Compared with the rapid public response of South Island, Chou Guo's response to this nuclear-powered engine test drive is much more dull - after all, what they say is something that their ancestors once said was rich.

In the eyes of most ugly Chinese people, China's nuclear-powered engine this time is just the remaining toys they play with. Even if there is really a great improvement, even if the thrust reaches 120 tons, so what?

Potential nuclear pollution is always a red line that cannot be crossed. If China insists on testing the Golden Crow, then the international community may regard it as a nuclear declaration of war.

And even if the declaration of war against all countries around the world is now China, even if China and Mao Xiong join forces, it is impossible to escape unscathed.

Therefore, both ordinary people and official senior officials have a mentality of watching the excitement about this test run, and the active public opinion department did not participate in it, because they knew very well that in the face of RSA decryption technology, all their "sudden" public opinion impacts will become complete jokes.

However, this does not mean that everyone's view is the case. At the top, some people and organizations still expressed concerns about this engine, the most typical of which is the Healy organization, known as the "Wartime Strategic Command".

At this time, Berkeley National Laboratory, Healy Organization Headquarters.

Aldo is gathering in the conference room with senior staff from the book title organization. They have just discussed the latest progress of the AQT project, and what is being carried out is an informal issue about nuclear-powered engines.

"...... Judging from the data released by the other party, this engine has been upgraded in addition to the three-rotor structure of the nuclear reactor core and engine, which is actually not much different from the HTre-3 engine on our previous NB-36h."

"Whether in principle, technical details or material use, it can be said to be highly synchronized with us."

"If necessary, we can actually restart the Anp project. According to our current technical strength, our finished products may not be worse than them."

The so-called Anp project is the "aircraft nuclear energy propulsion project", which is an extremely crazy research launched by the Chou Kingdom in 1946, and the result of the project is the NB-36H aircraft.

The engine adopted a direct air intake design at that time. The air intake port is directly connected to the core of the nuclear reactor. The air is directly heated in the reactor and then discharged from the nozzle of the turbofan engine. The entire engine is like a flying nuclear radiation sprinkler. As long as the airspace is flying, it is filled with radiation pollution dust.

But with such an achievement, the Chouguo conducted dozens of air test runs, and the project was finally terminated in the 1960s.

This project has brought huge technical accumulation to Chouguo. Even if the old bear behind came up with a diagram that can run stably, it is still not enough to see in front of NB-36h.

One is a turbofan engine and the other is a turboprop engine. The expansion prospects of these two are not even the same order of magnitude.

After hearing the professional introduction, Aldo nodded slightly and then asked:

"Sley, from your point of view, is it necessary for us to restart such an engine plan?"

The man named Sly thought about it for a moment and replied:

"I don't think it's necessary, there are three main reasons."

"The first point is the issue of nuclear radiation pollution that we have discussed before. This problem cannot be avoided and is extremely difficult to solve. As long as it cannot be solved, it will definitely not be possible for the international community to allow such an aircraft to enter the sky."

"The second point is that the current development of intercontinental missile technology is extremely mature, and the additional deterrence of ultra-long-range and long-range bombers has been greatly reduced, and it is not worth it to pay such a cost."

"The third point is that the other party has already established the project before us and has achieved results. If we follow them to compete symmetrically, we may fall into a situation of continuous backwardness, which is extremely unfavorable for us."

"Their Golden Crow engine is the aircraft carrier of the new air age. As long as there is, the advantage is overwhelming. Aldo, think about it, when we used aircraft carriers to rule the sea, they did not immediately develop aircraft carriers symmetrically, but first made missiles and submarines. This asymmetric strategy is exactly what we need now."

After hearing his words, Aldo frowned, rudely pressed the cigar in his hand into the ashtray in front of him, and then continued to ask:

"I think only the third point you mentioned is credible."

"The problem of pollution is nothing more than a question of public opinion. When they developed nuclear weapons regardless of our opposition, they were regarded as a declaration of war, but what in the end? Have we stopped them? No?"

"Stop talking about them, we can't even solve the nuclear problem on the North Peninsula. The reality is that as long as they want to fly, no one can stop it."

