Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 590 Three Bears
Whether Chukotka has mineral resources or not, the Ice Bear knows better than anyone else.

Have!
Not only do they exist, but they are extremely abundant.

According to the exploration records and related assessment plans left by the Russian bear, the Chukotka gold deposit alone accounts for one-fifth of the world's total proven gold reserves.

Based on current gold prices, the total value is approximately 3 trillion US dollars.

If we include associated gold in copper mines, associated gold in tin mines, the value of copper and tin mines themselves, plus silver mines, various rare metals, and rare earth elements that are difficult to quantify, the value of Chukchi mineral resources is conservatively estimated at 10 trillion US dollars.

Faced with such profits, even though Yu Sanyuan had the lifeblood of Ice Bear Technology, grain, and light industry, Ice Bear still did not want to give up easily.

Therefore, the Far East Trading Company published the Chukchi exploration report, declaring that Chukchi was barren of minerals. The Russians immediately presented the Russian exploration results and used the Eastern idiom "covering one's ears while stealing a bell" to criticize the three systems.

Ice Bear subsequently announced a review of the Three Systems Far East Agricultural Reclamation Project.

Ice Bear did this not because he intended to break with the three systems.

Instead, after nearly half a year of negotiations, the joint plan between the Russian bears and the European Union is nearing its end.

Although it is unlikely that the Ukrainian people will join the EU in the short term, the cooperative projects and various benefits that the Ukrainian people have secured from the EU are already comparable to those of EU members.

In this way, the three countries unite and reap the benefits from the EU. If the Russian Federation wants to gain more from the EU, it will inevitably have to restrain the three countries and make its own position clear.

Then there is.

Over the past six or seven years, Ice Bear has cooperated with the three major powers, North America, and the European Union, successively introducing three major powers' electronics, American machinery, and European Union technologies. Today, Ice Bear's military industry has undergone tremendous changes compared to the 1990s.

There's an old saying in the East: "Whether it's a mule or a horse, you'll have to take it out for a spin."

The Ice Bear leader believed that they could use the Chukotka incident to test their skills against the three factions and gain a better understanding of their opponents.

If the Ice Bears lose, there's room for negotiation regarding Chukotka Minerals; the Ice Bears are willing to forgo some benefits.

If they win, the three factions will definitely have to leave Chukot, or the two sides will have to adjust their profit-sharing ratio.

Therefore, November 20th.

The U.S. military deployed the newly deployed SS-26/Iskander tactical ballistic missiles this year.

It is launched from a vehicle, with two missiles mounted on each vehicle. Each missile is 7.2 meters long, 0.95 meters in diameter, weighs over 4.5 tons, has a maximum range of 480 kilometers, and a terminal speed of over Mach 5.

In this arms race, the Ice Bear deployed 16 launchers and a total of 32 SS-26 missiles, preparing to attack three non-Ice Bear authorized mines in the southwest of Chukotka from the southeast corner of Sakha (Yakutia).

In other words, the legitimate activities of the three lineages in Chukotka were limited to agricultural reclamation.

Mining, fishing, logging, and the like were not permitted by the Ice Bear.

If the Ice Bear destroys these areas, the three factions will have no choice but to suffer in silence.

Of course, Ice Bear did not want to completely break with the three systems, so it chose a mining area that had no employees of the three systems, only prisoners of the Japanese Self-Defense Force and right-wing university students.

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2 p.m. in Moscow.

Chukotka, 11 p.m.

Arbat Square, Moscow, headquarters of the Ice Bear Federation of Defense.

A large display consisting of 16 PC LCD screens presents geographical information about the southeastern corner of Yakutia and the southwestern corner of Chukotka through severely distorted images.

The image was created by combining ground radar information with coordinates provided by GLONASS Starlink, using IceBear's own information enhancement system. The images were generated by the Arax reconnaissance satellite deployed by IceBear in 97, along with role satellites with optical imaging reconnaissance capabilities and the Kondor series SAR satellites equipped with S-wave radar and all-weather observation capabilities.

Although its precision and coordinate accuracy are far inferior to the integrated communication network of the three systems, and also inferior to the integrated radar and communication of North America, it is ultimately entirely its own.

There's no need to worry about the other side capturing the signal and altering it to mislead your side, nor is there a need to consume too much power to defend against the other side's graphics card array.

And in the picture.

The 16 launch vehicles were either traveling on rugged mountain roads, hidden in the forests, parked on the back of mountain peaks, or partially submerged in lakes…

The Ice Bear leader sat beneath the large monitor, remaining silent for a long time before uttering, "Attack."

"Yes, attack!"

The Ice Bear missile launcher, including rocket launcher, uses an automated timing system and has no countdown timer.

To decide when to attack, simply set the time.

If the person in charge cancels the launch while waiting, the time will be deleted; if the person in charge decides to launch, the timekeeping system will be locked to prevent external interference.

soon.

