After hanging up Lin Ling's phone, Ye Zhou picked up a pen and took a "recent task" on his notebook, and then updated a new task:

Regularly track the progress of quantum perturbation monitoring projects.

Above this task, a series of things he wants to do are also densely listed, including "assisting Sanqi Laboratory to solve the problem of photon darkening materials", "complete the first coherent coupling experiment", "complete the design of new fusion target pills", "tracking the application experiment of AES technology", "tracking nuclear-powered aerial air test drive", etc. Most of the tasks are marked with the completion time period afterwards, and those without a deadline are not unurgent, but are done every day.

After watching his mission, Ye Zhou sighed deeply.

There is too little time and too much to do. Now he wants to just push all the simulations of the "Mystery of Life" at one time, and then clone one of himself and let him share part of the work.

Unfortunately, this idea can only stay in fantasy. In fact, judging from the current situation, the difficulty of implementing biology and advanced artificial intelligence is only higher than that of nuclear fusion.

Even nuclear fusion has not been completed, so there is no need to expect what will happen next.

The most important thing now is to put the technology at hand into practical use one by one, further expand the advantages of technology and strength, and completely open up the distance from the ugly country.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou called Chen Hao and began to ask him about the progress of several current projects.

"...You are familiar with the Nantianmen project yourself, so I won't tell you in detail. In the near future, we will have two main breakthroughs."

"The first is the successful test run of nuclear-powered aircraft engines, and the second is the complete replacement of the H-20. After that, the number of engines of the H-20 will be reduced from 4 to two. The space saved will be divided into two parts, partly changed to ammunition compartment to increase ammunition load, and partly changed to fuel tank to increase range."

"After the replacement is completed, the maximum range of h-20 is expected to reach 29,000 kilometers, exceeding more than 50% of the range of b-2."

"At the same time, the number of nuclear missiles that the H-20 can carry will also increase by one level. The specific number is hard to say now, but the current news is that it can carry about 16 nuclear bombs of about one million equivalents."

"In addition to the Nantianmen project, the biggest progress is...."

"You can wait!"

Ye Zhou interrupted Chen Hao and asked:

"You say it again, how many nuclear bombs can the h-20 carry? What is the equivalent?"

"16 million equivalents, what's wrong?"

When Ye Zhou heard this data again, he couldn't help but take a breath.

In fact, the b-2 bomber currently in service in the Ugly Kingdom can also carry million-equivalent nuclear bombs, and the b-83 nuclear bomb it carries is said to be the strongest nuclear bomb in the world at present, with a length of only more than three meters, and its explosion power is equivalent to nearly 50 Hiroshima atomic bombs.

However, the number of nuclear bombs that the b-2 bomber can carry is limited. Considering the full loading situation, the maximum number of nuclear bombs it can carry is 8, and now, the number of h-20 carrying is 16.

Doubled completely!

Such data does not seem to be very shocking, but if you give a small example, you will know that the nuclear strike power of H-20 is terrifying.

For example, there is now a country with a land area of ​​378,000 square kilometers. It has launched a series of wars, threatening the security of the people of the world. After discussion by the United Nations, it decided to destroy this country humanitarianly. So, how many nuclear bombs are needed?

Historically, nuclear bombs have only been applied in real combat sense twice, the first time in an island country, with the explosion equivalent of 15,000 tons of nuclear bombs dropped.

The second time was also in the island country, with the equivalent of nuclear bomb explosions dropped at 22,000 tons.

According to statistics, the two nuclear strikes wiped out a total of 296,000 living forces, leaving more than 800,000 local people homeless. The post-war reconstruction work cycle lasted for decades - and this was when other parts of the country were not hit by nuclear strikes and productivity was not fundamentally destroyed.

Based on the total area of ​​900 square kilometers of the local area of ​​this second nuclear strike, does it mean that only 400 22,000-ton nuclear bombs can destroy the entire country?

The answer is not that simple. In fact, the kill area of ​​a nuclear bomb gradually increases with its equivalent. When the explosion equivalent is 1 million tons, the kill area of ​​a nuclear explosion can reach 150 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a large circle close to 6 kilometers.

If we follow this data, if we want to carry out a full-coverage strike on 378,000 square kilometers of land, we will need more than 3,000 nuclear bombs of millions of equivalents, which is a difficult task for any country in the world.

But it cannot be ignored that the damage of nuclear bomb explosions is definitely not only from optical radiation, thermal radiation, shock waves, but also the more terrifying radiation clouds and nuclear radiation pollution.

Therefore, after taking these factors into account, the concept of "final lethality" should be introduced in the calculation of nuclear bomb lethality. Under this concept, relevant experts generally believe that only about 15 million-equivalent nuclear bombs can ensure that the number of survivors in the affected areas can be reduced to less than 20%.

Now, the number of million-equivalent nuclear bombs that the h-20 can carry is 16.

This means that a one-time flight of H-20 can directly send this 378,000 square kilometers of country to hell.

Such nuclear deterrence capabilities may have reached an extremely terrifying level throughout the world.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou suddenly realized something.

No wonder they have been so honest during this period. It turns out that they have really seen the messenger of heaven...

After a moment of silence, Ye Zhou continued to speak:

"Will this information be made public in the future?"

"...I've guessed what you want to ask. Publicity will definitely be made public. After all, the purpose of strategic bombers is not to kill or damage, but to deterrent."

"The stronger what others see, the safer our situation will be. However, for caution, we keep the voyage data confidential---this is mainly to avoid touching the sensitive nerves of some people."

Ye Zhou nodded slightly, and he fully understood what Chen Hao said about sensitive nerves.

It takes one H-20 to destroy 378,000 kilometers, so what about 9.37 million square kilometers?

That's just 30 aircraft.

And the active H-20s have reached 12 aircraft.

If the number is further expanded in the future... this issue cannot be considered carefully.

Ye Zhou shook his head, dispelled the slightly radical thoughts in his mind, and then spoke:

"You just said that apart from the Nantianmen project, what is the biggest progress?"

"AES technology. Zhejiang University has completed a phase of testing, and the AVS equipment is about to enter the practical testing stage."

Hearing this, Ye Zhou frowned.

His mind immediately recalled the torture he suffered during the AVS technology tests he had experienced in the simulator, which made him feel strongly uneasy.

Even I was almost mentally ill in such torture. It has only been less than three months since he provided AVS technology to the General Technical Office. Isn't it really afraid of something wrong in conducting experiments in such haste?

"How was the first experiment arranged? How has the technology advanced now? Can you postpone the experiment first and let me be the first tester?"

Chen Hao felt the worry in Ye Zhou's tone. He immediately understood that Ye Zhou's request was definitely not as curious as the last exoskeleton, so he asked directly:

"Do you think AVS technology testing will be risky?"

Ye Zhou shook his head slightly and replied:

"I'm not sure. This technology is too new and is an area we have never been involved in. If you rashly enter the test, it may have some uncontrollable consequences."

"But experiments are always going to be carried out. Are you there any other way?"

"No."

Ye Zhou answered decisively, paused for a moment and continued:

"That's true."
Chapter completed!