"The second question is that intercontinental nuclear missiles are the ultimate deterrent, and large-range bombers are the secondary deterrents. We cannot threaten others to throw nuclear bombs at their homes at any time, but our b2s do often fly over their airspace - the Jinwu plays this role and is enhanced."

"There is only the third point, I think it is reality."

"We are already behind and cannot catch up, but we need to find a way to overtake - just like what we are doing now in the quantum field."

After pausing for a moment, he continued to ask:

"So, do you have an asymmetric strategy for it?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, everyone in the conference room fell into silence.

In fact, when the Nantianmen project was announced, Chouguo did formulate a series of symmetric and asymmetric competition plans for this project. Among them, the Olympus plan, called the "Chouguo version of Nantianmen", was actually launched, but the funds were always short of funds, and this project only had a name from beginning to end.

Theoretical research almost stagnated after the collapse of the "Pilot" plan. No application development was done, and public opinion propaganda was almost nothing. In this case, it is simply a fantasy to ask this group of people to temporarily propose an asymmetric competition strategy.

"...We can start a project and discuss it after the meeting. In fact, space-based laser weapons are a good way to restrain themselves, but the other party takes action before us..."

"If you say that, Starlink is a better way, and isn't it being beaten to the brink of death? We should now abandon the conservative idea in our minds and think about how to make breakthrough and pioneering solutions."

Aldo interrupted the other party's speech without hesitation. He was really tired of the argument about "the other party has already gained the advantage."

Don’t you know this yet? Do you still need to remind others repeatedly?

It's simply a joke.

Looking at Aldo's disdainful expression, Sly gritted his teeth and said:

"If we want to use this idea, then we might as well reverse the situation from a distance. Without considering the realization of technology, without considering all factors such as funds and resources, we will directly discuss how to prevent the other party's plane from entering the airspace."

"No matter what your ideas are, you can mention - even from science fiction."

Hearing this, Aldo finally nodded with satisfaction.

This is the attitude that scientific workers in their country should have. After all, they are now in a national laboratory that has mastered the most cutting-edge results on this planet. If they are still stuck to the technology that has been realized, what's the point?

So, in the following time, a wild discussion gradually became lively.

In this discussion, one technology and even science fiction direction after another was proposed, including force field shields, anti-gravity engines, anti-matter minefields, space weapons, helium flash weapons, anti-radiation conversion effects, etc.

Even from the most advanced technical perspective of this laboratory, most of the technologies are unavailable in the short term.

However, from these unrealized technologies, they did extract corresponding downgrade solutions.

For example, the Barcelona ramjet engine corresponding to the anti-gravity engine, the standing high-altitude dense radar network corresponding to the anti-matter minefield, and the high-energy particle flow weapon corresponding to the helium flash weapon...

These weapons generally have huge technical difficulties, but at least, they are all in line with the underlying scientific logic of mankind at this stage.

In other words, if they are developed at any cost, they are likely to be realized at some point in the future.

Aldo was very satisfied with such a result. What he wanted was not an immediate result, but a relatively credible direction.

As for issues that others generally worry about, such as "will it be too science fiction" and "whether it is feasible" and "whether it is very feasible", he has never considered it.

Isn’t the B2 bomber that appeared decades ago no longer science fiction?

However, against the backdrop of that strong confrontation, my country still achieved such a breakthrough.

For him, the current situation is just another re-enactment of history.

This is a huge challenge and a huge opportunity. As long as you seize this opportunity, after a period of difficult time, your country will once again return to the peak of this world.

However, what we need to do now is to hold the other party as much as possible.

Thinking of this, he spoke:

"Everyone, you have just put forward many geniuses' ideas. Look, I have recorded these ideas one by one."

"One day in the future, we will achieve them one by one."

"But now, it will take some time."

"So, we have to do something that looks stupid but will definitely work."

“For example, we need to find ways to support the South Island in some ways so that they can delay it a little longer…”

Before he could finish his words, a participant with a military rank equal to him raised his hand and interrupted:

"But we have agreed not to intervene in this matter, if we regret it..."

Aldo smiled and replied:

"I didn't say we wanted to do it ourselves."
Chapter completed!