Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

Although the truth of the secret confrontation in the Atlantic Ocean is difficult for outsiders to know, it still reveals many traces.

As the ocean with the most dense shipping in the world, there are many cargo ships, fishing boats, and even military ships of European countries in the Atlantic Ocean, which have witnessed the scene of "double star chasing".

If it is just one, it will most likely be regarded as a meteor, and ordinary people cannot distinguish the details of the flight trajectory.

But two chasing each other, Hawking had to stand up and answer: "Sir! That must be a man-made aircraft!"

Of course, there are also those who say it is a UFO. This kind of argument has always had many supporters in Europe and the United States, and is on par with the lizard man and the flat earth theory, and is called the three treasures of happy education.

Coincidentally, some astronomy enthusiasts and professional institutions also released news that they had observed UFOs and released many pictures.

These voices quickly attracted attention on the Internet and many people discussed it.

However, the last part, when Xingtian No. 1 fell rapidly and showed off its operations on the sea, was rarely seen because of the angle and speed.

The various speculations did not last long, because soon, "Master Zhou" posted a tweet.

The picture was a flying machine that Hawking would kneel down and say was a "UFO", as if it was made of mercury (a minor revision at the end of the previous chapter).

Compared with the model displayed at the Zhuhai Air Show, it was not more "realistic", but more "dreamlike".

It was exposed to the public the day before, and the test flight was successful the next day.

Admittedly, no one would think that this was something that Master Zhou made overnight, but such a fast pace still made countless people around the world speechless.

"Zhou! Say: Chinese people don't cheat foreigners"

"I probably lost my memory. In fact, it has been a year, right?"

"WTF! What kind of technological monster is this? It's cooler than the air show model!"

While the Internet was still arguing fiercely whether the silver-white fighter was alien technology, a US cruiser was quietly towed back to the port.

Although anti-missile missiles are not known for their explosive equivalent, they pursue physical head-on collisions, but this speed directly hits the deck head-on and directly penetrates three layers.

Afterwards, the kitchen below can be seen directly from the deck.

Good news, now the smell of meat can float directly from the kitchen to the deck.

Bad news, that is not food.

Including the close-in defense guns, surrounding radars, and missile launch facilities, a large number of damages are caused. With the current repair capabilities of the United States, it will take at least one year and cost the same as the cost of the ship.

It is a blessing that it did not sink or explode. As for the dozens of casualties, it is not so important.

When the news was passed back to Washington, the defense minister who had just finished gastric lavage and C injection in the hospital sat up directly.

Not shocked, but happy!

Now the old rival of the military hawks will inevitably be held accountable for his own sleeping pills, which are really a stroke of genius!

The pressure on the defense minister suddenly lightened. Recently, due to the shrinking of power, the two factions of the military have been in conflict.

The main reason is that the interests of the doves mostly come from the local financial industry. They can speculate on stocks with a little inside information or serve as consultants for the military-industrial complex. It is clean and hygienic.

The interests of the hawks mostly come from external expansion, such as Commissioner Smith, providing some chemical rewards to Japan and South Korea, or building the world's largest planting base in the Afghan region.

The contraction of external forces obviously has a greater impact on the latter, so it has been difficult for him as the Minister of Defense in the past two years and he has been suppressing it.

Now. I hope these hawks can be more sober.

However, no matter how the internal settlement, blame, and settlement are done, the US bacteria will obviously choose to "keep it secret" to the outside world. From beginning to end, it is like nothing happened, and no news is revealed.

Since World War II, their warships have not been hit head-on, and this kind of news must not be revealed.

But as mentioned before, the Atlantic is the busiest sea on this planet. On the morning of the second day local time, perhaps a sailor arrived at the port and finally had the Internet, and immediately sent out the inventory in his mobile phone.

The content is the dark sea surface in the distance in the night.

Originally, nothing could be seen, until a few seconds later, a ball of fire appeared on the sea surface, and then a small battleship outline was vaguely reflected, and it was obvious that something was hit.

The entire video is less than a minute long. If it were normal, it would not attract attention. However, combined with the strange phenomenon in the Atlantic sky that night and Master Zhou's tweet, it is hard not to associate them together.

So another round of discussion was set off, and more groundless speculations were shaken out.

For example, someone took a photo from a distance of a warship with a deck covered with cloth and smoke in a certain port.

For another example, a cargo ship found suspected warship wreckage and even the bodies of marines on the sea.

And when the unidentified flight track appeared over the Atlantic for the second time the next morning, it was basically confirmed that this was the test flight of the "Master Zhou"'s air and space fighter.

