Great Power Technology

December 12, Guam.

The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt has completed its final repairs and is slowly sailing out of the port and is about to rush to the battlefield that belongs to it.

All the crew members on the aircraft carrier are carrying out their work nervously, because they know that this voyage is different from any previous voyage. What greets them is likely to be the largest and most intense voyage since the 21st century. A conflict.

However, unlike the emotions of ordinary combatants, the atmosphere in the command room of this aircraft carrier seemed a bit strange.

"Are you sure our target this time is Aozhou? Why are we going there? Didn't the early intelligence tell us to go to the Western Pacific?"

The person speaking was the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet. His face was full of confusion because the instructions he received were so strange.

Go to a certain sea area in Aozhou, close all communication channels, and keep communications silent and on standby.

What is this going to do?

Even with his decades of command and combat experience, he couldn't figure out what strategic significance such a dispatch would bring.

"Theoretically, Aozhou is also in the Western Pacific, but I really didn't understand this order. I just confirmed it with my superiors through the joint command system, and the order I received is still the same."

The captain of the Roosevelt replied helplessly.

He also had trouble understanding the instructions, but he couldn't show any disobedience to his superiors, which made him feel a little painful.

Hearing his words, the fleet commander frowned tightly, and then said:

"I cannot accept such an order - this is obviously a wrong order. I need to call the commander-in-chief personally. Unless I get his personal confirmation, I will never execute it!"

"My advice is the same. Call now to confirm, call now!"

The commander-in-chief nodded slightly, picked up the phone, and then, two minutes later, he learned a piece of news that shocked him to the point of being almost frightening.

Just as he expected, the combat order issued through the joint command system was not to go to Aozhou at all, but to the Western Pacific.

Moreover, the content of the confirmation message they issued through the command system was also tampered with, and the confirmation received by the other party was also "heading to the Western Pacific"!

Under such double-sided tampering, a wrong instruction was completely implemented. If it weren't for this phone call, the sender and receiver of the instruction would still be in the dark!

What exactly is going on?

The commander-in-chief and the captain looked at each other, and an extremely terrifying guess came into their minds at the same time.

Our own combat command system has been completely penetrated.

Moreover, the other party even mastered its own command private key and released tampered information through the private key!

To achieve such a result, there are only two possibilities:

First, one's own military intelligence system has been physically conquered, and the key personnel who hold the private key are the other party's spies.

The possibility of this happening is extremely low. To use the most appropriate case to explain, it is as if Captain America is actually an undercover agent placed by Hydra in S.H.I.E.L.D.

It's simply not possible.

But if this is not the case, then the situation they face may be even more dangerous, because

The other party is likely to have mastered some kind of RSA decryption technology and has implanted a Trojan horse program, fundamentally destroying the encryption method that one's own party relies on for survival!

This guess is even scarier than the first one, because if it turns out to be true, then it will be far more than just the command system that is paralyzed.

Except for nuclear weapons and strategic weapons with the highest level of physical isolation, our enemies can mobilize all of our combat units without any obstacles. Even if they send a signal, they can let those weapon systems that have been designed to automatically replace their standing weapons. All ammunition is empty!

Almost every link, from missile targets to combat unit battle positions, to data link systems, to satellite reconnaissance systems, will be significantly affected.

Yes, one's own side can indeed disconnect the data link and issue combat instructions purely by relying on radios that cannot be distorted and interfered with. However, such a combat method will immediately cause a rapid decline in strike efficiency and combat effectiveness, and this decline will never occur in a modern war. It's fatal!

Just imagine, the opponent's data link system shares all target information within a few microseconds, but our own side has to rely on radio to transmit them one by one. Such a speed difference will completely change the pattern of a war.

Still want to fight?

This question appeared in the minds of the fleet commander and the captain at the same time, but before they could reach a conclusion, they received new instructions:

Return to Guam base and stand by.

This time, the order was not twisted.

