"The price given to you for the Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine is one billion dollars, the price of the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser is $300 million, and the price of the Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer is $500 million. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"There are Virginia-class attack nuclear submarines in service in large quantities, and Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines are gradually being decommissioned early, if you need them, I can give you ten more, and the price is calculated according to 100 million dollars each. The Navy believes that fourteen Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines, twenty Los Angeles-class and fifty Virginia-class attack nuclear submarines are enough. The Minister of Defense said with a smile.

At this time, the mercenary corps was already the second largest shipbuilder in the world, at least in terms of building aircraft carriers, surpassing Britain, France and Russia. But after listening to the words of the US Secretary of Defense, Marcas realized that there is still a big gap between the two sides, and it is impossible to catch up with the foundation and precipitation of many years in a short period of time, even if it is a union with Russia!

"The U.S. Navy is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, why do you still build so many warships and submarines, and won't this lead to equipment competition? As soon as the U.S. Navy moves, NATO member states will inevitably follow, and so Russia will move, and countries all over the world will follow suit. Marcus said.

"Mr. Marcas, what you said is wrong, it is not the United States that has triggered the vicious competition in weapons and equipment, but it has passively been involved in the competition in weapons and equipment, and the change in things has not changed because of the idea of the United States, and we have no choice but to do so. Although the U.S. government is very financially rich, investing too much in the military will inevitably reduce social welfare spending, which will cause dissatisfaction not only in Congress but also in the people. ”

"Think about the current situation for yourself, the aircraft carriers of Huaxia have begun sea trials, the blue-water naval fleet has formed a scale, destroyers and frigates are being built in large quantities. Russia is building new warships and nuclear submarines at any cost, the Middle East, especially the Gulf countries, has added a large number of warships and two aircraft carriers, and Japan is also desperately strengthening its naval strength and has begun to produce quasi-aircraft carriers. ”

According to CIA intelligence, both Brazil and Argentina are actively expanding their navies, especially Argentina, which will lead to more investment in the British government in the navy, and perhaps a second Falklands War. The Mediterranean region is not at peace now, Greece and Turkey are inseparable, the US government feels the danger, the situation is out of control, and it is necessary to speed up the pace of naval construction, and updating sophisticated naval equipment is the most important link. Said the Minister of Defense.

"Well, I have bought all the weapons and equipment you mentioned, and now I can sign a contract with the navy and pick up the goods as soon as I finish paying, this kind of thing should be sooner rather than later, the new government is about to make an appearance, and there must be no variables."

"Also, I want the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines in the reserve fleet of the Ministry of Defense, this fifty-two years old warship is not used by the US Navy at all, only waiting for the fate of being dismantled, but our mercenary corps now needs close fire support, so in addition to the Medin, I also want to get more than 300 F-111 series fighter-bombers that have been decommissioned, this request is not too much, right?" Marcus said with a smile.

"Look at you carefully, the deal approved by Congress, the new president is not good to forcibly veto, everyone needs to have a year of running-in stage, okay, I can't be the master of cutting-edge weapons and equipment, but these retired equipment I said are okay, according to the laws of the United States, I sold it to you for one dollar, more than 300 retired fighter-bombers, and the 114 E2C Hawkeye carrier-based early warning aircraft, it should be regarded as the addition of this transaction!" said the Minister of Defense.

What the hell is the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines? This is the last class in the history of the construction of ships in the United States Navy, and it is also the most well-designed first-class artillery cruiser, which is a product of the same era as the Iowa-class battleships, but the displacement is invited, the standard displacement is close to 20,000 tons, and the full load displacement reaches 22,000 tons.

This class of heavy cruisers has a length of 219 meters and a width of 23 meters, uses two sets of turbines and four boilers, four-shaft propulsion, a maximum speed of 33 knots, a cruising range of 10,500 nautical miles at a speed of 15 knots, and a full crew of 1,799 people.

Nine well-known MK16 naval guns were installed, each mounted in three triple turrets, in a layout of two in the front and one in the back, as well as automatic loaders and armor, each weighing 451 tons.

The single gun weighed more than 17 tons, the rate of fire reached 10 rounds per minute, and the maximum firing range was 30,250 meters.

The secondary guns are 127 mm 38 times the caliber of the US military-standard MK12 guns, four of the six twin turrets are arranged symmetrically on the two sides, and the other two are arranged along the centerline of the hull. The rate of fire of this artillery is up to twenty-two rounds per minute, the maximum range is 15.8 kilometers, and the maximum height is 11.4 kilometers.

The price of missiles is too expensive, and they really can't afford to consume them, but artillery shells are completely different, a Tomahawk cruise missile is worth one million dollars, and an ordinary 203 mm high-explosive bomb is only 2,000 dollars, which is equivalent to a ratio of 1:500.

The power of this heavy cruiser in close combat is indeed considerable, although it lacks anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities, but it can be retrofitted! With such a large volume, it is always possible to free up space for the installation of vertical launch systems for anti-aircraft missiles and cruise missiles, which is really not possible, and it is also possible to install missile launch boxes or quadruple anti-ship missiles, as well as eight-pack anti-submarine rockets.

For the U.S. Navy or the Department of Defense, this kind of warship that is more than 50 years old should be sent to the shipyard to be dismantled and reused, and there is no use value.

"I also don't agree with the purchase of so many M60A3 main battle tanks, the technology has long been outdated, it is still many years of old equipment, and the weight of more than 50 tons cannot be airdropped, nor can it be fought in the mountains, it can be said that it is not of much use to us, but since the US government has proposed it, let's find a dry site near the Titan base and throw it all there as a reserve, our African allies may be able to use it."

"You hurry up and sign the contract with the US government and pay for it, transport the weapons and ammunition to the Titan base, the warships and nuclear submarines to Port Blair, and arrange for the navy to get familiar with them quickly, these are still very useful, the heavy cruiser Medin will sail directly to the Northern Shipyard in St. Petersburg for refit, and after doing this, we will return to the Golden Triangle, and we will make arrangements for this year's major events." When Wu Chen heard Marcas's report, he also felt a headache, this pile of 100,000 dollars of old tanks is not as good as 5,000 brand-new Humvee off-road vehicles!