"Nuclear missiles!?" Lacus had been able to maintain her smile when she saw this person suddenly appear, but the moment she heard him mention that taboo weapon, her expression changed. She looked at Xiao Ran in astonishment. "The Earth Force has nuclear weapons again?"
Xiao Ran glanced at Lacus and said noncommittally, "From the day the N-Jammer Canceller was created, PLANT and ZAFT should have understood that the Earth Force would obtain it sooner or later. So it is only natural for the Earth Force to use such weapons against ZAFT and PLANT."
"Although it is only speculation for now that the Earth Force may possess Nuclear Weapons again, I think the possibility is extremely high. We must make preparations to deal with Nuclear Weapons first. That is the first point."
"Second, Genesis Alpha, currently being developed under Chairman Patrick Sala of ZAFT, is something even more powerful than Nuclear Weapons. No matter which side strikes first, it will suffer the other side's frenzied retaliation. Given Patrick Sala's current madness, and the Earth Force now led by Blue Cosmos, neither side will leave its trump card sitting there merely for show. The appearance of nuclear missiles and the firing of Genesis are inevitable."
Athrun turned his head aside, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists. Kira patted Athrun on the shoulder, then nodded to Lacus before saying to Xiao Ran, "We have to stop them. Whether it is nuclear missiles or Genesis, we absolutely cannot let them launch."
Xiao Ran smiled but did not respond to Kira. Instead, he turned toward Luo, who still seemed somewhat confused, and asked, "You said you had a way to intercept nuclear missiles. What is it?"
Luo slapped his forehead. "Oh, right, right. We can use this remaining time to mass-produce weapons like GN-BITs,