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Chapter 2002 People are always scared to death (third update, please subscribe)
On this day, the world's focus on the war changed.

A scene is being played repeatedly on television stations around the world - the scene of missiles intercepting missiles.

Whether it was the TV hosts or the ordinary audiences, the surprise on their faces was difficult to conceal, so much so that many magazines and newspapers used it as the front-page photo.

There is no doubt that after the war started, the Sky Arrow 3 air defense missile became the most powerful one in this war.

This operation marks the first time in the world that an air defense missile has integrated air defense and anti-missile interception capabilities!

"Oh, I really didn't expect that..."

Like many people, Chambers couldn't help but marvel as he looked at the series of photos in the file.

"I really didn't expect their technology to be so advanced!"

Looking at the mythical photo, Chambers was amazed and shocked.
The scene of SEA's Sky Arrow 3 air defense missile intercepting Egypt's Scud missile seemed like a myth to everyone, but this myth was presented so directly in front of people.

It is precisely because it looks so much like a myth that even with live broadcast, people still feel it is like a myth.

Don't even want to believe it.

In the conference room, an air force officer in a major uniform asked back:

"Do you believe?"

"to be honest……"

Chambers shook his head and said:
"Even now, I still don't believe this is true. We all know how difficult it is to intercept ballistic missiles with air defense missiles. We and the Russians have been conducting research in this area, trying to block their missiles. Although we and the Russians have invested a lot of money and have our own anti-missile systems, but..."

"They are clumsy, they just use nuclear bombs to counter missiles..."

Major Adler was referring to the US Guardian anti-missile system. The Guardian anti-missile system includes the Sprint missile for low-altitude anti-missile and the Spartan missile for high-altitude anti-missile. It has just begun to be deployed and plans to deploy 14 defense zones to protect the launch silos of the Minuteman missile. It is based on the Nike air defense missile and is equipped with a 25-kiloton equivalent W31 nuclear warhead.

"Basically, it relies on the shock wave of a nuclear bomb to destroy the incoming missile, but it..."

Major Adler pointed to the photo and said:

"It is an ordinary air defense missile that can not only intercept aircraft, but also intercept ballistic missiles, and it uses this direct hit method."

A direct hit is not a direct impact, but a missile fragment hitting the missile. In fact, the Sky Arrow 3 missile relies on the lethality enhancer inside the warhead. It is distributed around the missile body in two circles, forming two fragment rings centered on the missile body. When the main charge in the lethality enhancer explodes, these fragments are thrown outward at a low radial speed, which is equivalent to increasing the effective diameter of the interceptor, so that the target is either hit by the entire interceptor or by fragments.

And because the goal of intercepting ballistic missiles has been sought for many years, when designing the Sky Arrow 3 air defense missile, in order to obtain better performance in intercepting ballistic missiles, engineers not only optimized the radar search algorithm, but also made comprehensive improvements to the missile itself. The weight of the fragments of the intercepted ballistic missile has been greatly increased from 2 grams to 45 grams, and the fuse has also been improved, which significantly improves its destructive effect.

After being improved, it does have a certain ability to intercept ballistic missiles, and what it encounters is a short-range tactical missile like the "Scud", so naturally its performance is "amazing".

But even so, its performance is enough to surprise the world. It is also because of this that it has attracted the attention of countries around the world.

Even now, the Pentagon has held a special meeting to discuss this air defense missile. The purpose is not just to speculate on its performance based on limited information, but to discuss what kind of help this air defense missile will bring to the US military?
"Its maximum range is 80km, which means that within this range, the troops can be well protected and can not only intercept Russian aircraft but also their missiles, which will further enhance NATO's advantage on the battlefield in Western Europe."

Obviously, the officers in the conference room now regard this missile as a "NATO weapon". In fact, this is true. Within NATO, basically as long as there are good weapons, they will "share" them. It can be said that they are actively purchasing them, especially the rigid-need items such as air defense missiles.

"Yes, they can make missiles like sausages, but his presence can turn Russian missiles into sausages,"

Adler's joke caused people in the conference room to laugh.

But while laughing, they suddenly realized the existence of a problem - SEAs technological level has far exceeded their imagination, and has even become ahead of the United States in many areas.

Faced with this reality, the American officers in the conference room all became serious, and Major Adler, who was originally telling jokes, just smoked his cigarette silently and stopped talking.

For them, all they felt was the pressure of being surpassed by other countries in technology. But on the other side, in Moscow, when their colleagues watched the images on TV, their mood was far more than just solemn.

"Play it again!"

Once again, General Kozverev had someone play the footage of the missile intercepting the missile. When the tape was rewound, the general took out a cigarette from the cigarette box with some distraction, lit it and started smoking. At the same time, the TV screen once again played the footage of the anti-aircraft missile intercepting the ballistic missile over Tel Aviv. Accompanied by a violent explosion in the air, the Scud ballistic missile was accurately hit.

Looking at this scene, General Kozverev frowned. At this time, the colonel next to him said:

“General, we have sent out development requirements for similar missiles to various design bureaus, and after analysis, we found that their Sky Arrow III missile performed very well.

