"You still can't sink..." After returning, Mr. Ye said to Ye Kai.
"This is purely an accident. Who knew that Comrade Hong Zheng would say such a thing? It just happened that I did such a thing again..." Ye Kai looked at Mr. Ye and said a little embarrassedly, "I came to the deputy department level in vain.
, It’s not for nothing, right? What do you think?”
The second old man had military affairs to deal with, so he took a step ahead. Only Mr. Ye, Ye Ziping and Ye Kai were left at home.
In fact, Mr. Ye won't be able to stay here for long.
So the three of us sat together, apart from drinking tea and taking a break, to review today's events and the related successes and failures.
"I was completely kept in the dark, so I still won't express my opinion." Ye Ziping said.
In fact, he still has some opinions on some of the things Ye Kai did. He was so tormented that he even developed earthquake weapons. Is this still a life?
In response, Secretary Ye said he couldn't tolerate it, "You'd better calm down, we can't control you now."
Mr. Ye snorted and said, "Do you really believe that what kind of earthquake weapon is that?"
"Isn't it?" Zi Ping was stunned for a moment, feeling that there was something in Mr. Ye's words, and couldn't help but wonder, if what Ye Kai was not working on was an earthquake weapon, what could it be?
It feels like nothing can blow up a mountain.
"It's a nuclear bomb." Mr. Ye said.
"Atomic bomb?!" After hearing this, Ziping's heart suddenly tightened and he was very frightened.
"The Soviet-made suitcase nuclear bomb cost me 20 million US dollars. The price is indeed not small." Ye Kai also admitted at this time that the thing was indeed not an earthquake weapon, but a real suitcase nuclear bomb.
Ziping took a breath of cold air, and it took him a long time to react, "You are really brave!"
But what surprised him even more was how Ye Kai obtained these things?
"Li Man, in the conference room of the Central Political Bureau, I have already said that the top management of the Soviet army is completely rotten. As long as you give money, you can do anything." Naturally, Ye Kai would not reveal his business secrets. Major Butt
There are only a few people who know about this line, and they are all under Ye Kai's direct control. Nothing can go wrong, and no one can pry away his business.
In fact, in the 1960s, there was some news about suitcase nuclear bombs from the United States and the Soviet Union, but no one said they had seen it with their own eyes.
From the perspective of nuclear physics, the minimum critical value of nuclear material plutonium must meet the requirement of maintaining a mass of 10.5 kilograms in a sphere with a diameter of 10.1 cm. As long as the mass is less than or the volume is greater than this minimum critical value, the nuclear material will not cause a chain.
The reaction resulted in a nuclear explosion.
But as long as measures are taken to make the nuclear material exceed this value by 10, it can produce an explosion equivalent to 10 to 20 tons of yellow **. And when it exceeds 20, it can produce an explosion equivalent to 200 tons of yellow **.
In order to achieve this effect, more advanced implosion technology is generally used, that is, the plutonium is squeezed beyond the critical volume through the explosion of conventional bombs, thereby producing a nuclear explosion.
In order to meet these conditions, the size and mass of a nuclear bomb using this traditional nuclear weapon principle cannot be too small. Therefore, coupled with conventional weapons and mechanical devices for detonating nuclear materials, this nuclear weapon can barely fit in a suitcase.
The Soviet suitcase nuclear bomb that Ye Kai purchased through Major Butt was 60 centimeters long, 40 centimeters wide, 20 centimeters thick, and weighed less than fifty kilograms.
"Before the 1970s, the Soviet Union secretly manufactured 132 suitcase nuclear bombs, and dozens of them have disappeared. Some of them may have fallen into the hands of terrorists." Ye Kai said, "Such a thing, in fact, has disappeared.
They are very dangerous. I bought ten of them and used them to blow up mountains, which can be regarded as a contribution to world peace."
All such weapons are hidden in a weapons depot on Russian territory in the Soviet Union. They have always been under the strict control of the Russian military and intelligence agencies and have never been officially equipped to the army.
The purpose of developing these suitcase nuclear bombs at that time was mainly to destroy targets of strategic significance deep in the enemy's rear. Each suitcase nuclear bomb has a yield of approximately 1,000 tons and can razed areas within a radius of 600 to 800 meters.
For flat ground, it can be said to be very powerful.
"This kind of thing is too scary..." After hearing this, Ziping's face became very ugly.
"The most serious problem is whether there will be a massive loss of the former Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. This is the most troublesome." Mr. Ye pointed out the focus of the problem sharply.
"You don't have to worry, at least the nuclear button of the former Soviet Union should have been safely handed over to Russian President Yeltsin." Ye Kai said to Mr. Ye and Ye Ziping.
