Chapter 1059 Level 1 Air Defense Alert

Good fortune never comes alone, but misfortune never comes alone!

Just as March began, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Indian state of Gujarat.

In just five days, there were more than 110 aftershocks above magnitude 3 and more than 300 aftershocks below magnitude 3.

The earthquake caused the collapse of a large number of buildings and damaged many roads.

According to statistics, the earthquake killed more than 25,000 people and injured more than 167,000 people. The infrastructure in the earthquake zone was severely damaged, and many villages and towns were razed to the ground.

This is the strongest earthquake in India since the magnitude 8 earthquake in 1950.

The old city of Bhuj, with a population of 150,000, has become a ruin. Anjar, the second largest town in the Kutch district with a population of 80,000, has been razed to the ground except for some newly built houses outside the city. Thousands of living people were injured, and others were buried in the rubble. The same is true for Pajo, with a population of 40,000.

The commercial city of Ahmedabad suffered severe damage, and many people were buried inside.

A few days after the earthquake, the affected people were furious because India's relief efforts were slow and the urgently needed relief supplies were not delivered at all. The disaster area urgently needed tents, blankets, medicines, clothes and kitchenware, but there were none.

The war could obviously not continue.

India had to accept mediation and choose a ceasefire.

The price paid was the two places of Karnar and Banipat.

The war came suddenly and ended in a hurry.

Pakistan also accepted the ceasefire conditions. After all, the border between the two sides is actually the Thar Desert. It is useless to ask for more Thar Desert.

Although the Thar Desert is not as uninhabited as other deserts, the Thar Desert area is very poor. It is not a wealth but a burden.

In the three-month war, Pakistan suffered a lot of losses, and the consumption of supplies and ammunition was also very shocking.

The consumption of supplies and ammunition in modern wars is terrifying, far exceeding that of the 1980s!

Pakistan's victory this time is a great encouragement for the whole of Pakistan. After all, it is a victory over a strong enemy.

For Nepal and Khalistan, being able to capture the two cities of Karnar and Banipat means thousands of square kilometers of fertile land.

Of course, the most important thing is to accept the ceasefire conditions at this time, which can also gain a good reputation internationally.

But although the war has stopped, everyone knows that this is not the end of the war, but only a ceasefire. The parties also signed a ceasefire agreement, which means that the war may start again at any time.

So all parties have to prepare again and strengthen military force construction to prevent the war from restarting in the future.

Liu Tao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, no one can stop the national destiny!

Then Liu Tao also began to pay attention to another thing, that is, the polar bear "Mir" space station will fall into the Pacific Ocean.

The Mir space station is an orbital space station built by the Soviet Union in 1976. It is the first space research center for human beings to live for a long time, and it is also the first third-generation space station. It has been assembled in orbit by multiple modules over several years.

Although the Americans were ahead of the Soviet Union in "landing on the moon", and the Soviet Union has never been able to achieve it, the Soviet Union has always been ahead of the United States in aerospace technologies such as launch vehicle technology, satellite technology, and space station technology.

Now the Mir space station has expired and is about to fall into the Pacific Ocean. This is a big deal, because if this thing hits the land, the explosion power is quite large.

The Mir space station is 32.9 meters long, with a volume of about 400 cubic meters and a weight of about 137 tons, of which the scientific research instruments weigh about 11.5 tons. It operates in an orbit at an altitude of 350 to 450 kilometers and orbits the earth in about 90 minutes.

The original design life of the Mir space station was 5 years. By 1999, it had been in orbit for more than 12 years. Now it has exceeded its service life, and its equipment has aged and can no longer be used. China's reconnaissance ships, scientific research ships, and astronomical observatories have been tracking the Mir space station.

Liu Tao also came to a space command center in Beijing.

The flight trajectory of the Mir space station was constantly displayed on the big screen, and it was updated almost once a minute.

The coordinates of the Mir space station were constantly updated, and the entire flight trajectory was very clear.

At 8:33 Beijing time, the Polar Bear Krolev Flight Control Center issued the first braking and ignition command, and the engine of the ‘Mir’ space station ignited and began to enter the falling orbit.

It was also at this time that the air defense forces across the country entered the first-level alert state.

At 10:02 Beijing time, the Polar Bear Krolev Flight Control Center issued the second braking and ignition command, and the ‘Mir’ space station further adjusted its orbit.

Then the ‘Mir’ space station revolved around the earth twice.

At 13:30 Beijing time, the Polar Bear Krolev Flight Control Center issued the third braking and ignition command, and the ‘Mir’ space station began to enter the atmosphere.

Finally, the ‘Mir’ space station reached an altitude of 90 to 110 kilometers, and the ‘Mir’ space station began to disintegrate.

But even at this point, no one dared to be careless.

Because even if it is just a piece of debris, the explosion may be no less than a missile.

With so many fragments, if they are offset a little bit, the deviation will actually be thousands of kilometers.

Therefore, even for those fragments, they are tracked throughout the whole process, especially those that may be heading towards China.

Fortunately, at 14:30 Beijing time, the fragments of the "Mir" space station fell into the designated waters in the South Pacific.

Everyone couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and the air defense force also lifted the first-level alert status.

Liu Tao couldn't help but secretly admire the polar bear's aerospace technology. You know, the 'Mir' space station fell safely in the reserved area of ​​the South Pacific according to the scheduled orbit. This is the controlled fall of the largest artificial celestial body encountered by mankind so far.

It fully reflects the polar bear's strong aerospace capabilities.

Liu Tao looked at a small screen again, and the small screen showed the 'International Space Station' in space. After the 'Mir' space station fell into the Pacific Ocean, the International Space Station became the only space station for humans in space.

For the International Space Station, anyone who knows a little bit about it will be angry.

But it doesn't matter. The facts will prove that although independence is a difficult road for China, China will definitely make it.

If others don't want you to have it and look down on you, then don't be depressed, don't be desperate, fight for yourself, and you will definitely be able to fight for a world.

Liu Tao believes that it won't be long before China can successfully carry out manned space flight, continuously use its own manned space technology to send people into space, and independently build a space station belonging to China.

Even more, China can definitely realize the dream of manned moon landing.

He has sufficient confidence in this aspect.

The road is difficult to walk, but it is definitely a smooth road.