At the same time, the entire Ugly military's joint command headquarters was in chaos.

This once claimed to be the most advanced military command on the entire planet, but now it can only rely on the most traditional telephone communication system for intelligence sharing and information confirmation.

Various combat units constantly reported errors in command information and abnormalities in the data link system, and the summarized information made everyone in this command feel like they were falling into an ice cave.

Three of the six major aircraft carrier formations were set up at the wrong assembly points. The Army received ultra-long-distance maneuver instructions for no reason. Aircraft at several military airports made emergency takeoffs and emergency landings. The identification friend or foe system of the anti-aircraft missiles collapsed, almost destroying the aircraft carriers. One of our own people shot down a plane during training

In a small conference room, the country's top decision-makers in the military field have gathered together. Faced with this unprecedented situation, their expressions are even more serious than when their homeland was threatened by nuclear weapons.

"The situation is already very clear. This is a Trojan virus intrusion. But the problem is that our encryption design is not afraid of Trojan viruses at all."

"They can intercept our information and intercept our combat instructions, but they absolutely cannot rely on the public key of the combat instructions to deduce the private key to decrypt our information."

"We use 512-bit RSA encryption. According to expert opinions, there is no technology on the planet that can crack this encryption. Even computers with the highest computing power cannot do it."

"Not to mention that this crack is not a crack of a single instruction, but a large-scale, whole-chain crack. It is incredible."

The person who spoke was a certain senior commander. Before that, he had received no less than fifty calls, all of which were to directly check the accuracy of command information with him. This made him a little unbearable. As a last resort, he called through the joint The command issued an order to cease all military activities.

What is dramatic is that this command, which was transmitted simultaneously through the radio and the joint command system, was not distorted at all. This also made them more confident that the distortion of the previous command was not a problem with their own systems or personnel, but someone interfered with it.

"It's nothing surprising, Ron. You know what's going on, you just don't dare to admit it."

"Obviously, this is RSA decryption, and the other party has mastered this technology - mastered this technology before us!"

"Not only the military field, but our logistics procurement has also been significantly affected. I have just received news that our army has issued POs to suppliers to purchase hundreds of thousands of individual sights. We do not need these orders at all. Soldier sight, the content of this PO itself is to purchase individual soldier medical kits!"

"If it hadn't been for paper confirmation, maybe this contract would have been implemented, but even if it was just this, the impact on us would have been big enough."

"Currently the banking and financial sectors have not been attacked, but I have no doubt that if it is really necessary, they will directly change all the deposit numbers in all our banks to 0!"

"What should we do by then? This is not a simple financial issue. If our people find that all the money in their accounts has disappeared, they will immediately jump up and rebel!"

"The current domestic situation is tense enough, and we absolutely cannot afford such an impact."

After listening to the other party's explanation, Ron was silent for a few seconds, and then asked:

"Terry, don't always act so condescending. What do you think? Admit defeat? I've already ordered a cessation of military operations, how can I admit defeat?"

"The point is not to admit defeat. The point is, we have to figure out what the other party wants first."

Terry took a deep breath and then continued:

"I don't want to do this, but Ron, RSA decryption technology is a more deterrent technology than nuclear weapons. You know, we have been competing with our opponents in this regard for nearly two decades, and the current situation is that they We achieved it first.”

"In that case, we have no other choice."

"Think about it for yourself, what was our strategy like when we were the only ones in the world with nuclear weapons?"

"Now, our positions are reversed, they have RSA decryption and we don't."

"And if we want to escape the influence of RSA decryption, we must update the algorithm - update it to a quantum algorithm! But what is the scariest thing? The technical basis of their RSA decryption is quantum computing!"

"Even if we update the quantum encryption algorithm, they still have a high chance of being able to decipher it. Forget it, this is not something you and I can decide."

"Don't waste any more time, report it directly to the superior. We need a comprehensive discussion. Before the results of the discussion come out, all military operations must stop!"

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