Chapter 549： This picture is so beautiful no one dares to see it

The spring of 1981 was cold, but the atmosphere in the White House was often extremely warm.

"Mr. President, our intelligence officers risked their lives to get a piece of information. This information is extremely important. Please take a look at it." CIA Director William took out a photo and handed it to Reagan.

Reagan took it over and looked at the young man inside. It was Andre, who was on the No. 1 enemy list of the United States. This guy is currently making waves in the Middle East, causing the United States to have a headache.

But what is he doing now? Behind him, there are many technicians, as if they are assembling a plane?

"The Soviets are accelerating their Blizzard project, and now the first space shuttle has been assembled," William said.

"So what? Our space shuttle has already begun its test flight, and I have no plans to cut off the aerospace budget. Our space shuttle plan will not be affected by economic reforms," ​​Reagan said.

These aides are alarmist all day long, but Reagan is very stubborn. For him, how to develop the American economy is the first priority. If the economic situation does not improve, then his voters will be disappointed.

"However, the space shuttle that the Soviets are developing is not a project for the peaceful use of space like us. The space shuttle of the Soviet Union is an important part of their Star Wars program." William said: "This kind of space shuttle is a space carrier."

Spaceship? Reagan turned his head and looked at William: "What do you mean?"

"This starts with the Soviet Union's spiral plan. At that time, the Soviet Union proposed an aerospace fighter, using a supersonic aircraft as a carrier to launch this aerospace fighter to perform combat missions in outer space, and then rely on Return and land on its own power." William said: "Now, there are indications that the Soviets combined this plan with the space shuttle program. They arranged a launch mechanism in the space shuttle's cargo bay, which could launch ten at a time. This small space fighter."

Ten! For specific information, the agents are trying their best to get it, but the Soviets are very closely guarded. These plans are being shipped to Moscow, and they plan to start on the road. However, the general method has been determined, in the cargo warehouse of the space shuttle. Inside, there are revolver-like launchers, one in the front and one in the front, each of which can accommodate five aerospace planes, so that ten planes can be launched!

"These planes can be used as reconnaissance satellites, can sweep the sky anywhere on the earth, can also be used as fighter jets, carry weapons, directly destroy our satellites, and even attack our space shuttles. William said: "The Soviet Union is now sparing no effort to provoke a war in the outer sky, and we have no choice!"

From now on, the outer sky will never be quiet. These Soviet fighter jets will always be like sharp swords, hanging above the head of the United States! All American spacecraft in space are no longer safe!

"So what?" Reagan had already guessed what he meant.

"We have to carry out the same project, put space fighters on the space shuttle, and only in this way can we stop the conspiracy of the Soviets. We have no choice." National Security Affairs Assistant Poindexter said: "From now on In the beginning, there is no peace in outer space, and we have to think about our national security.”

Everyone present seemed to be able to imagine that in the future, once a war breaks out in space, their own space shuttles will take off with space fighters, and the Soviets will do the same. When they are in outer space, the two sides will release their own Fighter, fight to the death in space, this picture is too beautiful and no one dares to see it.

This is sci-fi Star Wars!

However, if the Soviets have these technologies, they must have them too!

"If this project has to go ahead, how much is it expected to cost?" Reagan asked, thinking about it at a time like this.

"We estimate that the manufacturing cost of each aerospace fighter is about 100 million US dollars, plus the cost of research and development, three billion US dollars can ensure that we have 20 aerospace fighters on standby at any time, and the cost of training is calculated separately."

Three billion dollars! Reagan's mouth twitched: "Let's save this project for later!"

"But Mr. President, we're going to be completely behind in space," said Defense Secretary Weinberg.

"If our economy doesn't improve, what if we win the Soviets in space? We can't blindly invest in plans that our country can't support." Reagan said: "We need to know that the task at this stage is to develop the economy. "

Reagan was stubborn.

"Mr. President, I actually think that our economic development is not in conflict with the development of the space program." At this moment, White House Chief of Staff Baker said: "If we want to develop the economy, the country needs to keep investing, and we are in The investment in the space field will drive the improvement of the scientific and technological level of our entire country, and many aspects can be converted into the civilian field. This was the case with our Apollo program at the beginning, which led to the development of the scientific and technological level of the entire country, which in turn will promote the economy. Now, we can take the same approach, our country wants to develop the economy In fact, relying on technology to drive the economy is a good way."

Reagan's eyes lit up when he heard this. From this perspective, he didn't have to completely reject the space program.

Uzbekistan.

Andrei, who returned to the military area, continued to pay attention to the situation in the Middle East. However, although the U.S. side handed it over to Ogarkov, he was still more concerned.

The Americans, who have not yet been put on the set, seem to be extremely careful about this President Reagan, and it seems that a strong medicine is needed to let the United States enter the peak state of the space race and invest a large amount of money into space.

Wonder how the KGB is ready? Is that guy determined to surrender to the West? If Reagan didn't make up his mind about this matter, he also had new means to mobilize the entire Western media to report and exaggerate the Soviet Union's space threat. Countermeasures? If there is no more movement in the United States, then the United States will stop being the big brother of the Western world, and leave it to the Soviet Union to cover the younger brother of Europe. The Soviet Union is very willing to take over this responsibility. To be continued.

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