The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 638

Chapter 638 Electronic Reconnaissance

Later in the day.

Across the Pacific, Arlington County, Virginia.

 Defense Secretary William Cohen, who has become a veteran at work in the past two years, came to the office and began to routinely review the official business that needed to be handled that day, and then asked his secretary to arrange the schedule.

  Thanks to the series of scandals caused by the Donkey Party president in the past two years, although he is still the only Elephant Party member among the major ministers, his living environment has improved significantly.

 Even gradually began to compete for dominance in national defense affairs.

Of course, at the end of the 1990s, the United States, which had just won the Cold War, was at its peak.

 When the cake is big enough, the differences between the two parties are not big enough to break up.

For Cohen, compared to when he was almost alone when he first took office, he has basically completed the replacement of important people around him, and is able to handle various tasks in the department with ease without having to do everything personally. The pressure has naturally been reduced. Go down.

Even his complexion is much rosier than before.

“A Chinese delegation is coming to visit next week, which will last for 9 days, including a visit to the Army Replacement School at Fort Benning. They need to be prepared to attend and hold talks…”

 She does not take a stand between the donkey and the elephant. Of course, it can also be said that her position is flexible and she is always on the winning side.

 In today's general context, it is natural to help Cohen.

“Is there something new happening in the Gulf area?”

 “Good morning, Mr. Minister.”

His new secretary's voice sounded on the receiver:

“Mr. Minister, Ms. Henrion is outside.”

Although some quarrels with several other people were inevitable, there was no disagreement between the Donkey and Elephant parties regarding the matter of launching a large-scale air raid in West Asia.

 Looks like today is another relatively easy day.

Cohen hummed a tune happily.

However, at this moment, the intercom phone next to him suddenly rang.

 After obtaining the support of the Defense Intelligence Agency, he can see a lot of useful information earlier than the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and make effective responses in advance.

 “Good morning, madam.”

The latter said hello while pouring another glass of sparkling water and placing it in front of Henrion. At the same time, he saw the document in the other person's hand:

“I will discuss the specific details of Operation Desert Fox with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the President's National Security Advisor this afternoon…”

Henrion held a stack of documents in his hands and sat directly on the chair opposite Cohen after entering the door.

 The first and third tasks will have his secretary prepare all the details for him, and he only needs to read the memo. Only the second task requires him to go to the White House in the afternoon.

“There will also be a press conference on the recent situation in the Gulf region in the evening…”

 Therese Henrion, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

 Considering the contents of this afternoon's defense meeting, Cohen asked logically.

 “Unfortunately, the bay direction is very calm.”

 “Ask her to come in.”

He poured himself a glass of sparkling water, then sat back behind his desk to prepare for processing several documents on the table that needed to be corrected.

Henrion shook his head, then put the information on the desk and pushed it forward in front of Cohen:

“It's news from the South China Sea. I think you might be interested.”

 “South China Sea…”

Cohen said as he opened the folder, but the contents were obviously not something that could be read in a few minutes.

 In the past, he had never quite understood why intelligence documents had to be written in such a long and unfocused way.

Later I realized that this was Henrion's core competitiveness that allowed him to have both sides for a long time—

It is impossible for political officials to have time to read the content word for word. Even if they read it, they would deliberately add complicated professional terms, so that outsiders can only have a partial understanding of it at best.

 So the conclusions largely depend on how she reports it.

Cohen once tried to find some key points on his own, but even after working as a defense chief for two years, he was still confused by "the bigger the fish, the bigger the thorns, the bigger the thorns, the less meat, the less meat, the smaller the fish." , so the bigger the fish, the smaller the fish." This magical logic is confusing.

 He can only be glad that the other party is at least on his side for now:

 “So...is it related to China?”

"Actually, the news came from Annan. As for whether it has anything to do with China...it's hard to say."

Henriang picked up the cup and took a sip to soak in the water:

“Our intelligence officers there reported that an Annan frigate encountered a mysterious wandering incident last week.”

“When the ship's GPS system was turned on throughout the entire journey, there was huge confusion in the satellite positioning data and magnetic compass pointing.”

“There happened to be a group of media personnel on board the ship at the time, and reports from reporters and the captain tended to suggest that this was a supernatural phenomenon similar to the Bermuda Triangle.”

