Super military empire

For the Chinese proposal, the Pakistanis do not find it too reliable, and at present, they also know that there is basically no possibility of reducing costs, except for the reduction of allocation.

It is impossible for them to reduce the allocation for their own use, but their potential customers should not be indispensable for the reduction.

Originally, I was just trying to communicate with other countries, but I didn't expect that many countries would happily accept this proposal.Even in Argentina, not all the Xiaolong fighters purchased are top-of-the-line equipment. The price of the Xiaolong fighters has been reduced to a level beyond their expectations. This allowed them to place an order for 120 Xiaolong fighters in one go. Among them, only 20. The top-level configuration, that is, fighter planes equipped with active phased array radars, has a price of 32 million U.S. dollars each. Of course, the money is part of a loan from China, and they use resources to repay; the remaining one hundred. , The high, middle and low configuration is configured according to the ratio of 343.

The price of the low configuration is only US$15.8 million, while the medium configuration is only US$17.4 million and the high configuration is US$24 million. These prices are all acceptable to them.Poor countries in the Middle East like Bahrain have the most basic and minimum configuration for ordering, and the quantity is only 12.

And Qatar, these local tyrants, although the population is small, they have placed an order of up to 80 aircraft!

Half top configuration, half advanced configuration.

Such news made Chen Di and others completely disbelieved.

Even such a situation did not allow Pakistan to think that according to their original idea, even if there are only 100 or dozens of orders, they can get some profits and reduce costs.

Especially for a country like Qatar with a total army of only about 100,000, it actually placed an order for 80 aircraft in one go, which did not make them think.

Qatar countries are very small, but their status in the Middle East is very important, especially the total reserves of natural gas have reached the third place in the world!

Even so, they do not need to equip such a large number of fighters.

"There are a total of 432 orders? Isn't that pretty good, although the top models are not many, but the basic model has just reached the third-generation performance, and the price of the weapon system will naturally be much higher." Liu Yijiu said about 432. The Xiaolong fighter order does not have much feeling.

It is very likely that China will not only be equipped with this quantity in the future, but Pakistan itself has placed an order for 110 aircraft. With the addition of Argentina and Qatar, the number of orders reached 310. This shows that many other countries are watching the show. , To eat soy sauce mixed rice.

"Director Liu, you said that Qatar has a population of only over one million, and there are only more than 10,000 active military personnel. The Air Force has only two combat squadrons and less than 1,000 personnel. This number includes an air transportation squadron. A helicopter squadron and a surface-to-air missile squadron... Even if a war breaks out, the army cannot reach 100,000 people. Why do they place so many orders? Their air force has other sources of fighter aircraft..." Qatar’s order, This is the most surprising.

The area of ​​this country is small, and its economic strength relies on abundant oil and natural gas resources. Buying is not a problem. The question is what do they equip with so many fighters?

Liu Yijiu was also curious about Qatar’s order for 80 Xiaolong fighters.

In the Middle East countries, the relationship is mostly good. Of course, the relationship between this evil country and other countries is not good.There is no need to protect Qatar’s crude oil and natural gas exports.Especially for their alliance with Saudi Arabia, there is no need to equip so many fighters.

"Is there something happening around Qatar? Is there a country going into chaos? Or are the Iranians ready to attack Saudi Arabia?" Liu Yijiu frowned and asked.

Qatar is right next to Saudi Arabia. Even if there is a war, it is obviously impossible to deal with Iran, which has become evil.

Iran has obtained a large amount of air force equipment from China. The main models are the J-11, JH-7, and J-8, plus some of the previous Western standard aircraft, to deal with Qatar, as long as a wave of strikes, the country will not survive. .

Although Qatar pursues non-alignment, they form an alliance with Saudi Arabia. Once a war breaks out, Saudi Arabia can provide them with protection, and even Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will provide them with troops.More than half of the soldiers in this country are from other Arabs and Pakistan.

Otherwise, they will not appear in the list of Pakistani sales this time, and even give Pakistan a big face.

"No, the situation in the Middle East has always been like that. The Americans have caused the erosion of the situation in Iraq. Although the Middle East is still supplying the United States with crude oil, the quantity has remained at a very low level in recent years. Rock oil, the oil crisis will be more serious..." Yin Xianping's intelligence made Liu Yijiu's eyes bright.

"They are not buying for themselves!" After Liu Yijiu figured it out, the whole person became happy. "It seems that the Pakistanis are going to make a fortune this time."

"How do you say?" Chen Di is completely confused by Monk Zhang Er. Isn't Qatar buying for itself?

If you are not purchasing for yourself, how can you make a decision so quickly?

"Although the Middle East has always wanted to maintain relations with Western countries, it has always wanted to reduce its dependence on the Middle East. What did the Americans do for the previous Iraq war? If it were not for the secret support of the Arab world these years, and they kept talking American hind legs, will the Iraq war last for so many years?" Liu Yijiu thought of a possibility.

If this possibility is true, it is obviously a great opportunity for Chinese military industry.

The world arms market is basically occupied by the United States and Lao Maozi.

However, customers in any country and region will never be better than those customers in the Middle East.

They don't need money, and they don't even bother to do the logistics themselves.

However, before this, most of the weapons of the Middle East countries came from the United States and Western countries.

Western countries hope that they can continue to expand their export share in the Middle East, while the United States will naturally not let go.Only experienced people will know how many bright guns and dark arrows there are in the middle.

"You mean, Qatar helped Saudi Arabia buy it?" Chen Di couldn't believe it.

All the weapons equipped by Saudi Arabia are of NATO standard.

