Chapter 15: The Aerospace Cannon
As early as the time of the Earth Defense Force, due to the awareness of the existence of aliens.
The major powers within the planet have come up with a series of grandiose plans, including a special program called the "High Altitude Research Project".
However, those who actually carry out this plan know that the so-called "high-altitude research project" is nothing more than a smoke bomb that is advertised to the outside world.
The real intent of this project is to create a cannon capable of attacking the outside of the earth directly from the surface.
Because of its theoretical range of up to 4,000 kilometers, it was nicknamed the "Aerospace Cannon" by those who studied the project at that time.
The cannon lives up to its name.
At that time, when gunpowder and energy technology were not developed, the aerospace cannon had indeed become the most likely advanced weapon to face extraterrestrial life.
However, due to the restrictions of the times at that time, as well as various reasons later, the idea of the sky cannon did not come to reality in the end.
Its original developer was assassinated in the process, forcing the entire project to abort.
When the TPC began to gradually take over the Earth Defense Force, some people took a fancy to this plan and packaged it as a satellite launch project, persuading the top management to restart it.
Yes, in those brain-opening era, satellites were not yet launched by rockets.
Launching satellites into space directly from ground-based cannons is not only convenient, but also reusable.
Unfortunately, even TPC, which is at the forefront of the field of new energy and materials science, cannot guarantee the integrity of the satellite after launch.
Naturally, this whimsical satellite launch project was put on hold.
It wasn't until the advent of the Galvin Company that the Aerospace Cannon project was officially relaunched.
After a period of not a long run-in period, TPC built a giant cannon with a length of 300 meters and a caliber of 50 meters on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean.
The cannon is cast from state-of-the-art aerospace materials.
The barrel of the cannon is silvery-white, like a giant tower towering over the surface of the earth.
In addition to the sophisticated computer system, the most striking feature of its interior is its huge energy operation mode.
By absorbing a steady stream of geothermal and tidal energy, this giant cannon can be maintained in a pre-warmed state for a long time, that is, a normalized electromagnetic orbit launch state.
Once there is a need for use, as long as energy fission is performed near the base of the cannon, the cannonball can be fired at the fastest speed.
Considering that the existence of the Sky Cannon is to deal with the possible arrival of aliens.
TPC also specially equipped it with three high-performance satellites as the external "eyes" of this aerospace cannon.
As long as these three satellites lock onto a target at the same time, the space cannon can destroy any UFO in the outer orbit of the earth with the smallest error and the fastest speed.
In a sense, this is another form of "space-based weapon".
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"Dr. Yao is the designer of this energy system......
When Ye Rui projected all the information of the sky cannon onto the big screen, everyone on the victory team couldn't help but be silent.
Although everyone has known for a long time, the martial arts faction within TPC has not given up on expanding its influence.
However, under the noses of most high-level officials, the creation of such an aerospace cannon is still much beyond everyone's imagination.
Those who can join the winning team are basically the elite of the people.
Anyone can see that this aerospace cannon can not only shoot down UFOs in orbit outside the earth, but also attack other buildings on the surface across the earth.
The firing range of up to four thousand kilometers is matched with the peculiarities of the synchronous orbit......
As long as it can be calculated, the effective attack range of this aerospace cannon can cover almost half the world.
"Those lunatics are provoking a war!"
After a long silence, Xincheng summed up the actions of the martial arts faction in one sentence.
Such an exaggerated giant cannon, if combined with the existing missile technology......
Is there any other city on the surface of the earth that this cannon?
This is simply a real sword of Damocles, and it is even more dangerous than a space-based weapon.
"So, what does this Sky Cannon have to do with those steel plate masked people?"
Squinting her eyes slightly, Megumi Kurama asked this crucial question at this time.
It is a shocking fact that the martial arts faction of TPC has built an aerospace cannon without concealing it from the top.
But what the victory team has to investigate now is the origin of those steel plate masquerade.
"This, in fact, I also found some clues."
Taking the question raised by Megumi Kuruma, Ye Rui, who was tapping quickly on the keyboard with both hands, answered it in time.
"Since its birth, the Sky Cannon has been test-fired a total of 137 times."
"One hundred and twelve of these test launches were regular, and there were corresponding records and items as a file process."
"But half a year ago, a month after the 'Rechulan Star Invasion Incident', the Sky Cannon fired twenty-five times in a short period of time."
"This kind of high-frequency firing is clearly not a normal test ......"
"And at the same time as the high-frequency firing of the aerospace cannon, TPC's satellites observed the existence of the 'Sky God' over the Atlantic Ocean."
"No matter the time or place, the appearance of the 'God of the Sky' coincides with the high-frequency shooting of the Sky Cannon."
Listening to Ye Rui's narration in amazement, a bad guess suddenly flashed in Lina's mind.
"That group of lunatics bombarded the 'Sky God' with the Sky Cannon?"
As soon as these words came out, the control room, which was already silent, completely lost its voice.
"Well, those crazy people don't have the guts to ......"
After a short gaffe, Ye Rui shook his head with some tears and laughter.
After all, the "God of the Sky" is the embodiment of the Lightning Man population, and attacking the other party is tantamount to starting an all-out war with the Lightning Man.
Although the martial arts faction acted crazy, it was not crazy enough to start a war with another intelligent race without the knowledge of the TPC higher-ups.
"I mean, the appearance of this anomaly at the same time by the Sky God and the Sky Cannon is likely to be the discovery of extraterrestrial life invading the Earth."
"Don't forget, in the 'Ligadron Incident', the god of the sky once appeared and prevented Ligadron from descending on Earth."
"It's just that in the end, because of the human will in Ligadron's body, the god of the sky chose to let it go."
There was a slight pause in his tone, and Ye Rui explained further.
"It just so happens that I've just found a document that isn't very secretive and can support my speculation."
"Also half a year ago, the Marine Department found a mysterious relic in the Atlantic Ocean that was suspected to have been left by aliens......"
"The ruin, codenamed 'Alien Ruins Seven', is a mechanical island made entirely of unknown metal."
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