Chapter 550 This Scene Is Too Beautiful, No One Dares to Look at It

The spring of 1981 was cold, but the atmosphere in the White House was always extremely warm.

"Mr. President, our intelligence officers risked their lives to obtain a piece of intelligence. This intelligence is extremely important. Please take a look." CIA Director William took out a photo and handed it to Reagan.

Reagan took it and looked at the young man inside. It was Andre, who was on the number one list of America's enemies. This guy was currently stirring up trouble in the Middle East, causing the United States a lot of headaches.

But what is he doing now? Behind him, there are many technicians, and they seem to be assembling an airplane?

"The Soviets are accelerating their Buran project, and now the first space shuttle has begun assembly," said William.

"So what? Our space shuttle has already begun its test flight, and I have no intention of cutting the aerospace budget. Our space shuttle program will not be affected by economic reforms," ​​Reagan said.

These staff members were always making alarmist remarks, but Reagan was very stubborn. To him, the top priority was how to develop the US economy. If the economic situation did not improve, his voters would be disappointed.

"However, the space shuttle that the Soviets are developing is not used for the peaceful use of space like ours. The Soviet space shuttle is an important part of their Star Wars plan." William said: "This space shuttle is a space carrier."

Space carrier? Reagan turned his head and looked at William: "What do you mean?"

"This all started with the Soviet Spiral Plan. At the time, the Soviet Union proposed an aerospace fighter that used a supersonic aircraft as a carrier to launch the aerospace fighter to perform combat missions in outer space, and then return to land on its own power." William said, "Now, there are signs that the Soviets have combined this plan with the space shuttle plan. They have arranged a launch mechanism in the cargo hold of the space shuttle, which can launch ten of these small aerospace fighters at a time."

Ten! The agents were trying their best to get the specific information, but the Soviets protected it very closely. The plans were being transported to Moscow, and they planned to start on the way. However, the general method had been determined. In the cargo hold of the space shuttle, a revolver-like launch device was arranged, one at the front and one at the back. Each one could accommodate five space planes. In this way, ten planes could be launched!

"These aircraft can be used as reconnaissance satellites to scan the sky at any location on Earth, or as fighter jets to carry weapons and directly destroy our satellites, or even attack our space shuttles." William said, "The Soviet Union is now sparing no effort to provoke a war in outer space. We have no choice!"

From now on, the outer sky will never be quiet. These Soviet space fighters are always like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the United States! All American spacecraft in space are no longer safe!

"So what?" Reagan had already guessed what he meant.

"We must launch the same project and install air-space fighters on the space shuttle. Only in this way can we stop the Soviet conspiracy. We have no choice." National Security Advisor Poindexter said: "From now on, there will be no peace in outer space. We must consider our national security."

Everyone present seemed to be able to imagine that, in the future, if a war broke out in space, their own space shuttles would carry their aerospace fighters into space, and the Soviets would do the same. When they were in outer space, both sides would release their fighters and fight to the death in space. The scene was so beautiful that no one dared to watch it.

This is the sci-fi Star Wars!

However, since the Soviets have these technologies, we must have them too!

"If this project must be carried out, how much investment is expected?" Reagan asked. At this time, he also had to think about it.

"We estimate that the manufacturing cost of each aerospace fighter is about $100 million, plus the cost of research and development. Three billion dollars can ensure that we have 20 aerospace fighters on standby at any time, and the cost of training is not included."

Three billion dollars! Reagan's mouth trembled: "Let's leave this project for later!"

"But Mr. President, if that happens, the United States will fall completely behind in space," said Secretary of Defense Weinberger.

"If our economy doesn't improve, what does it matter if we beat the Soviets in space? We can't blindly invest in a plan that our country can't afford," Reagan said. "We must know that our task at this stage is to develop the economy."

Reagan was stubborn.

"Mr. President, I think that our economic development does not conflict with the development of the space program." At this time, White House Chief of Staff Baker spoke: "If we want to develop the economy, the country needs to continue to invest, and our investment in the space field will drive the improvement of our entire country's scientific and technological level. Many aspects can be converted to the civilian field. Our Apollo program was like this. It drove the development of the country's scientific and technological level, which in turn promoted economic growth. Now, we can also adopt the same approach. If our country wants to develop the economy, relying on technology to drive the economy is actually a good way."

Reagan's eyes lit up when he heard this. If he looked at it from this perspective, he didn't have to completely reject the space program.

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Uzbekistan.

Andrei, who returned to the military district, continued to pay attention to the situation in the Middle East. However, although the task of fooling the United States was handed over to Ogarkov, he was still quite concerned about it.

Americans have not fallen into the trap yet. It seems that President Reagan is extremely cautious. However, in order to let the United States enter the peak of the space race and invest huge amounts of money in space, it seems that a drastic measure is needed.

I wonder how the KGB is preparing? Has that guy made up his mind to surrender to the West? If this matter cannot make Reagan make up his mind, he still has new means. He can mobilize the entire Western media to report and exaggerate the Soviet space threat. As the leader of the Western world, the United States should not speed up to think of countermeasures? If the United States does not make any move, then the United States should stop being the big brother of the Western world and let the Soviet Union protect the younger brothers in Europe. The Soviet Union is very willing to take over this burden.