically speaking, the Americans should not have any interest in this place where birds don't, but how could they suddenly think of sending spy satellites to conduct reconnaissance and imaging of this area, and this operation has been going on for several days.

The most important thing is that this area is the place where Catherine said that the hostages were handed over, thinking of Catherine's previous confession, Chen Xin's eyes narrowed suddenly.

If there is a shadow of the United States in the terrorist attacks, it can only be said that the Yankees have done too well.

If it weren't for the accidental discovery of these satellite photos, Chen Xin probably would not have associated the terrorist attack with the Americans, which is incredible.

Just then, there was a knock at the cockpit door.

Chen Xin was slightly stunned, and hurriedly got up to open the hatch, and saw Qiao Ting standing at the door playfully, Chen Xin asked, "Is there something wrong?"

After Chen Xin put on the "Little Butterfly", he was almost a head taller than Qiao Ting, especially the eyes of the "Little Butterfly" helmet projected a faint blue light, as if he had a high-tech halo, giving people an extremely sci-fi feeling.

Qiao Ting had to raise her head to look at Chen Xin, and said with some uneasiness: "I found some food in the cabin, all bread and the like, I was thinking that I hadn't eaten for so long, should I give some points to the passengers behind?"

Chen Xin felt that he was already hungry, and nodded: "Go ahead, by the way, give me a copy too." ”

Qiao Ting was slightly stunned and said, "Oh, haode, I'll send it over immediately." ”

Soon, Qiao Ting took two bags of bread and sent it over, and Chen Xin took it and said, "Is the food enough?"

Qiao Ting said: "I took a look, there are probably more than 100 people on the plane, it should be enough." ”

Chen Xindao: "You go and distribute the food, and after the distribution, stay with the hostages in the economy class, don't move around." ”

Qiao Ting hesitated, stopped talking, nodded lightly, and turned to leave.

Seeing her walk away, Chen Xin said in a low voice: "Gangyi, did she make any movements when I was sleeping just now?"

She is quite honest, she sits in her seat most of the time, and a few people in the economy class behind her asked to go to the toilet, and I agreed. ”

Chen Xin nodded, returned to the cockpit, closed the hatch again, and said, "Where are we now?"

"Just out of the Strait of Gibraltar." ”

Chen Xindao: "The French are still following?"

"Two more Rafale M carrier-based fighters took off from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which are now 18 kilometers away from us," he said. ”

Chen Xin thought for a while and said, "It's almost time, let's turn on plasma stealth!"

Gangyi said: "What about the spy satellite?"

Chen Xindao: "Even if this terrorist attack is related to the Americans, we don't need to be afraid of anything." ”

The only thing that Chen Xin couldn't understand was that if this thing was really done by the Americans, then what secrets were hidden in Qiao Ting's body, which would cause them to make such a big move.

……

Eastern Mediterranean.

With the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle as the core, an aircraft carrier battle group consisting of the USS Forbin guided-missile destroyer, two Lafie-class missile frigates, a Luse-class corvette and a Ruby-class nuclear submarine is cruising off the coast of Libya.

On March 17, 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1973, which decided to establish a no-fly zone over Libya and demanded that relevant countries take all necessary measures to protect Libyan civilians and civilian areas from the threat of armed attacks.

The words "use all necessary means" appeared in the UN Security Council resolution, allowing France, the United States, Britain and other countries to carry out air strikes.

According to CNN, "using all necessary means" is one of the most important "incidental" elements of the no-fly zone, leaving a "window" for Security Council members to carry out air strikes against Libya. As long as the target is deemed to pose a potential threat to civilians, it appears that air strikes can be initiated.

The targets of the strikes included Libyan government air bases, tank units, air defense units, missile units, and communications and command and control centers.

As for whether the airstrikes themselves will cause civilian casualties, it doesn't matter to them.

However, due to the previous terrorist attack at the Paris Air Show, the French military temporarily suspended air strikes against the area controlled by Cardazzo not long ago, and all Rafale M carrier-based fighters also recovered the aircraft carrier.

The aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" is temporarily on standby in the Mediterranean.

It didn't take long for them to receive an order to send two Rafale M carrier-based fighters to track and monitor the hijacked A350 from a long distance, and the ship's radar kept tracking the target.

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