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Chapter 1549 Star Wars Plan (First update, please subscribe)
"The most important step is to develop a long-term research and development program to achieve the ultimate goal of eliminating the strategic missile threat. I believe that the efforts we have embarked on have the potential to change the course of human history."

In the conference room of the official residence, he faced more than 30 experts from various fields, including scientists, economists, space technology experts, weapons experts, and so on.

Li Yian put forward his idea, or in other words, he took out the idea of ​​the "Star Wars Project".

"For now, the nuclear strategy of all countries in the world is the strategy of mutually assured destruction, that is, when the enemy launches nuclear weapons to destroy us, we have the ability to counterattack and destroy the Soviet Union. Peace is maintained through this terrifying nuclear balance of mutual destruction.

This is a strategic idea currently adopted by all countries, and it is also the best way people can think of to maintain peace! "

After a brief pause, Li Yian continued:
“Theoretically, if the anti-ballistic missile system can be realized, then we will fundamentally undermine the nuclear deterrence of other countries against us, thus ensuring our security.

This is why I called everyone here, to discuss this issue.”

After Li Yian finished speaking, Yuan Jialiu from Space Technology Exploration Company said:

"Sir, shortly after the advent of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the United States and the Soviet Union each launched anti-ballistic missile research and achieved some results, such as the United States' Nike-Zeus and Guard anti-missile systems and the Soviet Union's Rubber Shoe Anti-missile System. They have all achieved certain results. According to our intelligence, the Soviet Union conducted a missile interception test in Kazakhstan four years ago and succeeded."

After briefly introducing the two completely different ballistic missile defense systems of the United States and the Soviet Union, Yuan Jialiu continued:
"We started this research four years ago. After the Cuban Missile Crisis two years ago, we launched a comprehensive study of the ballistic missile interception system. We have made some progress. If everything goes well, we will have our own ballistic missile interception system in the near future."

Listening to Yuan Jialiu's introduction, Li Yian said:

"I have a certain understanding of what you said. But what we need is not just a missile to intercept ballistic missiles. Moreover, the systems of the United States and the Soviet Union are mainly based on vacuum tubes and transistors. In addition, radar detection and remote sensing technology are relatively primitive in that era. The success rate of these anti-missile systems is very low and they are not very practical."

Li Yian said straightforwardly.

"What we need is a more ambitious ballistic missile interception system than we've ever seen."

"More grandiose?"

The experts present were attracted by your words.

"It is a more futuristic system. I think we should destroy the enemy to protect ourselves. The specific method is to design various bases in space, deploy air combat weapons, and destroy the enemy's missiles when the enemy's ballistic missiles attack."

Li Yian continued to explain.

"…Using space as the main base, deploying weapons such as lasers, particle beams, and electromagnetic guns, combined with ground and air defense weapons, to form a multi-layered in-depth defense system to intercept ballistic missiles launched by the Soviet Union and other countries layer by layer, and destroy all or most of them before the missiles reach SEA."

In the following time, Li Yian explained his ideas one by one. Everyone present was stunned by the grand idea he described.

How can this be considered an idea?
It's clearly a science fiction movie.

Using space as a base, it can intercept ballistic missiles launched by various countries.

Some of the weapons you mentioned are just concepts. In other words, they never existed at all.

But even so, it did not stop Li Yian from proposing his idea. His idea was very simple, which was to turn the new frontier of space into a defense base.

"… Compared to many countries, we have the best natural environment for deploying space defense forces - the equator!"

When mentioning the equator, Li Yian deliberately emphasized his tone.

"This means we can develop a geosynchronous satellite that can serve as an early warning satellite to monitor specific areas.

It can also be used as part of an interception system. By deploying space-based weapons, it can be lasers or high-energy particle beam weapons, which can be deployed in geostationary orbit and destroy enemy ballistic missiles thousands of kilometers away from the mainland at sea when they are launched.

Even if we know that these weapons may not be reliable, as long as we conduct the corresponding research, we can always gain certain results.

Moreover, the ultimate goal of the Star Wars program is not only to ensure one's own safety, but also to promote the development of science and technology.

Just like the United States' Star Wars program, although the program was terminated after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States achieved great success through its investment in the Star Wars program.

After the cancellation of Star Wars, many sub-projects in the original plan were retained under other names and continued to be promoted and developed, including: reusable rockets and spacecraft, space-based infrared early warning satellites, ground-based and sea-based ultra-long-range early warning radars, technology for intercepting ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere, directed energy weapons (laser weapons, microwave weapons), electromagnetic guns...

Not only did they gain a lot in the military, but the United States also made rapid progress in automated control and computer communications, ushering in the rapid development of the information superhighway in the United States in the 1990s.

