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251: Chapter 251 Morning Star High-Intelligence Medium-Range Ballistic MissileThe fifth product raised the level of shock to a new height once again.

This time, there wasn’t even live-fire footage, only computer-simulated animations. However, everyone knew that weapons of this caliber would never be publicly displayed without having undergone actual testing.

”The Venus series, high-intelligence intermediate-range ballistic missiles,” Gu Xinghe’s voice became more serious. ”The range covers 1,500 to 3,500 kilometers. The core design philosophy: precision, intelligence, and unpredictability.”

The animation began.

Launch footage: The missile rose vertically from a vehicle-mounted launch tube, the booster separated, and the warhead entered the edge of the atmosphere.

Then, an incredible scene occurred.

The warhead did not fly along a parabolic path like a traditional ballistic missile; instead, it began to ”skip” along the edge of the atmosphere—this was the legendary ”Qian Xuesen Trajectory.”

The warhead glided in the near-space region between 30 and 100 kilometers, performing S-shaped maneuvers. Its trajectory was completely impossible to calculate using traditional ballistic prediction equations.

”Hypersonic glide warhead, speed Mach 8 to 10,” Gu Xinghe explained. ”The interception probability of existing anti-missile systems against it is less than 30%.”

But the even more shocking part was yet to come.

The animation demonstrated the ”Intelligent Mission Planning” function:

Before the missile was launched, three alternative targets were programmed: A (Primary Command Center), B (Backup Command Center), and C (Power Hub).

During flight, the missile received real-time intelligence updates via satellite data link.

The screen showed: Target A (Primary Command Center) was detected to have strengthened its air defense deployment after the missile launch, and the estimated interception probability rose to 65%.

The missile’s AI mission planning module began calculations. Based on preset rules (prioritize high-value targets, but success rate cannot be lower than 40%), it determined that the risk of attacking Target A was too high.

AI Decision: Switch to Target B.

The warhead began maneuvering, changing its glide trajectory.

But just then, intelligence updated: Personnel at Target B had been evacuated, and its value had decreased.

The AI calculated again, this time selecting Target C (Power Hub)—although its value was lower than the command center, its defenses were weak, the attack success rate was as high as 95%, and paralyzing the power system could indirectly disable the command center.

The warhead maneuvered again.

In the terminal phase, the warhead released three sub-warheads, each performing a spiral descent to attack the power station’s critical facilities from different angles: the main transformer, the control center, and the transmission lines.

The explosion simulation showed: The power station was paralyzed, but the building structure remained largely intact.

”This isn’t destruction; it’s precision paralysis,” Gu Xinghe summarized. ”Disabling high-value targets while preserving infrastructure. It’s suitable for... post-war reconstruction.”

These words were full of deep meaning.

The eyes of several Middle Eastern representatives lit up.

They needed this kind of weapon desperately: they wanted to strike their opponents’ military capabilities without turning cities into ruins, and they certainly didn’t want to trigger strong international condemnation.

Precision paralysis, post-war reconstruction—it was a concept practically tailor-made for them.

”The qimingxing missile is priced at $10 million per unit,” Gu Xinghe announced the price. ”This includes the basic intelligent mission planning module. The advanced AI module requires an additional fee.”

$10 million sounds like an astronomical price. But compared to the $1.5 million for the American ”Tomahawk” cruise missile, the Venus has a longer range, higher speed, stronger penetration capabilities, and is much smarter.

More importantly, the ”Tomahawk” requires US approval to be used, whereas with the Venus, once a buyer pays for it, it’s theirs.

In the audience, the hands of the Iranian representative, Ali Hassan, were trembling slightly.

He knew that if Iran had even a few dozen Venus missiles, the entire strategic balance of the Middle East would change completely. Israel’s anti-missile systems would become useless, and US military bases in the Middle East would no longer be safe.