Chapter 579 Iran's nuclear test program

In a calm area of the Gulf of Aden, two warships, one large and one small, are sailing against the faint sea breeze and waves. Standing on the deck of the missile cruiser Antonio, Colonel Tony... No, now Mr. Brigadier General Tony, who should be called, is looking at the sea in the distance.

As a naval captain who has been in service for more than 20 years, Tony became a new star in the U.S. Navy's army by his own efforts and served as the captain of a missile cruiser in his thirties.

This result should be extremely satisfying for the vast majority of people. At least a little harder, it is not difficult to upgrade to a general at the age of 50. However, Colonel Tony didn't want to be qualified, but wanted to be promoted faster.

Napoleon said that soldiers who don't want to be marshals are not good soldiers. Colonel Tony doesn't want to become a general with his 'accommity' and some previous achievements, perhaps the lowest of the generals.

However, in times of peace, it is very difficult for a soldier to get enough merits to be promoted. Although as a beautiful person, you can also get the opportunity to fight in times of peace and fight for the interests of the United States. However, compared with the army and air force, the U.S. Navy has not been the main force in all the wars in which the United States has participated in recent decades. Naturally, the credit is not as great as that of other services, or even as the Marine Corps.

The road to promotion is difficult, but it is not without a chance. Colonel Tony unexpectedly got a chance to earn merit. Escorting a group of top scientists from the United Kingdom and the United States to the Gulf of Aden to carry out irregular tasks, and they are very likely to be promoted after completing them. This was hinted to him by Tony's immediate superiors, the commander of the Naval Command of the U.S. Central Headquarters and the commander of the Fifth Fleet.

Half a year later, Colonel Tony finally completed the seemingly easy task. A month ago, his notice of promotion to brigadier general came down. Just as he was preparing to take office at the headquarters after the handover of the new missile cruiser captain, he suddenly received an order from the headquarters, and he became the commander of this small fleet temporarily composed of a missile cruiser and two missile destroyers. The task given to him by his superiors was to lead the fleet to the waters around Somalia and show the strong side of America to the indigenous people.

General Tony, who has just been promoted to brigadier general and has no achievements, was stunned by this easy task like a vacation in Hawaii. He felt that God must have listened to his countless silent prayers. With this task, his position as a brigadier general was consolidated.

As for Somalia, which doesn't even have a small slam board, Brigadier General Tony can imagine how he will react after seeing three powerful American warships.

According to the predetermined plan, the two warships around him will meet another missile destroyer from the Bahrain base in a sea area of eastern Somalia, and rush to the port of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on the morning of the 8th to show the majesty of the American navy to Somalia.

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"Colonel Hardy, I heard that your country plans to conduct the first atomic bomb nuclear explosion experiment in July?" Stone picked up the teapot on the table to fill the water cup in front of the two again, and asked unintentionally.

The words "nuclear explosion test" are like a Thunderbolt, waking Colonel Hardy, who is immersed in the contradictions and disputes between the United States and Iran, and his face naturally raises a touch of vigilance. Iran will secretly conduct a nuclear explosion test. Within Iran, very few people know about it. It is either the senior military and political officials, or the scientific researchers in charge of nuclear testing. And the Oriental in front of him can report the specific month of the nuclear test, how to keep Hardy vigilant. The first thing in his mind was to come to the conclusion that someone inside Iran had leaked secrets.

Because he himself doesn't know the month of Iran's nuclear explosion test.

"Don't be surprised, Colonel Ha. We are allies, and it is normal to know some secrets between us. Stone said with a smile. Having said that, Stone still saw from Colonel Hardy's reaction that his identity in Iran was not too high. In the secret agreement reached between Star and Iran, there is an exchange of monitors to monitor each other's research and deployment of nuclear weapons. Stone knows that Iran will conduct a secret nuclear explosion test in July, which is not a big deal.

Since Colonel Hadi's identity was not enough to play a role in Iran's decision-making level, Stone naturally put his next words in his stomach and did not say it.

"Colose Colonel Hardy, I want to talk to Major General Safavi now. I don't know if it's okay?" Although Stone has Safavid's contact information, he can't guarantee the communication security of the Star Organization now. Iran's confidentiality measures in this regard are certainly much stronger than Star Organization.

"I'll ask, please wait a moment!" Colonel Hardy knew very well that Stone wanted to talk to Major General Safavid. I agreed without much hesitation. As a senior official of the army, of course, if you know something you shouldn't ask, don't ask. His current task is only to contact the Star Organization and the R&D center.

