Chapter 1288 - Missing nuclear warhead (two-in-one chapter)

The scene was a little awkward, until Rosie smiled and broke the strange atmosphere, "I think it's more convenient to ask me directly if you have any questions. What do you think, Agent Harry Tuske?"

"Arnold" or the middle-aged agent who should be called Harry Tuske now still stood there. Jack clearly saw the upper of his pair of large-size leather shoes slightly arched, which was obviously awkward to the true meaning. The toes were clenched.

Fortunately, as a partner, Gibson still relieved him after sneering for a while, "Ah, that's the thing, let me introduce it. These two are agents from the FBI, and this is the famous David Ronaldo. West, this is Agent Jack Tavolle."

After a "fake" greeting, the two FBIs were invited into a conference room. In addition to Harry and Gibson, there was also an Indian guy named Fisher with black curly hair on the computer Busy before.

Because Rossi had already reported his intentions before, everyone took a seat and went straight to the topic. Indian guy Fisher turned on the projector and introduced what "Omega" currently has.

“A week ago, we stole his secret bank account from the owner of the villa’s personal computer in Geneva, in the foothills of a villa in the Alps.”

"Who is the owner of the villa?" Before Rosie finished speaking, a photo appeared on the curtain.

Gibson went on to introduce, “Jamaal Called, a notorious supporter of terrorism, has more or less his background and his family behind the extreme terrorist organizations that have emerged in the last two decades.”

Rosie nodded, "I've heard of the Caleid family, who have considerable sectarian forces in Iran."

Fisher pulled out a long list of account information on his computer, "We screened out the suspected capital flow of a total of $100 million, and all transferred it into accounts related to the terrorist organization "Dark Jihad."

"'Dark Jihad'? This organization has become active again recently?" Jack said in surprise.

Harry, who had been observing him secretly, asked in a deep voice, "What? Have you dealt with them?"

"It's considered a battle." Jack's expression was quite hard to describe. Two years have passed, and some parts of Central Park have not yet fully restored to their original appearance. (Chapter 753)

Harry's eyes flashed, but he did not continue to ask, but continued to introduce their current discoveries.

“We linked this $100 million to three W-80 nuclear warheads that disappeared five years ago, and there is reason to suspect that Jamal Caleider paid for the warheads and intends to put them through 'Dark Jihad' Transported into the United States to carry out terrorist attacks.”

Jack was stunned and quickly stopped, "Wait, I heard it right? Are you saying that we lost a total of 3 W-80 nuclear bombs five years ago?"

The W-80 is a miniaturized thermonuclear warhead currently in service in the United States. It has been an important part of NATO's nuclear arsenal since the Cold War and is mainly used for air-launched cruise missiles.

Perhaps in the perception of ordinary people, nuclear bombs, a national weapon, must be subject to extremely strict procedures and preservation, and it is simply unimaginable to lose such a thing.

However, in fact, the nuclear weapon loss accident known as the "Broken Arrow" incident was revealed in just a total of 32 cases in the documents publicly declassified by the old US Department of Defense, of which at least 6 nuclear bombs have not been retrieved so far .

Therefore, what really surprised Jack was not that the United States lost three nuclear warheads ten years ago but that it could not be retrieved, but that according to the general nature of urine, this kind of nuclear weapon that can appear in the black market should not be the so-called disintegration of the Soviet Union. Did it fall out?

Fortunately, someone has been hit by a boomerang a lot recently, and he just expressed some emotion about it.

Even the Omega team did not know the relevant specific information. They only knew that the last location of these three nuclear warheads that should have been installed on the AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile should be in Afghanistan, but in a famous emergency retreat. Accidentally lost during the process.

A total of 10 AGM-86s were lost at that time. Although all missiles were recovered in special operations urgently deployed by the military, only 5 of them were recovered.

The CIA suspected that the warheads were smuggled to Iran, but found nothing in the subsequent targeted investigation.

It was not until recently that there were vague reports that these warheads have been hidden in Afghanistan for many years. The CIA immediately dispatched a large number of elite operation agents, but unexpectedly they were trapped in the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain.

