Chapter 700: The strategy will not change
Pakistan conducted a nuclear test and a ballistic missile test!
According to the radioactive fallout wafting over, the US reconnaissance plane detected the enhanced tritium element in the air, indicating that Pakistan detonated a hydrogen bomb this time! And from the north of Pakistan to the Indian Ocean in the southern hemisphere, the range of ballistic missiles is almost more than 5,000 kilometers!
Pakistan, already mastered nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles!
When they got the news, the Americans were first shocked, and then shocked!
In addition to the shock, everyone realized that Pakistan had crossed the nuclear threshold and became a member of the nuclear club!
This is simply a challenge to international norms, a challenge to the entire planet! Does Pakistan really have the ability to manufacture and deliver nuclear weapons?
"Didn't the CIA detect Pakistan's nuclear program before?" Bush Sr. asked.
Pakistan has detonated a hydrogen bomb, and the CIA knows nothing, which is a serious dereliction of duty by the CIA.
"We found out that there was an earthquake in Afghanistan two years ago, and now it seems that it was probably the first time that Pakistan conducted a nuclear test." William, the director of the C.I.A., said his face was not good-looking.
Nuclear tests began two years ago! And Pakistan's real nuclear program, I'm afraid, has already begun! Started almost at the same time as India's nuclear program!
In fact, it should have been thought of a long time ago that Pakistan and India are old enemies, and when India is committed to nuclear weapons, although Pakistan lacks economic strength, even if it smashes the pot and sells iron, it will have to conduct a nuclear test! Pakistan must have had a nuclear program that was unfolding at the same time.
It's just that Pakistan, apparently much more cunning than India, has always wanted to show itself as a great power. The development of nuclear weapons is semi-open, and there has even been a nuclear test, while Pakistan, it is completely secret!
Now, Pakistan has suddenly detonated a nuclear bomb, giving the United States another resounding slap in the face.
Nuclear deterrence? Pakistan is not afraid. Because Pakistan has it too!
"We have to unite the world and impose a comprehensive sanction on Pakistan!" George H.W. Bush said: "By doing this, Pakistan is undermining the global order!" ”
This time, even the Soviet Union and China will not say a single one, this is a consensus reached at the United Nations at the beginning!
This is not just the sanctions of the West, even the East has to join in the sanctions! Otherwise, it will be a kind of non-cooperation with the maintenance of world order. It is subject to the same sanctions as the United States!
At this time, the elder Bush definitely regretted the original policy, when in order to help Afghanistan resist the Soviet Union, the United States helped Pakistan in an all-round way, and now? Pakistan has not only greatly improved its economy and military strength, but now it has even crossed the nuclear threshold!
The United States will never tolerate it!
"Mr. President, what we are more concerned about is the source of these technologies in Pakistan. After all, research on nuclear weapons. As well as the research on ballistic missiles, I am afraid that it cannot be completed with Pakistan's scientific research capabilities, especially since Pakistan's current ballistic missiles are not liquid missiles like Scuds, but should be a solid ballistic missile. Wait until Bush Sr. finishes speaking. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney on the side said.
Technology Sources! At present, there is a trend towards the proliferation of ballistic missiles around the world, but almost all ballistic missiles come from Soviet Scud missiles. It has spread to North Korea, Syria and Iran and other countries, which has caused the United States a great headache, especially now, seeing that Iraq has used Scud missiles to inflict heavy casualties on the Americans, and those weak countries have unswervingly taken the road of building a ballistic missile country, and the United States has seized a number of ballistic missile smuggling incidents, all of which are Scud or deformed missiles.
However, Pakistan's ballistic missiles are mobile, and if they hit 5,000 kilometers, the volume of liquid ballistic missiles is not something that can be drilled around in the mountainous areas of northern Pakistan, so it must be solid ballistic missiles!
Only solid ballistic missiles have the meaning of mobile launches, hit and run, and if they are liquid, they have to be refueled, which takes a long time.
Although Pakistan has started its own space industry, the United States absolutely does not believe in conquering solid ballistic missile technology in such a short period of time, and it must have received help from certain countries!
"Is it Huaxia?" Bush Sr. asked.
After all, Huaxia and Pakistan are almost about to become strategic allies, and if China provides Pakistan with anything, then the United States will have to formulate new sanctions, even with Huaxia!
