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When U.S. National Security Adviser Berger and White House Chief of Staff Bowers were summoned to President Mario's office, they saw only a pale President Mario and CIA Director Tenet. Berger www.biquge.info moment he saw Tenet, his figure slowed slightly, as if he had expected something unfortunate to come. Still, he walked in the direction of President Mario, even if he knew that there was, and as a U.S. national security adviser, he was supposed to advise the president on complex foreign policy issues. But when he had finished listening to what Director Tenet had to say, Advisor Berger fell silent.

"According to credible intelligence, the Soviets are being armed with a new missile, a very threatening missile." Director Tenet coughed and told them the grave truth in as serious a tone as possible, "And we can be sure that this new missile will completely ignore our anti-missile systems deployed in Eastern Europe." ”

Bowers couldn't sit still, he held on to the handle of the sofa, leaned forward slightly, and said seriously, "Is your information reliable?" Director Tenet? Could it be a smoke bomb deliberately released by the Soviets? They're very good at those. ”

"The intelligence is very reliable." Director Tenet nodded, "These are all information unearthed by our reconnaissance planes and CIA comrades through various channels. And the USSR called this weapon Iskander. ”

"And based on intelligence analysis, we have reason to suspect that this missile has deep roots in the original missile called Oka. Both the design bureau and the chief engineer of the missile are the same. Beginning in 1980, the Oka missile was equipped with the armies of the former Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries, and soon entered service on the battlefield in Afghanistan. At that time, in the anti-guerrilla operations in Afghanistan, Oka achieved terrible results, and sometimes even carried out targeted killings on behalf of warplanes, and was called a genocidaire by the Afghan guerrillas. Moreover, the tremendous power of the Oka also shocked the US Government at that time, and what frightened us and other NATO countries even more was that this type of missile adopted a composite guidance method and was equipped with an electronic countermeasure system, and its penetration capability made the Patriot air defense missile, which was still in the development and testing stage of the United States at that time and was not equipped with troops until 1985, ashamed of itself, so it could break through, intercept, and strike at the vast majority of important targets deployed by the US military in Western Europe. Sounds exactly like the task that Iskander is on right now, doesn't it? ”

"Iskander? The Arabic name of Emperor Alexander of Macedonia? Adviser Berger, who is familiar with history, was stunned for a moment, and he raised his own doubts, "No, if it is a missile in service by the Soviets themselves, it is impossible to use a weapon with an Arabic tendency like Iskander, according to the Soviet missile service record, they often use some specific objects, and rarely name the missile after a historical celebrity, have we seen the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, have we seen the Kuznetsov missile?" ”

"Iskander may have been named by the Soviet Union in order to confuse the public, but that's not the point. The point is that intelligence showed a high probability that the USSR would break through the anti-missile system based on such missiles. "We don't yet understand whether this is a new long-range missile, or a short-range or medium-range missile specifically for anti-missile systems, and we need to know the power of this missile." ”

"So what? Do we need a substitute for the dead? Powers asked, "Missile negotiations between Bulgaria and Romania are still ongoing, and Turkey has agreed to our plan to build an anti-missile system." However, there has been no follow-up, and these countries have often paid lip service to support, and have not said a word when it is their turn to contribute money and efforts. ”

"These politicians are not idiots, they just want to tell the people that you are protected by the missiles of other countries, but they will never tell their taxpayers that these missiles are your money." ”

"That's enough, Powers, Berger." Mario solemnly interrupted the conversation between them, "Now the problem we are facing is how to minimize the damage, as long as the Soviet Union releases this news, Eastern European countries will definitely have a crisis of distrust in our products." ”

"Poland, we have another collaborator in the anti-missile project, Poland."

