Chapter 1218 Exhibition VII
The mercenary regiment once sold 100 MiG-29 fighters and Su-27 fighters, 20 Tu-16 upgraded strategic bombers, four Kilo-class conventionally powered submarines, two Kara-class anti-submarine cruisers of 9,700-ton Tashkent and Tallinn, and two Krivac-class missile frigates of 3,600-ton Agile and Curiosity.
Wu Chen has always been a cautious conservative policy towards the country of the Northern Dynasties, and the two sides have only carried out a large-scale arms and equipment transaction, mainly because the federal government needs the mineral resources of the Northern Dynasties as the raw material base for the development of the modern economy.
Although the cooperation between the two sides has been very pleasant, and the North Korean government has kept its promise to give the greatest convenience to mineral mining, until now, the content of cooperation has never been expanded. But Wu Chen knew very well that the government of the Northern Dynasties had always wanted to purchase more modern weapons and equipment, and if possible, even expand to technology.
The Atlantis Mineral Resources Company, which was originally a mercenary legion, currently owns a number of coal, magnesite, iron ore, graphite, tungsten ore, uranium ore, titanium ore and rare earth ore in the Northern Dynasty, and indeed provides a large number of raw materials for industrial development, and he is also hesitant in his heart.
If you change countries, even if it is large-scale cooperation with South Korea, Wu Chen will not think twice about it, although South Korea is a country that is more shameless in doing things, but the degree of openness is relatively high, and it is in line with international standards, and the spirit of contract is still good, but the Northern Dynasty is different, the whole environment is too closed, and it is not once or twice that things are not trustworthy.
"I also know that the days of the Northern Dynasties are not good, and the US government is staring at it every day like a thief, either sanctioning or shouting and killing, and the nerves are highly tense. The pace of reform and opening up has not been taken forward, while the industrial development is backward, the development of agriculture has not improved, and so many weapons and equipment have been manufactured, which in my opinion are basically obsolete goods. ”
"Although South Korea's military is smaller than that of North Korea, South Korea has a great advantage in terms of weapons and equipment technology, and the key is that it has the support of the US government behind it, the rapid economic development, the high process of industrialization, and the financial wealth, and the degree of modernization of the two sides is not at the same level." Wu Chen said.
"This is also the fundamental reason why the North Korean government wants to meet with me, if we really fight, if we don't take into account international factors, I think the two sides will win or lose. Although the weapons and equipment of the Northern Dynasties were backward, the Songun ideology brought about a large number of troops, and the Northern Dynasties were able to suppress South Korea by fighting protracted wars, guerrilla warfare, and even group battles. However, South Korea's advanced weaponry and modern military quality of its armed forces surpass that of the North, especially its navy and air force, which cannot be compared with those of the North. ”
"The largest frigate in the North Korea has a displacement of 1,500 tons, while the frigates in South Korea are all more than 2,000 tons or more than 3,000 tons, and the degree of modernization is very high. Marcus said with a smile.
Speaking of which, the South Korean government is also very complaining about the US government, believing that the mercenary group's act of selling advanced former Soviet warships to North Korea has broken the balance of power between the two sides, fueled the ambitions of the North Korean government, and will bring instability to the region.
However, the US government is an absolute uncle, pretending to be deaf and dumb and ignoring it, and the South Korean government is helpless about this, and does not dare to find a mercenary theory, this is a super unprovoked military group, and the South Korean government can only develop modern new warships on its own.
The Kara-class cruiser is just an outdated and broken metal for today's mercenary corps, and its biggest role is to be sent to patrol the African region, but it is a scarce resource for the North Korean government, and it has been researching and trying to copy a few ships.
The Kara-class cruiser is a relatively backward anti-submarine cruiser with a full load of 9,700 tons, driven by six gas turbines, a maximum speed of 34 knots, a length of 173 meters, and a width of 18.6 meters. After the mercenary regiment was refitted, a large number of outdated equipment was dismantled, and now it has six Basalt supersonic anti-ship missile launch tubes, which is the most powerful killer.
In addition to two sets of SAM-11 anti-aircraft missile launchers, there are also two six-barreled rapid-fire guns. The anti-submarine aspect is also very good, with a new type of sea search radar with a high degree of modernization, a towed magnetic detector, a hoisting sonar and sonar buoys, a new type of computer, a greatly increased degree of automation, and two sets of triple torpedo firing systems installed.
As for the Krivak-class missile frigates, the mercenaries did not make major changes, upgraded the electronics, and considered that the weapons and equipment on them were enough for the Northern Dynasties, especially the eight X-35 Uranus anti-ship cruise missiles, which were quite lethal.
"People invite you once, it's not appropriate not to go, after all, there are still many mineral resources that we urgently need, let's talk about it, if the conditions are not too excessive, you are in charge, the US government is now in a mess by Afghanistan, and there is no time to deal with North Korea, and South Korea is destined not to do business with us." Wu Chen said.
South Korea is the baby bump of the US government, and all major arms deals are basically monopolized by US military enterprises, and they are also on the right path, independent research and development and innovation, although they cannot do without the help of US companies, but they are much stronger than those countries that work behind closed doors and countries that will only rely on external forces.
"Minister Marcas, can you mercenary corps leave a way for other military enterprises to survive, and eat alone to support it, right? Look at the entire exhibition, your family is the most powerful, orders for weapons and equipment are constantly flowing, and the advantages of the US military-industrial complex have not been brought into play at all! Secretary of Defense Donald said dissatisfied.
The weapons and equipment of the mercenary corps are indeed very well sold, especially the newly launched conventionally powered submarines, missile boats, amphibious assault ships and destroyers.
"This doesn't blame our mercenary corps for wanting to eat alone, your American weapons and equipment are sold several times more expensive, and they are sold several times more, but this is not the biggest problem, the key is that good things are not sold out, and people add a lot of additional conditions to the money, this is a place to do business, don't mix so much, okay?" Marcus doesn't eat this set!
Take the AH-64 Longbow Apache helicopter gunship as an example, even taking into account the factor of rising prices, the purchase price of the US military is only $30 million a unit, but the price of the exhibition is only $80 million a unit.