Ten minutes later, Colonel Hardy's gray mobile phone was like an old big brother in his hand. This is a highly confidential military satellite phone. Although Iran has not yet launched a self-developed communication satellite, it has a satellite purchased by Iran to enjoy alone.

"Mr. Zhang, in order to ensure the safety of the call, I hope you don't talk for more than ten minutes." When Colonel Hardy gave the satellite phone to Stone, he told him again and left the room.

Stone nodded. When he was left alone in the room, according to Hardy's previous introduction, he connected Major General Safavi, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

An hour and a half later, Stone appeared again in Li Mo's office at the headquarters of Kismayo City Group.

"Boss, Iran said that it should be considered. The reason they gave is that the nuclear test has been carefully planned. By July, Iran will have several atomic bombs. Two of them are used for nuclear tests, and the remaining ones will be installed on missiles as soon as the nuclear test is successful. If the time is in advance, their preparation will not be enough. Iran should consider the risks. Stone reported the call between him and Major General Safawi to Li Mo word for word.

Li Mo sighed for a long time, "Iran is gambling. If you want to break through the nuclear weapons warning line, you must have a certain nuclear counterattack capability before foreign countries react. If we follow the usual procedures and wait for the success of the nuclear test to obtain enough experimental data step by step, and then research and manufacture nuclear warheads, I'm afraid it will be too late. Because at that time, the outside world may destroy all Iran's nuclear facilities before Iran has the ability to fight back.

This era is obviously different from the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, all countries were developing nuclear weapons, and there were no international regulations specifically for nuclear weapons research. Moreover, the scientific and technological strength at that time was very different from the present, and there was no good way to detect whether other countries were developing. Therefore, today's nuclear weapons countries in the world, that is, the first batch of people to eat crabs, when they eat crabs and find the benefits brought by them, they will breed the idea of monopoly control and prevent other countries from following the trend and endangering their status, which will become the first countries to eat crabs. Later countries not only did not have the same technology in nuclear weapons research as the first batch of nuclear weapons countries, but also faced sanctions from the first countries that ate crabs. In this case, it is not possible to follow the old road of the first crab-eating countries, although that road is a sunny road that can lead to nuclear countries. However, this Sunshine Avenue has been artificially set up with countless obstacles, and it is almost impossible to walk safely and sound.

Iran has to find another way to secretly plan a nuclear explosion test while producing nuclear warheads for actual combat. Both hands should be grasped, and both hands should be hard. Neither the nuclear explosion experiment nor the manufacture of nuclear warheads can tolerate any mistakes, otherwise for Iran, it is going to destruction.

"Yes, but I think the Iranian authorities must now regret that they should not have left most of the things in the nuclear weapons base to us." Stone nodded with understanding.

The two analyzed well, and Iran's senior officials have long regretted it. When it broke through the Japanese nuclear weapons base, Iran only took some key information and important equipment, and other nuclear warheads and weapon-grade enriched uranium were left to the Star Organization. The purpose of Iran's doing so was to minimize the possible surnames exposed in this matter. After all, I don't know how many countries in the world are staring at Iran. Once there is a lot of noise, it is easy to leak the news that Iran secretly developed nuclear weapons and made a major breakthrough when it signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. At that time, Iran absolutely did not have the strength to protect Iran's nuclear research results. At the beginning, Star Organization was just a well-known local organization in Somalia. It won't be noticed by international predators at all. Moreover, Iran does not believe that Star has the ability to preserve and apply those enriched uranium and incomplete nuclear warheads.

After all, how powerful can an African armed force be? Especially in nuclear weapons research, which is also very advanced and expensive in modern times. As long as it waits for a year or two for Iran to become a nuclear state, there are too many ways to 'take back' those weapon-grade enriched uranium from the Star Organization. Don't forget that there is also a first-class force in Somalia controlled by Iran - the Somali Patriotic Movement.

But who knows that Star Organization not only has the strength to preserve these enriched uranium, but also has the ability to successfully develop those incomplete nuclear warheads and have the ability to counterattack before Iran. Iran doesn't know that the biggest benefits of Star Organization's nuclear weapons base are not those weapon-grade enriched uranium or nuclear warheads, but Y-ma.

With the existence of Y substance, it originally requires huge maintenance costs, but it is basically unnecessary. The biggest cost of storing enriched uranium and nuclear warheads is to prevent nuclear leakage. With Y substance, the Camel Mountain base is safer than any nuclear facility in the world. The Star Organization obtained a group of scientists from Afghanistan and later returned to the Comet Group, which is an important factor to ensure that the Star Organization gains an advantage in nuclear weapons research.

(to be continued)