　　　At this point, she didn't even stop herself and let out a chuckle.

 The defense minister opposite also couldn't help laughing.

The legendary Bermuda Triangle is right next to Miami. With their status, they know that almost all the legends are just fabricated by the media.

“So, does Hanoi also believe this rhetoric?” Cohen's tone was a little contemptuous.

But Henrion shook his head:

“Of course not, this kind of rhetoric is just to deceive ordinary people.”

“They tend to have some kind of interference with the GPS system, which caused the navigation route to deviate. This is also consistent with the conclusion speculated by our intelligence personnel.”

Cohen wanted to refute, but was blocked by the other party before he could speak:

"Because at about the same time when the problem appeared in that report, we had a Helena nuclear submarine in the nearby waters. It happened to make position corrections at the periscope depth and found some similar anomalies. Of course, they were far less exaggerated than what the Annan people reported. ”

Cohen, who had been smiling just now, had a frozen expression on his face:

"How can it be?"

"The Navy told me before that although the GPS terminals we provided to Annan only have rough acquisition rights, they are all equipped with directional antennas. Unless the Russians use their satellites to send the same signal... But their satellites should also It no longer covers the equator..."

The preset frequency band of the GLONASS system is almost exactly the same as that of GPS, so in theory it has the ability to disguise itself as the latter.

 But the Russians clearly have no motive to do so at present.

Because of the existence of directional antennas, only signals from the upper cone area will be received, so they will not be affected by interference from other angles at all...

“What the Navy said is not wrong, Mr. Minister.”

Henrion shrugged:

“Actually, there may be many reasons for interference, but based on our past experience, positioning errors caused by purely environmental factors will not be as large as this.”

“So the intelligence services still think someone is up to something?”

 The Minister of Defense felt that the other party's statement was somewhat similar to those intelligence documents, going around and around, but not giving a definite conclusion.

 Hand out a non-stick pan.

Sure enough, Henrion immediately shook his head:

“This is the speculation of intelligence personnel and cannot be regarded as our official conclusion.”

 “So, this is why I came to you today.”

Cohen did not reply, but gestured for her to continue.

“I hope you can apply to mobilize a few electronic reconnaissance aircraft to check the situation nearby.”

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 This straightforward request made Cohen take a breath immediately.

According to paper regulations, the Minister of Defense is a civilian official who is in charge of administrative affairs. In principle, he does not have the power to command and mobilize the military.

But we all know that the so-called "can't in principle" actually means it can.

 So Cohen must have an idea.

 But he also had his own concerns, so he did not immediately give a positive answer:

"Sending a plane over...the risk is too high..."

“Operation Desert Storm is coming soon, the Balkans are not clean, and there will be a Chinese delegation coming to visit next week. At this juncture... it is not suitable to do such a thing..."

Cohen was born in a think tank. Although the main purpose was to make money, the think tanks of the 1970s and 1980s were somewhat genuine.

 So he knows very well that it is best not to make too many enemies at the same time.

Henrion, however, was rather disapproving:

 “Mr. Minister, you are a little too cautious.”

She smiled and shook her head and said:

“Didn't we prove that they were just bluffing at the beginning of the year before last? In just two years, nothing can change.”

“And last month at the development conference, didn't you also say that we could win two wars in two different locations around the world?”

 “That's what I am...”

Cohen almost blurted out that it was just to fool outsiders, how could you really believe it?

But after a second thought, he realized that the other party was deliberately blocking his mouth.

 If you think deeply...

Then the real purpose of sending an electronic reconnaissance plane there may not be just to investigate the cause of interference to the GPS signal.

But thinking about it, due to Henrion's relatively special status, it was not easy for him to refuse the other party directly.

 Otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee whether useful information will be obtained in advance in the future.

 But if we really want to mobilize a large number of troops at this juncture, that's not the case.

 After some struggle, he decided to find a moderate solution:

“We have an Air Force Intelligence Squadron in Misawa, with a strength of 2,000 people, equipped with two EP3E Aries. Although we cannot guarantee 24-hour rotation, it should be able to meet your needs.”

 (End of this chapter)

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