Chapter 224: High-speed missile test! What did Daxia launch? Is this a flying vehicle?
Time passed slowly, and soon it was the beginning of November.

The space program announced by Daxia some time ago naturally attracted widespread attention from the entire world and caused a lot of discussion both at home and abroad.

However, although the live broadcast of this space launch made a big splash, the goals to be achieved are several years later.

Whether it will be successful and whether the goals can be achieved one by one within the specified time are all unclear unknowns.

However, the Eagle Sauce obviously did not take it lightly for this reason.

They are not afraid of Da Xia's bragging, but they are most afraid that Da Xia will actually achieve it without making any noise.

By then, the Eagle Sauce will really have a big shit in front of the whole world.

to this end.

Even media such as BBC and CNN took great pains to invite several aerospace engineers from NASA to verify in detail whether Daxia has the ability to carry out a manned moon landing in fifteen years.

This leads to a conclusion that Daxia is very likely to become the world's second country to carry out "manned lunar landing" in the future, and the safety of the United States in outer space will be seriously threatened.

There are two words written throughout the words of these NASA engineers: "money".

If the Eagle Sauce does not want to lose this "war without gunpowder" in future competition, then give us more funding for "NASA".

At this time, the "space-based weapons" project submitted by Kimi Andrew was just right submitted to the parliament's preliminary review stage and was progressing at a rapid pace.

It doesn't matter what the so-called "space-based weapons" are. The Eagle Sauce urgently needs to give the people a reason to boost their confidence.

They don’t care whether it can be achieved or not, or even how much money it will cost. If the votes are lost, that’s the big problem.

at the same time.

Daxia, a Gobi desert in the northwestern province, is a vast uninhabited area for hundreds of kilometers around it.

This year's winter seems to have come earlier than usual.

Although the big sun above our heads is baking us at a low temperature, the cold wind in the Northwestern Province, which is already November, can still make people shiver.

The already bare vegetation was completely wiped out by the cold.

However, everyone was looking at the things on the launch pad in the distance, and their hearts were filled with excitement.

All I saw was a flat, slender, streamlined object that looked like an airplane, but also a bit like a sharp "arrow", quietly waiting for "commands".

If Lu Ze was at this location, he might be surprised to find a shocking situation.

At this point in 09, the "hypersonic" weapon developed by Daxia already had many characteristics of the later DF-17.

However, its research and development in various aspects are not mature enough. There is a lot of room for improvement in various aspects, such as aerodynamic layout and thruster adjustment.

However, to be able to develop to this level in such a short period of time can only be described as "astonishing".

At this time.

A man wearing blue work clothes covered with dust and stains ran quickly to an open hood in the distance.

He handed over a stack of test reports and said, "Chief Engineer Pei, everything is ready. We can start the experiment at any time."

Hearing this, Pei Tian, ​​who was looking at the 'baby' in the distance, retracted his gaze and nodded: "Okay, I understand."

He carefully scanned the test data item by item to eliminate any controllable risk factors.

There was a hint of expectation in his eyes, but more of it was calmness and solemnity.

This is just an experimental launch. There is no need for any complicated ceremonies. Once everything is prepared, it can be launched directly.

"Old Pei, will the 'experiment' go smoothly this time?" Zheng Lixing, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but patted his shoulder and said jokingly, "Old Zhang is waiting for good news from you."

This old man, who was supposed to be in charge of Yanjing, also appeared here at this time.

However, as a leading figure in the field of "ballistic missiles", it seems only natural for Zheng Lixing to come and observe. On the contrary, it might be strange if he did not show up.

Hear this.

Pei Tian shook his head, his face showing no emotion, and said, "It is normal for this 'test launch' to fail, and success is no exception."

"Nothing is off the table, as long as we can gain something."

This kind of experiment may occur ten times, or even a hundred times or even more during the entire research and development process. He has already prepared himself mentally.

Whether success or failure, it is a valuable experience for the entire "hypersonic missile" project.

This is a broad road that has never been tried in the world, and it is also an unprecedented field. Daxia is no longer an imitator, but a pioneer.

As long as there is progress every time, as long as they can do better every time, then one day they will be able to truly develop "hypersonic" weapons.

Not only him, but Zheng Lixing also agreed with this point.

Research and development is not like treating people to a meal, and it is even less likely to be accomplished overnight. Even with the support of a "full set of technologies", one still has to take one step at a time.

Learning to accept and compromise is a compulsory course for most scientific researchers in the entire research and development process.

"But is your research and development speed so outrageous?" Zheng Lixing said in amazement, "In such a short time, you have already reached the stage of test firing?"

How long has it been since the Great Wall Watch organization gave Daxia this "hypersonic missile" technology? At most, it has only been a little over half a month, but the Rocket Academy has already made it work?
This is even more outrageous than the R&D speed of Song Qinyi's J-20 project.

"Not surprising." Pei Tian explained calmly, "There are already several projects in the institute developing similar weapons."

"I've integrated all those project teams together. Isn't this a fast development speed?"

As he said before, the Rocket Academy originally had the idea of ​​"hypersonic" weapons.

Perhaps even without obtaining this "hypersonic" weapon technology, Daxia would have been able to naturally embark on this path in a few years.

Now, the time has just been advanced a few years.

"That makes sense. You've thought it through very carefully." Zheng Lixing nodded in agreement.

At this time.

The countdown on the field has entered its final stages.

'321! '

"Hypersonic Project, the first round of test launch of land-based hypersonic missiles, launched."

As this voice sounded.

In an instant, the missile placed on the launch site, the tail thruster suddenly began to accelerate, rushing towards the dome sky.

