26: Eagle: Where are my satellites?

On the monitoring screen.

David, a staff member at the monitoring center, was leisurely drinking coffee, wearing headphones, and humming a tune.

He glanced at the monitoring screen.

Three icons of the originally neatly arranged Starlink Satellites suddenly disappeared.

“??”

“Did I just imagine that?”

David quickly put down his coffee and rushed closer to the screen.

He quickly tapped on the console with both hands, bringing up the detailed status data of the satellites.

Then, David gasped in surprise.

“Oh, my God!”

“What on earth happened?”

“Three satellites simultaneously lost contact?!”

His exclamation attracted the attention of another staff member.

“David, what did you say? Three of our satellites disappeared?”

David’s hand trembled as he pointed to the data on the monitoring screen, his voice filled with disbelief: “See for yourselves!”

The staff member quickly looked at the data on the monitoring screen.

It showed that data for 3 Starlink Satellites had indeed vanished.

Not just lost contact, but completely disappeared!

“fuck! Something big has happened, quickly find the supervisor!”

That staff member knew immediately that something was wrong.

He ran out directly to report to their supervisor.

David, on the other hand, was full of panic and at a loss.

He was just an intern who got in through connections.

He had only been working for a week when he encountered such a situation.

It left him completely clueless about what to do.

“It’s over! They won’t blame me, will they?”

“I just graduated! I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in prison!”

David wailed in his heart.

He even wanted to just run away.

Just as David was in a state of panic.

The staff member brought in a middle-aged white man who rushed into the monitoring room.

The middle-aged white man was Hans, the supervisor of the monitoring center.

As soon as he entered the door, his face was grim as he questioned:

“David! What’s going on?”

“Why did the satellites disappear?”

David’s face was tear-streaked, and his voice trembled, “I, I don’t know either! They were fine one second, and the next, next second they were gone!”

Supervisor Hans’s face instantly grew even uglier, and he roared:

“Idiot, if you don’t know the reason, why aren’t you investigating it for me?”

“If you can’t find out the reason, just wait to face a military court!”

Upon hearing about a military court, David trembled all over, “Okay, I’ll check immediately…”

But his hands were not obeying him, he couldn’t even operate the mouse.

Seeing this, Hans kicked him aside, “fuck! Get out of the way!”

Then he took over himself.

Soon, he pulled up the last images of the three satellites.

After repeatedly replaying it in slow motion, Hans finally discovered some clues.

Before the three satellites disappeared, a terrifying white light flashed by.

“This is…”

He quickly froze the image and then magnified it frame by frame.

When he clearly saw the image, his face was full of shock.

“How is this possible?”

“No, this must be fake!”

The scene he saw was exactly Lin Chen testing the Super Energy Laser Cannon to destroy the abandoned satellite.

What was that light?

Why could it destroy an abandoned satellite?

What does it have to do with their three satellites losing contact?

Could it be that their three satellites were also destroyed by that light?

“Could it be a Laser Weapon?”

Thinking of this, Hans’s face instantly changed drastically.

If Laser Weapons destroyed their satellites, then the matter would be serious.

He no longer had the ability to handle this matter.

He must report it!

Hans, without looking back, reported this strange incident to NASA headquarters.

Not long after.

NASA convened technical experts to analyze the relevant reasons.

“This is definitely a light blade emitted by a Laser Weapon!”

A bespectacled, white-haired technical expert concluded immediately after reviewing the relevant data.

“Are you sure?” NASA Director Durutt frowned deeply.

“Yes!” The expert nodded heavily, “Director, from the relevant data, it is indeed the result of a Laser Weapon!”

Other experts also expressed their agreement.

“Laser Weapon?” Durutt questioned, “Then where was it launched from? How did it overcome atmospheric attenuation?”

“This…”

All the experts were speechless.

They didn’t know how to explain it.

Currently, no country on Blue Star has solved the problem of atmospheric attenuation for Laser Weapon technology.

But how was it achieved in space?

If other satellites had approached, their Starlink Satellites would have discovered them long ago.

All the experts couldn’t figure it out.

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense.

At this moment, an expert suddenly spoke:

“Director, why don’t we check the location where our satellites disappeared.”

“Let’s see which country’s airspace that location corresponds to!”

Durutt’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, “Right! Quickly check and see over which country’s airspace they disappeared!”

Soon.

The results came out.

When the experts saw the final result, their faces instantly turned grim.

“Director, it, it disappeared over the airspace of Great Xia Country!”

“Great Xia Country?” Durutt’s face instantly changed drastically when he heard this, “Impossible!”

“Didn’t the military say that Great Xia Country’s Laser Weapon capabilities are the same as ours?”

“Did they make a breakthrough?”

Durutt thought of a terrifying possibility, and a strong sense of unease surged in his heart.

If Great Xia Country really made a significant breakthrough in Laser Weapons.

Then the consequences would be unimaginable.

Near-Earth space might no longer be safe.

Today, three satellites could disappear.

What about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow?

Could their Eagle Country’s satellites be shot down by Great Xia Country at any time?

“Director, I suggest we report it to the military for handling!”

“Hmm!” Durutt nodded, “I’ll report it immediately!”

With that, he hurriedly left the conference room.

The remaining experts did not leave.

Instead, they continued to analyze.

The news quickly reached the White House Presidential Office.

President Trump’s face instantly became extremely solemn upon hearing the news.

He stared wide-eyed at General of the Army McArthur!

“Are you sure Great Xia Country’s Laser Weapons have made a breakthrough?”

“And destroyed three of our satellites?”

General of the Army McArthur said in a deep voice, “It’s not definitively confirmed, but the probability is very high!”

Although there was no direct evidence.

But the analysis results from the disappearance of the three satellites showed that.

They were destroyed by Great Xia Country’s Laser Weapons.

The power also far exceeded their imagination.

It was more powerful than any Laser Weapon they had currently developed.

“fuck!” Trump cursed, “Why is it Great Xia Country again?”

“In less than two short months, they not only broke through our semiconductor sanctions.”

“Now even Laser Weapons have made a significant breakthrough?”

“What exactly happened in Great Xia Country?”

“Don’t you, the CIA, have any information?”

At the end, Trump looked angrily at CIA Director Triff.

Triff felt the President’s gaze, sharp as a sword.

Tiny beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, and he bit the bullet and replied:

“Mr. President, our CIA has been closely monitoring Great Xia Country’s movements.”

“But this time their breakthrough was too sudden, and we did not receive any relevant intelligence beforehand.”

“It’s as if these technologies just suddenly broke through, without any warning!”

President Trump frowned deeply, his anger unabated.

“Sudden? How could it be sudden?”

“There must have been a loophole in your work!”

“Your CIA receives huge annual funding, yet you can’t even collect this much intelligence!”

Triff quickly explained: “Mr. President, Great Xia Country’s confidentiality this time was extremely strict…”

Trump directly interrupted, “That’s enough! I’ll give you three days to find out if Great Xia Country has truly made a major breakthrough in the field of Laser Weapons!”

“If you can’t find out in three days, you can resign yourself!”

“Also, before the investigation is clear, the news of the destroyed satellites will be temporarily suppressed!”

“Yes, Mr. President!”

McArthur and Triff exchanged glances, then hurried away.