Chapter 208 The chicken flies and the dog jumps again
After the "Shengxiang 5" fell into the atmosphere, the NASA Space Weapons Warning Center was abandoned, and I never thought that the satellite that had disappeared a long time ago actually appeared again, and it also triggered the alarm, according to the early warning logic, the alarm was triggered because the weapon entered the pre-launch self-test procedure, which may be a routine overhaul, or it may be a preparation before the attack.
But you say that a guy who has not been activated for decades enters the self-inspection program is a routine maintenance, which must also be believed, not to mention that it is still a time of war, the woolly bear was tossed so badly, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will make a ruthless shot, this thing is over the capital area, once detonated, the entire bald eagle's financial system will collapse overnight, and the loss will be in the tens of trillion dollars.
"Hey, pick up the president! Plug in, Red Alert! The old professor picked up the red phone on the table, fortunately, the phone can still connect to the president's office, but the office secretary was a little confused when he suddenly received this call, how many years has the Cold War ended, you told me about the red alert, who believes it.
Fortunately, the call eventually came into the president's office, and the old president, who was a little confused, thought that someone was joking with him at first, until the old professor was so angry that he finally came back to his senses, what did I hear, there were six megaton nuclear bombs above my head preparing for launch?
The picture is connected to the underground command center of the White House, and the pictures of several satellites can confirm the same thing - the "Sacred Elephant 5" is back, or it is sent back after it is strengthened, and the old president can't wait to directly shoot his international security adviser directly, he has also been in office for a few years, and it is the first time he knows that the woolly bear still has this thing, what are you not cheaters for? If I had known that there was such a thing, I wouldn't have been so impulsive in making decisions, okay?
"Can you shoot this thing down?" The old president pointed to the "Holy Elephant No. 5" on the screen and said that as the president of the bald eagle, when he encountered this situation, his first thought was not to communicate with the emperor, but to directly get rid of the other party.
"Your Excellency, according to the previous plan, it can be shot down using orbital weapons." The Minister of Defense hesitated for a moment and replied, he knew about the "Holy Elephant No. 5", according to the information they got from the woolly bear, this thing was in a semi-scrapped state more than ten years ago, the hairy bear has neither the technical repair, nor the strength to launch another one, everyone just needs to wait for it to slide into the atmosphere by itself, so after getting rid of the other four, this one is just kept in surveillance.
"I order you, in my capacity as President Bald Eagle, shoot it down immediately!" The old president said very resolutely, quite a feeling of pride and guidance.
"Your Excellency, space-based laser weapons need to be maintained and tested, and we don't have a delivery platform anymore." The Minister of Defense took the plunge to explain.
"Damn, get it clear!" The old president almost roared and said, he was already thinking about whether to go to Air Force One at this time, there was no way, the team was a little unable to take it.
"Our space-based laser is still a product of the early eighties of the last century, weighing ten tons, because it uses a nuclear reactor for power, it is also very large, and it needs to be carried by a space shuttle, and in order to ensure absolute insurance, at least two space shuttles must be used to attack at the same time." The Minister of Defense can't help it, Nima's, the space shuttle has been swept into the garbage heap by politicians, and now the bald eagle can only rely on those so-called civilian spacecraft, but that thing really can't be used for military purposes, at least it can't replace the space shuttle.
"Can't you use other aircraft? Isn't it said that the impact of the decommissioned space shuttle is not great? The old president said angrily, although he was not the president at the time, but he still knew something about the retirement of Atlantis, but many people swore that it would not affect the space industry of Bald Eagle.
"Your Excellency, I don't know much about this question." The Minister of Defense said with a bitter face, the ghost will not be affected, is it not because the operating cost is too high, it costs almost ten tons of gold to fly once, and the Federal Reserve and the Senate are unwilling to support it, accident? Hehe, blindly compress costs, and if there is no accident, there will be a ghost, besides, the last accident is very strange no matter how you look at it, right?
"General, can you shoot it down by other means?" In the end, the old president did not continue to ask, he is not his predecessor, and he will not and will not lift the lid desperately, since the defense minister refuses to say, there must be a reason for not saying it, and the most urgent thing now is to shoot down the "Sacred Elephant Five".