The 16 launchers in the video released their respective missiles and then scattered in all directions.

Since it is difficult to reach hypersonic speeds at low altitudes, after the 32 SS-22s were launched, they continued to ascend, reaching an altitude of 2 meters.

Immediately afterward, the Ice Bear Defense Headquarters captured satellite imagery of a strange bird hovering at an altitude of 3 meters.

"It's a nuclear-powered spaceplane from the third series!"

As the head of the Ice Bear Defense exclaimed in surprise, the strange bird dropped 48 long cylindrical objects from its belly.

Of these, 32 rushed toward the SS-26, and 16 crashed into the fleeing launcher.

Just 46 seconds later, fireworks burst into the sky one after another, a rough count revealed exactly 32.

A dozen seconds later, 16 small mushroom clouds rose from the ground.

Almost simultaneously, the launch vehicle lost contact.

"This is cheating!"

The Ice Bear leader was shocked and muttered sourly and unhappily.

Nuclear-powered spaceplanes are like nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, possessing virtually unlimited power.

Deploying it at extremely high altitudes can both avoid attacks and allow for real-time monitoring of the area below.

The Tri-Network and Starlink both have global coverage, which means they can monitor the entire home planet in real time. If a missile is detected, the signal can be transmitted to a nuclear-powered spaceplane, which can directly intercept the enemy missile with live ammunition after it is launched. This will save two-thirds of the reaction time compared to land-based missile defense.

"leader?"

"What other secrets do we have up our sleeves? Otherwise, we'll soon be laughed at by Yu Sanyuan."

"Currently, our hypersonic missiles mainly rely on rocket engines or ramjet engines to achieve speeds of Mach 2 to 4+. We are still researching American-style gliding hypersonic vehicles and three-stage air-breathing hypersonic missiles."

"Are there any finished products or prototypes?"

"There are two Avangard hypersonic missiles that were tested in 04 using technology from the Soviet era and are still being improved. Theoretically, they have a range of 1 kilometers and a terminal speed of Mach 20. Currently, they can achieve a maximum range of 1000 kilometers and a speed of Mach 12."

"Take it out and throw it out."

"The experimental Avangard missile is in Novosibirsk and cannot reach Chukotka. If it is transported by land, it will take at least 10 days to reach Yakutia."

"Since we've already started, if we use land transport, these two Vanguard missiles might get stolen by 'bandits' once they enter the Amur region and become high-performance Vanguard missiles."

"What about us?"

"By air, it must be delivered to Yakutia or Magadan within 5 hours."

"Yes!"

The Ice Bear leader took a deep breath and turned on his office computer, which was constantly receiving notifications.

As expected, Yu Sanyuan had already sent a video mocking him.

Press the play button.

In the footage, at the moment of launch of the 16 IceBear launch vehicles, the communication network sensing system composed of the Tri-Network and the Starlink system alerted that "a heat source suspected of being a missile launch has been detected".

Within milliseconds, the Xintai database was passively activated, and then, based on the rough location provided by the three-system sensing system, it focused on the three-element communication network and the West Tower Starlink in the Far East region.

The next second, the screen flashed.

The 32 SS-26 rockets that had just detached from the rocket launcher were suddenly surrounded by many virtual lines.

There are horizontal, vertical, and three-dimensional axes. Then, as the 32 missiles ascend, a constantly changing coordinate appears on their noses, with values ​​accurate to 68 decimal places.

Followed by.

The screen flashed again.

Inside the Yellow River Supercomputer's Room 108, tens of thousands of screens flicker continuously.

Some simulated roadbed interception attempts failed (X).

Some simulated space-based interception attempts were successful, and scheme 1 was marked as successful.

Some simulated nuclear-powered spaceplane interceptions were successful; this was designated as Plan 2…

Thousands of simulations were then conducted on Scheme 1 and Scheme 2 respectively.

Although the visuals are complex, these simulations occur within milliseconds.

Therefore, the Yellow River supercomputer obtained the optimal solution in just 0.3 seconds.

Immediately, a command was sent to the Xintai database.

The Xintai database was authorized to direct the nuclear-powered spaceplane floating over the Far East to execute the interception plan according to the optimal solution.

at the same time.

Another system simulated an attack on 16 launch vehicles, also transmitting the attack plan to the nuclear-powered spaceplane.

Three and a half seconds later, the Ice Bear's 32 SS-26 missiles exploded in mid-air.

3+46+18 seconds later, 16 launch vehicles were destroyed.

After reading it, the Ice Bear leader fell silent.

After reading it, the head of Ice Bear Defense said, "Although I know the principle of the 'optimal solution' and have participated in the development of a similar system belonging to our side, and even know that it is possible, I still doubt that this is the technology of our home planet!"

How far behind are we?

"Based on the current progress, it should take 100 years."

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"Chief, should we still use the Vanguard missile to probe the enemy?"

What do you think is the success rate of the Avangard missile?

