Chapter 1675 Tingling

Minister Cao left with a look of contemplation and shock, of course, in addition to these two moods, there is also a heaviness: on whomever it rests, an aircraft with a unit price of 8 billion US dollars, will feel a headache.

Even half a day ago, if someone dared to say to Minister Cao that there is an airplane in the world that costs 8 billion US dollars, and everyone is still rushing to buy it, they may not say it, but Minister Cao must think that the guy who said this to himself must be crazy

8 billion US dollars, just a number or do not have a clear concept, but if we give an example, we can show what 8 billion US dollars can achieve in terms of military equipment: The US military, especially the US Navy, is undoubtedly the most expensive in the world's military combat sequence, and the advanced military equipment that is often measured in hundreds of millions of dollars is the fundamental guarantee for the US Navy to gallop around the world and maintain the US hegemony in the world, especially its 11 aircraft carrier combat formations like sea giants. It is also the fundamental guarantee of the US military's hegemony in the world

Even the United States, which has deep pockets, is only able to equip 11 aircraft carrier formations, so how much does it cost to equip one?

The cost of procuring a "Nimitz"-class super-nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, together with all the ship's weapons systems, fighters, attack aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, early warning aircraft, anti-submarine helicopters, and transport helicopters, is about $5.5 to $6 billion. The Burke-class missile destroyers, one Spruance-class destroyer, one Perry-class frigate, one or two Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines, and one supply ship (mostly Sacramento-class fast combat support ships) are fully armed and equipped with about $2 billion.

In other words, the price of such a "city in the sky" even exceeds that of an aircraft carrier group of the US military

However, after seeing Alice's "City in the Sky" show its strength a little, Minister Cao no longer thought that the "outrageous" price offered by the Alice Group was strange: a fighter formation with the "City in the Sky" as the core could easily and almost unscathed, destroy a complete aircraft carrier combat formation of the US military

The "City in the Sky" is simply inherently an aircraft carrier formation "Aegis" air defense system, anti-ship missiles, and fighter jets...... The nemesis, or "City in the Sky," is a natural enemy of the US aircraft carrier formation

But despite this, the price of the "City in the Sky" is ...... Minister Cao is still very distressed, of course, he is also very troubled, and the only thing that comforts Minister Cao is that the later use cost of the "Sky City" that Alice Group intends to sell to the military is not as high as that of the aircraft carrier.

The only thing that made Minister Cao a little dissatisfied was that the "City in the Sky" recommended to him by Alice Group was not equipped with a stealth system. This stealth system is not a problem for the Alice Group, they are even equipped on Alice's own private jets, but these empty models are not equipped.

It can be said that the "City in the Sky" sold to them by the Alice Group is actually a castrated version.

But when I think of the 20 small laser cannons equipped on the "City in the Sky" that can cover 360 degrees of space without dead angles, all air-to-air missiles, ground-to-air missiles, ship-to-air missiles and other anti-air attack weapons are completely ineffective, and even fighter jets are impossible to launch suicide attacks, and then think of the 1,000-ton payload inside the "City in the Sky", so even if it does not have the ability to fly stealth, it is not a big problem.

Imagine such a tactic: a huge fighter formation with the huge object and core of the "City in the Air" launched an attack on the enemy, and the "City in the Sky" defended the sky of its formation with its nearly invincible laser self-defense weapon system, and then launched a devastating attack on the enemy with the entire cluster formation together with its own ground and sea attack weapons...... What awaits the enemy as a result, it is already self-evident.

If you think about it further, when you watch your opponent destroy you step by step, but you can only watch all this in despair, the shock and blow to the enemy's heart is probably far greater than the blow caused by such a "city in the sky".

In this way, in fact, the "city in the sky" does not have stealth capabilities, which is actually not a bad thing.

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Under the watchful eye of the all, the Alice Group's manned lunar space plane and unmanned spacecraft were launched as scheduled

When humans first landed on the moon, it took more than four days from the launch of the rocket to the first landing on the moon, but the Alice Group's lunar space plane took less than one day

For political reasons, all the people who landed on the moon were all members of the Alice Group, but despite this, it did not reduce the attention of people all over the world to the Alice Group's plan When the Alice Group Group's aerospace plane successfully landed on the moon, and the footsteps of the moon landers stepped on the lunar land under the camera footage, the whole world was excited

This moon landing means that it is possible for individuals to land on the moon as private

It was also at this time that the Alice Group announced that it would consider the possibility of opening a private tour from Earth to the Moon, which would be open within a year if feasible.

