Rebirth of a technological power - Chapter 262 The aftermath of the accident

“boom!”

“boom!”

“boom!”

“.”

Explosions continued.

“Damn it! What’s going on!”

“Shit, who can save me!”

People kept wailing because they were affected by the explosion. Some were bleeding, some had blurry faces, and some were unable to speak and left this world forever.

Thick smoke billowed, the sky collapsed, and the earth shook.

“Oh my God! What happened!” Some people still couldn’t believe it.

They don’t understand that NASA is the most important participant in the International Space Station and has a very powerful voice. NASA experts have sworn that the crash area of ​​the International Space Station is in the area they chose. As long as ships do not enter the area, Then it is extremely safe.

They don’t understand that not long ago, the spokesperson vowed that they have the most advanced ‘Standard-3’ missiles and ‘Patriot 3’ air defense missile systems, with an interception rate as high as 95%. How could such a big target be stunned? It’s not blocked!

But now, what appears on the scene is like hell.

And they still have to find out about the situation through international channels.

The whole process is in front of everyone’s eyes.

In the core area, I’m afraid no one will survive.

Even if someone was not torn apart by the explosion, they would definitely die under the high temperature and terrible radiation generated by the terrifying mushroom cloud.

There are hundreds of kilometers around, and the scope of the influence is unknown. Will it reach New York, which is 450 kilometers away?

The continuous rising mushroom clouds and continuous explosions caused fires and emitted a large amount of high-energy radiation into the atmosphere. This radiation dust covered a large area. The radiation dose released was probably equivalent to that of the explosion in Hiroshima during World War II. It is hundreds to thousands times more than the atomic bomb. As for the economic losses, even the most confused person can know that the economic losses will probably be trillions of dollars.

However, specific data must be released by the authoritative IAEA.

White, the director of the Australian Space Agency, watched all this with dumbfounded eyes.

He was very confused as to why he suddenly had a cursed physique, and then he cursed the United States hundreds of times in his heart that the landing site of the International Space Station had such a big deviation, causing such a huge disaster.

At the same time, I felt a sense of fear. If the International Space Station landed on the Australian continent, I am afraid that Australia would be responsible for such a devastating disaster.

By then, there won’t even be a place to cry.

The old American can only say all kinds of great and upright words, but as for compensation, there is not even a dollar.

Even if there is, it is only in words rather than in practice.

“You’re crazy. There are so many nuclear warheads in the military port. You’re trying to kill yourself!” White thought about the mushroom clouds again and didn’t know what to say.

Can this be said to be self-inflicted?

Anyway, White was gloating at this moment.

A dead Taoist friend will never die but a poor Taoist.

This principle applies all over the world.

As long as you’re fine, let him die.

Anyway, White felt that he could have a good sleep next.

At the same time, a meeting in North America was being held. At this time, the meeting was like a vegetable market, with both sides arguing.

For such a big disaster, someone always has to take responsibility.

The other party, of course, wants to shirk the blame as much as possible and take as little responsibility as possible.

I really can’t bear such a big responsibility.

This is not a live broadcast. If there is a live broadcast meeting, it will definitely shock everyone’s outlook.

Two days later, a general manager was finally announced – Davis.

There was a reluctance in Davis’s heart. This job is really not done by humans. It is basically impossible to do it well. And as long as the performance is slightly unsatisfactory, he will be criticized by writing and verbal criticism.

Regardless of whether he is indeed the most suitable candidate, after all, he is a military professional and a centrist, neither left nor right.

But precisely because of this, he is no stranger to nuclear weapons. Of course he knows how harmful excessive nuclear radiation is to the environment and human body.

Davis immediately organized a meeting of experts. He only asked: “What supplies are currently needed and what work needs to be prepared? Sort it out immediately!”

As the general person in charge, even if you don’t understand something, you should listen to the opinions of experts. After all, no one can ignore the dangers of nuclear radiation.

Hearing this, the old American nuclear energy experts finally felt relieved. They were really worried that the higher-ups would send someone with a second-hand sword who didn’t understand anything and would give blind orders when the time came. The person in front of me seems to have a high position, but he knows what he wants to do and what he can do. This alone is much stronger than the average person.

