Monster Factory - 1261

After reading the report, the four Pentagon officers sitting there asked questions one after another.

“I am the chief officer of the military department and I don’t know much about rare earth metal minerals. However, I understand that plasma batteries have an energy density of 1200-1300 WHKG.”

The first officer asked, “If it is used in the military, it will change the design thinking of too many existing military equipment. It is not an exaggeration to call it a change.”

“It’s just that I am rather strange. China itself is the largest producer of rare earth metal minerals.”

“Why did Behemoth choose to set up a rare earth factory in Nigeria?”

Weisz did not hesitate and replied: “The rare earth metal elements include gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, etc. According to information, the giant animal industry only refines the metal dysprosium.”

“So there will be a supply-demand balance problem.”

“China has a huge reserve of rare earth metal minerals, but in order to maintain the stability of rare earth metal prices, they have a corresponding amount of rare earth metal minerals mined every year.”

“The percentage of dysprosium metal in rare earth minerals is very low. If in order to meet the single metal dysprosium demand of the giant animal industry, the share of China’s rare earth metal mining will be greatly increased, resulting in an imbalance between supply and demand.”

“Now Behemoth is mining rare earth metal minerals overseas. After they purify the metal dysprosium to meet their own industrial needs, they can also sell excess other rare earth metals to Huaxia, so that Huaxia can reduce the share of rare earth mining and play a role in protecting mineral resources.”

The chief of the military department nodded.

Rare earth metals are strategic resources. Although he is not the chief official in charge of the mineral and energy department, he knows the important role of rare earth metals in the fields of electronic semiconductors and military equipment.

Later, an officer asked, what is the purpose of Behemoth’s construction of nuclear facilities?

“For energy,” Weisz replied, swiping a few times on the tablet in front of him. When she withdrew her hand, a corresponding photo appeared on the big screen in the conference room.

This is a standard satellite bird’s-eye view photo, marked with satellite operating parameters, height from the ground, time and building scale parameters that can be understood by several military officers. In the photo, you can clearly see a square building entirely made of concrete at the foot of a mountain.

The parameters show that the building occupies an area of about 30,000 square meters, and the wall thickness is up to one meter. According to the calculation of sunlight projection, the height of the wall reaches an astonishing 20 meters high.

Inside the wall, two buildings that are obviously nuclear reactor chambers are juxtaposed. Behind them there is a circular, chimney-like cooling tower that is standard for nuclear power plants.

Because Africa’s sense of presence is too weak and too weak, so weak that big countries do not bother to throw even a reconnaissance satellite over their heads.

This satellite photo was taken after the intelligence department applied for the one closest to the orbit over Nigaya and executed a temporary change of orbit to take pictures.

In the photo, if it’s just these buildings, it doesn’t matter.

Commercial nuclear power is not a demon locked in a box. Many countries have commercial nuclear power plants.

It would not be too unacceptable for the Giant Beast Industry to build a medium-sized nuclear power plant in Nigaya, which is extremely energy-poor in order to facilitate access to a large amount of energy.

After all, China Xia is an active team in the international commercial nuclear power market, and has been working hard to promote its nuclear power to the sea.

But inside this exaggerated concrete wall, there are two semi-buried square buildings and a fully enclosed factory building.

“According to the data of the ocean-going ship, the horizontal ship carrying industrial-grade gas centrifuges, that we had seized by the IAEA in the name of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in the Strait of Malacca two years ago, we can preliminarily judge that two In the semi-buried building, there is likely to be a large amount of key centrifuge equipment that can purify uranium-235.”

Weisz emphasized the pronunciation volume of uranium-235, “So, have you seen it, the Giant Monster Industry still masters the technology of purifying and enriching uranium.”

“Our analysis of this technology will not be officially provided by Huaxia, because most of the enriched uranium is used in the military field, and it is very dangerous. If the Behemoth Industry really needs it, Huaxia will only supply them with enriched uranium products.”

“For the behemoth industry that can make banshee flying vehicles and plasma batteries. They have the technology to make industrial-grade gas centrifuges by the way. I am not surprised.” The third officer shrugged and laughed at himself: ” After all, centrifuge technology is much simpler than the previous two.”

