Hardcore crisis

"I am reporting to you from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. At 8:12 this morning, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched with a space probe. However, just forty seconds after the launch, The rocket exploded in the air and its debris fell onto the shore and into the Atlantic Ocean."

A full-time reporter from the Associated Press stationed at the Kennedy Aviation Center held a microphone and spoke very fast to the camera. On the screen to his left, the scene of the explosion that was filmed was still being replayed.

"Oh my God, my God, I can't believe it, I'm really scared..."

The black woman covered her swollen breasts in horror, "That was not an ordinary accident. I saw it, many people saw it. There was a flash of light in the sky, and then the rocket exploded."

"Madam, okay madam, are you saying this is not an ordinary explosion?" The reporter put the microphone to the black woman's mouth, keen to capture any possibility of big news.

"Yes, it can't be an ordinary accident. I said: 'Hey, did you see it? What is that? Oh, that is definitely not an ordinary thing, that is definitely not an ordinary thing, our eyes are not blind, this is An attack, a man-made attack. Oh my god, this is no ordinary accident. You smell it, oh, the air smells like burnt burgers. Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. If it's normal. The accident should be the smell of bacon. This is not normal, not normal, never normal..."

"Okay, okay, ma'am, thank you for the interview."

After forcibly grabbing the microphone from the black woman's hand, the reporter said to the camera: "Everyone can see that since the accident, similar remarks have occupied all the news headlines. If it was just an ordinary accident, I dare Definitely, even running naked on Wall Street is much more valuable than this news."

"Whether this is an ordinary accident or a terrorist attack, let's turn the camera to NASA's official press conference."

At a press conference filled with reporters from major news media, on the stage with the NASA logo, NASA's official spokesperson was answering reporters' questions.

Originally, spacecraft accidents like this were not uncommon in the history of U.S. aerospace. If they happened many times, they would not really be considered big news. But this time it's different.

Almost all the media are asking two questions.

One is why launch the launch vehicle early?

The second question is what kind of weapon was used to attack the launch vehicle. Is this a terrorist attack?

There were even keen reporters who noticed the difference in the launch pad.

After every tricky question is asked by reporters, the official spokesperson must think carefully. If it is not in the script, he must answer that it is still under investigation and please wait for the investigation results.

"Everyone, this is not the Sunday that everyone wanted. There have been many accidents during the development of space flight, but we have never lost confidence in space flight. NASA has been prepared for this, and we will conduct more research on the causes of the accidents. We are investigating, please wait patiently for the results..."

"Wait, you haven't answered us yet whether this is an attack..."

Faced with questions from reporters from major media, the spokesperson did not answer, but walked off the stage directly.

It was also because a few tourists who happened to be shooting videos in the sky just now captured the laser-like light, which almost crossed the entire sky and hit the launch vehicle in the sky, followed by a violent explosion that shocked the photographers. Owner.

These videos were immediately uploaded to social media and major online platforms, and immediately became the most lively headlines of the day.

However, it is obvious that the strange behavior of NASA, the government and even the chief operating officer of SpaceX has caused speculation. The government has neither stated whether this was a terrorist attack nor the cause of the malfunction. It only said that it is still asking NASA to investigate this.

But any fool can see that the explosion of the launch vehicle was definitely not caused by a malfunction. It was obviously shot down by man.

In this way, the matter is much more serious. Since 2016, terrorist attacks have occurred many times in Europe, which has already made people in civilized societies feel vigilant and worried. If this time is really a terrorist attack caused by an extremist organization, , doesn’t it mean that the 911 incident may happen again?

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"Huhu..."

The CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter landed slowly on the ground. Before the propellers had completely stopped, Max, wearing field uniform, stepped down.

He was accompanied by personnel from the Department of Homeland Security and the NSA, as well as collaborators who may have been sent by the CIA.

Since the launch vehicle explosion yesterday morning, the Kennedy Space Center has been completely blocked, all tourists have been sent away, and naturally no new tourists will be accepted here.

As soon as he got off the cabin of the transport plane, Blass, a technical officer from the Department of Homeland Security, was startled and glanced around. A dozen hours ago, this place was still a piece of grass and the scene after the explosion. But at this moment, here It has been completely covered by the temporary white plastic shed. There were officers coming and going all around, and heavily armed soldiers stared eagerly at everyone who passed by.

Helicopters land in the sky from time to time, and Humvees and armored vehicles equipped with machine guns are parked nearby. The alert level has been raised to the highest level.

"Well, I don't know what methods you used, but this matter should be handled by our military."

While walking, Max's dissatisfied saliva almost sprayed onto Blas' face.

"This is not a matter for your military alone... We have reason to suspect that this is a premeditated terrorist attack that threatens homeland security, and it should fall within the jurisdiction of our department."

Brass retorted unceremoniously.

"What a valid reason."

Max stopped and turned back to stare at Brass condescendingly: "But this time, all of our people died. Can you imagine? More than a hundred people died here, not even leaving ashes. They even Didn’t even fight back!”

"I'm sorry, but this is my duty, Colonel, and you know I have no choice."

"I'm just telling you, don't think about handling this matter without us. It should be up to you to cooperate with us."

"Then you need to explain it to my superior."

Blas ignored Max's vicious eyes and walked directly into the plastic shed set up under the salutes of the soldiers.

In a plastic shed that was almost the size of a football field, a large crater with a diameter of more than 30 meters first rushed into Blas's eyes. Even though he looked at the photos, he was still a little breathless at this moment. Feel.

"It's almost as powerful as a Tomahawk missile..."

Max followed and walked in. His powerful eyes scanned the messy battlefield. He could roughly estimate the power of the attack weapons just by looking at the damage on site.

It was terrifying. The killing radius of the Tomahawk missile could reach more than 500 meters, and the damage radius on site was nearly 200 meters. The attack completely enveloped the entire convoy, and everyone had no hope of survival under such an attack.

But the attack did not come from a missile.

After inspection, there were no traces of missiles or explosives at the scene. That is to say, except for the ammunition that was implicated in the detonation, no conventional traces of attack weapons were found at the scene.

But soon, after more than ten hours of testing here, as soon as he came in, another report was quickly presented to Max.

"Electromagnetic gun?"

Looking at the report, Max couldn't believe it.

"Are you sure it's the electromagnetic gun?"

Faced with Max's question, several military weapons professional and technical officers nodded: "Yes, sir, we inspected the scene. According to the trajectory and traces of the crater, we found that the attack weapon was no different from the electromagnetic gun our navy is testing. More than 95% of the similar traces...are indeed traces of damage caused by kinetic energy weapons."

"Are you sure someone can move a dozen-ton electromagnetic gun here and use it?"

Max was furious: "What about the energy supply? Does the Kennedy Aviation Center need to connect a few separate wires to the attackers to supply energy? Can the attackers move a gun barrel more than ten meters long under our noses?" Leave?" (To be continued~^~)