Chapter 1,700: Space-Based Weapons (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!!! Please Subscribe!!)

Chapter 1693 Space-based weapons (please vote for the monthly ticket!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!!)

The concept of space-based weapons has existed for a long time, and the most famous one is probably the legendary "Rod of God" plan.

It was proposed by the Americans, just before Star Wars was completely denied by SHIELD. The Rod of God is also known as the Pestle of God Space-based Kinetic Weapon System, and its foreign name is (RODS FROM GOD). The system consists of two satellite platforms in low orbit, one of which is equipped with a metal rod called "Rod of God". The metal rod is made of tungsten, titanium or uranium metal, with a diameter of 30 cm, a length of 1 meter, and a weight of several tons. The Rod of God Space-based Kinetic Weapon System will be launched in space. These high-density metal rods can be guided by satellites, using the huge kinetic energy generated by small rocket boosts and free fall. The tungsten rod bullets it launches can hit the target at the speed of a meteor (3h). It has a strong attack capability and a wide strike range, and can carry out precise strikes on high-value strategic targets in any region on the earth at any time.

After the "Rod of God" is launched from space, it does not rely on any ammunition, but completely relies on kinetic impact to cause damage to the target, but the attack effect is comparable to that of nuclear weapons (in fact, the kinetic energy of a metal rod is far less than the energy that a nuclear weapon can release, and because the shorter the kinetic energy release time, the greater the instantaneous pressure, the effect of the "Rod of God" may not be as expected). The attack method is a pure physical attack on the target.

And even based on the knowledge of middle school physics, it can be understood that energy is conserved. It takes some fuel to send a tungsten rod into space, and then let the tungsten rod fall down. Its power, minus the loss, will be significantly less than the energy of the fuel itself. In other words, the power of the tungsten rod is equivalent to the power of the explosion of these fuels. An obvious example is that the maximum speed of an intercontinental missile can reach more than Mach 20, but after it lands, its killing power depends on a nuclear explosion; if it is just a piece of iron, it will only smash a big hole.

But some people think that this thing is very powerful, even comparable to a nuclear bomb... Both sides have endless debates on this issue. So, what is the real power of the "Rod of God"? Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. If we can actually test it, everyone will understand.

As a result, someone really went to study it... that is China. The paper was jointly published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Army Engineering University, and the Nanjing University of Science and Technology. The paper said that China has conducted a "super-high-speed kinetic projectile ground strike test" in a Gobi Desert in the west. The kinetic projectile is a tungsten rod with a diameter of 11 meters, a length of 84 meters, and a weight of 140 kilograms.

At this point, some people may be confused. In some articles, the description of the Rod of God is: 30 cm in diameter, 6 meters long, and 100 kilograms. With such a light weight, dozens of them can be launched at a time, with a low price and great power. But in fact, there is a big mistake here, that is, according to density calculation, because the density of tungsten is close to 20 times that of water, a tungsten rod with a diameter of 30 cm and a length of 6 meters will actually weigh up to 5-10 tons.

In terms of cost, the current cost of civilian space launches is about $10,000 per kilogram. To launch a 5-10 ton tungsten rod, even a civilian platform would cost tens of millions to 100 million US dollars. This cost is not much different from an intercontinental missile. Therefore, what China actually tested here was only a small tungsten rod of relatively small size and weight of only 140 kg. The paper said that the actual strike results showed that the tungsten rod hit the ground at an ultra-high speed of 4650 meters per second, smashing a "big pit" 3 meters deep and 1 meter in diameter. This result is a big surprise. Although the tungsten rod is smaller than "supposedly", is its power too small? Such a big pit is like the power of an ordinary bomb.

