The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master

In fact, as early as the mid-to-late 1980s, China had already realized the great role that satellites could play in modern warfare.

However, due to the limitations of national strength, it was difficult to build a large-scale and fully functional artificial satellite network like the United States and the Soviet Union in a short period of time.

Therefore, while vigorously developing satellite technology, China also began to explore the feasibility of various anti-satellite weapons.

Similar to the imagination in some science fiction works, China at that time did have the idea of ​​"pulling the opponent's information level to the same level as itself and then relying on rich experience to defeat it."

Of course, ideas are ideas.

It was soon discovered that the difficulty of intercepting spacecraft and launching spacecraft is not at the same level at all.

Compared to shooting down all the enemy's satellites, it is more feasible to build a satellite network by itself.

In addition, China's satellite and rocket technology made a series of breakthroughs in the mid-1990s, so the focus was also determined to be a series of positioning, communication and remote sensing constellations.

But as a backup, the line of satellite interception has not been completely abandoned.

Among the final technical verification models, one is a high-energy laser for blinding and interference, and the other is the "kinetic" series of anti-satellite weapons mentioned by the leader just now.

According to the plan, the latter is expected to be tested for the first time before 2007-2008.

But there is still a problem.

The international environment in the 21st century is not the same as in the past.

No matter how everyone quarrels in private, at least on the surface, the peaceful use of space has become an international consensus.

China is relatively weak in the field of aerospace, and is currently in a critical stage of striving for space cooperation.

Under this background, rashly conducting an anti-satellite test can easily give others a handle and trigger a collective backlash from the outside world.

And if it is true as stated in this report that the opponent's interception plan may produce a space junk that is enough to endanger the safety of the spacecraft, then China will have a lot of room for maneuver.

Because although this series of weapons is called the "kinetic" series, it is indeed a bit difficult to accurately send the kinetic interceptor into a high orbit and ensure that it can hit the target head-on.

Therefore, in order to ensure the success rate of the first mission, Kinetic-1 actually carries a fragmentation warhead for directional blasting.

Regardless of success or failure, it is bound to create hundreds of space junk.

If the United States is the first to bear this series of public opinion shocks, the resulting storm will be much smaller.

Don't ask, NASA did it first.

This is certainly not fair.

But it is reality.

In addition, the current planned interception target is a Fengyun 1C meteorological satellite that has long been scrapped. The orbital altitude has reached an astonishing 870km, which is not an ideal interception target.

It is just a compromise choice made in the absence of reference, combining actual capabilities and deterrence effects.

Now that the Americans have jumped out to be a benchmark, they can make adjustments based on their interception situation.

This is why the leader asked Li Zhongyi to give relevant personnel a shot after returning, indicating that the mission requirements may change.

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At the same time.

The press conference held by NASA was like a depth bomb thrown into the sea. After a few days of delay, it finally formed a strong public opinion storm.

In North America, people's attention is basically focused on the grand "return to the moon" plan.

After all, after the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle in 2003, the development of the US space industry entered a relatively long period of low tide.

Especially half a year after the accident, China made a perfect manned space debut.

The live broadcast of the cabin signal lasting nearly half an hour left a very deep impression on the world.

How can this be a show of technology?

It's just a slap in the face of NASA.

As one thing grows and the other declines, some countries that were not very brave to promote cooperation with China in the field of space have begun to move.

Although under the promotion of Michael Griffin, the current head of NASA, the Discovery space shuttle returned to space in July 2005, ending the embarrassing situation that the United States could not send astronauts into space independently.

But after such a toss, the retirement of the space shuttle has become a foregone conclusion.

Some media controlled by the Donkey Party took the opportunity to attack the Elephant Party for its weakness and inaction in the field of space exploration, and listed various alarmist figures to prove the unsatisfactory performance of the United States in the field of space exploration.

This is of course essentially to build momentum for the 2008 election, but such overwhelming criticism and criticism will naturally affect the public's confidence in NASA and even the entire United States.

At such a critical juncture, the "Return to the Moon" plan is nothing short of a shot in the arm.

It includes a new generation of manned exploration spacecraft called the Orion spacecraft, and the Space Launch System (SLS) planned to replace the space shuttle, with a low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of up to 143 tons and a total launch weight of nearly 3,000 tons.