"The accuracy and range of ground-based laser weapons are not enough, they can only attack targets below thirty kilometers, as for other space weapons, they are either decommissioned or out of control, we have not maintained and increased space weapons for thirty years, perhaps, it can be destroyed with Starlink satellites." The Minister of Defense is also a little annoyed, the Senate has been reducing military spending all these years, and the direct result is that the military has been forced to abandon many seemingly useless projects, such as solar sails, anti-meteorite missiles, stratospheric laser platforms, aerospace fighters, space shuttles, and everything that seems to be of little use.
"Contact them immediately and crash it!" The old president decisively gave the order.
"Spacex wants $100 million." The Minister of Defense said with some confidence that a satellite costing several million dollars would dare to use $100 million, and Spacex was definitely taking advantage of the fire to rob it.
"Let them hurry up, and the money will come out of my special fund." The old president glared at the Minister of Defense, this guy obviously didn't want to take the funds of the Ministry of Defense, too, it was almost the end of the year, and the funds of the Ministry of Defense were estimated to be about the same.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" With that, the Minister of Defense stepped aside, picked up the phone and called.
Half an hour later, a satellite belonging to Spacex began to turn, accelerate, and gallop towards the "Sacred Elephant 5", although the speed does not look very fast, but it is only a relative speed, if you look at the actual speed, it is very exaggerated, definitely the kind that who touches and who dies.
But what everyone didn't expect was that when the satellite was still 100 kilometers away from the "Sacred Elephant 5", the automatic defense system was activated, and a small missile with a diameter of only 40 millimeters broke away from the parent body, and then adjusted its direction and rushed towards the Starlink satellite, bursting at a distance of 50 kilometers from the satellite, and hundreds of tungsten alloy balls of several millimeters were scattered, forming a barrage in space, and soon, the Starlink satellite directly crashed into the barrage and exploded.
The people who witnessed all this in the command center were also disappointed, the active defense system is not uncommon, but that thing is in the atmosphere, and there are many technical bottlenecks that need to be solved to carry out an automatic defense system in space.
Obviously, SpaceX is betting that there are loopholes in the defense of the "Shengxiang 5", but the actual situation is that these four satellites have also been destroyed, not only that, but even the reconnaissance satellite that has been providing image support for the command center has also been destroyed.
The old president felt that his face was red, Spacex could not pay the $100 million if it didn't complete the mission, but the reconnaissance satellite was its own, and this large reconnaissance satellite of the Ministry of Defense could be worth $300 million, but it was directly destroyed, and it was definitely a huge loss.
The surveillance screen was transferred to the ground monitoring station, which is not very clear, but it can also be seen that the "Sacred Elephant 5" is unfolding, and six missiles have stretched out from the huge body, which is already in a state of being ready to attack at any time.
The lights on the "Icon Five" flickered, the Morse code, easy to decipher - "Strike back again, target, capital", after flashing three times, the light signal stopped, but the missiles were not included in the body.
The old president hesitated, but just when he was thinking about whether to contact the emperor to have a good talk or even give in, Spacex did it again, and two satellites launched attacks from the same window in succession, trying to use the first satellite to break through the tungsten alloy barrage, and then the second satellite destroyed the "Sacred Elephant 5".
As expected, the explosion of the first satellite instantly emptied the small barrage, and then the second satellite rushed over and smashed straight over, and at this time it seemed that it was too late to continue to launch missiles.
The Starlink satellite and the "Icon 5" passed by, as for whether there is still a chance to continue to turn to attack again? No kidding, this thing has a lifespan of only five years, and its weight is light, which is destined to carry a limited amount of fuel, and a steering acceleration has exhausted that bit of reserve fuel, let alone turning to continue attacking, even if you want to continue to exert residual heat, you have no chance.
In just a few moments, SpaceX has buried seven satellites, and the "Elephant V" has also launched seven missiles (one of which is used to attack military reconnaissance satellites), and if it continues to attack recklessly, it will always run out of fuel and defense missiles for the "Elephant V", after all, there are thousands of Starlink satellites in space. There are nearly 100 that can be used to attack in this area.
Thinking of this, the old president suddenly hoped that the richest man would continue to be abnormal, and it was best to have a saturation attack in space to give the "Holy Elephant No. 5" a set of fire, no matter how much cost you used, you still need to respect the discomfort of the spirit of the contract?
No, at this moment, one of the missiles of the "Sacred Elephant No. 5" actually slipped off the body.