"It shouldn't be, now, Huaxia only has one solid ballistic missile, that is, the Julang No. 1 missile they named, which is a submarine-launched ballistic missile from a Xia-class submarine, Huaxia transplanted this missile to the shore and became Dongfeng-21, which is a medium-range ballistic missile with a range of no more than 3,000 kilometers, and this time the ballistic missile launched by Pakistan has a range of more than 5,000 kilometers." The director of the CIA said with certainty.
The technical difficulty of the solid missile is very great, how many years did it take Huaxia to come up with a submarine-launched Julang-1, and it became a land-launched Dongfeng-21, which is Huaxia's magic weapon, even if it is given to Pakistan, the range is not enough!
The range of a ballistic missile is not just about increasing the length, so that the length of the rocket is too long, and the diameter is too small, which will cause tremors in flight until it crashes.
Even if Huaxia improves the long-range model on the basis of the Dongfeng 21, it will not be completed now.
It can be said that the technology of Pakistan's ballistic missiles is now even more advanced than that of China!
"Where did that come from?" Bush Sr. asked, "Is it the Soviet Union?" ”
Britain is a follower of the United States, it will definitely not, although the French sell it when they see money, but after all, France also has the arrogance of the Gauls, and this kind of strategic-level weapon will definitely not be sold.
Therefore, only the Soviet Union remains, however, according to the INF treaty between the two sides, the Soviet Union's medium and short-range missiles have been destroyed! Besides, the battle between the Pakistanis and the Soviets was so fierce that the two sides had already formed a mortal enmity, and the Soviets would sell this kind of missile that could hit the hinterland of the Soviet Union to Pakistan?
No matter how you think about it, Bush Sr. can't figure it out.
Seeing William shake his head, the elder Bush also felt that this was impossible, and suddenly thought of something, and continued: "Iraq has too many Scud missiles, far exceeding the number of imported missiles that we have observed, could it be that Pakistan sold them to Iraq?" ”
Pakistan has been able to launch advanced solid-state ballistic missiles, and this unexpected discovery has made Bush Sr. smell something from it, and if Pakistan dares to do this, it will really be a sworn enemy of the United States!
Hearing the elder Bush's words, the CIA director continued: "According to the reconnaissance of our intelligence officers, it was discovered that there was an arms dealer who frequently haunted Iraq, and this person was called Shostakovich, who had close ties with the Soviet military. ”
Arms dealer, Shostakovich? Bush Sr. nodded: "Pay close attention to this person, the time is right, arrest immediately!" ”
As long as these arms dealers are caught, it will be known who is supplying Iraq with Scud missiles!
After saying this, the elder Bush's thinking changed: "In the past, our strategy was wrong, and in order to deal with the Soviet Union, we cultivated a more powerful potential adversary, and now it is time to correct our mistakes!" With this opportunity, we want to pass sanctions to make Pakistan a backward agricultural country again! Our South Asia strategy will not change! ”
A strong Pakistan is obviously not in the interests of the United States, especially since this country is still arguing with the United States, and this Pakistani nuclear test is like a slap in the face of Bush Sr.
Hearing Bush Sr.'s words, Secretary of State Baker frowned: From a diplomatic point of view, the fact that the United States is now about to sever almost all ties with Pakistan is not in line with the existing interests of the United States, especially since the United States is in the period of war with Iraq.
Although Pakistan's nuclear and ballistic missile tests have disgusted the Western world, the Arabs in the Middle East are very excited.
Pakistan has also played a great role in the Gulf crisis, and many Arabs have taken Mhammad as their idol, for example, in the coalition forces, it is difficult to carry out the orders issued by the US command, and the same Pakistanis, roll up their sleeves and say hello, and those Arabs will follow.
Now that Pakistan has nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles again, those Arabs feel that they are their fellow Muslims and their pride.
And the United States now needs the support of these Arabs in its current war in the Middle East, and it will not be of much benefit to the United States to get into a stalemate with Pakistan at this time.
However, Pakistan tested a nuclear bomb and launched a ballistic missile on its own, which is also an act of seeking death, and the United States must make such a public statement.
"Next, let's talk about the war in Iraq." Bush Sr. said: "We must be fast, so that we can give our people an account, and we will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons when necessary!" ”
Tens of thousands of Americans have died, and American nuclear weapons are not just used for deterrence!
For the time being, the United States can only focus on sanctions and cannot continue nuclear deterrence, but Iraq is absolutely fine, can Iraq also detonate a nuclear bomb to slap Bush Sr.?
At this moment, the elder Bush heard a rumbling sound outside, that is, he frowned, this is the sound of Boeing 747 flying, but this sound is famous, the altitude of this passenger plane, it seems to be a little low, right? (To be continued.) )