In terms of speed, 4650 meters per second is basically Mach 13-14, which seems to be much smaller than the legendary Mach 24-30. In fact, the reason is not complicated. Let's take an intercontinental missile as an example. Although its maximum speed in space can reach about Mach 24, after re-entering the atmosphere, its speed is constantly decreasing due to air resistance; the actual landing speed is not as high as Mach 24. The principle of tungsten rods is the same. Even if it starts in space and accelerates to Mach 24 due to free fall or partial power, after entering the atmosphere, the speed will continue to decrease due to resistance; the final landing speed is only Mach 13-14, which is normal. With a speed of only Mach 13-14 and a mass of only more than 100 kilograms, you will know that its power is not great. In the paper, several interesting points are also mentioned. For example, for general bombs, when the landing speed is between Mach 1-5, it is not that the greater the landing speed, the greater the drilling depth; but after Mach 4, the drilling depth will be significantly reduced. Part of the reason is that below Mach 5, the impedance of solid ground (granite) to high-speed warheads is just that of a regular solid; in the Mach 5-3 range, the impedance of solid ground becomes semi-fluid; and above Mach 3, it becomes a fluid.

From the paper, we know that the "Rod of God" we tested weighs only 140 kilograms. What if it is the legendary "Rod of God" that is 6 meters long and weighs several tons? This is not difficult to guess. Just imagine that an intercontinental missile warhead hits the ground and does not explode. Bia, just a bigger crater.

With such an expensive launch price and such a small strike power, the myth of the "Rod of God" created by the United States seems to be completely shattered.

In fact, SHIELD also discussed this internally, but they were more stubborn. They really used the original proportions, and then they were dumbfounded. They spent billions of dollars, but they saw a big firecracker.

It has no practical value at all.

So later on, they simply switched to tungsten gold missiles... The reason why tungsten gold is still used is purely to increase its own weight and resist friction after entering the atmosphere. If an ordinary missile is thrown from outer space to the ground, it may cause self-explosion at any time, so tungsten gold is stronger. But its main body is still a missile.

It is also because it is a missile, plus the gravitational acceleration, that the speed of the missile is very, very fast!

Its power may not exceed those missiles on the market, but its flight speed is completely better than those land-based missiles!

This also makes it extremely difficult to intercept!

The speed is too fast!

All the efforts of the US government are in vain.

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In fact, not only the Americans discovered all this, but many major countries in the world also noticed this.

Everyone has the same idea: Who can't help but take action against the United States?

After all, the fall of the US hegemony has made the world situation suddenly become turbulent. For example, the traditional allies of the United States, to be honest, the reason why they needed the United States in the past was that they really needed it, and on the other hand, they were forced to do so. After all, the influence of the United States on them was too deep. Many times they couldn't help themselves. After all, if you don't follow the Americans, a large group of people in the country who are dogs for the Americans will rush up and tear you to pieces.

Even many people were pawns of the Americans before they came to power.

How can they resist?

In fact, it's still a question of strength. The United States has the power to oppress the world, so they can only be honest and obedient, but with the fall of hegemony, countries have begun to have their own little calculations. Everyone knows that this is a new era, the old king is old, and the new king has not yet appeared.

Everyone is waiting for which challenger will charge at the old era. Whether it succeeds or not is not important. As long as the horn of counterattack sounds, a new era will come. At that time, it will be an era of heroes competing for hegemony and a hundred schools of thought.

Whoever laughs last will become the new king.

But no one dares to be the first to blow the horn. After all, the first one to jump out at this time is basically the pioneer for the king, and when all the troubled times come, the first one to rebel is always the most unlucky.

Because the old king is old and useless, but he is not dead.

In the dying struggle, anyone can be taken away. Now what they have to do is to accumulate strength to make the old king older and weaker, and then wait for which unlucky guy can't help it, and then everyone can attack him and overthrow the old king in one fell swoop!

So when they saw the United States being attacked, everyone sat and waited to see which warrior was so fierce.

As a result, the United States was also very powerful and directly announced the reason: someone was thinking about Titan, and they wanted to wake Titan up!

Now all countries can't sit still!

