Chapter 546: KGB Director Defects

Particle beam weapons, shooting down satellites in space? What a joke! Not to mention the current Red Empire, even decades later, the developed countries in the world will not be able to produce this thing. However, some experts speculate that it will take at least 2020 to achieve a breakthrough.

This technology is simply not practical. Although the Soviet Union is also researching it and has conducted experiments, it is still a long way from being ready for practical use. Although the Soviet Union allocates funds for research every year, it does not completely place its hopes on it.

Perhaps, in a few decades, it will be a black technology.

The shooting down of the American satellite this time was, of course, intentional. In order to shoot down this satellite, the Soviet Union had prepared for several months, accurately determined the orbit of the satellite, and then scattered space junk in the designated airspace before the satellite arrived. The Soviet Union itself detonated five satellites carrying space junk before blocking the satellite's path.

At the same time, the models on the ground are very realistic, especially the sphere of the nuclear explosion power station. Only a fool or a science maniac would believe that a nuclear explosion power station can be built. This is pure nonsense. If it is not controlled well, it will self-destruct.

However, this example is enough to impress the United States. The Soviet Union's particle weapons are moving towards practical application!

Isn't Reagan promoting his economic reform ideas every day? He also wants to develop the country's economy by reducing military spending. Now, let's see what he will do! Will he be willing to invest tens of billions of dollars to research particle weapons or laser weapons?

"According to General Andrei's plan, in the next stage, we will make our Star Wars plan more detailed, and leak it to the Americans through a special channel." Ogarkov said: "Our Star Wars plan includes the deployment of anti-satellite weapons and anti-missile weapons in space, as well as various land-based anti-missile weapons, especially our particle weapons, which will be planned in more detail, including the deployment of more than 20 particle weapon bases within our territory. If the Americans want to catch up, they will have to invest at least hundreds of billions of dollars."

Hundreds of billions of dollars! This is equivalent to using all the wealth of the United States to study Star Wars. If Americans fall into the trap, let's see how they develop their economy! And if Americans don't keep up, then they will be abandoned by Western Europe!

"The method of leaking the information must be carefully considered," Andropov said. "Leaking it directly through the media would be the most foolish. If you want to gain the approval of the top US officials, this must be a perfect plan."

Hearing Andropov's words, Andrei suddenly blinked his eyes. He had thought of something.

"General Secretary Andropov, I have a plan. How about having one of our people who has enough access to high-level plans defect to the West?" Andrei said, "He is carrying our Star Wars plan, so he should be the least likely to arouse suspicion."

Defect? ​​Andropov asked: "Who do you think is suitable to defect?"

"Comrade Vitaly Yurchenko is the director of the First Department of the First Directorate of the KGB. His identity is enough to access all our Star Wars planning information. What do you think about letting him defect to the United States?" said Andrei.

Yurchenko? Hearing Andrei's words, Andropov was stunned.

Born in 1935, Yurchenko is an old agent with 30 years of experience and an old subordinate of Andropov. Due to his outstanding work ability, he was highly appreciated by Andropov, the then KGB Chairman, and was promoted to deputy director of the First Department of the First Directorate of the KGB. This First Department is responsible for the affairs of the United States and Canada and is the most important.

If he were allowed to defect, the information he would have access to would definitely be confidential.

The reason why Andrei brought him up is because this actually happened in history. On August 1, 1985, Colonel Vitaly Yurchenko and others were traveling in Rome. After observing the surroundings, Yurchenko suddenly proposed that he wanted to go to the Vatican Museum alone and then return to the Soviet Embassy. After visiting the museum, Yurchenko did not return to the Soviet Embassy, ​​but entered the gate of the American Embassy, ​​becoming the highest-ranking KGB officer who defected to the West during the Cold War.

The CIA was ecstatic and ordered its men to immediately transfer Yurchenko to the United States. However, the Americans made a big mistake. The person who was responsible for interrogating Yurchenko was Rick Ames, a spy planted by the KGB in the CIA. Ames interrogated Yurchenko for more than a month. Although Yurchenko provided a lot of important intelligence, his confession fell into the hands of the Soviets, so no major losses were caused to the Soviet spy network.

However, this interrogation aroused Yurchenko's disgust. As a result, three months after arriving in the United States, Yurchenko successfully got rid of the CIA agents who were following him, ran back to the Soviet Embassy, ​​and then returned to the Soviet Union. This defection ended as a farce. What is even more incredible is that Yurchenko was not punished by the Soviet government after returning to his country, and he returned to work for the KGB!

Therefore, Andre had no idea whether this guy really defected or what secrets were involved.

And now, with Andrei's intervention, Andropov came to power earlier. The head of the KGB was now also a trusted confidant of Andropov. Andrei mentioned him with a deep meaning, and asked him to take this information with him to see whether this guy really had rebellious intentions!

If this guy really has a problem, and he goes to the Americans with these plans, saying that they are all his own conspiracies? I guess the Americans won't believe it, right? True and false, this is the essence of intelligence work.

Andropov nodded: "Okay, let's do as you say. This time, we will give the Americans a big gift."

"If the Americans don't take the bait, then the media should get involved," Andre said. "It would be best if it were Western European media. If Western Europe knew we had such a grand plan, they would definitely encourage the United States to carry out the plan. If the United States wants to continue to be the big brother of the West, it will have to force the issue and carry out the Star Wars plan in a targeted manner."

They calculated the Americans step by step and made Reagan follow the path of no return designed by them!

"And we, of course, also have to carry out some of these plans. In addition to projects such as navigation satellites, our anti-ballistic missile program should also be steadily advanced. The improvement plan for our S300 missile system must be placed at a strategic level," Andre continued.