Chapter 1244 The missing nuclear warhead (two-in-one chapter)
The scene was a little awkward, until Rosie smiled and broke the strange atmosphere, "I think there is any problem, so why not ask directly I am more convenient. What do you think, Agent Harry Tuske?"
"Arno" or the middle-aged agent who should be called Harry Tuske is still stunned. Jack knew that Seeing the upper of his large-size leather shoes slightly arched, it was obviously so awkward that his toes were really picking on the ground.
Fortunately, as a partner, Gibson still relieved him after sneering for a while, "Ah, that's the matter, let me introduce you. These two are agents from the FBI, this one is The famous David Rossi, this is Agent Jack Tavolle. "
After a "fake" greeting, the two FBIs were invited into a conference room, except for Ha In addition to Rui and Gibson, there is an Indian guy named Fisher who is full of black curly hair and is busy in front of the computer.
Because Rossi had already reported his intentions before, everyone took a seat and went straight to the topic. Indian guy Fisher turned on the projector and introduced what "Omega" currently has.
"A week ago, we stole his secret bank account from the owner of the villa's personal computer in Geneva, in the foothills of a villa in the Alps."
"Villa Who is the master?” Before Rosie finished speaking, a photo appeared on the curtain.
Gipson then introduced, "Jamaal Calede, a notorious supporter of terrorism, has more or less him and his family behind the extreme terrorist organizations that have emerged in the past two decades. background."
Rosi nodded, "I have heard of the Caleid family, they have considerable sectarian forces in Iran."
Fisher pulled out a long list of account information on the computer, "We screened out the suspected capital flow of a total of $100 million, and all transferred it into accounts related to the terrorist organization 'DarkJihad'."
< br>"'DarkJihad'? This organization has become active again recently?" Jack said in surprise.
Harry, who had been observing him secretly, asked in a deep voice, "What? Have you dealt with them?"
"It's considered a fight." Jack's expression was quite hard to describe. Years have passed, and some parts of Central Park have not yet fully restored to their original appearance. (Chapter 753)
Harry's eyes flashed, but he did not continue to ask, but continued to introduce their current discoveries.
"We linked this $100 million to three W-80 nuclear warheads that disappeared five years ago, and there is reason to suspect that Jamal Caleider paid for the warheads and intended to ship them through 'DarkJihad' Entering the United States to carry out terrorist attacks."
Jack was stunned and quickly stopped, "Wait, I heard it right? You mean we lost a total of 3 W five years ago -80 nuclear bomb? "
W-80 is a miniaturized thermonuclear warhead currently in service in the United States. It has been an important part of NATO's nuclear arsenal since the Cold War and is mainly used for air-launched cruise missiles.
Perhaps in the perception of ordinary people, nuclear bombs, a national weapon, must be subject to extremely strict procedures and preservation, and it is simply unimaginable to lose such a thing.
However, in fact, the nuclear weapon loss accident known as the "Broken Arrow" incident was revealed in just a total of 32 cases, including at least 6 nuclear bombs. Not yet recovered.
Therefore, what really surprised Jack was not that the United States lost three nuclear warheads ten years ago but that it could not be retrieved, but that according to the general nature of urine, this kind of nuclear weapon that can appear in the black market should not be the so-called disintegration of the Soviet Union. Did it fall out?
Fortunately, someone has been hit by a boomerang a lot recently, and he just expressed some emotion about it.
Even the "Omega" team does not know the relevant specific information. They only know that the last location of these three nuclear warheads that should have been installed on the AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile should be in Afghanistan, but Accidentally lost during a famous emergency retreat.
A total of 10 AGM-86s were lost at that time. Although all missiles were recovered in special operations urgently deployed by the military, only 5 of them were recovered.
CIA suspected that the warheads were smuggled to Iran, but found nothing in the subsequent targeted investigation.
It was not until recently that there were vague reports that these warheads have been hidden in Afghanistan for many years. The CIA immediately dispatched a large number of elite operation agents, but unexpectedly they were trapped in the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain.
