Chapter 690 Being President Is Not Easy

Chapter List Chapter 690 It's not easy to be a president. He is frank about the purpose of his visit to the United States. He saw this as an opportunity to repair his relationship with Clinton. :

Although Gates, as a rich man on the Forbes list, does not need to look at anyone's face, this time the global antitrust case against Microsoft has made him realize that in this era, it is not enough to just make money. He must have a certain degree of voice in the political circle to protect his rights and interests.

The most critical situation Microsoft is currently facing is that the governments of various countries or regions including the United States, the European Union, Japan, Africa, Taiwan, etc. have almost simultaneously filed antitrust lawsuits against them, which made Bill Gates feel deserted by everyone, but thinking back carefully, the main problem in this matter is still in the United States.

If the US government supports Bill Gates' Microsoft, then places like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan will naturally not have the idea of ​​targeting them. After all, these places can only act according to the Americans' wishes and do not have much consideration for their own decisions. However, the current situation is that the US government has suppressed Microsoft, so it is no wonder that others have followed suit and added insult to injury.

This time, Fan Wubing came to Seattle to meet Bill Gates, which was obviously very helpful in solving the current very unfavorable anti-drug case. At least it broke the current deadlock between Microsoft and the federal government, and made them have to accept their favors. After all, the impact of this matter is huge and may lead to a nuclear war crisis.

After thinking about all this, Gates felt that anti-piracy and other things were really nonsense. The performance of the big 6 market could not be put in the eyes of these people at Microsoft headquarters. They still relied on the European and American markets, so he said to Fan Wubing very simply, "Mr. Fan. I will call the president now."

Fan Wubing nodded and smiled, expressing his satisfaction.

Although sisters Ding Bing and Ding Xue were drinking coffee and eating, their vigilant eyes never left their surroundings. It was their responsibility to detect possible safety hazards in the surrounding environment and eliminate them in advance. Although the two sisters had been trained for a long time and had experienced actual combat exercises, it was their first time to visit abroad as private bodyguards, so they were always highly vigilant, fearing that something unexpected would happen.

"There is no need to be so nervous." Seeing this, Fan Wubing smiled and said, "I have a satellite here. If there is any abnormal movement on the ground, the headquarters will notify us in advance. You two should concentrate on eating. The barbecue here is good."

Fan Wubing now has a total of four satellites. Three are geosynchronous orbit satellites, and one is a polar orbit satellite purchased later. Everything that happens on the earth is under the monitoring of these satellites.

For the communication satellites purchased from Hughes at that time,

if most of the resources were used for ground monitoring, the purpose could be achieved. Compared with the low-orbit military satellites that were temporarily launched at ordinary times, they were just higher and farther, but the resolution was a little worse. They were specially used to monitor a certain area, and the effect was still good.

In fact, Fan Wubing's own kung fu was also there. It was estimated that the sisters were two kilograms. People put together could not beat him, but professional bodyguards also have an advantage, that is, they are full of dedication and can sacrifice their lives at any time to protect the safety of the object.

However, for Fan Wubing, if the sisters were willing to sacrifice themselves, he would be more happy than sacrificing his life, but it seemed that this goal was difficult to achieve. He was naturally embarrassed to make such a request in the face of the personal bodyguards specially assigned by the high-level officials. Who knows if the two little girls will turn against each other and directly kill the target of protection?

At noon on May 13, the White House.

Clinton was having lunch while listening to a report on the situation of Paobokri, the head of the Satellite Data Utilization Investigation Committee.

The committee led by Paobokri. It is a congressional committee of the first kind. According to their investigation, the United States' request for information provided by spy satellites has limited the satellites' ability to provide intelligence to the White House, the State Department and other decision-makers in the government.

Because of the satellite positioning error that led to the bombing of the embassy, ​​the relationship between the president and the Pentagon seemed a little tense, especially when the military bombed the Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia without Clinton's knowledge. Although the military had its own considerations, the president was also furious about it. After all, as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, he did not know about such a big thing in advance, which was very embarrassing, especially since he was in a very embarrassing situation now.

Kerry is a Democrat and a comrade-in-arms with Clinton in the trenches. Therefore, after the military abused its power in the front, he was ordered to investigate the use of military intelligence satellites.

In the United States, there is a presidential decree that stipulates that protecting American troops overseas is the main task of American intelligence satellites. The committee led by Kerry was asked by the president to immediately review this presidential decree to see if there is any trick or inappropriateness in it.

Colin, who is not only the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee but also the chairman of the committee investigating the National Reconnaissance Office, which is responsible for satellites, told Clinton who was having a meal, "Support should be provided to the warfighters, but this cannot be done at the expense of the likes of At the expense of national users like the White House.

In this emergency incident, the White House did not receive enough satellite intelligence, resulting in a quite passive situation. Therefore, this presidential order is causing a conflict, and we need to solve this problem. "

Clinton's appetite was clearly a little off. For two days in a row, he did not answer the hotline of the Chinese leader. Apparently the other party was angry. According to the latest intelligence, the mainland's military is actively mobilizing. Not only the strategic reserve forces on the Shandong Peninsula have begun to move, but the Fujian strategic reserve forces along the Taiwan Strait are also quickly gathering.

"Due to our unfavorable status in the use of military satellite intelligence, we have even ignored a lot of important information!" Clinton complained to Buckley, "Now we can't even figure out the specific identities of the five nuclear submarines on the mainland. Set!”

This matter made Clinton even more annoyed. Due to the impact of the wars in Kosovo and Iraq, these million-dollar spy satellites in the United States are facing daily pressure to provide information to the Pentagon to support its deployment in Kosovo and northern Iraq. result. This has resulted in other Chapter Table of Contents Chapter 690 The president is not good at being a moneymaker," and the request for satellites to provide data has become an increasingly emotional challenge.