It can be said that the United States reaped trillions of dollars in returns with an investment of less than $1000 billion in the Star Wars program, and even indirectly promoted another revolution in human technology.

In other words, the greatest significance of key projects is like the "Apollo Project". Although the United States spent tens of billions of dollars and it seemed very expensive, the social and economic effects it produced were amazing.

According to later statistics, the technology that supported the rapid economic development of the United States in the 1970s and 1980s mainly came from the digestion, optimization and secondary development of lunar exploration technology.

Later, a large part of the key technologies of the US aerospace industry, defense industry and many civilian industries came from the second or third generation technologies of the Apollo program, or technologies derived from these technologies. The technologies developed through lunar exploration have been integrated into people's daily lives and the entire industrial system.

According to incomplete statistics, the Apollo program has spawned about 3000 applied technological achievements, and the technologies developed and derived from the Star Wars program have continued to have an impact into the 21st century.

"... and from another perspective, as the 'Moon Landing Project' has entered its final countdown, we have a new long-term scientific exploration project to promote the development of science and technology. In this case, it is considered necessary to promote this project."

Finally, Li Yian expressed his true thoughts.

In order to promote the development of science and technology, what has driven the development of science and technology in the past decade or so?
It is the space exploration project and the manned lunar landing project. But after the manned lunar landing project is completed, what will be the next large-scale national scientific and technological project?
Every era should have its own large-scale scientific and technological projects. Only in this way can we promote the continuous leapfrog development of science and technology.

Therefore, the Star Wars program became the best choice, which could not only protect itself but also promote the development of science and technology.

Are there any other better options?
"Isn't your plan too forward-looking?"

The scientists attending the meeting said with frowns.

"Yes, there are many technologies that are just concepts at the moment."

Looking at the experts and scholars in front of him, who were just about to say "taking too big a step may easily lead to failure", Li Yian said with a smile.

"There is a concept, at least it proves they are feasible. Just like when we were planning to go to the moon. Many people thought it was impossible, but what about now?
It is becoming a reality little by little, and I believe we will send our people to the moon in the next 2-3 years, but 10 years ago it was just a fantasy. Even sending people to space was just a fantasy. "

After using space engineering as an example to prove the feasibility of this plan, Li Yi spoke earnestly.

"Shouldn't scientific research itself be forward-looking? It is for the safety of all of us, but also for the advancement of science.

And this is a long-term plan. It is not a three-year, five-year, ten-year or eight-year plan, but a ten-year or even twenty-year plan.

I believe that with the development of science and technology, we should have the opportunity to realize it in the next 20 years. We should have the opportunity to realize our own Star Wars plan.

Well, anyway, I'll leave everything to you."

When the scientists present heard Your Excellency say this, they knew that this plan was inevitable.

"Star Wars!"

On the way back to Wanhu Cape, Yuan Jialiu leaned against the back of the car seat and couldn't help but speak.

"Sometimes you are really bold in your thinking."

"Yeah, this Star Wars plan seems a bit too sci-fi no matter how you look at it. It's really too unbelievable."

Qian Fukang also expressed his agreement.

"It is too incredible, but it is an unprecedented challenge for us. After all, most weapons are deployed in space, which means that we need to develop rockets with greater thrust and lower costs. Only in this way can we deploy those weapons in space.
Therefore, if Fu Kang wants to realize this plan, you have a great responsibility on your shoulders."

Yuan Jialiu looked at Qian Fukang beside him. Now he is the chief rocket engineer of Wanhujiao. Many rockets and missiles he developed have been put into use.

If we want to realize the Star Wars plan in the future, we will definitely need rockets.

"Um,"

Nodding, Qian Fukang thought for a moment, and then said:

"I understand that we need more than just ordinary rockets. Although I don't know how to do it now, I think the most important thing is not just the rocket itself,"

Yuan Jialiu asked with some confusion.

"If it's not the rocket itself, then what is it?"

“Electronics.”

Qian Fukang said:
"The core of the entire planetary plan is not rockets, lasers, or high-energy particles. The core should be electronic technology.

That’s the key to making it all happen.”

Yes!

The core of everything is not just rockets, what is important is electronic information technology.

Both rockets and other related systems require advanced integrated circuit control, and those weapons that seem like science fiction are even more inseparable from the control of electronic computers.

"If we want to realize this plan, we must fully promote the development of electronic information technology, or we must make further breakthroughs in electronic information technology. Only in this way can we realize this plan."

It was at this time that Qian Fukang deliberately used the word "possibly" to describe the future of his plan because he was unsure.

"This one……"

Yuan Jialiu thought for a moment and said.

"Fortunately, we have Silicon Valley, which has the most advanced technology in the world."

(End of this chapter)