Many experts in later generations analyzed that this world war did not eventually become a terrible nuclear war. This Soviet air defense lieutenant colonel played the most critical role. It was he who delayed the time at a critical time.
After all, according to the normal process, when a missile is found to be launched to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will immediately start a counterattack. Once the Soviet Union strikes back, then the United States will definitely counterattack after discovering that the Soviet nuclear bomb has lifted off. , The whole world has entered a state of complete nuclear war.
Countless large cities will be destroyed, countless innocent lives will disappear, and the entire earth will become a hell on earth.
Now, it was Petrov's composure that saved the world.
Of course, at this time Petrov is still like an ant on a hot pot, waiting anxiously. He can't ask others for help. He can only look forward to it, hoping that the warning signal will disappear.
The alarm did disappear after twenty minutes, because Moscow's long-range early warning radar did not detect an incoming ballistic missile.
If you want to discover an enemy's ballistic missile, you must first observe the radiation from the missile's ignition and combustion. This is the earliest. After all, the flight time of a missile is very short.
This kind of missile early warning system is first detected by satellites in space, and then there will be long-range early warning radars for alert. If the enemy launches an attack on the Soviet Union, it must first launch an attack on Moscow, hitting snakes and seven inches. Since nuclear war is about to break out, it must be the first time to strike the enemy’s capital, and all the other leaders will be attacked in one fell swoop. Kill, if the opposing group of dragons has no leader, then you can successfully break through the opposing line of defense.
Moscow's early warning network did not observe anything.
It seemed that it was a false alarm from the reconnaissance satellite, just like what he had encountered before, and he let out a long sigh.
At this time, he did not know that the base of the Northern Fleet was about to usher in a terrible attack!
The Northern Fleet, its full name is the Red Flag Northern Fleet.
The fleet was originally formed by the smaller Arctic Ocean Fleet during the Tsarist Russia period, and was later established in the Soviet Union. The Arctic Ocean Fleet was expanded and renamed the Red Navy Northern Fleet. During the Soviet period, it gradually expanded to become the largest and most powerful naval fleet among the five Soviet fleets. .
The activities of the Northern Fleet cover the entire Arctic Circle, the North Atlantic and the waters around Canada.
Now, in the station of the Northern Fleet, there are a large number of warships moored. For example, the pride of the Soviet Navy, and now the largest warship of the Soviet Navy, the Kiev-class heavy-duty carrier cruiser, is moored in the port.
The Soviet Navy and the British Navy are the same tragic reminders. The British Navy wants to continuously reduce their own equipment and retire their aircraft carriers because of its weak national strength and tight military expenditures. The British Navy is forced to borrow corpses to resurrect their lives and create the invincible class. Nondescript goods. In the Soviet Union, the high-level aversion to aircraft carriers is entirely high. From the time of Khrushchev, aircraft carriers have been regarded as living targets at sea. Even if they were abused by the American aircraft carrier formation during the Cuban missile crisis, they still remain unchanged. This view.
The Soviet navy was also extremely aggrieved, and was forced to produce such goods as the Kiev class.
However, it is not wrong to call it a cruiser. From the front, it is a cruiser style, including the huge anti-ship missile launcher at the bow. It is only on the port side and has a large number of carrier-based aircraft landing platforms. .
It cannot take off and land conventional fighter jets, but can only take off and land vertical fighter jets.
The British developed the Harrier fighter, and the Soviet Union also developed the Yak-38 blacksmith. The same vertical take-off and landing, the same chicken ribs, and because the nozzle of this aircraft is downward, the hot exhaust smoke burns during the take-off and landing process. There is almost no solution to the eclipse deck. Therefore, after a period of testing, this kind of aircraft has not been deployed on an aircraft carrier, but has remained in land airports. This type of heavy-duty cruiser mainly carries helicopters for anti-submarine operations. of.
Now, the Kiev aircraft carrier is quietly moored in the port. It is already night. There are almost no people on this aircraft carrier. They prefer to stay in the base on the shore.
Suddenly, the base's radar found some terrifying targets. These targets were very fast and came down from overhead. Therefore, the radar's detection window was very small, almost fleeting.
"Maybe I'm dazzled?" The radar soldier was very strange.
It is not easy to catch ballistic missiles. Only the huge long-range early warning radar will work. The Soviet Union does have many, but their main defense is the north, that is, the nuclear bombs fired from the North Pole, and the base’s own radar. , The main role is still air defense, and there is not much capability to capture ballistic missiles.
Therefore, after the nuclear warhead re-entered the atmosphere, it was divided into three pieces, and they continued to come towards the base of the Northern Fleet!
Destroy the base here completely!
Friction between the warhead and the air brought huge high temperatures, and the surface began to ablate. At the same time, the internal devices also entered the final juncture.
The main form of nuclear bombs is still fission. Although fusion hydrogen bombs are more powerful, hydrogen bombs have a period of preservation. After a few years, even if they are not used, they will fail due to decay. Therefore, hydrogen bombs are just a milestone. There is no hydrogen bomb in the warhead.
The principle of nuclear explosion is also very simple. The uranium block, or plutonium block inside, is within the critical volume, relying on external explosions to push this highly enriched nuclear material together, so that it is combined together, and a large number of chain reactions are surging in an instant. When the earth appears, all the energy is released sharply, which is a nuclear explosion.
Regardless of the fact that there are not many raw materials, but in the mass-energy conversion equation, the coefficient is very high, which is the square of the speed of light, so that the energy produced will be huge.
The first step is an ordinary explosion, pushing the blocks of uranium or plutonium together.
This explosion is now entering the countdown. It is following the procedure and walking the last few minutes of its life.
Suddenly, the base's warning masterpiece, the base's radar, once again clearly captured the target, and countless high-speed flying targets appeared in the sky, falling towards the direction of your own base!
Could it be a meteorite shower
It's right into the night. If you stand outside, you can even see the flames of the missile's shell and the atmosphere. It's like a meteorite rain!
It is quite terrible to drop so many meteorites, after all, its speed is quite high!
Some Soviet sailors, holding bottles of vodka in their hands, stood in the open, looking at the space above their heads, and listening to the alarm in the base. At this time, they were at a loss.
Make a wish? The Soviets are not romantic French.
They just stared blankly.
The countdown continues, and finally, when the nuclear warhead falls five kilometers above the target, the time to detonate has arrived! (End of this chapter)