Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 459 Launch Site Defense Capabilities
At this time, the picture shows blue sky and white clouds, and the sea surface of Tenglong Bay appears from time to time. It is obvious that the car is driving on a coastal highway.

The scenery here was truly stunning, drawing the attention of everyone in the room, even Malak was astonished.

Malak knew about Tenglong Island and had seen photos and videos of it. He knew that the island was very beautiful, but he never expected it to be this beautiful.

Thomas said, "Oh, this island is interesting. It has such a large inner bay. If the water is deep enough, it will be a natural military harbor."

Everyone looked at Thomas.

He is worthy of being the deputy director of the intelligence department, his mind is full of such thoughts.

But to be honest, Tenglong Island is indeed an excellent port.

Malak exclaimed: "I really should buy this island and build my starship base."

The so-called starship base sounds cool, but it is actually an upgraded version of the rocket launch site of SpaceX.

The current launch site of SpaceX is in Texas, and Malak is applying to the state government for an upgrade to a starship base. If approved, a town can be built within the base with a certain degree of autonomy.

In other words, Malak could be a prince there.

Of course, Malak's ideal is to colonize Mars, and everything is done for this goal.

The starship base is the important first step of Malak's plan, so he must succeed.

Malak saw that Tenglong Island was so beautiful and seemed to be quite large, with such a large bay. If a starship base could be built on that island, it would be the most dreamy thing on Blue Planet.

However, Thomas smiled and said, "Mr. Malak, you should know that's impossible."

Malak smiled faintly: "Of course, I'm just talking casually."

Although SpaceX is nominally a private commercial aerospace company, it is actually subject to strict official control. The Lighthouse Nation can cut off the lifeline of SpaceX at any time, whether it is technology, personnel, or funds, so Malak cannot build a starship base outside of North America.

At this time, the camera was aimed at the front. Although it was a little shaky, the rocket launcher could be seen in the distance.

Roland said: "It's a very textured launcher."

Malak nodded in agreement.

Malak has his own rocket launch site and often visits other launch sites, so he naturally knows that the quality of the rocket launch pad is of vital importance.

Although the Tenglong Island rocket launch pad seen through the real-time video is not very clear, we can still roughly judge that the quality of the launch pad should be relatively good, at least the design is very solid. If qualified materials are used, the cost must be very high.

But we haven’t entered the launch site yet, so we don’t know what’s going on inside.

Then, the scene appeared to pass a small bridge and enter another scene.

Thomas said, “Is this a volcano?”

Tom shrugged. "Who knows, but it sure looks like it."

Belk said: "It is indeed a small volcano, but it should be an extinct volcano and will not erupt, otherwise they would not build a space launch site near it."

Thomas said, "Everyone, you don't need to think that the Chinese are that smart. It is said that their education level is generally not high, and only about 10% of them can read."

Malak gave Thomas a look as if he were looking at an alien.

Ten percent literacy rate? Is Thomas sure he is not talking about Bharat?

Sure enough, someone asked, "Well, 10 percent, that's a staggering figure. Mr. Thomas, is this figure found by the intelligence department?"

Thomas shrugged. "This is not within the scope of our investigation. Besides, this is common sense and does not require a professional investigation."

Malak was speechless for a moment. Is this the level of the deputy director of the intelligence department of the Lighthouse Country?

I have to say that this is really a disaster for a huge country.

Although Malak didn't know China's specific level of education, he would not put China on the same level as Bharat.

Just then, someone screamed, and Tom almost spilled the coffee in his hand on his shorts.

It turned out that something unusual appeared in the video, which was a wall. Then the picture moved slightly and captured a large door that stopped.

Even Malak was very surprised, because the gate in the picture looked really special and no one had ever seen such a gate.

This door is indeed huge and blends perfectly with the high wall. It looks very textured, as if it is made of metal, but also like some kind of synthetic material. In any case, it is very sturdy.

Everyone started talking and commenting on the gate.

“This gate looks very expensive.”

"What material is this made of? It doesn't look like a steel door. Could it be carbon fiber?"

"Wang Defa, Tom, are you kidding me? Do you know how expensive carbon fiber is? Only supercars can afford it. To build a door this big, the price would be sky-high!"

Malak is knowledgeable, but he doesn't know how this door was made. However, he knows that China's production system is quite powerful and can produce all kinds of strange things.

But this is not important, it’s just a door. The key is what’s inside.

"It looks good on the outside, but it's terrible on the inside," Thomas said.

Malak was stunned and looked at Thomas with confusion.

Thomas smiled and explained, "Chinese people value face the most, which means that as long as the surface looks good, the content doesn't matter. That's why there are so many fakes in China."

"what?"

"Do you know, Mr. Malak, that the Chinese love to forge things? They have a particularly developed industry. Do you know what it is?"

"...What is it?"

"It's a face transplant. No, it should be called plastic surgery. Just one operation and it's like a completely different person."

Malak's eyes widened, looking at Thomas as if he were a dinosaur.

"Mr. Thomas, how did you know this?"

"Of course I know. I have a neighbor whose daughter was not very pretty. Last year, she went to China for plastic surgery and suddenly became beautiful. Guess what, she was spotted by a rich kid."

Malak was speechless for a moment, wondering if Thomas was not talking about South Korea?
Did Thomas confuse South Korea with China?
Malak really didn't expect Thomas to be so lacking in common sense, and couldn't help but sigh that the overall level of government employees in the Lighthouse Country was declining too quickly, even though their level was already very high.

What hurts Malak the most is that he cannot correct Thomas' mistakes, because the other party has a high status and a lot of power behind him, and he cannot be offended.

Malak has always been known for being outspoken and casual, but he is not crazy and will not do anything stubborn, otherwise he would not have become rich.

