President Cleveland looked at Dave. "What is the success rate of interception at the third missile ambush site?" ”

"87 percent, Mr. President." Dave. Berek replied.

"If the 'Little Apophis' is successfully intercepted at the third missile ambush point, where are you going to destroy it?" President Cleveland continued to ask.

Dave. Burek replied, "The Mid-Atlantic Seas, Mr. President!" The 'Little Apophis' meteorite will change its trajectory under the powerful impact of the missile explosion and is expected to land 320 nautical miles southeast of the Flores Islands, which we consider to be the most ideal and successful site for destruction. The USS Jackson nuclear submarine is cruising in this area at the moment.

Henry. M. Jackson, carrying a Trident IID5 with a very long range and very high accuracy, was waiting for the launch command. ”

"Will there be a destructive impact on the nearby Flores Islands." President Cleveland expressed his vs to Dave. Burek asked.

"There will be no impact, we will be able to accurately destroy the 'Little Apophis' at high altitude with 100% certainty, the meteorite rain formed after the destruction of the 'Little Apophis' will not fall on the Flores Islands 320 nautical miles away, and the nuclear radiation from the nuclear bomb explosion will not spread to the Flores Islands." Dave. Berek replied.

Hearing this, Cleveland nodded and turned to look at the group of people beside him. There is Vice President John. Linden. Speaker of the Senate and House of Representatives. Secretary of Defense, Navy, Army, and Air Force Ministers, Commanders, and Three-Star Admirals and Three-Star Lieutenant General with the rank of Chief of Operations, Cleveland said, "What about your opinion, do you agree with the choice to intercept the 'Little Apophis' at the third missile ambush point?" ”

John. Lyndon spoke first, "I agree. ”

"Agreed." The Speaker of the Senate and the House of Representatives also nodded.

"Agreed." said the Minister of Defense.

"Agreed." The generals also said.

"I agree." President Cleveland concluded. "Then it's decided." After speaking, he turned his head to look at Dave. Burek said, "Mr. Burbock, give orders. ”

Hear, Dave. Burek nodded, turned his head and said loudly, "Everyone, all attention, carry out Plan 3. ”

In order to successfully intercept the 'Little Apophis' meteorite, POCO developed various plans. Each plan is a very sophisticated and vast system, involving many aspects. Multiple systems, governments, agencies, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy, the U.S. Missile Defense system, and the Strategic Strike System.

For example, to launch an interceptor missile, you need to go through the order of the Ministry of Defense, even if you are the president, you can't and have no right to directly order the air defense missile unit to launch missiles beyond the Ministry of Defense to detect the flight trajectory of the 'Little Apophis', calculate the landing point of the 'Little Apophis' through the detection satellites of the NASA Space Center, and mobilize and deploy nuclear submarines requires orders from the Admiralty and SSBNs.

The final launch of a nuclear bomb is a very complex system, a tactical miniaturized nuclear bomb, which only requires an order from the regional command, for example, to launch a tactical missile at Russia, North Korea, or China, the commander of the 3rd Expeditionary Force Command in Okinawa can best order the launch.

However, strategic nuclear missiles need a 'nuclear button', and the code of the 'nuclear button' is divided into three parts, part of which is in the hands of the controller of the nuclear bomb, for example, the captain of a strategic nuclear submarine, the supreme commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, etc. Part of it is in the hands of the country's top leader, such as the president, prime minister or king of the country, and the last part is in the hands of the politicians, such as the Senate and the House of Representatives, the House of Commons, the National Assembly, etc., moreover, the code of each nuclear bomb is unique, and the setting of the target is also unique.

When it is necessary to carry out a nuclear strike on a target, the supreme head of state must seek the consent of the people participating in the government, and then obtain the passwords in the hands of the participants and the nuclear bomb controllers, and then combine the three parts into a password with the supreme head of state, and when synthesizing, a synthetic password is also required, that is, in what order the three parts of the password are synthesized, and sometimes they are completely shuffled and then divided into three parts.

After synthesizing the final password, the password is sent to the nuclear bomb controller, who enters the nuclear bomb launch procedure, and sometimes the chief and deputy commander or the chief commander and the political commissar can open the lock at the same time with a key before the final password can be entered, and then the nuclear bomb can be launched.

It is by no means like the president who many people think can launch a nuclear bomb with a suitcase by his side, nor is it by no means like in Hollywood movies, as in Hollywood movies, as long as he gets a nuclear bomb and can threaten others.

Among them, the No. 3 plan is a destruction system developed around the interception of the 'Little Apophis' meteorite at the third missile ambush point.

POCO plays a role here as a bridge to coordinate various agencies, the government, the government, the Ministry of Defense, and the military

'Roger, carry out Plan No. 3. ”

"This is the North American Air Defense Command, the interceptor missile is ready, the flight trajectory of the 'Little Apophis' is being calculated, the launch coordinates have been determined, the data has been entered into the control program, the launch is ready, the interceptor missile will be launched in 6 minutes and 42 seconds!"

'Henry. The M. Jackson is ready!! Wait for the launch command!

NASA headquarters, the air in the command hall seems to be frozen, the atmosphere is very solemn, everyone purses their mouths, there is no expression on their faces, everyone's eyes are fixed on the countdown displayed on the big screen, 00:5:27.

With less than five and a half minutes left before the launch of the interceptor missile, success or failure was at stake.

You must know that it is very difficult to accurately intercept the 'Little Apophis,' and it is not just that the missile only needs to hit the 'Little Apophis,' but this can be easily done with the precision guidance technology of the United States, and the error can be controlled within a very small range.

