After the "Holy Elephant 5" fell into the atmosphere, NASA's Space Weapons Warning Center was effectively abandoned. Unexpectedly, the satellite that had disappeared long ago actually reappeared and triggered an alarm. According to the early warning logic, the alarm was triggered because The weapon enters a pre-launch self-inspection program, which may be routine maintenance or preparation before attack.
But if you say that a device that has not been activated for decades enters the self-test program as a routine maintenance, someone has to believe this. Not to mention that it is still a war period. The bear has been tortured so miserably that there is no guarantee that the emperor will take action. Yes, this thing is right above the capital area. Once it detonates, the entire Bald Eagle financial system will collapse overnight, and the loss will be tens of trillions of dollars.
"Hey, pick up the president! Get through quickly, red alert!" The old professor picked up the red phone on the table. Fortunately, the phone could still reach the president's office, but the office secretary was a little confused when he suddenly received the call. Cold War How many years has passed since the end of the world? If you told me about a red alert, who would believe it?
Fortunately, the call finally came to the President's Office. The old president, who was a little confused, thought someone was joking with him at first. It wasn't until the old professor got so angry that he cursed him that he finally came to his senses. I heard What, six megaton nuclear bombs are being prepared for launch above my head?
The footage was fed into the underground command center of the White House. The footage from several satellites can all confirm the same thing - the "Holy Elephant 5" is back, or it was sent back after being strengthened. The old president wanted to directly send his international security adviser He was shot directly. He has been in office for a few years, and this is the first time he knows that Mao Xiong has this thing. Why are you not trying to trick people? If I had known about this thing, I wouldn't have been so impulsive in making decisions, okay?
"Can you shoot down this thing?" The old president pointed at the "Holy Elephant V" on the screen and said. As a bald eagle president, when encountering this situation, his first thought was not to communicate with the Great Emperor, but to Get rid of the opponent directly.
"Your Excellency, according to the previous plan, orbital weapons can be used to shoot it down." The Minister of Defense hesitated and replied. He knew about the "Holy Elephant 5". According to the intelligence they obtained from Mao Xiong, It seems that this thing was in a semi-scrap state more than ten years ago. The furry bear has neither the technology to repair nor the ability to launch another one. Everyone just has to wait for it to slide into the atmosphere on its own, so in After taking out the other four, I just kept monitoring this one.
"As the president of the bald eagle, I order you to shoot it down immediately!" the old president said very firmly, feeling like he was guiding the country with great pride.
"Your Excellency, space-based laser weapons need to be maintained and tested, and we no longer have a delivery platform." The Minister of Defense explained bravely.
"Damn it, speak clearly!" the old president almost shouted. He was already thinking about whether to go to Air Force One. There was no way, the team couldn't carry him.
"Our space-based laser was a product in the early 1980s. It weighs ten tons. Because it is powered by a nuclear reactor, it is also very large and needs to be carried by a space shuttle. In order to ensure absolute safety, at least two space shuttles must be used at the same time. Attack." There is nothing the Secretary of Defense can do. Damn it, the space shuttles have been swept into the garbage dump by politicians. Now the bald eagle can only rely on those so-called civilian spacecrafts, but there is really nothing that can be done about them. For military use, at least it cannot replace the space shuttle.
"Can't we use other aircraft? Doesn't it mean that the impact of decommissioning the space shuttle is not big?" the old president said angrily. Although he was not the president at the time, he still knew something about the decommissioning of Atlantis. , but at that time, many people swore that it would not affect the Bald Eagle's aerospace industry.
"Your Excellency, I'm not sure about this issue." The Secretary of Defense said with a grimace. It won't affect anything. It's not because the operating costs are too high. One flight requires almost ten tons of gold. The Federal Reserve and the Senate are unwilling to support it. The accident ? Haha, if you blindly reduce costs, you will be haunted if there is no accident. Besides, the last accident is very strange no matter how you look at it, right?
"General, can we use other means to shoot it down?" The old president finally did not continue to ask. He was not his predecessor, and he would not lift the lid regardless of what he did. Since the Minister of Defense refused to say it, there must be something he refused to say. The most urgent thing now is to shoot down the "Holy Elephant 5".
"The accuracy and range of ground laser weapons are insufficient and can only attack targets below thirty kilometers. As for other space weapons, they are either retired or out of control. We have not maintained or added space weapons for thirty years. Maybe we can use Starlink satellites to crash it." The Secretary of Defense is also a little annoyed. The Senate has been reducing military spending over the years. The direct result is that it has forced the military to abandon many projects that seem to be of little use, such as solar sails. Anti-meteorite missiles, stratospheric laser platforms, aerospace fighters, space shuttles, everything that seemed of little use were gone.
