The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The Spring Festival is approaching.

The Spring Festival travel rush has already begun.

Chunyun, or Spring Festival transportation, is a large-scale high-traffic pressure phenomenon that occurs around the Chinese New Year. It is centered on the Spring Festival and lasts for about 40 days, from the th day of the th lunar month to the th day of the first lunar month of the following year.

Some are migrant workers returning home to celebrate the New Year, while others are traveling during the Spring Festival.

As times change, not everyone celebrates the Spring Festival at home anymore. Traveling has become a fashion trend.

The Spring Festival was officially designated as the peak tourist season at the turn of the millennium.

Most of those who choose to travel are urban residents.

Business at various tourist attractions and cities will be much better during the Spring Festival than usual.

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is a national 5A-level tourist attraction rated by the National Tourism Administration.

Traveling along the Yangtze River has become a golden waterway for tourism.

Laser cannon base, where air defense forces are stationed.

Unlike other air defense forces that use air defense missiles and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, the air defense forces here use laser cannons, which are specifically designed to counter satellites, ballistic missiles, and high-altitude flying objects.

It can even counter high-speed objects such as satellites and ballistic missiles, let alone aircraft.

As early as December, the laser cannon base had been completed and deployed with 12 laser cannons, each of which had a 12° rotation function.

At this moment in the command operations room, technicians were inputting parameters.

On the big screen, the orbit of a satellite is displayed at all times, with a flashing red dot and a drawing of its orbit.

All operating parameters are fixed.

This satellite was an experimental satellite launched in the 80s and has long exceeded its service life.

"emission!"

Following the order from the capital, the commander of the laser cannon base issued the combat order.

As the technician pressed the red button.

A laser cannon emitted a dazzling laser beam, and in just a few seconds, the experimental satellite in space was destroyed.

In the air, another satellite took pictures of the entire process of the destruction of the experimental satellite.

Soon, the photos were transmitted back to the ground control center.

At the Southwest Ground Control Center, Liu Tao looked at the photo and nodded slightly.

This also means that these laser cannons have the ability to destroy any artificial satellite, space station, space shuttle, or spacecraft in space.

Since even satellites can be countered, ballistic missiles and high-altitude flying objects are even more of a piece of cake.

I think today's anti-satellite experiment will calm down some hot-headed people.

In the past, nuclear balance ensured mutual destruction, but this is no longer necessarily the case.

I can destroy you, but you may not be able to destroy me!
This is a huge advantage!
Liu Tao was still very satisfied with the test results of the laser cannon.

In the future, some satellites in space that have exceeded their service life can also be used as training grounds for the air defense forces of the laser cannon base and increase their practical combat experience.

At this time, tourists who were visiting the Three Gorges Dam and taking photos and enjoying the natural scenery in the Three Gorges waterway suddenly saw a beam of light appear in the sky. The beam of light was so dazzling that although it only lasted for a few seconds, it shocked everyone.

Some tourists even took photos and shared them on WeChat Moments, online forums, and social networking sites.

Soon, the news spread all over the world. For a moment, the world seemed to have undergone some inexplicable changes.

Even some American soldiers who were about to go berserk seemed much calmer.

Wenchang Launch Center, Hainan Province.

The Long March 5 carrier rocket stands upright on the launch pad.

In the distance, countless tourists were waiting to witness the launch.

The Wenchang Space Launch Center will announce the launch mission two months in advance, and the launch mission will be carried out on time unless there is an emergency, such as a typhoon.

This is also a major feature of Wenchang tourism.

When traveling to Wenchang, you can eat Wenchang coconut chicken hotpot and watch the space launch.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, most of the people who come to Qiongdao for tourism are from the north.

Qiongdao, because there are many people from Northeast China living on Qiongdao, it is also called the fourth province of Northeast China.

At this time, Liu Tao personally came to the Wenchang Space Launch Center and looked at the Long March 5 carrier rocket standing tall.

To be precise, it should be the satellite carried on it.

It was announced to the public that this was a resource exploration satellite, but in fact the satellite weighed 25 tons and was equipped with laser weapons.

This is a space-based weapon to be deployed in space, that is, a space weapon.

This is not the first time that space-based weapons have been deployed, although missiles were deployed in the past and this time laser weapons were deployed.

Space weapons include weapons for space attacks and weapons that attack space. The former refers to weapons deployed, used and launched in space, regardless of whether their targets are the atmosphere of space or the ground; the latter refers to weapons that attack targets operating in space or passing through space, regardless of whether they are launched from land, sea or air.

Because this space-based weapon is equipped with a laser weapon, it can be used as both a space attack weapon and a weapon that attacks space.

It can be used to intercept launched ballistic missiles, taking-off aircraft, and to destroy enemy satellites in space.

This is part of China's national strategic defense system. The entire Chinese national strategic defense system includes land-based laser cannon bases, sea-based ship-borne laser cannons, airborne laser cannons, and space-based laser weapons.

It is expected that China's national strategic defense system will be completed in 20 years.

And because of the special nature of space-based laser weapons, this satellite uses a large number of new materials to ensure that the satellite can serve in space for 35 years.

Finally, it was time to launch.

As the countdown progressed, when it reached "1", the launch commander shouted "ignition", and the Long March carrier rocket was ignited. Like an earthquake, the huge thrust pushed the Long March carrier rocket into space.

This kind of launch scene is very spectacular, making people's blood boil and their blood boil!
The launch from the launch site has become a beautiful landscape, which is not achieved by publicity alone, but is truly exciting.

Even though the whole process only takes a short time, it is worth waiting for a day or two just for that moment of shock.

When the Long March 30 carrier rocket was about to launch for minutes, the rocket and the satellite separated and entered orbit.

This also means that the launch mission was a complete success.

Once the satellite enters orbit, control of the satellite will be handed over to the relevant departments.

Liu Tao did not stay in Qiongzhou for long. That night he took a special plane directly from Wenchang Space Launch Center and flew to Beijing.

The plane landed at the Beijing airport, and then he took a special car back to the courtyard.

This year he will spend the Spring Festival in Beijing and will not start work until the seventh day of the first lunar month. Of course, there will be some activities during this period that require his participation. (End of this chapter)