Lin Rui felt helpless for a while. Quickly, the horse came over and asked, "What's going on?"
"We are in trouble. Due to the weather, our original plan to check out the surrounding islands seems impossible." Lin Rui shook his head.
"There is fog on the sea and strong winds. The survey of the surrounding islands cannot be completed, and we have no way to confirm where the secret society is." Yelena whispered.
"Then we can only find another way." Lin Rui shook his head. "I've asked Captain Lucci to look for us and see if there's a small patrol boat or something that we can use."
"In this kind of weather, especially when it's windy, the waves will be very high, and it's not safe to go out to sea in a small boat." Kuai Ma shook his head.
"I think this is not necessarily a bad thing. We can't move. Those organized by the secret society shouldn't be able to move either. After all, it's difficult for them to move in such weather, especially since they need to complete the rescue and evacuate quickly." Sergey replied.
"The US military patrol planes cannot take off. Even if they rescue people, they probably won't be able to evacuate, so they, like us, can only wait." Kuai Ma nodded.
"But I'm still worried. Captain Lu Qi just mentioned drone reconnaissance. Let's go over and have a look." Lin Rui stood up and said.
Arriving at the drone control center, Captain Lucci took them there. It was introduced to them that the base uses a wide-area maritime surveillance UAV system developed by the U.S. Navy's high-altitude UAV project.
"This unmanned aerial vehicle system can expand large-area maritime surveillance capabilities. It also serves as a supplement to the existing P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. It coordinates the execution of off-area surveillance, search, electronic and signal intelligence missions. It is called the bams unmanned aerial vehicle system. Captain Lucci explained to them.
"Is it an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft?" Lin Rui frowned.
"Yes, this UAV is equipped with a wideband transponder, which allows it to become a communication tool for the aircraft carrier battle group and the ground base." Captain Lucci explained. ¡°It is not just a simple unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, but specifically, as a node in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance combat mission environment, it will serve as a combat information center, performing tasks such as strike resource signal intelligence collection and communication relay.
It can also perform tasks independently, or directly cooperate with combat groups and large amphibious ships, or other manned UAV platforms.
It includes the Global Hawk UAV, which is equipped with an active electronically scanned array radar for scanning and reconnaissance of coastal areas. Its infrared imaging sensor can track moving targets. In addition, the ground workstation specially developed by the Navy for them will be updated. Collect and process information faster and more efficiently.
Its combat radius will reach two thousand nautical miles. It is also equipped with x-47 drones and rq-8 fire scout drones as attack drones to cooperate with this system. "
"This is really flashy." Lin Rui smiled.
¡°This is the future trend.¡± Captain Lucci smiled. "One day, all of us will be unemployed. Look at this display, the plane has taken off now, but the fog is very heavy.
Displayed above are the results displayed by the Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar. They are scanning and reconnaissance of islands and reefs in surrounding waters according to a predetermined route.
Slightly larger ships, mainly operating in nearby waters or near islands and reefs, cannot escape scanning and reconnaissance. "
Lin Rui nodded, "What if the other party stalls the ship, hides it on a certain island, and disguises it."
"Then I'm afraid there's nothing we can do. After all, the machine is dead. Even the most advanced reconnaissance aircraft may not be able to identify deliberately disguised equipment and personnel. In theory, including high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and satellites, they can Being deceived." Captain Lucci nodded.
"Can you stay near Solomon Islands for a while? I want to focus on observing this island." Lin Rui asked.
"Of course, but is this part of the assessment?" Captain Lucci asked.
"That's right, we must comprehensively consider the surrounding situation." Lin Rui replied.
"Of course." Lu Qi has not yet sent new instructions to the driver of the drone through the communicator.
Drone pilots sit in the control cockpit, a bit like flying a real aircraft, but in fact they are just controlling the drone.
After receiving Captain Lucci¡¯s instructions, the two drones began to change directions and circle and scan the Solomon Islands and Reefs.
And all the results scanned by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will be displayed on the screen one by one.
"There is nothing unusual, this island is very quiet as usual." Captain Lucci nodded.road. "I don't understand why you pay special attention to this island."
¡°Because this island has dense vegetation, it is easy to hide, and it is relatively moderately located from the base, not very close, but not very far either.
If there are really terrorists who intend to infiltrate, that is the most suitable entry point. Of course, several other islands and reefs can also meet the conditions, but it is obvious that Solomon Atoll is the most suitable. Lin Rui looked at the screen and replied.
"I agree with this." Captain Lucci nodded. "This is originally an archipelago, and there are too many large and small atolls and islands around it. And most of them are uninhabited islands. It is really important to strengthen peripheral monitoring.
But the security of our base also includes this aspect. There should be no problem. "
Lin Rui nodded. He suddenly pointed to a corner of the screen and whispered, "What is this?"
"This? It looks like an island reef out of the sea. There are many such coral reefs in this area. When the tide is high, they are underwater and cannot be seen at all. When the tide is low, they will be exposed because the water surface drops." Captain Lucci replied.
"Really?" Lin Rui frowned slightly and stared at a small black spot near Solomon Atoll on the screen.
"That's true. Some of these atolls are relatively low and are often submerged by sea water. When the tide goes out, they will be exposed to the sea. It is similar to what we often call tidal islands." Kuai Ma nodded.
"American, Navy?" Captain Lucci turned his head and looked at Kuai Ma.
"No, it's the Marine Corps. I've been in the Marine Corps before, so I know a little bit about it." Kuai Ma nodded.
"No wonder they are so good at it. Most of the surrounding small islands are formed by coral reefs. The larger atolls look like a ring, but there are many large and small reefs around them.
It is almost invisible when the tide is high, but it will be exposed when the tide is low. This is normal. "Captain Lucci nodded.
"Of course it's normal." Lin Rui said this, but his glasses were staring at the screen.
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