The military and the CIA intercepted only two warheads used to cover up their eyes, and the remaining three disappeared mysteriously in a Turkish port. There are rumors that they were sent to Greece by sea.
However, even though the CIA turned Greece upside down, it still couldn't find traces of these three nuclear bombs.
Rosi didn't know if he had heard of something before or had experienced many similar things, and asked as usual, "Is there any conclusive evidence to prove that these three warheads have entered our country?" "For the time being, it's just a matter of doubt, but this million USD is the most closely linked to terrorist activities that we have tracked recently."
Harry explained, “The reason we focus our suspicion on the organization ‘DarkJihad’ is because we found that they are still overseas have almost all disappeared recently.”
“What do you think, Jack, ? ” Rosie looked at Jack.
After the Central Park bombing, Jack handed over the investigation into the "DarkJihad" organization.
After all, the culprit who organized the attack at that time had been confirmed to be shot dead by him, and the remnants of "DarkJihad" in China were almost wiped out in the FBI-led cleanup operation.
Neither the BAU nor the wanted criminals team are specialized counter-terrorism units, so the rest of the work that requires long-term surveillance will naturally not be used for them.
However, as Jack, who has fought with "DarkJihad", he will occasionally pay attention to the recent situation of this organization to prevent them from rekindling in China.
"I haven't heard of any movement in the country recently." Jack quickly passed through the information he had read some time ago, but faced with the slightly disappointed eyes of the three "Omega" agents. , he immediately changed his mind.
"But I agree with the judgment of 'Omega's' that it is not an easy task to detonate a nuclear bomb. If it were an ordinary terrorist organization, let alone smuggling it into the country, even if it was given a 'PAL' authorization to them Password, they don't know how to operate.
I don't know if 'DarkJihad' has the ability to detonate a nuclear bomb, but they at least have the motivation and experience in doing so."
Either it is Nuclear bombs directly dropped by bombers or nuclear warheads like the W-80 installed on air-launched missiles are all equipped with multiple insurances. To detonate a nuclear bomb, it is not as simple as in Hollywood movies, entering a password on the password disk and turning the key.
Although Jack was not sure about the specific situation when the nuclear bomb was lost at that time, the loss process itself was bizarre.
Because the US nuclear weapons adopt a "dual key" system, this does not mean that a nuclear device has two keys, but that the nuclear warhead and vehicle (missile) are controlled by different troops.
Under normal circumstances, not only nuclear warheads and missiles must be stored in stock, but also their "core" (plutonium/uranium components) and conventional explosives and electronic systems must be stored in stock.
So Jack has enough reason to suspect that the process of the nuclear bomb loss has definitely "shady". The biggest possibility is that it is not "carelessly lost" during the transportation process, but that a war readiness is on duty or execution. Something happened to the so-called "deterrent" of the flight B-52G bomber.
A B-52G bomber can carry up to 20 AGM-86 cruise missiles at a time and lose ten at a time. Except for the bomber's accident, Jack cannot think of other possibilities for the time being.
Of course, how the nuclear bomb was lost has nothing to do with the threat of the attack at this time. They are facing the situation that three suspected assembled nuclear warheads have entered the United States.
The seemingly terrifying threat is imminent, but the reason why everyone can sit calmly in the conference room to discuss is precisely because of the "PAL" authorization password that Jack just mentioned.
"PAL" is the abbreviation of "PermissiveActionLink", which is literally translated as "authorized action link", which is usually used specifically to refer to the activation connection device of a nuclear weapon.
The "PAL" authorization password is dynamically generated and is usually bound to task instructions, but this is just a link to the insurance "strong chain". In addition, there is biometrics, warhead itself, and the anti-tamping and anti-defense of the warhead itself. Tampering mechanism and self-destruction device.
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In addition, there is "weak chain" insurance. For example, the B61 nuclear bomb that is usually used to directly use stealth bombers to deliver gravity includes an acceleration sensor to ensure that the insurance will be released only when it is correctly deployed.
Everyone here has received basic training, but in fact Jack learned similar knowledge in high school in his previous life.
