Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The Ark swore it was definitely one of the most spectacular fireworks he had ever seen.

And, of course, the most burning.

An airborne descent chamber, like a meteor that breaks through cold nights, the surface coating vaporized by friction, together with the waves actively ejected by the buffer engine, is braided into an umbrella fire arc that overturns the ground at the rate of tearing the sound barrier.

Standing next to a military jeep, looking at the airborne pod from the sky from a distance through a binoculars, the ark's eyes gradually engraved with shock.

A long time later, he put away his binoculars and softly moaned.

“… did you really make this thing? ”

As the hostage in this anti-terrorist exercise, code-named "Mission”, the position of the Ark at this point is arguably the best viewing seat in the entire exercise operation.

It is precisely for this reason that this sense of shock is particularly intuitive, especially intense, for him.

It will be recalled that the lightning escape compartment system, which was still in the pilot phase, was tested on the return journey when the Cheung Sui had just been tested.

At that time, Ark Boat and Director Lee went to the Gulbantungut desert to select the site of the spark plan. When they saw the first look of the lightning escape compartment, Director Lee couldn't open his eyes and immediately asked him if he could use the item for his troops.

For reasons of cost, the ship did not give an optimistic assessment, but simply told him that this was equivalent to a space return compartment with an active injection system, and it would be good to try it if it were acceptable to accept the high cost.

After that sentence, the Ark itself didn't remember very clearly, but I didn't expect Director Li not only listened to it, but actually asked someone to make a technical argument and get this thing out.

Standing beside the ark, Commissioner Li, who also had a telescope around his neck, smiled happily.

“Haha, I didn't think we had a chance to surprise our Master Lu, it seems that these hundreds of millions of dollars are not lost. ”

“… billions? ”

“R&D funding is about this number,” looking at the unexpected ark, Director Li said with some emotion, "don't say you didn't think, when the secretary of the Air Force Equipment Department pulled me to talk about this, my expression was more unexpected than yours. ”

“When the project was first proposed, not many people looked forward to it. When the technical argument was made, it was quite noisy. I was also under pressure to put up the project with the idea that I would have to give it a try. Couple of old academics from the Air Force Equipment Department and the Rocket Research Institute really lived up to the expectations of the country and the people, and they really did. ”

Ark: “It's not cheap, is it? ”

Director Li nodded: “Not cheap. That's for sure. None of the things that involve military industry are economical. Fortunately, our space costs are not high, and the cost of sending people and equipment is acceptable, saving a lot of money. Overall, the cost of an airborne pod is about the same as an intermediate-range missile, and this thing is just as disposable as a missile. ”

“In addition, this is the cost of a single air-delivery compartment, which, if accounted for by the equipment on the orbital air-delivery and the accessories mounted in the air-delivery compartment itself, would probably cost up to two intermediate-range missiles. ”

After more than two years of continuous improvement, the military version of the "Thunderbolt” airborne pod has evolved into many improved versions based on the original universal version of the "Lightning” pod.

As its name suggests, "Thunderbolt" places more emphasis on the compressive capability of the airborne area than on the “lightning” of the capacity and viability of the carrier.

The so-called best defense is the offensive, where when approaching 50 metres above the ground, the airborne compartment actively sprays a smoke screen into the landing area before striking the ground target, and drops improvised bunkers, metal fragments and even cluster bombs downwards, according to the specific accessories carried, to gain a greater battlefield advantage for the airborne units, while also placing psychological pressure on the defensive enemy forces.

In addition, in order to make more efficient use of space, the "Thunderbolt” airborne compares to the "Lightning” escape compartment, streamlining a large number of spaces for storing food, medicines and survival tools, and reducing the maximum number of passengers from six to four, with one seat in each of the four directions north-east and north-west, corresponding to four outwardly pushed hatches.

Speaking of which, Director Li's voice also brought a little emotion.

“… however, while expensive, the strategic value of the five airborne pods can produce effects that are far from comparable to the 10 intermediate-range missiles! ”

In the middle of the conversation, an airborne pod descending from the sky had hit a hill two kilometres away, and a smoke screen exploded simultaneously with the landing of the airborne pod.

Feeling the hidden tremor of the ground, the ark looked at Yan Yeon standing next to the jeep with his arms in his arms.

“Speaking of which, should I cooperate and lie down here or something? ”

Yan Yeon joked: “If you want to cooperate, can I help you? ”

The ark looked at its own clothes.

“Forget it, I still like this white shirt. ”

Suddenly remembering something, Director Li coughed and said: “By the way, if an accident does happen... it's more important than image or human life. ”

Ark: “... I know that if you don't say so. ”

In the talking room, the lights were lit not far away, a group of orbital airborne soldiers armed to the teeth with paratrooper rifles in their hands had advanced to the side of the jeep, and the defensive formation had been formed in place, protecting the crowd near the jeep in the middle.

“The Thunder Squad has arrived in the target area, the target vehicle has been controlled and personnel are safe! ”

“Continue with the next subject exercise! ”

“Roger!”

The sound of the man talking at the head of the boat always seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember where he heard it for a moment and a half because the black uniforms armed the fighters from head to toe.

As he passed by, he could feel the person looking at him a few times, and his instincts told him that it was a grateful gaze.

He nodded at him with a smile, and the ark did not disturb them in their act, watching them disappear into the woods.

From launch to airborne landing, to advancing to the hostage area, the total time was 49 minutes and 27 seconds, more than 10 minutes faster than the original hour and grid.

On the battlefield, time is life, even if it is just 10 minutes more to evacuate, and a critical moment can change the course of the entire battlefield.

The officer standing next to the ark looked at the stopwatch and nodded in praise.

“It's a lucky day, it's a sunny day, and if it's rainy, I'm afraid it'll be a lot of trouble. ”

Ark: “I think it's strong enough. ”

“Yeah.”

Looking at the slowly falling flare in the sky, Director Li nodded and continued with emotion.

“Even the United States, which has military bases all over the world, dares not say that seals can be sent to any corner of the planet within an hour. ”

“But from now on, we can! ”