Although the United States will be the first to suffer after Scylla awakens, who can guarantee that Scylla will only stay in the United States after awakening? What if it feels that the environment in the United States is not good and changes to another environment? Titans are not human beings. They are not limited by countries and morals. They can go wherever they want, and no one can control them!

So theoretically, all countries may be attacked by Titans.

What's more, if Scylla's awakening causes a chain reaction, and all the Titans that have been quieted are awakened... then the probability of disasters in various countries will increase exponentially!

And this is also a warning.

This time someone is targeting the United States, then it is not certain that someone will target other countries. After all, the United States is not the only one with Titans!

Americans actually don't want to make this public at all, after all, it's embarrassing.

But compared to being embarrassed, they are more afraid of the situation just mentioned above, which makes people think that this is a counterattack against the hegemony of the old era. How many immoral things the United States has done, is there anyone who knows better than the Americans themselves?

If these things are brought up, the United States will die a hundred times, which is not enough to vent people's anger.

So what the United States fears most now is that someone will come after it. So even though the US finances are not optimistic, the government still gritted its teeth to rebuild a new navy, and even abandoned the most adept vertical division of society law, giving mutants legal status and even preferential treatment.

What is it for?

Stable hegemony or something, that's pure nonsense. After all, the United States suffered the most serious losses under the global strike of Atlantis. This kind of opportunity, any normal country will not give up, after all, without the United States's trouble, many countries can have great development.

Of course, there are also countries where sadness is flowing like a river, such as South Korea and Japan, which are trembling. In the past, relying on the prestige of their father, they pretended to be in front of the big brother next door. Although they didn't do anything serious, they did a lot of disgusting things. This time, seeing the father fall, it was like the sky fell.

The United States desperately accumulates strength and never thought about regaining hegemony... That is unrealistic. If it wants to become hegemony again, it must take the initiative to start a world war, and it must win. Otherwise, it will not be able to suppress the challengers below.

But the problem is that war is not so easy to start, at least in this era. After all, opposing war is the political correctness set by the Americans themselves in order to maintain international rules that are beneficial to themselves.

That's right!

That's what the Americans do.

Although the Americans love to sell war, they always stand at the forefront of anti-war... In short, double standards, everyone is familiar with it.

He sells war because it is a practical need. After all, his internal contradictions need external wars to digest, and he also needs wars to bring benefits to the entire system. He is against war in order to maintain international rules, the international rules they have formulated. The most feared thing about rules is chaos.

Once chaos exceeds the rules, it means the establishment of new rules. It is the beneficiary of this set of rules, and the final right of interpretation of this set of rules is in its hands. It is naturally impossible for him to break this rule.

So he needs peace, and he must be against war.

This is not a conflict at all.

So you will see that he desperately promotes the importance of anti-war, and this kind of propaganda has not only had a great impact on the outside for decades, but also on the inside. There are a lot of anti-war people in the United States.

Especially the world war.

In short, he has no strength and no conditions to start a world war, so he can only give up the possibility of rising again as a hegemon. Of course, it is temporary. Once the conditions are ripe, these bastards will definitely be the first to start a war.

In short, for its own interests, the United States now needs to maintain the current international balance. Once a war really breaks out, the United States will be the first to be hit. After all, when they were the boss, the crimes they committed were absolutely innumerable. Whenever the country was in turmoil, they were the first to suffer.

So he couldn't let other countries think that the time for counterattack had come, so he could only announce the truth.

Someone is going to touch Titan!

When other countries saw this situation, they immediately stopped watching the show and immediately criticized this behavior in the most severe terms, and even began to support the United States!

Big brother!

You must hold on!

Titan must not cause trouble again!

However, these supports have not been sent out.

There was a loud bang in the sleeping place of Scylla! ! !

In the base, everyone looked at the missile in despair and fell into the remaining Scylla cubs!

Then a strong light came on, and nothing could be seen!

Everyone felt a suffocating atmosphere spreading among them... This is the end!

"Retreat!" At this time, the commander said very boldly.