"Why? Why did you choose the JF-17 fighter, even if you choose the Mirage 2000, it is acceptable, but the choice of the JF-17 will be an insult to our F-16 and Mirage 2000, such a fighter is not enough to ensure combat needs in all aspects, isn't it? And as long as you give up the JF-17, we can talk about it even if it is the F-16 overhaul line. ”

At this time, General Dynamics is also square, to say that the F-16 is not popular in the international market? Of course not, such a fighter is absolutely excellent, and the reserve order has always been dozens or hundreds.

But now with the collapse of the Soviet Union, not only the military pressure faced by Europe has suddenly decreased, but even the United States is now cutting military spending and projects on a large scale, and using government power to promote the merger between military enterprises, at this very critical moment, if General Dynamics can get Egypt's order for 150 F-16s, it will be of great benefit to General Dynamics.

With these orders, although General Power only has the F-16 fighter best-selling, but it is enough to once again enhance the voice of General Dynamics, in the wave of mergers between military enterprises can be more confident, in the cold winter of global military enterprises after the Cold War, the large order of 150 fighters is an absolute booster.

Based on the above considerations, ruthlessly proposed that the aircraft overhaul line could be discussed. As far as General Dynamics is concerned, in such an allure. In confusion, Egypt must not immediately obediently kick the JF-17 out of the way, and then return to the F-16 camp!

But this time General Dynamics really made a mistake, even if it took out the F-16 overhaul line as a bait, after making up its mind, Egypt still did not change its original intention, first of all, it is necessary to understand that manufacturing and overhaul are two different concepts, and secondly, JF-17 also has its own advantages, and differentiated competition just makes JF-17 more in line with Egypt's needs.

Shaking his head, although he didn't know where General Dynamics got such strong self-confidence, he still had to refuse decisively when it was time to refuse: "I'm sorry, we have already decided to purchase JF-17 fighter jets, so it is no longer possible for F-16 to get this order, if you want to say why F-16 is out, I can tell you clearly." Just because the F-16 does not have the ability to attack ships against the sea, and we in Egypt just need such a strong deterrent, I believe you also understand the glorious record of the predecessor of the JF-17, the J-74, which is also what we value. ”

Speaking of which, no matter how awesome General Dynamics' F-16 is, it must be admitted that it is much inferior to a multi-role fighter like the JF-17 in terms of anti-ship combat. The F-16 may also have anti-ship capabilities after improvement, but in terms of air-launched anti-ship weapons of the United States, it has to be said that it is still shy in the pocket, and it is completely impossible to compare with the Republic, plus the direct predecessor of the JF-17, J-74, has played a prestigious reputation in many battles, which is not comparable to the F-16.

"Though there are some questions about it"

"Needless to explain, even if the F-16 has some anti-ship combat capabilities, we will not purchase this aircraft, because we value the prestige of the JF-17 more, and this will be the hidden benefit that we can bring by purchasing this aircraft. Of course, the most important point is that JF-17 has been intensively developing carrier-based fighters, although we in Egypt do not plan to buy aircraft carriers now, it does not mean that there are no such plans in the future, I believe that JF-17 will be an excellent light carrier-based fighter, and this is also the ability that F-16 does not have. ”

What else can I do, everyone has brought out the ability of carrier-based fighters, these are indeed the places that the F-16 cannot ignore, so I have to admit that the JF-17 aircraft takes the route of differentiated competition and cost performance, and it is indeed a magic weapon that can stand out among strong enemies.

"I see, the JF-17 may be able to meet your requirements, but the F-16 has also planned to develop a carrier-based model, and has also competed with the F-18 in the Navy carrier-based aircraft, if you want, the F-16 can actually do this, so I hope you will think about it again."

Not to mention, I heard that the F-16 also had a carrier-based aircraft plan, which fooled the Egyptian bidder this time. And at this time, Xie Lianfa, who was watching on the side, finally couldn't help it, you said that if you lose, you will be defeated! At this time, I don't give up, what does it mean to run to dig the foot of the wall, do I really not exist?

Two steps over and a wild spray: "What! At this time, I found that Egypt's order was not as you thought it would be, and I knew that I regretted it? Where is your previous arrogance? Isn't it said that the orders for the F-16 have already been lined up for two years? Doesn't that mean that the conditions you put forward are not negotiable? Why did you suddenly change your hexagram now? ”

Several questions raised in a row are really very lethal, and the Egyptian bidding team here seems to have remembered the domineering appearance of General Dynamics before, but when they saw the current situation, they were even more disdainful in their hearts, and after shaking their heads, they had no idea about the F-16, although what they just said was out of the sky, but so what

What's more, there is also Xie Lianfa who said the truth later: "It takes two years to deliver the F-16 after the purchase, but our JF-17 has begun to be delivered to the army for service, although we have an agreement that the overseas order is produced by Brazil, but this local production form similar to Egypt is naturally responsible for our AVIC Southwest." We have accumulated a lot of experience in the L-8 training aircraft project before, and it will only take a year at most to build the JF-17 production line next to the L-8 training aircraft production line, and after sharing part of the resources of the L-8 production line, it is expected that by the end of 93 years, the Egyptian production line will be able to roll off the production line of JF-17 fighters. ”

Long before participating in the bidding, the bidding team has already proposed the best JF-17 production line plan for Egypt's aviation manufacturing base: sharing part of the L-8 production resources, which can not only ensure that the JF-17 will roll off the assembly line in Egypt earlier, but also maximize the production time of Egypt's L-8 trainer aircraft, so that the aircraft production line can be maintained for a longer time.

Although this will affect the annual production of the L-8, it is not a problem for Egypt. Conversely, for small and medium-sized countries, it is the king to keep the production line running longer, not to increase production or anything, because they don't need it. Again, this has led to the fact that the delivery of the JF-17 on the Egyptian side can be earlier than the delivery of the F-16 on the US side, which can be regarded as an unintentional move!

Egypt is aware of the JF-17 production line construction plan, which is definitely an attractive plan for Egypt: "Yes, the choice of JF-17 is the most in line with our Egyptian needs in every aspect, so we will definitely not give it up." As for the F-16 you said can also be changed to a carrier-based aircraft scheme, I'm sorry, the US Navy gave up the scheme, we really can't think of any reason to support it, and Egypt does not have so much money for the F-16 to install anti-ship capabilities and carrier-based aircraft modifications, while the JF-17 is more mature in this regard. ”

Knowing that Egypt was already determined to introduce the JF-17 this time, the bidding team of General Dynamics chose to give up, and after smiling bitterly, they shook hands and regretted leaving

Unlike Dassault, the General Dynamics team that walked out of the door was really lifeless, and they now felt extremely lost.

"Internal information, the company's internal senior management has made a decision, in view of the current situation of the head office is declining, so we plan to package and sell our fixed-wing fighter business, so I don't know where our future is!"

The cold winter of the global military industrial complex after the Cold War has finally arrived, especially the cold winter in the United States, and during this period, although Egypt's F-16 orders have been lost, but the senior management of GM does not care much, they are now anxious, and ******** rushed into the negotiations, thinking about how to sell the F-16 project at a good price. (To be continued.) )