"Well, this is better." Mr. Ye nodded, "At least no large-yield nuclear weapons will be lost. Otherwise, the trouble will be even greater."
In fact, the nuclear button system of Russia and the United States is relatively safe.
No matter where the Russian president goes, there will always be an officer wearing a navy uniform and carrying a black suitcase accompanying him.
This box is the so-called nuclear button. In fact, the nuclear button is a special communication device that can issue nuclear attack commands.
When the Russian President determines to use strategic nuclear missiles to attack or counterattack, the military officer who is closely associated with the President will hand over the nuclear button suitcase he carries with him.
Russia's nuclear button suitcase is 10 centimeters thick and weighs 10 kilograms. It has shockproof and anti-interference functions and is equipped with an automatic protection device. If the wrong password is entered multiple times when opening it, the nuclear button will automatically become ineffective.
There are three nuclear button suitcases in total, held by the President, Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff respectively.
When launching a nuclear attack, it is not required to press three buttons at the same time. Generally, only the president and the secretary of defense are required to operate. The launch procedure adopts a dual nuclear button system, that is, each level has two sets of passwords. Only when two
Only when the group codes are put together accurately and the orders are conveyed step by step can the nuclear missile be finally launched.
After the president and the secretary of defense took out the passwords from their respective nuclear button suitcases, they sent them to the General Staff Operations Department at the same time. The special communication center of the department immediately mixed them into a new set of passwords, and then passed them to those who possess strategic nuclear weapons through special communication frequencies.
The central command post of all military services is then communicated to the troops undertaking strategic duty tasks, and finally to each launch pad, including missile bases, nuclear submarines and strategic bombers, etc.
After receiving the nuclear missile launch code instruction, commanders at all levels immediately checked it with the code they kept. Each commander and his deputy each held half of the code, which was combined and then compared with the code sent by the Supreme Command.
After confirming that they were correct, they took out the keys stored on each of them and started the launching device.
The positions of the two nuclear missile launch keyholes are also specially designed, with a distance of at least 3 meters to ensure that one person cannot insert two keys into the two nuclear missile launch keyholes at the same time.
What this nuclear button controls is the attack mode of large nuclear weapons, such as the use of intercontinental ballistic missiles with the United States as the imaginary enemy, so management is more cautious.
But the suitcase-type nuclear bomb is different. This thing is so convenient to use, and its kiloton yield is enough to level important targets such as airports, docks, and buildings.
The scariest thing is that this thing can be operated by one person, which is very convenient.
As for the power of explosions, Ye Kai has seen it before. The explosion of ten suitcase-type nuclear bombs completely destroyed a mountain range and opened up a passage. If this exploded in the city, how many innocent people would be injured?
civilian?
"This kind of thing does pose a great threat. If possible, we should try to keep it in our own hands." Mr. Ye finally made a request to Ye Kai.
"Yes." Ye Kai agreed directly without saying anything.
Ye Kai bought ten suitcase-type nuclear bombs, which cost a huge amount of 20 million US dollars. If he also included the remaining suitcase-type nuclear bombs, how much would it cost? It is estimated that it would cost 200 million US dollars.
no?
However, if Ye Kai found the other party and made a one-time purchase, he might be able to knock the other party out with $100 million.
"As an eighteen-year-old deputy director, you are proud enough. You should spend some money." Mr. Ye glanced at Ye Kai and said to him.
The problem is that it doesn't cost a little money! Ye Kai wanted to refute it, but then he thought about it, it was actually good to have such a powerful weapon in his own hands, so just treat it as a reserve.
Maybe I can still use it in the future. Although it feels a little painful to spend 100 million US dollars now, there is still a lot of room for appreciation in the future.
It is conceivable that if it lasts for ten or eight years and costs 100 million US dollars for a suitcase, some people will probably be willing to buy it.
The chaos in the nuclear arsenal of the former Soviet Union caused by historical reasons cannot last long. Once order is reestablished, such loopholes will no longer be exploitable.
Thinking of this, Ye Kai immediately called Zhang San and asked him to contact Major Bute.
"By the way..." Ye Ziping finally got used to it now. He suddenly remembered a very important question, "If you blow up mountains in the mountains in the middle of the Yangtze River, will there be nuclear radiation?"
"Is this a question..." Ye Kai was stunned after hearing this.
Will this nuclear radiation problem happen?
In Ye Kai's heart, he wasn't very sure.
Logically speaking, a kiloton-level nuclear explosion occurred under a mountain hundreds of meters deep. The possibility of such an explosion releasing radiation is very, very small, but it cannot be ruled out. For the environment
There is no impact at all.
This kind of thing is actually one thing in theory and another thing in practice.
The specific results will most likely depend on the character of the user.
Before receiving the specific data report, Ye Kai really had no idea about such an issue.