Chapter 955 Anti-aircraft missiles
Finlay couldn't wait to leave. The scene in front of him seemed like a farce. Because of time constraints, Jack had not explained what happened to him in detail.
He only knew that many of Reacher's old friends had died. The case was related to Congressman Lavoie, and they needed to force his staff to reveal some relevant information.
So Finlay quickly got to the point, "When I entered your name into the system, the local FBI office called me. They specially sent two agents just to talk to you."
"Damn it." Seeing that the development of things was once again deviating from his expectations, Boyd covered his face in despair.
He was finally sure that the other party was not here for his money, but the terrible thing was that the matter was not just as simple as spending money to eliminate disaster.
After Finlay opened the interrogation room door, the burly Reacher appeared at the door and reached out to him, "Special Agent Jack Margrave."
As he spoke, he stepped aside slightly, revealing the relatively "petite" O'Donnell behind him, "This is Special Agent Blake."
Finlay, who suppressed his laughter, reached out and shook his hand, "I am Inspector Oscar Finlay, and I will leave this place to you for the time being."
After saying that, he left the interrogation room and came to the monitoring room next door.
Jack stood in front of the observation window separated by one-way glass with a cut cigar in his mouth. He didn't light it. When he saw him coming in, he flipped his fingers and handed another one to him.
"I have completely quit smoking." Although Finley said this, his body was still honest and he took it as soon as he reached out his hand.
Jack flicked his wrist, and the lighter hidden in his sleeve appeared between his fingers, and then was lit on fire with a clang, "This doesn't stop you from having one occasionally, right? Believe me, what you hear next will be You need this."
At the same time in the interrogation room, O'Donnell had already exerted his talents. In a few words, Boyd gave up the idea of finding a lawyer. However, when he heard that Reacher wanted to know the details of the "Little Wings" project, he still chose He kept silent.
The guy didn't relent until O'Donnell started calling his wife in front of him.
"I don't understand. It's not a big deal. 'Little Wings' is just a code name that refers to a new algorithm that is currently being improved. Anti-aircraft missiles using this program have incredible performance."
"Anti-aircraft missiles?" Reacher was a little confused. If it was just an anti-aircraft missile, why would the terrorists want this thing?
The word "missile" sounds high-end, but if the accuracy requirements are not too high, with today's technological development, enough materials can be disassembled from many civilian equipment, and a guidance device with usable performance can be made. It is not impossible for rockets and even supersonic missiles to actively seek targets.
This green-skin-style weapon may be troublesome to deal with warships, but it can still be done to defeat a dozen civilian ships passing through the narrow strait.
But once the word "air defense" appears in front of a missile, its technical difficulty will increase geometrically. Countries in the world that can produce reliable air defense missiles with their own industrial strength can be counted on two hands.
What’s complicated about that thing is not just the stick with a flaming butt that is popularly believed to be, the entire launch system is the most technical part.
Important functions such as reconnaissance and early warning, search instructions, target identification and tracking, missile launch, guidance and control, etc. are all integrated into a complete system.
The amount of 65 million is indeed enough to buy one or even several air defense systems, but what is the use of terrorists paying such a high price to buy this thing? Use it to protect your own sheepfold?
It is impossible for such a large device to be deployed in the United States to attack civilian airliners. If federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, are so useless that they allow an illegal anti-aircraft missile system to be deployed in the United States, the country will be completely hopeless. .
Moreover, this thing is not only troublesome to use, but also requires a professional logistics team to maintain it, as well as enough spare parts, otherwise it will become a pile of scrap metal within two years.
Lei Che's mind suddenly thought of a possibility, "You mean this technology can be applied to portable air defense missiles?"
"Yes, that's right. The R\u0026D team of New Era Technology has simplified this algorithm and reduced it to a chip so that it can be installed in a portable anti-aircraft missile for individual soldiers.
This software allows a redesigned special missile to break through all currently known countermeasures and achieve perfect results. ” Daniel Boyd said it with certainty.
"How is this possible?" O'Donnell seemed to be hearing a fantasy. As a former soldier, although he was only in the Army, he also knew very well how many means today's military aircraft have to fight against anti-aircraft missiles.
The range of portable air defense missiles is extremely limited due to their size, and their status in the ground air defense system is equivalent to that of close-in anti-aircraft guns on warships.
Faced with low-altitude raids by armed helicopters and attack aircraft, portable air defense missiles with a range of only two to three kilometers can only be used as a last resort for ground troops to fight to the death. It paid off.
Even if we don't mention the range, those large air defense missiles that use vehicle-mounted radar tracking and have a complete set of electronic systems cannot be said to be able to hit 100 times. How can a small portable air defense missile do that?
"Then you should ask those nerds in white lab uniforms. I only know that when they demonstrated it to us, the missile bypassed a flying target aircraft.
After the target aircraft released all its decoys, the missile recalibrated, turned around and launched another attack."
Daniel Boyd leaned back and leaned lazily on the back of his chair. Then, because his hands were still handcuffed on the table, the posture was too uncomfortable, so he had to sit up straight again.
"They tested 10 missiles, hitting the target every time, like the god of death rising from the ground, unavoidable."
Reacher remained silent, and O'Donnell continued to ask, "So what role did Congressman Lavoie play in this?"
Daniel Boyd tilted his head with an attitude of "Why don't you know anything?" "The portable air defense missiles are just for demonstration, okay? If you want to apply this technology to other types of missiles, or even to improve weapons such as anti-ship missiles, it will require a lot of money.
'New Era Technology' requires an appropriations bill, but do you know how many procedures you need to go through to pass a bill? You have to spend many years dealing with the entire bureaucratic system full of red tape.
Because there are a lot of laws restricting the use of new technologies, but Congressman Lavoie knows the importance of the 'Little Wings' project to enhancing our future military advantages.
Do you know how panicked some of us were when the overwhelming videos of air defense missiles that would turn right angles and move erratically appeared on the Internet two years ago?"
"Are you talking about the demonstration videos of air defense missiles officially released by the University of East China?" O'Donnell had obviously seen some related videos.
"Yes, face the reality. The terrifying red dragon in the East has surpassed us in every aspect. If you choose to sit idly by and wait for this project to apply for sufficient funding through normal procedures, it will be almost impossible."