Of course, there is no doubt that the price will never be cheap, and it is definitely not something that can be done with the money of a tourist route such as a "seven-day tour of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand", and even multimillionaires may not have the qualifications to play this tourist route, and Alice Group is aimed at the top of the wealth pyramid of billionaires

But when this news was released, the rich people did cheer and surged, for these idle eggs, a lot of money are a little bit of a little bit of a rich man who doesn't know how to spend, and doesn't even know what kind of excitement to spend every boring day, being able to land on the moon, travel to the moon, and have a real trip to the moon is undoubtedly the most exciting thing in their lives so far

But while the world's major media are sparing no effort to praise the Alice Group, an invisible undercurrent against the Alice Group is surging.

Alice Group's attempt to seize the commercial satellite launch market in Europe and the United States has seriously stimulated those aerospace equipment manufacturers and launch giants in Europe and the United States, and even China's increasingly important position in launching commercial satellites made in Europe has been innocently pulled to the head of Alice Group.

And when they didn't dare to target the Alice Group, they spilled this resentment on the still relatively weak Chinese aerospace.

Even more outrageous, the act has even sparked calls for retaliation from some U.S. lawmakers and space industry officials, with criticism focusing on the growing partnership between the French commercial satellite manufacturer ThalesSA and China's state-owned rocket industry. These guys believe that the reason why the strength of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has grown rapidly and grabbed the market that originally belonged to them is because the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has received some technical support from the Alice Group.

There is nothing wrong with China's rocket industry's goal of becoming a major provider of civilian spacecraft launch services, but it is definitely the interest groups that are deliberately targeting the Alice group, because the argument has even raised broader concerns about U.S. national security and export restrictions, and for good reason: ThalesSA also plays the role of a subcontractor for some of the Pentagon's sensitive projects. These guys believe that China's partnership with ThalesSA will make it possible for the Chinese to master the key technologies of the United States in space.

In the face of such accusations, ThalesSA is certainly not willing to bear the blame, and ThalesSA certainly knows why these damn bastards are targeting themselves so much.

You know, in the past, while emphasizing cooperation with foreign countries, Chinese space officials have also laid out plans to become a commercial space power, some of which include launching dozens of domestic satellites on more advanced boosters. But in the cooperation project with China, ThalesAleniaSpac, a subsidiary of Thales SA, provides small communications satellites without American components, thus circumventing a series of restrictions on technology exports from the United States. The cost of their assembly, testing and launch is 40 percent cheaper compared to their American counterparts.

Each rocket costs less than $50 million to launch, compared with $100 million for other launch services in the United States and Europe.

At a time when other satellite launch service providers are scrambling to raise prices, such a low-cost package has helped China's rocket forces and Thales win many important commercial orders, with many civilian institutions in Indonesia, Nigeria and Venezuela becoming customers, which of course worries ThalesSA's Western rivals.

Although Alice Group has secretly acquired ThalesSA a long time ago, otherwise this cannot explain why ThalesSA and China's aerospace industry are so close, but Alice Group is the real boss behind ThalesSA, but no one knows. In the face of such accusations, the emboldened company ThalesSA certainly has to fight back.

"ThalesSA has implemented internal firewalls and other security measures to protect U.S. technology, and said it will continue to disclose all information to U.S. government officials about the company's commercial space activities around the world," ThalesSA said at a press conference. At the same time, all of the company's business units that do business with U.S. customers will work closely with government officials to comply with U.S. export restrictions. ”

ThalesSA's sudden tough performance surprised many people.

Similarly, the reaction from China has surprised many Europeans and Americans: in the face of such accusations, the Chinese embassy in the United States has refused to comment, or rather disdains to comment.