Weisz asked, “You are not curious, what is their purpose of purifying and enriching uranium?”

“In order to provide higher purity fuel rods for nuclear power plants?”

“I don’t think it will build a nuclear bomb, I don’t think it will.”

“Are they going to build a nuclear submarine?”

Several generals answered this question in a slightly joking tone.

Enriched uranium can be derived from two different concepts. One is low-enriched uranium with an abundance of about 3%, which is widely used as fuel for nuclear power plants.

The other is highly enriched uranium with an abundance of more than 90% and most of it is composed of uranium-235.

This is the most critical material for making nuclear bombs.

Several Pentagon officers agreed that Behemoth is only purifying commercial-grade low-enriched uranium.

Weisz gave some strange smiles to several officers, making these officers from the Pentagon subconsciously stop the discussion.

“Some of you guessed correctly.”

“Behemoth Industry is indeed building a’nuclear submarine’ and it has already been built.”

This group of officers sighed in the same place. Their Pentagon is a purely military command organization whose functions are all related to the military. But Behemoth Industry is just a commercial company. No matter how advanced their technology is, that is the scope of business that other organizations need to be responsible for.

For example, the Intelligence Bureau, which is hated by people overseas.

Now they are sitting here, reading without scruples, many investigation materials that shouldn’t have been seen by them.

This can only show one thing. The Behemoth Industry’s affairs are too big to be handled by the Intelligence Bureau, and they can only be handed over to the Pentagon, which has the world’s most powerful force.

If they really built a’nuclear submarine’, the guys from the Intelligence Bureau really didn’t have enough to look at it.

It’s just too absurd.

“Let me explain to a few of our sources of intelligence.”

“Two years ago, when we seized the ocean-going ship Horizontal. The president of Behemoth went to the Strait of Malacca. He did not know how to force Malays to abandon the execution of our seizure order, which made us lose face.”

“But we lost face, and at the same time we only paid a few phone calls and a little promise.”

Weisz pointed to the red phone on the oak table and made a call gesture, “We can call again and again.”

“But that young president cannot go to Malaysia again and again.”

“After that, Behemoth Industry purchased two Il-76 transport planes, instead of using sea routes, they changed to air transport.”

“The transport capacity of two Il-76s, I think you know better than me.”

“So during that time, the material transportation capacity between Behemoth Industry and Nicaya plummeted, which made the young president very troubled.”

“The change will be in half a year.”

Having said this, Weisz raised her eyebrows and her tone became erratic, “Our intelligence department suddenly discovered that one day, there was a huge difference in the material transportation information between the Giant Beast Industry and Nicaya.”

“Intelligence shows that Behemoth has received nearly 5,000 tons of mineral materials from Nicaya, but one of the two transport planes stopped at Zhongyun Airport for engine replacement and maintenance.”

“We investigated all the possibilities, but did not find this sudden material transportation channel.”

“then……”

“It’s 10,000 tons, 20,000 tons, 30,000 tons, 50,000 tons…”

“Behemoth Industry has also sent a huge amount of industrial equipment to Nicaya. However, for these equipment, we have not found any information on transportation channels in advance. They are like ghosts. One day they suddenly appeared on the port of Nicaya. .”

Some of the officers said solemnly: “So ~ the intelligence department suspects that the giant beast industry has secretly built a submarine that can evade our investigation methods?”

“Or even a’nuclear submarine’ with ocean-going capabilities?”

Weisz nodded again, “After eliminating all possibilities, this is the only result left.”

“Next, you have to find out this secret’submarine’.”

“Find it, destroy it.”

At this moment, Weisz turned into a cold conspirator, with a cold tone, “Since there is no possibility of negotiation, then we must stand up and stop the technological expansion of the giant beast industry.”

“That young president, didn’t he manage Nicaya as a’fortress’?”

“Then we will use the most powerful force to crush this fortress.”

“The intelligence department will hand over all the investigation data. You have to let the’submarine’ disappear, and let the giant beast industry lose all the industries it owns in Nigeria, and the important mineral resources that support the manufacturing materials of plasma batteries and holographic glasses. ”

Several officers were silent for a moment, and finally stood up and nodded together.