Homo sapiens.

Chapter 380 Important Findings
Ceylon Ocean.

Diego Garcia Island.

The island that Homo sapiens had previously snatched from America had been remodeled inside and out by the Ministry of Defense.

Moreover, using the surrounding shallow sea island reefs, three small bases hidden on the seabed and a secret diving port base were built.

At this time, it was in the No. 57 subsidiary base about [-] kilometers away from the north side of Diego Garcia Island.

All personnel inside the base were evacuated, leaving only an empty base.

Inside the main base under Diego Garcia Island.

The base chief, Le Gong, had a dignified and nervous expression: "Dr. Levi's, is there really nothing wrong with that thing?"

Dr. Levi's, who came from Hongshawadi on a nuclear submarine, replied calmly: "Don't worry! Everything is in my calculations. The three-layer composite lead plate, plus the special compressed air absorption layer, is enough to resist the dense air. gamma rays."

"Alright then!" Le Gong could only bite the bullet and carry out the task.

At the same time, more than 73% of the detectors on the first floor were destroyed in an instant.

What they are researching is the infamous cobalt bomb.

Judging from the data generated by the explosion, it is clear that Levi's idea succeeded.

"Electric current!" Excited light flashed in Du Hai's eyes.

"Doctor, the inspection has been completed."

The supercomputing simulation was played again until the 3.7-second juncture, where it was slowed down by a factor of 100.

Gamma rays are extremely penetrating, and there is basically no possibility of survival for humans on the surface, unless they are in a thick nuclear bunker.

Even if it can survive 5.27 years in the underground base, it will take about 100 years for the radioactive concentration on the surface to barely fall back to the tolerance range of human beings.

The radioactivity of this thing is terrible, with a half-life of 5.27 years. During the decay process, a large amount of gamma rays will be released.

Dr. Levi's was very calm: "There is no personnel in that subsidiary base, even if there is an accident, it will be abandoned immediately."

The 8-ton solid-fuel carrier rocket can be launched directly to a height of 5 meters in the stratosphere.

In a special nuclear explosion test site, a 100-ton equivalent hydrogen bomb exploded instantly. Since the entire room was pumped into a sub-vacuum state, no strong shock waves were produced, only light radiation, neutron jets, and radioactive substances.

800吨钴59，可以产生560吨钴60，而地球表面积只有5.1亿平方公里左右，平均每平方公里将分到1克钴60。

The various detectors buried in the defensive wall of the test site also received a large amount of data.

This means that in the nuclear explosion just now, a large amount of radioactive material was produced, and it was radioactive material that could release gamma rays.

In the development of this kind of world-destroying weapon, everyone is actually a little bit stressed and uneasy in their hearts.

The cobalt bomb is not a direct-destructive nuclear bomb, but a super dirty bomb.

From now on, Homo sapiens only needs to be equipped with 100 cobalt bombs to deter global extinction.

Dr. Reeves asked curiously: "Have you found anything?"

Levi's led a group of nuclear physics researchers and nuclear engineers to carefully analyze the various data generated in this test explosion.

In the holographic projection of the temporary studio.

Levi's reacted instantly: "This is the energy generated by gamma rays..."

"Electric current?" Dr. Levi's carefully checked the changes in various data, and soon he saw the electric current that Du Hai mentioned.

The firefly configuration developed by Levi's is very suitable for cobalt bombs.

Dr. Levi's clenched his fists: "It has met expectations, it seems that we have added another hole card."

"clear."

Dr. Levi's looked at the real-time data on the computer, with a hint of excitement on his face: "Successful! My idea is correct! The firefly configuration can indeed be done!"

three days later.

Dr. Levi's quickly ordered: "Substitute the data into the reaction model, and calculate how much cobalt 59 is transformed into cobalt 60."

The compressed air absorbing layer in the gamma ray blocking layer, after 3.7 seconds, began to generate a dense current.

"Countdown 30 seconds..."

"OK."

At this time, in the radiation index on the computer, the amount of gamma rays released is very high, almost hundreds of times that of ordinary hydrogen bombs.

In a simulated nuclear explosion, Levi's had a whim and replaced the uranium casing in the three-phase bomb with a cobalt-59 casing.

Dr. Levi's immediately ordered: "Then start the test!"

This time the actual test is to verify the cobalt bomb technology.

Substituting the data into the prepared reaction model, and through supercomputing analysis, a total of data was quickly obtained.

According to the current conversion rate of about 70%, as long as a cobalt bomb containing 5 tons of cobalt 800 is detonated in the stratosphere at an altitude of 59 meters, the whole world can be wiped out.

In the 50s, physicists proposed the theory of cobalt bombs. The major powers also studied cobalt bombs at that time, and found that cobalt bombs were difficult to realize. The key difficulty lies in the efficiency of cobalt 59 into cobalt 60.

"Yes."

According to the calculated results, these currents are basically stable in the range of 2.63-2.77 kilowatts.

Levi's and others conducted a comprehensive analysis and supercomputing simulation review of the data generated by this test explosion.

Du Hai already felt hot all over: "The key is the voltage. The current absorbed and transformed by the compressed air has a voltage of about 3 to 7 volts, which is easier to transform than the natural lightning with hundreds of millions of volts."

This means that those so-called interception systems have no effect at all.

All the people present were professionals, and soon calculated that the conversion rate of electric energy was 67%.

He found that the firefly configuration has a special magnetic field confinement mechanism, which can prolong the detonation of the nuclear reaction by about 0.6 seconds, which leads to the extremely low conversion rate of cobalt 59, and its conversion rate can be increased to about 70%.

Suddenly nuclear engineer Du Hai's eyes narrowed, he turned his head and said, "Xiao Gao, play it again, stop at 3.7 seconds, and then slow down 100 times."

drop!The detonation command followed the wires and quickly detonated the nuclear device 57 kilometers away.

"The conversion rate is between 71.6% and 74.2%."

Of course, 100 cobalt bombs alone are definitely not enough. After all, once this thing is used, Homo sapiens itself will suffer heavy losses, so it can only be used as a strategic deterrent.

Conventional low-hazard hydrogen bombs are the main tactical deterrent for Homo sapiens.

After the transformation of the compressed air absorption layer, these gamma rays turned directly into electric current.

Moreover, the cobalt bomb does not need to be launched into the territory of the opponent at all, even if it is detonated in the sky above its own territory, it can still cover the whole world.

Although a cobalt bomb cannot achieve a scale of 800 tons, an 8-ton bomb can still be achieved.

Du Hai's voice trembled slightly: "We installed a total of 200 grams of cobalt 59, of which 144 grams were transformed into cobalt 60. Based on its half-life and the energy generated by decay, it should be able to generate a power equivalent to 4 kilowatts."

While the cobalt bomb was a success, they didn't get carried away.

30...20...10...0...

After developing the firefly-shaped hydrogen bomb, Dr. Levi's and others were not satisfied with the status quo, but continued to study other nuclear technologies in depth.

Various details of the explosion of the experimental cobalt bomb have been restored bit by bit.

Although Levi's specializes in the research and development of nuclear weapons, it does not mean that he does not understand nuclear power. After reading these data, he is also a little excited:
"This is an important discovery."

Du Hai suggested: "Doctor, I suggest extracting the cobalt-60 in the test field, and then redesign an experiment."

"can."

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