Chapter 1322 New Crisis and New Challenges (First update, please subscribe)
It’s good to be alive!
After the Cuban crisis ended, almost everyone expressed this emotion.
But everyone knows very well that the reason why they are alive is not because "the Soviet Union loves peace", but because of its lack of strength and the deterrence of nuclear weapons.
For this reason, compared to before the crisis, almost all countries have realized that nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles are related to the survival of the country!
If there were no nuclear missiles, in this world where the weak and the strong prey on the weak, it is very likely that the country would be destroyed!
So the Soviet Union began to build missiles like sausages, and the United States was also strengthening its nuclear power. The same was true for the United Kingdom, and Nanyang was naturally no exception.
The resolution of the crisis did not bring the world to peace, but brought the world into an arms race.
Historically, a similar competition was the "English-German Naval Race", but that competition led to World War I.
No one knows what this competition will lead to, but one thing is certain, no country dares to relax its vigilance!
After all, this is a matter of life and death!
"...The new ballistic missile nuclear submarine has a displacement of 9,000 tons, its underwater speed is 28 knots, and each ship can carry 20 "Banglang" 2 submarine-launched missiles. The missile range is 5,000 kilometers. The plan is One ship started cruising in 1968. "
In the Naval Ship Engineering Office, while the engineers were showing the submarine renderings on the drawing board, Navy Commander Zou Tongjie asked some questions from time to time. detail.
"Is there no problem with this submarine carrying 20 missiles?"
The reason why Zou Tongjie asked this is because this is your request. In fact, the navy originally The plan for a new ballistic missile nuclear submarine is relatively For the conservative, it was just a transformation of the "Guardian-class". At that time, a shortcut method was used to build the "Guardian-class" strategic nuclear submarine. However, when the "Guardian-class" was still in the construction stage, the Navy had already discovered Some shortcomings of this class of nuclear submarines have been identified. For example, the superstructure is very large and obvious, which has brought many adverse effects to the underwater performance of the submarine; the space inside the submarine is too crowded and the habitability is poor; the diving depth is small; the number of torpedo launch tubes on the bow is too many, occupying the space of the submarine. valuable space within.
Therefore, the Navy decided to design and build a second-generation strategic nuclear submarine and try to make up for the shortcomings of the "Guardian-class". Because of this, the prototype of the new strategic nuclear submarine still has only 16 missile launch bays.
However, after the plan was reported to the official residence, some changes occurred. Your Excellency requested that the new generation of strategic nuclear submarines can carry 20 "Breaking Waves 2" missiles.
“We plan to build 5 strategic nuclear submarines. Don’t be so conservative. If there are only 16 launch tubes, then there are only 80 missiles. You might as well make it bigger and add 4 more launch tubes. This will not increase the expenditure much. , but you can deploy 20 more missiles. 20 missiles, that is, 80 submissive warheads, can attack dozens more cities..."
This is your purpose - to increase the number of missiles. The carrying capacity will enhance the second wave of nuclear counterattack in Nanyang. With five new strategic nuclear submarines and four improved versions of the "Guardian", the Navy will have as many as nine strategic nuclear submarines, 164 submarine-launched missiles and 656 nuclear warheads.
And this is also the most terrifying part of this arms race - even Nanyang, in future wars, can launch hundreds of nuclear missiles in an instant and destroy hundreds of cities.
And these are only submarine-launched missiles. There are also land-based missiles in Nanyang and the air-based Tomahawk. By then, Nanyang may have launched thousands or even thousands of nuclear bombs, razing thousands of cities to the ground.
Overnight, human civilization will regress to the Stone Age.
This is definitely an extremely terrifying thing, but precisely because everyone knows how terrifying this kind of thing is, they dare not take it lightly!
They are even developing missiles that are more powerful, have a longer range, and have more warheads.
“There is no problem at all, and considering its future improvements, we deliberately enlarged the bomb bay during the design to ensure that larger missiles with longer ranges can be carried in the future.”
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As a naval submarine engineer, Wu Lingyong, although he graduated from the Southwest Associated University, was the first generation of naval engineers trained in Nanyang. It was he who proposed to "fully utilize the hull and equipment of the Jiaolong-class attack nuclear submarine and embed a ballistic missile cabin ", using shortcuts to allow the "Guardian" to enter service 24 months ahead of schedule.
As a result, Wu Lingyong entered the vision of senior navy officials and became the chief designer of a new generation of nuclear submarines. After answering the commander's questions, he explained some design details. Finally, he emphasized.
“From the overall plan, the new strategic nuclear submarine will be the largest tonnage and most powerful ballistic missile nuclear submarine in the world.”
This is not a conceit, but a fact. After all, , it can carry 20 ballistic missiles, and "Breaking Waves 2" is also very advanced in terms of data. Not only does it have a long range, but it can also carry 4-5 sub-guided nuclear warheads with an explosive yield of 40,000 tons.
After the special meeting on the new ballistic missile submarine, Zou Tongjie did not leave the Naval Ship Engineering Office immediately. He went to another office specifically and asked about the construction work of the aircraft carrier. Although The construction of a new aircraft carrier has begun, but with the development of new electronic computers, radars and other equipment, the aircraft carrier also needs to consider keeping pace with the times. Whether it is an aircraft carrier or a strategic nuclear submarine, they are all important national weapons in Nanyang. As the commander of the Navy, Zou Tongjie is paying attention to them, and Li Yian is also very concerned about their progress.