“Less than 20%.”

"Our 20% success rate is practically zero in the face of the three-system 'optimal solution' mechanism."

"So, should we continue to probe?"

"We must not give up the Chukotka mines under any circumstances."

Upon hearing this, the head of Ice Bear Defense pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps you need to consider another condition: when you take action in North America, throw all 1200 of our Peace World missiles at the Japanese islands."

The Ice Bear leader looked at the map. "In that case, the route from the three systems to the Arctic Ocean will be completely flat."

"But if we want the Chukotka mines, we don't have many options left. We either have to break with the three systems or agree to their conditions. If we break with them, the three systems aren't afraid of the peaceful world, and we could very well lose the area east of Lake Baikal. If we agree to their conditions, the three systems have always valued the spirit of contracts. We can not only hold onto Chukotka, but also build one of the world's top three polar ports after the Arctic shipping route opens."

The Ice Bear leader took a deep breath, hesitating.

at this time.

Yu Sanyuan sent over another video.

on the screen.

The nuclear-powered spaceplane changed course and arrived over Yesterday Island in North America, deliberately activating the North American missile defense system.

Then the nuclear-powered spaceplane opened its belly and dropped a missile that was about 8 meters long and quite chubby.

The American anti-missile missile arrived in the blink of an eye. The chubby missile split into three, drawing a "川" (river) shape in the sky while launching decoy missiles.

The US-made anti-missile missile was misled and exploded in mid-air. The missile split into three parts, increasing its speed to Mach 3.8 and continuing to accelerate.

Six F-22s were scrambled to intercept the missiles, but they only saw the tails of three missiles.

One minute later.

The three missiles split into nine and entered Alaska.

The Alaska anti-missile system was already on standby, and numerous anti-missile missiles were launched.

The nine missiles split into twenty-seven, which then dropped decoy flares and transformed into twenty-seven hypersonic drones, which carpet-bombed a snow-covered mountain.

Its power is so great that it resembles a small-scale tactical world of peace.

After the mission ended, the 27 Type 3 drones continued to ascend. When they reached an altitude of 18,000 meters and were about to run out of fuel and electricity, a huge object appeared above them.

Then the abdomen is opened to complete the retrieval.

At the end of the scene, the enormous object returned to an altitude of 3 meters and continued to float, as if it were asleep.

The Ice Bear leader understood: "They're flexing their muscles at us!"

The problem is, how do we fight this?

"It's possible to fight, for example, with laser weapons."

Do we have them?

The Russians definitely have laser weapons, such as the 1K11 laser tank.

However, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the Soviet Union mastered laser weapons and related technologies, it is now difficult to produce and improve them.

First, there was no money; second, the engineer in charge of the core component—the prism—was unsuccessful; and third, they couldn't build a laser generator.

Of course, if given 10 to 20 years, the Ice Bear will definitely be able to optimize its laser weapons.

Yu Sanyuan certainly wouldn't give Bingxiong that much time.

The Ice Bear leader sighed again, "The only choice we have now is to agree to Yu Sanyuan's request to take advantage of the situation in Japan when North America makes its move."

"Chief, I don't understand. In today's peaceful world, a few hundred missiles would be enough to deal with the Japanese islands. Why do you need to throw so many?"

"The three systems and Tijuana Group can purify the radiation zone by recovering radioactive materials."

"Where's the seawater?"

"That's possible, but it takes a long time. For example, the desalination of seawater in the Yellow River estuary is actually similar to a nuclear purification system."

After the leader of the Ice Bears finished speaking, he drew a circle around Kamchatka, Chukotka, and the Arctic Ocean. "If so many Peace Worlds are thrown over there, and it happens to be June or July, the radiation energy will travel north with the warm currents of the Pacific Ocean, which will inevitably melt the permafrost in Siberia. If it continues to travel north, the Arctic Ocean will melt even faster. At the same time, this can also avoid polluting the opposite direction."

"My God, melting the Arctic Ocean? Are they out of their minds?" The head of Ice Bear Defense said incredulously, then looked sharply at the Ice Bear leader, "This?"

"Yes, this is a suggestion I made to Yu Sanyuan five years ago. Otherwise, we would not have cooperated with the three systems to stage the Arctic route and the Bering Sea conflict."

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"We will benefit the most from the melting of the Arctic Ocean. Even if sea levels rise and submerge low-lying coastal areas, we still have a large number of plateaus and mountains in the central region."

"But this would trigger a global catastrophe!"

"Our situation is already extremely difficult. If the Ice Bears are gone, what's the point of having our home planet?"

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"In general, the polar regions have incalculable value, especially after Japan took advantage of the situation. With the Far East warming up and development becoming easier, the value is even higher. If we give up the Chukotka mines, just like the British sold Alaska a hundred years ago, we will definitely regret it in the future."

The Ice Bear leader chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Of course, we have no other choice now."

(End of this chapter)