Clinton said to Buckley with deep dissatisfaction. "An urgent request for a large amount of satellite intelligence from a deputy platoon commander in the field in Kosovo will be prioritized over requests from the president in the White House. A few years ago, the Pentagon was skeptical about satellite data. Now it has become obsessed with these systems."

As far as the U.S. government and military are concerned, the competition for satellite intelligence is primarily between Europe, the Near East and the Persian Gulf. For example, Air Force pilots patrol the no-fly zone in Iraq. Receiving satellite information about the region makes it impossible for satellites to take into account the missile test areas of India and Pakistan, let alone monitor the Taiwan Strait.

In fact, the debate over how U.S. intelligence satellites should be used has been brewing quietly for several years. Three years ago, a panel of experts found that strategic and tactical users of the National Reconnaissance Office were frustrated, and military commanders felt that The White House's commitment to meeting their needs falls far short.

The current presidential decree on the use of satellite resources was signed four years ago, and it identifies the protection of the military as an important task.

But by now, Clinton was already revisiting the policy to determine whether it was being used appropriately and whether it should still be in effect? Especially after the embassy bombing came out this time, Clinton felt even more that the White House should stick to its principles on this issue and never let the Pentagon do whatever it wants. So what do you need me as a president to do?

Bob Kerry took a sip of milk tea, and then explained to Clinton, "It was mainly caused by the impact of insufficient funding, four years ago. The Pentagon has cut funding for space systems and sensors they purchase to support tactical commanders. Instead, the National Reconnaissance Office increased its budget to cover this investment. It is because of the impact of insufficient funding that the White House cannot obtain sufficient satellite intelligence resources today, so my committee recommends that the Department of Defense should invest more funds in this regard. to completely solve this problem.”

Under the current system, the agencies responsible for managing intelligence collected by the National Reconnaissance Office's spy satellites are two agencies under the Pentagon, not CIA Director George Tenet's intelligence agency management system. The National Security Agency assigns tasks to signals intelligence, and the Defense Mapping Agency handles satellite photography and other imagery technology.

A CIA deputy director had previously tried to coordinate intelligence-gathering assignments, but Colin believed it was up to Defense Secretary Cohen and Tenet to resolve the existing dispute.

"This problem is really a headache. I have to call Beijing. I really don't know why they are so calm. Are they really planning to have a large-scale conflict?" Clinton rubbed it. Rubbing his forehead, he said to Buckley very upset, "Those damn officers in the Pentagon, don't they know how to save their worries? "

Cannonball Kerry shrugged his shoulders and replied. "Mr. President, the biggest problem is still with the arms dealers. In order to prevent the leakage of information on weapons and equipment, they will get stuck in everything."

The Cankou stealth fighter is a single-seat subsonic stealth fighter developed by the American Lockheed Company. It is mainly used to carry laser-guided bombs to carry out precise attacks on surface targets. Since 1978, the U.S. government approved the xちyang development plan. To date, the U.S. Air Force has ordered a total of fifty-nine aircraft. It was delivered in 1990.

The development, production and equipment of the US stealth fighter has been a mystery in the past. It was not until November last year that the United States admitted to the outside world that such a stealth fighter existed and that its serial number was changed. Before that, the outside world had always believed that this stealth fighter existed. The aircraft number is old.

The Yang was put into service for the first time during the invasion of Panama, and during the Gulf War, a further 44 Yang participated. When Xu used his stealth ability to sneak into the sky above the communications building in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, and dropped a bomb for 45 minutes, Baghdad sounded the air raid siren.

During the war, more than 95% of the targets in the heavily fortified city of Baghdad were attacked by the Lockheed Martin at night, and no aircraft was lost in the mission. The outstanding performance of the Lockheed Martin in the Gulf War greatly increased the value of stealth aircraft.

Lockheed Martin is the world's largest defense industry contractor in terms of turnover, and more than 95% of its turnover comes from the U.S. Department of Defense, other U.S. federal agencies, and foreign parties. The company's current core businesses are aviation, electronics, information technology, aerospace systems and missiles. Its main products include all submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the U.S. Navy, theater high altitude regional air defense systems, communication satellite systems, old, ugly and witch fighter spy reconnaissance aircraft, the Blackbird strategic reconnaissance aircraft, a series of "Galaxy. Large military transport aircraft and shore-based anti-submarine aircraft series, X-Blade series military transport aircraft, military electronic systems, flight training auxiliary equipment, fire control systems and air traffic control equipment, etc., It accounts for one-third of the annual procurement budget of the US Department of Defense. It controls 40% of the world's defense market. It almost monopolizes the production and launch of all US military satellites and is a world-class arms giant.

Lockheed Martin's secret "Smelly Melt Factory" was built in 1943 and is hidden on a plain in Burbank. Its workshop was once disguised as a residential area with the help of Tail Disney.

Although everyone knows that Lockheed Martin is the largest arms dealer, few people know that the amount of software code written by Lockheed Martin each year even exceeds that of Microsoft.

For this reason, Microsoft The company has also established a secret strategic partnership with Lockheed Martin, cooperating on some US government defense projects, such as the US Navy's next-generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier software and the Department of Defense's information security system, helping the US Air Force to upgrade its technology for a large space command and control center in North America, and jointly developing the lucrative federal government agency technology service market.

For such a behemoth, even a president like Clinton is helpless. This time, he obviously had to bear the blame for the bombing of the embassy even if he didn't want to. Otherwise, it's hard to guarantee that he will become the second Kennedy.