But its interception capability is very limited. It should only be able to intercept tactical missiles and will not pose any threat to intercontinental ballistic missiles."

As the deputy minister in charge of military production, General Kozverev shook his head after hearing what his subordinates said, and then said:

"Do you think all I saw were Scud missiles shot down over Tel Aviv?"

Taking a puff of his cigarette, General Kozverev looked at the TV screen and said, "What I see is technology, Comrade Colonel."

Then his tone became lower.

"Whether it is limited ballistic missile interception capability or will be further developed in the future, we must face the reality that Western countries are far ahead of us in technology.
Now this air defense missile alone is 10 years ahead of us? Or 15 years?"

General Kozverev had no answer in his heart. In fact, two days ago, he was eating hot pot and singing songs to celebrate the Soviet Union's success in weapons.
In the past few days, good news has come from the Middle East - first, the MiG-23 fighter shot down an F4 and an F2 fighter on the first day of the war. Although the pilot of the MiG III fighter was a Pakistani pilot, it turned out that the MiG-23 fighter and the missiles it used were no worse than those of the West.

At the same time, the 2K12 air defense missile, also known as the SAM-6 air defense missile in the West, has also achieved very satisfactory results in actual combat.

As for anti-tank missiles, there is no need to mention that the Egyptians used anti-tank missiles to destroy an Israeli brigade of tanks in just over ten minutes!
Of course, this is just propaganda. The outside world does not know this, but Moscow is very clear that the 190th Tank Brigade that was destroyed by the Egyptian population does not exist. They only destroyed the 190th Tank Battalion.

But this is not important. What is important is that in this war, Soviet weapons have withstood the test of the battlefield and proved to be no worse than American weapons.

But now, SEA's air defense missile has proved one thing in front of the whole world - they are still far ahead in technology.

"And what's even more annoying?"

General Kozverev put out his cigarette butt vigorously in the ashtray and said:
"Soon we will see this air defense missile in the armies of Western European countries. You know, what they are most worried about is that our missiles will fall on their heads one day. When they see an air defense missile that can intercept ballistic missiles, how could they not buy it?
Originally, they had a certain technical advantage over us in air power, and we only had a partial numerical advantage. But what about now?

This missile will further strengthen their advantages and amplify our weaknesses, Comrade Colonel."

General Kozverev sighed again after saying this.

"This is the reality we need to face now, the power of the West has further increased,"

A headache!
The general looked at the still picture on TV. At this moment, he felt an unprecedented headache. Even when he knew that his daughter was pregnant before marriage, he just smiled helplessly. After all, such things were very common in the Soviet Union.

She's a single mother, no big deal. So what if she's a general's daughter?
Does this mean that a general’s daughter cannot fall in love or have children?

Of course, Kozverev couldn't help but feel furious when he thought about someone taking advantage of his daughter and refusing to take responsibility.

But this is just anger.

Being angry does not mean being stressed.

But now?
Watching the intercepted missiles on TV, the general felt unprecedented pressure.

"Now it's not just a question of whether we have the same type of missiles, but the more important question is - how do we deal with all this?"

Then he looked at his subordinates and said:

"Moreover, the Kremlin will also see this. They will see that our missiles have been intercepted. It is our missiles that have been intercepted!"

"General, I can guarantee that they can only intercept tactical missiles. They are powerless against medium- and long-range missiles!"

"What I need is evidence!"

Just as General Kozverev finished his words, the phone on his desk rang. As soon as he saw the phone, he knew it was a call from the Kremlin!

After hesitating for a second or two, General Kozverev stood up, walked to his desk, and picked up the phone. After answering the phone, he said:

"Yes, I have seen it. Yes, I see it clearly. They have indeed demonstrated amazing advantages in technology. However, please believe that we are not inferior to them in technology. Yes, we will soon launch similar products... That's right, it does not pose a threat to our medium- and long-range missiles. I can guarantee this. Yes, it will definitely not threaten the balance between us...

Yes, it can only intercept short-range missiles within a range of 300 kilometers... Yes, that's right, I understand, we will try our best to collect relevant evidence, yes, I understand, yes, yes... I wish you good health!"

Finally, after hanging up the phone, the general fell into silence. What could he say in the face of the Kremlin's questions?

Does this mean that we are now far behind the other side?
Of course we can't say it. Not only can we not say it, but we must also tell the other side that our technology is no worse than theirs, and we must also make the Kremlin believe that we are safe now, and their missiles cannot intercept our medium- and long-range missiles.

But the problem is that even Kozverev himself doesn't know.

Moreover, it can be clearly heard from the phone that the voice on the other end is not just anxious. In fact, the voice on the other end is nervous, even fearful. For the Kremlin, they know very well what maintains the peace between them and the United States, that is, everyone's missiles can hit the other side's hometown and blow the other side's hometown to pieces.

This is the fundamental reason why peace has lasted for nearly three decades.

If such a balance is broken and the Western world possesses weapons that can intercept intercontinental missiles, we know what will happen without having to think about it.

Once the gas tank becomes waste, a war will be inevitable!
Thinking of this, Kozverev, who could no longer sit still, picked up the phone and said.

"To Lubyanka Square..."

(End of this chapter)