Chapter 834 Two Seconds?
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In the conference room of the Pentagon, there are no empty seats at the conference table. Sitting here at the moment is almost the core of the American power class.
Not only senior officials of the Ministry of Defense, but also politicians from the White House rarely visited this conference room. From Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's left-hand side, then-President Hillary Clinton, her chief of staff, and the White House's national security adviser.
The atmosphere at the meeting table was very depressing, and everyone's expressions were not very good-looking.
At this time, the door of the conference room opened, and a young man in a suit held a thick stack of documents in his hands, and Meteor strode in.
"Morel, you're late." Ashton Carter said dissatisfied.
"Sorry, it took a while to print these materials... Where's my seat?"
"There are a lot of people today." Sighing, Mr. Carter looked at the assistant standing beside him, "Bring a chair for Mr. Morell."
"Okay." The assistant nodded, turned and walked out the door.
Hilary exchanged glances with her chief of staff, then at Ashton.
"Now that everyone is here, can we start?"
"Of course." Ashton nodded, and looked at Morel, "Then, let's start quickly, starting from the page of the Guam military base."
"Okay, BOSS." Morell immediately turned the file to the page of the report on the Guam military base, and he didn't care about the lack of chairs, so he stood by the table and read, "July 24th at three o'clock in the morning At this point, the Dolphin-10 ballistic missile launched by Starlink Trade was launched from the submarine missile silo in the western Pacific Ocean. When the missile rose to the stratosphere, it briefly appeared on the THAAD anti-missile system deployed at the Guam military base..."
"A brief appearance?" Hilary raised her eyebrows, tapped the pen lightly on the notebook, and interrupted Morell's speech, "I want to know how many minutes this short-lived is?"
Hearing this question, Morrel's expression suddenly became awkward, and he glanced at his immediate boss Ashton subtly.
However, the latter didn't understand and just said impatiently.
"The President asks you a question, don't waste our time."
"yes……"
Morrel nodded hastily,
Looking at Hillary, after hesitating for a moment, Biao finally made up his mind to tell everyone the truth.
"Two seconds."
The conference room fell silent.
Although it had been quiet all the time, Morrel felt at this moment a deathly stillness.
"...Thank you." After taking the chair from the assistant, Morel breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him in a low voice, and sat on the chair.
He really didn't want to bear the feeling of focusing his eyes on his body for a second.
The silence on the conference table lasted for a while before Hilary broke the silence, looked at Ashton and spoke.
"The budget of the Ministry of Defense is not enough. You tell me that there is no need to play tricks in this kind of meeting."
Ashton was in a daze, and hadn't recovered from the number of two seconds.
two seconds?
How can this be!
During the War of Independence in Morocco, the Starlink trade used intercontinental missiles to force the United States to make concessions, and the United States strengthened its anti-missile deployment on the Guam military base. Not only deployed the most advanced THAAD system at the Guam military base, but also updated the radar of the original Patriot 3 air defense system...
But now, the person in charge of the Guam military base told him that they only observed for two seconds?
And it is still the most likely to be captured by radar and intercepted by the missile, the propulsion and acceleration stage when it rises from the launch point to low orbit!
Seeing that the boss hadn't spoken for a long time, Morel thought it was necessary for him to rescue the boss, so he bit the bullet and continued.
"No, this has nothing to do with the budget... Dolphin-10 has a very high anti-detection level. Not only us, but our ally Japan is not even aware that the Halo trade uses ballistic missiles..."
"What are you doing with a budget of 600 billion U.S. dollars every year! Why can't you even catch the missiles of a small country?" A White House official couldn't help cursing.
"It's not all our fault! We are developing anti-missile technology, and they are also upgrading ballistic missile technology!"
"Haha, explain it to the taxpayer!"
"..."
There was an uproar at the conference table, but Hillary, who spoke first, fell silent at this time.
Shooting an intercontinental missile at a neighboring country that is only a few hundred kilometers away is no different from shooting mosquitoes with a cannon. It is obvious that Xinghuan Trade's move has no ulterior motives. It is clear that the sword is aimed at the Philippines, but it actually provokes the detection capabilities of the THAAD system.
If you can't even find the traces of missiles, let alone anti-missiles.
Hillary suddenly found pessimistically that whether it is EMP or missile technology, the trade of the star ring seems to be ahead of the United States.
The tragedy in Manila has proved the terrible lethality of EMP weapons on modern civilization.
The entire city returned to the Stone Age overnight, and everything from transportation to social order was destroyed. There is no pollution residue, and no one will even die, but the consequences are more terrifying than killing tens of thousands of people.
If an EMP were to detonate over Los Angeles, Boston, or even Washington...
Hillary couldn't imagine it, but one thing is certain.
The economy of the whole world will decline for at least 20 years.
The national security situation in the United States has never been more dire since the Cuban Missile Crisis...
"Immediately increase the research and development budget of anti-EMP technology! I don't want to wait until the EMP attack hits our heads, and the only thing left in the country is tanks and armored vehicles. There is also an anti-missile system! THAAD is not working, then we will change it." Get rid of THAAD! Within five months, I will ask the Pentagon to come up with a solution! If it doesn’t work, replace it.” Hillary stared at Ashton and said in a non-joking tone.
The latter held his breath and nodded with a stiff neck.
"I promise."
"So, today's meeting is over." Hillary stood up.
Seeing that Hillary was about to leave, Morel, who hadn't finished his report, hurriedly said.
"Wait, there is still a problem with network security! Regarding the network attack on the Philippine country by Star Ring Trading, we sent network security experts to remotely assist the Philippine government in defense—"
"And then you lost, right?" Hilary looked at Morell with a half-smile, her crow's feet forming a gap between her narrowed eyes, "I don't want to hear you report your incompetence, I hope you can get it as soon as possible." Come up with a solution!"
"Yes..." Swallowing, Morel nodded stiffly.
Immediately afterwards, Hillary looked at her chief of staff.
"Help me adjust my schedule, cancel the afternoon and evening activities, and free up the rest of the day. I have to go to the United Nations in a while, EMP weapons must be restricted. I will go to the CIA later , have Naomi Madden waiting for me in the office."
"Okay." The chief of staff nodded.
"Also, send John Kerry to Manila, we have to talk to Jiang Chen." (To be continued.)
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