Tenet suddenly spoke a word, causing Powers and Berger to turn their eyes to him at the same time. Mario squinted his eyes and asked with some inexplicable meaning, "Poland?" ”

"Yes, Poland. First of all, the Soviet Iskander was not placed in the Black Sea region, but in Odessa, on the border between Ukraine and Poland, and in Belarus, which is enough to see who the USSR wanted to be wary of. In this case, we can completely stimulate the Soviet Union again and threaten to equip Poland with an additional set of anti-missile systems, so that the Soviet Iskander will definitely make moves, and perhaps redeploy in the border areas. I really can't believe that the USSR would have chosen to remain silent when it had such weapons. ”

"Of course they don't choose to be silent, they will rise up and fight." "When Iskander shows its fangs, how are we going to explain to NATO allies that this kind of thing can penetrate our anti-missile defense network?" ”

"Unless the Soviet Union itself conducted experiments, no one would dare to bet that such a thing could break through or destroy our anti-missile system. And according to the high secrecy of the Soviet Union, we may not have a chance to see the results of the experiment. ”

Tenet sneered, "When the time comes, we can explain to our allies that this is just a Soviet trick to try to intimidate the West with a weapon that doesn't exist, and I think the allies will accept this rhetoric." ”

"What if the Soviet Union announced the results to the whole world?" Powers asked, "This weapon can be a trump card for them to contain the West, and there is no need for the Soviet Union to hide it." ”

"Then I think the Department of Defense needs to continue to allocate funds." Director Tenet waved his hand, "This is no longer in my area of responsibility, we have never considered how to win a turnaround battle when the Soviet Union has absolute superiority." ”

Both Bowers and Berger were silent, and in fact they did not know how many other countries would be willing to deploy their anti-missile systems after the Soviet Union unveiled such countermeasures. Like Bulgaria and Romania, they will definitely turn their faces and curry favor with Yanayev at any time.

Mario also sensed an unprecedented foreign policy crisis, and now he needed to move faster before the Soviet Union took action to hold back the wavering allies in Eastern Europe. Even if it is a plan to use military aid, it is not unavoidable.

"What if we declare to Eastern Europe that these missiles are intended for them, and send military aid to Eastern European countries?" President Mario proposed such a plan, and the other purpose of military aid was to continue to create a gap between Eastern European countries and the Soviet Union, so as to ensure that the other side did not fall to the other side.

"It seems that this is the only way to do it for now, but who can guarantee that they will not fall to the Soviet Union?" Tenet sighed.

At a time when the White House was feeling the pressure, and the Kremlin was still engaged in a war of misleading intelligence and public opinion, Marshal Ogarkov used a large number of interference clues to skillfully make the CIA aware of the existence of this terrible Soviet weapon, and at the same time cleverly avoided the defect that this weapon had not yet completed the final stage of experimentation. Let them mistakenly believe that the USSR is about to enter service with this new generation of missile systems.

In the face of true and false clues, no matter how clever an intelligence analyst is, he will be led by the nose by Marshal Ogarkov, and this is the most terrifying point of this old man. Completely familiar with the Western way.

So when he handed over the plan to Yanayev with perfect marks, Yanayev was so pleased with his performance that he looked at the report and asked one last question, "How can we get the intelligence agencies of Western countries to see a good show?" This kind of propaganda alone is not enough to convince them. ”

"Of course." Marshal Ogarkov raised the document in his hand, "This is my last line of insurance, but it needs the personal signature of General Secretary Yanayev." ”

Yanayev took the document from Marshal Ogarkov's hand, and the contents of it made him feel a little strange, "Isn't this just a missile test?" If there is anything that requires my special approval, you can completely get Comrade Yazov to agree to your approval. ”

Marshal Ogarkov shook his head, "It's not the same, General Secretary Yanayev. This document is a show prepared to deceive the West, and if you want to deceive the other side, you must first deceive your own people, including the top level of the Ministry of Defense, except for Minister Yazov, who knows the truth, everyone else will think that this will be a real experiment with countermeasures and anti-missile systems. ”

Yanayev finally hooked the corners of his mouth, he looked at Marshal Ogarkov with great appreciation, and said with a smile, "If you are twenty years younger, Marshal Ogarkov, I will definitely transfer you to the Soviet propaganda department, and it is also the strategic propaganda department." ”

"General Secretary Yanayev, I'm old. I can only do my last bit for the Red Republic, and these important posts should be handed over to future generations. ”

Marshal Ogarkov made a rare joke with Yanayev, and then turned to the topic very seriously, "This experiment of countering the anti-missile system will be carried out during your visit to Bulgaria and Romania, and the whole world will know that our Iskander can completely evade the interception of NATO's anti-missile system." I think the top leaders of the two countries will have a very wonderful face at that time. (To be continued.) )