Although Lukyanov put down his harsh words, it will not be easy to bring down the person with the highest position of power, unless they carry out another coup d'état. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Then the question arises, now the commander-in-chief of the War Department is Marshal Akhromeyev, who supported Yanayev's reforms, and Valennikov did not even have the commander-in-chief of an army cluster when he left office, and was directly driven out of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. Defense Minister Yazov is also Yanayev's henchmen, they have the Dzerzhinsky division in their hands, and they are also the most powerful trump card in the hands of the general secretary, as long as these people are present, a coup d'état is almost impossible.

Pavlov expected that the conservatives would not do it directly, and at most they would make some small moves behind the scenes, so that Yanayev felt limited for a long time. If you are really forced to the point where there is no way back, you will fight back.

They don't have the guts, no matter how serious Lukyanov is in words, in fact no one is not afraid of the shadow that hangs over the entire Kremlin, and if the general secretary is compared to the red sun, then behind him is a shadow that follows him, constantly monitoring the restless undercurrents in Moscow's political arena.

Pavlov breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the two sides did not go to the point of not dying, everything could still be saved. And Yanayev has also returned from Ukraine, and it is basically impossible for Lukyanov to want to make a trick behind his back.

Everything is calm again, but the seemingly calm political situation in Moscow is already turbulent, although a wave of political struggle is likely to erupt.

But Yanayev seems to have turned a complete blind eye to the wave, and did not even care about the crowd that was eyeing him. As always, he summoned Pavlov in the Kremlin to discuss business. Yanayev, who didn't pay much attention to domestic affairs, has gradually become interested in domestic affairs recently. Most of the attention was focused on the Far East, which seemed to be the focus of Yanayev's work.

"Comrade Pavlov, please be seated."

Yanayev smiled and beckoned him to sit down, and the prime minister, who sat across from him, carefully observed the general secretary's reaction as he sat down slowly.

He kindly handed a document to Pavlov, then turned around and pulled open a drawer, took out a stack of data from the cabinet, and placed it on the coffee table in front of the prime minister.

"What is this?"

Pavlov picked up the text curiously, only to see that it was recorded as the launch bases of almost all the space vehicles in the Soviet Union.

The main cosmodromes of the USSR were the Bay-Konur Space Center, the Kapustin Yar Missile Base, the Plesetsk Space Center, and the Donbarovsky Air Base. The latter three of them are located on the territory of the Russian Federation, and only the Baiko-Nur Space Center is located in the Kazakh Autonomous Oblast. He didn't quite understand why the general secretary would suddenly come up with this, but Pavlov could have a hunch that things were definitely not simple.

Yanayev sat down, and he unhurriedly laid out his plan.

"I am preparing a new program for the possible construction of a new cosmodrome on the territory of the Russian Federation. At that time, the plan will be revised and affirmed by experts, and then the State Planning Commission will approve the plan, and then the plan will be implemented. ”

"A new space launch center?"

Pavlov was very surprised, he looked at the report, and said slowly, "But didn't General Secretary Yanayev say that no large, exaggerated space launch programs will be allowed during your term of office?" And we already have the Baiko-Nur and Plesetsk space centers, so there is no need for a major expansion at the expense of money. ”

Previously, there were internal voices in the Soviet space agency that proposed to resume the N1 rocket launch project, and to show the superiority of the socialist system through this exaggerated project, but was scolded by General Secretary Yanaev.

"No, my principles have not changed, and a new space launch center is not a face-saving project in the eyes of some, it has more practical political and economic interests."

Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia relied on the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan to launch spacecraft. The Russian government pays $115 million a year in rent to Kazakhstan. At that time, Russia believed that sooner or later Kazakhstan would be dyed by the West, and comprehensively thought about the West. If this happens, at least half of Russia's spacecraft, such as satellites and spacecraft, cannot be launched.

Nearly half of all space launches are unusable, a result that is undoubtedly unacceptable for Yanayev. The Baikonur launch site undertook important tasks for the launch of Soviet space probes and vehicles,

The Plesetsk launch site is similar to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA. This was the Soviet Union's polar orbital launch site and the main ICBM test site. Built in 1957, the Plesetsk base is mainly used for launching reconnaissance, electronic intelligence, missile warning, communications, meteorological and radar calibration satellites at a large inclination, and is an important area for space intelligence detection. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Plesetsk will be rebuilt to become a first-class launch site equipped with modern aerospace aircraft, locomotive equipment, radio-technical equipment, lighting equipment, meteorological equipment, and can take off and land Il-76 and Tu-154 heavy transport aircraft with a maximum landing weight of 220 tons, which can launch all types of launch vehicles, and then replace Baikonur and become the most important comprehensive space launch site in Russia, ensuring national defense, national economy, scientific research and commercial launch missions. But Yanayev did not want to see such a situation arise.

The Kapustin Yar missile launch site is mainly used for a large number of medium-range and short-range missile launches. Kapustin Yar was also the headquarters of the first R-1 and R-2 tactical missile units from 1950 to 1953, and later became the base for 12 R-14 tactical missile launch pads.

The launch site of the Donbarovsky missile base is mainly used for launching "Dnepr" rockets and "Satan" intercontinental missiles, which are feared by the West. Mainly responsible for the Soviet Union's tactical nuclear bomb strike mission.

The only comparable launch site in the Russian region is the Plesetsk launch site, but even this only comparable launch site is partially located on the territory of Kazakhstan. In case Kazakhstan has become a foreign country after waking up one day, even Plesetsk will lose part of it.

Yanayev has every reason to be prepared for a rainy day.

After carefully reading the four reports on the cosmodrome, Pavlov still did not understand why the general secretary suddenly considered changing the launch site. But he noticed the small details in the data, the launch site in the Kazakh region is responsible for the vast majority of spacecraft launches in the Russian Federation, and when he thought of the recent actions against the Ukrainian industrial base, Pavlov suddenly realized something, and he took the document and said to the general secretary, "So where will this new cosmodrome be built?" ”

"The General Staff of the Soviet Army selected the Svobodny ICBM launch site in the Amur region in the Far East. The 27th Strategic Rocket Division has been stationed here for decades. Once completed, the Vostochny Space Center will receive most of the missions launched by Russia from its homeland, with less reliance on Kazakhstan's Baikonur Space Center for launches. After that, he will share half of the launch tasks of the Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Autonomous Region, mainly for the national economy, scientific research and commercial launch and detection tasks. ”

Pavlov was shocked and asked, "When did it happen, why did I not know anything about it?" ”

As the prime minister of a country, he should have been aware of such a major project. But Yanayev did not mention a single bit of information to him. This bombshell surprised him even more than Lukyanov's blackmail yesterday.

Yanayev looked at him with a strange expression and explained, "Just before, because the mission was carried out in secret, no one except the General Staff and the Space Agency knew about it. ”

In fact, Yanayev has already made a decision, and the space agency and the civil aviation administration are just making a show to make Yanayev's plan look more feasible.

The materials in the file bag were scattered all over the place, and Pavlov understood what Yanayev wanted to do.

As the last words of the general secretary sounded, the prime minister's expression twitched slightly, and his eyes were full of surprise.

"The fourth cosmodrome on the territory of the Russian region will be located in the Far East." (To be continued.) )