"The Ant Army Group's answer was asteroid mining. Launches on such a massive scale do fit asteroid mining. Space is so vast that launches on that scale are hardly noticeable."
"According to intelligence, through acquisitions and Nuclear Fusion Power Stations in Africa and South America, the Ant Army Group controls more than thirty large and small mineral veins. They shouldn't be lacking mineral resources."
"Not lacking mineral resources doesn't conflict with mining asteroids."
"..."
The conference room buzzed with overlapping voices. Putin had a headache. In the end, he tapped the table, and the room immediately fell silent.
As president, he had occupied this position for far too long. Now that he was advanced in years, that was not a good thing.
Over the years, he had wanted to cultivate a successor, but he had never found a suitable one. Now was the most critical point in the global strategic situation. If someone lacking in ability took over the country, they might repeat past mistakes, and their nation would be finished for good.
Gritting his teeth, he could only continue clinging to this position.
"The Ant Army Group isn't important. What matters is our future strategy," Putin said. "There is no great use in focusing on the Ant Army Group now."
The many strategists in the conference room looked at one another.
The energy revolution and changing world order had created the current stalemate, bringing about a delicate balance.
Anyone with strategic vision knew that this balance would not last long. Once the deadlock was broken, the war that followed would sweep across the entire world.
Russia's territory was vast.
To the east lay North America across the strait, below it was the ambitious Island Nation, to the south was the currently strongest Huaxia, and to the west was the