When the alarm went off, Rodney was startled.

Immediately afterwards, several heavily armed secret service officers rushed into the office, and the two leading the team rushed directly over, picked up Rodney and walked out.

"What's going on?"

"Alert from NORAD suspects that North Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile."

"What?"

"We've got to take you to the underground bunker right now."

"Vice President?"

"I've been contacted, and I'll be on Air Force No. 2 in five minutes."

"What about the others?"

"The Secretary of State and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have also been arranged and are on their way to Andersen Air Force Base, where the planes prepared for them are ready to take off."

Rodney let out a long breath and quickened his pace.

At the time of the incident, the vice president was attending a local rally in Denver, so he did not rush back, but sat there to command.

As for the Secretary of State and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, they are both in the District of Columbia.

Because of the military meeting in the afternoon, the Secretary of Defense has already left the White House and returned to the Pentagon.

There is nothing to worry about, the Pentagon also has underground bunkers, which are no less robust than those of the White House and are equally capable of withstanding a direct strike from nuclear weapons.

North Korea launched a preemptive attack?

Of course, it's not impossible.

Although North Korea claimed to have developed an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the continental United States 10 years ago, it only hit Hawaii and Alaska.

It wasn't until about seven years ago that North Korea developed a missile with a range that could cover the District of Columbia.

It's just that the number is very small.

Why?

It is a liquid-fueled missile, which is not only difficult to store, but also takes too long to prepare before launch, and basically has no actual combat value.

According to U.S. intelligence estimates, there are only five of those missiles at most.

Because it takes at least a few hours to refuel the missile before launch, there is nothing to worry about even if North Korea intends to use it.

In times of tension, the United States will certainly arrange for bombers to be put into the air and stand by.

That is, as long as North Korea is ready to use missiles, the United States can send bombers to deliver a preemptive strike to destroy North Korea's missiles.

In fact, just yesterday, the United States sent eight additional B-2A planes to Guam.

Subsequently, at least 2 B-2As patrolled the western Pacific at any given time, one of which also had at least 6 tactical nuclear bombs hanging on it.

After receiving the order, the bombers were able to fly to the Korean Peninsula within four hours.

In addition, the F-35As deployed in South Korea and Japan are capable of striking North Korea and destroying North Korean ballistic missiles in less than two hours.

In American tactics, the first consideration is preemptive.

It's just that last year's intelligence changed all that.

What intelligence?

It is very likely that North Korea has obtained some extremely advanced technology through secret channels and developed a solid-fuel missile with a maximum range of about 12,000 kilometers!

This missile is likely to be related to a submarine-launched ballistic missile of the former Soviet Union.

According to outside estimates, North Korea's technology comes from Ukraine.

The point is that the missile can be prepared for launch in a maximum of half an hour, and can be launched from almost any location.

In addition, maintenance is extremely simple, meaning that there is no need for too many service vehicles.

What do you mean?

Deployment in peacetime has been greatly improved.

According to the intelligence provided by the CIA, it is quite possible that the DPRK has already acquired 2 such missiles, and one of them was created by Ukrainian specialists.

Not some advanced missiles, of course.

The problem is that for the first time, North Korea has a more reliable strategic strike capability.

With a range of 12,000 kilometers and a throw capacity of no less than 500 kilograms, it is enough to drop a 200,000-ton nuclear warhead developed by North Korea that has not been miniaturized well enough to drop to the District of Columbia.

The District of Columbia is just the capital of the United States, not a large city, and a 200,000-ton nuclear warhead is enough.

Of course, enough to destroy the whole of Manhattan.

If the target is a city on the west coast, a low-extension trajectory can also be selected to shorten the missile's flight time and improve the missile's penetration efficiency.

Two missiles and two 200,000-class nuclear warheads, if all fired at megacities like Los Angeles and New York, could cause tens of millions of casualties.

This price is too great.

Rodney felt his heart pounding, but he pretended to be very calm.

At this time, it is useless to panic.

Arriving at the underground bunker, Rodney breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the District of Columbia is not the most likely, it certainly cannot be ruled out, so it is much better to be safe to enter an underground bunker, even if only temporarily, than to stay in the office and be wiped out in the event of a nuclear explosion.

The so-called underground bunker is actually a room buried more than 100 meters underground.

There is a communications command system, as well as several White House staffers.

"Contact NORAD right away, I want to know ......"

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Suddenly the gunshots rang out, and Rodney was immediately stupefied.

By the time he came to his senses, all the secret service officers and staff around him had collapsed, and only two people were standing, one of whom was the secretary who had begun to deliver speeches.

Why is she here?

Of course, she was the president's secretary, and she was in the Oval Office when the Secret Service came, so she followed.

However, she was not the secretary Rodney knew.

When the male agent's appearance began to change, Rodney nearly fainted.

"None of them died, we used tranquilizer bombs, and we just let them sleep for a few hours."

That's right, the secret service officer is Wang Dong.

"Your Excellency, we don't want to kidnap you, but we don't want you to become an accomplice in the destruction of human civilization, so we have no other choice."

"You...... You...... I know you, you are ......"

At this time, Luo Qing also regained his appearance.

It was only after seeing her that Rodney suddenly remembered.

Of course he knew Wang Dong and Luo Qing, so it was not strange at all.

"Your Excellency, it doesn't matter at all whether you know us or not. In any case, you must not declare war on North Korea. ”

"What?"

"In your opinion, it was North Korean intelligence agents who attacked the global financial system? Stop talking nonsense, as long as you are a person with a normal IQ, you will not believe this nonsense. ”

Rodney glanced at Luo Qing and then looked at Wang Dong.

"Wait, you can call the directors of the CIA and NSA and ask them what happened in Alamos. After you have figured out the truth, I believe that as long as you are still a normal human being, a sane person, you will never step into the trap set by Emily. ”

Rodney's brow jumped a few times, he clearly knew who Emily was.