Volume VII Chapter 910 Public Opinion Offensive
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The 'nuclear-powered bomber' really did not cause a widespread sensation in the US side, and even many strategic military intelligence analysis departments regarded this information transmitted by the book as a 'joke.' Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, when the information was reported to CIA Director Panetta's desk, the former White House chief of staff immediately called the head of the intelligence analysis center and scolded him.
Although Panetta is not from a 'professional background', he knows the most about politics, and he knows very well how much the current owner of the White House attaches great importance to the Third OECD formed by the 'rogue regimes' such as Somalia and Iran, and to this end, the CIA is also starting to set up a special task force for the intelligence gathering of this 'OECD'.
Therefore, any 'suspicious' behavior in this organization must be carefully verified and not based on subjective impressions.
The head of the intelligence analysis center also felt aggrieved, is Somalia a third-rate country stronger than the United States in scientific research? What the 'nuclear-powered bomber' needs to solve is not one or two difficult problems, but a comprehensive technological shortage in many fields, which cannot be effectively solved with the current technological strength of the United States; although Somalia has made some discoveries and achievements in one or two military technologies, it does not mean that the comprehensive technological strength of Somalia's scientific research departments surpasses that of the United States.
So there's nothing out of the ordinary thing about downgrading the intelligence of Somalia's 'nuclear-powered bomber'.
But he didn't dare to defend himself, because the other party was the director, and his subjective consciousness was not 100% certain.
“fuck……!” After receiving a call from the White House administration about the president's summoning of him, Panetta hurried to the White House with a curse.
Secretary of Defense Gates and CIA Director Panetta are Obama's 'left arm', and they are the two men who were summoned this time.
Obama expressed displeasure with the fact that the C.I.A. and the Department of Defense have come up with the same intelligence analysis of Somalia's secret development of a 'nuclear-powered bomber'.
"Gentlemen, I don't care whether Somalia has the technology to develop or not, what I want to say is that 'nuclear-powered bombers' are a threat to the United States, and I don't want to see Somali bombers with nuclear warheads appear above the White House." Obama looked at the two cronies and tried to express his concern and displeasure in a tactful tone.
"So...... What I want to know is, how to get Somalia to abandon this research program? Obama asked, propped his hands on the table, leaned forward and stared at the two.
Both Gates and Panetta did not understand that the 'nuclear-powered bomber' program was abandoned by the United States, and if the Chinese commander of Somalia was caught up in this plan and invested all Somali resources, it would be beneficial to the United States, so as to weaken Somalia's development potential. Why does the president want Somalia to abandon this plan? If Somalia suspends this plan, it will only benefit Somalia in the long run.
Isn't that tantamount to helping the 'enemy'?
Mr. Obama seemed to see the doubts between the two pros, explaining, "Even if there was a 1 in 10,000 chance that it would pose a serious threat to international peace, and for the American people, they would fear that one day Somali bombers would not drop bombs on their heads." What we have to do is to snuff out any source of threat to the United States. And, do you think that even if Somalia does not carry out this program, the development potential will be on the same level as that of the United States? So we don't have to worry about Somalia really threatening the United States, all we need is to ensure that Somali nuclear bombs do not fall on the United States in the current period. ”
From Obama's point of view, the 'security' of the American people is very important, and what the political axe needs to do is to make the people feel safe, only in this way will the people support you, otherwise what do you want the political axe to do? Somalia, on the other hand, has a small economy and a weak national foundation, and even if it invests its limited resources in key places, it will not be able to catch up with the United States, not to mention that the United States has many allies. That is, how many years will it take to catch up with the United States? Fifty years or a hundred years or even more?
Therefore, for Obama, whether Somalia has the technical strength to study nuclear-powered bombers is not the main thing, but the important thing is not to sit idly by and watch Somalia study this kind of project that will pose a major security threat to the United States, because if you sit back and watch Somalia study nuclear-powered bombers, there is a slight possibility of success, after all, the United States and the Soviet Union have studied it in the fifties. Nuclear-powered bombers', and the Somali Star Group also has a certain technical foundation, if you get the Tu-119 kind of technical surname bomber, it is not a good thing for the United States, this represents a significant increase in Somalia's strategic nuclear deterrence capability, originally the United States in the Middle East several military bases in the Somalia 'nuclear strike' range, but if there are long-range bombers, the United States is facing the risk of 'nuclear strike'.
Secretary of Defense Gates wanted to understand all this, and thought to himself, no wonder the other party can be president, but he can only be defense minister. Sometimes the more complex the problem, the more detached it is from the essence and core of the problem.