Before purchasing Dragon Guard tanks, they were forced to have no alternative. The threat of war in Iraq left them without any sense of security. The most advanced American M1 tank proved unable to defend against Dragon Guard’s attack. They purchased a batch of Chinese dragons. Guardian tank.

Later, after the war in Iraq continued, and after they finally failed to expel the American garrison, they purchased a batch of American m1a2 tanks and at the same time withdrew from OPEC to provide Americans with more crude oil, curb the rise in international oil prices, and reduce American oil. In the end, the two sides still maintained an apparently good relationship.

However, the Saudi royal family reduced its investment in the United States, and most of the investment funds entered the European market.

Now, Saudi Arabia purchases Xiaolong from China through Qatar, which is a very good signal.

"Yes, only for this reason, Qatar will purchase so many fighters. They should give up relying entirely on the United States. The Americans are unreliable, especially now that China’s monthly crude oil imports are increasing. The potential of the Chinese market is even greater than that of the United States!" Liu Yijiu was a little excited.

Seizing the opportunity to let China's top high-end equipment enter the Middle East market will give China continuous opportunities to expand this market.

Fighters are just the same product on the arms market.

Others are also a little excited.

For any weapon and equipment, only the greater the production quantity, can the cost be reduced.

At present, there is basically no possibility of another world war breaking out. Once it breaks out, a huge number of conventional weapons are basically just decorations. When a world war breaks out, countries lose their nuclear warheads, and everyone will die together. Of conventional warfare.

Small-scale conventional wars are not used much, and it is difficult for wars like Iraq to reappear.

"If this is the case, there are many rich countries in the entire Arab world! Many of them need to upgrade their weapons and equipment. The Americans are now selling them the export version of the f-16..." Chen Di The eyes shine.

If it can capture the Middle East demand, even just a small part, that is also a very impressive figure.

Xiaolong, but he brought it out with the team.

The performance is indeed not as advanced as the J-10, even worse than the J-11, and the J-11 is so expensive and sold hundreds of them, Xiaolong's price-performance ratio can be said to be attractive enough.

"It's a pity that even if we get orders now, production is not that easy, and profits cannot be distributed by us..." Yin Xianping knew Liu Yijiu's thoughts, and he reminded Liu Yijiu.

Over the years, the top military has changed a group of people.

The autonomy possessed by the Ninth Academy is no longer as high as before. The high-level military does not necessarily agree to the large-scale export of weapons and equipment.

"But we can't just watch such a good opportunity be missed!" Liu Yijiu's expression suddenly became dim.

Once they saw an opportunity before, they would never let it go.Even if there is no chance, chance will be created.

Now, it is no longer the same era as before.

Many technologies are indeed top-notch. Even if they are not worried about technology leaks, they are also worried that foreign countries that regard China as a potential enemy can infer China's true military strength based on these technical levels, which is not very helpful to national defense.

"How could I miss this project? Pakistan invested in this project. Although our military has a say in this aspect, the restrictions will be much smaller." Wang Shunyi, who has not spoken all the time, reminded Liu Yijiu, "Pakistan does not It would be said that they developed it by themselves, so the reliability is naturally poor. In the international market, we only relied on the Longwei tanks in the army equipment to gain a reputation in the Iran-Iraq War and the Iraq War. 11. China did not deny that it was made by itself, but it did not admit it either.

This alone should also be of great help in promoting Xiaolong.

The American f-15 did not perform as well as they boasted during the Iraq War. The so-called world’s number one fighter jet was beaten down a lot. The same is true for light fighter jets like the f-16. It is naturally difficult to sell. It's not that easy.

The performance of the MiG-29 is also not dazzling enough. Although it is said that the Iraqi Air Force's record is based on the advanced performance of the missile, no one has disclosed this secret. At the same time, the number of F-11 shot down by the Iraqi Air Force is also small. A lot...

"I hope it. I think we should communicate with the military about this matter, hoping that they can cooperate with Pakistan to win the Middle East market!" Liu Yijiu felt helpless.

"Let’s not communicate with high-level officials. Let Pakistan communicate. This is more convenient than ours." Wang Shunyi shook his head. Liu Yijiu’s thoughts are clear to him. Everyone wants Chinese military industry to stand firm in the world. Countries all use Chinese products, and I hope even those countries that can produce and manufacture themselves use Chinese products.

The problem is that in many cases, ideals are completely different from facts.

They can no longer interfere with these things, and they want to maintain the purity of the Ninth Academy as a pure military research unit.

This is also the decision made by the entire Ninth Institute Management Committee in the face of the current new situation to reposition the Ninth Institute and formulate a new development direction.

Now if they take the initiative to sell arms, they are still the most advanced kind, the consequences can be imagined.

The Xiaolong project has one advantage, that is, Pakistan's investment, which is undertaken by the Ninth Institute, which can be regarded as a new way to raise funds for the project.China can use other countries that have ideas but cannot independently develop new equipment to develop more projects.

If high-level leaders prevent Pakistan from selling on a large scale, who will do such a thing in the future?

"So, the best way for us at the moment is to wait. Doing nothing is the best." Wang Shunyi and others considered more than Liu Yijiu in this regard.

Ginger is old and spicy.

"Then wait. If we miss this opportunity, we have to enter the international high-end arms market. It will not be so easy." Liu Yijiu has a deep sense of powerlessness. There is no such thing as doing everything. The feeling in mastering is very uncomfortable.

He hopes that the national military industry can be stronger.If we don't sell, we only rely on China's own investment, and development is still too slow.

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