I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"From now on, we, the free world, have entered the darkest moment!"

John's first words made everyone feel the seriousness of the matter, and no one was willing to speak out first.

He certainly had a right to be angry, the hotline conference call that had ended just a few hours earlier was maddening.

Although it was clear that they were at fault in the first place, they refused to let go of the "civilians" and "accidental intruders", while others could not provide any evidence of action, so it was useless no matter how much they talked about it.

On the other hand, it was rare for the other four parties to issue a unanimous condemnation, but what they received in exchange was just an "apology" and "immediately dispatching a rescue team to carry out humanitarian treatment activities", which was a symbolic payment and a verbal apology.

Lucia and Taoguo yelled for a few words because they had just joined the Huayin Treaty and reached a lunar cooperation agreement and then fell silent. Dai Ying tried to stir things up but couldn't stir it up. John couldn't stir up the trouble even if he wanted to, so in the end he could only make a hasty statement. It ended with a declaration telling other friends, "Everything is fine with singing and dancing, we are not preparing for war."

However, Snow Hu's debut is destined to keep many people awake. The significance of this technical power is really surprising. It has completely surpassed the past achievements of Aramco and the alliance, and it also represents that its owners are gradually moving towards the offensive. Transform strategic thinking.

How to judge whether a country's air force is a defensive or offensive strategy?

The answer lies in the proportion of auxiliary aircraft. If most of them are pure fighter aircraft, it means that their main mission is homeland air defense and it is difficult to extend their hands.

The offensive force must have strong long-range reconnaissance and support capabilities. The more auxiliary aircraft such as tankers, early warning aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, and transport aircraft, the stronger its offensive needs. Although the positioning of the "Snowbird" is unknown, its demonstrated capabilities One side is enough to show that it is destined to be used for ultra-long-distance penetration, and it represents extraordinary significance.

This change in strategic attitude frightened John more than the aircraft itself. Coupled with successive defeats in previous space races, external pressure has reached unprecedented levels.

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Texas.

Different from the dreary environment of the political circles and high-level officials, Musk believes that the aerospace industry is about to usher in a bright future, especially manned spaceflight.

Although the outside world has gradually begun to wake up after the panic and understand that the space station is not safe in a nuclear war, the enthusiasm of investors has not been reduced much.

After all, ten days ago, the Tianmu-2 mission expanded the territory of commercial manned spaceflight to the moon for the first time, and as the Advance has exceeded 75% of the completion progress, it can be determined that Mars will be included in the near future.

Even if other commercial aerospace is far from reaching this point, the development potential is not weak. There is no reason why it cannot be achieved.

Jeff Bezos, who has been tinkering with suborbital travel, took the opportunity to propose the "Shepard 2" manned spacecraft using the New Glenn rocket, which weighs 45 tons and can even fly to the moon.

Although it is a hastily drawn up PPT, Blue Origin is after all a private aerospace contractor second only to SpecaX. The renewed optimism from the outside world has given Jeff the confidence to get rid of the haze of Artemis 2 and re-establish the company. reputation.

SpecaX certainly did a better job. Musk immediately proposed to turn the lunar travel plan that had been revealed before into reality, and planned a plan to use a starship to build a lunar space station.

He knows very well what the rich are afraid of. In addition to these, he also proposed the idea of ​​establishing permanent ecological bases on the moon and Mars, which would be comfortable enough to live a lifetime, and was strongly sought after in the general environment.

In the past two months, SpecaX has basically confirmed the feasibility of traveling around the moon with two Falcon 9 rockets and carried out a preliminary plan design. Now he wants to make this plan a reality within this year.

With the addition of a Falcon 9 and a propulsion unit, the cost has increased by 60%, and the price has quadrupled. However, there is still an endless stream of rich people booking tickets. Many people who previously bought tickets for low-Earth orbit also chose to upgrade to the moon combo.

Although the entire aerospace industry, whether official or private, has not stated it explicitly, they are tacitly promoting long-term manned space tourism, and the farther the better, and rich tycoons are willing to invest in this.

Compared with the darkness and uncertainty of underground shelters, space at least allows them to see the sun.

Musk thanked the other side of the Pacific in his heart. This incident was really a divine assist for the aerospace industry.

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Beijing.

Dou Ping and several other senior leaders took over the first half of the meeting and conducted a deep and honest self-examination. The main problem was the lack of prototype quality inspection and assembly processes and emergency plans, and the second problem was the lack of timely response from other military regions.

The five countries in the Western Pacific involved this time were actually quite chaotic last night. Although everyone had conducted some actual combat exercises in the past, they were always prepared. This time it was a real emergency, and it also exposed their true combat readiness.

The Aramco Pacific Fleet has a good sense of crisis and responds quickly. Planes and warships have implemented emergency procedures, but there have been many accidents. I heard that at least one reconnaissance plane and two fighter jets were lost, and the port was even blocked by a sideways supply ship. Because the aircraft carrier cannot get out, it is estimated that some rectification will be necessary.

The island country...the ones who launched the "Patriot" counterattack were not in positions controlled by them. Kongzi only focused on escaping with Big Daddy, and the other armed forces could basically be described as chaos.

The peninsula mainly reacted fiercely to each other, but the impact was not significant.

Lucia also pulled away, and a bomber formation took off in half a day. The rest of the military forces were in a state of complete disarray, and most of them were still sober.

Our own side knows best what happened, and the response was relatively timely, but it also exposed many problems. This kind of emergency situation is actually a very valuable training experience, and it reveals all the problems that were not considered in the past, but it can also be Give it a passing grade.

The focus of the midfield was on the "Snow Hu". The military and superiors were naturally very fond of its performance, but they gave some small opinions:

Could you please make it less conspicuous?

Radar stealth has been confirmed, but can it be made optically and acoustically quieter?

The answer to this question was Androv, the most professional aviation designer on the scene.

"Let's talk about the sound first...there's really nothing we can do about it."

Androv explained:

"The noise of the Snow Falcon's body and engine during flight can be completely ignored at ultra-high altitudes. The main noise comes from the shock waves generated during supersonic flight. It is true that some aerodynamic designs can be used to weaken it, but the effect is limited, and now Snow The design of the swan has been finalized and cannot be changed.

On the optical side, I can think of a way. Now I have a new idea. "