The atomic bomb principle I enjoyed in Xiaozai was not complicated. Two pieces of high-purity concentrated uranium were put together and used the impact force of the explosive to "snap" them together. When the mass exceeds the critical value, it can Naturally triggers fission reaction.
The hydrogen bomb principle invented later was a little more complicated, and the high temperature and high pressure generated by the fission reaction were required to further trigger the fusion reaction.
In the 1966 nuclear accident in Palimares, Spain, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker over Palimares village in southern Spain.
At that time, 4 B28RI hydrogen bombs were carried on the plane, each with an equivalent of 1.5 million tons of TNT.
The two planes exploded and disintegrated on the spot. Two of the four hydrogen bombs fell into the Mediterranean and the other fell into the river, all intact.
The conventional explosives in the remaining two hydrogen bombs exploded, but because the safety device took effect, the fission device, which acted as the "nuclear trigger", did not react, which only led to the leakage of radioactive elements.
So the complexity of a W-80 is definitely not something that a liberal arts writer can do with a slap in his head. The resources needed to crack the "PAL" password are the country Level.
That is, the three missing nuclear warheads are highly likely to be in a theoretically stimulating form. If they are lost from the nuclear arsenal, the CIA just needs to stare at the suspected countries, and there is no need to consider anything at all. Terrorist organization.
But even so, it is not difficult to successfully detonate these three complete nuclear warheads. At least one engineer who has received relevant training will take considerable time to remove the nuclear bomb insurance and bypass the original detonation mechanism. , use "national measures" to detonate the "nuclear trigger".
The reason why Jack supports the speculation on "Omega" is that he "predicts the unknown", knowing that one of them was indeed blown up in the original drama, and the other is that it comes from his previous personal experience.
He still remembers the ambulance that drove a big pit in "Central Park". It was not just C4 explosives. According to Reid's subsequent analysis, the "DarkJihad" blasting expert is also There were a lot of chromate, red mercury and other things stuffed into it.
The guy who made this big bomb at that time was determined to be a bald man shot dead by Jack himself, and he was a member of the Dulanger drug cartel who cooperated with "DarkJihad".
But this does not mean that "DarkJihad" does not have professional blasting experts in his hands.
According to the after-investigation, except for the C4 explosives that were transported into the United States by the Dulanger drug trafficking group through their drug trafficking routes, the rest of the explosives were all purchased domestically by "DarkJihad".
It is not difficult to purchase one or two dangerous goods separately. You should know that the Americans can only understand the control of this aspect. At least five of the ten people doing such business on the black market are The ATF (Archives and Alcohol, Guns and Explosives Administration) has undercover agents, and the remaining four may come from other federal departments.
But "DarkJihad" just concealed the ATF and raised seven or eight kinds of dangerous chemicals through small batches and multiple batches, and then they could be allocated together in precise proportions. There is obviously a hidden behind it. A chemistry expert who specializes in this field.
After some analysis, Jack finally concluded, "Even if we don't consider the problem that the nuclear bomb will be successfully detonated, we will use the ability shown by DarkJihad to use it as a large 'dirty bomb' Detonation seems not difficult to do."
You should know that in the Palimares nuclear accident, although the two hydrogen bombs that exploded did not undergo nuclear reactions, they still leaked about 20 grams of plutonium and uranium debris.
The Americans were quite "conscience" back then. They sent more than 1,600 soldiers and scientists to block the scene and carried out a cleanup work that lasted about three months.
"Imagine a truck with a box sealed in isolation radiation detection drove into Wall Street, and then exploded, spilling radioactive dust across half of Manhattan Island. What will happen?"
Hearing Jack's assumption, the few people here couldn't help but look at each other, and then subconsciously shivered. In comparison, what is the mere "911"?
Rosie, who came to her senses, glared at him, telling this kid not to be too sensational.
"So what does this nuclear crisis in our current relationship with what happened at the Mayfair Hotel the night before?" Rosie said as she looked at the person involved Harry.
Before Harry answered, his partner Gibson said with a weird expression, "This starts with a tango."
(End of this chapter)
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