Chapter 249: The Precise Fall Called Failure
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
After having lunch at the base, Li Qingye came to the control room again.
Base director Wu Gang is busy with the launch work.
Dr. Bull introduced him to the so-called "Morning Star":
"This is a missile with the same external structure as the Hongsavadi 1, but we installed 12 sub-bullets inside it."
"12?" Li Qingye raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, 12 Arrow missiles," Dr. Bull replied.
Li Qingye certainly knew about the Lijian missile, which was a short-range missile developed by the Hongsawadi branch.
The Sharp Arrow missile weighs 330 kilograms, with a warhead weight of 80 kilograms. It uses solid fuel and a rocket engine, has a speed of 670 meters per second and a maximum range of 100 kilometers.
It looks like this thing doesn't perform very well.
But if the 80-kilogram conventional warhead is replaced with a Firefly-type nuclear warhead, the maximum power can reach 50,000 tons of equivalent.
The reason for this design is to facilitate the production of cluster missiles, which can be used in conjunction with large intercontinental missiles.
Now installed in the shells of the Longgrande cannon, it can also realize the cluster application of the Arrow missile.
After a while.
When the metal hydrogen propellant was loaded into the explosion chamber, Wu Gang immediately ordered preparations for launch.
Boom! The explosion chamber exploded violently.
Boom! The shell penetrated the air, creating a powerful sonic boom.
The projectile flew into the sky.
In an instant, the satellites and radar stations from all sides that had been keeping a close eye on Hongsavadi immediately detected the obvious signal that flashed by.
Because the initial speed was very fast, the projectile crossed the Karman line and entered the low-Earth orbit in outer space after 34 seconds.
Suddenly, the rocket engine of the projectile ignited quickly, but it did not fly to a higher orbit like last time. Instead, it began to fly rapidly around the earth at an altitude of 120 to 130 kilometers in low-Earth orbit.
Moreover, during the flight, the aircraft changed its trajectory rapidly several times in succession.
With such a winding trajectory, the Venus satellite circled the earth and returned to the sky above the Ceylon Ocean near Hongsavadi.
Right at this moment.
The Venusstar "satellite" suddenly plunged into the atmosphere, and the power of the rocket engine almost reached its limit, causing the speed of the Venusstar to quickly soar from Mach 3.5 to Mach 17.
After breaking through the upper stratosphere of the atmosphere.
The body of the Morningstar disintegrated instantly, separating into 12 "large fragments". These large fragments spewed flames, rapidly changed their trajectories, and slammed into the sea at an inertial speed of 17 Mach.
At this moment, there "happened" to be 12 shabby fishing boats in the surrounding waters.
Boom boom boom…
One after another, the impacts were like meteors, accidentally hitting the fishing boats, smashing the fishing boats into pieces in an instant, and stirring up water columns hundreds of meters high.
Inside the gold mining town base.
Bang bang bang!
Li Qingye applauded everyone 's efforts: "Well done, this kind of strength is the guarantee for the company to rest easy."
"It is our honor to receive recognition from the Chairman." Dr. Bull was also very happy.
"It's time to issue the announcement." Li Qingye reminded.
Wu Gang smiled and nodded: "Yes."
After a while, the Hongsawadi-1 satellite, which was orbiting the Earth in low-Earth orbit, started broadcasting in clear text again, sending electromagnetic wave signals to the Earth.
As for the content of the announcement, it was naturally a very sincere apology, stating that there was a technical failure in the launch of the Venus satellite, which caused it to fall into the Ceylon Ocean.
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Pentagon.
Inside the NRO headquarters office.
Pah! Robert's expression was extremely gloomy, and he slammed the translation in his hand on the desk: "Fuck! Fuck! They are demonstrating to us!"
[Emergency announcement from the Space Strategy Department of Hongsavady: Due to technical reasons, the launch of the Venus satellite failed. After circling the earth, the satellite disintegrated and fell into the northeastern waters of the Ceylon Ocean, causing the destruction of 12 fishing boats of the United Group...
We are deeply sorry for this, but fortunately, there were no crew members on these fishing boats, and the United Group has received corresponding compensation...].
Robert was watching the radar and satellite monitoring data the entire time. When the Venusstar disintegrated, the "fragments" that separated were clearly some missiles.
He even saw through satellite photos that a fishing boat was hit accurately by a missile while on the move.
This is very scary.
You know, under normal circumstances, it is difficult to achieve such a high accuracy for intercontinental missiles. Even if Hongsavadi has a preset shooting range, the accuracy is still very scary.
What worries Robert even more is the speed of this missile.
During the re-entry phase, the speed is almost maintained at Mach 13 to 17, which is too fast. Combined with its precise guidance technology and flight control technology, he found that the current missile interception system has basically no way to intercept this kind of missile.
Unless its launch base is destroyed directly before it is launched.
Robert took a look at the Caijin Town Space Base on the satellite map, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. It was obvious that he had already developed a murderous intention towards the Caijin Town Space Base.
But in his heart he was still assessing the overall threat level of Hongsavadi.
If he attacks the gold mining town now, it would mean completely breaking off relations with Hongsavadi, and this kind of thing is not something he can decide.
But Robert quickly wrote an analysis report, listing the threats posed by Hongsavadi, and finally recommended that the Pentagon formulate a comprehensive surgical strike plan to directly kill Hongsavadi.
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India.
Delhi.
Old man Dharma, who was devastated by the Assam War, also took the time to learn about Hongsavadi's satellite.
Jam, the head of the intelligence department, looked worried: "According to the analysis of our aerospace engineers, this is a satellite launched by a giant cannon, which can also be used to launch missiles."
"Giant cannon?" Damo frowned.
Jam knew what Dharma was thinking, and he added solemnly, "As you guessed, I suspect that Assam's cannon is related to Hongsavadi."
"Hongsavadi?" Damo thought with a look of doubt in his eyes. Suddenly, he looked at Ceylon on the map: "Hongsavadi... Aoba Group... Ceylon... Could it be that they are really behind all this?"
Although Bodhidharma had some doubts in his heart, he felt very powerless at this moment.
As long as Assam is not pacified, India will not be able to free up its hands. In addition, the air force has suffered heavy losses, so he is not sure about going to war with Hongsavadi.
Bodhidharma is not like those Indians who are inexplicably confident on the Internet. Many people look down on Hongsavadi’s military power, but he is very wary of it.
Going to war with Honsavadi now means having to fight Ceylon and the Luzon fleet stationed in Ceylon, and Siam might even take action.
And now Xiba is ready to make a move again.
It's like a single move affects the entire body.
Bodhidharma could not afford to gamble, nor did he dare to gamble.
Because this crisis is different from previous ones, if things go wrong this time, India may be directly besieged.
The satellite just launched by Hongsavadi and the missile test conducted in the name of launching a satellite all indicate that Hongsavadi's military strength should not be underestimated.
Bodhidharma sighed secretly and could only keep this matter in mind and find a chance to settle the score with Hong Shawadi in the future.
And the other side.
Other powers, or small tyrants, are also secretly evaluating the threat posed by Hongsavadi's aerospace technology and the method of launching satellites with giant cannons.