"Contact them immediately and crash it!" the old president ordered decisively.
"Spacex wants US$100 million." The Secretary of Defense said with some confidence. A satellite that costs several million US dollars actually dares to ask for US$100 million. Spacex is definitely taking advantage of the situation.
"Tell them to hurry up. This money will come from my special funds." The old president glared at the Minister of Defense. This guy obviously didn't want to use the funds of the Ministry of National Defense. Also, it was almost the end of the year. That amount of funding is probably about the same.
"Okay, Your Excellency!" After saying that, the Minister of Defense walked aside and picked up the phone to make a call.
Half an hour later, a satellite belonging to Spacex began to turn, accelerate, and rush towards the "Elephant 5". Although the speed did not look very fast, it was only a relative speed. If we look at the actual speed, it was It's very exaggerated, and it's definitely the kind that kills whoever touches it.
But what no one expected was that when the satellite was still a hundred kilometers away from the "Holy Elephant 5", the automatic defense system was activated. A small missile with a diameter of only 40 millimeters detached from the mother body and then adjusted direction, rushed towards the Starlink satellite, and exploded fifty kilometers away from the satellite. Hundreds of tungsten alloy balls of a few millimeters spread out, forming a barrage in space. Quickly, the Starlink satellite hit the barrage and exploded.
Everyone who witnessed all this in the command center was also disappointed. Active defense systems are not uncommon, but those things are in the atmosphere. There are many technical bottlenecks that need to be solved to develop automatic defense systems in space. Until now Even the bald eagle has not developed a practical automatic defense system, but the hairy bear has developed one, and it is also practical.
Spacex may not be willing to accept it, so it mobilized four more satellites and launched an attack from four directions. Obviously, Spacex was betting that the defense of "Holy Elephant 5" had loopholes, but the actual situation was not These four satellites were also destroyed. Not only that, but the reconnaissance satellite that had been providing image support to the command center was also destroyed.
The old president felt that his face was red. SpaceX did not have to pay the US$100 million because it had not completed the mission, but the reconnaissance satellite was his own. This large reconnaissance satellite of the Ministry of Defense could be worth US$300 million, but it was directly Destroyed, it's definitely a huge loss.
The monitoring screen was transferred to the ground monitoring station. It was not very clear, but it could also be seen that the "Holy Elephant 5" was unfolding. Six missiles had been stretched out from the huge body, which was ready to attack at any time.
The lights on the "Holy Elephant 5" flashed, Morse code, easy to decipher - "If you do it again, counterattack, target, capital." After flashing three times, the light signal stopped, but those few However, the missiles were not retracted into the main body.
The old president hesitated, but just when he was thinking about contacting the emperor to have a good talk or even surrender, Spacex took action again. Two satellites launched attacks from the same window in succession, trying to use the first satellite to rush away Tungsten barrage, and then a second satellite destroys the Elephant 5.
As expected, the explosion of the first satellite cleared the small barrage in an instant. Immediately afterwards, the second satellite rushed over and smashed directly into it. At this time, it seemed that it had continued to launch missiles. It was too late. Unexpectedly, the "Holy Elephant 5" suddenly ignited, started maneuvering operations, and rushed out at once.
The Starlink satellite passed by the "Elephant V". Is there still a chance to continue to attack again? Don't be kidding. The lifespan of this thing is only five years, and it is also light. This means that it carries limited fuel. A single acceleration of the steering has already used up the reserve fuel. Let alone turning to continue the attack, I just want to continue to perform. There is no chance for the remaining heat.
In just this short time, Spacex has destroyed seven satellites, and the "Elephant V" has also launched seven missiles (one of which was used to attack military reconnaissance satellites). If it continues to attack without hesitation, it will always consume Just the fuel and defense missiles of the "Holy Elephant V". After all, there are thousands of Starlink satellites in space. There are nearly a hundred of them that can be used to attack in this area.
Thinking of this, the old president suddenly hoped that the richest man would continue to be abnormal. It would be best to conduct a saturation attack in space to focus fire on the "Holy Elephant 5". No matter how much money you spent, you would still need it. Discomfort in respecting the spirit of the contract?
Unexpectedly, at this moment, one of the missiles of the "Holy Elephant 5" actually slipped from the main body.