The military and the CIA intercepted only two warheads used to cover up their eyes, and the remaining three disappeared mysteriously in a Turkish port. There are rumors that they were sent to Greece by sea.

However, even though the CIA turned Greece upside down, it still could not find traces of these three nuclear bombs.

Rossi didn't know if he had heard of something before or had experienced many similar things, and asked as usual, "Is there any conclusive evidence to prove that these three warheads have entered our country?"

"For the time being, it's just a matter of doubt, but this million USD is the most closely linked to terrorist activities we have tracked recently."

"We focus our suspicion on the organization Dark Jihad because we found that their remaining overseas core elements have almost all disappeared recently," Harry explained.

"Jack, what do you think?" Rosie looked at Jack.

After the Central Park bombing, Jack handed over the investigation into the "Dark Jihad" organization.

After all, the culprit of the attack was confirmed to have been shot dead by him, and the remnants of "Dark Jihad" in China, which were not many remnants in the country, were almost wiped out in the FBI-led cleanup operation.

Neither the BAU nor the wanted criminals team are specialized counter-terrorism units, so the rest of the work that requires long-term surveillance will naturally not be used by them.

However, as Jack, who has fought with "Dark Jihad", he will occasionally pay attention to the recent situation of this organization to prevent them from rekindling in China.

"I haven't heard of any movement in the country recently." Jack quickly passed through the information he had read some time ago, but in the face of the slightly disappointed eyes of the three "Omega" agents, he immediately spoke up again. One turn.

"But I agree with the judgment of 'Omega's' that it is not a simple matter to detonate a nuclear bomb. If it were an ordinary terrorist organization, let alone smuggling into the country, even if they gave them the 'PAL' authorization password, they wouldn't know. How to do it.

I don't know if 'Dark Jihad' has the ability to detonate a nuclear bomb, but they at least have the motivation to do so and their experience in action. ”

Whether it is a nuclear bomb directly dropped by a bomber or a nuclear warhead like the W-80 installed on air-launched missiles, it has multiple insurances.

To detonate a nuclear bomb, it is not as simple as in Hollywood movies, entering a password on the password disk and turning the key.

Although Jack was not sure about the specific situation when the nuclear bomb was lost at that time, the loss process itself was bizarre.

Because the US nuclear weapons adopt a "dual key" system, this does not mean that a nuclear device has two keys, but that the nuclear warhead and vehicle (missile) are controlled by different troops.

And under normal circumstances, not only nuclear warheads and missiles must be stored in stock, but also their "core" (plutonium/uranium components) and conventional explosives and electronic systems must be stored in stock.

Therefore, Jack has enough reason to suspect that the process of the nuclear bomb loss has definitely had a "shady curtain". The biggest possibility is that this is not "careless loss" during the transportation process, but a plane is on duty on combat readiness or carrying out so-called "deterrent" flights. Something happened to the B-52G bomber.

A B-52G bomber can carry up to 20 AGM-86 cruise missiles at a time and lose ten at a time. Except for the bomber's accident, Jack cannot think of other possibilities for the time being.

Of course, how the nuclear bomb was lost has little to do with the threat of the attack at this time. They are facing the situation that three suspected assembled nuclear warheads have entered the United States.

The seemingly terrifying threat is imminent, but the reason why everyone can sit calmly in the conference room to discuss is precisely because of the "PAL" authorization password that Jack just mentioned.

"PAL" is the abbreviation of "Permissive Action Link". It is literally translated as "authorized action link", which is usually used specifically to refer to the activation connection device of a nuclear weapon.

"PAL" authorization password is dynamically generated and is usually bound to task instructions, but this is just a link to the insurance "strong chain". In addition, there are biometrics, anti-tampering and anti-tampering mechanisms of the warhead itself, and self-destruction devices. .

In addition, there is "weak chain" insurance. For example, the B61 nuclear bomb that usually uses stealth bombers to directly release gravity includes an acceleration sensor to ensure that the insurance will be released only when it is correctly released.

Everyone here has received basic training, but in fact Jack learned similar knowledge in high school in his previous life.

