I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?.

Chapter 707 Peace Treaty
"Actually, we don't plan to equip too many laser satellites. We will fund research and development upgrades, but the final number of operations will be maintained at less than 5, not too many."

Lu Jianfei first revealed a big secret that made Lin Ju speechless, and then picked up the previous topic:

"We only have two conditions: reducing the number of nuclear submarines and opening up commercial and trade protection. In exchange for these two conditions, China will have no more than five laser anti-missile satellites in the next 10 years, and Aramco will not have more than five laser anti-missile satellites before 5." More than 2030 pieces.

The definition standard for laser anti-missile satellites is that the light source power exceeds 1 megawatt. If the power cannot be determined, it is judged whether the mass exceeds 10 tons and all spacecraft within the first cosmic speed range.

As for the laser smelting satellites used by Joint Mining, they need to be jointly supervised by both countries. They must not have the ability to maneuver to low-Earth orbit, and their number must not exceed three. "

Taking the exchange of economic benefits as the primary purpose is one of the trading principles established above.

In the view of the above leaders and think tank researchers, even though mankind is facing unprecedented risks of war, the situation will remain controllable for a long time, and the possibility of large-scale civil war on earth is very low.

Under this situation, there is no need to devote too much energy to the military. As long as the balance of power can be ensured to be roughly balanced, both sides will check and balance each other and not let one side take risks.

If conditions are ideal, Americus and the United States also agree to carry out major disarmament, and the speed of upgrading one's own weapons can be slowed down, and it is better to shift attention to space.

Although it is said that if you forget to fight, you will be in danger, but if the war is destined to fail and you prepare desperately for the war, everyone has seen what the outcome will be thirty years ago.

Our own think tank believes that Ami will not want to fight again, and both sides have a relatively restrained stance on this matter.

It is definitely a good deal to use the reduction of armaments that is beneficial to itself in exchange for tangible economic benefits, not to mention requiring Aramco to also reduce the number of nuclear submarines.

"Control the power and quantity of laser weapons. What about spacecraft? We will definitely go to Mars and Titan within 10 years. It is impossible not to bring high-power laser weapons. They are the only high-energy weapons we have like nuclear bombs."

This is actually not much different from some of the situations expected by the base. The base has always believed that although it is impossible to expect human beings to unite, large-scale melee is unlikely to happen.

Especially now, we need to accumulate funds for large-scale investment in space, and we must lay as good a foundation as possible before we can explode.

Lu Jianfei explained as clearly as possible. He didn't want Lin Ju to have any objections, but the latter didn't seem to react much.

As long as Ami agrees or is willing to negotiate on this, it means that the other party is not willing to see the flames of war, and then our strategy is feasible and correct.

After more than 20 years of rapid development, China's economy is about to reach its peak. However, passing this peak means a decline. The market has become the most critical issue in the future, and preparations must be made early.

"So this is an exception."

But he discovered an unmentioned problem:

“Although we have not reached any specific restrictions in this regard, we have established a basic principle: No matter what attitude we decide to respond to the alien crisis, it is absolutely necessary to develop space power.

Therefore, the space battleship - it may be something else, after all, the power to fight alien civilization is not limited, otherwise it will be self-defeating. "

"But if we develop a spaceship with powerful weapons, it will be very easy to attack the earth. In this way, the previous restrictions are meaningless." Lu Jianfei nodded, not refuting Lin Ju's words, and then explained:

“So this is just a basic principle. In practice, it may be that these offensive spacecraft are not allowed to be deployed within a certain range. I think it is likely to be limited to outside the asteroid belt, or the orbit of Mars.

The construction process must be strictly supervised, and as much as possible, it must be manufactured or assembled on Mars. After the offensive parts are manufactured, they must quickly leave the earth under surveillance and be sent to Mars or other planets before they are allowed to be assembled on the spacecraft. All high-energy weapons must be registered.

In this way, even if the spacecraft from Mars rushes back to Earth, it will take at least several months, and any party on Earth will have enough time to cope. "

Made from local materials on Mars, or assembled? This is too difficult.

As soon as Lin Ju thought of this question, he thought of the intention behind it:

If humans do not even have these capabilities, the space force they build may not be able to shoulder the task of resisting alien civilizations or conducting escape operations.

Even so, there will still be many loopholes, but that time will be at least 10 or 20 years later, and we need to trust the wisdom of later generations.

The effective period of an agreement is 10 years, which is long enough. It only took the Third Reich 50 years to go from 8000 marks per loaf to an annual output of 10 aircraft.

Lin Ju:

"Developing space power requires not only technology, but also strong industrial capabilities. What we have now is not enough. Even if we have advanced technology, it is impossible to accelerate the development of the entire society. Real warship manufacturing will be at least 10 years away."

"This is especially true for Aramco. Fortunately, we have ensured a period of peaceful development for at least 10 years. What we need to do during this period is to fully enhance our technological and industrial capabilities. There will be no hot wars or particularly serious incidents that will disrupt trade. and economy.

The next 10 years are very important. Once this stage is over, no matter whether the alien civilization is malicious or well-intentioned, we will fully develop space power for at least several decades until we think we have the basic ability to protect ourselves. "

Lu Jianfei still had the second half to say, which was that if it could be completely proven that alien civilization was hostile to humans, the war preparations would continue until the day the war broke out.

Just like a world war, mankind has never had such an experience before. Even think tanks have to look at the immediate future for 10 or 5 years. No one knows what will happen in a few decades.

Lin Ju: "Then we must live as long as possible, otherwise humans in the future may think that alien civilization does not matter and just concentrate on enjoying it."

Lu Jianfei: "At least you are the person most likely to see that day."

Moving to the topic of life and death, the atmosphere becomes inexplicably sad. On the scale of the universe, human life is too short, and one generation has even less time. The duration of a cosmic war may even be enough for the rise and fall of a country.

When the breadth of thinking jumps out of the earth, everything we usually recognize seems to be eclipsed and become meaningless.

Both of them were silent for a while, not knowing what they were thinking, and then Lin Ju said:
"Come on, General Lu, I'll give you the permission to enter here. Just call it if you want."

(End of this chapter)