Chapter 543： Soviet particle weapons

In order to detect the situation of each other, the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War launched a large number of reconnaissance satellites. After all, although the use of reconnaissance planes for reconnaissance is more purposeful and the signal is clearer, it faces a series of political problems, u-2 He and Blackbird fell into the sand one after another, so the United States stopped reconnaissance of Soviet reconnaissance planes and switched to more advanced reconnaissance satellites.

Among them, the Big Bird American fourth-generation photographic reconnaissance satellite, code kh-9. Since its first launch in June 1971, more than a dozen such satellites have been launched.

This is a large satellite with an orbital mass of more than 11 tons, a length of 7 meters and a diameter of 3 meters. The satellites are so advanced that they can perform both a "census," or sweeping a large area, looking for targets of military interest; Target. The highest ground resolution of the photos taken by the satellite cameras is 0.3 meters. It is the most advanced reconnaissance satellite in the United States at this stage.

And now, the satellite has disappeared! This reconnaissance satellite, which was launched only last year, has an orbital life of at least 300 days!

The entire National Investigation Bureau acted quickly, one by one, the information was compiled and reported to the director. When the results came out, all those who knew were facing the enemy.

White House.

President Ronald Wilson Reagan, Vice President George Bush, Defense Secretary Casper Weinberg, National Security Assistant Poindexter, Secretary of State George Schultz, Energy Secretary James Edwards and White House Chief of Staff James Addison Baker, are gathering together to discuss the formulation of basic national policies.

"We need to further cut corporate income tax and reduce the production cost of enterprises. Only by restoring our manufacturing industry can our economy grow healthily." Reagan said, he is very confident in his economic means, and now It's a mess, and he's the one who collects it.

"However, the situation in the Middle East is very complicated now. Our energy production areas are gradually being eroded by the Soviets. If we cannot control our oil production areas, the continued rise in oil prices will still bring pressure to our economy." James said.

"But we don't want to use force to solve it." Reagan continued: "Our focus now is to develop our country's economy. If we continue to use force, it will seriously affect our economic investment. Military spending is a bottomless pit, how much to invest I can't see the result, we can't get stuck in the quagmire like the Vietnam war, I'm sure this is definitely a conspiracy of the Soviets, they want to drag us into the war, so that we can't develop the economy, if we Without the recovery of the economy, our military will not be able to maintain its current size."

Reagan is very solemn, he has set the tone, the main task of the country is to develop the economy! Without economic strength, even those countries in Western Europe cannot be deterred!

"Boom." At this moment, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and CIA Director William Casey, who had left the conference room half an hour ago, walked in quickly. Behind him, was the Director of the National Investigation Agency. Ervin.

"Everyone, something happened." William said: "In our space domain, something that we can't tolerate has happened. Helvin, let me introduce you to everyone."

Helvin was not eligible to participate in this core meeting, and William brought him here just to introduce him in more detail.

"Everyone, please look at our satellite photos." Helvin took out the photos in his briefcase and distributed one to each of them.

Reagan picked it up and couldn't help shaking his head. He was an actor and could understand everything on the stage, but he couldn't understand this satellite photo. What is this?

"Just an hour ago, our reconnaissance satellite, Big Bird 11, suddenly lost contact as it flew over Soviet Central Asia. This is the last picture our satellite took before losing contact. Luckily , they radioed back to the ground control station, allowing us to guess what happened." Helvin said: "Look at this photo was taken 50 kilometers south of Semipalatinsk, the following Something like a sphere, we suspect that it is a nuclear explosion-type nuclear power plant, which can provide a more powerful source of energy. Then, this group of buildings is arranged in a long strip, and we suspect that it is an acceleration device for particle weapons, and at the end of the building, this A device was being erected at the time, which should be the ultimate weapon of the Soviets, a super cannon that fires a particle weapon, and it was the particle beam emitted by this particle weapon that made our reconnaissance satellite out of control and finally crashed.” Helvin knew These people are not tech-savvy, so they go into great detail.

Particle weapons!

In modern times, the development of weapons has entered the atomic and molecular world, and nuclear weapons are the application of atomic theory. Protons in the center of atomic matter are positively charged, electrons are negatively charged, and neutrons are neutral. These three substances are particles, and of course, other positively and negatively charged ions are also particles.

Ordinary particles cannot be used as weapons Only when they are accelerated to the speed of light can they be used as weapons. Particle beam weapons use accelerators to accelerate particles such as protons and neutrons to a high speed of tens of thousands to 200,000 km/s, and form very fine particle beams through electrodes or magnetic beams to be emitted. Such particle beams become Becoming a shell-like existence, this particle beam destroys satellites and incoming ICBMs with enormous kinetic energy. Even if the nuclear warhead cannot be destroyed directly, the powerful electromagnetic field pulse heat generated by the particle beam can burn out the missile's electronics, or use the gamma and x-rays that occur around the target to disable or destroy the target's electronics. And after hitting the target, a secondary magnetic field will also occur, destroying the target.

Although in science fiction, laser weapons seem to be extremely powerful, in fact, in terms of effect, particle weapons are more realistic than laser weapons, because they do not require huge reflective surfaces, and are more sturdy and easier to survive nuclear explosions.

This kind of weapon, divided into two types: land-based and space-based, can also be deployed in space to directly destroy ballistic missiles in outer space.

The research on particle beams began in the Soviet Union in 1967. The Soviets started research institutions in Central Asia at the beginning. However, decades later, the research on this weapon has made little progress. The United States has also gradually relaxed its vigilance on this area. The passing of the Big Bird No. 11 this time was purely an accident, but as a result, an amazing discovery was made! (To be continued.)