This time, there were no more missiles trying to intercept, and it was quiet and peaceful.

And on the third night, after it happened again, the US bacteria had become numb

Fly, fly, the Atlantic Ocean is not dug by my family

The ironclad fact proves that China has developed a mature "air and space fighter".

That strange-looking guy broke the boundaries between aviation and aerospace, the boundaries between manned and unmanned, and expanded weapons and equipment from within the atmosphere to outside the atmosphere.

The world's first unmanned fighter and the first aerospace fighter have been born on Earth.

It was just that, contrary to her usual behavior, Da Piaoliang, who should have been highly nervous and exaggerated the threat theory, was calm this time.

Netizen: Da Piaoliang, have you been fucked?

Meijun: No? I'm fine! Keep playing the music, keep dancing!

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Taicang, Wanhu Base.

After three consecutive days of test flights, Xingtian No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 all succeeded in their test flights.

Except for a small episode during the No. 1 flight, the other two times were calm.

It was obvious that the level of No. 1 flight and the lack of knowledge of the technology made the other side no longer have the courage to intercept blindly.

As for the three consecutive times of showing traces in the theoretical "U.S. sphere of influence", that is, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, some people can only bear it.

What to do? Can't stop, can't find, can only watch.

This change will affect many things.

A "test flight" and a little "episode" unexpectedly created a redefinition of the "sphere of influence".

From now on, there is no such thing as where you can go and where you can't go over the Atlantic and Pacific skies.

If the enemy can go, I can go too.

"Mr. Zhou, the statistics are out, please take a look."

In the factory, Zhou Rui got the freshly baked data, sat on the square tower, and patiently flipped through it.

After three test flights, the three different technical routes of Xingtian have been verified to a certain extent, and many things have been statistically analyzed.

The No. 1 machine is upright and peaceful, reaching all the indicators of the original design.

The No. 2 machine "Six Yao Stealth" is more cost-effective, but the "Six Yao Stealth" has appeared too recently, and there are still some uncertainties compared to the Four Symbols Stealth. The supporting equipment belongs to Taiyi Tiangong's self-developed trial production.

The No. 3 machine has an electromagnetic catapult. With the assistance of the "torture rack", the launch is the fastest and fuel is the most economical, but the overall cost has increased by about 15%, mainly due to the construction cost of the torture rack and the improvement of the landing gear.

By the way, there is also the most important cost issue.

As an unmanned fighter defined as an "expensive consumable", the "spiritual showmanship" control shown in the first test flight is not its true level, but the level of a small shower.

At the same time, the ammunition load is very low. Under normal circumstances, it still relies on quantity and technological generation gap to suppress, so cost is particularly important.

Excluding the R\u0026D costs of the prototype, it is estimated that the cost of building a "Xingtian" is about 120 million.

If the electromagnetic ejection mode of the Xing rack is included, it will be close to 140 million.

Compared with the nearly 800 million unit price of the J-20, it is much cheaper, but it still does not reach the most ideal state that Zhou Rui believes.

He hopes to suppress the cost to less than 100 million, even if some performance is castrated.

This requires efforts in many aspects, such as industrial scale, process optimization, and production automation.

This is a long process. The vigorous development of high technology requires both upward exploration of boundaries and downward cultivation of the industrial chain.

Fortunately, after the project, Taiyi Tiangong absorbed a large number of outstanding talents, and there will be people who continue to explore new possibilities.

Yes, although the test flight was successful, he "detained" most of the participants.

The reason is "the technology needs to be fixed".

This reason is fair and just, and no one can find fault with the huge value of the aerospace fighter.

As for when it will be, let's make a three-year agreement first?

While Zhou Rui was thinking, Qiu Lixun came over and looked up and said: "Mr. Zhou, when will we leave for Beijing North? The ceremony of the Academy of Engineering is on the 11th, and what about the Academy of Sciences?"

Zhou Rui put the information aside and said: "It's also on the 11th."

Qiu Lixun was stunned: "Then will you be able to make it in time for a double academician like you?"

Zhou Rui spread his hands: "I have already reported the situation. If there is a conflict, I will only attend the public ceremony of the Academy of Engineering."

With the end of the public announcement period, the election of academicians has been settled, and now there is only a public ceremony.

The awarding ceremonies of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering have always been held on the same day to show equal importance, but the locations are different.

After all, there has not been a "double academician" in 20 years, and there has never been a situation where the same term was elected to both academies.

Qiu Lixun suddenly figured it out and said with a smile: "If it were you, you would probably change the ceremony method directly."

"Really? That's fine!"