It was like a piece of stone floating on the water, sliding in a beautiful arc across the sky. At the same time, it seemed to bring a taste of death. The area within its target range was an absolute restricted area.

While conducting a 'hypersonic' test launch in Daxia.

Washington, Arlington County, Pentagon Headquarters.

Inside the Office of Global Security Affairs, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." A voice came from inside.

"Sir, this is the approval report from the 'House.'" The assistant came in and placed a document on the table: "They have preliminarily approved the 'space-based weapons' project."

"That's great." Kimi Andrew raised his eyebrows.

If there was champagne in his office, he would have opened a bottle to celebrate.

However, this has only been passed by the 'House of Representatives', and it is still missing the most critical hurdle of the 'Senate' to achieve true success.

"It seems that the pressure from above is not small."

Kimi Andrew touched his big bald head and said, "The House of Commons passed it so quickly."

Originally, he thought that this would require a lot of operations and wrangling, as well as the promise of various exchanges of benefits before it could be truly passed.

After all, if the House of Commons does not approve the additional project funding for "space-based weapons", it will never reach the discussion stage of the upper house, the "Senate".

After all, this "space-based weapon" is not the first time it has appeared in everyone's vision.

In fact, since the 1980s, the United States has thought about whether it can be realized several times, but in the final analysis, this thing is too mysterious. To achieve a precise strike on any location on the earth from tens of thousands of kilometers away is simply like "magic".

In fact, even Kimi Andrew may not think that he can achieve much in this regard.

However, regardless of whether it will be successful or not, at least the boasting has been raised.

When Daxia carried out manned lunar landing, they directly mentioned building a satellite interception device on the moon, which was more impressive than others.

Even the members of the House of Representatives have to fight for votes.

"In fact, this is a good project." Kimi Andrew smiled with a mysterious smile on his face.

A grand project like space-based weapons can be regarded as a small-scale "Apollo" program. It is not surprising that tens or hundreds of billions of dollars are invested every year.

When the time comes, wouldn't it be easy to just stuff a few people in and make some money?

He believes that he is not a so-called "corrupt" element. Even after retirement, he just joined an arms company as a consultant and only received a pension of several hundred thousand US dollars a year. Even within the Eagle Sauce Party, his style can be described as "clean hands and no evil".

However, in exchange, we need to fight for the interests of these companies.

But what does this mean for the Eagle Sauce? The revolving door is a well-known unspoken rule. As long as "corruption" is legalized, doesn't that mean corruption does not exist?
How can you call something 'corruption' if it is permitted by law?
And if he doesn't take it, how will the people below take it? Even how will his assistant take his share? This is the basic way of playing in the entire Eagle Sauce and even in the Western world.

If he betrays his class, death is the only thing that awaits him.

As for whether it can be realized in the next few decades? After his death, no matter what kind of flood there is, as long as he doesn't die in office, it will be fine.

Thinking about this clearly, Kimi Andrew was in a very good mood.

Looking at the assistant who had been following him for several years, he smiled brightly and said, "George, you have to follow up on this project."

What he meant was to communicate well with outer space defense contractors such as Boeing so that there would be no problems in the distribution of benefits.

Put the piece of meat in the pot and cook it slowly first, instead of rushing to say that you want the biggest piece of fat before the prey is killed.

Everyone has to go all out to please the masters in the "Senate" and pass this project as quickly as possible so that they can make huge amounts of money.

"I understand." George, the assistant, nodded.

This concerns his interests, and the superior even specially approved two positions on the "space-based weapons" supervision committee. Generally speaking, the so-called "committee" is basically tacitly regarded as a position for "royal relatives" in the West.

As long as you allow your relatives to join, you can get more than 100,000 US dollars in "salary" every year even if you don't need to work.

Naturally, he would do his best to receive this kind of reward. This was in the common interest of everyone, and it was the real joy to be able to eat this delicious cake.

however.

As if deliberately going against him, George just walked out of the supervisor's office and returned to his own independent office.

Suddenly, an urgent document came over.

"Sir, urgent documents."

Looking at the red title on it, Kimi Andrew's face changed and he quickly took it over.

Red is the highest level of urgency within the Pentagon, and it goes without saying how urgent this document is.

However, staring at these few lines of key information, he remained silent for a long time.

Then he frowned and looked at George dully: "What did they come up with in Daxia?"

There was an outrageous 'number' written on this document!
[Daxia launched an unidentified object with a top speed of Mach 12 half an hour ago.]

There is nothing strange about an 'unidentified object' traveling at Mach 12.

In order to escape the earth's gravity and reach the first cosmic speed, a speed of more than 7.9km/s is required, which is more than Mach 23.

The maximum speed of a ballistic missile in outer space can easily exceed Mach 12.

But the key here is that this "unknown object" can fly at Mach 12 while remaining almost entirely within the atmosphere, and does not require any additional acceleration in outer space.

What kind of heaven-defying "weapon" is this?
Their X-51A has been developed for such a long time, but its maximum speed in the atmosphere cannot exceed Mach 5. How can you, Daxia, easily reach Mach 12 or above?

This makes us, the Americans, look like losers, spending hundreds of billions of dollars but still end up with something that you casually developed?

"And is this just a conventional missile?" Kimi Andrew looked at the data analysis above, beads of sweat continuing to flow on his forehead.

Since this test launch only flew a very short distance, no obvious features were analyzed on the satellite.

But just from this short distance, you can see its extraordinaryness.

It is not an ordinary inertial guided ballistic missile, nor is it a flying vehicle. It is more like an erratic ghost, moving in a strange direction.

This thing...if it were a 'missile weapon'.

I'm afraid that the good days of the Eagle Sauce in the Asia-Pacific region are coming to an end.

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(End of this chapter)