"From now on, we, the free world, have entered the darkest hour!"

John's first words made everyone feel the seriousness of the matter, and no one would be the first to speak.

He certainly had the right to be angry, and the hotline conference call that ended just a few hours ago was simply maddening.

Although there was a mistake on the surface, they bit the "civilian" and "mistaken" and did not let go, and the others could not come up with evidence of their actions at all, and it was useless to talk about it.

However, it is rare for the other four parties to unanimously condemn it, but in exchange for only an "apology" and "immediately dispatch a rescue team to carry out humanitarian relief activities", symbolically pay some money and verbally apologize.

Lucia and the country of the Hair just joined the Huayin Treaty and reached a lunar cooperation agreement after a few words of shouting and then lost their voices, with a sigh trying to stir but no longer able to stir it, John wanted to toss but couldn't toss, and finally could only send a hastily declaration to tell the other friends "Singing and dancing is all right, we are not ready to fight" and it was over.

However, the Snowbird's debut was destined to keep many people awake, and the significance of this technical power is truly astonishing, completely surpassing the past achievements of Aramco and the Alliance, and representing the strategic thinking of its owners gradually shifting to offense.

How can you tell if a country's air force is a defensive or offensive strategy?

The answer is to look at the proportion of auxiliary models, if most of them are just simple fighters, then it means that their main task is homeland air defense, and it is difficult to stretch out their hands.

Offensive forces must possess powerful long-range reconnaissance and support capabilities, and the more auxiliary aircraft such as tankers, early warning planes, reconnaissance planes, and transport planes, the stronger their offensive needs will be, and although the positioning of the "Snow Bird" is unknown, the side it shows is enough to show that it is destined to be born for ultra-long-distance penetration, and the significance it represents is extraordinary.

This change in strategic attitude scares John more than the plane itself, and with the successive failures of the previous space race, external pressure has reached an unprecedented level.

……

Texas.

Unlike the dull environment of politics and high-level leaders, in Musk's view, the space industry is about to usher in a bright future, especially manned spaceflight.

Although the outside world has gradually begun to wake up after the panic and understand that the space station is not safe in the event of a nuclear war, the enthusiasm of investors has not diminished much.

After all, ten days ago, the Tianmu-2 mission expanded the territory of commercial manned space flight to the moon for the first time, and with the progress of Advance already more than 75% complete, it is certain that Mars will be included in the near future.

Even if other commercial aerospace industries are far from reaching this point, the development potential is also not weak, and there is no reason why it will not be possible.

Jeff Bezos, who has been tossing about suborbital tourism, took the opportunity to propose a manned spacecraft of the "Shepard II" type using the new Glenn rocket, weighing up to 45 tons, and even flying to the moon.

Although it is a sketched PPT, Blue Origin is after all a private space contractor second only to SpecaX, and the renewed optimism from the outside world has given Jeff the confidence to shake off the haze of Artemis II and re-establish the company's prestige.

SpecaX certainly did no worse than that, and Musk immediately proposed to turn the previously revealed plans for a trip to the moon into reality, and planned to build a lunar space station with a starship.

He knows too well what the rich are afraid of, and in addition to these, he also put forward the idea of establishing permanent ecological bases on the moon and Mars, which is comfortable enough to live his life and is strongly sought after in the general environment.

In the past two months, SpecaX has basically confirmed the feasibility of a two-launch Falcon 9 rocket circumnavigation of the moon and carried out the initial design of the program, and now he wants to make this plan a reality within this year.

With an additional Falcon 9 and a propulsion unit, the cost has risen by 60% and the price has quadrupled, but there is still an endless stream of wealthy people who have booked tickets, and many people who have previously bought low-earth orbit have also chosen to upgrade to the lunar package.

Although the entire space industry, whether official or private, has not said it explicitly, it is tacitly promoting long-term manned space tourism, and the farther away the better, and the rich and wealthy are also willing to invest a sum of money in it.

Compared to the gloomy and uncertain underground shelters, space at least allows them to see the sun.

Musk thanked the other side of the Pacific Ocean in his heart, and this incident is really a divine assist for the space community.

……

Capital.

Dou Ping and several other senior leaders contracted the first half of the meeting and conducted a profound and real self-examination, mainly because of the lack of quality inspection and assembly processes for prototypes and emergency plans, and secondarily because of the untimely response of other military regions.

The five countries in the western Pacific that were involved this time were actually quite chaotic last night, and although they had also engaged in some actual combat exercises in the past, they were always prepared, but this time it was a real emergency, and it also exposed their real combat readiness.

The Aramco Pacific Fleet has a good sense of crisis and responds very quickly, and the planes and warships have carried out emergency procedures, but there have also been many accidents, I heard that at least one reconnaissance plane and two fighter planes have been dropped, and the port has even been blocked by sideways supply ships, resulting in the aircraft carrier not being able to get out.

Island country...... It was not the position they controlled that launched the "Patriot" counterattack, and they only cared about fleeing for their lives with Big Daddy, and the other armed forces could basically be described as chaos.

The peninsula is still mainly reacting violently to each other, but the impact is not great.

Lucia also pulled across, and a bomber formation took off in half a day, and the rest of the military forces were purely in a state of rottenness, and eighty percent were still sobering up.

The company knows best what is happening, and the response is timely but it also exposes a lot of problems, which is actually a very valuable training experience, showing all the problems that have not been considered in the past, but it can also be given a passing grade.

The focus of the midfield is on the "Snow Bird", and the military and the above are naturally very fond of its performance, which is to make a small opinion:

Can you please not let it be so conspicuous.

Radar stealth has been confirmed, but could it be quieter in terms of optics and sound?

Answering this question was Anderov, the most professional aviation designer on the field.

"Let's start with the voice...... There's really nothing you can do about this. ”

Anderov explained:

"The noise of the body and engine when the Snowbird flies is completely negligible at ultra-high altitude, the main noise comes from the shock wave generated during supersonic flight, and it can indeed be attenuated by some aerodynamic design, but the effect is limited, and now the design of the Snowbird has been finalized and it is impossible to change it.

But the optics can be thought of, and I have a new idea now. ”

(End of chapter)