However, it is very difficult to intercept the 'Little Apophis' 'accurately', which requires the interceptor missile to hit the 'Little Apophis' meteorite at the calculated location and at a certain angle of calculation. in order to accurately change the trajectory of the meteorite under control. If the meteorite lands in the target area, if it misses, the consequences will be serious, and if it misses a few angles, the meteorite may land on the African continent, and it is impossible for the United States to launch a nuclear missile at the African continent.

The interception success rate of 87% is very high.

The headache is that meteorites move irregularly. The flight speed and angle are constantly changing, and it is impossible to accurately calculate the flight trajectory and specific landing location of the meteorite, if Chen Rui did not provide the specific landing location of the meteorite on the prediction slate, and calculate the flight trajectory of the meteorite through reverse thrust, otherwise, it is very difficult to accurately intercept, and the interception success rate may not be 30%.

Because of the time difference, at this time. All over the world, it's when Zero Chen is sleeping, or when he just wakes up in the morning. Or when they were working in the morning, or when they were eating at noon, the heads of state of the world, presidents, kings, prime ministers, and ordinary people, all of them did not sleep all night, stopped what they were doing, and the food on the table was already cold, and everyone was concerned about the long white tail flame of 'Little Apophis', which cut through the sky and was about to crash into the earth.

Many people silently approached the church to pray.

Many people raised their heads and stared at the sky, the sky was blue and blue,

Many people hid in basements, bomb shelters, and basements were filled with water, food, and food that had been 'grabbed' from supermarkets.

The air defense systems of countries around the world have been upgraded to the highest alert level, and even in the dark, soldiers are still at their firing posts, waiting for the launch order at any time.

You know, what if, the prophecy on the prophecy slate is not prepared, now, the meteorite is at an altitude of thousands of kilometers, the flight speed, the flight angle is constantly changing, no one can calculate where the meteorite will eventually land, and in case the Americans fail to intercept and miss, at a height of thousands of miles, a little miss, it will miss a millimeter, a thousand miles, even if it misses half an angle, the place where the meteorite landed is no longer the sea near the Flore Islands, but the African continent, 2 or 3 degrees off, it is already Asia, Russia, and even to the United States.

The minutes passed by second by second.

00:03：20.

00:02：17

00:01：12

00:00：45

00:00：10

In the command hall, everyone secretly read the countdown to the missile launch in their hearts, and everyone was expressionless, and their faces were so frozen that they could almost wring out water, saying that they were not nervous, it must be a lie.

President Cleveland's palms were clenched white.

The Minister of Defense's mouth was pursed, and the wrinkles on his chin were exposed.

Several four-star generals and three-star lieutenant generals also stared at the display screen without blinking.

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Start launching!!

Western United States, Mojave Desert.

This desert covers more than 57,000 square kilometers, most of which is located in southeastern Southern California, but also spans Utah, southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona.

The vast Mojave Desert has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in North America, and is popular with tourists for its beautiful and pristine landscapes, with the United States' diverse national parks and well-known preserves in the country.

At this time, the Mojave Desert on the territory of Nevada, a missile launch base.

A huge firework burst into the sky, and in the dark night sky, it was particularly dazzling.

So much so that some residents of Nevada and nearby states can see the dazzling flames in the night sky.

The interceptor missile was launched, carrying a high-explosive warhead.

Reconnaissance satellites from all over the world immediately locked on to the missile.

The missile flew at a hypersonic speed of more than 7 km/s in the night sky, and in the night sky, it flew in the direction of the Atlantic Ocean with a curvilinear flame and targeted the 'Little Apophis' meteorite.

The missile was launched from the Mojave Desert Missile Launch Base in Nevada, in the night sky, a dazzling flame crossed in a curve, the missile flew at high speed in the night sky along the way through Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, the people of these states watched the flame of the missile in the sky, Americans all knew that this was a missile flying towards the 'Little Apophis' meteorite, many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and the media also came to join in the fun.

After the missile flew in the night sky for 47 seconds.

The inhabitants of the country in the darkness of the night saw a dazzling light burst into the night sky.

The missile hit the 'Little Apophis' meteorite.

The huge impact force generated by the explosion of the high-explosive warhead carried by the missile counter-impacted the 'Little Apophis' meteorite, which successfully changed the flight trajectory of the 'Little Apophis', which had burned from more than 80,000 tons to more than 50,000 tons.

As for whether the flight trajectory of 'Little Apophis' was changed under the control of the NASA command office, it is unknown.

"Larry, report the situation." Dave. Berek asked for the first time.

"The missile hit the 'Little Apophis' meteorite at a vertical angle of 37 degrees, hitting accurately," he said. Larry said as he took off his headphones.

Vertical 37 degrees!

Accurate hits!!

“YES!!! good!! verygood!!” Dave. Berek shouted excitedly.

The audience also became excited, high-fived each other, a burst of cheers, and even the Cleveland president, vice president, secretary of defense, senate and House of Representatives, and several generals next to him also showed excited expressions. Klaus also showed an excited expression, and his mouth curved into an arc

"Listen, guys, don't get too busy rejoicing, we're not done yet, and now, it's time for us to destroy this damn meteorite and bury it at the bottom of the Atlantic." Dave. Burek said loudly, then said to Larry, who turned his head, "Larry, continue to report on the meteorite now. "", successfully changed the flight trajectory of 'Little Apophis', and under our control, the instantaneous anti-thrust generated by the missile explosion effectively slowed down the flight speed of the meteorite.

Now, the meteorite flies at a speed of 13.7 km/s at an angle of 64.2 degrees. (To be continued.) )