At this moment, the door that looked very high-end slowly opened.

Everyone held their breath, trying to see clearly what was inside the launch site.

Looking from the outside, the area of ​​the launch site is really large, it can be described as vast, and you can't see the end at a glance.

Malak said, "Go in, go in quickly."

Before he finished speaking, the video began to move. It was a little shaky at first, but soon stabilized and began to move inside the door. Someone could also be heard introducing that they had arrived at the space launch site.

Thomas chuckled, "Well, let's see what's in there."

At this time, Roland asked: "Won't the camera be discovered?"

Thomas waved his hand and said, "You underestimate our intelligence department's equipment. They are all specially processed to conceal most of the signals without affecting video transmission. Of course, this is only possible with the help of Mr. Malak's excellent network products."

Malak coughed lightly and said a few humble words.

The so-called excellent network product, of course, refers to the Skylink satellite system.

When Malak first launched this grand network system, he claimed that it was for the benefit of all mankind and would never be used for military purposes.

Unfortunately, Malak couldn't keep up the guarantee, because the underlying technology of the Skylink system was obtained from the Lighthouse Country Space Agency, and the funds were also allocated by the Lighthouse Country. Malak had almost no say in its use.

Three video frames showed that they had entered the space launch site.

It can be seen that the inside is indeed very spacious and the ground is very flat, which makes Malak a little shocked.

As mentioned earlier, although the rocket launch site of SpaceX is functional, it is built very roughly. Even the ground is not completely paved and hardened. Most of the place is simply hardened and covered with a layer of gravel.

The Tenglong Island launch site is great. As far as you can see, it is all high-quality stone slabs. They don’t look like ordinary stone slabs, but have a very high density. You don’t know how big each piece is, and you can’t even see the seams.

The three video screens move in different directions and show different images.

The first picture clearly shows the rocket launcher in front, which is indeed towering.

In the second picture, you can see office buildings and other buildings whose functions are unknown. Just looking at the buildings makes people feel that they have a very textured feel.

Another shot shows a long row of tool sheds and what appears to be a garage.

Looking further away, there is a long road vaguely visible.

Roland suddenly said, "Wait, is that a runway?!"

Following the position of Roland's finger, everyone's attention was focused on the place that looked like a road.

It was too far away to see clearly, but it was probably the runway.

If there is a runway, what does that mean? Can it land small and medium-sized aircraft?

This rocket launch site is quite large in scale and must have extremely ambitious development plans.

And the launch pad, the structure seems to be a little complicated, at least much more complicated than the rocket launch pad of SpaceX.

Thomas became interested and said, "Let them go to the launch pad and see what's there. Are there any defensive devices?"

Sure enough, Thomas was most interested in this aspect and always wanted to find out the strength of the opponent's defense.

After all, the responsibility of the intelligence department is to collect intelligence information, and other tasks are just side jobs.

Thomas is still very dedicated and knows what he needs.

Belk nodded and used the microphone to send instructions to William who was far away on Tamron Island.

Soon, William's voice can be heard in the video.

William was talking to another person in British English, asking about the rocket launch pad and whether he could go over and take a look.

The other party did not refuse and said that this was part of the visiting process and we would be there soon.

The picture began to move, and the rocket launcher in front gradually approached, with the details becoming clearer and richer.

"It seems like they were really unprepared," Thomas said. "The guy running this launch site has no experience at all. He's a rookie."

Before he finished speaking, the three video images suddenly began to distort to varying degrees, and the distortion became increasingly severe.

Thomas was stunned and asked quickly: "What's going on? What happened?"

Belk checked the signal status and his face changed: "Wang Defa, this is not good, the video signal is being interfered with!"

Thomas' eyes widened. "What's going on? Do they have jamming equipment here? No, our equipment is specially made and encrypted. Ordinary jammers won't work!"

As the voice was speaking, all three video screens turned into snow and nothing could be seen.

[Signal lost]

Everyone looked at the screen in silence and looked at each other.

Malak sighed, "It seems that the defense capabilities of this launch site are stronger than we thought."

Thomas couldn't close his mouth, obviously he didn't expect this result.

This cannot be blamed on Thomas for being too arrogant. The miniature cameras worn by William and his men were indeed strictly encrypted, had been tested in actual combat by the intelligence department many times, and had been put into use in many countries and regions.

The commonly used detection instruments on the market do not respond to these devices, and the same is true for signal interference devices, which either have no interference effect at all or have only a slight effect and can still see things.

Now, the camera equipment has been taken offline. How powerful must the jamming equipment at the Tenglong Island Space Launch Center be!
Unbelievable, unbelievable.

Belk looked back at Thomas: "What now?"

Thomas came back to his senses and said angrily, "What can we do? You guys decide! Wang Defa, I must let this launch site know how powerful our intelligence department is!"

At this point, Thomas seemed to have thought of something and said, "Can you still contact William now?"

Belk tried to contact William through the micro-earphone, but it was ineffective.

Thomas was a little disappointed. It seemed that he had indeed underestimated the defense capabilities of the Tenglong Island launch site.

At this point, Malak said, “Try texting William.”

Belk was stunned: "A text message on the phone?"

"Yes, text messages. I heard that you can make calls normally on the island."

Belk immediately tried to send a text message to William, and it actually worked.

At the same time, Tenglong Island, space launch site.

William was very surprised to find that the camera and headset were not working. He had used these two devices many times and had never encountered such a situation before. They actually broke down in China.

At this moment, William's cell phone vibrated, and he calmly took out his cell phone and took a look.

【Can you receive it? 】

William replied with a YES.

You can actually communicate normally with your cell phone here. I wonder if this is a security loophole.

(End of this chapter)