The CIA and the Department of Defense are thinking of depleting Somalia with a nuclear-powered bomber program, and for Obama, even without this plan, Somalia's 'potential' is limited and insignificant compared to that of the United States.
"President, I think we can guide public opinion, when China and the former Soviet Union stopped the research on 'nuclear-powered aircraft', it was because the reactor pollution on the 'nuclear-powered aircraft' could not be effectively solved, and most of the bombers would be at a low altitude when carrying out bombing, which could easily be shot down by anti-aircraft weapons, and the nuclear reactor could lead to nuclear contamination. I don't think people around the world want to see a moving 'nuclear contaminant' flying overhead, in danger of crashing at any moment. "Secretary of Defense Gates thought about it and came up with a solution.
Although in practice, it is impossible for a nuclear reactor to have a nuclear explosion like a nuclear bomb, because the reactor uses low-concentration nuclear materials, while nuclear weapons require high-concentration nuclear materials, and low-concentration nuclear materials cannot complete the chain reaction at all, and they will not explode at all, but after all, they are nuclear materials, and there will always be the possibility of nuclear leakage and nuclear contamination, which still poses a threat to the safety of ordinary people.
If 'negative propaganda' is carried out through Western-controlled public opinion, Somalia will face global pressure, which may force Somalia to suspend the research project.
CIA Director Panetta saw that Gates' speech made the president smile with satisfaction, and hurriedly proposed, "We can secretly make some preparations, such as the blockade of Somalia's economy and technology, strictly control the flow of relevant technology into Somalia, and put pressure on those countries and organizations that provide high-standard parts and strategic materials to Somalia to force them to stop helping the Somali project." ”
Obama also nodded when he heard this, and he was very satisfied with the answers of the two aides.
"Well, I'll leave this matter to the CIA, and I'll allocate a sum of money from the president's funds to deal with it." Obama ended the conversation happily.
...... "What a deception!" Li Mo was very angry in his office looking at several reports from mainstream Western newspapers.
Immediately afterwards, the spokesperson of the Somali Star Group urgently held a press conference, saying to the outside world that the Star Group did not study the 'nuclear-powered bomber' plan rumored on the Internet.
But the media reporters were everywhere, and soon a Western newspaper broke the news that a reporter of the media had the "luck" to interview a staff member who had participated in the core research program in Somalia, and the staff member of the Star Group, who did not want to be named, said that the Star Group was indeed conducting a top-secret research project, as rumored on the Internet, a kind of research on a 'nuclear-powered aircraft'. However, due to external pressure and financial and technical constraints, the plan is currently at a standstill.
After a few months, Somali Star Group has once again become 'famous' internationally. Many military observers, commentators, analysts, and so on have expressed their views on the development of 'nuclear-powered aircraft' by the Xingchen Group in the media, and most of them believe that Somalia does not have the conditions to solve the problem of 'nuclear-powered aircraft', and they have all expressed concern about the hidden dangers of nuclear contamination brought about by 'nuclear-powered aircraft'.
At this time, the United States and Russia, two countries that have developed a 'nuclear-powered bomber' and the United Kingdom, a country that is currently intensifying its research and development, have said that 'nuclear power' is a power with great potential, but before solving nuclear pollution, it should only stay in the laboratory, rather than be hastily installed on the plane.
In short, public opinion is one-sided against the Star Group, and there have even been protests and demonstrations in several countries around Somalia.
"Hehe, these guys know how to make small moves, but this time they miscalculated." Li Mo sat in the office and enjoyed milk tea while reading the newspaper and laughing.
Brigadier General Assad, deputy commander of the Air Force, said with a smile, "I was quite strange, I thought they would let us study 'nuclear-powered aircraft', but I didn't expect them to stop us from doing research in this way." ”
"I was surprised at first, but when I think about it, there is nothing wrong with it, there are two sides to everything, some people need the 'positive' side, some people need the 'negative' side, and the 'positive and negative' sides that may be required in special times are also different. The Americans now prefer us to reduce 'waste' than to have a 1 in 10,000 chance of developing a 'nuclear-powered bomber'. ”
Assad nodded approvingly, "Commander, the staff member of the Star Group who is 'unwilling to disclose' his name was ordered by you, right?" In this way, the West is more convinced that we are working on a 'nuclear-powered aircraft' and that it is stuck in a bottleneck. ”
Li Mo smiled, "True and false, false and true, who can tell if you are not the party?" What we need to do now is to cater to the minds of those Westerners and let them see our 'embarrassment', only in this way will they lose their vigilance, and we will have the time and opportunity." ”
(To be continued)