The atomic bomb principle I enjoyed back then was not complicated. Two pieces of highly purified concentrated uranium were put together and used the impact force of the explosive to "snap" them together. When the mass exceeds the critical value, the fission reaction can naturally be triggered.

The principle of hydrogen bomb invented later was a little more complicated, and the high temperature and high pressure generated by the fission reaction were required to further trigger the fusion reaction.

In the 1966 Spanish Palimares nuclear accident, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker over Palimares village in southern Spain.

At that time, he carried 4 B28RI hydrogen bombs, each with an equivalent of 1.5 million tons of TNT.

The two planes exploded and disintegrated on the spot. Two of the four hydrogen bombs fell into the Mediterranean and the other fell into the river, all intact.

The conventional explosives in the remaining two hydrogen bombs exploded, but because the safety device took effect, the fission device, which acted as the "nuclear trigger", did not react, which only led to the leakage of radioactive elements.

Therefore, the complexity of a W-80 is definitely not something that a liberal arts writer can do with a slap in his head. The resources needed to crack the "PAL" password are national-level.

That is, the three missing nuclear warheads are highly likely to be in a theoretically stimulating form. If they are lost from the nuclear arsenal, the CIA just needs to stare at the suspected countries, and there is no need to consider anything at all. Terrorist organization.

But even so, it is not difficult to successfully detonate these three complete nuclear warheads. At least one engineer who has received relevant training will take considerable time to remove the nuclear bomb insurance, and bypass the original detonation mechanism and use "country methods" Detonate the "nuclear trigger".

The reason why Jack supports "Omega"'s speculation is that he "predicts the unknown", knowing that one of them was indeed blown up in the original drama, and the other is that it comes from his previous personal experience.

He still remembers the ambulance that drove a big pit in "Central Park". It was not just C4 explosives. According to Reid's subsequent analysis, the explosion expert of "Dark Jihad" also stuffed it into it. There are a lot of things like chromate, red mercury, etc.

The guy who made this big bomb at that time was determined to be a bald man shot by Jack himself, and he was a member of the Dulanger drug cartel who cooperated with "Dark Jihad".

But this does not mean that "Dark Jihad" does not have professional blasting experts in his hands.

Because according to the post-investigation, except for the C4 explosives that were transported into the United States by the Dulang drug cartel through their drug trafficking routes, the rest of the explosives were all purchased domestically by "Dark Jihad".

It is not difficult to purchase one or two dangerous goods separately. You should know that the Americans can only understand the control of this aspect. At least five of the ten people doing this kind of business on the black market are ATFs (tobacco, alcohol, guns, etc. and the Explosives Administration) undercover, the remaining four may come from other federal departments.

But "Dark Jihad" just concealed the ATF and raised seven or eight kinds of dangerous chemicals through small batches and multiple batches, and then they could be allocated together in precise proportions. There is obviously a specialized person behind this. Chemistry expert.

After some analysis, Jack finally concluded, "Even if we don't consider the problem that the nuclear bomb will be successfully detonated, it seems not difficult to detonate it as a large 'dirty bomb' with the ability shown by Dark Jihad at the time. arrive."

You should know that in the Palimares nuclear accident, although the two hydrogen bombs that exploded did not undergo nuclear reactions, they still leaked about 20 grams of plutonium and uranium debris.

The Americans were quite "conscience" back then. They sent more than 1,600 soldiers and scientists to block the scene and carried out a cleanup work that lasted about three months.

"Imagine a truck with a box sealed in isolation radiation detection drove into Wall Street, and then exploded, spilling radioactive dust across half of Manhattan Island. What will happen?"

Hearing Jack's assumption, the few people here couldn't help looking at each other, and then subconsciously shivered. In comparison, what is the mere "911"?

Rosie, who came to her senses, glared at him, telling this kid not to be too sensational.

"So what does this nuclear crisis in our current relationship with what happened at the Mayfair Hotel the night before?" Rosie said as she looked at the person involved Harry.

Before Harry could answer, his partner Gibson said with a weird expression, "This starts with a tango."