Nuclear energy experts said categorically: “Currently we need a large amount of high-quality protective clothing, and we must prepare it immediately. At the same time, we must mobilize personnel to carry out rescue work, and have hospitals ready to treat the injured in a timely manner and reduce casualties!”

“At the same time, evacuate the surrounding people and inform neighboring countries; take necessary defensive measures.” The nuclear energy expert said: “This matter cannot be concealed. Countless people around the world are watching the live broadcast. We must do our best to treat them, otherwise we will be sinners of the entire human race. .”

While other work is being carried out, nuclear radiation waste that seriously exceeds the standard must also be cleaned up. The required protective clothing is intended to be distributed to staff.

After the accident, in fact, the nearby area began to organize firefighters to rush to the accident scene quickly. They wore simple protective equipment from the beginning, and they realized that the fire was serious less than half an hour after arriving at the scene. Among the firefighters, Some people began to have headaches, nausea, vomiting and other phenomena – these are the early symptoms of the human body after receiving strong radiation.

After realizing the presence of radiation, we began to organize people to evacuate, and at the same time, the windows of the vehicles were closed.

If the International Space Station crashes into a military port, it will be nothing more than the destruction of a military port. No matter how great the losses and casualties are, there will always be a limit.

Even if it’s good to die, those mushroom clouds are the biggest damage.

Although the minimum yield of a nuclear warhead is only 100,000 tons of TNT, the maximum yield is nothing more than 500,000 tons of TNT.

But I can’t help the quantity!

The direct power of the explosion was so powerful that not a single person in the entire city was alive.

What is even more frightening is that these weapons contain light elements with induced radiation, which can increase the intensity of radiation and expand contamination, or intensify neutron radiation to kill people.

Moreover, these radioactive materials may be carried by the wind in the air.

Otherwise, the killing radius of a megaton nuclear bomb would only be about 17 to 19 kilometers!

“Assemble protective clothing immediately, the highest level is required!” Davis said immediately.

Hearing this, the people below were a little embarrassed.

After all, in China, there are really not many reserves of the highest level of protective clothing.

This thing is basically not used at ordinary times. In their hearts, there is probably no one who has taken advantage of the courage of a bear and rushed to throw it at the head of the great Eagle Sauce. Moreover, protective clothing has a service life. The higher the grade, the more valuable it is.

The highest level of protective clothing currently on the market has a storage life of no more than 5 years. The high cost and short lifespan are really not accepted by big countries.

But the subordinates can only go there bravely. After all, there is an urgent situation now, but they can’t delay even a minute.

Then he ordered other departments to cooperate fully and complete all the work according to the specified time.

At the same time, there was the evacuation of surrounding cities.

This is no joke, unlike the previous train rollover.

And this kind of evacuation is not difficult at all, because the local government has a lot of power.

Whether people within the area are willing to evacuate to other places is a question, and whether other places are willing to accept these evacuated people is also a question.

The most terrifying thing is that New York is only 450 kilometers from the center, and Washington is only 250 kilometers from the center!

In this kind of panic, no one knows whether they can control it.

At the same time, this matter has become the focus of most attention around the world.

After all, this is the center of the world, surrounded by the most economically developed areas in the United States. It can be said that every piece of news affects the nerves of the earth.

The heavy casualties and losses have stimulated the nerves of the whole world.

There are 14 docks and 11 hangars in the military port. At this time, 5 aircraft carriers, 6 cruisers, 22 destroyers, 5 frigates, 9 amphibious ships, 7 nuclear submarines, and 20 supply ships were docked. All of them were destroyed. Only these The economic losses alone amounted to hundreds of billions of dollars.

All 35,000 naval officers and 15,000 support personnel died, which means 50,000 people died.

All of Norfolk, Virginia’s second largest city and port, more than four hundred thousand people, died!

As for the losses in other surrounding areas, we have not yet had time to count them.

The horrific losses and casualties caused U.S. stocks to plummet across the board.

Iodophor, protective clothing and the like were looted.

I am used to being free and loose, and if I want to use heavy codes in troubled times, it will be useless for a while, because the credibility and majesty are simply not there.

Many people don’t even stay on the east coast and fly or drive directly to the west coast.

Because there is news that radioactive dust will drift to almost the entire East Coast, and the East Coast will not be suitable for survival.