In fact, no one pays more attention to them than him. After all, the lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is that everyone needs to have weapons that the other party is afraid of in order to ensure their own safety.
Gently pushing the report in front of him forward, Li Yian asked:
"...So, that is to say, at the Nassau Conference, Macmillan stopped research and development in the United States." Sky Lightning Missile "expressed strong dissatisfaction with it!"
Two days ago, on December 18, in Nassau, Bahamas, British Prime Minister Macmillan and the President of the United States held a meeting After the meeting, Li Yi'an was very concerned about this meeting. The reason why he paid attention to the "Nassau Conference" was because the Nassau Conference marked that the United States had finally completely crushed its largest strategic rival, the British Empire. This meeting also marked the As the British Empire completely lost its superpower status and became a second-rate power, Britain actually withdrew from its position as a contender in the Cold War. From then on, the Cold War began to turn into a duo between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The "Lightning Missile" has been the key to the problem between the United States and Britain since last year. Although the United Kingdom purchased the "Wanhu Type 4" medium-range missiles from Nanyang at a preferential price through cooperation. But in order to strengthen its nuclear capabilities, Britain joined the US military's "Sky Lightning" project two years ago.
Sky Lightning is a two-stage ballistic air-launched surface-to-surface missile with a range of 1,000 miles that can be launched from under the wing of a large aircraft. It enables bombers to strike enemies at long distances beyond the range of enemy air defenses. For Britain, "Sky Lightning" seems to be more important - because Britain's narrow homeland is not suitable for deploying land-based missiles.
So two years ago, the United Kingdom decided to purchase "Sky Lightning" missiles from the United States to rearm its "3V" bomber fleet, and completely canceled its own "Blue Light" airborne missile program.
And this is tantamount to placing the future entirely on the weapons systems to be produced by the United States. Unexpectedly, something very unfortunate for Britain happened: the U.S. Air Force decided to cancel the plan, and the British order naturally fell through. The Americans' explanation for this seems to be very sufficient but helpless - R&D costs are seriously overrun and the technical difficulty is too high.
The UK is naturally angry about this, because the UK knows very well that these reasons are lame excuses. The reason why the United States insists on canceling the "Sky Lightning" regardless of the interests of its British allies is not only due to financial and technical reasons, but more importantly, it does not want the United Kingdom to develop its nuclear power.
In the end, all dissatisfaction and conflicts were finally erupted at the Nassau Conference. Of course, in another world, Kennedy was tough, but what about Britain?
In the end I had to give in!
“It’s not just dissatisfaction!”
Berlin said directly:
“The original topic of this summit meeting was mainly to discuss the international situation. But in Mike After Millen proposed the "Lightning Missile", the meeting moved in the direction of ending Britain's independent nuclear deterrent, which also made the meeting full of gunpowder. From the first day, the debate between the two sides was very fierce. Kennedy. He insisted on asking the UK to stop developing strategic nuclear forces and hand them over to the United States for management, but Macmillan’s attitude was also very firm - he refused directly. ”
Berlin then reported on some of the contents of the meeting. Of course, his report was not a briefing from Downing Street. In fact, all official statements until now "are that the two heads of state are having constructive meetings."
But this does not prevent "Hydra" from obtaining intelligence in this area. After all, "Hydra" has been operating in the UK for many years. Even in its Cabinet Office in Downing Street, there are "Hydra" Because of their existence, basically the decision just made by Downing Street will appear on Li Yian's desk within a few hours.
Actually, this is not a big deal. Historically, during World War II, the decisions of the White House and Downing Street were almost made on one side and then on the other side on the steel desk. It was a joke. When Truman first became president, Steel knew far more about the Manhattan Project than Truman did.
In fact, collecting intelligence from allies is the most important task of the intelligence agency.
Just like another world, South Korea’s intelligence on North Korea so far is basically a mess, but this has nothing to do with the overall situation. Just as for the Stasi, the most important thing was not to infiltrate Bonn, but to infiltrate the Kremlin while keeping the KGB unaware of its existence. Saudi Arabia is also not interested in Tehran's nuclear secrets and missiles, but ensuring that the party to which it donates money is elected in every U.S. presidential election is a matter of life and death for the Saudi royal family.
For Nanyang, intelligence on the Soviet Union was far less important than intelligence on the United States and Britain, because the Soviet Union was nothing more than a direct showdown. As for the intelligence work of the United States and Britain, although it is not life-threatening, it is related to many interests in Nanyang.
Whether Nanyang has the ability to interfere in American politics will inevitably directly determine Nanyang’s final fate. After all, whether it is confrontation or cooperation, intelligence is needed as support to make the right decisions at the right time.
"According to the intelligence coming from our insiders, Britain will have a final showdown with the United States tomorrow!"
When Berlin mentioned "showdown", Li Yian raised his eyebrows slightly , said:
"Tomorrow...is the UK planning to break with the United States?"
The answer is of course no, but in fact the "special relationship between Britain and the United States" formed after the war was challenged as never before at the Nassau Conference.
"Your Excellency, it should be said that tomorrow the British will want to use all means to protect their interests!"
(End of this chapter)