50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 438 White Swan

These are all early H-type warheads manufactured by the Soviet Union, mostly with a yield of around 10 tons of TNT equivalent. They were made using oil-235.

235 has high stability and is easy to store, but it is difficult to purify and has limited potency.

The explosive power of 1 kg of 235 is about 2 tons of TNT, roughly equivalent to the power of "Little Boy" released by the United States.

Later, in order to increase the production and power of H-balls, countries began to use the more readily available Ring 239 to produce high-powered warheads.

239 can be easily obtained from the waste of the H power plant.

Although the purification technology makes it more difficult to preserve the ring bullets at this time, their shelf life is generally around 10-15 years before they become ineffective.

Of course, failure does not mean that it is unusable, but rather that the explosive yield will decrease significantly.

The storage warehouse that Sun Zhiwei sees now contains early-produced Type 235 warheads.

The stockpiling time of the 235mm warhead is very long. As long as it does not leak, its shelf life does not depend on the half-life of the 235mm warhead.

Instead, it depends on the aging time of small components such as conventional explosives used for ignition, electronic instruments, plastic seals, electrical conduits, and metal parts.

This time span is usually more than 50 years, and if the preservation conditions are good, it can still be used normally after 100 years.

The preservation conditions in his space are excellent; it's a vacuum, so there's absolutely no need to worry about oxidation, corrosion, or other problems.

The warhead depot here is not large, occupying only 5 small warehouses in a large weapons warehouse. It should be a small storage point for long-term storage, with 40 small warheads in each warehouse.

Looking at the thick layer of dust at the warehouse entrance, it's estimated that no one has been here for over a decade.

Based on the principle of being prepared, he stored the 200 warheads and their racks in his storage space, since they didn't take up much room anyway.

After taking the warheads, he cleaned up the five warehouses, even scraping off the radiation warning signs painted on the walls, making them look exactly like the other empty warehouses.

The loss of a warhead is a serious matter. His actions would give later inspectors the wrong impression that there was never a warhead stored there, and that there must be an error in the paperwork.

Compared to minor errors in the data on paper, the responsibility for a lost warhead is far greater.

Unless the inspectors are stupid, this kind of thing will most likely be covered up at lower levels and won't reach the ears of those above.

Deceiving superiors and concealing information is a common practice, not unique to China; it exists in every country, especially in Russia, where such incidents are all too frequent.

Having settled the warehouse matter, there wasn't much left to see in the underground city, so he drove straight to Vnukovo Airport.

He was getting ready to go home and wanted to go to the airport to see if there were any loopholes he could exploit. He figured it would be better to take a plane; it would only take a day to get home.

Trains or ships may seem safe, but they involve a significant amount of time within Russian territory, and accidents can happen unexpectedly. It's much more convenient to take a plane.

Vnukovo International Airport is still a dual-use military and civilian airport. It was here that the plane carrying Yuri Gagarin, the first human astronaut, took off and landed on his return journey.

A large number of military aircraft are parked here, with civilian runways and military runways separated on either side of the terminal building.

Normal passengers will not see military aircraft during the entire process of boarding and disembarking.

As is customary, the windows of the civil aviation terminal, corridors, and cabins at such dual-use military and civilian airports are kept closed throughout the entire process, and passengers are not allowed to open them to look around or take photos.

This practice was strictly enforced even decades later. Anyone who didn't believe it would be asked to cooperate with the investigation, and their underwear would be completely exposed.

After arriving near the airport, Sun Zhiwei disguised himself as a family member picking someone up, and then, when no one was looking, hid in the airport restroom. There, he changed into an airport logistics uniform and infiltrated the civil aviation logistics department.

He just confirmed that there is a flight to Beijing today, and it will take off in two hours.

Vnukovo International Airport is a very large international airport with a large number of passengers and support staff every day.

Jobs like luggage handling are not only hard work, but also pay very little, so few people are willing to do them, and many movers quit after a while.

Therefore, many of the workers here are temporary workers, and it's normal for them not to know each other.

So he disguised himself as an airport baggage handler, staying near the conveyor belt while carrying passengers' luggage and waiting.

When the luggage for the flight to Beijing arrived, he followed the baggage truck to the rear cabin below the plane.

One by one, the luggage was stacked into the overhead compartment. Sun Zhiwei, disguised as a porter, disappeared from everyone's sight without anyone noticing.

After the luggage was loaded and the workers left and the luggage compartment was closed, Sun Zhiwei climbed out from a pile of suitcases.

After coming out, he cleared a space in the luggage compartment and took out the three large wooden crates containing documents and secured them.

Only then did I find a comfortable spot to rest.

At this time, there was still more than an hour before the plane took off. The plane was parked on the edge of the airport, very close to the military hangar next to it.

Since he had nothing better to do, he opened his spatial storage and began to check the situation in the nearby military hangars.

To his surprise, he discovered something astounding inside one of the fully enclosed hangars: a giant white swan.

The "White Swan" is the pride of the future Soviet Air Force. The Tu-160 strategic bomber has been under development since 1970 and is now in the final stages of development.

The white swan in the hangar should be one of the three prototype aircraft.

Ignoring its complex internal structure and judging solely by its appearance, Sun Zhiwei can only describe it with one word: beautiful.

This thing is so beautiful; when it flies in the air, it looks like an elegant white swan.

It is 53.95 meters long, has a wingspan (in its straight state) of 55.75 meters, a height of 13.72 meters, a maximum speed of Mach 2.05, a service ceiling of 2.1 meters, a maximum takeoff weight of 275 tons, and a maximum range of 1.6 kilometers.

If you stand next to it, you will find that its main fuselage is as tall as a three-story building, and the highest point, the tail fin, is on the roof of a five-story building.

The aircraft is currently believed to be under classified status.

Compared to the B-1 bomber of the United States at the same time, the White Swan was 80% faster, nearly 35% larger, and had a range that was nearly 45% longer.

My darling!
Sun Zhiwei stared at the prototype, his eyes reddening. "Forty years later, our family still hasn't been able to make this thing."

I really want to steal it.

But this commotion was too big. He didn't know what the consequences would be if he took this thing away, but he guessed that the Russian family would probably be in an uproar.

Just as he was hesitating, the engines of the Il-62 beneath him began to roar, and the flight bound for Beijing was about to take off.

(End of this chapter)