Cai Jin pays attention to the news every day. ‘Benben’ no longer stays in suborbital, but directly enters space orbit, and then conducts global monitoring, tracking global developments at any time.

It’s not just Cai Jin who does this. The Air Force’s ‘White Emperor’ air and space fighter planes are around China 24 hours a day, ensuring nothing goes wrong.

After all, at this time, no one knew whether the vulture would lose its mind and go crazy.

Every day in the news, various countries extend their friendship to Laos and the United States, donating protective clothing and other materials as well as disaster relief funds.

Even those who usually quarrel the most, glare at each other and bang the table, now all of them have become good friends and good brothers.

Obviously, everyone is comforting the injured vulture so that the ferocity and violence in the vulture’s body will not explode.

The words global village and globalization have appeared in various reports for a long time.

Cai Jin secretly lamented that if people sit at home, disasters will come from the sky. NASA may feel regretful at this time.

You should know that the overall design of the International Space Station adopts a truss-mounted cabin structure, that is, the truss is the basic structure, and the pressurized cabin and other various service facilities are anchored on the trusses to form a truss-mounted cabin space station. There are six modules in total, namely Damao’s service module, experimental module, life support module, Lao American experimental module, Japanese experimental module, and ESA’s ‘Columbus’ orbital facility.

Before the International Space Station was decommissioned and fell into the atmosphere, there was a plan to separate each module and then fall separately. This could reduce the risk.

As a result, NASA rejected this plan, believing that this plan would cause more crashes and would be more risky.

Of course, this is to prevent Da Mao’s service module, experimental module, and life support module from forming their own space station after being separated.

He doesn’t have a space station, and Da Mao can’t have a space station either!

As a result, such a big accident occurred now, and the damage caused is incalculable.

Although it has only been two days, experts estimate that the death toll from this disaster will exceed one million people, and more than 20 million people will suffer from various diseases due to this accident, including 5 million children.

It will take at least 800 years to eliminate the impact of this catastrophe on the natural environment, and the continued danger of nuclear radiation will last for 100,000 years.

Economically, the direct economic losses will exceed 2 trillion U.S. dollars, and the aftermath will cost almost 1 trillion U.S. dollars.

After all, those who died could not just be buried in any coffin or wrapper, but needed a special lead coffin, because their remains became a radioactive source that could contaminate normal people!

Within a few days, various jokes were staged.

There was a traffic jam on the road, and there was a long queue with no end. Those who wanted to leave in their cars with their families were actually blocked.

Because they were denied entry next door, the heavily armed National Guard was intimidating.

These guards are equipped with M1A2 main battle tanks, M2 “Bradley” infantry fighting vehicles, Stryker wheeled armored vehicles, and Humvee military vehicles. In addition, they are also equipped with a large number of individual weapons and equipment, artillery, APA The various equipment in active service of the US military, such as armed helicopters, is no less than that of the US military in active service.

The direct command of the National Guard belongs to the lieutenant governor of each state in charge of guard affairs. The Department of Defense has no command power but only guidance power over it.

As a result, people on both sides fought fiercely, with the National Guard facing off against the National Guard.

In addition to this dumbfounding scene, firefighters from various states refused to go to Virginia!

This kind of thing is nothing new.

All I can say is that the debt owed will have to be repaid sooner or later.

Speaking of this strange phenomenon, we have to mention New York more than 20 years ago. In that disaster, the heroic firefighters showed admirable professionalism and spirit. A total of 343 firefighters died. 72,000 people have developed varying degrees of symptoms, 8,000 of them have developed various cancers, and more than 2,000 people have died from the disease. These diseases were refused to be recognized as being caused by participation in the rescue, so they refused to pay related medical expenses.

From then on, firefighters in the United States were no longer synonymous with bravery, but were instead synonymous with arrogance.

If there is a fire, after calling the police, you only need to ensure that no one is injured or injured. Then you will watch the house being burned down and refuse to put out the fire unless the other party pays the fire protection fee.

When there is a fire in a shopping mall, firefighters will no longer sacrifice themselves to rescue the disaster heroically, but will watch the fire burn. Otherwise, if you are injured, you will have to pay for medical treatment yourself.

This kind of thing has happened very rarely in the past twenty years.