Homo sapiens

Levis directly ignored Li Qingye's Versailles, but looked at the pile of mud in front of him, his eyes filled with excitement.

100 kilograms of crude uranium material contains approximately 0.8 kilograms of uranium element. After uranium-enriched bacteria have removed part of the uranium-238, only 75 grams of uranium element remains.

Among these 75 grams of uranium, the content of uranium-235 is about 7.5%, or about 5.6 grams, and the rest is uranium-238.

Although this concentration is not high, in the view of Levi, who majored in nuclear physics, this concentration is simply sky-breaking.

After all, the uranium-235 concentration of current civilian-level nuclear reactors is generally below 5%.

In other words, after the mud in front of you is extracted and processed, it can be directly used as nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors.

This is why Levi's is amazed by this technology, which is cheap, efficient, and very hidden.

Using this technology, even a small country like Hongsawady with very poor supporting facilities can produce high-concentration weapons-grade uranium-235.

In fact, the design principles of atomic bombs can be found on many academic nuclear physics websites. Except for the hydrogen bomb, which is partially blocked, the principles of other nuclear reactions are not difficult to find.

Levi's could even design a hydrogen bomb.

But that's not the point.

The key to nuclear weapons actually lies in uranium enrichment technology.

The most efficient industrial uranium enrichment technology now is centrifugal separation. This technology has a huge threshold, not only does it require a lot of investment, but it also creates a lot of noise.

The great powers could quickly discover why Persia and North Korea conducted nuclear experiments. The reason was that the centrifugal separation method required the use of a large number of multi-stage ultra-high-speed centrifuges, which not only occupied a very large area, but also consumed an astonishing amount of power.

Large-scale uranium enrichment facilities can be discovered simply through satellite remote sensing.

As for building facilities in mountains or underground, this plan is obviously not feasible, mainly because the scale is too large. Such underground facilities are not affordable for ordinary small countries, and those who can afford underground facilities do not need to be sneaky.

Levis is very excited now. He is not that kind of pacifist. He was blacklisted by Western academic institutions for making pro-nuclear remarks in Luzon.

His philosophy is very radical. He believes that only by possessing nuclear weapons can small countries resist the bullying of great powers. Even if they cannot build nuclear bombs, they must build a large number of nuclear power plants and use nuclear power plants to coerce great powers into surrendering.

When Li Qingye secretly invited him, this guy jumped right into his arms.

For his own dream, he divorced his first wife, then faked his death and left, coming to a small ravine in Hongsawady.

Today Levi's finally sees hope.

In the conference room of the base.

Li Qingye, Kevin, Wu Hu, Levis and others gathered together.

Kevin calculated the current uranium raw material reserves: “Based on the current uranium crude material reserves, we can extract 170 kilograms of uranium-235 from it.

"Dr. Levis, how many atomic bombs can be produced from 170 kilograms of uranium 235?" Li Qingye asked.

Levis thought for a while: "If you use relatively primitive and mature technology, 50 kilograms of uranium 235 can make a 300,000-yield atomic bomb, and 170 kilograms can make three."

After hearing this data, Li Qingye thought for a while and then made a decision: "OK, I understand. Then we will use mature old-fashioned technology to first create three atomic bombs with a yield of 300,000 tons."

"Li, how do we experiment? After all, I have only studied the theoretical framework of this thing. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no problems in practical applications." Levi reminded with some hesitation.

Li Qingye shook his head: "In a short period of time, live ammunition testing is definitely not feasible. How about using laser focusing experiments and graphite slow neutron reactors?"

"Laser focusing? This can solve part of the problem. I'm also working on a graphite slow neutron reactor, but there may be some errors compared to the live ammunition detonation test." Levis said helplessly.

Li Qingye was not disappointed by this: "It's good if we can test the data. We have no way to confront the great powers in a short period of time. We must reserve at least 100 atomic bombs or develop a hydrogen bomb before we can conduct live ammunition tests."

"Speaking of hydrogen bombs, can our bioconcentration process produce heavy water?" Levis asked.

Li Qingye touched his chin: "In the process of developing uranium-rich bacteria this time, I discovered more than a dozen special gene sequences, which can effectively distinguish small differences in isotopes. As long as I adjust the genes and test for a longer period of time, It should be possible to screen out a subset of fungi suitable for enriching deuterium."

"Then I suggest building a number of heavy hydrogen enrichment plants. Anyway, now we already have uranium bombs for nuclear fission, which can be used as atomic triggers for nuclear fusion."

Li Qingye turned his head: "Kevin, you are responsible for the implementation. Using the production of seaweed and methane as an excuse, we will open another batch of heavy hydrogen enrichment plants."

"Yes, boss." Kevin nodded.

After the meeting.

Li Qingye still stayed in the base of Black Tiger Canyon, and he was thinking about another problem.

Then there is the problem of vehicles.

To constitute a nuclear deterrent, it is not enough to possess nuclear bombs alone, but also to possess sufficiently powerful long-range delivery vehicles.

In fact, Homo sapiens companies are already developing this aspect.

For example, the Typhoon series of cruise missiles developed by the former subsidiary Feiyu Company.

Of course, if possible, Li Qingye also hopes that the Homo sapiens company will have a formal intercontinental ballistic missile.

He looked through the various technologies on the biological laptop, hoping to integrate the technologies currently owned by Homo Sapiens Company into technologies that could be applied to intercontinental ballistic missiles.

First of all, there is no need to worry too much about nuclear warheads. Although the nuclear fuel utilization rate of nuclear bombs produced by old-fashioned processes is lower than that of the latest modern processes, the deterrence is actually stronger.

After all, the older the technology, the more serious the radioactive material residue will be after detonation. To a certain extent, it is also an advantage for opponents to use rat weapons.

Now the key is the vehicle itself.

"Maybe..." After seeing the crystal sponge technology, he suddenly thought of a plan.

Modern intercontinental missiles are mainly divided into two types of fuel, one is a solid fuel type, and the other is a liquid fuel type that can be stored at room temperature.

Usually solid fuel accounts for the vast majority, while liquid fuel is used on high-thrust space launch vehicles.

The main reason for this situation is that liquid fuels are either not suitable for long-term storage or are highly toxic.

However, the crystal sponge technology of Homo sapiens can store methane, and after storage, it can remain solid at normal temperature and pressure, and the storage time is very long.

Compared with the missiles or launch vehicles currently used by various countries, if crystal sponge is used as a fuel storage tank, its production process and supporting facilities requirements will be much lower.

The more Li Qingye thought about it, the more he felt that this direction was good.

He quickly asked the Hongsawaddy Branch to find a small basin in the mountains in the northern Kachin State as a research and development base for methane rocket engines.

Of course, this base can also undertake the future aerospace industry of the Homo sapiens company.

Li Qingye will stay in Hongsawady in the near future. On the one hand, it is to adjust the layout of various industries. Rocket engines, missiles, and aerospace industries are the key.

On the other hand, it is also to inspect the Hongsawady branch and see the development of this branch.

After receiving his instruction, Hongsawady Branch quickly implemented it.

This mode of operation is also one of the current advantages of Homo sapiens. There are no people wrangling or enriching their own pockets internally, and the utilization rate of various resources has skyrocketed.

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