Whether intentional or unintentional, these two projects, in terms of purpose and performance, seem to pay tribute to the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn V launch vehicle 40 years ago.

That was the peak era that most Americans miss the most.

Under the hype of another part of the media, the slogan of returning to the moon soon became a new symbol, tied to the development curve of American space and even the United States-

So what if the space shuttle is retired?

So what if we can only rely on Russian spacecraft to get to the space station for the time being?

We will soon re-aim the moon and even conquer Mars!

However, in comparison, outside the United States, especially the space authorities of other countries, are more concerned about the satellite interception plan.

On the one hand, it is not the first time for Americans to land on the moon.

On the other hand, the plan to return to the moon is delayed for more than ten years.

That is too far away.

And politics only considers how to survive until Friday afternoon.

In comparison, it is obvious that shooting down a satellite with the Standard 3 has a greater impact.

You know, the last time a direct ascent kinetic anti-satellite weapon system was tested was in 1985 at the peak of the Cold War.

Now that something like this is suddenly going to happen again, it is hard not to recall the era of the Iron Curtain.

What's more, even from the perspective of watching the excitement, it is not a big deal.

Competition in the field of manned space flight is equivalent to a race, while competition in ballistic missiles and anti-missile systems is equivalent to boxing.

Obviously, the latter is more intense.

Therefore, after the Daily Mail took the lead in publicly linking China's missile test with the US anti-satellite interception test, almost all the world's top media began to try to contact the Chinese Space Agency to find out the reaction of the West Coast of the Pacific.

However, whether it was emails, letters or phone calls, all of them fell into the sea and received no response.

The British media group even tentatively published a news about "the ancient Eastern power has admitted defeat in this round of competition" in its non-serious tabloid The Daily Star, trying to provoke a reaction from China through provocation.

But perhaps because the audience of The Star is similar to that of The Sun, they only care about whether the models on the page are curvy, so they didn't attract much attention at all.

Naturally, they didn't get the effect they wanted.

Until a few days later.

The Chinese defense agency held a rare press conference.

In name, it was to prepare for the upcoming establishment of the News Affairs Bureau and the regular press conference system.

But almost all the slightly professional media realized at the first time that this move must be related to the news previously disclosed by NASA.

As a result, the media applying to participate were so numerous that China had to adjust the venue twice in a row to cope with the enthusiasm that far exceeded expectations...

However, perhaps because it was the first time, the spokesperson Colonel Wei Jun who hosted the reception was still a little bit restrained.

For several rounds in a row, the selected reporters were all from China or friendly media with whom they already had cooperative relations.

Of course, it was not convenient for them to ask some overly sharp questions, which resulted in the atmosphere of the entire reception becoming conservative.

Fortunately, in the end.

It was still the British media, or the Daily Mail, that broke the deadlock first.

"Dear Spokesperson."

The British reporter stood up and asked Wei Jun standing on the stage:

"Just last week, NASA announced that the United States will use the sea-based anti-missile interception system to carry out an anti-satellite mission in the next month to prevent the failed satellite from falling into the atmosphere and threatening human settlements. How does your country view this news?"

When he heard this question, Wei Jun couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Master.

Absolutely a master.

The "sea-based anti-missile interception system" was specifically mentioned in the question, which shifted the theme of the whole thing from the aerospace field to the military field without leaving any trace, forcing him to give a positive answer to this.

Fortunately, today's dumplings were made for this dish of vinegar.

The superior had already given a standard answer to this.

"We have noticed this move by the US and will continue to pay close attention to it."

"Here, I need to point out that although NASA claims that this action does not contain military considerations and the disposal target is also a satellite launched by the US itself, according to our assessment and calculation, according to the interception plan disclosed by the US, the collision is likely to fail to allow the entire satellite to fall into the atmosphere as planned, but will instead produce space debris that is sufficient to threaten normal spacecraft."

"Outer space is the common wealth of all mankind, so we believe that before the test begins, it is necessary to make countries around the world aware of this risk, fully solicit the opinions of the international community, comprehensively consider various possibilities and plans, and do our utmost to ensure the safety of the earth's surface and outside the atmosphere at the same time..."

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"If the US continues to act unilaterally and violates the wishes of most countries and people in the world, then any consequences caused should be borne by NASA and relevant parties. Don't say I didn't warn you..."