Chapter 833 - Two Seconds (1/2)
Chapter 833: Two Seconds
Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rundi
In the conference rooathered around there was the hierarchy of UA’s power
Not only senior officials of the Department of Defense were present, but also the politicians made a rare visit this conference room From the left-hand side of the Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, were President Hill, her chief of staff, and the national security advisor
The atloomy expression on their faces
The door of the conference roo a thick stack of documents strolled in
“Morell, you are late” Ashton Carter was not pleased
“Sorry, it took a while to print these materials… what happened to , Mr Carter looked at the assistant standing next to hi in a chair”
“Okay” The assistant nodded and headed out
Hill exchanged look with her chief of staff and then looked at Ashton
“Since everyone is here, can we start?”
“Of course,” Ashton nodded, looking at Morrel “Well, let’s start with the Guam military base”
“Okay, boss” Morrel ie on Guam He couldn’t bother with the chair any up “At 3 in the , on July 24th, Celestial Trade launched a Dolphin-10 ballistic missile from a submarine missile silo located in western part of the Pacific When the missile rose to the stratosphere, it briefly appeared on the THAAD anti-missile system deployed at the Guam military base…”
“Briefly appeared?” Hill’s eyebrows raised Her pen gently tapped on the book as she interrupted Morrel’s speech “I want to kno many minutes briefly refers to”
Morrel’s expression suddenly turned peculiar when he heard the question, and he gave a subtle glimpse at his boss Ashton
However, the latter did not seem to take the hint and said impatiently
“The president asked you a question, don’t waste our time”
“Yes…”
Morrel quickly nodded and looked at Hill After he hesitated for a moment, he finally decided to tell the truth to everyone around the table
“Two seconds”
The conference roo, Morrel felt a deathly silence at the verythe chair from the assistant, Morrel felt relieved as he whispered and sat in his chair
The feeling of being focused on by everyone, he couldn’t take a second longer
Silence continued for a while around the conference table, and Hill broke the silence and said to Ashton
“If the Ministry of Defense’s budget is not enough, you can just tell ”
Ashton was completely duure
[Two seconds?]
[How could this be possible!]
[From the Moro War of Independence, Celestial Trade forced UA to compromise with intercontinental ballistic thened its anti-missile deployment at the Guam military base Not only is the most advanced THAAD systeinal Patriot 3 air defense system was also updated…]