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China's ambition to launch commercial satellites has sparked discontent among American satellite manufacturers LoralSpacemunications Inc. and OrbitalSciencerp. The Senate Appropriationmittee asked the Pentagon to quickly evaluate China's rocket program and identify non-Chinese companies that have signed up to use Chinese launch equipment. The report was led by Senator Daniel Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii who also heads the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense panel. Loral, Orbital, and the Pentagon declined to comment.

Mark Kirk, a Republican from Illinois, is co-chair of a bipartisan China study group in the House of Representatives. He said the Chinese government wants to use its burgeoning space program to strengthen ties with developing countries that could become customers of its rocket launches.

While ThalesSA and China tend to sell leaner and less powerful systems than their U.S. rivals, Cork noted that the Sino-French partnership could lead to a more reliable and powerful next-generation rocket in China.

In the face of waves of accusations and slanders from the United States against China's aerospace industry, Zhang Lan knew very well in her heart: these guys are just worried that the development of China's aerospace industry is strong and threatens them.

A gang of robbers

"Since you are robbers, then Lao Tzu will make you even more uncomfortable," Zhang Lan said angrily.

"And you're going to do that?" Xiao Chenxi had a smile on her face, and she didn't seem to be worried about the current international tide at all.

"Hmph...... The mountain man is very clever" Zhang Lan's expression looked very mysterious

However, in Xiao Chenxi's opinion, this expression seemed to be pretending to be forced.

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Chinese Premier Wen is scheduled to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday on topics such as economic development. As the carrot of the West stick and carrot, David Dollar, director of the World Bank's China and Mongolia Bureau, said that the world now has high hopes for China and expects it to play a role in solving global problems.

Such expectations lead to a potentially disparate view of China at home and abroad: while leaders at home often portray China as a poor country, and in fact, even ordinary people who watch the news are confused: Which is true if you say that the Chinese are poor and that the Chinese are powerful and a great threat to themselves?

One of the words of China's vice foreign minister at a press conference last week may have dispelled their doubts: "Our economy has undoubtedly made great progress, and our economy is huge, but fundamentally speaking, China is still a developing country, and our enormous wealth has been diluted by our even larger population base." ”

Yan Xuetong, director of Tsinghua University's Institute of International Studies, said Chinese may not be psychologically prepared for the growing need for China to assume more international responsibilities. - But at this time, what this guy said was regarded as a fart by Zhang Lan.

Some claim that China is effectively a third-world superpower that offers developing countries an alternative to the standard Western model of democracy, privatization, market economy, and the removal of trade barriers, many of which are aimed at domestic populations in order to consolidate their support for the ruling party.

Huang Hai, a professor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said that the Chinese people are very proud of the space program. China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei, once said that after China built its first space station, the astronauts planned to set up a party branch in space.

However, China has also increased its investment in official exchanges and learning programs in developing countries. International institutions such as the World Bank are increasingly looking to China as a role model for developing countries.

For example, in May, the Chinese government invited 30 African government development project officials to China for a two-week study tour, with the participation of the World Bank. He Yafei said: We are very willing to share our development experience with other developing countries. He noted that China now contributes 2.7 percent of the United Nations budget, a percentage he said is higher than any other developing country.

David Dollar of the World Bank said that China does provide good teaching materials for other countries that are trying to lift themselves out of poverty. These include the rational management of migrant workers in cities and the investment in infrastructure that then charges users to cover construction costs.

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"See, that's what these guys are saying. It's a bit of a mess, but you can see what they're trying to do, right? ”

"Two aspects" Zhang Lan raised two fingers, but it was a little strange that Zhang Lan couldn't see much anger on his face, "Kill and kill." On the one hand, they want to kill us with a stick, but now, even they know that it is unlikely that they will kill us, so now, they want to kill us. ”

"Huh...... So what's next? Xiao Chenxi nodded, as if she had expected Zhang Lan's reaction.

"It's very simple, since people have already made a move, then we can't be sorry for the efforts of others." Zhang Lan bit her lip gently, it seemed that it was full of crazy fighting spirit

This kid, this time it's energetic again, Xiao Chenxi sighed helplessly, but on his face, there was an irrepressible smile

There is no woman who doesn't like to see the strong side of her man, even Xiao Chenxi will not be an exception.

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