Chapter 248 Attracting World Attention
America.
Virginia.
Office 4C-956 in the Pentagon has the name "Space Systems Office" hung on the door. In fact, this is the headquarters of the National Reconnaissance Office of America (NRO for short).
Major General Robert, the head of NRO (usually the head of the American Air Force is also a general), was drinking coffee just now when a phone on his desk suddenly rang.
"Hey, what's up?"
"General, this is an emergency. Please go to Monitoring Room 5 immediately."
"OK, I'll be there soon."
Robert quickly stood up, pushed open the door, and quickly went to one of the monitoring rooms.
There are a large number of electronic equipment and computers on display in the monitoring room, and more than thirty staff members are busy working.
Arthur, the director of the office, pulled Robert to one of the computers and said, "General, just 67 seconds ago, a target flew into outer space from the middle of the Longlang Mountains in Hongsavadi."
"What?" Robert's eyes widened. He quickly looked at the satellite monitoring data on the computer and found that there was indeed a target with an extremely astonishing speed.
"Report, the monitored target remains in a low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 647 kilometers and is suspected to be correcting its orbit." Another staff member reported.
Robert couldn't help but swear: "Fuck... 163 seconds? Average speed is 11 Mach per second?"
"..." Arthur didn't know how to describe his inner feelings, so he could only order: "Continue monitoring, and mobilize satellites to conduct comprehensive monitoring of the central part of the Longlang Mountains in Hongsavadi."
"receive."
Robert calmed down a little and looked at the data in front of him with a serious expression: "Damn it! How did they do that?"
Suddenly, a member of the electromagnetic wave signal monitoring team turned around and reported: "General, that satellite has sent a clear signal."
"Translate it ." Arthur ordered quickly.
"OK."
After a while, the clear coded electromagnetic wave signal emitted by Hongsavadi No. 1 was analyzed.
[The Hongsavady Space Strategy Department announced to the world: We successfully launched the Hongsavady-1 communications satellite at 11:21 am on January 6, 2022. The satellite weighs 4.2 tons...].
[Hongsavadi will adhere to the principle of peaceful development of outer space and strive to contribute to the exploration of the universe for human civilization. The future of mankind is the sea of stars, and the future of Hongsavadi is also the sea of stars...].
[Special announcement: We will once again launch a geological exploration satellite code-named "Morning Star" at 14:20 this afternoon. Please do not overreact...].
Snap! Robert slapped the printed translation on the desk.
Wang Defa! Don't overreact?
Anyone facing a flying machine with a speed of more than ten Mach would probably not remain calm.
At this time, the door of the monitoring room was roughly pushed open, and an old man in military uniform walked in.
Robert immediately stood up and saluted: "General Alexander!"
"What's the situation?" Alexander glanced at everyone sharply.
Robert swallowed and quickly reported the situation briefly.
After listening to the report, Alexander frowned and asked, "A launch vehicle with an average speed of more than Mach 10?"
"No! It's not a launch vehicle." Arthur, who was a professional aerospace engineer, shook his head and explained:
"The speed of this aircraft was decreasing from the ground to the Karman line, and it was not until it broke through the Karman line that it accelerated again. This is definitely not a launch vehicle."
Alexander frowned: "What is that? Is it a shell?"
"Everyone, do you remember the Barbados Cannon? I guess Hongsavadi uses similar technology to launch satellites." Arthur reminded.
Alexander looked at Robert and asked, "Is it the Barbados cannon that the Air Force and Maple Leaf Country cooperated on back then?"
Robert nodded: "Yes, the Barbados cannon could indeed launch more than 100 kilograms of payload into low-Earth orbit."
"Does that satellite really weigh 4.2 tons?" Alexander's expression became increasingly serious.
Arthur shook his head. "No, it's not just 4.2 tons. Judging from the size we monitored, it's at least 6 tons. Maybe they didn't calculate the fuel they were carrying."
Hearing this data, Alexander's expression became even uglier.
As the chief of the Pentagon, Alexander is not like the relatively simple aerospace engineering guy at NASA.
Instead, they are thinking about whether the aerospace technology possessed by Honsavadi, once transformed into military technology, will pose a threat to America. This typical Cold War thinking is basically the mainstream in the Pentagon.
Alexander thought for a while and said, "Robert, you should organize a special team as soon as possible to evaluate Hongsavadi's aviation technology and the degree of threat it may pose to our homeland."
"OK." Robert nodded.
Under Robert's command, the NRO quickly mobilized some satellites to focus on monitoring the Longerang Mountains in Honsavadi, and organized professionals to conduct a detailed analysis of the Honsavadi-1 satellite and its launch technology.
The other side.
At Sing Tao's Changi base.
Inside the headquarters of the Southeast Asian Black Ship, Tom also learned through the radar installed at the base and the intelligence fed back from the mainland that Hongsavadi had launched an artificial satellite half an hour ago.
This matter now makes Tom feel extremely difficult.
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at the same time.
The major powers in the world, or regional hegemons and countries with strong aerospace technology, have successively discovered the satellite launched by Hongsavadi.
For example, East Asia, Japan and South Korea detected the satellite clear-text broadcast from Hongsavadi.
As for a certain Eastern superpower, it goes without saying that the Hongsavadi-1 was detected by its large radar as soon as it was launched.
Also monitored at the first time was Tianzhu, who has been suspicious recently.
Then there are the forces of Russia, Europe, Britain, and Australia, which have also detected radar signals from unidentified flying objects.
Through the clear text broadcast of the Hongsavadi-1 satellite, forces around the world capable of receiving signals from outer space also gradually learned about this matter.
Western Shu Province.
Chengdu.
In a suburban farmhouse.
The man with glasses looked at the internal express report in his hand, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He raised his head and said, "Lao Zhang, didn't your people notice this project?"
The square-faced middle-aged man put down his teacup and shook his head. "No, none of the three major Hongsavadi Groups have announced this project. Their current aerospace project is the launch vehicle project at the Hugang Base. This is the only aerospace project that can be investigated."
"It's not simple, it's really not simple, that man is really not simple." The man with glasses now attaches great importance to Hong Shawadi.
Lao Zhang certainly knew who the man with glasses was talking about. He rubbed his temple and said, "From the analysis of the aerospace department, this should be a project similar to the Barbados Cannon."
"It shouldn't be that difficult to replace a 4.2-ton satellite with a warhead, right?" the man with glasses guessed maliciously.
"This is a cannon, and firing warheads is its real purpose." Lao Zhang suddenly mentioned another thing:
"Now I am increasingly suspicious that Hongsavadi is the mastermind behind the Assam incident."
The man with glasses reacted instantly: "Those 300mm caliber cannons?"
"Yes. After all, since the 1990s, major powers have basically stopped developing artillery with a caliber of more than 200 mm, and Assam is even less likely to produce a 300 mm caliber cannon on its own."
After listening to Lao Zhang's analysis, the man with glasses also felt the same way.
The bespectacled man raised his lips and said, "It seems that the second satellite this afternoon may not just be a satellite!"
