Chapter 586: Strength Gap
"Ladies and gentlemen, due to the frenzied acquisition of tattered second-hand goods by our mercenary corps, although our strength has increased greatly and we have obtained the most basic reserves of weapons and equipment, it has also led to a very bad situation, that is, the combat effectiveness of the US army has increased by almost more than 50 percent, and it has become stronger and more difficult to deal with. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"In addition to continuing to develop the joint strike fighter project, the Air Force has added orders for 30 B-2 upgraded stealth strategic bombers, 300 F-22 Raptor fighters, 100 C-5 Galaxy strategic transport aircraft, and 100 C-17 Globemaster strategic and tactical transport aircraft, and will invest 100 billion US dollars to develop and produce the next generation of stealth strategic bombers, which has been approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee, codenamed B-21."
"The navy has decided to add four Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, twenty Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, forty Burke-class missile destroyers, ten Wasp-class amphibious assault ships, ten Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and twenty Virginia-class attack nuclear submarines, as well as a number of Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft, including an electronic warfare aircraft, which will be our great enemy in the future."
"The army has not made much moves, that is, it will successively purchase 1,200 Longbow Apache gunships and 500 Black Hawk multi-role helicopters, upgrade all M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to the latest versions, and increase the number of Global Hawk UAVs and Predator UAVs."
"On behalf of the Golden Triangle International Security Company, I have negotiated with the Presidential Office and the Department of Defense, we will not buy weapons and equipment, and the other party will not sell them, but there is also good news, the US Government will forgive us all our arrears, including the cost of upgrading fighter jets and bombers, which can save tens of billions of dollars, and Congress will consider this proposal the day after tomorrow, and I promise that several arms giants in the United States will not compete with the Department of Defense's weapons and equipment orders, and the probability of passing it has reached 60 percent." Marcas said.
This is a secret meeting held at Wu Chen's house, the main thing is the layout after the change of president, don't think about the problem of weapons and equipment, if you buy it again, it will affect the combat effectiveness of the US army, and if you can forgive all debts, that is the biggest victory.
Tens of billions of dollars in debt is indeed a lot, which is equivalent to a big country's military spending in a year, but it is really not much, compared with the US military's annual expenditure of $600 billion, it is okay to feel distressed, the key lies in whether the president has enough reasons to convince the congressmen.
"Although the amount of US weapons and equipment in our hands is very terrifying, if you think about it carefully, such as Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarines, Ohio-class cruise missile nuclear submarines, Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, Ali Burke-class missile destroyers and Wasp-class amphibious assault ships, Global Hawk drones and Predator drones, only these are high-end equipment, and everything else is basically conventional equipment."
"The U.S. government will not sell cutting-edge weapons and equipment to any country, such as the B-2 upgraded stealth strategic bomber and the F-22 Raptor fighter, which are all classified equipment that is strictly prohibited from export, and then look at our hands, twenty or thirty years old equipment abounds, Forrestal-class aircraft carriers and Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, which have been in service for more than 40 years, similar to the USS Midway, which has been in service for more than 50 years."
"The Perry-class frigates and Spruance-class missile destroyers have been in service for more than 20 years, and the Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines have been in service for 25 years. Similar to the F-15 Hawk fighter, F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, F-14 Tomcat fighter and F-18 Hornet fighter, the service time is basically more than 20 years, and I am now worried that in another ten years, about half of the weapons and equipment in our hands will lose their combat effectiveness. General Logistics Minister Myers said.
"Marcas, since this group of people are leaving the political and military circles, can you think of a way to buy some new equipment, such as Virginia-class attack nuclear submarines?" Navy Commander Dennis said.
"What kind of dream are you having, this is the latest type of nuclear submarine that the United States has just begun to put into service, even their own navy is looking forward to it, how can it be sold to us, can you say something geneatic?" Marcus pouted.
"The Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine, when the project was established, we had just established the Golden Triangle Mercenary Corps, and it was less than seven years, and now it has begun to enter service, what a fast speed! It seems that our behavior of leasing nuclear submarines to foreign countries has also stimulated the US government, which is eager to equip the troops with the latest types of nuclear submarines. ā
"The soft ones are afraid of the hard, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal ones are afraid of not dying, and they are worried that those leased nuclear submarines will pose a threat to the United States, especially the Victor-class attack nuclear submarines and the Delta-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines." Wu Chen frowned.
"Newport News Shipyard and General Electric Boat, the plan is to each produce one Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine per year, but with the subtle changes in the international situation, the US government decided to speed up the manufacturing and joined the Ingalls Shipyard and Bath Steel Works, and the number of manufactured units per year will reach four, and eight nuclear submarines will be launched this year."
"In just over four years since the large-scale transaction to the beginning of the new century, the US Navy has launched four Wasp-class amphibious assault ships, eight Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, 16 Ali Burke-class missile destroyers, and two Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines. Marcas said.
The United States, which is really worthy of being the world's largest in scientific research and industrial strength, once it produces weapons and equipment at full capacity, it can only be described with the word terror, and the current military industrial strength of the mercenary corps has been pulled away for at least ten years.
This is because of the legacy of the former Soviet Union, the acquisition of so many scientists and engineers, and the acquisition of an industrial base like Ukolan, otherwise it is likely to be fifty years or more if the Golden Triangle Federation develops on its own.
Recall that during World War II, the United States built more than 300,000 aircraft, more than 80,000 tanks, more than 100 aircraft carriers, more than 40 cruisers, more than 300 destroyers, 500 frigates, more than 200 submarines, and millions of cars.
"If the U.S. military is equipped with a large number of Virginia-class attack nuclear submarines, this is an opportunity for us, because Russia's Boreas-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines and Yasen-class attack nuclear submarines are currently the most advanced nuclear submarine models in the world, much stronger than the Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines, and we need Virginia-class attack nuclear submarines to defend against the threat of the other side, which is nothing more than a reason to give the presidential palace and the Department of Defense." Wu Chen thought for a while and said.